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The Deputy Foreign Affairs Min- of which more than 60 were mar- ister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has said tyred and more than 300 innocent KABUL : Foreign Minister ister said discussions had been that the ongoing violence in Af- Afghans including children wom- Salahuddin Rabbani said on Sun- launched over the issue and the ghanistan is not as a result of con- en were injured, Karzai asked the day India and Saudi Arabia had president during a telephonic flict among Afghans but is the re- CICA member countries to con- imposed new restrictions on visas conversation had discussed the sult of an imposed war on the Af- demn the aforementioned barbaric to Afghans for some reasons. matter with the king of Saudi ghan nation. attack and increase their coopera- Briefing the Meshrano Jirga or Arabia. Rabbani said Afghans, In his speech during the Fifth tion towards countering terrorism Senate, Rabbani said India had who traveled to Saudi on Paki- Ministerial Meeting of Conference which Afghanistan is in frontline blamed the move on the use of Af- stani passports, would be dis- on Interaction and Confidence of. He added that Afghanistan is ghan passports by foreigners and tributed Afghan passports and Building Measures in Asia (CICA), committed in this regard and as an Saudi Arabia reduced the number this issue had been resolved to Karzai said “We are making a active member of CICA, it has re- of visas to Afghans after some Af- some extent. He said a mecha- strong case in the international cently held the counter terrorism ghans failed to leave the kingdom nism had been put in place under community that the conflict in Af- conference under the Istanbul Pro- despite expiry of their visas. The which Afghan labourers would be ghanistan is not between Afghans cess/Heart of Asia process frame- minister said Saudi had been de- sent to Saudi Arabia. He told law- but imposed on us.” work in Kabul and the counter nying visas to Afghans aged below makers India was not denying Karzai further added that ter- drugs conference is due to be host- 40 years over the past few years visas to Afghan citizens, but the rorism as a regional threat and em- ed by Afghanistan next month as because most of them did not re- country had brought some chang- phasized on the need for regional well. turn home country after the expi- es to the visa regime. The foreign cooperation and partnership for The Fifth Ministerial Meeting ry of their visas. minister said Afghans traveling to countering effectively this phe- of Conference on Interaction and Rabbani said it was a security India should have bank account nomenon, describing CICA as a sig- Confidence Building Measures in issue and the Saud government and those going to India for treat- nificant platform in this regard. Asia was inaugurated by the Pres- would start issuing visas to even ment should produce report that Pointing towards the latest ident of the People’s Republic of less than 30 years old Afghans once approves he/she could not be terrorist attack in Kabul as a result China H.E. Xi Jinping. (KP) getting assurance. The foreign min- treated inside Afghanistan.

KEY TALIBAN DABSdrops bomb COMMANDER KILLED IN on consumers LOGAR: NDS AT News Report try in future, the minister high- AT News Report Tariff increased by 25pc in 15 KABUL: Ministry of Labor and lighted. “Afghan delegation met Social Affairs calls the unemploy- with Saudi Arabia officials to send KABUL: The National Director- provinces to recover losses ment rate above 40 per cent. “Al- laborers to Saudi,” she noted. She ate of Security (NDS) on Sun- though there is no new survey added that in order to train profes- day said that its operatives had By Akhtar M. Nikzad bankrupt. Therefore, we boost the regarding unemployment rate, but sional laborers, the ministry will killed a key Taliban military cost of electricity 25 percent.” He it can be above 40 percent in the establish 46 vocational training commander in the eastern Logar said that the cost of electricity country,” Minister of Labor and centers. “We are also working to province. In a statement the would rise in the provinces of Kab- Social Affairs Nasrin Oryakhil empower three million women and NDS, identified the commander ul, Baghlan, Nangarhar, Kapisa, said Sunday. She said that based provide them with job opportuni- as Mohammad Rahim, saying he Jawzjan, Laghman, Herat, Kunduz, on a survey conducted in 2014, ties in next ten years.” Head of was killed along with two oth- Balkh, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e- work force estimated 15 million Labor Union Maroof Qaderi, said ers accompanying him in the Pul, Faryab and Nimroz. He add- in Afghanistan. She stated that 8.5 that the government must pave the Khoshi district. “The intelligence ed that the price of electricity million work forces are willing to ground for investment in the coun- operatives also seized two AK- would increase furthermore if the work where only 3.5 find jobs and try to fight joblessness. He urged 47 rifles, one rocket launcher and value of Afghan keeps falling the rest have full time job. “Lack the government to reactivate fac- a motorcycle during the opera- against dollar. “25 percent in- of implementation of labor law is tories and step up efforts to ex- tion.” Numerous weapons, busi- crease in the price of electricity another challenge in the country,” tract mines. Deputy Afghanistan ness cards, Pakistani currency would be implementable over all she added. Providing job oppor- Chamber of Commerce and Indus- and contact numbers have also KABUL: The state-run power customers including government tunity is the top agenda for the tries Khanjan Alokozai said that private sector was willing to in- try. It is required of government been confiscated from the mili- distribution company announced administrations, private sector and government, thus, the ministry private investment could be a good vest, but insecurity and kidnap- to boost up security for traders to tants, according to the state- Sunday that the cost of electricity homes,” he remarked. Earlier, the exerts utmost efforts to boost up alternative to overcome unem- ping issue is the main problem be- invest and create job opportuni- ment. Taliban militants have not would increase by 25 per cent in parliament had approved the elec- employment facilities in the coun- ployment challenges. He said that fore invest mentors in the coun- ties across the country. commented yet. Logar is a vola- 15 provinces, underling fall of Af- tricity services’ law. According to tile province in east of the coun- ghani against the US dollar as ma- the law, the power company is try where anti-government jor reason. The electricity cost two mandated to collect the consump- 64 insurgents groups are actively operating in Afghanis per kilowatt, which tion of electricity from customers some districts and usually carry would jump up to 2.5 Afghanis for monthly. Some people criticize the SIGARwarns against further out insurgency attacks on secu- per kilowatt. “Last year, we lost payment of electricity bill in ev- killed in raids bilities and effectiveness of Afghan rity forces. around $17 million due to fall of ery two months, saying that it has AT News Report forces since troop reductions last Afghani against dollar,” the power a lot of damage for people. The KABUL: Sixty-four Taliban fight- Afghan drawdown year, calling it one major challenge. company spokesman Wahidullah power is purchased from Iran, ers were killed and 50 others Uncertainty over Afghan troop Taliban kill police Tawhidi said. “If we face with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at a cost wounded in different crackdowns KABUL : The Special Inspector of the US and its allies at strength- numbers is also a concern, as is the such loss this year, we would of around $270 million yearly. in the past 24 hours, security offi- General for Afghanistan Recon- ening the Afghan National Army Afghans’ ability to properly man- officer’s wife cials said Sunday. In a press re- struction (SIGAR) has warned (ANA) and Afghan National Po- age US financial aid to support the AT News Report lease, Ministry of Defense (MoD) current plans to reduce the num- lice (ANP) and further troop with- military and police, SIGAR said. KABUL: Armed Taliban insur- said that Afghan National Army ber of American troops in the war- draw would likely exacerbate the The U.S. is currently scheduled to gents shot dead the wife of a po- (ANA) with the collaboration of torn country will leave Afghan forc- situation. draw down its 9,800 troops in lice officer at his house in Darqad the Afghan National Police (ANP) es with “capability gaps” in a num- “The US ability to influence Afghanistan to about 5,500 by the district of Takhar province, a se- and National Directorate of Secu- ber of areas. The US government operational outcomes on the start of next year. This reduction, curity official of the province said rity (NDS), conducted some op- watchdog in its quarterly report ground is constricting, while (that SIGAR said, could result in “gaps Sunday. Noor Mohammad Haki- erations against insurgents in dif- on Friday said the gaps could of the Afghan National Defense and in air support, signals, intelligence mi, provincial police chief told ferent areas of Paktia, Wardak, threaten the success of reconstruc- Security Forces) has not corre- and other areas.”In light of the chal- media that, Taliban insurgents Khost, Kunar, Nangarhar, Ghaz- tion efforts in Afghanistan. spondingly risen,” the report said. lenges, it said the long-term stabil- stormed the officer’s home Sat- ni, Parwan, Kandahar, Uruzgan, It said a number of major chal- It said the US lost much of its abil- ity of Afghan forces remains un- urday night in the Noorkhil vil- The Presidential Palace says that lenges continued to hinder efforts ity to directly observe the capa- certain. (Pajhwok) Pakistan should suppress the ir- Zabul, Badghis, Balkh, Jawzjan, lage of Darqad district, shooting reconcilable groups; otherwise Faryab, Farah, Nimroz, Baghlan, his wife dead. “According to re- Afghanistan would not participate Badakhshan and Helmand provinc- cent investigations, the case was in the upcoming quartet peace es. In these operations, 64 rebels Massoud urges party-based parliamentary polls a family enmity and it did not link meeting. Presidential Citadel de- were killed and 50 others were in- with any other issues,” Hakimi clared that Pakistan has earlier jured, the statement said. Seven in- said, without identifying the of- surgents were arrested and handed KABUL : President’s special en- resentation in the Wolesi Jirga was committed to take military mea- voy for reforms and good gover- a must. Government officials, po- ficer. He said that the woman was sures against the insurgent groups over to judicial system for further earlier married to a Taliban fight- inquiry, added the statement “Un- nance Ahmad Zia Massoud on Sat- litical figures and jihadi personali- to attend the negotiation table. viewed progress in the implemen- urday demanded political parties- ties were present on the occasion. er, but had later got divorced. “The previous quartet meeting fortunately, six army soldiers were “This is why the Taliban entered tation of the Roadmap for the Af- martyred during the operations by based parliamentary elections by On upcoming Wolesi Jirga polls, has decided to take serious mea- ghan-led, Afghan-owned peace and bringing amendments to the Con- the president special envoy said: her house and shot her dead.” sures against any group that not the enemy’s firing,” said the state- reconciliation process. Previous- ment. The national army had also stitution. Addressing a gathering “Political stability requires great- attend the peace meeting; but if ly, Pakistan has said that bringing marking the 25th anniversary of er political participation. Without Two drug traffickers the Pakistan does not stand by discovered and confiscated weap- Taliban to negotiating table needs ons and ammunition in the opera- the Mujahideen Victory Day, involving political forces, the sys- its commitments we will not par- concerted efforts; clarifying that Massoud said for greater political tem cannot succeed; therefore, for to empower political parties in the arrested in Parwan ticipate to the meeting,” Dawa tions as well, the statement men- serious efforts for peace in Afghan- tioned. participation, political parties’ rep- durable stability, it is as necessary country.” AT News Report Khan Mina Pal, President’s dep- istan have been made in the past uty spokesman said. Top diplo- but joint efforts are now required KABUL: The counter-narcotics mats of four nations (Pakistan, to bring the Afghan Taliban to the police have arrested two smug- Afghanistan, China and United table to resume dialogue. Pakistan AFGHANISTAN'S PENALCODEREVISED: OFFICIALS glers with 23kg drugs in Parwan States) sat down together for the has always said that its country province, a provincial security fourth time to explore options to alone is not responsible to bring Members of a commission respon- regular". The head of the commis- Rasuli added. Meanwhile, Justice fend a case or for a judge to make a official said Sunday. Salim Noori, bring the mired Afghan peace pro- the Afghan Taliban on the table for sible for amending the country's sion, Mohammad Ashraf Rasuli, Minister Abdul Basir Anwar said final decision on a case; therefore, spokesman for Parwan police, cess back on track which came to dialogue. The neighboring coun- laws on Sunday handed over a re- said they had revised and amend- the move by the commission will the then president said that the smugglers were ar- an abrupt halt in Kabul on Febru- try, Pakistan had hosted a meeting vised version of Afghanistan's Pe- ed some articles of the law. help judiciaries to improve their [Hamid Karzai] decided in 2010 rested in an operation with 23 kg ary 23, 2016. Taking note of the between the Afghan Government nal Code to the Ministry of Jus- "We needed to revise Afghanistan's activities and prevent misunder- to make the country's criminal law crude hashish in the Jabul Sraj joint statement on the outcome and Afghan Taliban representatives tice. They said they grouped arti- Criminal Law. For instance, some standings while implementing the a single code and he tasked the com- district. “The arrested smugglers of the previous meetings of the in Murree on 7 July 2015 along cles of the penal code and other issues remained in the law from law. "Naturally, faced with lots of mission with that function," the had skillfully hidden hashish in a Quadrilateral Coordination with the representatives from Chi- relevant laws into one document – the past which now are not part of laws [on criminal issues] it makes minister said. the Brussels sum- car and attempted to shift it to Group (QCG), the group re- na and USA. as the previous code had been "ir- principles of international law," it difficult for an attorney to de- mit in October. Kabul for selling,” Noori said. MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES People themselves are maintaining Zone episode. You have done for- eign policy all your life, you know about the world, it seems like you Arghandab security must know that deep down this guy is a dangerous demagogue who cannot be president. Was he my “I think intellectually he is not the least capable person who would become president.” candidate, my prefe red choice? No. But I think if he becomes the nominee then he will have a shot at possibly becoming president and we ought to take him and his views seriously. Right but maybe he would have less of a chance of be- coming president if people were speaking out against him more. I agree with that. People shoul , where they differ. I am all in favor of that. A clash of ideas and solu- tions is what elections are about. And once the election is over we need to come together. I was pleased that he said he would pur- sue a bipartisan foreign policy if he became president. I think he is evolving. Could you vote for him? Not today I couldn’t, no, but we have to see what happens. So when he says he would have a biparti- san foreign policy, you take that at face value? I don’t know him KANDAHAR CITY : The admin- one area to another. well. I met him the day I intro- istrative chief of the Arghandab Ahmadi continued the con- duced him. But those who know district in southern Kandahar prov- struction of embankments along him well say that he is quite prag- ince has said security forces have Arghandab River began recently. matic and he will adapt. And that been able to bring stability to the Building the 31 kilometers wall as CEO he will surround himself town but insecurity in neighbour- would cost $22 million and would with people and hold them ac- ing districts represent a threat. take five years to complete. countable. Like his campaign man- Haji Shah Mohammad Ahma- Work on the project was de- ager who grabbed a reporter and is di expressed the views in an exclu- layed for some time due to funds still on the job? No, no, no, I am sive interview with Pajhwok Af- paucity, but it had resumed and talking about business people. I ghan News. He said residents of would prevent farmlands from de- was referring to holding people the district had been inducted into struction when completed, Ahma- accountable. Oh, I see what you the Afghan Local Police (ALP) and di hoped. mean. I am not making the argu- strangers prevented from infiltrat- He called the project impor- ment, I am saying that people who ing into the area. tant, saying it was approved by know him talk about him like that. He, however, expressed con- the Ministry of Rural Rehabilita- What did you make of him when cern militants might sneak into tion and Development as result of you talked to him? It was a rea- Arghandab from Shah Walikot and repeated demands from the peo- sonable conversation about the Khakrez districts. Maintaining se- ple. Funded by MRRD and im- campaign and about the speech and curity was also a public responsi- plemented by a local construction what I might say in my introduc- bility, he remarked, saying the el- company called APG, the project tion. It wasn’t a long conversation. ders and residents of Arghandab has created jobs for hundreds of Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as of civilization”? Sure. I think the shouldn’t do things that make the national building under any circum- supported the government and locals. George W. Bush’s ambassador to lesson I learned from our response problem worse when we get in- stance is the wrong lesson from It was in the nature of chit-chat- ting. I read you were the highest- would not allow foreigners to dis- But Ahmadi asked the central the United Nations, is best known to the Soviet invasion of Afghani- volved, and in Iraq we made the Iraq. You are responding as if it is turb public order. government to launch the second for his role as a diplomat in the stan—although I supported the problem worse. And once we with- a serious speech that had some ranking person to serve as a Unit- ed States diplomat who is Mus- Ahmadi said militants were out phase of work on the embankment. Muslim world. As an envoy and opposition to the Soviet occupa- drew we created a vacuum. What problems. Right, sure. “I don’t to mount pressure on tribal elders The second phase begins the build- ambassador to his native Afghani- tion—was that we should not as- do you make of the rise of ISIS? I think he is less intellectually capa- lim. Is that true? It is true. Did you talk to Trump about serving and brought them under their in- ing of a wall from the Baba Wali stan after 9/11, and then again as sume what the outcome should be was in Iraq when we thought we ble than some people who have fluence but there was public sup- Ziarat to Bagh Pul. ambassador to Iraq from 2005- for complex processes. We had were making progress on the fight been president.” Zalmay Khalizad the United States as a Muslim dip- lomat and his comments about port for the elders. “Militants in He said there were 22 schools 2007, Khalilzad witnessed both assumed that the Soviets would against al-Qaida in Iraq. But the Do you take him seriously? I do Arghandab are persuading people in the district, where 4,500 stu- countries during eras of unrelent- win, and to our surprise, they polarization came back. The anal- take him seriously. I think he is a Muslims? He was told that before- hand. We didn’t get into my reli- to cultivate poppies and have dents were enrolled. However, he ing violence. He is the author of a didn’t, and they left. It left the ogy in my way of thinking is that very shrewd operator, a shrewd promised each farmer Rs300,000. criticized the department for its new book, The Envoy: From Kab- problem of Islamism as an out- ISIS are like mosquitoes, and the guy, with the success he has had. gious identity. I didn’t mean about your religious identity. I meant his Some years back, he said, pop- negligence in dealing with related ul to the White House, My Journey come. We should have remained swamp that produces the mosqui- He knows better than some of his py cultivation in the town declined issues. Most of schools had no Through a Turbulent World. engaged and helped put Afghani- tos is a civilizational crisis and the rivals what to say and what to do. comments. No we didn’t talk about Islam. But I had said to him to zero, but the government failed boundary walls and education ma- Khalilzad was in the news last stan together, and if we had done regional rivalry. Without address- I think he will adapt further. I would to keep the promise held out to terials and professional teachers, week for another reason: He intro- that we perhaps would not have ing those, we could be doing this not dismiss him. I am not dismiss- through an intermediary that I would respond if he denounced the people. Arghandab was re- he explained. duced Donald Trump before the had the rise of al-Qaida and the anti-terrorist operation for decades ing his electoral strength in the moved from the list of Food Zone On public health facilities, candidate’s big foreign policy Taliban, which disengagement pro- more. Who are we in this analogy, Republican Party. I meant as a Islam. But he has said things. He has said it before, but not in the Programme despite bringing pop- Ahmadi said three clinics built dur- speech in Washington, D.C. In his duced. While our engagement had if ISIS is the mosquitos? We are thinker. Well, listen, if that was our py cultivation to zero. ing the King Mohammad Zahir introduction, he calledTrump a some success, our disengagement the anti-mosquito spray. But the standard, I don’t know how many speech. In the speech he talked about our Muslim partners, want- Ahmadi demanded the central Shah government were function- “provocative voice” whose mes- had more catastrophically negative swamp keeps producing mosqui- presidents we have had that could government provide assistance to ing in the district, whose popula- sage has “resonated” with many consequences. How do you look toes. Maybe the spray is leading meet it. You don’t think Trump is ing to work with them. I take Trump seriously. I will seriously residents as nobody in Arghandab tion had increased and needed at voters. And although he has not at Iraq now? We made some mis- to environmental consequences different than the presidents we cultivated poppies. least nine more clinics. endorsed Trump, he believes the takes when we went in. We also worsening the swamp. Right, that have had in some fundamental be voting against him no matter the length of the line. More... He also spoke of the develop- About farming, Ahmadi said candidate should be taken serious- made a mistake with how we dis- is the unintended consequence, but way? I think intellectually he is ment projects, saying a 26 metres Arghandab was one of important ly. We spoke on the phone about engaged at the end. The lesson that what do we do about the swamp? not the least capable person who Right. He should not be dis- missed. I am old enough—and I long bridge had been constructed agricultural districts of Kandahar, America’s errors since 9/11, I learned is that when we take on What did you make of Trump’s would become president. I don’t in the Merab Khor locality under having many pomegranate gardens. Trump’s anti-Muslim comments, projects like Iraq or Afghanistan, speech? Well the speech was an think he is less intellectually capa- don’t want to give the sense that I am comparing them—to remem- the National Solidarity Programme He urged the government to extend and whether he would ever vote we have to recognize it is very cost- evolution—not a big change—in ble than some people who have (NSP) at a cost of over 3 million electricity to the district, build for the businessman. The conver- ly, and will take a long time, and his stance on some issues, to make been president. Such as? [Laughs.] ber when people said Ronald Re- agan was a B-level actor who could afghanis. Over 300 families will roads and help farmers export sation has been edited and con- that therefore we should do it ex- himself more in the mainstream of Well I don’t want to get myself in benefit from the project. fruits. Arghandab is located 10 ki- densed. Since 2001, you have tremely rarely. We have to be very U.S. policy. He did himself some any further trouble. Well, OK— only read his lines and who had an empty head and a nice suit and who He said the construction of a lometres northwest of Kandahar called for a very active American selective. You said earlier that we good, but it was far from a foreign I frankly think e should not bridge in Mazraa village was un- City, the provincial capital. It is role in the world. Have your opin- should be wary of interventions policy I could endorse or support. underestimate him. I get that. It’s would cause a nuclear war because he was so irresponsible. And now derway as 80 percent work on it one of the greenest districts of ions changed about what America where we don’t know the out- There were some issues that were just that sometimes when I talk to had been completed. The bridge Kandahar, famous for its sprawl- can or should do in terms of trying come. We certainly didn’t know incoherent, and some issues were Republicans in Washington, I feel we think he was one of our great- est presidents. over Zahir Shahi Canal would help ing grape and pomegranate gar- to mitigate what you call a “crisis the outcome in Iraq. Right, but we wrong. For example, I think no a little like I am in a Twilight around 400 families to travel from dens. India and Afghanistan face each other at the World T20 2010, beginning a fascinating journey for the Afghans May 1, 2010 is a remarkable date verance and doggedness had yield- Nabi and Samiullah Shenwari. perished soon trying to play massive sixes and a couple, the THING SPECIAL They haven’t beat the eventual champions, West in the history of world cricket. As ed fruit slowly but surely. The Indians ultimately cruised across his front pad, but with the freshly hatched Afghan dream was looked back since, neither have Indies. The briskness of Afghani- eleven men from a country whose Afghan cricket fans clap as to a fairly easy victory, but it likes of Yuvraj Singh and MS Dho- carefully kept aside for another they had a reason to. They eked stan’s progress in recent years have sporting interests could be sum- they watch a live broadcast of the wasn’t before they had surren- ni still to come, the prospect of an day. The spirited men left the crick- out a win against Bangladesh in stunned many, but the fact remains marized by the fact that they didn’t game Destiny’s unkindness, how- dered the top three to the Afghans. Afghan victory was far too slim et field defeated, but not van- 2014 and tasted glory for the first that they still have a long way to even have a proper ground for ever, landed upon the Afghans in Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina for consideration. quished. They had played their time at the big stage when they go before acquiring the prestigious cricket practice, took the field at the second over itself when Karim held fort for some time after Vijay missed his fifty by a hearts out: their emotions had been overpowered Scotland in the group Test-team status. The potential for the highest echelon of the game, Sadiq lost his wicket to Ashish Gautam Gambhir’s dismissal. By whisker, choking towards the end palpable; their delight echoed by stages of the 2015 ICC World Cup. a bright future is evident and the the world sat up and marveled at Nehra. A brief while later Moham- the end of the 5th over, India had before surrendering to a Hamid the crowd; they had won millions They even succeeded in giving the dream promising; the task that now their determination. A FASCI- mad Shahzad succumbed to anoth- raced to 41/1 courtesy Raina’s Hassan delivery. As Dhoni com- of hearts subtly, inadvertently. South Africans a mighty scare in lay ahead is to build a reality out NATING JOURNEY er legside bouncer in Nehra’s sec- powerful strokes. The southpaw pleted the formalities with two THE START OF SOME- World T20 earlier this year and also of it. Here was a group of unrelent- ond over. The Afghan skipper fol- ing, passionate souls desperate for lowed suit after facing 11 deliver- a tablespoon of glory, a moment ies, with the team reeling at 29/3. of magnificence, a half chance to The stage was set for an ex- put their nation into the map of pected debacle for the underdogs. cricket followers. The same war- Prior to the match, the coach Ka- ravaged, torn and desiccated nation bir Khan had talked about adjust- that had done little for them. This ing and quick-learning. What how- was a refugee’s dream – one that ever had escaped him is the fact was shared by a thousand cricket that the mighty Indians were noth- romantics. ing like they had faced till then. The journey from Division 5 Dhoni’s boys were more skilled, to World Cup had posed more than experienced, successful, and for the a few challenges. Let alone play- Afghans with nearly zero knowl- ing against India, forming a nation- edge about what lay ahead, unbeat- al cricket team itself had seemed able. no more than a figment of imagina- Noor Ali Zadran and Asghar tion. The ICC did grant an affiliate Stanikzai’s defiance had a single aim membership status in 2001, but – to arrest the collapse. Their 68- that had been more in name than run stand, nonetheless, did more anything else. 15 years later, as it than that. The opener, in particu- now stands, the Afghans still do lar, looked at ease against spin, not possess a home ground that is nudging at deliveries and picking actually at home. the odd boundary. The third match of the 2010 The pair continued to build ICC World Twenty 20 was Af- their innings calmly yet swiftly ghanistan’s first against a full-mem- until the 17th over when Nehra got ber nation. They had made a sur- the better of Ali with an immacu- prisingly strong case for them- lately pitched bouncer. A mistimed selves through the qualifiers, but pull found Stanikzai walking to- running into such a strong side as wards the pavilion in the next over. India in their very first game at the Afghanistan struggled for 2.5 overs main event was unfortunate, if not more after their departure and add- almost cruel. ed 18 runs, finishing with an ap- As the Nawroz Mangal-led preciable total of 115. side marched into the playing area In reply, the Indian openers at Gros Islet, they evoked strong were denied a comfortable start reminiscence of the Bangladeshis with Afghan fielders diving and a few years earlier. In reality saving runs with blood and sweat. though, Afghanistan had faced far Left-arm pacer Shapoor Zadran more odds and championed them impressed with his dot balls, as all one after another. Their perse- did the spin duo of Mohammad MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

73PC OF AFGHANS THREATENED BY MALARIA, SAYS MINISTER

JALALABAD Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz on Sat- urday said 73 percent of people lived in malaria endemic areas The Afghan side will take all nec- across Afghanistan, mostly in east- essary measures to ensure the safe- ern Nangarhar province. ty while laying the Turkmenistan- The minister was addressing a Afghanistan-Pakistan-India ceremony marking International (TAPI) gas pipeline, said a mes- Malaria Day in the capital of Nan- sage issued by the Turkmen for- garhar province. He said his min- eign ministry April 29. This topic istry would pay special attention has been discussed at the confer- to reducing malaria cases in the ence entitled “Importance of the country this year. EMERGENCY TAPI Project” organized by Af- Malaria is a potentially life- ghanistan and Turkmenistan in the threatening disease caused by Plas- CALLS Afghan city of Herat this week. modium parasites, which are trans- The heads of state institutions, mitted through the bite of infected Police consular missions and international female Anopheles mosquitoes. organizations, as well as more than The minister called distribu- 200 people of the Herat province tion of mosquito protection nets 100 - 119 attended the forum. Nasir Ahmad and cheap treatment of people in- Andisha, Afghan deputy foreign fected by malaria through mobile minister, Abdul Qudus Hamidi, health teams among his ministry’s Hospitals the country’s deputy minister of high priorities. mines, Mohammad Asef Rahimi, “Nangarhar is a major malaria- FMIC Hospital governor of the country’s Herat affected province where 71 per- Behind Kabul Medical province, Asef Nang, governor of cent of its residents are threatened University: the country’s Farah province and by the disease, but we would deci- Kamran Alizai, head of the Herat sively fight against the problem,” 0202500200-+93793275595 provincial council delivered re- the minister said. ports. Nangarhar public health direc- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital It was stressed that the TAPI in- tor Dr. Najibullah Kamawal said ternational project is essential to 73,000 malaria cases were regis- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi strengthen the political and social tered in the eastern zone last year. 070263672 stability in Afghanistan and the He said they started distribut- countries of the region. In particu- ing mosquito protection nets to lar, the officials emphasized that people in Jalalabad and 12 districts Khairkhana Hospital thousands of new jobs will be cre- on Saturday. ated for the Afghan population as Nangarhar Governor Salim 0799-321007 a result of the construction of Khan Kunduzi said malaria cases 2401352 TAPI gas pipeline. “Laying of the existed on a high level in Nangar- TAPI gas pipeline will have a pos- har and his own son was suffering itive impact on the stabilization of from the disease. Indira Gandhi Children the internal situation and the res- mated length is 1,735 kilometers. field in Turkmenistan - and go ment on the Pakistani-Indian bor- ment Bank. The Islamic Develop- He asked the public health toration of peace in Afghanistan,” The pipeline is expected to run through the Afghan cities of Herat der. The project is being actively ment Bank is interested in its im- minister to share the contract of Hospital, Wazir Akbar the statement says. TAPI’s esti- from Galkynysh - the largest gas and Kandagar to Fazilka settle- promoted by the Asian Develop- plementation. constructing buildings for regional Khan, Kabul 2301372 hospitals with the National Pro- curement Commission and finalise HELMAND COURT it. Provincial council deputy head, Ibn-e- Seena Dr. Lal Mohammad Durrani, said CONVICTS 25 OFFICIALS OF Taliban kill woman over the Ministry of Public Health Pul-e-Artan, Kabul (MoPH) should increase budget 2100359 CORRUPTION, LAND GRABBING for Nangarhar health sector and employ more health professionals espionage charges in Takhar in rural areas. Wazir Akbar Khan “There is insufficient staff at TALOQAN : The authorities in with them last night and killed her,” clinics in rural areas, which is a big Hospital northern Takhar province on Sun- the governor said. problem of our people,” he said. 2301741, 2301743 day accused the Taliban militants But there has been no word However, minister Feroz said of killing a woman for government from the Taliban about the inci- there were more health profession- spying. dent. als in Nangarhar than any other Ali Abad Takhar Governor Yasin Zia A resident of the district, Ah- provinces. He said his ministry Shahrara, Kabul told reporters here that the 25-year- mad, told Pajhwok Afghan News would try to increase the number old was taken away from her Dorkhu married the public order of professionals in rural areas. Fer- 2100439 home, tried in a Taliban court and police officer about one and a half gagement through judicial organs. oz also promised to launch work shot to death in Norkhel area of years ago. “But she married the police on the construction of kidney Darqad district last night. He said the slain woman be- officer and was living with him in treatment hospital in Nangarhar Malalai Maternity “Her name was Dorkhu and fore her marriage had been engaged Kunduz province. She had arrived In a ruling announced on Sunday, silent against land usurpers and and provide more facilities to Hospital she was the wife of a public order to another person and she had been at her paternal home in Darqad, teaching hospital at Nangarhar an appeals court in the southern corruption," Fazel Sultan Safai, police officer. The Taliban took her unsuccessful in breaking the en- when she was killed.” 2201377/ 2301743 province of Helmand found at least head of Helmand appeals court University. (Pajhwok) 25 individuals guilty of corruption said, Meanwhile, Hayatollah and land-grabbing – a ruling that Hayat, the governor of Helmand Banks sparked widespread public sup- province promised justice will be Peter Cosgrove visits Australian troops in Afghanistan port. Among those who welcomed served in these cases. "I appreci- Da Afghanistan Bank the move included residents along ate the verdict of Helmand appeal The governor general, Sir Peter ernor general by par- with some government officials and court and promise to refer these Cosgrove, has told Australian ticipating in the recall 2100302, 2100303 provincial council members. cases to legal and judicial institu- troops in Afghanistan that their of both houses of The ruling comes amid grow- tions," he said. In addition, Hel- task is challenging but not thank- parliament. Conroy Bakhtar Bank ing calls by the public for govern- mand provincial council has also less. During a trip to Kabul, the was later rebuked by ment to step up its efforts to tack- welcomed the verdict, calling the former army chief thanked defence the opposition lead- 0776777000 le such crime which has severely move an important step in fight- force personnel for their service er, Bill Shorten, for Azizi Bank overshadowed transparency and ing corruption and implementing and said they were working to the comments, who rule of law in the country. the law. build a better future for Afghani- said Conroy “should 0799 700900 Those convicted by the court "We strongly support the ac- stan and its people. confine his remarks Pashtany Bank include the head of the local irriga- tion taken by the appeal court and Sir Peter also met with the to the government”. tion department, the head of the hope that the law will be imple- president of the Islamic Republic The governor general 2102908, 2103868 local public works affairs depart- mented on the land grabbers and of Afghanistan, Dr Ashraf Ghani, was also criticised on ment, head of labor and social af- corrupt elements," member of Hel- the chief executive of the Islamic social media for a Air Services fairs department and some other mand's provincial council Bashir Republic of Afghanistan, Dr Ab- perceived snub to- officials in the province. Shakir said. According to the Hel- dullah Abdullah, and Australian wards Labor’s depu- "The majority of the defen- mand appeal court, there are cer- embassy staff at Resolute Support ty leader, Tanya Safi Airways Headquarters. Plibersek, whose dants convicted today are Helmand tain individuals in the education 020 22 22 222 local officials who have been found and health departments who are Sir Peter was recently accused hand he did not shake guilty either of corruption or land also being investigated on charges by a Labor senator, Stephen Con- after the joint sitting grabbing. We will no longer keep of corruption. (ToloNews) roy, of demeaning the office of gov- of parliament. Ariana 020-2100270 Kam Air 0799974422 Hotels Safi Landmark By Akhtar M. Nikzad nook and corner. Learning martial arts is not only “I am one of those many girls good for maintaining sound health, who is faced with such nuisance 020-2203131 but it is also an extraordinary tool and annoyance of loafers. One day for defense against rogues. It is my sister and I were on the way to SERENA very effective for all but it is more the taekwondo club. There was no suitable for girls in a bid to pro- one on the road. A young boy riding 0799654000 tect themselves from harassment a bicycle approached us. He dis- and annoyance of loafers on the mounted from his bicycle and in- New Rumi Restaurant alleyways. tended to annoy us but we both Although, in the closed soci- put down the bags and fought the 0776351347 ety, freely going to the bazaar and boy. He preferred to escape,” she practice in a private club is not a recalled. Internet Services very easy work for sportswomen Noori said that learning mar- UA Telecom because it needs more courage to tial arts in the current circumstance ignore loafers. is not only important for health 0796701701 / 0796702702 Elnaz Noori is a young female but it is also significant for self- athlete who experienced the irri- defense during sensitive situation. Exchange Rate tation and annoyance of the loaf- “I think there are a lot of chal- er boys on the street several times lenges in front of Afghan sports- Purchase: but she ignored them. women. They had to overcome Noori has practiced taekwon- these problems to before testing do for three years. Economic con- their mettle in international com- One US$ = straints and social limitations were petitions,” she said regarding the 68.26Afs major problems that she faced. problems that remain unresolved. One Pound Sterling= She said that getting out alone Noory began practice four years from home and exercising sport in ago in a private club in Kabul. She 96.69Afs a private club is still difficult for became part of the national taek- One Euro = girls and they tolerate various wondo squad which includes 200 76.61Afs types of harassments in the soci- sportswomen. In the national com- ety due to unnoticeable number petitions she has clinched many 1000 Pak Rs = of girls. “When a girl wants to start victories and received gold, bronze 640Afs practicing a sport and translate her and silver medals in these match- wishes and goals into reality, first es. She also trains other female on practice. Her family supports port for sportswomen can be found and economical problems but de- their money even for taking part Sale: of all she shall struggle in the soci- taekwondo players in a building. her financially. She termed support in the Olympic committee. There- spite of all these constrains and in international matches to bring One US$ = ety to break the taboos.” She is practicing hard hoping to of government for sportswomen fore, competing in international limitations they continue their glories for the nation and hoist the 68.46 Afs She termed the harassment find an opportunity to participate quite worthless and said that if the matches with empty pockets is practice. He termed insecurity, ob- national flag.” He added that the One Pound Sterling= in an international competition to and teasing by loafer boys a ma- relevant authorities encourage fe- quite difficult,” Noori said while solete traditions and inattention of government in only pays Afs3,000 74.43Afs jor challenge for girls who want to bring great glories for her nation. male athletes only then they will projecting a disheartening reality. the government as major challeng- to athlete who bring gold medal on go outside their homes and work Poverty, insecurity, taboos are the be able to upset rivals in interna- Wahidullah Bayat, who trains es in front of sportswomen and equality basis and Afs1500 to One Euro= or practice sports. According to main challenges in front of female tional tournaments and clinch good members of the national taekwon- said that girls practices sports hop- those athletes who win bronze 71.21 Afs Noori there is no lack of the loafer athletes in the country. Noori positions. “We receive monthly do squad for matches, said that ing to find way to the internation- medal. The problem of salary is 1000 Pak Rs= 648Afs boys as they can be find in every spends Afs10,000 per month only Afs1000 as refreshment. No sup- female athletes face a lot of social al competitions. “They spend unresolved.

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PM pushes Agents warn fo r free Sri Lanka losing thou- trade deal sands of West w ith In dia Asian jobs Prime Minister John Key controversial deal the Sri used a m eeting w ith India's Lanka Foreign Employment president today to push for ABureau (SLBFE) has en- a free trade agreem ent w ith tered into with a Dubai-based com- India, he say s. pany to provide a new insurance cover, in addition to the existing Pranab Mukherjee, who is the first ones, to Sri Lankan migrant work- Indian president to come to New ers has put the country’s West Zealand, flew into Auckland yes- Asian job market in jeopardy. terday for a three-day official vis- The bad news could not have it. come to the Government at a worse He held a bi-lateral meeting time than when the country is fac- with Mr Key this afternoon. ing a foreign exchange crisis while Following the meeting, Mr the West Asian job market is Key said the lack of a free trade shrinking due to an economic re- agreement was holding back the cession linked to the drastic fall in relationship between the two coun- oil prices. tries. Qatar recruitment companies "If you think about the demo- warn if Sri Lanka does not drop graphics in India, they're very sim- the new insurance demand, they ilar to those in China - so while will recruit from India, Bangladesh we're doing well with India, in re- and other countries ality we could be doing a lot bet- Besides, a policy decision by ter," he said. the Gulf Cooperation Countries China was New Zealand's (GCC) to recruit within the region number one market for export and the opening up of the African goods, while India was number 10, market for recruitment are also Mr Key said. threatening to take jobs away from "So you can see what oppor- Sri Lanka and other Asian markets, tunity there is." job agencies say. Mr Key also used the meeting They say no other Asian coun- to lobby for Helen Clark's bid to try sending workers abroad has become Secretary-General of the heaped an additional insurance United Nations. burden on recruiting companies. Mr Mukherjee seemed recep- Therefore the SLBFE’s insistence tive to Miss Clark's candidacy, Mr that every worker is covered by a Key said. Dubai insurance policy places Sri "He had high personal regard Lanka in a disadvantageous posi- for Helen Clark... He also made the tion in the highly competitive West point that he could see the strong Asian job market, which attracts merits of a woman being in the top 94% of Sri Lankan migrant work- job at the United Nations, so I got ers. the impression that they would An official of a Qatar-based look very closely at her candida- company, which recruits thou- ture." sands of Sri Lankan skilled and Mr Mukherjee is due to leave non-skilled workers every year, New Zealand tomorrow afternoon. said they were perplexed over the Meanwhile New Zealand has SLBFE’s new requirement, for signed a new air services agreement which employers are asked to pay with India, enabling New Zealand a US$ 100 premium and another airlines to code-share to seven In- US$ 10 as administration fee to dian cities - Bangalore, Chennai, Bangladesh police detained three remarks about the Prophet hacked to death last week, attacks filiated Amaq news agency said, drew the case against him. In Feb- the SLBFE. Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mum- people on Sunday over the grue- Mohammed four years ago, as claimed by a Bangladeshi branch citing a source, according to SITE ruary, suspected Islamists decapi- The SLBFE says the decision bai and New Delhi. some murder of a Hindu tailor one Bangladesh reels from rising Islam- of Al-Qaeda, while a liberal pro- Intelligence Group. Home Minis- tated a top Hindu priest inside a to go for Dubai-based Union In- In the year to March 52,000 day earlier, the latest deadly at- ist violence. fessor was also killed days earlier. ter Asaduzzaman Khan rejected temple complex in one of the surance Company’s insurance New Zealanders travelled to India, tack on minorities claimed by the Tangail deputy police chief Suspected Islamists have murdered the claim of responsibility on Sat- country's northern districts, an at- scheme was taken in the interest while nearly 60,000 Indians visit- Islamic State group. Aslam Khan said the three have at least 30 members of religious urday, repeating the government's tack also claimed by the IS group. of Sri Lankan migrant workers. It ed here. A senior officer said the prin- been "taken into police custody for minorities, secular bloggers and stance that the jihadist group, along A long-running political crisis in says the scheme, which is made cipal of an Islamic madrassa and questioning" including a local leader other liberal activists, foreigners with Al-Qaeda, have no known officially secular Bangladesh has mandatory for every employer, two others were being held for ques- of the country's largest Islamist and intellectuals in Bangladesh in presence in Bangladesh. The secu- radicalised opponents of the gov- was introduced in Kuwait last year tioning over the hacking to death party, Jamaat-e-Islami. "The the past three years. The IS group lar government and the police have ernment and analysts say Islamist and is now being expanded to Qa- India ready to of Nikhil Chandra Joarder outside madrassa principal filed a com- claimed responsibility for the lat- instead blamed local banned mili- extremists pose a growing danger. tar and the United Arab Emirates. his shop in Tangail town, north- plaint against the deceased in 2012 est attack, carried out by three tant groups for the attacks. Four Hindus, the country's largest But Qatar companies have west of Dhaka. for making derogatory remarks unknown men who arrived on a years ago, Joarder was charged with religious minority, make up nearly called in to question the need for clear $6.5b of Police suspect the 50-year-old against the Prophet Mohammed," motorbike. It claimed Joarder "was hurting religious sentiments and he 10 percent of Bangladesh's 160 mil- additional insurance cover when Joarder may have been targeted on Khan told AFP. The attack comes known for blaspheming the spent three weeks in jail, before lion population of mainly Sunni they insure every worker – as re- Iran's oil dues Saturday for making derogatory after two gay activists were Prophet Mohammed," the IS-af- the unknown complainant with- Muslims. quired by a Qatari government rule — under insurance schemes which NEW DELHI: Keen to step up are more comprehensive and work- engagement in hydrocarbon sec- er-friendly than the Dubai-based tor with Iran, India has conveyed JUI-F leader film ed Arm ed guards at In - Qureshi for company’s scheme. to the Persian Gulf nation that it Rejecting the SLBFE’s de- was ready to clear nearly $6.5 bil- across-the- mand outright, an official of a lead- lion of the dues for oil import from by do cto r durin g dia dam s as dro ught ing Qatari recruitment company that country at the earliest, pro- board ac- said his company was an ISO stan- vided there was clarity on pay- dard company and it insured ev- ment channel. The message has m edical exam in atio n leaves farm ers dry ery worker for Qatari Riyal been conveyed to Iraneven as countability TIKAMGARH, India: As young water to everyone," Laxmi Giri 200,000 (Rs. 8 million). Prime Minister Narendra Modi is Insisting his company was not likely to visit the oil-rich country boys plunge into a murky dam to Goswami, chairwoman of Tikam- SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-In- escape the blistering afternoon sun, garh municipality, told AFP. "We saf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood ready to bear the additional finan- later this month. Government guards armed with guns stand vigil pray to rain gods for mercy," she cial burden by paying US$ 100 to sources said there has been a se- Qureshi has called for an across- at one of the few remaining water said. In the nearby village of Dar- the-board accountability of cor- the Dubai insurance firm, the offi- ries of discussions at various lev- bodies in a state hit hard by India's gai Khurd, only one of 17 wells cial said his company had decided els both in Tehran and here and rupt people in the country. crippling drought. has water. With temperatures hov- Addressing the District Bar to stop recruitment from Sri Lan- both sides were confident of re- Desperate farmers from a ering around 45 degrees Celsius, ka and would turn its focus on coun- solving the issue soon. “We are Association in Sukkur, he said neighbouring state regularly at- its 850 residents fear they may Imran Khan was expected to visit tries such as Bangladesh, India and working on clearing the dues to tempt to steal water from the Bar- soon be left thirsty. "If it dries up, the city but he could not come be- Ethiopia. Iran and are hopeful that the issue ighat dam, forcing authorities in we won't have a drop of water to cause of a busy schedule. The Sunday Times learns that will be resolved soon,” they said. central Madhya Pradesh to pro- drink," Santosh Kumar, a local vil- He said opposition parties several other companies have also Following lifting of sanctions tect it with armed guards to ensure lager told AFP. Farmers across In- were trying to make a joint strate- warned that they will look else- against it in January under a his- supplies. India is officially in the dia rely on the monsoon -- a four- gy against the government in the where unless the SLBFE drops its toric nuclear deal, Iran had termi- grip of its worst water crisis in month rainy season which starts wake of the links of the prime min- demand. nated a three-year-old system ISLAMABAD: A video of Jamiat examined, and was most likely the years, with the government say- in June -- to cultivate their crops, ister’s family to Panama Papers. The Sunday Times learns that with India of getting paid for half Ulema-i-Islam (F) chief Maulana same person who uploaded the vid- ing that about 330 million people, as the country lacks a robust irri- In this connection, a meeting of every Sri Lankan leaving for em- of the oil dues in rupees and has Fazlur Rehman was uploaded onto eo. “We also received a number of or a quarter of the population, are gation system. Two weak mon- opposition parties would be held ployment abroad is also covered been insisting on being paid in social media by a Pakistan Insti- calls in which followers of the reli- suffering from drought after the soons have resulted in severe wa- on May 2. The meeting would dis- by Sri Lanka Insurance’s Sahana Euros for the oil it sells to Indian tute of Medical Sciences (Pims) gious leader asked why privacy last two monsoons failed. "Water ter shortages and crop losses in as cuss the ToRs (terms of reference) scheme. In terms of this policy, refiners. It has also scrapped free doctor, despite the binding ethical wasn’t ensured during the check is more precious than gold in this many as 10 states, prompting ex- for the judicial commission being Rs. 400,000 is paid for the next of delivery of crude oil to Indian re- and legal responsibility of doctors up,” he added. He said a committee area," Purshotam Sirohi, who was treme measures including curfews formed to investigate the Panama kin in the event of an untimely finers. Officials said though West- to keep patients’ matters confiden- headed by Prof Abid Farooqi has hired by the local municipality to near water sources and water trains leaks, he added. death of a migrant worker. The ern sanctions against Iran were lift- tial. Upon receiving complaints been formed to look into the mat- protect the stop-dam, located in sent to the worst-affected regions. He stressed the need for an SLBFE says this amount is not ed, problems persist in banking from the family and followers of ter. The other members of the com- Tikamgarh district, told AFP. "We Many dejected farmers are now active role of lawyers in the move- enough. But questions arise as to channels due to which regular the religious leader, the Pims man- mittee are Prof Syeda Batool are protecting the dam round the moving to cities and towns to ment against corruption. He said why the SLBFE decided on a transactions were not possible agement has suspended the doctor Mazher and Prof Imran Sikander. clock." But the security measures work as daily wage labourers to lawyers had always played an im- Dubai company instead of a Sri yet. Refiners like Essar OilBSE - who uploaded the video, and apol- The committee has been asked to cannot stop the drought from rav- overcome their financial losses and portant role in movements against Lankan insurance company. 0.15 % and Mangalore Refinery ogised to Mr Rehman. A three-per- submit its report within three work- aging the dam in the parched Bun- support their families. At a scruffy, military dictators and for the su- Akbar Kareem, proprietor of and Petrochemicals Ltd (MPRL) son committee has also been con- ing days. According to an official delkhand region, with officials say- makeshift camp in north Mumbai, premacy of law in the country. Formosas Communications Com- owe nearly $6.5 billion in dues to stituted to look into the matter. Mr order available with Dawn the med- ing it holds just one month of re- in one of the worst-affected states, Earlier, PTI chairman Imran pany, a 32-year-old pioneer Sri Iran. Since February 2013, Indi- Rehman was admitted to the hos- ical officer who recorded the video serves. Four reservoirs in Madhya dozens of migrants who have fled Khan who was scheduled to arrive Lankan job agency, said the SL- an refiners like Essar Oil and pital on April 28 for stomach-re- in the Pims VIP room has been sus- Pradesh have already dried up, leav- their drought-stricken villages in Sukkur on April 30 to lead a BFE’s move was certainly not in lated issues, and was kept under pended with immediate effect. The ing more than a million people with queue to fill plastic containers with the national interest of the coun- MRPL paid 45 per cent of their rally in connection with his par- try. import bill in rupees to UCO Bank observation for several hours. He hospital’s staff was also warned that inadequate water and forcing au- water. ty’s ‘eliminate corruption and save was discharged the same evening it was unethical and unprofessional thorities to truck in supplies. Al- Migrants from rural areas usu- He said he had got an order for account of Iranian oil company. country’ campaign has cancelled 890 workers for a project in Qa- The remaining has been accumu- after a number of tests. The next to obtain photographs of any pa- most a hundred thousand residents ally come to the city in January or his visit reportedly because of dif- day, a video around 15 seconds in tient, or release them to anyone in Tikamgarh get piped water for February to get jobs on construc- tar, but the recruitment process lating, pending finalisation of a ferences among senior party lead- was in abeyance because the Qa- payment mechanism. Petroleum length, was uploaded on social without the patient’s permission. just two hours every fourth day, tion sites, but in March and April ers, sources claimed. media in which a doctor was seen It reads: “To this effect, the man- while municipal authorities have the number of arrivals kept increas- tari company which sought the M i n i s t e r D h a r m e n d r a According to these sources, workers was refusing to pay the Pradhan and External Affairs examining Mr Rehman. Pims man- agement of Pims strongly condemns ordered new bore wells to be dug ing. "There are some 300-350 fam- there was a disappointment among agement suspends doctor, tenders the act and tenders unconditional to meet demand. But it may not be ilies here. That's a total of more US$100 additional insurance cov- Minister Sushma Swarajhad vis- PTI workers in Sindh since it was er. ited Iran last month during which ‘unconditional, sincere’ apology sincere apology to the worthy pa- enough, with officials saying the than 1,000 people," said Sudhir announced that the party chairman following breach of doctor-patient tient, his family and followers.” The groundwater level has receded Rane, a volunteer running the camp was not visiting the province. “We are losing our job market. they had conveyed to Iranian lead- confidentiality Pims Vice Chancel- incident is the second scandal to rock The Gulf countries are looking else- ers that India wants to significant- more than 100 feet (30 metres) in Mumbai's Ghatkopar suburb. They said the PTI chief had lor Dr Javed Akram said Mr Reh- Pims in about three weeks. On April owing to less than half the average "There is a drought and there cancelled his visit to Sindh because where. Some West Asian employ- ly ramp up engagement in oil and man’s son contacted him and 9, a 20-year-old patient was alleg- annual rainfall in the past few is no water back home so more ers are telling us to pay the US$ gas sector with that country. The of differences between senior par- lodged a complaint saying a doc- edly raped by a hospital employee, years. "The situation is really crit- families have come here this year," ty leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi 100 premium to the Dubai com- issue of the pending dues had also tor had recorded his father being who has since been arrested. ical, but we are trying to provide he told AFP. pany, if we are so worried about figured in the meetings. Swaraj and Jahangir Tareen. losing our business. But we can- during her visit had conveyed to not do this because in terms of the Iranian leadership that India SLBFE circular this money has to wants to invest in joint ventures be paid by the employer,” he said. in oil and gas sectors in the Per- If Mr. Kareem decides to pay sian Gulf nation where foreign in- the US$ 100 insurance fee and the vestors from major economic US$ 10 to the SLBFE, the 890 job powers are rushing in to get early package will cost his firm US$ footholds after lifting of sanc- 97,900 or more than Rs. 14 mil- tions. lion. If 300,000 Sri Lankans leave Following lifting of sanctions annually for West Asia to take up against Iran, India has been eying jobs and local job agents are forced deeper energy ties with that coun- to pay the premium, this would try and has already lined up $20 Time heals. And when it doesn’t, ular café chain in Nepal, it could in the doldrums for many years. was mountaineering that first company in Kathmandu. “We have mean a dollar drain of US$ 30 mil- billion as investment in oil and gas at least it dulls the first shock of a have looked like a festive gather- Those in the government don’t opened Nepal to the outside world.” two kinds of expeditions – moun- lion at US$ 100 a worker basis. as well as petrochemical and fer- tragedy and gives one some sem- ing. Only the ruins of Durbar care about the common people. But Of the world’s fourteen highest taineering and trekking. While moun- Mr. Kareem said the job agen- tiliser projects there. New Delhi blance of recovery. So a gathering Square, the pamphlets motivating as long as we had a flourishing tour- peaks – those above 8000 metres in taineering requires more technical cies would write to the President, is looking to increase engagement to commemorate possibly the people to rebuild their heritage, the ism, we weren’t hit by the politi- height – eight are in Nepal. “After skill, treks are of shorter duration,” seeking an appointment with him with the sanction-free Iran by rais- worst disaster in the history of a thousands of candles lit in memo- cal upheavals,” says a taxi driver the 2014 avalanche only expeditions he explains. He estimates a 95% to explain the adverse effects of ing oil imports and possible ship- community, may, to a casual on- ry of those who lost their lives and in Kathmandu, who says his busi- to the Everest were cancelled. But drop in the number of foreign climb- the scheme and the disadvanta- ments of natural gas. It also wants looker, assume the appearance of the presence of the international ness dropped by 60% after the the 2015 earthquake impacted all ers coming to Nepal in the immedi- geous position the country and job rights to develop Farzad-B gas a celebration. At Kathmandu’s media were reminders of the fact earthquake and is yet to revive mountaineering expeditions and ate aftermath of the earthquake, in agencies had been pushed into. field in the Persian Gulf discov- Durbar Square on Sunday, April that it was the one-year anniver- completely. For those in the niche treks,” says Ang Tshering Sherpa, May last year. “We have two climb- Migrant workers sent more than ered by OVL. A deal for the field 24, Nepalese youngsters, dressed sary of the earthquake that shook business of mountain tourism, the president of Nepal Mountaineering ing seasons, spring and autumn. US$ 7 billion in 2014 and the Gov- was not signed during Pradhan’s in their best, walked about arm-in- Nepal on April 25, 2015, causing 2015 earthquake was the second Association. Among the first pupils There was a 55% drop in the num- ernment wants to increase the in- visit as Iranian Parliament, Maj- arm, laughed and chatted and damage to both life and property. blow in two consecutive years. On to have studied at the school built ber of mountaineers and 68% drop flow to US$ 10 billion this year. lis, is yet to approve the new Iran clicked selfies on their smart And cutting off one of Nepal’s April 18, 2014, an avalanche in the by Sir Edmund Hillary in the Khum- in the numbers of trekkers last au- The money the migrant workers Petroleum Contract (IPC) under phones. Seen from a distance, most important sources of liveli- Khumbu icefall at the Everest bu region of Nepal, Ang Tshering tumn. For the 2016 spring season send, together with tourism earn- through the big glass windows of hood – tourism – for the next few killed 16 Sherpas. As the Nepal gave up professional climbing in the we have seen an 87% return in the ings, helps the Government to which the Farzad-B field is to be bridge the balance of payment gap. given to the OVL-led consortium. the Himalayan Java Coffee, a pop- months. “Nepal politics has been Tourism Board website says, “It 1980s and owns the Asian Trekking number of mountaineers. MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Turkey: Two illed in blast at Gaziantep police station

A bomb attack outside the po- lice headquarters in Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep has killed two policemen and in- jured 22 others, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Sunday's attack, which happened some 60km from the Syrian border. H un dreds o f civilian s killed sin ce escalatio n started betw een Syrian go vern m en t an d rebels o n April 22. Security sources, however, said police raided the home of a man The Syrian government has suspect with links to the Islamic launched fresh air strikes across State of Iraq and the Levant Aleppo as part of its ongoing of- group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) fensive against rebel groups in the after the attack. Turkish media historic city, as US Secretary of reported that an explosive-laden State John Kerry plans to head to vehicle blew up next to the safe- Geneva in an attempt to revamp ty barriers at the entrance of the peace talks. Government forces city's main police station. Two carried out at least six air strikes cars entered the area with assail- targeting the residential areas of al- ants firing automatic weapons Lairamon and Kafr Hamra on Sun- and police responding to the at- day morning, local journalist Zou- tack, daily Hurriyet reported. One of the cars drove off, while hir Al Shimale said. the second car exploded, accord- The US on Saturday demand- ing to the newspaper. Police on ed that Syrian President Bashar al- edge Reporters were told that Assad's forces halt their bombard- there may be a threat of another ment of Aleppo and help restore a attack. Al Jazeera's Stefanie De- nationwide ceasefire. Aleppo was kker, reporting from the scene left out of a temporary US-Rus- of the blast, said police officers sian brokered truce that appeared at the station were "extremely to be holding in the government nervous". "Police officers stronghold of Latakia as well as wouldn't let anyone come with- Damascus and the nearby rebel in 100 metres of the police head- bastion of Eastern Ghouta. The quarters," she said. "They are lit- Russian defence ministry said on erally cocking their weapons at Sunday that the temporary "calm" anyone that approaches. "At around was extended for another some point there was a woman, 24 hours, as the Latakia one was who came very close, and a po- set to stay in place for 48 more lice officer cocked his weapon hours. Terrified residents fled a and yelled at her to get back." new wave of air strikes on rebel- Dekker said roads around the held areas of the divided city as police station had already been Russia, a close ally of Damascus, blocked off before the explosion, said it would not pressure the As- possibly due to an expected May sad government to halt its air 1 rally. A May 1 rally in the city strikes. With the peace process of Adana was cancelled earlier on hanging by a thread, Kerry was to Sunday as a result of a suicide fly to Geneva on Sunday for talks bomb threat. with UN envoy Staffan de Mistu- ra and the Saudi and Jordanian for- eign ministers. In calls to de Mis- Anti-war priest tura and the lead Syrian opposi- Daniel Berrigan tion negotiator, Kerry expressed dies in US, aged 94 "deep concern" about Aleppo, H o m es, m ed ica l fa cilit ies a n d o t her b uild in g s a cr o ss t he cit y ha v e b een hit ha r d b y a ir st r ik es a n d shells [Al Ja zeer a ] which has suffered some of the worst fighting in a conflict that has retary made clear that we urged indiscriminate aerial attacks in ical facilities and other buildings Jazeera] "The situation has be- Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, Daniel Berrigan, a Roman Catho- killed more than 270,000 people Russia to take steps to stop gov- Aleppo," a state department across the city have been hit hard come unbearable," Abu Moham- told AFP as he prepared to flee lic priest and prominent anti-war and displaced millions. "The sec- ernment violations, especially its spokesperson said. Homes, med- by air strikes and shells [Al med, a resident of the battered with his wife and five children. campaigner, has died at the age of 94. Michael Benigno, a spokesman for the Jesuits USA Taiwan sends Northeast Province, said Labo ur refo rm s fire up May Berrigan died on Saturday at a patrol ships Jesuit infirmary at Fordham University. Former reporter dis- after boat seized Day rallies in Fran ce, S-Ko rea cusses media's role in Vietnam war A peace activist, Berrigan by Japan authored more than 50 books, including several on religion and Taiwan Sunday sent two patrol activism, as well as poetry col- ships to waters surrounding a Japa- lections. He won the prestigious nese atoll amid a dispute over the Lamont Prize in 1957 for "Time seizure of one of the island's fish- Without Number", a volume of ing boats. The detention of the his poetry. He and his younger "Tung Sheng Chi 16" near brother, the Reverend Phillip Okinotori-shima last week angered Berrigan, in the 1960s became Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al- geon. Jumaa, who identified her- Taiwanese officials, who say To- leaders of the anti-war move- Abadi on Sunday ordered authori- self as a secularist, said she want- kyo has no authority over the area. ment against the US invasion of ties to arrest and prosecute pro- ed the current government dis- A Taiwanese coast guard ship and Vietnam. Berrigan was once im- testers who attacked security forc- solved and replaced by a small in- another from the Council of Agri- prisoned for burning draft files es, lawmakers and damaged state terim administration whose job culture departed from the south- in a protest against the Vietnam property after breaking into Bagh- would be to amend the constitu- ern port of Kaoshiung Sunday. war in 1968. The brothers en- dad's heavily fortified Green Zone tion and to prepare for an early "Japan has no right to ban our fish- tered a draft board in Catonsville, to protest delays in reform plans. national election. Iraq has been ing boats from the area," Taiwan's Maryland, in May 1968 with Abadi's statement came a day af- mired in a political crisis for coast guard adminstration said in a France braced Sunday for violence by making it easier to lay off peo- she told local media, adding that re- other activists and removed ter hundreds of angry anti-govern- months, hindering the govern- statement. "The government will at May Day rallies where workers ple in lean times. Government has formist unions who represent most records of young men about to ment followers of influential Shi- ment's ability to combat ISIS which resolutely defend the rights and are fired up over labour reforms, already watered down the bill but workers were behind the changes. be shipped to Vietnam. The ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tore still controls much of the country's freedom of our fisherman in inter- while similar fears of eroding rights this has failed to calm the anger Meanwhile in France, May Day group took the files outside and down walls and poured into the north and west - or address a fi- national waters." The mission will sent tens of thousands into the among students and workers de- celebrations exposed bitter divi- burned them. The Catonsville parliament building, exacerbating a nancial crisis largely prompted by last for one to three months. Be- streets of South Korea. From Mos- manding it be withdrawn. French sions in the rising far-right National Nine, as they came to be known, long-simmering political crisis. Late the plunge in global oil prices. Ira- tween 100-200 Taiwanese boats cow to Marseille, protests were Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Front with former leader Jean-Marie were convicted on federal Saturday, Abadi toured inside the qi security forces initially respond- fish in the waters around expected in cities across the globe Sunday warned groups of trouble- Le Pen and his daughter and current charges. OPINION: The real parliament building, walking past ed by tightening security across Okinotori-shima each year. Japan to celebrate Labour Day as the makers known as "casseurs" party chief Marine Le Pen holding state of the union - social justice damaged furniture. Videos on so- the capital, sealing off checkpoints say it has exclusive rights in the working classes battle economic (breakers) who appear on the side- rival rallies. Jean-Marie, 87, criti- In 1980, the Berrigans and six cial media showed a group of young leading to the Green Zone and halt- 200 nautical mile area surrounding crises and unemployment that lines of marches actively seeking cised his estranged daughter and other activists broke into a Gen- men surrounding and slapping two ing traffic on main roads heading the uninhabited atoll in the Philip- have fuelled anti-government sen- confrontation with police, leading predicted she would be roundly eral Electric nuclear missile site Iraqi lawmakers as they attempt- into the city, according to the Bagh- pine Sea. But in addition to Tai- timent. France was on high alert to violent clashes. "We will re- beaten in presidential elections in in Pennsylvania, where they ed to flee the crowd, while other dad Operations Command. wan, China and South Korea also after protests against planned la- spond with the greatest of deter- 2017. International Workers Day doused files in blood and dam- protesters mobbed lawmakers' Alarmed by the latest devel- reject the Japanese claim. Taiwan's bour reforms this week descended mination to these troublemakers ... was started in Chicago in 1886 by a aged warhead nose cones. motorcades. Jubilant protesters opment, the UN mission to Iraq defence ministry said it also plans into chaos with scenes of burning the attacks and violence against union demanding an eight-hour were also seen jumping and danc- said it was "gravely concerned." It to deploy warships to "appropri- cars and stone-throwing protest- security forces are unacceptable," work day and is now celebrated Obam a takes ing on the parliament's meeting hall issued a statement condemning vi- ate waters" but spokesman David ers who injured dozens of police- said Valls. Labour Minister Myri- around the world. In South Korea - tables and chairs and waving Iraqi olence against elected officials and Lo declined to elaborate. men in Paris. While government am El Khomri meanwhile defend- - also battling soaring youth unem- last sho ts at flags. "We need new faces not the urging "calm, restraint and respect The maritime row is straining hopes the reforms will reduce ed her reforms, saying that debate ployment -- planned labour reforms old ones," said female protester for Iraq's constitutional institu- normally friendly relations be- chronic unemployment of about on the bill should now shift to par- have similarly sparked anger among o fficial Washin g- Shatha Jumaa, a 58-year old sur- tions at this crucial juncture." tween Taipei and Tokyo. 10 percent, critics believe they liament where it is due in two days. workers, and tens of thousands pro- to n din n e r threaten hard-won workers' rights "This bill is fair and necessary," tested against the bill.

Even though President Barack Obama and his wife can’t wait Iran says it im- to get out of the White House, prisoned culprits being a lame duck can hurt a guy. “Last week Prince George behind Saudi showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe,” Obama cracked at the embassy attack White House Correspondents’ Iran has imprisoned the perpetra- dinner Saturday night. “That was tors who stormed the Saudi em- a slap in the face.” Obama drew bassy in the capital Tehran in early plenty of laughs with his barbed January, according to an Iranian remarks to a ballroom filled with journalists, politicians, and mov- minister. ie and television stars. It was his The attack has led the king- eighth appearance at the event dom to cut ties with the Islamic and his last as president. “If this republic. Iran’s minister of culture material works well, I’m going Ali Jannati said that the “perpe- to use it at Goldman Sachs next trators who stormed the Saudi em- year,” Obama said. “Earn me bassy… were arrested and are now some serious Tubmans.” The China on Saturday blamed Japan his first since taking office more pan relations is Japan’s outlook on and follow the one-China policy threats.” “It should have a more pos- in prison,” according to semi-offi- president waxed nostalgic at for tense bilateral relations and laid than three years ago, and the first history and China. We have seen to the letter. No ambiguity or vac- itive and healthy attitude toward the cial Fars News. times. “Eight years ago I said it out a four-point agenda to im- by a Japanese foreign minister in signs of improvement in China- illation is allowed when it comes growth of China, and stop spread- The report did not name the was time to change the tone of prove ties, telling visiting Japanese four-and-a-half years. Besides Japan relations. However, there is to this important political founda- ing or echoing all kinds of ‘China identities or number of people de- our politics. In hindsight, I clear- foreign minister Fumio Kishida meeting Chinese foreign minister still a lack of mutual trust between tion of the bilateral ties,” Wang was threat’ or ‘China economic recession’ tained over the attack. ly should have been more spe- there is lack of mutual trust be- Wang Yi, Kishida called on Premier the two sides.” He outlined four quoted as saying by state media. theories.” On the economic side, The minister added that cific.” And he acknowledged that tween the two sides. The two Li Keqiang and met State Council- points for improving bilateral ties. He added: “In terms of its outlook Wang said Japan should establish the “Tehran wants to find reasonable the years had taken their toll. countries are embroiled in a terri- or Yang Jiechi. Yi referred to the “In the political area, the Japanese on China, the Japanese side should concept of win-win cooperation, dis- and balanced relations based on “I’m gray, grizzled ... counting torial dispute in the East China Sea problematic history of the two side should stick fast to the four translate into concrete actions its card the outdated idea that one side multilateral cooperation with the down the days to my death pan- and have a contentious history. countries during his meeting with political documents including the consensus with China, that is, the cannot do without the other side, or countries of the region.” el.” On the other hand, he point- Kishida is paying an official visit Kishida. Wang said the “root cause China-Japan Joint Statement, face two countries are each other’s co- one side depends more on the other The minister did not reveal the ed out that his approval ratings to China from Friday to Sunday, for twists and turns in China-Ja- up to and reflect upon the history operative partners rather than side than the other way around. identity or the number of the cul- are up. “The last time I was this prits behind the attack on the Saudi high,” he said, “I was trying to embassy in Tehran, but he stressed decide on my major.” that “this attack has been con- When he said he couldn’t explain demned by all officials within the the rise in his popularity, two Six killed in Texas flo o ds as severe w eather lashes cen tral US Iranian establishment and the Ira- photographs appeared on ball- nian regime will hold accountable room screens: Donald Trump and AUSTIN: A grandmother and four Captain James Muniz said. "They 370. His body was found late Sat- of the five victims. The National lines, the service said. As of 10:30 of her grandchildren were killed and were able to get out but they were urday afternoon, according to Weather Service issued a flash flood a.m. local time, more than 4,200 all sides involved in this incident.” Ted Cruz. Democratic US pres- The culture minister’s remarks idential candidate Bernie Sand- another person also died in floods washed away," he said, adding Anderson County Sheriff Greg watch extending from east Texas customers in the region were with- ers and his wife Jane (2nd R) at- in Texas caused by storms that their bodies were recovered on Sat- Taylor. Seven homes were evacu- into much of Mississippi and a out power, CenterPoint Energy appear to contradict an announce- tend the White House Corre- unleashed tornadoes, damaging urday. Those killed were identified ated and temporary shelters were severe thunderstorm watch for reported. ment by attorney general in March, spondents' Association annual hail and torrential rains on several as Jamonicka Johnson, 6, Von established, officials said. The city New Orleans and the southern There were seven reported tor- which said that all 154 people de- dinner. central U.S. states, officials said Johnson Jr., 7, Devonte Asberry, received 7.5 inches (19 cm) of rain Louisiana region. "Strong to severe nadoes from the storm system on tained af Obama took a few more on Saturday. The woman and her 8, Venetia Asberry, 9, and Lenda in less than an hour, which caused thunderstorms are expected today Friday in Texas and Oklahoma, it ter the attack had been re- swipes at the presidential race, grandchildren died in Palestine, Asberry, 64, the city said. Pales- the floods. "I don't recall ever see- into this evening across the lower said. A twister caused damage to leased. The attorney general said noting that “next year at this time Texas, 100 miles (160 km) south- tine police took the bodies to Tyler, ing this much water rise so fast Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Val- several structures and ripped on April 10 that “there were no someone else will be standing east of Dallas, after escaping a Texas, for autopsies, officials said. and in such a short period of time," ley, Ozarks and the Ohio Valley," through mobile homes in Ninne- detainees in the Saudi embassy in- here in this very spot, and it’s house where flood waters had A Palestine man, Giovani Olivas, Palestine Mayor Bob Herrington it said. kah, about 50 miles (80 km) south- cident, but the indictment included anyone’s guess who she will be.” reached the roof line. They were 30, was swept under flood waters said in a statement where he also Strong winds in the Houston west of Oklahoma City, local news 48 accused,” without announcing then swept away, Palestine police around Anderson County Road offered condolences to the family area downed trees and cut power reports said. any specific judicial proceedings. MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designer: Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press By Afrasiab Khattak project. In the 1990s Taliban also attacked Gulbadin Hik- Afghanistan is due to Tali- Religious seminaries have a offices functioned openly in matyar’s organisation and ban. The constitution says long history but Taliban (stu- all the major cities of Paki- other Afghan factions. In In the 2014 Pakistan vis- dents of the seminaries) stan. fact their links with Al Qai- it of Dr. Ashraf Ghani Paki- emerged as an independent Third, before formally and da and their support for stani leadership had prom- and separate political entity systematically launching Tal- OBL turned Afghanistan ised to facilitate talks be- Ar- in mid 1990s. They ostensi- ibanisation inside Afghani- into a theater for internation- tween the Afghan govern- ticle Eighteen: The calendar of the country shall be based on the flight of the Prophet (PBUH). The basis of bly rose as a player in Af- stan, the Taliban led by Molvi al military conflict. ment and Taliban. It was work for state offices is the solar calendar. Fridays and the 28 Asad and the 8 Sawr are public holidays. Other holidays shall be regulated by law. ghan politics to fill the vacu- Sufi Mohammad, had worked Similarly to camouflage also decided that while forg- um created by the dramatic on a pilot project of imposing their mercenary nature Tal- ing peace with reconcilable decline of former muja- “Sharia” in the Malakand di- iban they also projected elements, both the countries hideen in the early 1990s but vision of Khyber Pakhtukh- themselves as “representa- will fight together against the Taliban movement bore wa province in Pakistan. tives of Pashtuns” against those who refuse to enter a clear made-in-Pakistan When the Taliban captured the domination of the North- the peace process. The Tal- mark on it for three reasons. Kabul in 1996 and started rul- ern Alliance in Afghanistan. iban have used this engage- First, almost 95 percent ing Afghanistan Talibanisa- This is again a very mislead- ment to launch a full fledged of them were trained in reli- tion started gripping FATA. ing spin. Talibanisation is first war against Afghan state. gious seminaries in Pakistan Taliban ascendency in the and foremost aimed at dec- They have owned responsi- as Afghan refugee children area increased as their lead- imating historical Pashtun bility for some horrendous along with locals were at- ership retreated from Af- national identity and is also terrorist attacks in Afghani- tracted by the widening net- ghanistan after the collapse geared towards demonising stan particularly in Kabul. work of seminaries operat- of their regime in Kabul af- Pashtuns in regional and in- Afghan public opinion has Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is all set to drop power bill bomb ing in Pakistan, mostly with ter 9/11. They regrouped on ternational politics. Pashtun seriously turned against ne- on consumers. Spokesman for the state-run electricity distribution com- the financial support of Arab the Pakistani side of the Du- culture has been the main gotiation with Taliban. Tali- pany, Wahidullah Tawhidi, said that tariff on imported electricity for con- countries. Religious educa- rand Line and started a new victim of the Taliban on- ban have failed to develop tion imparted by the afore- stage of war in Afghanistan slaught. In fact Pashtuns in any significant political cap- sumers was to be increased by 25 percent. The decision has been taken to mentioned seminaries was in 2003. The TTP though Afghanistan have suffered ital on both sides of the Du- recover the loss of around $18 million that DABS has suffered during characterised by the Waha- technically a separate entity the most because of Taliban rand Line due to their unde- last solar year. According to the spokesman the loss was suffered to boost bi school of thought. The has enjoyed close ideological attacks in terms of loss of niable links with terrorist ac- students were politicised as and organisational relation- life and destruction of infra- tivities. The paradox of Pa- in the US dollar value. Afghani has dropped against the USD to lowest these seminaries were run ship with the main body of the structure. It is also hardly a kistani policy is that it is level in the past 10 years. Major exporters of power to Afghanistan are by Pakistani religious politi- Taliban. The TTP fighters are coincidence that Pashtun crushing them in Pakistani Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Uzbekistan. The country imports 70 cal parties who used these fighting in Afghanistan along nationalists in Pakistan have territory but supporting them institutions as their political side their Afghan comrades borne the brunt of Taliban’s in Afghanistan. It is very dif- percent of required electricity from these four countries. The reason the base. Religious political par- and the TTP also depend on terrorist attacks in Pakistan. ficult for Pakistan to deny DABS stated has made most of the consumers confused and frustrated. It ties belonging to the their Afghan counterparts for In a similar vein it is claimed responsibility for Taliban ac- is feared that the tariff will not only increase on imported electricity but Deobandi school in Pakistan sanctuaries in the Afghan that Taliban can’t be defeat- tivities in a situation where took pride in regarding these border areas where Afghan ed in Afghanistan. In fact Mr. Sartaj Aziz has formally on locally generated power as well. Import of power is more than local Taliban as extension of their government’s writ is mini- they are defeated on daily accepted the presence of production. Similarly, the rate of per kilowatt imported and locally gen- political and sectarian influ- mal. basis in Afghanistan, but Taliban leadership in Paki- erated electricity is the same. It is widely believed that the DABS had ence in Afghanistan. The There are a number of their sanctuaries on the east stan. formation of the “Council for myths attached with Taliban of Durand Line enable them Project Taliban, a rem- taken the decision after failing to recover the unpaid bills. Most of pow- the Defense of Afghanistan” in the state sponsored narra- to carry on and launch fresh nant of Cold War, is a hin- erful entities and people, including government organizations, warlords by Pakistani religious politi- tive over the years as the attacks. drance to peace in Afghani- and high-ranking officials are not paying their power bills. The state-run cal parties to defend the Tal- Taliban became the back- Discussing the Taliban stan. It is the biggest obsta- iban regime in 2000 was a bone of Pakistan’s Afghan Project here is not meant to cle in establishing normal electricity supplying company has been unable to take action against the clear demonstration of this policy. They are projected as deny other factors respon- state to state relations be- defaulters. In addition to that decrease in the value of US dollar has been fact. the so-called resistance sible for war in Afghanistan. tween Pakistan and Afghan- also a setback for local companies and people. The DABS is not the only Second, the Taliban, like movement against foreign It is a fact that Afghanistan istan. It is also the most ma- their predecessor muja- occupation. Nothing can be has been a victim of the jor source of regional insta- affected institute. Therefore, it shall take steps to recover the dues, be- hideen, were launched and further from truth. From their machinations of the imperi- bility in South and Central sides controlling power theft. Recovering the losses will help the power facilitated by the Pakistani inception in 1994 till 9/11 al “Great Games” and Cold Asia that threatens the pros- distribution company to bridge the deficit. Power theft is also a hurdle security establishment to they fought against Afghans War rivalries. Big powers pects of important regional establish hegemony over Af- as there was not a single for- including the erstwhile Soviet economic development which the DABS shall overcome through improved management. The com- ghanistan. In fact the Tali- eign soldier on Afghan soil Union, US and European projects and regional con- pany shall also address concerns of the consumers by telling that how ban have been considered an during that period. They have Powers cannot absolve nectivities such as CPEC, they would know that they are using locally produced electricity. The tar- important strategic asset for basically waged war against themselves from the respon- TAPI and other initiatives. implementing the policy of the Afghan state. The Tali- sibility of bloodshed and de- Pakistan has to take rethink iff increase will apply to all consumers, or perhaps leaving a few. More- “strategic depth” in Afghan- ban fought to overthrow the struction in Afghanistan dur- its policy about Project Tali- over, the decision is not timely because Salma dam is also expected to istan. This explains pro- regime led by Professor ing the last decades. But the ban. It will go a long way in start generating 42 megawatt electricity this year. longed Pakistani support for Burhanuddin Rabbani and present stalemate in resolv- transforming Pakistan into a and investment in the Ahmad Shah Masood. They ing the conflict in and around normal state.—(The Nation) To deal with the energy crisis, the government shall complete the on- going power projects on time. Earlier, the president said that the govern- ment would complete work on 25 dams. He said the country would gener- ate an enormous amount of energy—”an example which cannot not be find in the history”. But on the ground, completion of the hydro power projects such as Kamal Khan Dam is still in doldrums. Work on the first phase of the dam started in 2011, costing $9.84 million but it is still in- complete. Majority of officials underline fragile security situation as major fac- tor behind the delay. However, they do not realize that insecurity is an issue which could not be resolved by public. It can be resolved only by the law enforcement agencies. To deal with this challenge, a special task force should be established to ensure foolproof security of the dams. But at the same time the DABS shall keep its decision on hold. Increase in tariff will create severe challenges for the national economy. The main issue which the DABS is facing is poor management. Thus, it shall utilize ener- gy in addressing the problem of mismanagement. 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By Iason Athanasiadis A crowd of men mills around the port of Ouranoupolis, the so-called City of the Sky and the departure point from which pilgrims and monks enter Mount Athos, the second ho- liest place in Orthodox Chris- tianity. One of them poses for his selfie-stick against the age- ing ship that will convey them along a peninsula studded for a thousand years with 20 mon- asteries and a tradition of male monasticism. Another downloads the new Mount Athos app on his smartphone to read up on the monasteries he plans to visit and check road connections ing wasn't easy, the monks stract to something that must between them. Others update weren't particularly welcoming, be quantified. on Facebook the running on- and modernity had already nib- Its presence swept uncer- line record of their lives, in- bled away at the Mountain to tainty aside in favour of certain- stantly reaping 'likes' and peer the point where my father had ty, putting a premium on seem- validation for their pilgrimage. decided this was to be his last ingly well-defined and calcula- Al Jazeera Correspondent - visit. ble truths. My Digital Addiction He was channelling all his "A pilgrimage is not simply It is a far cry from my first learning and experience of the a matter of getting to a particu- visit to the mountain in 1999, place in handing the baton over lar shrine or holy place," wrote By Hamid Dabashi documentary filmmaker ex- the Prison, the French social Masri comes to her first fea- when my father handed me the to me. On my next visit, I'd be Philip Sherrard, a theologian pands for over 40 years, and historian Michel Foucault in- ture film from an extended doc- Diamonitirion, an ecclesiastical on my own. The rationalism that who translated the definitive In his now legendary painting, now, in her first feature film, she vestigated the penal code as in- umentary background, mostly visa stamped with the Byzan- underpins technology abro- text of Orthodox mysticism, the Women of Algiers in their ups the ante in telling the story tegral to the disciplinary forma- shot in the open air of urban tine two-headed eagle granting gated the mystery necessary Philokalia, into English. Apartment/Femmes d'Alger of Palestinian women in Israeli tions of European modernity. settings and refugee camps she four days of access to this me- for the process of religious be- "It is a deliberate sunder- dans leur appartement (1834, oil prisons. Masri's cinematic engage- knows like the proverbial palm dieval monastic state. lief to work, reducing some- ing and surrender of one's ha- on canvas), Eugene Delacroix On April 25, the Center for ment with the subject places of her hand. Shouldering rucksacks, we thing that is by definition ab- bitual conditions of comfort, captured something so provoc- Palestine Studies at Columbia the location of women impris- Here she and her director got off the nearly empty boat stract to something that must routine, safety, convenience. ative, so elemental, about Arab University was privileged to onments squarely in the con- of photography Gilles Porte and struck into the mist- be quantified. He removes himself as far as and Muslim women at the host the New York premiere of text of the Israeli colonial con- and editor Michele Tyan are at shrouded mountain, hiking Though my induction to possible from the artificiality height of the European Orien- Masri's new feature film, 3000 quest of Palestine - in the their professional best to be from monastery to monastery Athos and its traditions was within which he is enclosed by talist painting that a century- Nights (2015). Mai Masri [Get- framework of what the distin- able to tell a full-bodied story along lush paths to explore a harsh, it was all the more en- his life in society." and-a-half later the eminent Al- ty] guished Palestinian sociologist within the confinements of a place known in Orthodox the- gaging for lacking the tempta- The five days I spent on gerian novelist, artist, and fem- A Beirut-based Palestinian, Elia Zureik, extending Fou- few adjacent cells, a hallway, ology as the garden of the Vir- tions offered by a sleek device Mount Athos in the leadup to inist Assia Djebar (1936-2015), Masri's distinguished career as cault's insights, has studied in and a small courtyard (the film gin Mary. blinking in my palm, seductive- Orthodox Easter, supposedly used the very same title for her a filmmaker began in the early detail in his most recent book, was shot in a military prison in NATO was bombing Bel- ly promising an escape to a re- the most spiritual season of the groundbreaking collection of in the1980s with her pioneer- Israel's Colonial Project in Pal- Jordan). grade a few hundred miles to assuring world of friends and year, revealed a place flooded short stories, Women of Alg- ing documentary, Under the estine: Brutal Pursuit (2016). Because of this exquisite the north. The crowds of East- validation when the going got by pilgrims (an all-time high of iers in Their Apartment(1980), Rubble (1983), and has contin- Racialist discourse cinematic feat that Masri and ern European and Russian tour- tough. 320,000 last year); modern con- turning the Delacroix painting ued apace until today when In this book, Zureik stud- her colleagues have achieved, ists that visit the mountain to- Technology had memora- structions built with brick, ce- upside down and celebrating she has directed her first fea- ies in detail the tripartite trajec- it is no longer necessary to be- day were still absent; the few bly augmented my reality once ment and tin roofs rather than the beauty and resilience of ture film. tory of the Zionist colonial con- labour the point and insist on other pilgrims we encountered before, when I first walked the traditional stone and wood; Algerian (Arab) women in face Premiered internationally at quest of Palestine: violence, how powerful the entire meta- were Greek. Ageing ascetics through post-civil war Beirut's and open-air rubbish tips spill- of multiple tyrannies. the Toronto International Film territory, and population con- phoric choice of the central My father had first visited extraordinary shattered down- ing down the wooded slopes. Before Assia Djebar, the Festival, and based on a true trol, which he analyses as a character of the story Layal is Athos in the 1970s, when only town in 1996 listening to the Harried monks bustled master Egyptian artist Inji Afla- story, "3000 Nights" chronicles specific form of what he calls to keep her child when she rea- a small number of ageing as- Smashing Pumpkins' anthemic back-and-forth, Viber notifica- toun (1924-1989) had used her the life of Layal (as interpreted "racialist discourse". lises she was incarcerated cetics remained. Melon Collie and the Infinite tions pealing from their phones, own experiences as a Marxist masterfully with unsurpassed While Zureik has advanced while pregnant, give birth in an Separated from other Or- Sadness. trying to accommodate the bal- feminist revolutionary painter poise and grace by Maisa Abd the Foucauldian frame of refer- Israeli prison, and raise her thodox Christian countries by There, the Walkman had in- looning numbers of pilgrims jailed by Nasser for four years Elhadi) who was sentenced to ence of surveillance and gov- beautiful boy she names Nour/ Communism and the Iron Cur- sulated me from reality and who take taxis between mon- (1959-1963) to produce some of eight years of prison by the Is- ernmentality much deeper into Light in the midst of this dark tain, it seemed like Mount overlayed it with a stirring asteries rather than hiking, and her masterpieces depicting raeli military court, falsely ac- the domain of racialised vio- misery. Athos - like the frayed commu- soundtrack. But at least it don't shy from demanding free women in prison cells. The aes- cused of aiding and abetting lence and settler colonialism, What the continued Zion- nities of Greeks surviving in hadn't opened a window to the food and board. thetic genealogy and political with what the European settler Masri's "3,000 Nights" offers a ist thievery, murder, and may- Damascus, Jerusalem, Tehran world through which all man- In no longer walking, the power of Aflatoun's work par- colony calls "terrorism". number of crucial twists on hem in Palestine face is the ef- and Tunis - was living the ners of desirable and undesir- majority of visitors to Mount took in an entirely different uni- The incarceration of human such theoretical insights into fervescent power of Palestin- swansong of an unbroken tra- able acquaintances could dis- Athos have sacrificed the phys- verse than what Delacroix had beings inside the confinements the nature of Israeli settler co- ian people to give birth (just like dition of monasticism extend- ruptively reach through to ical part of the spiritual explo- inspired in Djebar. of a prison has been the sub- lonialism. Layal to Nour while in an Israe- ing to Byzantium. comment, question, request ration they are on that Sherrard Al Jazeera World - Born in ject of many philosophical, po- By concentrating on wom- li jail) new force and vision to Wide-eyed, I took in the and demand. describes in The Paths of '48 etic, literary and cinematic re- en prisons she successfully the single most atrocious colo- crumbling monasteries, the Listening to music in Beirut Athos: "His feet tire, his body Decades after both Afla- flections across many cultures genders the politics of peniten- nial carnage of our time. abundant fertility unfurling sharpened my experience but aches, sweat drips from his toun and Djebar, the eminent and conditions. Masri's cine- tiary violence and occasions a The Israeli propaganda has over winding mountain paths, also glamourised the ruins and head and trickles into his eyes Tunisian filmmaker Moufida matic engagement with the much needed and necessary convinced itself that it has sold and the conversations with stripped them of context. It was and down his neck. He tastes Tlatli made her exquisite mas- subject places the location of full-bodied encounter with the its lies to the world at large monks that devout Greeks an awesome introduction to rigour and hardship. But terpiece, The Silences of the women imprisonments square- horrors of a surveillance state when it labels the defiance of choose as their spiritual fa- Lebanon, though perhaps not through all this - and only Palace/Samt el Qusur (1994), in ly in the context of the Israeli in its full violent operation. the nation it has conquered as thers. an honest one. through all this, and through which she expanded upon Afla- colonial conquest of Palestine Masri's mastery of her cin- "terrorism". As the days passed, I felt Interactions with nature his prayer and dedication and toun's and Djebar's pioneering ... From Plato's Crito (360 BC) ematic craft enables a vision of All it takes is one ingenious myself become more attuned to Turning the internet on in confidence - slowly an inner work and investigated much that takes place inside Socrates' colonial incarceration that no cinematic gem by a Palestinian this new world. My muscles Athos fatally diluted my inter- change is wrought, a new deeper into the trials and tribu- prison cell, to the legendary mere critical thinking can do. master filmmaker to dismantle adapted to the hours of daily actions with nature, my travel- rhythm grows, a deeper harmo- lations of two generations of prison poems of Masud Sa'd The genre of prison in cin- the entire house of cards that it hiking and my wits to the Byz- ling companion, and those we ny. The pilgrimage is at work." Tunisian women domestic Salman (1046-1121) to Lord By- ema challenges the visionary keeps mounting around itself. antine schedule that saw us get encountered along the way. Iason Athanasiadis is an workers at the palace of a rich ron's The Prisoner of Chillon gifts of a filmmaker to the max- Hamid Dabashi is Hagop up at 4am to attend candlelit lit- Worse, the rationalism that award-winning photojournalist and abusive family at the (1816) to Frank Darabont's imum for she (or he) has to tell Kevorkian Professor of Iranian urgies, accompany frugal meals underpins technology abro- who covers the Middle East. height of Tunisian anticolonial Shawshank Redemption a long story almost entirely Studies and Comparative Liter- with wine, and end the day with gated the mystery necessary The views expressed in this struggles. Doyen of Palestin- (1994), we are witness to myri- through interior shots, limited ature at Columbia University in sunset. My rational school for the process of religious be- article are the author's own and ian cinema These and similar ad of attempts to understand in space, mise en scene, cam- New York. training grappled with the con- lief to work, reducing some- do not necessarily reflect Al works of art have just been giv- the nature of incarceration on era movements, choice of lens- The views expressed in this cepts I was exposed to. Adapt- thing that is by definition ab- Jazeera's editorial policy. en a powerful new twist by the human soul. es, options for lighting, and the article are the author's own and doyen of Palestinian cinema, Most recently, in his Disci- very physicality of acting to a do not necessarily reflect Al Mai Masri, whose career as a pline and Punish: The Birth of bare minimum. Jazeera's editorial policy. LETTER TO THE EDITOR By Turki Al-Dakhil come together and unite to fructi- Turki Al-Dakhil is the Gener- History is witness to the fact that fy this vision and sculpt projects al Manager of Al Arabiya News economic and social changes are and initiatives accordingly. These Channel. He began his career as a Unemployment core reason behind drug addiction always met with frustration and projects which are related to edu- print journalist, covering politics scenarios suggesting such a trans- cation, entertainment, laws and and culture for the Saudi newspa- Unemployment is the core reason behind drug addiction of the youth. Widespread joblessness in the country is seen as formation is impossible to achieve. judicial and cultural institutions all pers Okaz, Al-Riyadh and Al-Wa- the principal reason behind youth’s involvement in a variety of crimes, drug addiction and illegal migration, despite This has been the case since serve the purpose of structuring tan. He then moved to pan-Arab knowing well about danger on their mission to Europe. Last year 24 percent of eligible individuals were reported the days of mud houses in Saudi the aspired future. Optimism for daily Al-Hayat and pan-Arab news jobless only in Samangan province. Unemployment youth left with no option but to turn to drug addiction aimed at Arabia when the state paved way the future We won’t be affected magazine Al-Majalla. Turki later forgetting their plights. But they don’t know that the short plight will make its sneak to a whole life with no cure in for citizens to take loans from the by frustrating remarks made by became a radio correspondent for sight. The government should utilize every available resources to generate jobs for youth. Large-scale migration is Real Estate Development Fund to those who are upset with reforms the French-owned pan-Arab Ra- build better homes. This has gone and youthful vitality in Saudi Ara- dio Monte Carlo and MBC FM. also due to unemployment and that’s why they see prominent live somewhere to European countries. It is a great on throughout different phases, bia. What we care about right now He proceeded to Elaph, an online challenged for the government to create job. But if they want to discourage brain-drain from the country and prevent with plans to eliminate illiteracy is that the subsequent generations news magazine and Alarabiya.net, youth from getting addict to drugs, there is only one remedy and that is to create jobs for them. and the ambitious government are optimistic about the future but the news channel’s online plat- Ahmad Samim, Kabul Afghanistan project, the Saudi Vision 2030, all not in an exaggerated manner. form. Over a ten-year period, Da- being dubbed as unrealistic. They shouldn’t also rush things khil’s weekly Al Arabiya talk show Let us take the examples of The vision, as outlined by Prince “Edaat” (Spotlights) provided an Singapore, Dubai, South Korea, Mohammed bin Salman, is a path opportunity for proponents of Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and Japan and Germany. They have all that is not necessarily paved with Arab and Islamic social reform to address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] laid out vision to work on execut- flowers. Some of those who bene- make their case to a mass audience. ing their goals and they achieved fit from recession will try to play Turki also owns Al Mesbar Stud- them within decades thanks to an obstructive role. However, the ies and Research Centre and Ma- perseverance and determination. difference this time is that the de- darek Publishing House in Dubai. We won’t be affected by frus- velopmental plan is in the hands He has received several awards and Disclaimer: trating remarks made by those of the decision maker. History honors, including the America who are upset with reforms and teaches us that no reform strategy Abroad Media annual award for youthful vitality in Saudi Arabia has stumbled when the ruler him- his role in supporting civil soci- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) Turki Al-Dakhil Vision and strate- self was its leader and godfather. ety, human rights and advancing and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. gies constitute plans that are not This article was first published in women’s roles in Gulf societies. devised overnight. Several factors Okaz on May 1, 2016. He tweets @TurkiAldakhil. MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Humanitarian organisations and volunteers advocate for the use of drones technology to locate refugees at sea.

After being stranded in the Medi- the waters, a 250kg-drone takes off terranean for three days, fear had from the deck and feeds footage overcome Alou Sango. "I thought back to a three-member team which that we would all die, because there runs its daily flight operations. The was nothing left, the petrol had fin- regular and thermal images sent ished," he says of his journey from back have proved invaluable. Libya. "A couple of times there was a Like thousands before him, blip just beyond the flight path. Sango boarded an overcrowded We went to visit and there were boat to escape the country's tur- boats in difficulty," says Ruggier. moil after being unable to return to "Had we not been flying they his native Mali. But after days at might have been missed, the situa- sea the captain lost his way and, tion might have been worse, or we without a GPS position to give to might have come across it much the Italian authorities, the 100 or later." so passengers were losing hope. The risk of missing boats be- Their rubber dinghy was fi- came evident earlier this month, nally spotted by a Chinese vessel, with reports of up to 500 people which picked up the migrants and drowning in the Mediterranean. took them to Italy, where Sango, The 41 survivors told the UN refu- now 24, is studying through a gee agency they had drifted for Rome-based charity, Sant'Egidio three days before being spotted. Community. The loss of life brings the His journey in 2014 exempli- number of dead or missing en route fies one of the greatest challenges to Europe to 1,261 so far this year, rescuers in the Mediterranean face while more than 181,000 have sur- - not being able to pinpoint the vived the crossing during 2016, ac- small rubber dinghies drifting cording to the UN. MOAS is plan- across a vast expanse of sea. ning to continue using drones this With the warmer weather, as year. They are using a UAV model the high season of boat journeys built by Austrian company begins again, rescuers are beginning Schiebel, which have also been to explore the idea of adopting used to monitor the peace deal in what were once reputed as high- Ukraine. Hans Georg Schiebel, the tech killing machines - drones - to firm's owner and chairman, says help them save lives. whatever the use the main purpose Alou Sango was lost at sea with is to expand a user's horizons. "The fellow passengers on a dinghy for problem is that the earth and the days before being rescued [Rosie water is a ball, so you don't see Scammell/Al Jazeera] very far at sea. Sight is extremely Ian Ruggier, head of operations limited," he says. Getting authori- at the Migrant Offshore Aid Sta- ties on board Despite the fact that tion, or MOAS, an independent using drones has proved success- search-and-rescue organisation, ful in search-and-rescue opera- says a drone equipped with a cam- tions, it has been difficult to con- ters are so closely set. two-week project in Lesbos to see develop standards similar to those professional [drone] pilots," says to the air force and the organisation era enables his team to focus their vince national authorities of their WATCH: Refugee crisis: if the concept was feasible. Jacob that regulate vehicles in emergen- Meier, who was able to find two in charge of the air space," she response. "You have an image and value. Italy's coastguard, which last NATO's naval patrol targets smug- Petersen, Danoffice's global sales cies. pilots within the UAViators net- says. "But as we were planning to can see what's actually happening. year coordinated the rescue of over glers manager, says the company's 2kg Drones have already been used work who could help. deliver aid into Syria, there was no That helps the decision-making 150,000 people, told Al Jazeera it Roushan Zenooz, who trav- drones would have a range of 30km with notable success in other ar- "What we've been doing is in- one group we could talk to." process," he says. is currently not using the technol- elled to Greece from the United and cost about a third of Schiebel's eas, such as earthquake relief. creasingly shifting towards work- Looking ahead, Mooberry Since launching operations at ogy. While costs may be a factor - States as a volunteer last year, says model. Patrick Meier, founder of ing with local partners who are al- says a global coordinating body sea in 2014, MOAS has saved Schiebel charges a monthly fee for he tried to arrange for a drone to be "There were a lot of political UAViators, a network which con- ready in the country," he says, needs to be set up with the direct 11,685 people in the central Medi- a drone and personnel is €300,000 stationed off the island of Lesbos. issues around it, so we said if we nects drone-users in humanitarian making response quicker and involvement of humanitarian terranean with the help of a drone, ($340,000) - the infancy of regula- The idea was ultimately rejected couldn't have approval from the and development organisations, avoiding problems associated with organisations "whose job it would also known as an unmanned aerial tions around drones and entering a by the Greek coastguard, says government we couldn't come and says he was recently contacted by importing a drone. be to coordinate drone-users, keep vehicle, or UAV. Those rescued country's airspace are also chal- Zenooz, citing an arrangement with fly. As a company, we need to fol- authorities in Ecuador for support UAVs also proved effective them up to date, reserve and sched- have no idea of the technology lenges. neighbouring Turkey not to use low the law," he says. following the country's earth- after Nepal's earthquake last year, ule air space," she says, to make which came to save them, Ruggier In European operations, it has drones. Petersen argues that laws need quake. says Jessie Mooberry, a humani- the most of this innovative tech- says, as the drone flies too high been difficult to operate drones on Zenooz had been in touch with to change and civil aviation au- "Two years ago you did not tarian drone consultant who has nology. for them to see it. the second major Mediterranean Danoffice IT, the Danish sister thorities should look for a com- have authorities requesting UAV also tried, unsuccessfully, to use "This needs to be done - these Expanding horizons crossing route between Turkey company of drone-maker mon approach to drones, while support after disasters, nor did you drones for aid drops in Syria. drones are way too useful not to While a MOAS ship patrols and Greece because territorial wa- SkyWatch, which had agreed to a humanitarian organisations could have people in country who were "In Nepal we were able to talk use them." Al Jazeera Muqtada al-Sadr's suppo rters ‘It feels like priso n :’ In visible lives sto rm Iraq’s parliam en t o f sin gle Syrian m en in Leban o n Autho rities declare state o f high alert after tho usan ds break Ahmam and Ibrahim see from their in to Green Zo n e again st backdro p o f co n tin ued vio len ce. living room the rocky hill by which they escaped from Syria to Leba- non at night a year ago, carrying just a backpack. That illegal border crossing brought them to Kafarzabad, the first town they encountered once in Lebanon. A year later they sit on a sofa, one of the few pieces of furniture in the house, with four other Syr- ians. Sipping coffee with the TV playing a local soap-opera in the background, Ibrahim and Ahmam say this is all they do since they came to Lebanon. “We just sit down and wait,” says Ahmam, 30. Before leaving Syria, both were at university. Ahmam was prepar- ing his masters thesis to be a teach- er. Ibrahim, 23, studied economics and finance. Like thousands of other Syri- ans in Lebanon, they are male, Eha b Ali Na s er , a 23 y ea r -o ld Sy r ia n r efug ee, w ho ha d s p en t a young and unmarried - a group of refugees that does not receive as- y ea r in Leb a n o n b efo r e t r a v elin g t o Eur o p e. (File p ho t o : R eut er s ) sistance and is perceived negative- A state of high alert has been de- news agency reporter at the scene change the system has been opposed ly by locals. “It feels like a prison gles after more than four years of While NGOs and humanitari- try to make life somewhere else, clared in the Iraqi capital Baghdad said. Security forces were present by powerful political parties that being here all the time,” says Ah- humanitarian crisis prompted the an agencies have been working like in Europe,” says Jocelyn after protesters broke into the for- but did not try to prevent the dem- rely on control of ministries for pa- mam. “I should be doing many dif- International Rescue Committee hard to deal with a massive refu- Knight, IRC’s protection coordi- tified Green Zone and stormed the onstrators from entering the parlia- tronage and funds. Both the US and ferent things, working, forming a (IRC) to conduct an assessment gee crisis, they admit to being over- nator. parliament building, shortly after ment building, the reporter said. the UN have warned that the politi- family, enjoying life, but I’m stuck to analyze the vulnerability of whelmed, so they have to priori- A view shows tents at a make- politicians again failed to approve Protesters pulled barbed wire across cal crisis could distract from the fight in this house.” As they escaped Syrian refugee men in Lebanon. It tize where the assistance goes. shift camp on a street where Ehab new ministers. Saturday's devel- a road leading to one of the exits of against the Islamic State of Iraq and from Syria to avoid being sent to conducted surveys with 468 of “We do household profiling Ali Naser, a 23 year-old Syrian opment was the climax of weeks the Green Zone, effectively pre- the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) the military, neither Ibrahim nor them settled in different regions of with partner organizations that refugee, lives, in northern Paris, of political turmoil in Iraq that has venting some scared lawmakers group. Iraqi government forces Ahmam were able to renew their the country. conduct visits,” says Tatiana Audi, France, September 16, 2015. (Re- seen MPs hold a sit-in, clash in from fleeing the chaos. Protesters backed by US-led military assis- passports, so they could not ap- Less than one in 10 refugees external relations associate for the uters) the parliament chamber and seek attacked and damaged several ve- tance have regained significant ply for the residence permit that had received any kind of assistance UNHCR in the Bekaa. Single Syrian refugee men “are to dismiss the speaker, halting ef- hicles they believed belonged to ground from ISIL, which overran Syrians receive after paying $200 from organizations or public insti- Humanitarian organizations the group most likely to be per- forts by Haider al-Abadi, the parliamentarians, sources told Al large expanses of the country in yearly to state institutions. tutions in the previous months. target refugees according to their ceived as posing a risk to host prime minister, to replace party- Jazeera. Parliament failed to reach 2014. But the group still controls a Single Syrian refugee men “are More than half believe they are needs, “based on a system of so- communities… driven by... rheto- affiliated ministers with techno- a quorum on Saturday after approv- large part of western Iraq, and are the group most likely to be per- not eligible for assistance, and cioeconomic vulnerabilities that ric that seeks to frame refugees as crats. The unrest also coincided ing some of Abadi's ministerial able to carry out frequent attacks ceived as posing a risk to host many live on meagre salaries or will tell us who are most in need.” a security threat or source of crim- with a blast that targeted Shia pil- nominees earlier in the week. The against both civilians and security communities". (File photo: Reu- from savings they brought from These men are “commonly re- inality.” grims near Baghdad, killing at least Green Zone unrest kicked off min- forces in government-held areas, in- ters) Through the door of the house Syria. garded as the demographic cohort Only one of the 468 refugees 23 people. The Green Zone is the utes after Sadr, the powerful Shia cluding Baghdad. Saturday's car appears Rabih, the only Lebanese “In the past three months, we best able to self-protect, self-sus- that responded to the survey said most secure part of the Iraqi capi- leader, ended a news conference in bombing, which occurred in the city's to enter the house. He used to work barely earn $600 between the three tain and negotiate the complexities he would seek assistance from Leb- tal, housing the parliament, the the holy city of Najaf during which Nahrawan area, killed at least 23 for different NGOs on projects for of us,” says Ahmam, pointing to of displacement unaided,” says anese authorities if he faced signif- prime minister's office and embas- he condemned the political dead- people and wounded up to 38 oth- Syrians in the Bekaa area, where Ibrahim and a third flatmate. IRC’s assessment to explain why icant challenges. sies. "You are not staying here! lock. Last month he had threatened ers, security and medical officials he lives, but he is now frustrated “We spend $50 a month on they are excluded from assistance. “Every time I reach a check- This is your last day in the Green that his supporters would storm the said. ISIL, which considers Shia to by the lack of support for people food for the four of us - vegeta- Women who are head of the point, my heart is racing,” says a Zone," shouted one protester as Green Zone, but he did not order be heretics, claimed the attack and such as Ibrahim and Ahmam. bles, rice and pasta, and occasion- household with many children un- Syrian interviewed by the IRC. thousands broke into the central them to enter the area in his Satur- said it was carried out by a suicide “These people can do nothing. If ally, as a luxury, some chicken.” der their care will have a higher Without residence permits and at Baghdad area. Protesters, many of day address. Sadr's followers hold bomber who detonated a vehicle they’re caught by the authorities, There are more than a million chance of receiving aid than single risk of being detained, Ibrahim and them supporters of Shia cleric a sit-in at Grand Festivities Square laden with three tonnes of explo- they’ll go to jail then be released registered Syrian refugees in Leba- Syrian refugee men. Ahmam have no choice. Muqtada al-Sadr, attached cables in Baghdad [Wissm al-Okili/ sives. The officials said the explo- on condition that they leave the non, according to the UN High “Do you know how to go to “Right now, our only real to the tops of heavy concrete blast Reuters] The politicians "refused sion struck a road used by Shia pil- country,” says Rabih, who some- Committee for Refugees (UNH- Europe?” asks Ibrahim. “I have chance would be that the war in walls that surround the Green to end corruption and refused to grims who were walking to the times drives them to Beirut. “Next CR), but the IRC estimates anoth- relatives and friends that have fled Syria ends and we can go back to Zone, pulling them down to create end quotas", Sadr said, adding that shrine of Imam Musa Kadhim in week I’ll bring Ahmam because he er 320,000 Syrians are unregis- there. I want to go, hopefully our country,” says the latter. an opening, television footage he and his supporters would not northern Baghdad for annual com- has to present his thesis to a jury tered. through legal ways.” A few days after meeting them showed. They then headed to par- participate in "any political process memorations. Kadhim, the seventh that has accepted to evaluate him.” Many have been unable to do The lack of opportunities has in Kafarzabad, Rabih sends a mes- liament, where some protesters ran in which there are any type... of of 12 imams revered in Shia Islam, Rabih hopes they will not be so after the Lebanese government forced many young Syrians to risk sage: “Ahmam successfully de- around the building and broke into political party quotas". Key gov- died in 799 AD. The pilgrimage has stopped at the many security banned the UNHCR from regis- their lives to emigrate. “When ref- fended his thesis in front of the offices, while others shouted ernment posts have for years been in recent years turned into a huge checkpoints that pave the Beirut- tering new refugees in May 2015, ugee men give up on having a life jury, and now has registered to "peacefully, peacefully" and tried distributed based on political and event that brings Baghdad to a stand- Damascus road. to restrict the number of Syrian in the region, they tell us they feel pursue another masters in business to contain the destruction, an AFP sectarian quotas. Abadi's move to still for days. The invisibility of their strug- refugees in the country. they have no other choice but to administration.” MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES No gas sho rtage by en d o f ten ure, says Khaqan

price checks, anti-hoarding, and years, the report noted. suspension of futures trading of “The positive spillovers of select pulses. Moderate inflation stronger growth in India into other enabled the Reserve Bank of India major economies in the sub-region to cut policy rates by a total of are, however, small in view of the 125 basis points in 2015. limited trade and financial inter- “The macroeconomic policy in linkages. Despite a recent increase, recent years has been cautious, es- the subregion’s economic growth pecially in the fiscal side. This has rate remains below its potential,” been a positive development to the report said. provide a good framework to in- The report cited the imple- crease the sentiment of consum- mentation of Goods and Services ers,” Economic Affairs Officer in Tax (GST) as an important reform the UN Department of Economic that could further strengthen the and Social Affairs, Sebastian economy. LAHORE: Federal Petroleum and were closed or running on diesel Vergara said, according to reports. The overall strength of domes- Natural Resources Minister Shahid switched over to gas again after the “In some areas, the Indian gov- tic demand will depend on progress Khaqan Abbasi said that his min- improved gas supply,” he said. ernment has made important ef- made in implementing structural istry has already moved a sum- “By the end of March 2018, forts and those efforts are starting reforms and how rapidly large mary to the federal cabinet to lift the ministry will be able to pro- to pay off in terms of increase in scale stalled infrastructure projects the ban on new gas connections. vide additional 800mmcfd gas to investment but there are some ar- are unlocked. Some progress has He added, however, that gas the country to cater to the need of eas where structural reforms are been made in reforming fiscal supply would be available to con- all sectors”, the minister said. The having some slow progress,” he policy, such as the rationalization sumers after six to eight months of petroleum minister said that the added. Private consumption of fuel price subsidies, but the the lifting of the ban and subject to federal government was investing growth continued to be the main implementation of the goods and availability of additional gas. Rs500bn in the domestic pipeline growth driver, as reflected in ro- services tax remains an important The minster was addressing a network in addition to the budget- bust services activities relating to reform that is being held up due to press conference following a meet- ary allocations and CPEC, through The UN Economic and Social 2017-18. monsoon and some seasonal trade, finance, transport and com- political deadlock. ing with representatives of the All other arrangements. Another Commission for Asia and the Pa- “Economic growth in India spikes in food prices, consumer munications, and real estate. How- The report also appreciated Pakistan Textile Mills Association Rs100bn have been allocated for cific (ESCAP) 2016 survey re- edged up to 7.6% in 2015 com- inflation moderated to 5% in 2015 ever, strong household consump- the initiatives of the Indian gov- who had invited him to express terminals. He said the private sec- leased and said that a cautious eco- pared with 7.3% in 2014, making from 6.7% in 2014. Lower infla- tion was not broad-based; rural de- ernment such as Micro Units De- gratitude for the improved gas sup- tor was being given the opportu- nomic policy, reduced inflation India the fastest-growing large tion was driven by low global com- mand was weaker due to muted velopment and Refinance Agency ply to the textile industry. nity to invest in the energy sector rate, and structural reforms in economy in the world,” ESCAP modity prices, a downward adjust- agricultural activity and slower (MUDRA) bank, Jan Dhan Yojana, He claimed that Pakistan would and use state infrastructure. In re- some areas are helping Indian said. ment in administered fuel prices rural wage growth resulting from Skill India, Make in India, and 100 have no shortage of power and gas ply to a question, the minister said economy to grow at 7.8 percent in Despite a spatially uneven and government measures, such as subpar monsoon seasons in recent smart city mission. by March 2018, as the PML-N that the government was working government was adding gas to the on two gas pipeline projects, in- system at a fast pace to facilitate volving the SNGPL and the domestic consumers as well as in- SSGPL, worth Rs140 billion, add- dustrial units. ing that both projects were poised Sin g a p o r e’s slo w eco n o m ic Mr Abbasi said his ministry for completion by December 2016. had been tasked by the prime min- He said that another gas project, g r o w t h en v ir o n m en t ister to provide gas to all corners worth Rs200bn, was being of the country by the end of the launched in collaboration with the exp ect ed t o co n t in u e: M AS incumbent government’s tenure. Russian government for the pro- “The first step was completed in vision of 600mmcfd gas under the 2016 with the addition of first phase by the end of 2017 and 450mmcfd gas (37 per cent addi- double that volume by 2018. tion) to the gas pipeline systems The minister dispelled the im- to fulfil the energy demands of pression that the federal govern- multiple industries.” ment was not pursing a gas pipe- The minister said that 750,000 line project with Iran. He explained tonnes of urea was imported last that banks had some reservations year, but Pakistan Fertilisers was earlier, but the lifting of sanctions now in a position to export the on Iran had cleared the way for the commodity. “All power plants that realisation of the project.

While the US is still expected to grow at a modest pace, Singapore may not be able to fully capitalise on it as most of US growth will be driven by domestic spending, says MAS. Japan lashes SINGAPORE: The slow growth remain subdued. environment is expected to con- "The whole world is very reli- tinue for Singapore's economy as ant on trading with China, be it in out against cyclical factors put a dampener on goods or services. Once China economic growth, the Monetary slows down, certainly it affects Authority of Singapore (MAS) everyone else and Singapore as said in its biannual macroeconom- well, because China today is Sin- ic review. gapore's largest exporting and im- rise of yen The review contains MAS' porting nation. So with a slow- analysis of macroeconomic devel- down in China, (that) naturally has Hong Kong (CNN)China's mil- Workers' Day on May 1, the num- 277 million migrant workers across opments affecting Singapore's an impact on Singapore's domes- lions of migrant workers are bear- ber of strikes and protests this year the country, their stories are often economy. tic growth," said Mr Francis Tan, ing the brunt of the country's on- has already passed a thousand, and ignored, says Friedman. "Many Given a more modest pace of an economist at UOB. going economic slowdown as looks set to climb much higher. well-educated urban people in growth expected for Singapore's The report also noted that US strikes and worker protests reach The government has announced China know very little about mi- economy and core inflation, MAS growth slackened towards the end record levels, new statistics reveal. plans to cut more than 1.8 million grant workers." moved to a neutral stance for its of last year on the back of a mod- According to the most recent jobs in state-run coal and steel in- Originally published by an un- monetary policy, setting the rate eration in personal consumption annual report from China's Na- dustries. Private employers have derground press in Chinese in of appreciation for the Singapore and weaker exports. While the US tional Bureau of Statistics, more also been laying off workers as the 2012, the book is a compilation of $NEER (nominal effective ex- is still expected to grow at a mod- than 2.7 million migrant workers country's economic growth slows dozens of interviews with migrant change rate) to zero. est pace, Singapore may not be — around 1% of the total — to its lowest rate in years. factory workers in the manufac- In its review, MAS noted that able to fully capitalise on it as most weren't paid on time last year, the "The basic trends have been turing heartland of the Pearl River softening growth among Sin- of US growth will be driven by highest number in five years. clear for months now," says Eli Delta, north of Hong Kong. "One gapore's key trading partners domestic spending. In the same period, China saw Friedman, editor of the English- of the great things about these nar- would affect externally-oriented Meanwhile, India could be a more than 2,700 strikes and pro- language edition of "China on ratives is that it humanizes (mi- industries. In particular, growth in bright spot amid the tepid growth tests, more than double the num- Strike: Narratives of Worker Re- grant workers)," Friedman says, capital formation is expected to be outlook, driven by private con- ber the year before, according to sistance." "No question that as this showing them not as a faceless lower from the G3 economies sumption and public infrastructure The yen touched new highs on tations when he unleashed his lat- China Labor Bulletin (CLB), a restructuring takes place that mass producing iPhones or taking which would affect trade-related spending. Thursday, defying Tokyo’s effort est round of monetary Hong Kong-based rights monitor. there's going to be more of this kind American jobs, but as "just nor- sectors such as precision engineer- On the national scene, while to weaken the Japanese currency stimulus last month. In the weeks As the country marks International of protest." Despite there being mal people." ing. Key prospects for China also domestic-facing sectors are expect- in the latest sign that policymak- that followed, however, even the ers in leading economies are run- combination of €80bn-worth of ning out of tools to kick-start sag- bond-buying a month, negative in- ging growth and battle the threat terest rates and an offer to subsi- Thailand econom y of deflation. Japanese officials is- dise bank lending in the euro area US eco n o m y struggles sued warnings about “one-sided” have failed to weaken Europe’s moves, a signal of possible inter- common currency. In Japan, weak shaky as expo rts co n - vention that would usually put growth and easy policy elsewhere traders on high alert. Instead, the continues to push the currency tract, dro ught persists at start o f electio n year yen soared to its highest levels higher, leading investors since the Bank of Japan fired its to question the tools it has avail- Exports fell 5.6% in the first quarter compared with a year ago and marks the weakest perfor- stage during campaign season. second stimulus bazooka in Oc- able to force it down again. The mance in two years. Democrats will point to a jobless tober 2014. The yen’s momentum Japanese currency forged higher to ANGKOK:Thailand’s falling 78% in 2015. The El Niño The good news is that Ameri- rate at 5 percent — considered comes despite the Herculean ef- trade at Y107.92 against the dollar economy remains on weather pattern, meanwhile, has can employers are still adding close to full employment — and forts undertaken by central banks on Thursday. “We’re watching the shaky ground, data from brought about the worst drought plenty of jobs, which is expected expectations that job growth will to spur growth in Asia and Eu- foreign exchange market with a the country’s central the country has seen in more than in the months ahead to fuel an continue at a solid monthly pace rope. Like the BoJ, the European sense of tension, and we’ll take bank released suggested, with ex- 60 years, parching agricultural land economy that's still outshining of at least 200,000 in the months Central Bank has intervened in the measures as appropriate,” said ports continuing to contract in the and depressing rural spending. much of the world. But if the glo- leading up to the election. But Re- capital markets at unprecedented Yoshihide Suga, chief cabinet sec- first quarter of the year while a Some economists also said the bal slump deepens, or if jobs lose publicans note that annual GDP levels to little effect. Their task is retary, at a press conference. “The persistent drought subdued con- impact of stimulus measures in- momentum, it could turn Election growth in this recovery has aver- being made harder by US Federal government believes excessive and sumer spending. troduced late last year, including Day into a pivotal referendum on aged just above 2 percent. That is Reserve chair Janet Yellen, who disorderly movements in the ex- The Bank of Thailand said ex- tax deductions for shopping or the economy. the slowest pace in the post-war has signalled a slower pace of in- change rate have a negative effect.” ports, which usually account for travel and incentives for property The poor start to the year did period. Many middle class fami- terest-rate increases than was in- His language was mirrored by a around two-thirds of the country’s purchases, has begun to fade. not escape notice among Republi- lies are struggling, especially those dicated in December, triggering a senior official at the finance minis- gross domestic product, fell 5.6% “The positive effects from the cans hoping capture the White who lost jobs in the downturn and weaker dollar. Minutes from the try. After starting the year around in the first three months of the year junta government’s stimulus mea- House in November. have had to take on work at lower Fed’s March meeting showed that Y120, the yen rose sharply during compared with the same period sures at the end of 2015 have dis- "Today's report showing the salaries. many of its policymakers see “ap- February before stabilising in last year. Two other key indexes, sipated,” Moody’s Analytics said. weakest period of economic "How all of this will play out preciable” risks to the US econo- March. But in April it has restart- private consumption and invest- “Consumer confidence remains growth in two years is the latest in an election is a big question," my from global developments, un- ed its ascent, up three yen in the ment, went up only slightly in the weak because of the uncertainty sign the Obama economy isn't said Nariman Behravesh, chief derscoring the message that the past three days. A higher yen un- same window, rising 2.0% and stemming from the upcoming con- working," said Republican Na- economist at IHS Global Insight. pace of rate increases will be gla- dermines the single most effective 1.6% respectively. stitutional referendum.” tional Committee Chairman Reince "Why is it that voters are feeling cial. Brexit fears are, meanwhile, channel through which Abenomics “Overall spending remained at Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- Priebus. "Hillary Clinton wants to so blue when we have an economy weighing on the pound, diluting has boosted Japan’s economy: a a low level,” the central bank said ocha’s government is pushing for double down on his failed agenda." that is close to full employment? the effect of BoJ and ECB mea- sharp drop in the currency that in a statement. “Meanwhile, a new charter which, among other Democrats said GDP should Part of the problem is a divide be- sures on exchange rates with their helped exports and corporate prof- spending on non-durable goods things, would guarantee seats for strengthen going forward, with the tween people with college degrees major trading partners. Aggressive its. In a sign of how the yen’s slowed down as households grew soldiers in the country’s Senate and t was not a great start for the country continuing to enjoy the who are doing fairly well and monetary policies in general, strength is starting to hurt, Akio more cautious, particularly in the allow the legislature to select a U.S. economy. longest stretch of private sector job people with high school degrees and negative interest rates in par- Mimura, chairman of the Japan case of farming households, whose nonmember, such as an army of- With consumers and busi- growth on record. The U.S. has who are not doing so well." ticular, have long been seen as a Chamber of Commerce, called the purchasing power has been ad- ficer, to serve as prime minister. It Inesses turning cautious, the U.S. added 14.4 million jobs over the The 0.5 percent GDP advance means to depreciate currencies and movements “violent”. He said that versely affected by the drought.” will be put to a national referen- struggled to grow in the first three last 73 months. Jason Furman, in the first quarter was the weak- raise inflation by increasing the a range of Y110-Y115 was the com- And, despite a 1.83% year- dum on Aug. 7, and authorities re- months of a presidential election chairman of Obama's Council of est showing since GDP contracted cost of imports. Lower borrow- fort zone for small- and medium- over-year increase in the Manu- cently passed a law that critics say year that is shining the spotlight Economic Advisors, said the GDP by 0.9 percent in the first three ing costs and cheaper currencies sized companies. “Precipitous facturing Production Index in is designed to stifle opposition to on the economy's fitful recovery. report showed "there's more work months of 2014. It's a familiar pat- are central banks’ primary tools market movements when the rea- March, the index still fell 1.1% in the junta’s draft. Gross domestic product, the to do and the president will con- tern in recent years — a weak first in sparking domestic demand. But, son is unknown — that causes un- the first quarter. The drought is another source broadest measure of economic tinue to call on Congress to sup- quarter followed by a much stron- despite the aggressive BoJ and certainty,” said Mr Mimura. Ac- The snapshot presents a wor- of concern. Moody’s said Thai- health, expanded at a paltry an- port policies that will boost our ger second quarter figure. ECB moves, global inflation re- cording to the BoJ’s latest Tankan rying picture for Thailand’s ruling land’s food production is also ex- nual rate of 0.5 percent in the Janu- long-run growth and living stan- Many economists are forecast- mains lacklustre, with Japan and survey, companies expect an aver- junta, which seized power nearly pected to “take a particularly large ary-March quarter, the Commerce dards." Private economists said ing growth will revive in the cur- the eurozone more exposed to the age exchange rate of Y117.46 for two years ago. Since it took con- hit in the coming months because Department reported Thursday. that given the severity of the 2007- rent April-June quarter to around risk of deflation than other ad- the year from April, highlighting the trol, confidence has waned and for- of severe drought affecting rice That is slower than the fourth 2009 recession, the debate over the 2 percent, and strengthen further vanced economies. Mario Draghi, risk of lower profits and invest- eign investment has plummeted, farmers.” quarter's 1.4 percent growth rate economy is certain to take center in the second half of the year. the ECB chief, confounded expec- ment if the yen does not weaken. MONDAY . MAY 02. 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

KARACHI: Similar to the pro- Commission for a visa. “I came to the film-maker said that, ‘If you be heard he would eventually have where, Khan and his partner-in- seemed to have spoiled all the hard entire country. But unfortunately tagonist of the 2015 film – Bajrangi Lahore for like three to four days want to travel then make documen- to transition to feature films. Khan crime were soon greeted by a tall work Bajrangi Bhaijaan had done that was not how it was per- Bhaijaan – director Kabir Khan too and just roamed the streets as a taries.’” Having been struck by credited an incident in Afghanistan Afghani man carrying a klashinkov. in bridging gaps between the audi- ceived.” Keeping in view the seemed to have snuck into Paki- common man enjoying the local wanderlust from as early as he that made him appreciate the true Fearing the worst Khan immedi- ences of the two neighbouring topsy-turvy relationships be- stan in the dark of the night unno- cuisines,” recalled Khan. could remember, coupled with his impact and influence of ately uttered the words, countries. Right from the time he tween the two countries, Khan felt ticed. However, where Bajrangi These are the extremists passion for film-making, Khan’s Bollywood. “It was November ‘Hindustan’ out of desperation. To stepped foot on Pakistani soil the that it was important to encourage may have had to enter the country ‘Phantom’ spoke about: Kabir career took him to 60 different 2001 when my friend, Rajan, and I which the stranger immediately director had been expecting to be “people to people contact”. He illegally through an underground Khan on Karachi protesters countries. But for the enigmatic had just bribed ourselves onto a burst into a smile and started sing- bombarded with this question. added, “Honestly speaking, co- tunnel, escaping barbed fences, all While his last trip may have film-maker the allure of travelling Russian chopper asking the pilot ing, ‘Mere sapno ki rani kab aogi Aiming to address the elephant in productions will not just help im- with a little girl perched on his been for leisure, his recent visit in the world was never his only rea- to drop us at a location [outside tum.’ The event later on served as the room, Khan lamented the heat prove relations but will also allow back, the director didn’t have to the country was to attend a mar- son for choosing this profession. Kabul]. When we eventually an inspiration for his directorial and bad press Phantom was sub- us to isolate the political element. undergo that hassle. keting conference in Karachi, as the “When I started travelling, I no- reached the destination the pilot debut, Kabul Express, a film pro- jected to describing it as a classic As whenever there is genuine col- Despite the excitement sur- guest of honour. During a session ticed that there was a gap in the told us to jump from the helicop- duced under the banner of Yash Raj case of a film being misrepresented. laboration like a Chand Nawab rounding Khan’s cross-border jour- at the marketing seminar, the story that is being told to us [by ter which was still about 20 feet Films. From then on there has been “A major problem with people meeting Bajrangi, there is always ney, this is not the first time that Kabul Express-director addressed the media] and the story that ex- from the ground,” he narrated. “We no looking back for the director as from Pakistan and India is that we going to be that feeling of warmth,” the film-maker visited Pakistan as a packed hall narrating his career ists. And that zone was something kept on requesting him to lower he has delivered towering hits one tend to view each other as one he told The Express Tribune. Even he previously came to the country evolution starting from how he that captivated me a lot.” As is the the air vehicle but it was to no use after the other including New amorphous mass. We’re unable to though these are still early days following the success of Bajrangi went from being a history buff to case with majority of documentary and we eventually made the plunge York, Ek Tha Tiger and the most see the good from the bad. Just for Pakistani cinema, Khan is part Bhaijaan. Overwhelmed by the one of Bollywood’s most sought- film-makers, Khan eventually grew with all of the filming equipment recently Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Al- like a whole nation shouldn’t be of the chorus of Bollywood film- adulation his fourth directorial after directors. “I remember we frustrated by the lack of space in our hands,” added the writer- though Khan’s films have been held responsible for a single makers who have been singing venture received in the country, were shown a documentary in col- documentaries were given in the director. Stranded on a mountain- greatly appreciated across the bor- person’s action similarly I don’t praises for the country’s talent and Khan requested the Pakistan High lege once and after the screening country realising that in order to ous terrain in the middle of no- der, his last release, Phantom, see my movie as a criticism of the film industry’s potential. Big Mystery: Why Kangana is not ready to separate from her laptop?

Actor Anil Kapoor believes that Officers from the BKC's cyber no one can portray the iconic char- police station record Kangana acter of ‘Lakhan’ better than him. Ranaut's statement over three Gushing over his role from the film hours; say surrendering of gadgets Ram Lakhan, the Slumdog Mil- would have helped them in tracing lionaire star wishes he had bagged the person alleged to be imperson- awards for his performance in the ating actor Hrithik Roshan Offic- film. ers from Bandra Kurla Complex's Asked at an event for Interna- cyber police station, who arrived tional Indian Film Academy at the Khar West house of actor Awards (IIFA) about film-maker A Tibetan male character from the alienating 1 billion people,” screen- Kangana Ranaut to take her state- Rohit Shetty’s reported plans for Doctor Strange comic books pre- writer C. Robert Cargill said in a ment in an investigation into a case a remake of the film with younger sented such a potential political podcast interview with the Texas- of someone impersonating actor actors, Anil quipped, “I have been minefield to Marvel that in the film based DoubleToasted.com. There Hrithik Roshan, were disap- hearing this for three and half version they cast a Caucasian was, Cargill said, a risk of “the Chi- pointed when Ranaut refused to years. Let him make the film now. woman in the role, reflecting the nese government going, ‘Hey, you hand them her laptop and iPad. Nobody can portray Lakhan bet- pressures Hollywood movie mak- know one of the biggest film-watch- This, the officers were hoping, ter than me. Let’s do a lottery on ers perceive when trying to appeal ing countries in the world? We’re would help them help them crack that,” reported IANS. to the Chinese market. One of the not going to show your movie be- the case. In February, Roshan's le- Ram Lakhan, helmed by film’s screenwriters, C Robert cause you decided to get political.’” gal team had sent a notice to Subhash Ghai in 1989 became a Cargill has suggested that the cast- Hollywood producers are increas- Ranaut demanding an 'uncondi- KARACHI: Nida Butt is un- Grease held special significance for fact that Karachi audiences are blockbuster right after its release. ing of British actress Tilda Swin- ingly attempting to woo the Chi- tional apology' for a 'defaming' re- doubtedly one of the most notable us as it was Pakistan’s first inter- more in tune to buy tickets – sales Reportedly, Shetty is planning to ton as sorcerer the Ancient One nese audience and government with mark in an interview where she al- names of Pakistani theatre. After nationally licensed production with in our experience have always re- cast Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer was partly done to avoid poten- China-friendly story lines and Chi- legedly referred to him as her 'silly staging immensely successful mu- full staging rights. It was a huge mained higher in Karachi. Lahore Singh as Ram (played by Jackie tially offending China’s govern- nese actors. Only a limited number ex'. That triggered off a war be- sicals such as Chicago and Mamma step for our company and the the- audiences on the other hand tend Shroff in the Ghai film) and Lakhan ment and moviegoers, who now of Hollywood films are allowed into tween the two with a counter-no- Mia to Pakistan under Made for ater-industry as a whole,” ex- to follow the “trend” rather than respectively. represent the world’s second-larg- China each year and those dealing tice being filed by Ranaut and fur- Stage productions, Butt recently plained Butt, adding that the com- the arts.” Butt has always consid- Anil Kapoor challenges est annual box office after North with political or social topics ther allegations and counter-alle- finished the second run of her pro- pany plans on setting new indus- ered Karachi Arts Council a top Ranveer Singh to beat his style America. After his comments cir- frowned upon by the ruling Com- gations being leaked every other duction of Grease. She has enough try standards in the coming de- venue for staging performances Anil, who had previously culated widely online, the writer munist Party are doomed to miss day. In the interim, Roshan also to say about the decision behind cade. The director further said that owing to a larger stage compared stated that Ranveer and his daugh- said he was expressing only a per- the cut. Read: One more leak: Bene- filed an FIR at the cyber police restaging Grease with a new cast it was a great experience amplified to other facilities, but she also ter Sonam should work together, sonal opinion, not that of Mar- dict Cumberbatch’s fantastic pics station against an unidentified per- and why the management of by the fact that the Karachi audi- pointed out certain flaws and neg- said “But I feel Ranveer (Singh) is vel’s. Although some online com- from Doctor Strange Movies that son for impersonating him and Karachi Arts Council needs to step ence poured in each day, thus be- ligence on part of the administra- the best choice for the film.” He mentators criticized the casting of simply mention Tibet and Tibet- chatting with Ranaut as him. up its game in order to be at par coming a massive source of appre- tion. The director sparked specu- added, “That time I felt like that I a white woman rather than a Ti- ans aren’t necessarily displeasing Ranaut, who was named in this with changing trends. Despite the ciation and encouragement for the lations when she posted a status should have got awards for betan actor, the writer’s comments to Beijing, although those that crit- FIR, said she would give her state- fact that Grease had already been cast. Bridge the gap: Best way to on her Facebook profile which Eeshwar, and Ram Lakhan as a suggest the film’s backers appar- icize its rule over the Himalayan ment to the cops on April 30. The performed on stages of three ma- save heritage is to keep it alive in read, “I am going to write a long, popular film. Ram Lakhan was a ently didn’t want to risk losing out region, such as the 1997 film Seven actor's sister Rangoli also gave her jor cities, it still drew a massive literature, music and art Although long article once Grease is done big hit at that time. I even feel I did on Chinese distribution by intro- Years in Tibet starring Brad Pitt, statement. According to sources, crowd, meeting an overwhelming she enjoys putting together per- highlighting the sick system you not get that many awards for ducing the highly politically most definitely are. China says Ti- Ranaut said that all allegations response for as long as it ran. “We formances for different cities have to navigate in order to stage a Lamhe.” Eeshwar, also released in charged subject of Tibet. While the bet has been part of its territory for made by Roshan are false and that were celebrating ten years at Made equally, Butt stated that the show. Nauseous,” hinting that she 1989 and was directed by K Ancient One was written in the more than seven centuries, although his team (she hasn't specified who) for Stage productions and what Karachi crowd shows a greater in- was not satisfied with the way Vishwanath and Rajesh Malik comic book as Tibetan, “if you many Tibetans say the region was have hacked into her account and better way to do it than bring one clination towards art than the rest. things were being run at the Coun- while Lamhe, released in 1991, was acknowledge that Tibet is a place effectively independent for most of tampered with the mails. The of our favorite productions back. “The primary difference lies in the cil. directed by Yash Chopra. and that he’s Tibetan, you risk that time. sources weren't clear about whether her email ID had been hacked into to delete or send the emails. The alleged impersonation 'Jagga Jasoos' came to light at filmmaker Karan Johar's party, when the two ac- to be re-shot, tors bumped into each other. On Saturday, there was heavy but why? media presence outside the Khar West building where Ranaut lives. Earlier, it was believed that she would go to the cyber police sta- tion to give her statement. Around 1 pm, Ranaut left, only for the media to realise that it was for the gym. She returned in an hour. The For Matt Damon, the Bourne films afloat for a few more years.” Jas- in my career,” Damon said in a re- novels has kept spinning. The find a worthy next chapter for the cops arrived at 4.45 pm. Ranaut's have been like a lifeblood. on Bourne trailer: Matt Damon’s cent interview from the set of Al- Bourne Legacy, in 2012, starred character. The time helped: Jason advocate was present at the meet- “I was kind of inoculated for that reborn Bourne’s more like Liam exander Payne’s Downsizing. ‘’I Jeremy Renner as another secret Bourne was inspired by Edward ing with senior inspector Kalpana five or six year period when I made Neeson In Jason Bourne (out July definitely knew I wanted to do it agent. That film grossed less than Snowden and more recent debate Gadekar. At the meeting, which the first three. I could make deci- 29), Damon returns to the spy fran- again but I was always kind of teth- the three previous Bourne mov- over civil liberties. Read: Matt Da- lasted for over three hours, sources The 'Jagga Jasoos' crew will ap- sions with absolutely no thought chise that made him a full-blown ered to Paul (Greengrass). I knew ies, thus proving the value of both mon v Ben Affleck: Can Jason said Ranaut denied allegations of parently head to Morocco to re- to what the potential box office movie star with all the freedom I didn’t want to do it without him.” Damon and Greengrass to the fran- Bourne beat up Batman? stalking Roshan and talking to the shoot some portions of the film as was,” says Damon. “It was liber- such status affords. Given how Listen to the de facto Bourne chise. The Captain Phillips direc- But Damon’s and Greengrass’ alleged imposter. Aside from her the director Anurag Basu and ating in that sense. I knew that if I much 45-year-old actor credits the theme, Moby’s Extreme Ways here tor helmed Damon’s last two motivation in returning, they say, laptop and iPad, the cops asked Ranbir Kapoor think they can be had another Jason Bourne off in series with, it’s a welcome home- It’s been nine years since The Bourne movies. ultimately grew out of satisfying for Ranaut's iPhone, from which better shot in the North African the middle distance, it would kind coming. “It’s obviously the most Bourne Ultimatum, but the fran- Damon says the delay was fans of the kinetic, mysterious she allegedly sent the emails to country. A lot depends for Ranbir of rescue me and keep my career significant thing that’s happened chise based on Robert Ludlum’s partially caused by a struggle to Bourne films. Hrithik. The actor said the phone Kapoor and Anurag Basu on their had fallen in water after which she pet project, 'Jagga Jasoos', and threw it away. A police source said, they are making sure that no stone "We asked Ranaut and her legal is left unturned to make it a good team for the digital equipment to product. The latest we hear is that better trace the sender of the Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Basu emails, but she did not give us any- are not too happy with the few thing." Kangana's advocate Rizwan portions they shot in the city and Siddiqui said in a statement, "The will now head to Morocco to re police were happy to get more in- shoot the same. According to a formation from my clients and source, "Earlier it was decided that learn about things that were not the Moroccan schedule will be mentioned by the complainant in cancelled to cut costs and they had his FIR." A police source said ac- built a set in the city to make it cessing Kangana's email account look like the country. But when ctor Gwyneth Paltrow PDA with Brad Falchuk means tin her brother and then checking the details of the the final results were seen, Basu says she had to “press bye, Chris Martin “It’s also almost about having emails sent by the imposter is what and Kapoor were of the opinion the override button” on Throughout their break-up, to press the ‘override’ button investigators are looking for. "From that it doesn't really look like the her heartbreak following Paltrow and Martin have always whenever you feel angry or jeal- the header of the imposter's emails, real thing, and they need to actu- her split from husband Chris Mar- put their children, 11-year-old ous or whatever, broken-hearted,” investigators can find out the IP ally shoot in Morocco for the right tin. Apple and 10-year-old Moses, she said. address of the imposter. And effect." However, it is learnt that The 43-year-old star and her first, but the Iron Man star admits “I’m going back to the baseline through that, the imposter can be the co-producers of the film, UTV Coldplay frontman spouse an- she had to forgo her own feelings of ‘I love this person, he is the identified within a few days," an- Disney are not really gung-ho nounced their “conscious uncou- at times to do so, reported father of my children, he’s a won- other police officer said. But the about this decision as they are pling” in March 2014 and their di- Contactmusic. derful man.’ It really has not been case could hit a dead end if the worried about the budget of the vorce was reportedly finalised last Read: Eww, Gwyneth Paltrow easy for me at times, I’m sure it’s imposter had used proxy servers, film going out of hand. month. Read:?Gwyneth Paltrow’s just called ex-husband Chris Mar- not been easy for him.” said another source. MONDAY . MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Vijen der clin ches fifth co n secutive w in as Am ir Khan challen ge aw aits Indian boxing star Vijender Singh’s from a couple of telling body blows power-packed punches went un- from Vijender, who was also im- challenged yet again as he clinched pressive with his jabs. his fifth successive knockout win The Frenchman was reluctant by battering Frenchman Matiouze to let go of the guard even in the Royer in London on Saturday. second round and Vijender took it Vijender was declared the win- upon himself to go on the offen- ner little over a minute into the fifth sive. round of the six-round super mid- The Indian seemed set for an dleweight contest, which was in- early finish when he had Royer cidentally his longest bout so far. cornered with a flurry of combina- The 30-year-old was up tion punches but the Frenchman against his most experienced rival did not give in despite being left till date in Royer, who came into with a bloodied face owing to a cut the bout with an accumulated 250 above the left eye. Indian women’s team settled for team of Atanu Das, Jayanta Ta- (18-all) as both the teams scored and level 2-2. Next up, the Indians 10, which turned out to be insuffi- rounds under his belt. To Royer’s credit, he with- the silver after losing to Chinese lukdar and Mangal Singh Champia 9-9. But since the Indian team was shot three perfect 10s but a five cient against their rivals, who hit But the Indian did not seem stood the onslaught and even tried Taipei in the final, while men’s trio brought smiles back to the Indian closest to centre in their second 9, and eight jeopardised their chance four 10s and two 9s for a total 58 perturbed in the six-round contest to attack the dominant Indian but and mixed pair won their respec- camp, hammering ninth seed Brit- it helped in edging out the Kore- of a comeback in the crucial third out of a maximum 60 to win the and was once again looking to that was hardly enough to stop tive bronze playoffs in the first ish team 6-0 to bag the bronze ans. Earlier, the fourth seeded In- set with Chinese Taipei team set and the gold medal. wrap it up early like his previous Vijender’s march to victory. stage of Archery World Cup at the medal. The mixed pair of Deepika dian women’s team shot a poor six shooting four 10s for a handsome Das, Talukdar and Champia, bouts. Royer’s determination finally Yuanshen Stadium in Shanghai on and Atanu ended India’s campaign and eight to start off on an omi- 4-2 lead going into the decider. however, put up a commanding READ:?Boxing: Vijender broke in the fifth round after an Saturday. Women’s team compris- on a high, getting the better of much nous note, even as the seventh seed- There was no end to India’s show to blank their English trio of Singh accepts Amir Khan’s chal- unrelenting Vijender brought him ing Deepika Kumari, Bombayla fancied Koreans 5-4 in a nerve- ed Chinese Taipei trio of Ya-Ting misery, while Chinese Taipei put Patrick Huston, Larry Godfrey lenge to fight in India Vijender to his knees with an onslaught of Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Ma- wracking shoot-off to end with Tan, Chien-Ying Le and Shih-Chia up another improved show in the and Kieran Slater. spent the first round getting a mea- body blows. jhi put up an inconsistent show another bronze. Trailing 2-4, the Lin won by four points to take a final round to wrap the issue with The Indians blazed the range sure of his overtly cautious rival, The 29-year-old Frenchman that included an abysmal five in top seeded Indian pair bounced 2-0 lead in the first set. An im- a five-point win in the fourth set. with five perfect 10s and one eight who preferred to keep a shell could not continue after that be- the crucial third set, to lose to the back to level 4-4 against the third proved show in the second, which Needing a win in the fourth set to race to a 2-0 lead before wrap- guard and hardly attempted a hit cause of his bloodied eye, giving lower-ranked Chinese Taipei 2-6 seed Areum Jo and Seong Cheol had two perfect 10s along with to take the match into shoot-off, ping the issue in three sets with at his taller opponent. Vijender yet another dominant vic- in the recurve team final. Later, the Park to take the match to the three 9s ensured that the Indians the Indian trio shot a seven along consistent shootings in the second But that could not save him tory. third seeded Indian men’s recurve shoot-off, which again was a tie stayed alive to win by two points with four 9s and a solitary perfect and third. Barcelo n a beat Betis to rem ain to p, Fro om e Atletico an d Real keep up pressure w ins so lo in Romandie

Chris Froome salvaged his Tour de Romandie by escaping to a solo victory on stage four as Nairo Quintana retained the leader’s yel- low jersey. Froome's challenge for a third overall title at the six-day race collapsed on Thursday when he lost 17min 30sec on stage two, but he bounced back on Saturday by attacking from the peloton with about 35km to go and hanging on Barcelona maintained their posi- solely due to their inferior head- ko Westermann was deservedly when gifted a golden chance by for his third win of the season. The tion on top of La Liga with two to-head record. Gareth Bale’s thun- sent-off 10 minutes before half- Messi to seal the points 17 min- chasing pack crossed the line at a games remaining as goals from Ivan derous header 10 minutes from time when he chopped down Rak- utes from time. rain-drenched Villars-sur-Ollon Rakitic and Luis Suarez earned a time kept an under-strength Real itic to see his second yellow card However, the Uruguayan four seconds later, with Ion Izagirre 2-0 win over 10-man Real Betis Madrid just a point behind the lead- in seven minutes. Rakitic took ad- made amends from another sensa- (Movistar) finishing second and on Saturday. ers in third in a 1-0 victory at Real vantage of more Betis generosity tional Messi through ball eight Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) third. On a day of high tension when Sociedad. Barca need to win their five minutes after half-time when minutes later to register his 54th Froome escaped from the peloton all three title contenders were at two remaining games at home to he was left with the simple task to goal of the season. alongside Tejay van Garderen one point top of the table, Anto- Espanyol and away to Granada to slotting into an empty net after In San Sebastian, Bale inspired Froome escaped from the peloton ine Griezmann came off the bench be assured of retaining their title German Pezzella and goalkeeper a Real Madrid side without the alongside Tejay van Garderen to score the winner in Atletico and were given a huge helping hand Antonio Adan failed to cut out Li- injured Cristiano Ronaldo and Ka- Quintana (Movistar) followed in Madrid’s 1-0 win over Rayo Val- by Betis despite an unconvincing onel Messi’s cross. rim Benzema to a 10th straight La fifth and is now 19 seconds ahead lecano to remain behind Barca performance. Betis defender Hei- Suarez fired straight at Adan Liga win. of second-placed Pinot and 23 sec- onds ahead of third-placed Izagirre with only one stage remaining. Froome said: "It has been a tough Lucie Sa fa r o v a b a t t led b a ck fr o m a set race so far, so to come and win the queen stage today, especially at- d o w n t o d efea t Sa m St o sur 3-6 6 -1 6 -4 in tacking so far out, it's a great feel- the final of the Prague Open. ing. For us as a team, to get a vic- tory here, it's nice not to come away empty-handed." Froome attacked ucie Safarova battled back hanger with 29-year-old Safarova on the penultimate climb of the day from a set down to defeat breaking to love to lead 4-3 before alongside Tejay van Garderen Sam Stosur 3-6 6-1 6-4 in serving out with her 14th ace to Hugo Palmer will let "the dust some hope that he will stay - he is (BMC Racing) and the duo swiftly the final of the Prague claim her seventh WTA title, but settle" before deciding whether to out of a Galileo mare and from the caught up with the last two mem- Open. her first since winning in Doha last target Galileo Gold at the Investec family of Montjeu - and they say bers of the day's initial breakaway, Stosur, who enjoyed a walk- February. Derby or stay at a mile with the that the Guineas is the best trial Bob Jungels (Etixx - Quick-Step) over in the semi-finals after Rus- World No 16 Safarova, who Newmarket hero. Galileo Gold for the Derby. And you couldn't and Pavel Kochetkov (Katusha). sia's Svetlana Kuznestova with- lost to Serena Williams in last gave Palmer his first English Clas- get a better trial than yesterday's Jungels and Kochetkov fell away drew due to a thigh injury, took year's French Open final, suffered sic success with a resounding per- victory. at the foot of the final climb, and command of the match when she from a bacterial infection towards formance in the Qipco 2000 Guin- "Knee-jerk reactions could end Froome subsequently dropped broke Czech Safarova's serve to the end of last year and had made a eas on Saturday and the trainer up misleading people so the best Van Garderen with about 7.5km lead 2-0 in the opening set. poor start to the year. now has the difficult, but enviable, thing to do is to let the dust settle remaining to set up the third Tour Bet now£10 completely free She had crashed out of five problem of where to go next. While and discuss our options, and make de Romandie stage win of his ca- The Australian then held firm successive tournament at the first- Palmer would naturally prefer to the right decision. reer. Back down the road, Pinot to secure the set after saving one round stage before triumphing this win the Irish 2,000 Guineas rather "But if we did decide to go to attacked several times in a bid to break point at 4-2. week when she won five matches than try and fail at Epsom, he is Epsom, I imagine that he would go drop Quintana, but the Colombian However, Stosur had prob- on the trot on home soil. keeping the options open for the straight there. He had plenty of never looked in danger of being dis- lems with her serve in the second "It was a big fight. It's always time being. "The question every- racing at two and was having his tanced and now only has to avoid set with four double faults allow- tough against her. I was waiting for one is asking is whether he will to win the Derby, but my job is to 2,000 Guineas than finish sixth at first race since October yesterday, crashing on Sunday's final stage, ing the home player to level the my chance and it came in the sec- now go for the Derby," Palmer told do the right thing for the horse. Epsom. so I think three runs in a month which should end in a sprint, to match. ond set," said Safarova, whose www.betfair.com. "My dream is And I would rather win an Irish "But his pedigree gives you would be pushing it. seal overall victory. The deciding set was a cliff- record against Stosur is now 11-3. MONDAY . MAY 02. 2016-Saur 13, 1395 H.S Vol:X Issue No:271 Price: Afs.15