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Kandahar-Lashkargah highway reopened: Official AT News Report of them faced shortage of edible items and clothes in Lashkargah,” KABUL: After a week-long clo- Naqib Zmaryal, Provincial Refu- sure, the security forces on Fri- gee Director said. day night reopened Kandahar- “We have some items ready for Lashkargah highway, a provincial hundreds of families in southern official said on Saturday. Kandahar, but due to the closure “The highway is reopened for of road by Taliban fighters the aid military staffers only. But efforts convoy in Kandahar can’t enter to are underway to establish check Lashkargah as the main road is posts in the highway in order to closed for past several days” reopen for public too,” provincial Zmaryal said, adding they only council member for Helmand At- have kitchen kid sets for displaced taullah Afghan told Afghanistan people in Lashkargah while the Times. displaced people “desperately “At the moment it is reopened for waiting” for arrival of food. military staffers, where tomorrow The displaced people in Lashkar- By Farhad Naibkhel ernment will complete two years ies, start issuance of electronic ID the presidency. Taking into ac- litical crisis in already fragile in (Sunday) it would be open for the gah city mainly faced with short- in September, but it has no plan cards as well as call the Loya Jirga count the sensitive situation of the NUG. However, Deputy Spokes- public,” he added. age of food and cloths while those KABUL: In a meeting with Chief and preparation for Loya Jirga. after the end of second year. The country, it requires political elites, man for Chief Executive Office Fierce fighting between security displaced in their own districts, out Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Moreover, electoral reforms are government is to step into third government officials, seasoned Jawid Faisal said on twitter that forces and the Taliban insurgents of the city are faced with more Saturday, former and current also in doldrums. Abdullah met year, but has not fulfilled promis- scholars, tribal elders and the peo- today president Ghani and CEO have forced around 20,000 civil- problems as government and aid government officials urged the his deputies Mohmmad Khan and es. The meeting took place after ple of Afghanistan to continue join had not any meeting. Ghani and ians in Helmand to leave their vil- agencies were not able to reach leaders to implement the agree- Mohammad Mohaqiq, Minister of Abdullah directly accused the pres- efforts to overcome all challeng- Abdullah had no good relation lages and homes and seek shelter them due to the ongoing fighting ment as foundation of the Na- Foreign Affairs and head of Jami- ident of being impatient. Presiden- es,” the Presidential Palace said on since start of electoral campaigns, in Lashkargah, the provincial cap- and they face shortage of food, tional Unity Government at-e-Islami Party Salahudin Rabani, tial palace quickly reacted to Ab- Friday in a media statement. “With but tensions reached at high level ital city. Moreover, the road clo- cloths, potable water and lack of (NUG). President Ashraf Ghani Balkh governor Atta Noor, Ex- dullah’s criticism. The Presiden- regrets, Dr. Abdullah’s speech was between these two electoral front sure had prevented the aid sup- health services, Hussain Alizada, and Abdullah signed a political Defense Minister Besmellah Mo- tial Palace slammed Abdullah for not in accordance with the princi- liners, which blamed each other to ply convoys to volatile areas of provincial council member said. deal in 2014 to establish the hammadi, former Inelegance Chief his remarks against President ples and spirit of governance, be- fraud in election. After a long dead- the province as a large number of NUG. According to the deal, the Amrullah Saleh and Minister of Ghani. Abdullah had said that on cause governance is based on the lock both candidates president people displaced. government had to meet two ba- Justice Abdul Basir Anwar, his different occasions, he tolerated principles and criteria to imple- Ghani and CEO Abdullah by US The displaced people are living in sic conditions: convening consti- office said in a statement. The po- the president’s reluctance over na- ment the law,” the statement is- broker agreed to establish Nation- difficult conditions as they don’t tutional Loya Jirga to promote litical figures, expressed support tional issues, but now his patience sued by Ghani’s office said. Pres- al Unity Government. Although have food and potable waters to Floundering the position of Chief Executive of Abdullah’s recent remarks and has reached at the boiling point. ident Ghani and Abdullah were re- people believed that National Uni- quench their thirst and hungry. endeavors or Prime Minister through strategy, emphasizing for the im- He said that leaders in every coun- portedly scheduled to meet on Sat- ty Government will be a weak gov- “Most of the displaced people amendment in the constitution; plementation of the agreement. try have conflicting arguments, but urday to discuss important issues, ernment as well as tension won’t have been living with their rela- Editorial Page 7 and introduce electoral reforms Ghani and Abdullah had promised if someone doesn’t have patience but it has been canceled, possibil- be ended between these two teams. tives’ homes, in some cases, up to within two years. The unity gov- to bring reforms in electoral bod- for discussion, then he is unfit for ity it is a sign of depending of po- Many time people were...P2 ten families in one house. Most Taliban gathered to 92 militants create safe haven in killed across the Helmand:Waziri country:MoD AT News Report KABUL: Ninety-two Tali- ent provinces in Helmand, to ban militants were killed change the following province into across the country in the past 24 hours, the ministry a safe haven, but they have been of defense said Saturday in statement. The national defeated and lost huge number of army with the cooperation of national police and na- their fighters.” Law makers have tional directorate of security conducted military op- insisted that significant work and erations against insurgents in different areas of Pakti- new plans for ensure peace for ka, Baghlan, Laghman and Faryab provinces. Helmand should be adopted. Mp The statement added that unfortunately, 11 sol- Abdul Jabar Qahraman said,” diers were also killed in the operation. In a separate Musa Qala, Baghiran, Nawzad dis- operation, the national directorate of security seized tricts are controlled by Taliban, and a large cache of automatic weapons and explosives in in some other districts Govern- western Farah province. The NDS said in a state- ment only controls the center of ment its operatives seized and confiscated different the districts.” Experts believed weapons including 31 RPG 7 grenade launcher rounds, that the only way that Afghan two 82mm cannon rounds, one mortar round, one Officials in Ministry of Defense Motorola radio handset with three batteries and charg- stated that Taliban have come from Government can curb the war in Helmand is to do some reforma- er, two grenade launchers, 20 fuses, 80 meter Prem different provinces to change Hel- card Lane, four kilograms of explosives, one remote mand into a safe haven for carry- tion within the Afghan security queue. Former Deputy Minister control, two of anti-vehicle mines. It added that the ing further terrorist activities but Taliban insurgents wanted to carry out an attack in most of their plans failed in Hel- of MoI Mirza Mohammad Yarmand said,” Afghan security different areas of Farah province that fortunately were mand province. They have also prevented. urged that necessary measurements forces are fighting with high mor- and new plans are underway for al, but some reformation still needs Helmand to ensure security though to be done.” Helmand war have severe clashes continue in districts made thousands of the local resi- 50pc increase in of Helmand. Ministry of Defense dents to flee from their homes and Spokesman Dawlat Waziri said,” find safer shelters in other parts almond production As you all know that huge number Helmand or even in neighboring of Taliban have come from differ- provinces. (ATN) reported AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Agri- culture Irrigation and Live- NCS reacts over Sartaj stock said Saturday that the almond products would increase by 50 per cent in the northern Kunduz prov- ince this year. Azizi statement Agriculture experts after assessment of almond gardens said that almond harvest will be better this Afghan officials in National Secu- Afghan officials in National Secu- year in Kunduz, said MAIL in a statement. rity Council have reacted over the rity Council have declared the re- Kunduz is one of the well almond producers, recent statement of the Pakistan cent statement of Sartaj Aziz on where currently, 1,570 hectares lands are almond gar- Prime Minister Advisor Sartaj support Taliban a false. dens, the statement added. Aziz that Afghanistan National National Security Council It said over 20,461 famers were engaged in gar- Security Council is supporting Spokesman dening in six different district of Kunduz. Taliban group, saying that terror- Tawab Ghorzang said,” the Afghanistan almond export to Arabic states, In- ists have safe heavens in Pakistan claim made is part of the cold war, dia and Pakistan, where it has a good market, state- and they are being supported by Afghanistan Government is be- ment noted. the Government of Pakistan. lieved that terrorism is a join is- The statement highlighted that based on estima- Pakistan Prime Minister advi- sue, and Pakistan should honestly tion, Kunduz almond product will reach to 680 tons sor Sartaj Aziz said,” Afghanistan fight against it, the terrorist attacks this year. The price of seven kilograms of almond is National Security Council sup- are being led by the Pakistan into 7,000 to 8,000 Afs in Afghan market, which brings a ports Taliban, and have claimed the Afghanistan.” good income to farmers. Kunduz is one of the best responsibility of the Quetta attack, Sartaj Aziz statement comes producers of almond in northern provinces. The min- efforts are underway to join both after that Afghanistan- Pakistan istry will struggle its best to bring change in farmers intelligence Networks to tackle ter- ties has gone into dark side. life and helped them to move toward mechanized rorism in the region.” Meanwhile ( ATN) cultivation in future.

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The well-educated, 20-year old to flee the country. woman didn’t want to leave Af- [One American, one Australian ghanistan, but she felt she had no kidnapped at gunpoint at Ameri- choice. After receiving death can university in Kabul] threats because of her work on “Everybody anticipated that women’s rights, she feared for her this was going to be a problem be- life and left in 2013 — feeling cause of the drop-off in the eco- guilty, but intending to return af- nomic opportunity after the bulk ter a few months when the securi- of international forces were tran- ty situation at home improved. siting out,” said James Cunning- Three years later, the young ham, who served as U.S. ambassa- woman, now 24, lives in the Unit- dor to Afghanistan from 2011- ed States and doesn’t know when 2014. “Unfortunately the govern- she’ll go back to Afghanistan. She ment effort to reorganize itself to told her story on condition that deal with the economy didn’t ma- her name not be used because of terialize as they had hoped.” concern that her family in Afghan- Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior istan could be in danger. fellow at the Brookings Institu- This mural on a blast wall in tion, said that because a large part Kabul shows a picture of the per- of Afghanistan’s economy in re- ilous journey that hundreds of cent years was built around the thousands of Afghans make to war, brain drain was inevitable be- Europe each year in search of a cause a lot of jobs disaappeared better life. It was drawn by Art- after the foreign troops left. Lords activists during Art Activa- Although there are no reliable tion Day, an event to bring aware- figures for the number of Afghans ness the country’s brain drain prob- who leave each year, there was a lem and to encourage people stay mass exodus in 2015. Afghans ac- in Afghanistan and invest in their counted for 20 percent of the more society. (Omaid Sharifi/Omaid than 1 million refugees who Sharifi) “I left because I didn’t feel reached Europe’s shores in 2015, safe anywhere,” she said. “Afghan- according to the U.N. High Com- istan doesn’t need another dead missioner for Refugees, and near- body or another dead woman.” ly half of them were young adults. She is one of a growing num- As more educated youth pack ber of educated young people who, up and leave Afghanistan, govern- frustrated by their country’s grow- ment officials, who are depending ing insecurity and lack of job op- on the younger generation to re- portunities, have been leaving Af- build the country, are becoming ghanistan in record numbers. increasingly concerned. The woman, who earned her Cunningham said it is impor- master’s degree in the United tant to find ways to encourage States, said that growing violence Afghans to remain in their coun- against women contributed to her try. “There are many people who decision to leave Afghanistan. Her are staying and continue to tough parents agreed and told her not to it out and what they can do is quite return. In recent years, many of noteworthy actually,” Cunningham her friends have also left Afghani- said. “My last year and half in stan — partly because of the vio- Afghanistan, I kept telling Afghan lence, and because of the country’s leaders that this was a really unique But she also understands the dents to stay, but that the govern- rope, warning of the potential life- and encouraging entrepreneurship government corruption and encour- depressed economy. “I know a lot opportunity and that they should fears and frustrations of many of ment also needs to come up with threatening dangers involved on the are important steps toward less- age transparency. Sharifi’s most of people who are leaving because take advantage of it,” he said of her peers. “Every morning when I more long-term solutions and help journey there. Even if the govern- ening the brain drain, says Lau- recent project is aimed at tackling they don’t have jobs and they are the country’s talented youth. leave the house I don’t know if I”ll build confidence in the country ment promises to create jobs for rence Hart, the International Or- the brain drain problem. “Thou- scared they can’t feed their chil- Shaharzad Akbar, returned to come back,” she said. “Every time soAfghans will invest in it. young people, it cannot change the ganization for Migration’s Head of sands of young Afghans are leav- dren,” she said. Afghanistan after finishing her I’m stuck in a traffic jam, I’m ner- President Ashraf Ghani has fact that the economic outlook in Mission and Special Envoy for ing the country,” he said. “So I want As a result of unemployment studies at Oxford University in vous about what could happen.” made stemming the brain drain a Afghanistan is not promising in the Afghanistan. Young Afghans also to do an art activation day, where and the insecurity that has fol- 2010 and works in the project- [The bomb that killed 80 Haz- priority. Last year, Afghanistan’s near future, Felbab-Brown says. have been involved in creating ini- we paint nine to 10 murals in one lowed a resurgence of the Taliban management sector in Kabul. The aras in Kabul also upended their National Unity Government start- The World Bank estimates that tiatives to motivate people to in- day, have street art and also show after the withdrawal of U.S. and 28-year-old says that even though nonviolent reform effort] ed a program called “Jobs for gross domestic product growth vest in the country. Omaid Sharifi, a movie about immigration.” Even international forces at the end of she studied abroad and has rela- Feroz Masjidi, an assistant Peace” to stimulate more employ- will be 1.9 percent in 2016, which co-founder of ArtLords — a group for those like the young woman 2014, Afghanistan’s economy tives who left the country, she al- professor in economics at Kabul ment and restore faith in the econ- would mark the third year in a row that paints murals on blast walls who left in 2013, Afghanistan is showed minimal growth in 2015 ways planned to return to Afghan- University, also decided to return omy. However, a lack of funding it would be below 2 percent. around prominent buildings in Af- still home. “I want to help out and — about 1.5 percent, according to istan. to Afghanistan after studying may limit the impact of this initia- About 55 percent of the pop- ghanistan — said that he wants to I want to participate in rebuilding the World Bank. Combined with “We feel a sense of responsi- abroad. After finishing his studies tive, according to the World Bank. ulation is under age 20, according restore hope through the arts. Some [my country,]” she said. “But I increased fighting between govern- bility as people who are privileged in the United States on a Fulbright The Refugees and Repatria- to the World Bank, and unemploy- of the group’s most popular mu- want to make sure if I die it won’t ment troops and insurgents, that with an education,” she said. “If Scholarship, Masjidi returned to tions Ministry started a social- ment is hovering around 22 per- rals are ones with paintings of eyes be vain. And right now I’m not sure instability is causing some of Af- we give up, who can we expect to Afghanistan in 2011. The 31-year- media campaign to discourage peo- cent. with the slogan “I See You” writ- it won’t be in vain.” ghanistan’s brightest young minds stay behind?” old said that he encourages his stu- ple from making the trip to Eu- Bolstering the private sector ten near them, designed to fight (WASHINGTONPOST) Samangan almond yield shoots up, but prices decline

A number of civil society activ- ists, youths and tribal elders from Nangarhar on Saturday con- demned the practice of bad dadan in the country, saying that it is against the teachings of Islam. Bad dadan is a practice in Af- ghanistan where girls and women are given to settle a dispute be- tween families, often a blood dis- pute. "Violence against women has increased in the country. Women provinces. This comes after Khan Wali Adil, a civil society activist from Paktia, who is conducting a sit-in suffer a lot in this practice which protest in Kabul over the past few days in protest over the bad dadan practice in the country, said he has not is a kind of forced marriage. We received any clear response from government for his demands so far. "I will commit suicide if government urge government to have a clear does not address my demands. If my demands are not addressed, the suffering of girls who have been the plan to prevent the bad dadan prac- victim of this wrong practice will continue," he said. (ToloNews) tice in the country," said Maliha Hussainkhail, a civil society activ- ist in Nangarhar. KP govt works on plan to... High-ranking "This practice will increase if government does not take any ...P12Those refugees possessing participated in the debate. Recent- AIBAK : Almond production in 5,000 afghanis based on their qual- deners from the Hussainkhel vil- proper action against it," said proof of registration (PoR) cards ly the United Nations High Com- officials ask for... northern Samangan province has ity in Aibak, the provincial capi- lage of Aibak, said he had planted Huma Shinwari, an activist in Nan- should not be harassed, Sultan Mo- missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) increased four times over the last tal, Mohammad said. 600 trees of almond on six acres of garhar. Participants at the gather- hammad Khan of the Qaumi Wa- has said that the number of Af- ...P1witness of grievance from year, agriculture and livestock of- However, he added the agri- land. He collected 1,295 kilograms ing issued a resolution where they tan Party (QWP) said. “Those Af- ghan refugees voluntarily return- both teams through media against ficials say. Farmers in some parts culture and livestock department of almond and earned 370,000 af- called on the Ulema Council of ghan refugees who had purchased ing home has surpassed 500 fami- each other in the past years, but of the province have harvested the calculated the cost of per seven ghanisthis year.However, he said Afghanistan and other relevant or- properties and their children were lies daily—a marked increase on recently the tension flame be- crop in some areas of Samangan kilograms at 1,500 afghanis. the price of the fruit had edged ganizations to take the issue seri- studying (in Pakistan) should not the 10 families a day a few months come more and directly leaders while their counterparts in other Known types of almond in down this year. Each seven kilo- ously. "We urge the three pillars of be repatriated in a disgraceful man- ago. The surge in refugee repatria- criticized each other in front of areas are still busy collecting them. Samangan are Starbayee, Khairu- grams of almond cost 7,500 afgha- government to take a serious stance ner.” On his turn, Sardar Aurang- tions comes only a few weeks af- media or through statements. Noor Mohammad, director of dini, Shakorbayee, Qambari, Ma- nis last year, but now the price against this un-Islamic phenome- zeb Nalotha of the Pakistan Mus- ter the Pakistani government set a Number of experts called run- agriculture and livestock, told Pa- roji, Sandoqi, Kaghazi and Sangak. has declined to 4,500 Afghanis. A non. Perpetrators should be sent lim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said new deadline of six months for Af- ning of traditional Loya Jirga only jhwok Afghan News the yield in Residents of the province call dried fruit trader in Samangan, Haji behind bars," said Irshad Raghand, that the issue of repatriation of ghan refugees in Pakistani to leave. the remedy to address current Aibak, Hazrat Sultan and Khuram- Starbayee almond the best of all Naqibullah, argued the price of al- another activist in Nangarhar. Afghan refugees was related to “In the past only ten families were crises in the country. Recently Sarbagh districts was used as a varieties.Mohammad recalled mond had fallen due to higher pro- Meanwhile, the human rights com- both the province and whole coun- repatriating voluntarily a day, but Shahzada Masoud, advisor for yardstick. growers had earned 114 million duction. Around four tonnes of mission in Nangarhar said that the try, therefore the nation should be now more than five hundred fami- ex-president, said that day by The overall yield of almond is afghanis last year. almond have been sent to Kabul bad dadan practice has decreased united on it. Senior Minister for lies come here. We want to increase day political, security, econom- estimated at 2,000 tonnes in 2016, In 2015, seven kilograms of and Mazar-i-Sharif. Naibullah in the country's eastern parts. "Bad Local Government and Rural De- the capacity of registration centers ic and social challenges increased comparedwith last year’s 500 almond accounted for 1,600 afgha- added 40 percent of Samangan al- dadan practice was on the rise be- velopment (LG&RD) Inayatullah, aimed rising repatriations, an UN- in the country, thus it is required tonnes.He reckoned the fruit’s val- nis. Farmers, satisfied with the al- mond was sold inside the country tween 2003 and 2009, but it has Azizul Mulk Afkari of the Jamaat- HCR official in Peshawar said. At of National Unity Government ue at 430 million afghanis. mond production this year, com- and the rest exported to India, Pa- recently decreased," said Sabrina e-Islami, Fakhar-e-Azam Wazir of the same time, Afghan refugees in to convene traditional Loya Jir- Currently, per seven kilograms plain the price has dropped. kistan and the United Arab Emir- Hamidi, chairperson of Human the PPP and Qurban Ali Khan of Pakistani have said that they “will- ga in order to put end for current of almond cost 1,200 afghanis to Mullah Aziz, one of the gar- ates. (Pajhwok) Rights Commission in eastern the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf also ing to come back to their country”. crisis across the country.

Protestors on Friday closed the who have been surrounded by Tal- ment does not take serious action way is closed and Kabul-Mazar highway in Baghlan iban in Jani Khil district of Paktia and delays a rescue operation, Tal- we are stuck here. in protest over the ongoing siege for 10 days. They say that most iban may arrest them all. "Dozens My son's health of soldiers by the Taliban in the of these soldiers are from Baghlan. of our soldiers are martyred or condition is very Jani Khil district in Paktia. Farooq, a protester said: "If wounded. Government has not re- bad, he hardly can ??Protestors gathered in Khen- President (Ashraf) Ghani and his sponded to Baghlan people's re- breathe." jan district of Baghlan province to CEO, Abdullah Abdullah do not quests", said Zarif Zarif, a mem- However after seek help for 200 soldiers sur- respond to us, we will close Sa- ber of Baghlan provincial council. a few hours, the rounded by insurgents. lang highway for one to two Meanwhile passengers, who highway reopened The protestors closed Kabul- months." are traveling to Northern provinc- to traffic. Protesters Mazar highway for a few hours Farid, a soldier in Jani Khil dis- es, are waiting for the reopening of warn that if govern- and said that security departments trict said: "I am a soldier; I know the Kabul-Balkh highway. ment does not con- have not taken serious action to what is going on with the surround- Sardar, a father who is with sider their legal re- release the surrounded soldiers. ed soldiers. Why does government his wounded son, is waiting for the quests, they will go The protestors have called on not help us?" reopening of the highway and said: on a widespread government to rescue the soldiers Protesters warn that if govern- "We want to go to Kabul, but the protest. SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

A meeting between President ty members where the participants centralization of power, but a par- Ashraf Ghani and his CEO Abdul- announced their support for him allel government has emerged in- lah Abdullah has been postponed over his recent remarks agaist the side the ARG and authorities of for unknown reasons, Abdullah's president, and called for the swift the ministers have been reduced," office said in a statement Satur- and unconditional implementation said Rahimi. Abdullah has also met day. The meeting was planned by of the political agreement. The non- the commander of foreign forces the president but the two leaders implementation of the political in Afghanistan general John have not met yet," said Mujibur- agreement, delaying the electoral re- Nicholson and a number of foreign rahman Rahimi, spokesman to form agenda and monopolizing ap- diplomats in Kabul. At the meet- Abdullah. Ghani and Abdullah pointments appear to be the main ing they have urged the CEO to were scheduled to meet Saturday reasons for the recent backlash be- settle the tension through talks and in the wake of the recent backlash tween the president and his CEO. diplomacy. "With consideration of to discuss their issues. "The meet- "The best solution and the logical current situations, there is a need ing was planned by the presiden- step is the implementation of the that government leaders resolve EMERGENCY tial palace, but postponed over political agreement, bringing reforms their disputes, otherwise they will certain reasons, we are still pre- in the election system, ensuring the pave the way for the collapse of CALLS pared to hold the negotiations and rollout of electronic identity cards their government by their own wait for the presidential palace to and appointments of the govern- hands," said MP Lalai Hamidzai. Police be prepared," said Rahimi. The ment positions in consultations be- There are some reports that statement comes a few hours after tween the two leaders," said Mo- Ghani's national security advisor Abdullah defended his recent re- hammad Natiqi, head of the politi- and head of office of the president 100 - 119 marks against Ghani. On Saturday, cal party. "Centralization of power have met with the CEO, however Abdullah met with his allies, in- by the ARG (presidential palace) has outcomes of the talks have not been cluding a delegation of Jamiat par- caused the problem, not only the announced. (ToloNews) Hospitals FMIC Hospital WTO's Behind Kabul Medical Corruption prevention helps return stolen money University: 0202500200-+93793275595 membership The government of Afghanistan Afghanistan is still trapped in the believes fighting corruption would quagmire of war and conflicts and not a revolutionary measure, but Afghanistan would not reach last- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital opportunity hoped the phenomenon could be ing peace and stability unless the Pule Bagh-e- Umomi uprooted gradually. It said it had heinous phenomenon was uproot- practically proved that corruption ed. 070263672 for could be eliminated all over the The government of Afghani- government administrations as it stan is facing another challenge had defamed Afghanistan world- which is Brussels summit, in which Khairkhana Hospital Afghanistan wide. United Nations Assistance it should convince the internation- 0799-321007 Mission in Afghanistan al community in its strong achieve- to revive (UNAMA) said Afghan stolen ment in fighting corruption, but the 2401352 money would be returned after government believed the success corruption was uprooted in the requires enough time to be elimi- economy country. Michal Hard, the acting nated. Indira Gandhi Children chief said fighting corruption and People complained about fail- Hospital, Wazir Akbar KABUL: After years of negotia- its full elimination was a must as it ure of both previous and current tions, Afghanistan which applied had defamed Afghanistan and for systems to bring corrupt officials Khan, Kabul 2301372 for the membership of World uprooting the phenomenon, a po- to justice and said they were not Trade Organization (WTO) in litical will was needed to return the too much hopeful, if the organs 2004 finally entered the world trade Afghan stolen coins. Political ana- concerned were ready for fulfilling Ibn-e- Seena body and become the 164th mem- lysts welcomed the UNAMA’s the plan. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul ber of the entity in late July. cooperation in this field said re- The government would lose Welcoming the step as a good turning the taken-out money money of orphans, widows and stan should support the decision tion could help the illegal money another chance of drawing the in- 2100359 omen and a unique opportunity would help the country’s econo- destitute Afghans would soon be made by the UNAMA and don’t transferred out of the country, the ternational aids unless, fully con- towards economic reviving of the my get strengthened as well as helped returned, the government let practicing theplan face delay. people of Afghanistan believed. vince the donors for what they are war-torn country, Afghan experts helps prevent corruption in the in cooperation and coordination Most of those working at the The government of national waiting its efforts and achieve- Wazir Akbar Khan believe that being a WTO mem- future and would be a warning to with the UNAMA step up in this high government posts have been unity should also take firm plan to ments in strong war on corruption Hospital ber, Afghanistan can expand its those accused of corruption and scope. accused of corruption and embez- legally deal with the corrupt offi- restoring good governance. trade and economic relations with embezzlement by the justice and Findings said foreigners have zlementby the courtfound used cials and don’t let the vicious phe- Govt.’s CE had pledged to do 2301741, 2301743 all the other member states. judiciary offices, whoare stealing also hand in financial corruption foreign passports to flee of deten- nomenon spread out anymore and all what were needed including, "Accession into the WTO will money in Afghanistan and invest in Afghanistan and they should be tionand leave outside the country to be an example for those still in plans to fight corruption, restore Ali Abad be a good opportunity for Afghan- out of the country to be brought taken responsible along with those investing their stolen money out- ambush to steal the public money. good governance and bring reso- istan to increase its competitive- to justice. Indeed, those who have collaborator Afghans. side the country. The announcement and readi- lute reforms in the electoral sys- Shahrara, Kabul ness. It will be an opportunity for stolen the public properties, the The government of Afghani- The UNAMA’s this coopera- ness by the UNAMA comes while tem. (The Kabul Times) the country to get the potentials 2100439 to become one of the competent members of the organization," economist and university profes- IRRIGATION NETWORKS TO BE BUILT IN FIVE PROVINCES: MAIL Malalai Maternity sor Hussain Mahrammi told Xin- A Memorandum of Understand- lem will be solved when the such irrigation projects effective in Hospital hua recently. ing (MoU) worth afg160mln has project implemented, Jawad fur- agriculture growth, a number of 2201377/ 2301743 Getting WTO membership is been signed between Ministry of ther said. economy experts said, ‘if invest- a milestone for Afghanistan to- Agriculture, Irrigation and Live- The move will be made by ment was made on agriculture sec- wards expanding its trade relations, stock (MAIL) and executive com- some acting unites, during which tor over the last 15 years, Afghan- Banks the analyst said , adding that the panies of the project. 300 farmers will be trained and the istan would have reached self-suf- landlocked country availing the The ministry’s deputy minis- number will reach thousands in next ficiency in the respect.’ Da Afghanistan Bank opportunity can attract foreign ter on financial and administrative stages, Jawad added. Hamidullah Haidari, a private investment, create job opportuni- affairs, Abdul Qadi Jawad said, According to officials of university lecturer said, ‘Afghani- 2100302, 2100303 ty and ultimately alleviate pover- ‘implementation of the project MAIL, such projects can be bene- stan is an agricultural country, ty. However, the economist who would cost afg 100mln and will be ficial for agricultural growth and where 80 percent of its people of Bakhtar Bank is a lecturer to a private university paid through developing budget of efforts are underway to take ef- agriculturists, but unfortunately, in Kabul cautiously observed that the ministry during the current fective steps to mechanize the ag- many sections of the agriculture 0776777000 congested roads and poor commu- year.’ riculture sector. sector has been badly harmed.’ Azizi Bank nication infrastructures could neg- According to the MoU, the The total cost of the agreement If attention is paid to infra- atively affect trade activities inside project will be implemented in 30 is afg 60.3mln, as with implemen- structural project, the move can be 0799 700900 Afghanistan and with its trade part- provinces of the country and tation of the project, 1500 hect- effective to the country’s econo- Pashtany Bank ners. would consist 60 hectares of lands, ares of lands will be irrigated and my growth, therefore, the allocat- The militancy-plagued and he further said. water wastage will be prevented ed amounts should be properly 2102908, 2103868 landlocked Afghanistan doesn't Stressing on widespread activ- by 40 percent, Jawad continued. spent to fulfill people needs, he have standard roads, motorways ities to establish and reconstruct The project has been conduct- further said. Air Services nor railway linking the capital city irrigation networks, Jawad said, ed by Agriculture and Livestock Another economy expert and Kabul to provinces onward to ‘implementation of such projects Program with the cooperation of university lecturer, Saifuddin neighboring states or Europe. would cause to prevent water the people, as 7500 families will Saihoun said, ‘to mechanize agri- Safi Airways It is obvious that Afghanistan wastage and soil erosion in agri- be benefitted of the advantages in culture, long-term plans and pro- 020 22 22 222 has very weak infrastructures, rail- cultural lands.’ Kabul and Parwan provinces and grams are needed, and Afghanistan try to further use the farmlands’. road, terminals and roads and also Currently, 50 percent of wa- job opportunities will be paved to is of those countries that is with This is while that over the last years, billions of dollars have been Ariana the private companies are not stan- ter in farmlands cause to waste more than 2400 persons. farmlands, therefore, serious atten- poured to Afghanistan, but unfortunately, no attention has been paid in dard and globally accepted, the chemical fertilizers, but the prob- Meanwhile, calling launching tion should be paid by the minis- agriculture sector. 020-2100270 analyst argued. But he also expressed opti- mism that the accession into WTO Kam Air would facilitate the Afghan gov- 0799974422 ernment to find solution for the problems. "Accession to the WTO is a good opportunity for Afghan- Hotels istan to increase its competitive- Safi Landmark ness, but the problem is that being a member of the world entity and signing some bilateral, trilateral or 020-2203131 multilateral agreements is very easy, but fulfilling the commit- SERENA ments and also implementing these agreements will be very difficult," 0799654000 the analyst maintained. Afghan drivers and their trucks are not in a New Rumi Restaurant capacity to be accepted interna- tionally and their services are not 0776351347 standard, the analyst said, adding that fear of drug trafficking and Internet Services human smuggling by Afghan driv- UA Telecom ers could be another problem for Afghanistan's trade partners, ac- 0796701701 / 0796702702 cording to analysts. However, Mahrammi said that Afghan gov- Exchange Rate ernment can manage to overcome the problems by outlining compre- Purchase: hensive strategy to train drivers, send them abroad to improve ca- pacity building and issue them li- One US$ = cense to operate on international 66.34Afs highways. Depending largely on One Pound Sterling= foreign aid, cash-stripped Afghan- istan is among the poorest coun- 85.90Afs tries in the world, with huge trade One Euro = deficit and 36 percent of its 30 72.98Afs million populations living under poverty line. Afghanistan's export, 1000 Pak Rs = according to a report of Central 607Afs Statistic Organization, was regis- tered at 570.50 million U.S. dol- Sale: lars in 2015 against 514.97 U.S. One US$ = dollars in 2014. The country's ex- 66.39 Afs port which includes carpet, rug, One Pound Sterling= dried fruit and medicinal plants, has wo Afghan men were attacked by locals armed with an iron bar amid rising tension over the refugees’ presence reportedly totaled more than 600 on the Manus Island. The men, who are being held in the Australian-run detention centre on the island, were 86.15Afs million U.S. dollars so far this year One Euro= and the import in the consuming attacked as they walked for a bus from the beach in Manus’s main city of Lorengau.—Photo by Matthew Abbott/ 73.15 Afs nation has reached to more than 5 The Guardian. 1000 Pak Rs= 610 billion U.S. dollars. (Xinhua) SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES PPP came close to PTI after rejection of demands: Nisar ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Fri- day triggered a new war of words between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party by saying that re- jection by the ruling party of con- ditions set by the latter to sup- port the government had prompt- ed it to get close to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Speaking at a press conference, the minister said the PPP wanted withdrawal of a case against mod- el Ayyan Ali, who had been caught NEW DELHI: Despite the most had on board. attempting to smuggle Rs50 mil- intense search ever in Indian wa- Sagar Nidhi, owned by the lion out of the country, and help in ters to locate a ship or aircraft lost Ministry of Earth Sciences has securing bail for former president at sea, it's now highly unlikely that been deployed to profile the sea Asif Ali Zardari’s aide Dr Asim any debris from the Air Force bed. Hussain, who is facing charges of plane that went missing on July Two highly specialised ves- terror financing and corruption. 22 will be found floating on the sels, the Sagar Nidhi, belonging to Without disclosing the name sea. Instead, senior navy officers the National Institute of Ocean of a PPP leader who he claimed supervising the operation say it's Technology and the Samudra Rat- had proposed the ‘confidence- entered a new phase aimed at try- nakar, owned by the Geological building measures’ (CBMs), ing to find the wreckage of the air- Survey of India, have taken over Chaudhry Nisar said he had been craft on the sea bed. as key players and commenced told that Dr Hussain’s case was There were 29 people on the their search operations in the area with the National Accountability An-32 transport plane that took where the AN-32 was last picked Bureau (NAB), but it was pointed off in rough monsoon weather up on radar. Both ships are out that the prosecutor general had from Chennai for Port Blair and equipped with multi-beam echo been appointed during the present then disappeared a short while later sounders which can profile an ob- government’s term. without a distress signal. ject on the sea floor with a resolu- He asked the PPP leadership Over the last three weeks, air- tion of 2 metres. The ships also to reveal the nature of its link with craft have flown 1,000 hours (220 have sonar equipment designed to Ms Ali and said the Federal Inves- sorties); at one stage, 28 ships and pick up objects upto 150 metres tigation Agency (FIA) had evi- a submarine were deployed in the beneath the sea bed. If something dence of money going from the hunt. 24 electronic transmissions is detected, remote-controlled rov- same bank account for purchase been detected in the huge area ers from the ships can dive to the of air tickets for her and PPP chair- scoured in the Bay of Bengal, but sea-floor (which lies at a depth of man Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. they did not turn out to be pings 3,500 metres in this area) and phys- In Karachi, Leader of the Op- from the emergency beacons on ically retrieve parts of the wreck- position in the National Assem- either the plane or the life-rafts it age using their claws. bly Syed Khurshid Shah reacted strongly over the minister’s re- marks. Talking to reporters, he said that Chaudhry Nisar’s words re- Mufti Qavi’s name flected a “mental sickness” and called upon the prime minister to take notice of the statement of his included in Qandeel key man in the cabinet to prove his impartiality in the growing murder case tense relations between the gov- A Bangladesh court allowed po- nat Karim, a dual British and Bang- this month, police official Masu- gineer, was said to be at the cafe to ernment and the opposition. lice on Saturday to continue hold- ladeshi national, and Tahmid Ha- dur Rahman told reporters they celebrate his daughter's 13th birth- “The irony is that whenever ing two men in connection with an sib Khan, a student at Toronto had been arrested "from two dif- day. there is a terrorist incident, you attack last month claimed by Is- University, in connection with the ferent places". Police confirmed on Saturday would never find Chaudhry Nisar lamic State that killed 20 hostages assault on July 1. The families of But their families say Karim that Karim has been formally ar- around as he goes missing some- at an upscale cafe in the capital, both men say they are innocent. and Khan were dining, separately, rested, while Khan was being held where. But when it comes to lev- Dhaka police said. Their cases have been marked with family and friends when gun- as a suspect. Both appeared be- elling allegations and sabotaging the Police told the court they need- by confusion. When the two men men stormed the Holey Artisan fore the court, with Karim being political atmosphere you would ed more time to interrogate Has- were remanded in custody earlier Bakery. Karim, a 47-year-old en- remanded for a further eight days find him leading from the front. I and Khan for six. think the prime minister should Rahman said Karim was arrest- take notice of his remarks. This is ed because police needed "further so unfortunate.” details" because of information The interior minister also that emerged during his interroga- talked about the $60 million fro- tion. zen by Swiss banks and released He told Reuters that video after a letter written to the Euro- footage during the cafe attack pean country’s authorities by the showed Karim appearing to act then attorney general, wondering "calm and normal with the mili- where the money had gone. He tants." He declined to give any fur- raised the issue of ownership of ther information. the Surrey mansion in the United Karim's wife, Sharmina Karim, Kingdom, three palaces in Dubai told Reuters it was not at all clear and a precious diamond necklace. to her what was happening. MULTAN: Police have included into the case is unfair.” Without naming senior PPP leader "He is innocent. He went to the name of Mufti Abdul Qavi as a Qandeel Baloch was found Aitzaz Ahsan, he also talked about the cafe along with me and our two suspect in the murder case of model dead in her house on July 16. She the issuance of liquefied petroleum daughters," she said after Karim Qandeel Baloch on the request of had apparently been killed by her gas (LPG) quota. Chaudhry Nisar made his court appearance. "How her father Mohammad Azeem. brother for allegedly bringing dis- held the opposition leaders in both can it be that he would go there City Police Officer Azhar grace to the family. houses of parliament responsible knowing there would be such a Akram told Dawn on Friday that Waseem, who had earlier for the acrimony between the massacre? Is this not unusual, un- the Mufti’s name had been made claimed that he was the lone killer, PML-N and PPP. “I have never believable thinking?" part of the case after Azeem, the disclosed the name of his cousin said how a meter reader has pros- There was no immediate com- complainant, in his statement be- Haq Nawaz as a co-suspect after pered so much,” he said in the the ment from the Khan family. Ka- fore the police, suspected the cler- the polygraph test. most blistering attack against Lead- rim and Khan were among 32 peo- ic’s possible role in the murder. Sardar Zafar Ahmed Khan, the er of the Opposition in the Na- ple rescued by police and taken He said when a complainant counsel for the suspect, however tional Assembly Syed Khurshid into custody for questioning after pointed his finger at anybody, po- claimed that all the arrested sus- Shah. He said an opposition lead- the attack. Police released the oth- lice were bound to investigate him pects, including Waseem, were in- er was supposed to be against the ers soon after. During the attack under the law. nocent. He said Waseem did not government, but the one in the on the cafe, Islamist militants sin- The CPO said police could ar- confess to killing his sister before National Assembly had chosen him gled out non-Muslims and foreign- rest the Mufti when sufficient ev- the magistrate while recording his as a target, calling that this was ers, killing Italians, Japanese, an idence against him was available. statement under Section 164 of the because of his statements about the American and an Indian before se- Meanwhile, Cantonment SP Criminal Procedure Code. country’s security, remarks against curity forces stormed the eatery Saifullah Khan Khattak said that “Similarly, the police do not India and point-blank refusal to to end the 12-hour siege. Two po- the Mufti’s pictures with Qandeel have direct evidence of the murder become a “part or tool of corrup- lice also died in the operation. The Baloch had apparently led to her and have only circumstantial evi- tion”. National Action Plan government has dismissed sugges- murder and police were probing this dence which is not sufficient to Chaudhry Nisar said work on four tions that Islamic State has a pres- aspect as well. prove the arrested accused crimi- points of the National Action Plan ence in Bangladesh, even though Reacting, Mufti Qavi termed nal,” he said.Besides Waseem and (NAP) against terrorism had been photographs of attackers posing the police move unjustified. Haq Nawaz who have been sent progressing at a fast pace from the with assault rifles in front of the “When main suspect Waseem, on judicial remand by the court, very beginning. He said 10 of the group's black banner were posted Qandeel’s brother, had confessed the police also got the remand of plan’s points related to the prov- on the group's propaganda outlets. to killing his sister and also dis- two other accused, Zafar Hussain, inces and the rest were in the do- Neither Karim nor Khan appeared closed the name of the other sus- the cousin of Haq Nawaz, and main of the ministries of finance, in the photographs. pect, police’s insistence to drag me Abdul Basit, a taxi driver. defence, religious affairs and states and frontier regions. He said the graph of terrorism had gone down to below one-fourth and terrorists were on the run. The minister said about 20,000 intelligence-based operations had been carried out during the past two years and thou- sands of terrorist attacks had been pre-empted. He said 2,000 terror- ist attacks took place across the country in 2009-10, while this year the number was below 200. Saarc meeting He said his recent retort PARSA: leader Madhav Kumar to the visiting Indian Home Min- Nepal has said the neighbors ister Rajnath Singh who had lev- should not interfere with Nepal's elled allegations against Pakistan internal affairs. had been hailed by almost all the At a program organized by the opposition parties, but “one par- Democratic Madhesi Association ty had remained silent “. He said affiliated to the UML here Friday, the Indian minister could have re- leader Nepal said it would be sponded to his remarks again but shameful if any political leader/ he chose not to do so. He left, skip- party sought foreigners' support ping the lunch and the last session in solving national problems. It of the South Asian Association for erodes public trust on the political Regional Cooperation’s interior party, he said, adding, "The prob- ministers’ conference. Mr Singh, lems in the country must be solved however, spoke in his country’s by the political leaders within the upper house of parliament, the country." He urged the people not Rajya Sabha, where he said that be confused by the false allegation Pakistan was not ready to learn a that UML was the party against lesson, he said. Chaudhry Nisar the Madhesi people. On the occa- said Mr Singh had not explained sion, UML politburo member and the nature of the lesson India want- Chairman of the Democratic Mad- ed to teach Pakistan, but if it want- hesi Association, Raghubir Ma- ed Pakistan to accept its hegemo- haseth, said the constitution ny and continued brutalities should be amended to address the against the innocent Kashmiris, it demands of the Madhesi people. was unacceptable. Rejecting claims Meanwhile, leader Nepal released that every Indian prime minister a book, 'Nursing Research and Bio- had talked about peace, he recalled statics' penned jointly by Profes- that a premier of the country had sor Dr Shambhu Prasad Patel and attacked Pakistan in 1965, anoth- Babita Singh on Friday itself. Lead- er had broken it up in 1971 and the er Nepal, at the book release pro- incumbent took credit for Paki- gram, pointed out the need of re- stan’s dismemberment. form on education policy. RSS SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Yemen parliament meets under arms threat Houthi and Ali Abdullah Saleh’s militias failed in a bid Saturday, to gain the legal recognition re- quired to establish an insurgen- cy-administered supreme polit- ical council, after too few mem- bers attended the session. to Syrian capital Raqqa. ISIS fight- The Houthis called the ers seized around 2,000 civilians meeting in a bid to establish an as they fled Manbij on Friday, us- insurgency-administered su- ing them as protection against air preme political council which strikes en route to the militant-held the militias announced the cre- town of Jarabulus, on the Turk- ation of a week ago. ish-Syrian border. But under Yemeni law, the “Among the civilians taken by parliament requires a minimum ISIS there were people used as attendance of 151 of the 301 human shields but also many who members of parliament for the chose voluntarily to leave the town meeting to be determined quo- due to fear of reprisals” by the rate and therefore legally well SDF, Observatory head Rami Ab- enough attended to be able to del Rahman said. press ahead and hold votes that The extremists, who have suf- are binding. fered a string of losses in Syria and According to Al Arabiya’s Iraq, have often staged mass ab- correspondent the number in ductions when they come under attendance was significantly pressure to relinquish territory lower with members in atten- they hold. dance numbering between 80 ISIS has also booby-trapped and 85. Despite this, the mili- cars and carried out suicide bomb- tias continued in their attempt ings to slow advances by their to hold the meeting and vote opponents. According to the Observato- amid a heavy presence of armed ISIS has freed hundreds of civil- out of the city of Manbij this week monitor, said that several hundred men, despite the low attendance. ry, 437 civilians, including more ians used by the extremists as hu- with the aid of US-led air strikes, of the civilians taken were no longer than 100 children, were killed in Yasser Alraeini, the minis- man shields while retreating in told AFP that some of the civil- held by ISIS. The SDF, an Arab- ter of state for the implementa- the battle for Manbij and surround- northern Syria, US-backed forces ians were able to escape while “oth- Kurdish alliance, launched an as- ing territory. tion of the Yemeni dialogue out- and a monitor said Saturday. ers were freed”. sault in May on Manbij, on a key puts, told Al Arabiya that Sat- Around 300 SDF fighters died, A source from the Syrian Dem- The Syrian Observatory for extremist supply route between along with more than 1,000 extrem- urday’s session would have no ocratic Forces, which pushed ISIS Human Rights, a British-based the Turkish border and IS's de fac- legitimate effect. Alraeini added ists, it said. that the ousted Saleh was plot- ting to eliminate the rest of the parliament’s legitimacy. Several The foreign ministers of Turkey Syrian President Bashar Assad lawmakers have been exhaust- and Iran agreed Friday to boost and Turkey advocating his depar- ing all efforts in order to escape trade relations and pledged greater ture. Sana’a, according to sources. cooperation on resolving the Syria Turkish Foreign Minister crisis despite their divergences on Mevlut Cavusoglu said however, the issue. that despite differences Turkey and ISIS ‘on the ropes’ At a joint news conference, Iran "would strengthen coopera- in northern Syria: Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- tion for a lasting peace in Syria." mad Javad Zarif expressed his Zarif said the two countries Pentagon country's support to Turkey over converged on the need "to main- last month's failed coup attempt tain Syria's territorial integrity, the Coalition-supported local forc- by renegade officers within the need for the Syrian people to des- es fighting ISIS in northern Syr- military that left more than 270 ignate their own future." ia have recaptured large areas people dead. Turkey has com- "We all need to stand against around the city of Manbij and plained of a lack of solidarity from the extremism of (the Islamic State put the extremists “on the Western allies who have raised con- group) and al-Nusra," he added. ropes,” a Pentagon official said cerns over Turkey's massive crack- The Iranian minister also wel- Friday. Since the Syrian Demo- down on alleged supporters of a comed recent moves by Turkey cratic Forces (SDF) began an op- movement led by U.S.-based Mus- and Russia to patch up ties that eration to capture Manbij on lim cleric Fethullah Gulen. Turkey were soured by Turkey's downing May 21, they have wrested con- accuses Gulen of orchestrating the of a Russian plane near the border trol of more than 1,000 square coup. "I congratulate the Turkish with Syria in November. kilometers (385 square miles) of nation for the defiance they "Iran always had good rela- territory from ISIS. showed against the coup-plotters," tions with both Turkey and Rus- Manbij is a key town in the Zarif told reporters, in comments sia. All of the countries in the re- anti-ISIS struggle because the translated into Turkish. "They gion must cooperate to bring peace extremists were using it as a showed the people of the region in Syria and fighting against ex- waypoint between the Turkish that they would not allow democ- tremism," Zarif said. border and Raqqa, the extrem- racy and their rights to be taken The ministers said they intend ists’ de facto capital. away from them through coups to expand trade between the two SDF forces, backed by US- and the use of force." neighbors, including through the led coalition air power, have now Turkey and Iran have held possible increase of natural gas retaken much of Manbij, though opposing positions on Syria, with sales to Turkey and more visits pockets of resistance remain in Iran backing the government of by Iranian tourists. the city’s north. “Although fighting in Man- bij continues, ISIS is clearly on the ropes. It has lost the center London schoolgirl who of Manbij, it has lost control of Manbij,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Gordon Trowbridge joined ISIS ‘killed in Raqqa’ said. ISIS fighters fleeing the city One of three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join ISIS on Friday seized around 2,000 Turkey on Saturday criticized a detained or begun investigating tens Bilgic said.Western allies worry whose followers in the security has reportedly died, her family lawyer told Reuters on Thursday. civilians to use as “human top UN human rights official for of thousands of soldiers, police, that President Tayyip Erdogan is forces, judiciary and civil service Attorney Tasnime Akunjee said the family of Kadiza Sultana learned shields,” the SDF and the Syri- saying Ankara should stem its judges, journalists and civil ser- using the putsch and the purge that he accuses of orchestrating the at- of her death in Raqqa, Syria, a few weeks ago. an Observatory for Human “thirst for revenge” after a failed vants. Turkish foreign ministry has followed to tighten his grip on tempted power grab and of plot- She was believed to have been killed by a Russian air strike in Rights monitoring group said. coup attempt and denied people’s spokesman Tanju Bilgic, in a state- power. But many Turks are an- ting to overthrow the state. Raqqa, ITV News reported earlier on Thursday. rights were being violated in a purge ment, said Zeid’s comments were gered by what they see as a lack of Gulen denies these charges. Sultana was making plans to return to Britain and her family was Court in France of officials and professional ranks. unacceptable. “It is at best an un- Western sympathy over a violent Bilgic said Turkey’s measures communicating with her to discuss her possible escape from Raqqa, UN High Commissioner for fortunate statement for a UN offi- coup attempt by a rogue faction in following the coup have been con- according to an interview published by ITV with Sultana’s sister, which charges man over Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hus- cial tasked with guarding human the Turkish military using fighter sistent with the fundamental prin- includes recordings of purported phone calls between the sisters. sein called on Ankara this week to rights to say ‘he has no sympa- jets, helicopters and tanks in which ciples of rule of law and human Sultana, 16, along with two other friends, flew from London’s priest murder uphold the rights of detainees held thy’ for coup plotters instead of 240 people died. Erdogan vowed rights and repeated Ankara’s calls Gatwick Airport to Turkey on Feb. 17, 2015. since the July 15-16 abortive put- condemning these terrorists who to rid Turkey of the network of for the Commissioner to visit the The British Home Office and British Interior Ministry could not be A French court on Friday sch. Authorities have suspended, have attempted a bloody coup,” US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, country. reached immediately for a comment. charged and remanded in custo- dy a 21-year-old man arrested in connection with the murder of a priest in a Normandy church last month, a judicial source said. The man, the second to be held in connection with the kill- Russia says it has deployed long- ing of 85-year-old Jacques range S-400 missile systems in Hamel, was charged with “crim- Crimea amid heightened tensions inal association in connection with Ukraine. with terrorism”, after his arrest Russian state news agency on Monday in the Toulouse TASS quoted Moscow's southern area, the source said. military district as saying in a state- Just before the July 26 at- ment on Friday that troops in tack, the man had travelled to Crimea had "received the modern the Rouen region in northern S-400 Triumph air defence sys- France where he met Hamel’s tem". The surface-to-air missile killers Adel Kermiche and Ab- system - which can hit targets up del Malik Petitjean, both 19 to 400km away with an altitude of years old, according to a source up to 30km - is one of the most close to the investigation. advanced in the Russian arsenal. The suspect, who is unem- The Russian military plans to ployed, claimed he was radical- demonstrate such systems during ized quickly and investigators a series of exercises called Cauca- believe he was mentally unsta- sus-2016, scheduled for next ble, according to the source. The month. attack on the church in the town Earlier this week, Russian of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray President Vladimir Putin pledged was claimed by ISIS. to ensure the security of Crimea The two assailants were on allegations that Ukrainian mili- killed by police after slitting the tary forces were planning to blow priest’s throat, injuring another up critical infrastructure on the person and taking five people peninsula. hostage. The grisly attack – the 'Illegal annexation' first committed in the name of Ukraine has adamantly denied ISIS against a church in the West such allegations, with Ukrainian – came less than two weeks af- President Petro Poroshenko call- ter a Tunisian ploughed a 19- ing them "preposterous" and put- tonne truck into a crowd cele- ting his country's military on com- brating Bastille Day in the Riv- bat alert. iera city of Nice, killing 85 peo- On Friday Ukraine accused ple and wounding more than Russia of plotting further unrest 300. Previously unknown to as the international community French authorities, the suspect sought to ease tensions after the to avoid any actions which could claims Kiev has fiercely denied. two other eastern regions have in the war-scarred east of Ukraine. sever diplomatic ties with Ukraine charged on Friday first contact- two sides tightened security further escalate tensions. The S- Both sides have in response boost- been placed on high alert. Dmitry Medvedev, Russian if "there remains no other way to ed the priest’s killers via the around the Crimean peninsula. 400 missiles system is one of the ed security around the region as Ukraine's military intelligence prime minister, followed up angry influence the situation", Russian encrypted messaging app Tele- Federica Mogherini, the Euro- most advanced in the Russian army the feud over Crimea has unexpect- said "the enemy is planning large- accusations from President news wires reported. gram. According to the source pean Union's foreign affairs chief, arsenal. Russia's FSB security ser- edly flared up again, prompting scale provocative actions". Vladimir Putin by branding Kiev's Russia occupied and annexed close to the investigation, the reiterated the bloc's support for vice has said it thwarted "terrorist fears of a wider conflict. On high The government of Ukraine alleged raids in Crimea "a crime Crimea two years ago in response killers’ numbers were both Ukraine, saying it did not recogn- attacks" in Crimea last weekend alert Ukrainian troops near the also accused Russia of increasing against the Russian state and the to Ukraine toppling its pro-Rus- found on his phone. ise the "illegal annexation of by Ukrainian military intelligence peninsula and along the frontline its forces, replenishing munitions people of Russia". sian president amid mass protests Crimea", while urging both sides and beat back armed assaults, with pro-Russian separatists in and building up military hardware He warned that Putin could calling for closer ties with the West. SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion The invisible man: George W. AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Bush and a hole in history Phone No: +93-772364666 Here’s the thing, though: E-mail: [email protected] Like many of us, I remem- ber. They can ignore it all Email: [email protected] they want, but I was there and I wrote it down every www.afghanistantimes.af day. I watched two towers explode while Bush was Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi “protecting” us, watched two foolish wars collapse Advisory editorial board into a bloodbath of folly as Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, the Treasury was looted, watched the budget surplus Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal be given away to rich peo- Graphic-Designer: ple by way of ruinous tax cuts, watched lawfully pro- Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi duced subpoenas be ignored Marketing & Advertising: by the highest office in the Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 land, watched torture be- come mainstream, watched Mailing address: P.O. 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Either House of the National people” to assassinate Hill- MAN IN THE WHITE within those hedged param- tape, and an administration Assembly can demand the participation of the Ministers in its session. ary Clinton before she could HOUSE, YOU GUYS, EV- eters be vigorous so people all too happy to peddle fear appoint any judges, Ameri- ERYONE FREAK OUT, think something of worth is to lubricate the rails toward can politics went into China season to taste with millions actually taking place. Hence, its goals. I remember a Syndrome meltdown mode of guns and the paranoia they shout and stomp about cowed populace being told in a way not seen since Pre- they pack, put it all in a bag responsible budget priorities to watch what they say, I ston Brooks beat Charles and shake it, and what you without ever discussing the remember terror alerts pop- Sumner very nearly to death get when you crack the seal bloated “defense” budget, ping like firecrackers when- in the well of the Senate, 160 is Donald Trump: a racist, because that topic has been ever the administration found years ago almost to the day. sexist, xenophobic fool who deemed off limits. Likewise, itself in political hot water, I Republicans who had en- doesn’t know that he they shout and stomp about remember the serial lies, and dorsed Trump immediately doesn’t know anything, sur- ISIS and the economy with- I remember the adoration of fled en masse to Outer Mon- rounded by a growling herd out ever mentioning George the Republican base poured golia to become anonymous of loyalists. W. Bush, because he is sim- upon a strongman president yak herders, and witnesses There’s a missing page ply too embarrassing to too who gave no damns for de- reported seeing House to this recipe, one that has many people sitting behind corum or due process. Speaker Paul Ryan climb a been deliberately deleted important desks with a lot to George W. Bush and his large oak tree while mutter- like a classified email from lose. crew trashed the economy, ing, “I hate this job, I hate The Book Of Days. Trump Think on it. Even with his trashed Iraq and by proxy The National Unity Government (NUG) has failed miserably to resolve the this job, there’s no place like runs around blaming Secre- towering hubris, Donald Syria, created ISIS by dis- home, I hate this job.” tary Clinton for the state of Trump knows better than to banding the Iraqi army and outstanding challenges. The nation has lost trust over the unity government. This flame-decked train the economy while arguing bring up Bush, but instead walked away with money The government, caught in severe legal and political crisis, has no policy wreck has been a long time in tandem that Clinton and will lay the whole mess on falling out of their pockets. that could create stability, bring peace back to the country, and improve coming, and the GOP has President Obama created Obama and Clinton regard- Fear and hatred are pow- nothing to blame but itself. ISIS out of thin air. “He’s the less of the incoherence of erful elixirs, and George W. security. Absence of the policies to create good governance has made a Begin with the serial defec- founder of ISIS,” Trump the argument, because it’s Bush trained the nation well dire situation even worse. Since its establishment, the NUG has achieved tions from the Democratic said on Wednesday. “He’s red meat for the base. Clin- to imbibe them, and thus ac- nothing but disaster in every foray it has undertaken. The ongoing rift be- Party after the Civil Rights the founder of ISIS. He’s the ton wants no part of having cept what he foisted upon us Act of 1964, augment with founder. He founded ISIS. I Bush in the discussion be- for personal gain. He is one tween the two leaders and legitimacy question surrounding the government Nixon’s “Southern Strate- would say the co-founder cause it underscores her cra- page in a recipe that is more is pushing the country towards chaos. Silence of the government over elec- gy” to promote racism and would be crooked Hillary ven Iraq War vote and its than 50 years old, and none toral reforms and convening of Loya Jirga has proved no less disastrous. xenophobia within the party Clinton.” The corporate calamitous consequences. of the people who pushed base, and then inject that “news” media lap it up be- The corporate “news” me- that poison want you to re- On the law and order situation, the NUG leaders promised to provide strategy with steroids under cause it’s “good television,” dia? Forget it. They hauled member him. Trump is no effective security across Afghanistan in order to eliminate insurgents and Reagan by embracing right- and even his most ardent op- water for him like Gunga Din mystery, no anomaly. He is protect public properties and lives. On the security front, the unity govern- wing fire-and-brimstone ponents fail to say the one in the name of ratings and the culmination of decades, ment failed utterly. The nation is now witnessing the catastrophic results of evangelical Christianity. missing word. Bush. advertising dollars, and are the perfect avatar of the ef- Lose a war and collapse the Noam Chomsky ex- now slicked to the elbows in fort. They don’t talk about its floundering efforts. Fall of Helmand’s Garmsir district to the Taliban economy in the middle. plained the phenomenon innocent blood. Best not to Bush. Why? So they can points to worsening security situation and an uncertain future if the govern- Despise the immigrant, best, and it is remarkable to bring all that up. Eight long avoid taking responsibility ment continued to function like this. Recent attacks of the Taliban indicate demonize the Other. Spend watch it unfold in real time. years have been summarily for Trump, and all he repre- eight years howling According to Chomsky, the erased. sents.—(Truthout) that the insurgents are winning in Helmand. Policymakers in the corridors of power failed to thwart the Taliban’s demented mission of bloodshed and destruction. Most of Helmand province is under control of the insurgent group. Security officials are not providing precise casualty figures. Per- haps, they have no way to confirm it. Fighting in different parts of the prov- ince is still underway. With a shaky government as we have, the people should be concerned about the future. No one knows that what the future might hold. The leaders have made scores of promises but translated none into action. The unity government mutated the truth about the ground situation to such an extent that now the truth has become unrecognizable. The NUG is not looking at the bigger picture that’s why it failed to fulfill the promises regarding elec- toral reforms, Loya Jirga, parliamentary elections, and unemployment. Cor- ruption is still rampant. There is no body to detect corruption and graft. There has been no inquires into the financial shenanigans to restore public WAR trust over the government. Since it is clear that the NUG has been a burden on the nation, the leaders themselves should dissolve the government. It will not push the country into crisis because we have precedents. The leaders shall not infuse false fears into minds of the people. When the Taliban’s regime was overthrown, an interim government was established which not only drafted and approved the constitution but also prepared ground for the presidential elections. Therefore, an interim gov- ernment should be established to address the major challenges. Now, the situation from legal point of view is far better than 2001 and 2002 because we have the constitution and necessary technical framework. 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BY JOHN METTA White supremacy in the Unit- ed States is dying. Many, in- cluding me, have said this be- fore. White supremacy - the im- plicit acceptance of the superi- ority of white people and cul- ture - is slowly being pushed aside as people (themselves slowly) accept the reality that "white culture" is nothing more than one stop on the global tour of humanity. The fact that, in the US, white is the default definition of "normal" is a historical acci- dent, and that pillar of history is falling. That makes this a very dangerous time. The mind of a white supremacist Trump under fire for veiled threat against Clinton The death of white suprem- acy is dangerous because of the depths of fear into which some white people have fallen. This is unfortunate because white supremacy's demise in no way implies a dying white race. It does not even imply the ac- tual death of white supremacy than actively engaged in the or it doesn't, and "it doesn't" itself. disruption of this man's rise to means "patriarchal white su- That venomous serpent, as power, then we are doing little premacy". There is no middle we've seen in the 1800s and the more that fuelling the fires of ground on this. 1960s, suffers only a metaphor- fascism. That is why Black Lives ical death, shedding its skin and And if you are in the media, Matter is a patriotic movement. returning in a different guise. whether a professional or an That is why the fight for indig- What a dying white su- amateur, whether a journalist, enous rights is a patriotic move- premacy does mean is a death blogger or comedian - whatev- ment. of the acceptance that white er your role - you have a grave That is why the fight for the lives are any more valuable and serious responsibility to rights of Latino and Chicano than others. help quench this fire. We have people is a patriotic movement. That higher value of white to stand up Because America means "for We are on the cusp of a his- all", or it means absolutely that official sporting bodies hug as Laura Ludwig of Ger- and what they wear - which life is all that some people have By Rachel Shabi to hold onto, and the loss of toric decision in the US. We can nothing. have stopped being so restric- many gestures during the wom- obviously has nothing to do make history and transition And that is why Trump is You know what makes the tive over uniforms, maybe spot- en's beach volleyball game with the actual field in which that value is so difficult for them Olympics historic this year? It to accept that it amounts to an from the first black to the first not someone to laugh about, lighting the hijab each time you [EPA] they've worked hard to become female president - a noble and but someone to fight. Because isn't that the Rio Olympics are see an athlete wearing one isn't Moreover, what has crept globally ranked competitors. attack. the first to be held in a South We are on the cusp of a his- glorious step even accepting if we do not stand up for what the way to do it. into so much of the commen- IN PICTURES: Colourful the great struggle still required America means, if we do not American city, or that it's the That got the BBC Africa ac- tary is a sense of - what shall ceremony launches Summer toric decision in the US. We can largest ever Olympic village. make history and transition for our equality. The alternative stand up "for all", then what count tweeting "Bikini vs Bur- we call it? - Orientalist awe, as Games is to make history by electing we have to fear is Trump and It isn't that, for the first time, ka" - not a burka, but why sac- with this Washington Post So, for instance, at this from the first black to the first an independent athlete has female president. The alterna- our first fascist demagogue. his army of white radicals ris- rifice a nice bit of alliteration for headline: "Muslim female ath- year's Olympics we have the The US was founded on the ing up and making us all kneel. won gold - suspended Kuwait's the sake of accuracy. letes find sport so essential body-shaming of Mexican tive is to make history by elect- Fehaid al-Deehani, at men's ing our first fascist demagogue. principle of equality, liberty and John Metta has worked as Meanwhile, a deluge of they compete while covered" gymnast Alexa Moreno, as well justice for all. Yes, we have a a cook, groundskeeper, store double trap - or that Rio fea- commentary suggested that as in, wow, these women love as the UK Daily Mail devoting Thus we see the rise of rad- tures the first ever Refugee ical white supremacists like great deal of work ahead of us clerk, park ranger, Navy subma- this image - of two women com- sport so much that they've an article to "the best and worst to make that a reality. riner, Army wartime medic, hy- Olympic Team. peting in the same sport, at an even managed to overcome this Olympic leotards" at Rio. David Duke, currently seeking It isn't even that there's a a Senate seat in Louisiana on But if you believe in Amer- drologist, school teacher, soft- international event - was a sym- uniquely disadvantageous Oh, and female sports com- ica, if you love this country, ware developer, mathematical record number of women, 47.7 bol of a cultural clash or divide. Muslim religion thing. mentators don't get a pass here: the platform that there is "mas- percent, competing at a sum- sive racist and racial discrimi- then that founding ideal is what modeller, and underwater ar- As the Libyan-American If you're celebrating the fact It isn't their journalism that's you should be fighting for. chaeologist. Before any of mer Olympics. writer Hend Amry tweeted in re- that official sporting bodies judged, but the "appropriate- nation against European-Amer- Inside Story - Are the Olym- icans", which is what radical Because if you love this these jobs, and during them all, sponse, the actual caption to have stopped being so restric- ness" of what they are wear- country, "for all" means for all. he was writing. Always writing. pics still relevant? this picture could have been: tive over uniforms, maybe spot- ing. white supremacists call it when 'Athlete vs athlete' you suggest that Black Lives It is not limited by religion, or The views expressed in this "Athlete vs athlete". lighting the hijab each time you This is what happened to skin colour, or gender, or phys- article are the author's own and No, the truly historic bit is, Fetishising appearance see an athlete wearing one isn't BBC presenter Helen Skelton, Matter as much as theirs do. of course, the hijab - for verily, White supremacists are so ical ability. do not necessarily reflect Al Some of the reaction to the way to do it. who came under constant scru- Either "for all" means for all, Jazeera's editorial policy. these are the amazing, inaugu- what we shall name the hijabi After all, making female vol- tiny for her skirt length, even afraid of being treated the same ral hijabi Olympics. Olympics - or the #creeping- leyball players wear bikinis while her male co-panellist's as everyone else that they feel Witness the countless shariaOlympics, for the haters "with the lower part no more shorts went entirely unnoticed. like they are backed into a cor- headlines breathlessly hailing - is to do with it being new. than 7cm from top to bottom at It's all a constant reminder ner, accompanied by only their DoestheWestern the first United States Olympi- Changes to the Olympic the hip" was always dodgy - that women will be assessed fear and their guns. an to compete in a hijab: the rules in 2012, along with last- and the repeal of this rule is foremost for appearance, no And they have a lot of businessdrivetrigger fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. minute, hijab-related conces- something that non-Muslim matter what or how capable the guns. To help us get to grips with sions this year, have allowed women have taken advantage performance. No more acceptable this dazzling achievement - the conservative-dress-observing of, too. It's a way to try to insist that, This is, of course, a fact that moreterrorism? hijab, obviously, and not the athletes to take part. Everyday sexism even while these incredible fe- their ideological leader Donald By Mohammed Nosseir the West released this information. Trump knows quite well. This fact that she's ranked eight in You can well imagine that Meanwhile, if you're cele- male Olympians are excelling, “The West wants to take our By promoting and sharing the world - we had BBC World liberal-minded people, seeking brating the fact that Muslim defying, pushing boundaries, is why he has called on them to money,” is a widespread convic- positive values, the West might tweeting about the incredible follow him, why he has chosen tion among many Arabs. Most experience a temporary reduction to counter all the abuse and dis- women are making it to the beating odds, amazing us all in the size of its business in the phenomenon as: "Hijab and a crimination that hijab-wearers Olympics against incredible and winning medals for their to legitimise their use of vio- Westerners who do business in the sword" - which, we hope, is the lence. Arab world probably believe that Arab world, but such a course of in the West face daily, would odds, maybe also mention that countries - they must be los- action will eventually bring West- start of a series, continuing strive in some way to salute the women all over, regardless of ing, at something, at the same He knows the history of their activities are undertaken on a mutually fair basis, in which the ern countries peace Cause and ef- with, say: jodhpurs and a riding wearing of it by these Olympic- faith, face giant obstacles to time. And it's long past time to white America; he knows that fect Furthermore, terrorism in the crop; athlete pants and a jave- violence is a valid option for West often offers its products and level athletes. compete in sporting profes- make sure those aren't the expertise in exchange for Arab Arab world did not emerge from a lin; leotard and a chalk bowl. The trouble is that the over- sions where men are promot- games we're playing. white radicals. vacuum. There are fundamental Former leader of the Ku money. A large segment of Arab And then there was the vi- drive gushing goes in the oth- ed, pushed and rewarded so Rachel Shabi is a journalist society, however, does not share pillars that trigger and motivate ral image of Egyptian and Ger- er direction and ends up fetish- much more. and author of Not the Enemy: Klux Klan, David Duke is cur- this view, especially when they terrorists: the absence of democ- man women playing against rently seeking a Senate seat in observe the decline of their coun- racy, the spread of violence in so- ising - rather than just ignoring But the trouble is that this Israel's Jews from Arab Lands. ciety, government deficiency (in- each other at Olympic volley- these bits of material as, well, hijab-focus is part of a much The views expressed in this Louisiana [Reuters This is not tries’ wealth while they continue ball, one in a bikini, the other in a joke. to live as developing nations. cluding corruption) and misper- immaterial. larger vat of pointless, gratu- article are the author's own and ceptions of Islam. The combina- a hijab. Nada Meawad, centre, and itous commentary around do not necessarily reflect Al We are long past the time I am struck by the lack of morality in the relationship be- tion of these factors contributes If you're celebrating the fact Doaa Elgobashy, right, of Egypt sportswomen, how they look Jazeera's editorial policy. when laughing at Donald to the emergence of terrorists who Trump was acceptable. In fact, tween Arab and Western govern- ments. The West, which abides by realize that Western interference in it was never acceptable. the Arab world, and the West’s David Corn noted this in advanced moral values, tends not to extend them to its relationship continued support of autocratic Mother Jones immediately fol- with the Arab world. The outcome Arab leaders, compound the re- LETTER TO THE EDITOR lowing the Huffington Post of being completely business-driv- gion’s deficiencies. decision to report him as enter- en is that Arabs end up acquiring Unfortunately, the attacks that tainment. many products that their societ- took place in Western countries Still we laughed. Even after ies do not need (military equip- have not opened minds and eyes Arianna Huffington later stat- ment in particular), and receiving to the core problem of terrorism. know-how and expertise that is On the contrary, by offering strong ed "we are no longer enter- support to authoritarian leaders to tained", laughter and disbelief never applied, leading them to blame their inadequacies on the enable them to continue their re- Substandard food items - or worse, resolved acceptance pressive policies with the (false) West. Many government business - were our response to his rise. transactions are contracted to aim of eradicating terrorism, the Afghanistan is a consumer society and most of the products in the market are being imported from neighboring countries. The main problem While we follow news out- please Arab rulers at the expense West’s reaction to the attacks has with the imported goods is that they are mostly substandard, particularly those being imported from Pakistan. lets, read bloggers, and laugh of their societies. Western busi- led to the neglect of the real cause However, the government should assign a commission that copes with the challenge where it consists of officials from ministries of Interior; with comedians like John Oliv- ness people who are active in the of the terrorism that initially Public Health; and Irrigation, Agriculture and Livestock as well as Attorney General Office, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries, er, we find Trump's increasing Arab world justify their behavior emerged in the Arab world. Independent Directorate of Security and Afghanistan National Standard Authority. with the phrase: “When in Rome, I once told a Dutch acquain- power distasteful, sure, but still tance that The Netherlands ap- The commission frequently should visit shops and collected tons of poor quality food stuffs from Kabul markets. The commission should an entirely consumable media do as the Romans do.” In other control quality of commodities in the country’s ports and customs instead of domestic markets, and should stop import of sub-standard goods words, do not be concerned with pears to have a large number of to the country and don’t let the enemy of Afghanistan to play with the live of Afghan masses. diet. handicapped citizens (often seen Our demand has only justi- corruption and lack of morality in Murtaza Alizada, Kabul, Afghanistan the Middle East as long as busi- on the streets). My acquaintance fied the supply. Our laughter ness is good. During Egypt’s 2011 replied that there are probably and consumption have fuelled revolution, British newspaper many more disabled people in Egypt; the difference is that in The Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must his fire, and now people will The Guardian reported that really start getting burned. former President Hosni Mubar- Netherlands the disabled are inte- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: grated into society, whereas in [email protected] This last call by Trump to ak’s family fortune could amount to $70 billion, deposited in West- Egypt they are physically and the unhinged radical wing of mentally marginalized. his followers, openly legitimis- ern banks. Hi six-decade-long ca- reer was spent serving in the mil- Thinking about this story ing violence against his politi- made me realize the scope and mag- cal opponents, is a warning itary prior to being appointed vice president and eventually becom- nitude of our problems, concern- Disclaimer: sign we never should have ing president. He should therefore ing not only our handicapped citi- needed. never have been allowed to open zens but our numerous other chal- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) But having come this far, a foreign bank account in which lenges. We need to work on inte- one thing should now be crys- to accumulate his wealth in the grating citizens who perceive vio- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. tal clear: If we are still laugh- first place. Yet it was only when lence to be a tool, by establishing a he was about to be ousted that constructive dialogue with them ing, or silent, or anything other and applying true democracy. SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Cape Town, South Africa - At the profit Twenty-two years since the from all classes, all races, all na- bottom end of the suburb of Wood- end of apartheid, this situation is tionalities come together and say stock, near the old market and the being mirrored across Cape Town, this is wrong," Achmat told Al train tracks, is Bromwell Street. with free market forces, favourable Jazeera. 'It's not the rich who have The street is an incongruous mix tax breaks and rocketing property made Sea Point what it is today' of crumbling Victorian-era bunga- prices entrenching Cape Town's After months of dogged cam- lows, dilapidated red-brick facto- undesirable status as one of the paigning, Reclaim the City and ry buildings with shattered win- most segregated cities in South Ndifuna Ukwazi recently succeed- dows and newly renovated apart- Africa. But a new campaign dubbed ed in temporarily halting the sale ment blocks. Bromwell's histori- Reclaim the City aims to finally of Tafelberg, one of the four state- cally close-knit, racially-mixed wrest Cape Town's soul from owned land parcels and a former working-class community may be apartheid's enduring legacies and remedial school, located in the fash- the latest casualty of Cape Town's what activists see as its contem- ionable and increasingly affluent urban regeneration programme porary manifestation. Marching seaside neighbourhood of Sea (PDF). Graham Beukes, 35, has under the banner of "Land for peo- Point. On July 29, Western Cape lived in the same small house on ple, not for profit", the campaign Premier Helen Zille agreed to con- Bromwell Street since he was born. is fighting to reimagine the city as duct a feasibility study on the pos- His parents lived there for 50 a more racially and economically sible introduction of affordable years. integrated and equal space. housing to the Tafelberg site. Beukes and his family are Reclaim the City is coordinat- The Department of Transport among the 28 tenants due to be ed by Ndifuna Ukwazi, a social and Public Works had received evicted from their homes in Au- justice organisation and law centre more than 8,000 comments con- gust to make way for a new devel- directed by Cape Town activist cerning the proposed sale and 937 opment by the Woodstock Hub, a Zackie Achmat. written objections from religious private investment group that At present, Reclaim the City leaders, ratepayers, urban plan- bought the property two years and Ndifuna Ukwazi's primary ners, academics, rights organisa- ago. The Woodstock Hub has pur- battlegrounds are four key state- tions and residents. chased a number of other build- owned parcels of land around the Transport department ings in the area and says that it city centre, which the Western spokesman Byron La Hoe said intends to "redevelop both residen- Cape Provincial Government in- that the newly-proposed Tafelberg tial, commercial and mixed-use tends to sell off for lucrative prop- model "is aimed at equipping cab- properties". erty developments, but which the inet to make an informed decision The Woodstock Hub claims activists believe would be prime about the comments received". that Beukes and the other Bro- locations for affordable housing for "We look forward to testing planning that currently continues Temporary Relocation Areas far most of the street has now been said that "the broader site of Wol- mwell Street tenants are being evict- the poor. "We started noticing that the viability of social housing on to reserve areas like Sea Point for from the city. renovated and its narrow, double- werivier is currently in the plan- ed for failure to pay rent. But while the city centre was developing the Tafelberg properties based on predominantly wealthy white res- But according to Reclaim the storey terraced houses were paint- ning stages for mixed residential use tenants concede that they have not phenomenally fast, with major sound financial modelling," added idents. Elizabeth Gqoboka, a City, the geographic distance of ed in pastel colours. and business development to take been paying rent for the past two high rises, hotels, luxury apart- Zille. Malcolm McCarthy, the gen- spokeswoman for Reclaim the these developments dramatically Johnson likens Blikkiesdorp to place. It will be increasingly well- years, they say that they have been ments and so on, and increasingly, eral manager of the National Asso- City, has lived and worked in Sea restricts residents' access to eco- a "concentration camp". located as development takes place unable to establish any contact state land was being sold off for it ciation of Social Housing Organi- Point for 22 years as a domestic nomic opportunity, education, "Life here is very tough," he in the growth corridor". However, with the new owners since they to do so," says Achmat. sations, says the move is a "very worker and carer. good public services, safety and says. "There is nothing here. Most Wolwerivier residents interviewed took over the property. Residents "Meanwhile, our city has not positive outcome". "Mostly, people here make dignity. Nowhere is this assertion people must resort to crime to sup- by Al Jazeera repeatedly referred believe that this has been part of a been desegregated. People travel "I think that if we are going to you feel that only the rich are sup- better illustrated than in the sand- port their families. There's a lot of to the settlement as a "dump site" deliberate move to facilitate their hours to get into the city, and hours have more economically integrat- posed to live in Sea Point," Gqobo- swept, destitute, corrugated iron gangsterism, kids dropping out of for the poor. Ndifuna Ukwazi's eviction and avoid dealing with [to get] back home, and they can ed cities - and as soon as they be- ka says. "But it's not the rich who settlement of the Symphony Way school. The government told us it's Achmat maintains that the local long-standing lease agreements. spend more than 50 percent of come more economically integrat- have made Sea Point what it is to- Temporary Relocation Area, temporary. But eight years isn't government and municipality's fo- Graham Beukes at his home in their income just on transport." ed, they'll become more racially day. We working-class black peo- which locals refer to by the more temporary." About 30km north of cus on developing outlying areas Woodstock. Beukes faces eviction "And at the same time, young integrated as well - then there is a ple have been contributing to this appropriate moniker of Blikkies- Cape Town, on an isolated and such as Wolwerivier to combat the in August after living here for 35 professionals increasingly cannot price to pay, and that is in part area for so long. So how can we dorp, or "Tin Can Town" in En- barren patch of farmland, is Wol- city's housing crisis is "economi- years [Shaun Swingler/Al Jazeera] afford to live in the city any long- through the release of appropriate still be excluded in this new South glish. Alvin Johnson in Blikkies- werivier, a new so-called incremen- cally, environmentally and social- "This gentrification thing, it er," says Achmat. "So not only do land at the right cost and in the Africa they talk about?" dorp. Evicted from Gympie Street tal development area of roughly ly unsustainable". He reaffirms could be a good thing because it you increasingly have the en- right place for social housing." A ballooning housing crisis in Woodstock eight years ago, 500 corrugated shacks that bears a that building affordable housing on creates jobs for people, but peo- trenched racial segregation, but in- Elizabeth Gqoboka, a spokes- Although the Reclaim the City Johnson likens Blikkiesdorp to a striking resemblance to Blikkies- sites such as Tafelberg in and ple are losing their houses. And creasingly poorer and lower-mid- woman for Reclaim the City, ad- campaign keeps gathering momen- 'concentration camp' [Shaun Swin- dorp. Wolwerivier, a new settle- around the city centre is not only these developers, they don't care dle-class white people being forced dresses a gathering at Sea Point tum, no social housing develop- gler/Al Jazeera] ment built by the City of Cape a more sustainable long-term op- about the people that have been out of the city, too. So clearly Methodist Church about the need ments have been built in Cape Alvin Johnson has lived in Town 30km north of the Central tion, but a necessary step in heal- living so many years here," Beu- there's a problem." for social housing in the area [Shaun Town's Central Business District Blikkiesdorp for eight years after Business District. Residents rou- ing the enduring wounds of apart- kes told Al Jazeera. Reclaim the City has quickly Swingler/Al Jazeera] since 1994. he and numerous others were evict- tinely refer to Wolwerivier as a heid in Cape Town. "So many peo- "I'm worried. My work is just gathered considerable support Reclaim the City says that the The local government contin- ed from Gympie Street, in Wood- 'dump site' [Shaun Swingler/Al ple's imagination has been crushed five minutes away from my house. across Cape Town, its suburbs and Tafelberg site could sustain up to ues to address what it has conced- stock, in the run-up to the 2010 Jazeera] In 2015, Councillor Bene- to believe that they can only live And my children are just five min- its sprawling townships. "For the 341 affordable housing units, and ed is a ballooning housing crisis by FIFA World Cup. Gympie was dicta van Minnen, the City of in a ghetto," he says. "What we utes away from their school. I first time in a hell of a long time in in doing so, would set a precedent building so-called Reconstruction once one of Cape Town's most Cape Town's Mayoral Committee need most of all is to create a new know all the people where I live, Cape Town, you've had people for reversing the apartheid spatial and Development houses and notorious crime hotspots, but Member for Human Settlements, imagination of our city." and now I'll have to move some- where far away where I know no one." Thousands Just a couple of blocks away on Alfred Street in the neighbour- ing suburb of Salt River is Nooran of South Dreyer, 42, who faces eviction in November to make way for a new Sudanese dental practice. Dreyer says she has "almost given up hope" of be- flee fighting ing able to stay in her home of 11 years. for Uganda The outer walls and corrugat- ed iron eaves of Dreyer's single- Ayaa Joyce and Beatrice Masudio storey apartment building have al- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Many sue her passion." connect with girls who run there Joud Fahmy, who pulled out of advice that Attar gave her team might come from different parts ready received a new lick of grey things have changed for Sarah At- Attar's goal-oriented determi- daily and speak to them about her event because of an injury. mates was how to deal with harsh of South Sudan but they are unit- paint as a first step in the pro- tar since London 2012. nation has served as an inspiration what they would require to run Once the wildcard slots were criticism on social media - a forum ed in sorrow. posed facelift. A Congolese-owned For starters, the 23-year-old for other Saudi women who want more comfortably and more con- announced in early June, a team- that can be unnecessarily cruel to Having lost their husbands in shop that sold cassava, plantains, pioneering Saudi Arabian runner to take up running, many of whom sistently, and that mainly comes building workshop was arranged women from conservative coun- the country's latest round of vio- salted fish and cigarettes on the with an infectious smile graduated have reached out to her with ques- down to attire," she said. "So that's in Riyadh, which Attar described tries who are taking steps into the lence, the two women gathered corner of the property recently from Pepperdine University, in tions about how to get started. something that's been on my mind as a "pretty intensive three days". public sphere. their children and few belongings had to close its doors for good. A California, and began training full- Attar has made contact with a run- - how we can make that happen "We really used her as an ex- "One of the biggest tips that I and made the dangerous journey handwritten sign declaring "No time as a long-distance runner. ning club in Riyadh, serving as a for women in Saudi Arabia." ample to sit and talk to the other gave them was not to read any- to reach refugee camps in neigh- urban regeneration without us" Attar is now in Rio de Janeiro facilitator when called upon. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al girls about her experience at the thing, and just focus on what you're bouring Uganda. hangs from a lamp post in front of for her second Olympic experi- "It's been very cool to put Saud, who was recently appoint- last Olympics," Al Saud said. "I doing and the positivity of it," "When we reached the check- the building. ence, leading a team of four Saudi them in touch with people who ed as the head of women's affairs absolutely respect her profession- Attar said. "Don't focus on what point, three people had been killed Nooran Dreyer in her bedroom women who were given wildcard have supported me," she said. under Saudi's General Sports Au- alism." people are going to say, because by some armed men," Joyce told on Alfred Street. Facing eviction entries. In London, Attar and ju- Tne of the issues brought to thority, applauded Attar's mission. The workshop included ses- there's always going to be people Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi in north- in November, Dreyer says she has doka Wojdan Shaherkani were the her attention has given Attar an "I think it's really smart of her sions on media training, social me- who are not happy when you're ern Uganda's Elegu town. 'almost given up hope' of remain- first two Saudi women to partici- idea for a modesty-oriented ath- to have tapped into her celebrity dia etiquette and engagement with doing something that's changing "Soldiers were gathering. They ing in her home of 11 years [Shaun pate in an Olympics - so simply letic clothing line that would bene- to be able to do something that will other athletes at the Games. things." stopped us and searched us. When Swingler/Al Jazeera] appearing at the starting blocks of fit her fellow nationals. benefit others," Al Saud told Al RIO 2016: Olympic Games Meanwhile, Attar has set yet they realised we were from the A continuation of colonial re- her 800-metre heat was enough to I've had the opportunity to Jazeera, adding that it is impor- declared open in dazzling show another goal for herself: to hit the Madi tribe, they let us go." lationships garner global attention. But as a connect with girls who run there tant to be "respectful of people "Sarah was very instrumental Olympic qualifying time of two Approximately 70,000 people Bevil Lucas is a member of a marathon runner, Attar had only a daily and speak to them about who are slightly more conserva- to impress upon them the serious- hours and 45 minutes before To- have now crossed the South Cape Town social movement few months to prepare for the what they would require to run tive who want to exercise." ness of the situation," Al Saud said. kyo 2020, which would make her Sudanese border with Uganda since called the Housing Assembly and shorter distance and fell 32 sec- more comfortably and more con- Al Saud also encouraged Attar "Not only the fun side of it, but the first Saudi female to compete fighting erupted in the capital, helps provide support and legal onds behind the pack, although she sistently, and that mainly comes to act as a role model for the other also having been there and done outside of a wildcard invitation. Juba, between forces loyal to advice to potential evictees. He is crossed the finish line to a stand- down to attire. three Saudi women at the Games: that, what does this really mean?" "I truly believe that she's go- South Sudan's President Salva Kiir a long-time resident of Salt River, ing ovation from 60,000 people. Sarah Attar, Olympian fencer Lubna al-Omair, sprinter Follow our Rio 2016 coverage ing to be an athlete that represents and his former Vice President Riek an encyclopaedia of local history RIO 2016: Bittersweet Olym- "I've had the opportunity to Kariman Abuljadayel and judoka Among the most important us for the long term," Al Saud said. Machar in early July. and a former anti-apartheid activ- pic dream for Kuwaiti swimmer Like Joyce and Masudio, the ist. Fast forward to this Sunday, majority of the South Sudanese He points out that much of and Attar will be racing in her 10th refugees in Uganda are women and this former industrial area escaped marathon, trying to break her best children. the large-scale segregation of the time of three hours and 11 min- Alice Sunday, a 16-year-old apartheid state's Group Areas Act, utes set in Chicago last October. from Juba, said many people had which ripped apart other similar- Attar has been running up to 86 died in the recent fighting, and she ly diverse Cape Town communi- miles a week with a running club and others had to sleep outside ties, most famously District 6. under the guidance of coach An- without shelter or food. Her school The Act saw most Capeto- drew Kastor in Mammoth Lakes, was closed down. nians of colour cast out into the California, where the 2,400-metre "What brought me from Juba collection of marginalised town- altitude provides an optimal train- is the war taking place in Juba .... ships now known as the Cape ing ground. Many people die. That is why we Flats and sometimes still referred Tlthough Attar's family is are here to save our life," Alice also to as the "apartheid's dumping based in California, where her fa- told our correspondent in Ugan- ground". Echoes of Apartheid - ther works as a civil engineer, rep- da's Yumbe. Africa Investigates resenting Saudi Arabia at the "We came here so we can get Lucas says that the current Olympics has brought her much school and get food." This is the gentrification of Salt River and closer to her homeland, Attar told second time the teenager has been neighbouring Woodstock, and the Al Jazeera. displaced by fighting. The first eviction of poor black and mixed- Inside Story - Are the Olym- time was in 2013 when civil war race residents, is a continuation of pics still relevant? erupted and she fled to Yei in South apartheid and the preceding colo- "Representing your country in Sudan's Central Equatoria region. nial relationships that stretch all the Olympics will connect you to "We just want our future to be the way back to the late 17th cen- it tremendously, because you be- good," Alice said of her second es- tury, when slaves were still sold in come a symbol for it on a global cape from the conflicts that have this area. stage and you are proud to do torn her country apart. Almost 300 Most of these slaves came to that," she said in an interview in- people, including at least 73 civil- the Cape from Asia and had side the lobby of a hotel crowded ians, were killed in the recent fight- brought with them a strong Islam- with international delegates, just a ing in Juba. More than 1.6 million ic influence that is still present to- few steps from the Olympic Park. people in total have been displaced day. As Lucas speaks, a muezzin Sitting beside her, Attar's fa- in the country due to conflict in issues the call to evening prayer at ther described how he encouraged recent years. Dreams to dust South a nearby mosque. all three of his children to take up Sudan was founded with optimis- "I used to know all my neigh- sports throughout their youth - tic celebrations in the capital on bours here, but now I know just a especially football, as he is a li- July 9, 2011, after it gained inde- few of them," says Lucas, himself censed coach. But running is what pendence from Sudan in a referen- a Muslim descendant of slaves. Attar took to the most. dum that passed with nearly 100 "There are more high walls "I'm very proud of her," said percent of the vote. The country going up, more electric fences go- 57-year-old Jeddah native Amer descended into conflict in Decem- ing up. Fewer children are playing Attar, who made the trip to Rio ber 2013 after Kiir accused Ma- in the street. These new develop- along with his wife and two other char of plotting a coup. Civil war ments, they are changing the kind children. "She's focused, and we're broke out when soldiers from Ki- of residents that can live here and here just to give her all the sup- ir's Dinka ethnic group disarmed the cultural and social being of the port she wants, to make it as com- and targeted troops of Machar's area." Land for people, not for fortable as possible for her to pur- Nuer ethnic group. SUNDAY.AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

U.S. retail sales were unexpected- share of business construction increasing use of electricity for ly flat in July as Americans cut spending and so the impact on cooling. But this summer's increase back on discretionary spending, GDP is rather limited." is lower than that of previous sum- pointing to a moderation in con- Separately, the Labor Depart- mers. The efficiency program that sumption that could temper expec- ment said its producer price index we adapted during the last three tations of a sharp pickup in eco- for final demand dropped 0.4 per- years has started bearing fruits, nomic growth in the third quarter. cent last month, the first decline especially that now efficiency Other data on Friday showed since March and the largest since measures have been combined with that producer prices recorded their September 2015. It increased 0.5 higher electricity and oil products biggest drop in nearly a year in July percent in June. prices, which had the desired ef- amid declining costs for services In the 12 months through July, fect of slowing demand growth. and energy goods. Cooling consum- the PPI slipped 0.2 percent. That Q- The price of oil has been er spending and tame inflation sug- was the biggest drop since Decem- going down in the past few weeks, gest the Federal Reserve will prob- ber 2015 and followed a 0.3 per- are you trying to do something ably not raise interest rates any- cent increase in the 12 months about it? time soon despite a robust labor through June. A- We’ve said before that mar- market. A strong dollar and cheaper oil ket rebalancing is already taking "Fed members are afraid to continue to keep price pressures place but the process of clearing come out from under their rocks muted, leaving inflation running crude and products inventories will until growth is sustainably solid persistently below the Fed's 2 per- take time. We are on the right track and inflation in, near or at their tar- cent target. Fed officials have re- and prices should reflect that. But get, and today's reports don't pro- peatedly expressed concern about the large short positioning in the vide them with any comfort that low inflation. market has caused the oil price to will happen soon," said Joel The U.S. central bank raised undershoot. Naroff, chief economist at Naroff its benchmark overnight interest However, this is unsustain- Economic Advisors in Holland, rate last December for the first time able. To reverse the declines in in- Pennsylvania. in nearly a decade. Although a Re- vestment and output, oil prices July's unchanged retail sales uters poll on Thursday found that have to go up from the current lev- reading followed an upwardly re- most economists expect another els. We are, in Saudi Arabia, watch- vised 0.8 percent increase in June, rate increase in December, finan- ing the market closely, and if there the Commerce Department said. cial markets currently anticipate is a need to take any action to help Retail sales in June were previous- such a move only next year. the market rebalance, then we ly reported to have increased 0.6 Wall St. Week Ahead: Cheap would, of course in cooperation percent. Sales rose 2.3 percent clothes makes for pricy stocks at Saudi Minister of Energy, Indus- ply and demand to support oil market, we still see strong demand stock drawdown last month, which with OPEC and major non-OPEC from a year ago. TJX, Ross try and Mineral Resources, Kha- prices. The interview text reads as for our crude in most parts of the is expected during this time of the exporters. Motor vehicle sales increased Merkel to urge chiefs of big lid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih has follows: Q- Latest data show that world, especially as supply out- year. But as the rebalancing pro- We are going to have a minis- 1.1 percent last month. Rising de- companies to hire refugees, Bild stressed that the Kingdom of Sau- Saudi oil production has gone up side OPEC has been declining fast, cess consolidates, we expect de- terial meeting of IEF in Algeria next mand for autos is pulling spending reports di Arabia's production of crude oil to 10.67 mb/d last month. What supply outages increasing, and glo- stocking to accelerate in all parts month, and there is an opportuni- away from discretionary items, Britain to plug $5.8 billion EU is witnessing high demand in most can explain this increase? A- It has bal demand still showing signs of of the world providing support to ty for OPEC and major exporting including sporting goods, whose funding gap for farms, colleges parts of the world. gone up in part to meet the increase strength. Q- Last month, the sup- oil prices. non-OPEC ministers to meet and sales in July suffered their biggest Global monetary taps still He noted, in an interview with in seasonal demand during summer ply figure of 10.75 was above that Q- Is domestic consumption discuss the market situation, in- drop since January 2015. open wide, Fed minutes in focus to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) and in part to meet higher demand of production. Are you drawing increasing this summer, as usual? cluding any possible action that Excluding automobiles, gaso- Interest rate futures after Fri- that the Kingdom is working to from our customers. Despite the down stocks? A- Domestic demand usually may be required to stabilize the line, building materials and food day's data placed only a 43 per- restore the balance between sup- bearish sentiment engulfing the A- There has been a modest goes up during the summer due to market. services, retail sales were also un- cent probability of a December rate changed last month after rising 0.5 hike, compared to 47 percent be- percent in June. These so-called fore the data. core retail sales correspond most Robust consumer spending has closely with the consumer spend- helped to cushion the blow on the ing component of gross domestic economy from an inventory cor- product. rection and the prolonged drag from Economists had forecast over- lower oil prices that have restrict- all retail sales rising 0.4 percent and ed GDP growth to an average 1.0 core sales climbing 0.3 percent last percent annualized rate in the last month. Some cautioned against three quarters. U.S. drillers this week added oil reading too much into the July While Friday's data suggested rigs for a seventh consecutive week, data, citing a labor market that is consumer spending was cooling the longest recovery streak in the at or near full employment, and after the second quarter's brisk 4.2 rig count in over two years, even said they expected sales to bounce percent rate of increase, econo- as analysts revise down rig count back in August. mists still expected growth in con- growth forecasts and energy firms "You have had two months of sumption to top a 2.5 percent pace become more cautious the longer very strong job growth. It just in the current quarter. crude holds below $50 a barrel. seems very odd that spending Strong labor market gains as Drillers also added the most would be weak. I will wait for the well as rising home and stock mar- oil rigs since December with 15 revisions before declaring July re- ket prices should underpin spend- rigs activated in the week to Aug. tail spending means anything more ing. The economy created a total 12, bringing the total rig count up than random volatility," said Steve of 547,000 jobs in June and July. to 396, compared with 672 a year Blitz, chief economist at M Sci- A third report showed con- ago, energy services firm Baker ence in New York. sumer sentiment was stable in ear- Hughes Inc said. U.S. Treasuries were trading ly August, though households' That is the longest streak of higher on the data, while the dollar views on income softened a bit. rig additions since April 2014 when .DXY fell against a basket of cur- Most of the weakness was among U.S. oil futures averaged over $100 rencies. U.S. stocks were little younger households who cited a barrel. Since July 1, drillers have changed as the impact of rising oil higher expenses than anticipated, added 66 oil rigs. prices offset the weak data. according to the University of U.S. crude futures were up al- There was another jump in Michigan's preliminary consumer most 2 percent to over $44 a bar- online sales last month as they sentiment survey. rel, putting the contract on track continued to grab market share Americans are facing rising for a weekly gain near 6 percent, from traditional retailers. rents and healthcare costs. its biggest weekly increase since Macy's (M.N) said on Thurs- Following the retail sales re- April, after it fell below $40 last day it would close an additional port, the Atlanta Fed lowered its week. [O/R] 100 stores as it tries to turn around third-quarter GDP growth estimate Prices, however, are still far its business after six quarters of by two-tenths of a percentage from the key $50 level hit in June falling sales. Like other department point to a 3.5 percent rate. that analysts and drillers said would stores, Macy's has been squeezed Growth is expected to be driv- prompt a return to the well pad by stiff competition from online en by a rebound in inventory in- after nearly two years of severe retailers such as Amazon.com vestment, as well as consumer cuts in the rig count amid the worst (AMZN.O). spending. price rout in a generation. "The growth of on-line retail- A fourth report from the Com- "Consensus among exploration ing is having impacts on the broad- merce Department showed busi- and production companies, service port this week. The bank said it however, is not much higher than rigs would average 489 in 2016, than two-thirds of the additions er economy. For one, construction nesses made significant progress companies, and land drillers is for still expects a modest increase in the average 477 oil and gas rigs that 680 in 2017 and 957 in 2018. That have been in the Permian basin in of shopping centers and other in June in their efforts to reduce an a 'lower-slope' recovery, with con- rig additions heading into the end Baker Hughes said were active is a slight reduction from last week west Texas and eastern New Mex- commercial structures obviously inventory overhang that has cerns of the direction of oil prices of the year and through the first since the start of the year. In 2015, when Simmons forecast rigs would ico, the nation's largest shale oil has suffered," said Michael Feroli, weighed on economic growth since still lingering, especially with the quarter of 2017, but revised down the total rig count averaged 978. average 491 in 2016, 683 in 2017 play. Of the 481 total rigs active in an economist at JPMorgan in New the second quarter of 2015. The recent dip below $40 after averag- its total oil and natural gas rig fore- Analysts at Simmons & Co, ener- and 961 in 2018. Since total rigs the United States, 189 are in the York. inventory-to-sales ratio fell to a ing $48 in the middle of summer," cast to an average of 480 from the gy specialists at U.S. investment fell to 404 in May, the lowest since Permian, the most in that basin "Thankfully, commercial seven-month low of 1.39 months analysts at Barclays said in a re- 495 it projected in March. That, bank Piper Jaffray, forecast total 1940, Baker Hughes said more since January. building has never been a huge in June.

LONDON: The U.K. Treasury are in receipt of EU funding, or said Saturday it will match Euro- expect to start receiving funding, pean Union subsidies for British want reassurance about the flow farmers through 2020 if the coun- of funding they will receive,” Mr. try has left the bloc, marking new Hammond said in a statement. Treasury chief Philip Hammond’s The Treasury’s move is also first major spending commitment aimed at reducing some of the un- since taking office last month. certainty that economists fret may The government will also pick be weighing on the economy. Mr. up the tab for any EU funding Hammond said the government is agreed for economic development “determined to ensure that people or scientific research that extends have stability and certainty in the beyond the U.K.’s departure, the period leading up to our departure Treasury said in a statement. from the EU.” A spokesman said the U.K. It isn’t clear what arrange- currently receives around £4.5 bil- ments the government will make lion ($5.8 billion) a year in farming for subsidizing agriculture or sup- subsidies and so-called structural porting poorer regions and research funds for economic development, further into the future. Mr. Ham- and another £1 billion to £1.5 bil- mond said the U.K. will make lion in research funding. He added “new domestic arrangements” for the final bill will depend on any farming outside the EU, without further projects the U.K. partici- giving specific details. pates in between now and its even- The new Treasury chief is tual exit from the EU. scheduled to spell out his tax and The Treasury’s move is aimed spending plans in greater detail in at reassuring farmers, universities an end-of-year financial statement and poorer regions of the U.K. that to parliament. A precise date they won’t find funding pulled as hasn’t yet been set. soon as the U.K. quits the 28- The Institute for Fiscal Stud- member club. A date for the U.K.’s ies, a nonpartisan London think departure hasn’t been set but tank, has estimated that weaker Prime Minister Theresa May has growth in the years ahead could signaled she will start the clock sap U.K. tax revenues, potential- ticking on two-year exit negotia- ly blowing a hole in government tions in 2017, meaning the U.K. finances that would dwarf the sav- could leave as soon as 2019, al- ings made by foregoing contribu- ceives back in subsidies and other funds. Mr. Hammond has said he intends to “reset” fiscal policy following June’s surprise Brexit vote. He has already ditched his predecessor’s target though the talks could take longer. tions to the EU budget. The U.K. of closing the budget deficit by 2020, and some economists have urged him to loosen the purse strings further to support the economy. The Bank of England this month cut its benchmark “We recognize that many or- pours about £8.5 billion a year into interest rate to a new low of 0.25% and revived a crisis-era bond-buying program, saying it expects weaker growth ahead as the U.K. thrashes out its exit terms and inks new trade deals. ganizations across the U.K. which EU coffers, net of the cash it re- Officials said they expect the economy to eke out growth of just 0.8% next year and 1.8% in 2018, although they said the U.K. will likely avoid slipping into an outright recession. SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Review: There’s a film on Mohenjo Daro, but why?

Passengers is directed by Oscar-nom inee Morten Tyldum . Pratt, Jennifer Law rence are ridiculously good-looking passengers he first official look of ac said, “It’s one of those stories that tors Chris Pratt and Jen really grabs you and you fall in nifer Lawrence from the love with it. It’s very smart and film Passengers is out, funny and clever and such a page courtesy Entertainment Weekly. turner I couldn’t put it down. Ev- The two stars are seen as deep ery 10 pages, something new hap- space travellers in newly-released pens! At the same time it’s a very stills, reported Entertainment intimate movie while taking place Weekly. on this epic scale.” Pratt and Lawrence play trav- Written by Jon Spaiths, Pas- ellers on a 120 year journey to a sengers will hit the theatres on De- distant land, but are mistakenly cember 21. It also stars Michael awakened 90 years before arrival. Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Auro- Speaking about the sci-fi ro- ra Perrineau and Kimberly Battis- itnessing the closing mance, director Morten Tyldum ta. ceremony of the much-celebrated Sindh Festival at Mo- henjo Daro was quite a moving Am ber do es a Kim : experience for me; I was amazed at our resolve to preserve geo- graphic history. Hope eventually Jo hn n y Depp sw ears, turned into dismay when the fire- crackers lying on the ruins caught breaks stuff in an gry fit. fire and I saw artists using what- ever remains of our ancestors on the backstage as toilets. They lit- Caught o n cam erally peed on them as images of OK. maybe there was some truth tercation back on May 21. the Dancing Girl of Mohenjo Daro in Amber Heard’s allegations all The clip opens with the actor were projected on a screen on the this while. smashing cabinets and cursing as main stage. A video of Hollywood star Heard asks him again and again It was a publicity stunt that Johnny Depp losing his temper “What happened?” made a mockery of history. So with and smashing wine glass while Heard is seen apologising to a heavy heart I officially closed the fighting with estranged wife, him. The actor then gets a bottle chapter of our glorious past. Two Heard has been leaked online. of wine and pours it in a glass when years later came a film by the name The 1 minute 37 seconds long Heard asks him if he finished the of Mohenjo Daro, starring a main- clip features the 53-year-old actor whole bottle ‘this morning’. Depp stream Bollywood actor in the lead going berserk, in the kitchen, dur- then finds out that he was being role and his resolve to fight for the ing a fight with Heard, 30, who recorded and gets visibly very an- grace and dignity of Sindhu Maa has accused him of abuse, report- gry. (Mother Sindhu) quite prominent- ed Aceshowbiz. According to the sources close ly shown in the film’s trailer. However, the video was taken to Depp the video is “heavily ed- Like the many concerned months before Depp allegedly hit ited” and there are parts where about needless Arabisation of Pa- Heard with a phone during an al- Heard is seen smiling. kistani history, just the mention of the word Sindhu gave me goose- bumps and above all, a hope for debate and discourse. So I stepped into the cinema only to witness a Sindh Festival all over again, only this time it was not literal. We were first to trample over Mohenjo Daro, and on both occasions, the dead died once more. It is clear that those who claim to be sons of the soil are clearly not worried about their mother’s body that has been rotting in a corner of the universe. This is the era of remakes and sequels. Where the financial feasi- bility has pushed studios to ex- ollywood actor Margot tionship between the film’s two ted that a lot of his work has been sively reported that Warner Bros. tend franchises up to even six and Robbie is already angling most notorious figures. “There is cut. And although Robbie could not had been developing a spin-off seven editions, a lack of original for a spin-off to Suicide still just so much more to do,” she speak of exactly why Leto had with her help. It stated back in May ideas has also made them consider Squad which would fo- said about Quinn and fellow actor such few scenes, she suspected that the film has a female screen- the idea of retelling, especially that cus exclusively on her character Jared Leto’s work as Joker. that it had to do with the direc- writer attached and is, in many of epics of civilisations with an epic Harley Quinn and its love inter- Much of the criticism hitting tor’s commitment to creating a co- ways, the product of Robbie fall- stature in history. est, the Joker. Suicide Squad has centered on the herent narrative, which focused on ing in love with DC’s female char- So Mohenjo Daro does not According to The Hollywood screen time – or lack thereof – giv- the film’s central mission. acters. The film is said to focus on stand alone in inaccuracies that Reporter, Robbie expressed a de- en to Leto’s clown prince of crime. Robbie’s comments come just several of the comic book giant’s have been discussed to death since sire to further investigate the rela- In fact, the actor recently admit- a month after Heat Vision exclu- female heroes and villains. its release. Even popular TV shows such as Marco Polo and Vikings rely on a more extreme and narrative-friendly version of his- tory and body of knowledge. Hav- ing said that, all these examples and many others have a significant ar- cheological base to build upon, which unfortunately is not the case with the Indus Valley civilisation. And Ashutosh Gowariker takes so much of a creative liberty that it Rustom review: actually becomes offensive. He jumps through historic pe- Jury declares riods and civilisations on a flying It maybe just one-minute long, but And it takes place in Casablanca carpet, so much so that the ease the first trailer for Allied, the new (which is either the boldest or Akshay Kumar’s with which the dwellers of Mo- drama starring Brad Pitt and Mar- dumbest move they could’ve henjo Daro walk across a river into ion Cotillard, is a hot mess - no made). film a winner Ganga is actually insulting to the pun intended. On paper, Allied has a lot of libraries. What is worrisome is not Everything about the trailer is ingredients in place. It’s enough to the ignorance of bare facts such as pretty - the stars, the sets, the cin- get excited about - Brad Pitt (re- the Indus Valley civilisation pre- ematography - but even after turning to the WWII arena after dating Hinduism and the Vedic watching it a bunch of times, the Inglourious Basterds and Fury), period, but the fact that this atro- plot of this movie remains a mys- Marion Cotillard, the director (Rob- cious account of Mohenjo Daro tery. ert Zemeckis, for God’s sake!) and will be watched by many who First, let’s jot down what we the writer (Steven Knight). Not don’t care to pick up the book. understood. The movie is set dur- like you get any of that from this You can blame it on the consumers ing World War II (all the swastikas clip, which is more than happy just of narrative but in desperate situa- gave that away). Brad Pitt and selling a run-of-the-mill Oscar bait A naval officer kills his wife’s boy- tions like ours, it’s a film-maker’s Marion Cotillard appear to be movie. Chances are the movie will friend and pleads not guilty. The obligation to refrain from making spies or government officials of almost definitely be better than this jury weighs its options and de- an already forgotten chapter of his- some sort, who obviously fall in trailer, but we’ll have to wait till clares it an accidental death. The tory even more confusing. love at some point in the movie November to see if the lukewarm decorated navy commander walks What is even more frustrating (all the kissing gave that away). marketing affects its performance. scot-free. But there’s more to the is that the film in itself is quite case than what meets the eyes. The boring and such an epic could have only person who knows what ex- easily be set in any part of the actly is the missing link is Rustom world where humans existed. Sar- Jason Bourne review: Oh baby, oh baby. Then it fell apart, it fell apart Pavri, the accused standing in the man, an indigo farmer from Amri witness box. And that is the clinch- (located near modern-day Dadu) The siren blares. The beat kicks other hand, comprises mostly of films are an honest appraisal of er in the film that spins off on the comes to Mohenjo Daro for trade in. Moby’s voice, the only voice him whispering ‘You have no idea overbearing governments, corpo- sensational KM Nanavati case that purposes. that can be both cold and soothing who you’re dealing with’ to who- rate misdeeds and human beings caught national attention in 1959. He has also been given a bronze at the same time, sings that famil- ever is within earshot. We get it: trapped in organisations. Jason Rustom (Akshay Kumar) biscuit with encryptions on it by iar tune. “Oh baby, oh baby. Then Bourne is cool. You don’t have to Bourne too flirts with more im- can’t keep his hands off his wife his father, only to be used in an it fell apart, fell apart.” But this remind us. Jason Bourne makes it portant themes, but less so than Cynthia (Ileana D’Cruz), but work emergency. He falls in love with time, instead of the usual sense of seem as if all those years Damon any film he’s made before. More commitments send him on a six the daughter of a priest who even- amazement, Moby’s words are and Greengrass spent refusing to often than not, it seems like the month trip. The tour finishes be- tually finds out that Sarman is des- accompanied by a feeling of cruel return was just an elaborate nego- plot is being constructed around fore time, and Rustom returns to tined to overthrow the current rul- irony. This time, Jason Bourne tiation tactic. He really does have the next spectacular chase scene find Cynthia in the arms of a hot- er of Mohenjo Daro and reclaim isn’t floating away from a certain nothing to do in this movie. Noth- and not the other way around. But headed millionaire, Vikram Makhi- its true glory. death – this time, there is no wry ing. The plot is borderline non-ex- boy, does Greengrass know how ja (Arjan Bajwa). Rustom’s raging If you haven’t read or watched smile on Nicky Parsons’ face, and istent, stretched to breaking point to shoot a car chase. His handheld anger knows no bounds, and such a story before then go see the neither is there one on yours. amidst vague murmurs of social camera finds the truth among the Vikram is killed. The officer de- film; if you have, then pay a visit If you, like me, are a fan of the media conspiracies, mass surveil- glitzy Hollywood lies, it finds cides to fight his own case, and to Mohenjo Daro instead. It may Bourne series, hearing those siren- lance and Edward Snowden. Per- calm within the chaos. A riot scene cleverly places his pawns. The lo- soon get lost with Gowariker’s like notes announce Moby’s Ex- haps they thought they could sim- in Greece reminded me of Bloody cal media shows tremendous in- version of history, where Sumeri- treme Ways is always an emotion- to me. Matt Damon and director given it away: Jason Bourne, the ply skirt by on nostalgia, offering Sunday, a fantastic film he made terest in his personality. But ans trade with the Indus people, al moment. It’s the moment when Paul Greengrass were right the first film, is far too enamoured with up trope after trope in failed fan- early in his career that you really there’s still a long way before he or another festival where models all the pieces fall together, the time – their story had seen its log- Jason Bourne, the character, to service. But everything they do must watch. But it was the Las can present the case as a crime of try to ‘shake a leg’ on the ruins. moment when you sit back, awe- ical end. There was no need for function on its own. The film has here – from poor Nicky getting Vegas car chase that stood out. It’s passion instead of cold-blooded Take some time to realise the struck, and let the exhilaration of them to come back. The first 3 been totally and utterly consumed chased along alleys, to Vincent nowhere near as great as the one in murder. stakes involved and play your those final scenes sink in. Bourne films are perfect. They re- by his awesomeness. Every line Cassel’s silent assassin – was done Moscow from The Bourne Su- It’s early 1960s and the Indian part. Even before the movie began, defined action movies for the post- coming out of his mouth – and god better in the first 3 films. Paul premacy, but it’s bonkers in all the navy is making its presence felt in Verdict: If you haven’t it was the promise of Moby-fu- 9/11 generation. Even the always knows there aren’t too many – is Greengrass, sworn enemy of dol- right ways. It pushes Bourne into the Arabian Sea. Men in uniform watched a clichéd epic before, then elled catharsis that excited me, be- under-enthusiastic Jeremy Renner declared with such intense feroci- lies and cranes, has always been a a whole new realm of invulnerabil- command respect, and envy. Add- go see the film; if you have, then cause unlike the rest of you, the and his subpar spinoff couldn’t ty, that it almost seems as if Matt political filmmaker. He often ity. It’s this series’ jumping the ed to that, Rustom is from an af- pay a visit to Mohenjo Daro in- idea of a fifth Bourne movie was ruin the streak. Damon has decided to quit acting. shrouds his work in the accessibil- shark/nuking the fridge/pulling-a- fluent class in an economically stead. never something that made sense In hindsight, the title should’ve Tommy Lee Jones’ role, on the ity of genre, but at its heart, his John McClane-moment. struggling country. SUNDAY .AUGUST 14, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Schoolingstuns Phelpsfor Singapore’s first Gamesgold

RIO DE JANEIRO: Joseph so far in Rio — in the 4x100m free Schooling sensationally upset and 4x200m free relays, the 200m Michael Phelps in the 100m but- butterfly and the 200m individual terfly to seize Singapore's first ever medley — he'll have a shot at one Olympic gold medal at the Rio more — it would be his 23rd — on Games. The 21-year-old Asian Saturday in the 4x100m medley champion denied Phelps a fourth relay. straight victory in the event, lead- "It hasn't really sunk in yet. ing from start to finish to win in an I'm full of emotions now." he said. Olympic record of 50.39sec. Sin- "I don't know what to believe, gapore's Joseph Schooling com- whether I actually did it or I'm still petes in a semifinal of the men's preparing my race." Phelps may 100-metre butterfly during the have been beaten, but the United swimming competitions at the States raked in plenty of gold on 2016 Summer Olympics, Thurs- the penultimate night of action at day, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Jan- the Olympic Aquatics Center. eiro. - AP Singapore's Joseph Katie Ledecky obliterated the Schooling competes in a semifinal field and her own world record in of the men's 100-metre butterfly winning the 800m freestyle in during the swimming competitions 8min 04.79sec. The 19-year-old is at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first Olympian since Debbie Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio Meyer in 1968 to win the 200m, de Janeiro. - AP Phelps, sixth at 400m and 800m free titles in one the turn, couldn't do enough com- Games. ing home, but he had plenty of "The goal was 8:05 or better company on the second step of so I hit all my goals right on the the podium as his longtime rival nose this week," said Ledecky, Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and South who improved the previous record African Chad le Clos both matched of 8:06.68 she set in January. his time of 51.14sec in an aston- She finished almost half a ishing three-way tie for silver. "It's length in front of her closest ri- wild," said Phelps. "Chad and I vals, silver medallist Jazz Carlin have had some races over the last of Britain (8:16.17) and bronze four years and Laszlo and I - I can't medallist Boglarka Kapas of Hun- even remember when I first raced gary (8:16.37). American Antho- him...so it's kind of special and a ny Ervin won gold in the men's decent way to finish my last indi- 50m free - 16 years after tying for vidual race." The tie with Phelps gold in the same event in Sydney was the closest Cseh has come to with teammate Gary Hall jr. De- the US star in Olympic competi- fending champion Florent Manau- tion. In three prior Games the dou of France was quick off the Hungarian had claimed five med- blocks but Ervin and teammate als, all silver or bronze in races won Nathan Adrian were close behind by Phelps. Phelps's rivalry with and Ervin powered into the wall Le Close blossomed more recent- to beat the Frenchman with a time ly, at the 2012 London Games of 21.40 to 21.41. Adrian was third where the South African beat in 21.49. American Maya DiRado Phelps in the 200m butterfly only denied Hungarian Katinka Hoss- to fall to him in the 100m fly. zu a record-equalling fourth indi- Victory in Friday's fly would vidual gold in a 200m backstroke BUENOS AIRES: Star striker Li- June 26. "A lot of things went must take care of him." On Friday, "I send my thanks to all of only a 2008 Olympic title. His have given Phelps a 14th individu- thriller. Hosszu, who set a world onel Messi will return to play for through my mind on the night of he announced his list of players those who want me to continue shortage of international silverware al Olympic title, but Schooling was record in winning 400m medley the Argentine national football the final and I gave serious thought for games against Uruguay on Sep- playing for Argentina. I hope that is arguably the one thing that stops too strong. gold then added the 100m back- team for "love" of his country, de- to quitting, but my love for my tember 1 and Venezuela on Sep- we'll be able to give them some- him definitively eclipsing Argenti- "He said 'good job, that was a stroke and 200m medley titles, led spite earlier vowing to retire in frus- country and this shirt is too great," tember 6. He named Messi as well thing to cheer about soon." Argen- na's World Cup-winning soccer leg- great race'." Schooling said. "I told through the first 150 meters, with tration, he said. Argentina's new he said on Friday in a statement as Manchester City's Sergio Ague- tina have suffered a string of dis- end Diego Maradona. Messi's him to go four more years and he DiRado clinging to her shoulder. coach Edgardo Bauza promptly released by his management com- ro among six strikers in the squad. appointing losses in big tourna- phenomenal goal-scoring record said 'No way.' Hopefully he chang- Hosszu, trying to join Kristin named him to the squad for two pany. His earlier vow to quit had He notably left out Juventus for- ments with Messi, including the and skills have helped secure eight es his mind. That was fun. I like Otto as the only women to win looming qualifying games for the dismayed fans, many of whom ward Gonzalo Higuain. Bauza took World Cup final in 2014. His vow league crowns with Barcelona as racing Michael." Phelps, 31, insists four individual swimming golds in 2018 World Cup. It was hearten- held street rallies and posted on- over the job from Gerardo Marti- to quit followed by Martino's res- well as four Spanish Cups and six he won't be back for a sixth Olym- a single games, was timed in ing news for the country's de- line messages begging him not to no and was tasked with turning ignation deepened the chaos in the Spanish Super Cups. He helped pics. But after winning four golds 2:06.05. manding soccer fans after Argenti- go. It became practically an affair things around ahead of the 2018 squad ahead of the Olympics. Ar- lead Barcelona to league triumph na were knocked out of the Olym- of state when Argentina's President World Cup, amid a management gentina eventually exited the in Spain this year, as one in a dead- pic Games this week in the group Mauricio Macri called on him to crisis at the Argentine Football Games in Brazil on Wednesday ly trio of strikers along with Bra- stage, their latest in a string of hu- stay. "It is a gift from God to have Association. "There are a lot of is- after a 1-1 draw with Honduras. zilian Neymar and Uruguayan Luis miliations. The 29-year-old Bar- the best player in the world in a sues that need to be resolved in Five Ballons d'Or, four Champi- Suarez. But Messi has suffered off celona superstar had abruptly an- footballing country like ours," Argentine football, but I prefer to ons League titles and three Club the pitch in a court case in Spain. Sir Bradley nounced his international retire- Macri said in June. help from within and not to criti- World Cups have prompted many He was convicted last month of ment in tears after Argentina lost "Lionel Messi is the greatest cise from the outside," Messi's to rank Messi the best player ever. tax fraud related to his image rights the Copa America final to Chile on thing we have in Argentina and we statement said. But at international level he has and vowed to appeal. Wiggins’greatest Jessica Ennis-Hill career achievements leads Olym pic heptathlon w ith Katarina Irishman to win a world title in Johnson-Thomp- two divisions, only the second ever Irishman after Steve Collins son fourth to win world titles in two differ- ent divisions, I would like to have a go at three and stand out on my own." Frampton appeared at a special homecoming event in the grounds of Belfast City Hall with promoter McGuigan to celebrate his landmark win. The 29-year-old is open to a rematch with Santa Cruz as well as a unification bout Defending champion Jessica En- with IBF champion Lee Selby, nis-Hill regained the lead of the which he hinted could come be- Olympic Games heptathlon at the fore Christmas. end of the opening day’s competi- “Selby is a great fighter, he is some- tion in Rio. Ennis-Hill led after the one I respect, I think he is very 100m hurdles and lost it to com- good, but I just believe me at feath- Winning a fifth Olympic gold fourth Olympic gold medal. patriot Katarina Johnson-Thomp- erweight now, I don't think there medal was the latest addition to a Wiggins was already widely son after the Liverpudlian set a is anyone stopping me, I just feel long list of marquee achievements regarded as one of the greatest time- new British record in the high so strong and whoever wants it in the career of Sir Bradley Wig- triallists of all time, but there was jump. Belgium's Nafissatou Thi- next can get it," he said. "I am in gins. He now has eight Olympic one glaring omission from his CV: am moved up to top spot after the driving seat, I can call the shots, medals and has become the most the world time-trial title. Once both British competitors struggled but we will see where we go, I will successful British Olympian of all again, his main rival going into the in the shot put but Ennis-Hill's let the team decide, but I love Bel- time. Here, we look back on the 2014 event was Martin, who had 200m run was enough to see her arl Frampton wants to Santa Cruz in Brooklyn last month manager Barry McGuigan won in fast and I want to fight here as much outstanding feats of his career... won the last three world titles and retake the lead. Johnson-Thomp- make history by becom to capture the WBA featherweight 1985 and saw him join Steve Col- as possible. Wiggins won gold in the indi- was favourite to make it four in a son overcame a very disappoint- ing the first Irishman to title, having previously held the lins as the only Irishman to be- "I want to fight here at least vidual pursuit at the 2004 Olym- row. However, Wiggins produced ing effort in the shot to finish day win world titles at three unified WBA and IBF super-ban- come a world champion at two dif- once a year and Windsor Park in pic in Athens, but it wasn’t until one of the finest single performanc- one in fourth on 3957 points, pre- different weights. The Belfast tamweight titles. The victory ferent weight divisions. He said: the summer would be a dream he won both the individual pur- es of his career to beat Martin by cisely 100 behind Ennis-Hill with fighter defeated Mexican star Leo earned 'The Jackal' the belt his "(I am) the only ever Northern come true." suit and team pursuit at the 2008 26 seconds. The result meant he the long jump, javelin and 800m Olympics in Beijing that he estab- held the British, Olympic and remaining. "It's what happens in lished himself as one of Britain’s world time-trial titles at the same other major championships - I just greatest Olympians. He started by time. The hour record is one of cy- lose my head a little bit," Johnson- comfortably defeating New cling’s oldest and most prestigious Thompson said. "There is no ex- Detto ri rides 30 0 0 th w in n er Zealand’s Hayden Roulston in the events and has been held by some cuse for it, but I add that into my individual pursuit final by more of the sport’s greatest names, in- score now as though it's expect- Jockey Frankie Dettori was "re- enjoyed such a profitable alliance than two and a half seconds, and cluding Eddy Merckx, Fausto ed." Hnnis-Hill had started the day lieved and very humble" after the in recent seasons - most signifi- returned two days later to win team Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and in fine fashion with a time of 12.84s star jockey secured his 3,000th cantly with last year's Derby and gold alongside Ed Clancy, Geraint Miguel Indurain. Wiggins was in the 100m hurdles and she was British winner when Predilection Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Thomas and Paul Manning. looking to beat Alex Dowsett’s obviously delighted to clear 1.89m claimed victory at Newmarket on Golden Horn. Dettori said: "It's Wiggins became the first Brit- record of 52.937km and not only in the high jump. But even that Friday evening. The popular Ital- special. I'm very emotional because on in history to win cycling's big- achieved that, but did so by a mar- fine performance was not enough ian rider reached the notable land- my family are here as well. I got a gest and most prestigious event gin of 1.589km – the second-larg- to see her hold on to the lead as mark with a half-length defeat of tremendous cheer, it was brilliant. after a meticulously planned and est record-breaking margin the Johnson-Thompson produced a Palmerston in the James Hardie "I didn't ride all week purposeful- expertly executed three weeks of hour’s official history. series of clearances, including one Cladding At U Plastics Handicap ly because Newmarket is where racing. He won two stages along After breaking the hour record, at 1.98m that saw her break the over a mile. Predilection, a 7-2 I'm from. I'm very pleased for it to the way – both individual time tri- Wiggins committed fully to racing British record. Neither Ennis-Hill chance, made all of the running en have happened at Newmarket be- als – and held the lead for 13 days. on the track as he set his sights on or Johnson-Thompson is comfort- route to victory as Dettori raised cause this is where I landed 30 Just 10 days after sealing his Olympic gold in Rio in the team able in the shot put, although the aloft his right arm when he crossed years ago. "Who ever thought 30 Tour triumph, Wiggins delivered pursuit. The omens didn't look defending champion's effort of the line. The 45-year-old then years later I would have ridden all another iconic victory by winning good after Britiain were beaten by 13.86m was reasonable and saw treated enthusiastic racegoers at his of those winners? "It's not a big the Olympic time trial in front of Australia in the final of March's her keep second place. local track to his trademark flying meeting, it's not a Royal Ascot - ute to Gosden for helping to reig- A three-times champion jock- his home fans in London. He was World Championships, but Wig- Thiam had matched Johnson- dismount upon entering the win- it's a mundane Friday night with nite his career. ey, Dettori was won virtually all expected to have a nip-and-tuck gins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Thompson's high jump effort of ner's enclosure. It was a fitting way 20,000 people! Bettori, who earli- The jockey said: "He's been of the major races in Europe, but battle with the reigning world time- Owain Doull were in unstoppable 1.98m and her shot of 14.91m was to have reached the milestone as er on the card moved on to the instrumental. I started with him 20 had to wait until 2007 for the clean- trial champion, Tony Martin, but form in Brazil, breaking the world the best in the field as she claimed Predilection is trained by John 3,999-winner mark courtesy of years ago and he picked me back sweep of domestic Classics when Wiggins blew the German away to record in both the first round and the lead. Gosden, with whom Dettori has Ghayyar, was quick to pay trib- up when I was down." Authorized struck in the Derby. win by 42 seconds and claim his the final to win gold. SUNDAY . AUGUST 14. 2016-Asad 24, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:22 Price: Afs.15

Karzai The Envoy: From Kabul to the condemns US airstrike killing White House, My Journey civilians Through a Turbulent World AT News Report RAND had a policy of having its scholars work from Santa Monica KABUL: Former President Ha- sition Leader Maulana Lutfur Re- to be “Randized,” so I was expect- mid Karzai strongly denounced ing to settle down in Palisades. hman, spoke on the issue. He the civilian casualties, following called for repatriation of Afghan an airstrike launched by the US Armacosts replacement, Robert refugees in an honorable and digni- forces in southern Paktika prov- Kimmitt, however, wrote the fied manner “Adopting a clear pol- ince. Karzai deeply concerned RAND president Don Rice, ask- over civilian casualties caused by ing him to let me commute to Wash- AT Monitoring Desk stan Rustam Shah Mohmand will icy on the matter, the province of be invited to the meeting. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had a natu- the US force air strike in Minarai ington so that I could consult on Afghanistan. I received permission KABUL: Since the government of The speaker, in his ruling, ob- ral bond with Afghanistan and that village of Khoshamand district of served that the matter was related the history of this relationship Paktika province, said a state- to do so for a few months. Pakistan has decided to repatriate ment issued by Karzai press of- In meetings on Afghanistan, Afghan refugees, the Khyber Pa- to bilateral relations between the should also be studied thoroughly for formulation of a positive and fice. Karzai said that such irre- Oakley and I remained at odds. khtunkhwa (KP) government the two neighboring countries, so it sponsible attacks will have bad should be looked into seriously in better policy, Daily Times quoted While he was sympathetic to the other day announced that they outcome and it will spark anti- idea of an inclusive government in would convene a meeting of par- order to design a long-term policy Rehman, as saying. foreign views among Afghans in for the repatriation of Afghan ref- Recalling the Afghan refugees Kabul, he believed that conditions liamentary leaders and Pakistani the country. The former presi- on the ground made it an unrealis- government officials to prepare a ugees, the source said. were living in Pakistan under an dent wished quick recovery for “Afghan had migrated to Pa- international agreement, Sardar tic venture. Pakistan was deter- strategy to handle the issue of re- the injuries of the tragedy inci- mined to drive the Soviets out and patriation of Afghan refugees in a kistani under compulsion and “we Hussain Babak, the parliamentary dent. had given them refuge on humani- leader of the Awami National Par- overthrow the Communist regime better manner. militarily. Oakley cited the ISI’s According to Daily Times, a tarian grounds,” Minister for Pub- ty (ANP), demanded the repatria- lic Health Engineering (PHE) Shah tion of Afghan refugees in a digni- Two civilians opposition and the CIA’s unwill- Pakistani newspaper, the decision ingness to break from the liaison was announced by Pakhtunkhwa Farman said, adding that the pro- fied manner. vincial government would not During the session, Deputy killed in Baghlan relationship with Islamabad. We Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser had defeated the Soviet Union by after a detailed debate on the issue throw them out of the country, and Speaker Dr Meher Taj Roghani urged international donor agencies also observed that refugees and rocket attack working with the Islamist groups, during the assembly’s Friday ses- he reminded me. How could we sion. Per details, the parliamenta- to take steps for guaranteeing their IDPs (internally displaced per- AT Monitoring Desk complete rehabilitation. sons) in the province comprised a suddenly abandon them and now ry leaders, chief minister, chief sec- say that they were the cause of retary, provincial police chief and Moreover, and earlier, mem- huge population of children and KABUL: The Taliban insurgents bers from both treasury and op- women and they should be given on Saturday fired a rocket that land- the problem? The Communist re- a retired civil servant and former gime collapsed in 1992, a few Pakistan ambassador to Afghani- position benches, including Oppo- good treatment....P2 ed on a house in Baghlan-e-Marka- zi district of the northern Baghlan months after the Soviet Union had province, leaving at least two ci- disintegrated. Instead of working vilians dead and three others to stabilize the situation, the Bush NDS-ISI cooperation deal can help wounded, a provincial official said. and Clinton administrations “A rocket fired by Taliban rebels watched passively as Afghanistan struck a house in Shahi Khil vil- descended into civil war. It was lage of Baghlan-e-Markazi district counter terrorism: Sartaj Aziz today afternoon, killing two inno- from this civil war that the Taliban Pakistan’s foreign affairs adviser cent civilians and injured three oth- regime and its alliance with al Qae- Sartaj Aziz has said an intelligence ers,” Hajji Mohammad Tawab told da emerged. The Soviet-Afghan sharing deal between the Afghan Xinhua. All the victims, including war was the last major struggle of intelligence and Pakistani intelli- women and children, belong to one the Cold War. It came at a monu- gence agencies could help counter family, the official asserted. How- mental price for the Afghans. An terrorism. ever, the Taliban insurgents did not estimated one million Afghans SADDAM WASHINGTON, lysts of the Iran-Iraq war. Howev- Speaking during a press con- comment into the issue so far. This died, and one-third of the popula- D.C., 1988-1992 I had watched the er, the roots of the conflict lay comes as clashes between the Af- tion became refugees in Pakistan rise of Saddam Hussein since my much deeper, in centuries of com- ference on Friday, Aziz called on ghan security forces and the Tali- Afghanistan to help create a for- ban insurgents are continuing in and Iran, with even more displaced days as a student at AUB. My petition among Arab, Turkish and mal intelligence-sharing deal be- several parts of the country, espe- internally. Entire regions were de- Arab peers tended to view him as Persian empires. For much of an- tween National Directorate of Se- cially in Helmand province. In the populated, and the economy col- a dynamic young leader intent on tiquity, the areas of present-day curity (NDS) and Inter Services past the interior ministry said po- lapsed. Afghanistan has yet to using his country’s oil wealth to Iran and Iraq had been contested Intelligence (ISI). lice arrested a man for supplying overcome the devastation of the develop Iraq. However, by the by successive empires. Beginning arms to the Taliban in Baghlan prov- The call by Aziz came despite NDS,” Aziz asserted. telligence and bolster cooperation Soviet-Afghan war. Almost all of time I arrived at the State Depart- in the seventh century, regional ri- allegations against the Afghan in- ince. The ministry said that the the country’s educated profession- ment in 1986, Iraq’s moderniza- valries were further complicated This comes as reports regard- in their fight against insurgent supplier was detained with two telligence for supporting Jamaat- ing the signing of a Memorandum groups. However, the Afghan of- als either fled or were killed. The tion had taken a backseat to the by the Shia-Sunni split in Islam other armed insurgents in the duration of the conflict ensured that grueling war with Iran. I was and by the emergence of a distinct- ul-Ahrar which claimed responsi- of Understanding between the Af- ficials have long been criticizing Pa- Dushi district. At the same time, a bility behind a deadly attack in ghan and Pakistani intelligence kistan’s role in fight against terror- key Taliban commander Qari Za- those who emigrated never found tasked with developing ideas to ly Persian identity in Iran. In Iraq, Quetta that left at least 70 dead. agencies sparked uproar in the ism and harbouring the militant hir who was wounded in recent a suitable moment to return. Lat- manage the conflict. as in most areas that came under “It has already been known country earlier last year. groups fighting against the Afghan days in operation carried out by er, when it came time to rebuild Two upheavals of 1979— the Islamic caliphate, Islam’s ar- that this group (JuA) is somewhat The MoU was apparently government security forces. Afghan security forces in Chash- the country the absence of an edu- Khomeini’s revolution in Iran and rival meant the spread of Arab lan- cated middle class would prove an indirectly being supported by the concluded with an aim to share in- (KP) ma-e-Shir area of Baghlan was also Saddam Hussein’s ascendancy in guage, culture and politics. detained. immense obstacle. CONTAINING Iraq—were the immediate cata- To be continued