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Wolesi Jirga India suspects British condemns backing of Pak-Afghan genocide of intel cooperation Rohingya NEW DELHI: India suspects Brit- stan (because he will not be able to ish involvement in putting togeth- deliver on the MoU) and inside his er a controversial agreement be- own country. It has also brought Muslims tween s ISI and Afghan his predecessor Hamid Karzai out intelligence service, NDS. India s of a self-imposed silence to become By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi annoyance could impact a possi- a powerful opposition voice. As ble visit to the UK by Prime Min- a damage control, Ghani took re- KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) ister Narendra Modi, tentatively course to some hardline rhetoric or Lower House of the Afghan being planned for the end of the against Pakistan, by accusing it of parliament Wednesday called on year. While the MoU itself has not waging an undeclared war . The Myanmar s government to end yet been made public, a couple of Taliban have declared their spring genocide of Rohingya Muslims. clauses which have leaked out have offensive, massive terrorist attacks Afghan MPs condemned the added to India s anger. One of them have been carried out, he said in a massacre of Muslims in Burma, is that each spy service would re- letter released to the media at an and asked the international com- frain from criticizing the other in international security conference in munity and human rights activists public, among other things. More Doha. The public is asking wheth- to show serious reaction over kill- important, they agreed to refrain er there has been any return from ings of Rohingya Muslims. They from cooperating with hostile President Ghani s efforts to secure criticized the United Nations for foreign agencies . For years, that enduring peace and cooperation watching the genocide of the Mus- was Afghan description for ISI it- with Pakistan? the letter states. lim minority in Myanmar as silent self. Post the agreement, the for- While publicly India has main- spectator. They said the UN should eign agencies said sources, indi- tained a stoic front, New Delhi has act quickly to stop Buddhist ex- cate India. Pakistan, sources said, privately been very critical of the tremists from killing Muslims. has already started a steady flow Afghans for allowing themselves Criticizing the Arab countries and of reports to Afghanistan about to be conned by Pakistan in this the US, Habiba Danish, an MP alleged Indian hand in recent vi- manner. Modi met Karzai, who from Takhar province, said that KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai talking to Chinese ambassador to Kabul, Deng Xijun, here on Wednesday. Hamid Karzai olent incidents, many of which stopped by New Delhi en route to Rohingya Muslim children are tor- though bearing clear hand of the Beijing for a CICA conference last appreciated the people of China for their warm hospitality. Karzai had recently paid a visit to China to attend the first annual tured by the Buddhist extremists, meeting of the non-governmental forum of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). Taliban, have not been claimed by week, indicating India s continued but the Arabs and Americans are anybody. This is in addition to a support for him, and even a silent silent. They [Muslims] are killed sustained media campaign within endorsement of his criticism of Anti-corruption Planners of Kabul and tortured brutally by Buddhists Pakistan blaming the Indian agen- Ghani s actions. (Times of India) Chinese company has guesthouse attack of Myanmar, but international cy, RAW, for blasts and killings in body slams media is not reporting the system- the country. Over the past decade, lost interest in Mes Ainak nabbed: NDS atic genocide, she said. While India has built significant ties with Study finds NEPOTISM commending the Turkish president Afghanistan s security establish- KABUL: The spy agency on Tayeb Erdogan for speaking against ment, which the MoU seeks to Afghanistan IN MoFA copper mine: Minister Wednesday said two planners and the massacre of Muslims, she actively destroy, Indians believe. urged President Ashraf Ghani to AT News Report masterminds behind the terrorist A second inclusion is even more The Chinese company seeks concessions, however, we will attack on Park Palace guesthouse show similar reaction over the kill- curious - asking Afghanistan to second worst KABUL: An independent anti- keep our national interests in view. Will scrap the contract in Kabul had been arrested. At ings in Burma. Haji Nqibullah, an present Pakistan and the ISI in a corruption body on Wednesday in case we find it unfruitful, says Saba. least 14 civilians, including nine MP from Laghman, said that My- favourable light. Sources here COUNTRY IN said nepotism plays a critical role foreigners, were killed after gun- anmar was violating human rights said countries routinely engage in in getting a job as a diplomat in the project to seek concession. He said men stormed the guesthouse pop- as free hand was given to the Bud- RULE OF LAW Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi dhist extremists to kill Muslims. intelligence cooperation with oth- Ministry of Foreign Affairs that foreign experts would talk ular with foreigners in the Kolola er countries, but they don t involve (MoFA). The Independent Joint with the Chinese company on be- Pushta neighborhood two weeks Arabs are waging wars in the AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Minister of Mines and MoUs, nor do they involve a pub- Anti-Corruption Monitoring and half of the Afghan government as back. The National Directorate of Muslim countries under different Petroleum (MoP) on Wednesday pretexts, but now they are silent lic relations activity. If implement- KABUL: A new study by a US- Evaluation Committee said in a the ministry lack professional peo- Security (NDS) said in a state- ed, India fears it would mean that based non-profit organization re- report that favoritism and patron- said that the China Metallurgical ple at national level. The Chinese when Muslims are being killed in Group (MCC) has lost interest in ment Ghulam Aziz also known the NDS would have to engage in veals Afghanistan as the second age often triumph over merit and company wants concessions, but as Salahuddin and Abdul Wakil, Myanmar. The so-called human ability in diplomatic appoint- the Mes Ainak cooper mine as the rights groups are acting the same domestic political activity in the worst country in rule of law after we will keep our national interests an employee of a Kabul-based same way the ISI does inside Pa- Venezuela among 102 countries. ments. The committee s executive company failed to start work over in view. If the contract was not way. At least they should speak a director, Ahmad Rashed Behroz, the project in the past seven years. Madeera NGO, who orchestrat- word against massacre of Mus- kistan. Many in the security es- World Justice Project (WJP) helpful then it will be canceled, ed the attack, were arrested in told a press conference that such Dawood Shah Saba said that the he said. He urged the lawmakers lims, he said. The Wolesi Jirga tablishment here are joining the which aims to advance rule of law practices undermine constitution- Chinese company got contract eas- to amend the law so those who Sang-e-Naweshta locality of Kab- issued a resolution to condemn the dots - and coming up with some around the world released the in- al guarantees of equality for Af- ily, because Afghanistan lacks ex- receive the contracts had to start ul. The two were active members uncomfortable conclusions that dex on Tuesday which was pre- perts in mining sector and was genocide of Muslims. The reso- ghan citizens. Behroz said officials work on time. Regarding extrac- of the Haqqani network, it said. lution asked the international com- much of this is intended to target pared based on responses from and others with power prefer to unable to judge the MCC proper- tion of Hajigak iron ore in Bamian The arrested individuals have India itself. The question Indians 1,000 people in each country and ly. The minister was summoned munity to put pressure on the appoint relatives to job openings. by the SAIL-led Indian consor- confessed to their involvement in Burmese government to bring are asking is what does the UK or a total of 2,400 experts on how At least 12 close relatives and by the Wolesi Jirga or Lower tium, the minister said that agree- planning the attack, said the other external forces hope to get ordinary people see rule of law in House of the Parliament on the those Buddhist extremists to the friends of then and now parliamen- ment has not been signed in this statement that claimed the plot books who are involved in killing out of this exercise? The MoU has their country. tarians are working in the MoFA. Ainak copper project. The MCC regard. He said the project was not took place under the supervision created a popular backlash inside The report also says that Af- Four individuals including a sister, signed the contract to tell the com- of innocent Muslims. The reso- implementable due to insecurity. of a Haqqani network command- lution also urged the Muslim coun- Afghanistan forcing President ghanistan is placed in the last po- brother and sons of ex-ministers petitors that it is making biggest A Canadian mining company has er Qari Abdulla aka Anass in Pe- foreign investment in Afghanistan. tries to keep their differences away Ashraf Ghani to backtrack after it sition in regional level ranking. as well as seven relatives of high also started extraction of iron ore shawar, the capital of Pakistan s became public that even the NDS The survey was based on 44 ranking officials are staffers of the It was a deception. The Chinese at Block A of Hajigak, but the and take concrete steps in order to company deceived us, because we northwestern Khyber Pakh- end massacre of Muslims in My- chief had opposed it. It has low- indicators under eight categories ministry. And, eight others are cost is high as price of iron has tunkhwa province. (Pajhwok) working in key posts of the MoFA don t have professionals in this anmar... See P2 ered his standing both inside Paki- which are constraints on govern- dropped in the international mar- ment power, absence of corrup- who are linked with lawmakers or field, the minister said. He said ket. High transportation cost is a number of government officials, that through Ainak copper project, tion, open government, funda- another factor that is hampering mental rights, order and security, he explained. He said that 48 can- the Chinese company wants to extraction of the iron ore, Saba add- didates passed tests for a number receive more contracts in different ed. civil justice, criminal justice and of positions in MoFA last year, countries of the world. No step informal justice. but all were overlooked in favor of was taken in the past seven years In corruption, Afghanistan is people who did not attend any to execute such a mega project, Female MPs in ranked 102nd, the worst country test. He added that 4,650 diplo- he said. He said the MCC is mak- according to WJP report. The ju- matic passports have been issued ing excuses about road construc- talks with Taliban dicial sector of the country is to individuals who are not eligible tion, copper smelting plant, rail- reps in shown as the second worst sec- for it, and that the passports have way line and coal-fired power tor, ranked 101 followed by crim- been used for personal purposes. plant construction, though, the KABUL : Some Afghan female inal justice which is ranked 100 in The Foreign Affairs Ministry has company agreed at the time of con- lawmakers and a member of the tract to implement these projects. High Peace Council (HPC) on the list. not commented about the report The rule of law is not the so far. The committee also unveiled The power plant is supposed to Wednesday began talks with Tali- produce 350 megawatt electricity. ban representatives in Norway, a rule of lawyers and judges; all ele- embezzlement of millions of dol- source said. An independent jour- ments of society are stakehold- lars in the Ministry of Labor, So- According to the contract, the company was supposed to com- nalist based in the European na- ers, the report said. It is our cial Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled tion, Ramish Arman, told Pajhwok (MoLSAMD). Head of the com- plete the feasibility study within hope that, over time, this diagnos- Afghan News the talks kicked off tic tool will help identify strengths mittee, Yama Turabi, said that a 15 months. However, it has been on Wednesday behind closed doors mafia group was interfering in seven years, but the company in Oslo, where the two delegations and weaknesses in each country MoLSAMD affairs and has led the hasn t completed the feasibility arrived two days ago. Ramish did under review and encourage poli- ministry towards inefficiency. It report. According to the minister, not explain the agenda of the meet- cy choices that strength the rule is estimated that $50 to $80 mil- the MCC said that it could not con- ing, but said the Norwegian state of law. lion is misused in the ministry on struct the power plant as there is television had reported the two WJP executive director, Juan annual basis, he added. He said shortage of coal in Afghanistan. sides would discuss the peace pro- Carlos Botero, highlighted that the salaries of special persons and fam- Saba said that there was no short- cess and women s rights in Afghan- study could help countries pro- ilies of martyrs are paid through a age of coal, but the Chinese com- istan. Lawmakers Shukria Bar- duce their own indicators on these complicated process which has pany was making excuses to get akzai, Fawzia Kofi and HPC mem- ber Hawa Alam Nuristan repre- issues. paved the ground for corruption more concessions. The compa- rotesters who are against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third As countries measure eco- and bribe. In the meantime, the ny has paid only $100 million out sented the Afghan delegation, the of $ 800 million as premium pay- journalist said, but did not name term march towards the town of Ljenda, Burundi, June 3, 2015. The United States urged nomic indicators and health indi- MoLSAMD confirms that there the Taliban representatives. Arman east African states to send high-level representatives to Burundi to reiterate their cators with certain levels of uni- are a number of problems and hur- ment, while Afghanistan spent $210 million on security of the said he had contacted the Foreign opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza seeking a third term and to press for free and fair formity, they should be able to dles in paying salaries of its work- Affairs Ministry of Norway, but elections. State Department spokesman John Kirby said the United States opposed measure justice and corruption and ers, but says there is no document project, the minister disclosed. failed to elicit information about to prove embezzlement of millions He went on to say that the com- Nkurunziza s decision to run for another term, which was in breach of the Arusha agreement governance in the same way, the exact timing and location of the that brought an end to the country s civil war in 2005. (REUTERS/ Goran Tomasevic) Botero said. of dollars in the ministry. pany suggested more talks over the negotiations.(Pajhwok)

60.50 59.10 65.92 64.52 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Soccer Star Nadia Nadim s remarkable journey from Afghanistan to New Jersey By John Chandler Nadia Nadim sits at the dining safe. We had tons of balls and all turned to Sky Blue FC, after light- room table of the New Jersey home the kids were the same age, she ing up the league with seven goals she shares with her Sky Blue FC said. in six games last August while on teammates, quietly studying. But She had soccer, but she missed loan from her team in Denmark. it s not a soccer playbook the star her father. Sky Blue FC and the National striker thumbs through. It s something called Medicinsk Kompendium Lommebog, a medical handbook written in Danish, one of five lan- guages she speaks. Five and a half, really, Nadim quickly corrects. Her French is admittedly a little rough these days. English, German, Persian and round out her list of languages, and Nadim is likely to use any one of them in a text back to her family and friends in Denmark. She has a lot on her plate. When not busy scoring goals seven in her first six games with Sky Blue FC the 27-year-old is a dedicated medical school student with plans to become a plastic sur- geon. She is nearing the end of her 6-year program at Aarhus Univer- sity back in Denmark. Sometimes I m like, Why am I doing this? she says of the end- less hours of studying and soccer. But then she explains that the abil- ity to save lives is something she feels strongly about, perhaps be- There is little hope for government About 2,000 militants belong to sions. It was not part of its initial the state could backfire. Kunduz cause of so many along the way forces in the northern Afghan prov- the Taliban carrying a white flag. plans. lawmakers, including Kemal Safi, who had a role in saving hers. ince of Kunduz, which has been Another group of fighters belong- Thousands of Kunduz resi- are apprehensive about this devel- Leaving Afghanistan under attack by the Taliban since ing to the Islamic State group are dents have joined local militias and opment. We have a weak state Nadim remembers the day her April. It is true, however, that the fighting under a black banner. We are fighting alongside Afghan se- and powerful militias. They are father first handed her a soccer ball. situation is not as volatile as it was are sure about this because we have curity forces against the Taliban. not answerable to anyone. The She and her four sisters played some days ago. identified the dead fighters, the Most of these people are former current situation might lead to an- dodgeball at first, eventually learn- According to Kunduz s police governor added. fighters who took part in the Af- other crisis, Kemal Safi said. ing to kick the ball around within chief, Afghan security forces have The foreign fighters, Safi said, ghan civil war in the early 1990s. Can the fighting spread? the secrecy of the walls that sur- made significant progress against are arriving in Kunduz mainly Assadullah, who had to flee the The battle in Kunduz raises a rounded the family s home in Kab- the Taliban. Our troops have tak- from , Tajikistan, Uzbeki- city during clashes between insur- pertinent question: Can the Tali- ul. Rabani Nadim was really into en control in some districts of the stan, and Chechnya. gents and Afghan troops, is now ban replicate their short-term Kun- sports, but the father of five girls city, as well as the city center, Weak military, strong militias engaged in another battle in Kun- duz success in other provinces of was also well aware that young General Abdul Sabur Nasrati said. It was feared that Kunduz duz. I have fought as a mujahid the country? Mohammad Zaher, a women playing soccer was just not Our enemies have suffered huge would fall to the Taliban. Münch (warrior) 15 years ago. Now I am military expert, is of the view that acceptable in 1990s Afghanistan. losses, he added. says that Afghan security forces forced to resume the fight to de- the Taliban have been fighting for He was a general in the Afghan The optimism is shared by the have only been able to fight back fend my country. I am ready, he the past few months in other prov- army. And then one day, he was provincial governor, Mohammad thanks to external financial and lo- told DW. inces; however, so far their main gone. Omar Safi, who says that things gistical help. Afghanistan s government has focus has been on Kunduz. The Nadia was 10 years old when have changed in Kunduz: All ar- Nothing indicates that the welcomed the support from the Taliban are also fighting in Takhar she learned the Taliban had exe- eas that were under Taliban con- Afghan government can gradually local militias. The militias claim and Badakhshan. So far, they have cuted her father. Her mother, Ha- trol have been recaptured. raise funds for the country s secu- that they have received ammuni- not been able to gain ground in mida Nadim, knew they could not According to Kunduz s gov- rity until 2024, Münch said. tion from the government. Kabul these areas, Zaher told DW. stay in Kabul. There are moments when you Women s Soccer League are load- ernor, about 140 Taliban fighters This year, the US continued to denies it. Some analysts fear that But the question remains: I can t even imagine that see other people with families and ed with players who later this week have been killed and 120 injured support the Afghan security forc- the arbitrary act of arming lawless How long will the status quo last? we probably wouldn t be alive, you ll be like, I wish my dad was will suit up for their respective since the start of this latest com- es with airstrikes on certain occa- groups that are not subordinate to (DW) says Nadim. My mom and five here, she said. national teams in the FIFA Wom- bat in the restive region. About 20 girls in the family? That is hard to Jersey Shore en s World Cup. Nadim just missed Afghan troops have been killed and live in Afghanistan. The big surfboard lying on the the roster next time, she la- at least 28 have been wounded. So So they fled, first to Pakistan front porch of the yellow cape ments but is unquestionably a far, more than 10,000 people have So who was the Afghan Girl ? and then to Italy. Eventually, they belongs to Nadim. She is somewhat star in the NWSL. She lives for the fled the area. arrived in Denmark, not speaking obsessed with the beaches of New pressure that comes with that ter- At the same time, Safi is cau- That is what readers of the Na- long. Some even refer to it on a par their wife. a word of Danish. While her moth- Jersey, and talks a little faster as ritory. tious. We are making good tional Geographic magazine across with Leonardo da Vinci s Mona Says the Internet site, the team er worried about logistics like pass- she explains how determined she I kind of like the pressure, progress, but the resistance is still the globe wondered when they Lisa. McCurry, upon learning finally located Gula, then around ports, schools and housing, Nadim is to master surfing, as if she has says Nadim, admitting she often quite big, he said. first encountered the haunting pho- that the refugee camp where he had the age of 30, in a remote region of used soccer to fend off the fear that time to learn anything else in be- catches herself lying in bed won- The fighting rages on in almost to taken by journalist Steve Mc- found her was soon to close, in- Afghanistan; she had returned to accompanied their journey. tween soccer and studying. dering how all this happened. all of Afghanistan s provinces. Curry when he was covering the quired of its remaining residents if her native country from the refu- We used to live in this refu- The Jersey Shore feels a little I m grateful I m here and alive. Hundreds of Islamist militants con- aftermath of the Soviet occupation they knew the girl who was now a gee camp in 1992. Her identity was gee camp beside a soccer club with like home in Aarhus, Denmark. And playing soccer, which I love. tinue to attack army posts and of Afghanistan in the early 1980s. woman. Someone the girl s broth- confirmed by a researcher using iris all these fields. I knew we were That was a big reason why she re- NBC New York checkpoints - a new tactic that is According to information er knew and was able to send word recognition. She vividly recalled overwhelming the local security about the photo which appears on to her hometown. However, there being photographed, but had nev- forces. Wikipedia, McCurry was visiting were a number of women who er seen her famous portrait before Afghan Pop-Star Aryana Sayeed joins Kim Foreign help the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in came forward and identified them- it was shown to her in January Militancy in Kunduz is not a 1984 when he encountered a young selves erroneously as the famous 2002. According to a story in the new phenomenon; it s been going girl who was one of the residents Afghan Girl, Wikipedia states. Economist, Gula and McCurry Kardashian in Hype energy drink launch in US on sporadically since the 1990s. of the camp, a student at an infor- In addition, after being shown the now communicate with one anoth- After the US invasion of Afghani- mal school there. He shot her face 1984 photo, a handful of young er every month. Hype Energy Drinks held a star- tis, said: I am so thrilled to be gramme for the brand. In addition stan in 2001, it was mainly about full front, with her eyes staring men erroneously identified her as (Daily Local News) studded US launch in Nashville, here in Nashville and hanging out to Kim Kardashian West in the US, the distribution of power. The deep into the Nikon FM2 he was Tennessee on Tuesday, with their with all of my amazing fans here Hype Energy works with other disadvantaged people in Kunduz using at the time. global ambassador, Kim Kardash- for the launch of Hype Energy cultural icons from across the globe, joined the Taliban against the he- He did not know her name. She ian West and Afghan pop star and Drinks I love this town and want including Mohammad Reza gemony of the powerful Jamiat-e was later found to be Sharbat Ambassador Aryana Sayeed. to take some fun selfie s whilst I m Golzar and Aryana Sayeed. Islami party in the local govern- Gula, 12-years-old at the time. The Afghanistan s very own Ary- here. In addition, Bertrand Ga- Hype Energy Drinks launched ment, Philipp Münch, an expert photograph, titled Afghan Girl, ana Sayeed joined an all-star team chot, CEO of Hype Energy Drinks in 1994 as one of the first energy at the German Institute for Inter- appeared on the June 1985 cover to support the expansion of Hype added: We are absolutely delight- drinks brands in the market. It is national and Security Affairs of National Geographic. Energy Drinks in the USA, with ed to have Kim Kardashian West now led by CEO, Bertrand Gachot, (SWP) in Berlin, told DW. The image of her face, with a Aryana recently shooting a TV on board with us to launch Hype a former Formula One racing The exiled Taliban leaders in red scarf draped loosely over her commercial for Hype Energy Energy Drinks in the US today driver and 24 Hour Le Mans win- Pakistan supported their rebellion head and her piercing sea-green Drinks in May 2015. Hype has was a huge party to always re- ner. Hype Energy Drinks was in- and provided them with experi- colored eyes staring directly into been distributed in Afghanistan member in Nashville, Tennessee. troduced to the US market in 2014 enced commanders, fighters, weap- the camera, became a symbol both since December 2014. The event also saw images and by John Jansheski, entrepreneur, ons experts and other resources, of the 1980s Afghan conflict and VIP s who joined Kim and videos from the winners of Hype founder of DenTek and Vogue pho- Münch added. of the refugee situation world- Aryana at the launch included For- Energy Drinks #iHYPEhere social tographer, who has worked with Analysts say there is ample wide, the Wikipedia entry states. mula One driver, Sergio Perez media competition, run in conjunc- Kim Kardashian West on the im- evidence that the Taliban leader- The image was named the most from Sahara Force India team; in- tion with the launch, transmitted ages for the campaign. ship in Pakistan has lent full sup- recognized photograph in the his- ternational pop star, Craig David on big screens in front of the crowd. Hype Energy Drinks is an of- port to the latest Kunduz fighting. tory of the National Geographic along with more than 5,000 fans Hype Energy Drinks reflects ficial partner of the Formula One According to Safi, the offensive is magazine, and the cover itself is who also turned up to join in the a fun and fresh lifestyle and has Sahara Force India 2015 team, The being orchestrated by Mullah Ab- one of the world s most famous, celebrations. strong links with the film, fashion, Hype Energy Drinks brand and dul Salam from the western Paki- according to a story in the Wash- Speaking at the launch, Kim, music and art worlds, which have ethos integrates seamlessly into stani city of Quetta. ington Post. who was suffering with Laryngi- created the global ambassador pro- the F1 lifestyle and atmosphere. According to reports, there is More than a decade later, a a significantly high number of for- team from the magazine went to eign fighters in Kunduz. Both Afghanistan to locate the subject foreign and local Taliban are in- of the photograph that had re- volved in the fighting, Safi said. mained in the public mind for so Wolesi Jirga condemns Afghanistan philharmonic genocide of Rohingya Muslims gives notes of peace From P1.. The Wolesi Jirga also asked the government to initiate diplomatic ef- Afghanistan, a war-torn country, is taking time to finish its recovery and reconstruction. Music has been forts in this regard. Chairing the session, taken out of people s life for a long time under the rule of Taliban. But a special band of musicians are the deputy speaker Zahir Qadir urged giving the recovering nation something to smile about. CCTV-America s Biresh Banerjee files the report. the UN to prevent the Buddhist extrem- Highlights: o In the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, the philharmonic is rehearsing the national ists from killing Muslims. He also asked anthem. The average of the members of the nation s only philharmonic, which was founded in 2013, is the Burmese government to protect 16 years and most are from different ethnicities. Muslim minority, and ensure that they were enjoying the same rights as the Bud- o In December 2014, the French cultural center was hit by a Taliban suicide bombing. Students from the dhists do. According to CBC, a Canadi- music school were performing there and Sarmast was just near the attacker. A German citizen was killed an media organization, it s unclear how and Sarmast was seriously injured and became nearly deaf. CCTV America many Rohingya Muslims have died di- rectly because of the violence in Burma, but estimates suggest between 200 and 300 people since 2011. In addition to the approximately 140,000 at IDP camps, more than 86,000 Burmese peo- ple have fled the country on boats since 2012, attempting to migrate to Thailand, or Indonesia, the UN Refugee Agency estimated in June 2014. The ma- jority of those people were Rohingya Muslims. The agency reports 615 peo- ple died making that journey in 2013. Some migrants who arrive safely are tak- en to smugglers camps where they are held for ransom from their families. Some spend months in cramped cages, endur- ing beatings until they die or their family can pay the ransom fee, the UN reports. Others arrive at a country s shores only to be denied entry. As of Friday, accord- ing to the UNHCR, 3,500 migrants were stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea with no country willing to take them. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan more ISIS fighters dangerous but total decapitate 10 pull-out could be Taliban in harmful, says Czech NGO Nangarhar AT News Report official after staff killings KABUL: The Islamic State of Iraq and (ISIS) fighters have be- headed 10 Taliban militants in east- ern Nangarhar province, said a lo- cal official on Wednesday. Muhammad Noman Hatefi, AT News Report northern Balkh province the other attack must be urgently investigat- st day. Amnesty International said that ed and those responsible brought the spokesman for the 201 Selab KABUL: Amnesty International killing of the aid workers was a re- to justice. Anything less will send Military Corps, said that the inci- called on the government to ensure minder for the Afghan government the message that aid workers are a dent took place in Achin district safety of aid workers and bring to increase protection for aid work- fair target, it added. President of the province when a group of those responsible for killing of nine ers. The watchdog organization Ashraf Ghani also condemned the Taliban came under attack by Af- people, mostly humanitarian work- urged the government to launch a attack and said that perpetrators ghan security forces. The Taliban EMERGENCY ers, in northern Balkh province to probe into the incident and bring of the heinous act were enemies of fighters could not resist security book. Unknown gunmen shot dead those responsible for the attack to peace and development in Afghan- forces and escaped the scene, who CALLS nine Afghan employees of a Cezch justice. The organization said that istan. He instructed the Ministry were later picked by the ISIS fight- charity organization in an attack on being an aid worker is a risky busi- of Interior (MoI) to arrest those ers and eventually decapitated, he Police a guesthouse in the Zari district of ness in Afghanistan. The latest responsible for the killing. added Local residents also con- In the worst such incident in its his- think about this question every firmed that heavy clashes between tory, nine local staff of the Czech day and not only as a reaction to the Taliban and Daesh fighters are 100 - 119 NGO People in Need were mur- this incident. About to which ex- underway in the district. Howev- dered in an attack in Zari in north- tent Afghanistan is safe. And it s Afghans enjoy growing nightlife er, the Taliban haven t confirmed ern Afghanistan on Monday. The not only about the management of the report yet. Official in Achin Hospitals aid organisation has suspended all the organisation it s about our district confirmed fighting between its activities in the country in the normal employees, especially our CULTURE IN MAZAR: REPORTS the two groups, but said that they FMIC Hospital wake of the killings. But what does Afghan employees. We have to The residents of northern Mazar- were unaware of the beheading. Behind Kabul Medical e-Sharif are turning to nightlife cul- the future hold for People in Need evaluate things based on the con- University: in Afghanistan? I discussed the in- crete information on who was be- ture as families spend hours in the Taliban attacks cident and its possible consequenc- hind the attack. This is crucial for parks with their children where 0202500200-+93793275595 es with Jan Mrkvièka, who heads our reaction in the future. We they sing and enjoy summer. the group s Relief and Development have to understand why this hap- Despite high security threats govt buildings, Department. We are all shocked pened; we know what happened, and fighting in the neighboring Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital in People in Need, because we real- but we don t really know why and provinces, dozens of young men checkpoints in Pule Bagh-e- Umomi ly didn t expect such a brutal at- who was behind the attack. With- visit hookah bars while families 070263672 tack on our staff, especially in the out this information we cannot enjoy evenings in the parks, guard- Zari district, which was calm over make any decisions. But definite- ed by scores of security person- Logar the last couple of years. That is with ly we need guarantees of the secu- nel, according to a report by Reu- Khairkhana Hospital the exception of a few recent inci- rity of our staff in all the regions ters. "I usually come to this club AT News Report dents but they weren t directly tar- where we work. What do you say in the evening after work with 0799-321007 geting NGOs. Since we have been to the suggestion that since the friends to drink tea, coffee, smoke KABUL: Militants stormed sev- 2401352 in Zari for over a decade, and peo- pull-out of most NATO troops shisha and have fun," a 27-year- eral government buildings in cen- ple really know us very, very well, Afghanistan is simply too danger- old businessman, Najibullah, was tral Logar province the other night, we felt safe in Zari, much safer than ous for NGOs to work there? Af- quoted as saying. The club own- said local security officials. Indira Gandhi Children in any other regions in Afghanistan ghanistan is more dangerous. But ers, who enjoy their profitable Logar police chief, Abdul where we work. Do you know I m not sure whether it is simply businesses, look satisfied with the "This radio station helps the wom- the report as saying. "If security Hakim Eshaqzai, said that insur- Hospital, Wazir Akbar whether this attack was specifical- too dangerous. Up to this moment security. However, they say their en to understand their rights and is ensured in the north we can do gents launched attacks on Charkh Khan, Kabul 2301372 ly targeted against People in Need. we felt that we could work quite businesses depend on a secure en- realize that they have the right to good work. If there is security we and Kherwar districts administra- Or was it perhaps more random? freely, that we are accepted by the vironment. "We receive around 400 work like men, to earn a living and can have a better life, we can go to tive office buildings and a number We don t know. Of course we have local communities, which is cru- to 500 customers in our club and have the right to decide about their university to study and we can go of military checkpoints in Baraki Ibn-e- Seena to work with all possible theories. cial. People want us there and this the rush time is between 7 p.m. to lives," Mania Ahmadi of Rabea to the markets for shopping. With- Barak district and Pol-e-Alam, the That s one of the reasons why we is our main motivation. 1 a.m," a Karaoke club owner Ro- Balkhi Radio for Women told Re- out security, obviously there is no capital city of the province. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul closed all our offices in Afghanistan We don t see that the whole coun- hullah Ansari said. "This all de- uters. "Since I started working life and I, as a resident of Balkh, I He added that at least 20 Tali- 2100359 down. We have to calculate as well try is simply not a place for pends on good security in Mazar- with this radio station I have not- won't have the courage to come out ban militants have been killed, and that we were targeted as People in NGOs. The number of incidents e-Sharif and our people don't have ed that the radio programs are very of my home and go to work." 15 others wounded. Eshaqzai said Need, but it is not a likely scenario, involving NGOs is growing, but I any security concerns." Mazar-e- effective for women." Mazar-e-Sharif is surrounded that three Afghan soldiers have also Wazir Akbar Khan I would say. wouldn t say that this is the mo- Sharif, the capital of northern A female member of the pro- by insecure districts and provinc- been killed in the clashes, while five I believe that it was a symbolic ment when all NGOs, all interna- Balkh province, is one of the rela- vincial council, Farangis Sowgand, es which poses a serious threat to others wounded. Hospital attack on an NGO. NGOs are un- tionals, all funding should leave the tively calm provinces in war-torn also linked women's freedom and its security. He said that the fighting lasted 2301741, 2301743 derstood as those who are on the country and leave it as it is. Be- Afghanistan. Also, women who their access to rights to the securi- The Taliban began their fight- several hours and the number of side of stabilisation of the country cause we would probably contrib- work in offices are happy with the ty situation of their city. ing season across a broad stretch dead and wounded people is like- and there are forces which don t ute to even bigger insecurity. So relatively secure environment, and "Everything depends on secu- of the country where fighting in ly to change. Ali Abad like this stabilisation. ou ve sus- this wouldn t be a responsible re- women employed at radio stations rity," Sowgand, who is also a wom- Kunduz and Balkh has been of The Taliban haven t comment- Shahrara, Kabul pended your activities in Afghani- action to the changing security sit- claim they are treated equally. en's rights activist, was quoted in particular concern. ed about the attacks so far. stan, but what do you think s going uation in Afghanistan. 2100439 to happen in the longer-term? We (Courtesy: Czech Radio) KABUL POLICE CRACK DOWN ON DRUG Malalai Maternity KANDAHAR Hospital dealers amid accusations of corruption 2201377/ 2301743 The Counter Narcotics wing of the ing drug user named Naseer, the airport gaining Ministry of Interior (MoI) on price of a gram of heroin has gone Banks Tuesday in coordinated raids ar- up to 200 Afghanis, but it remains rested several major drug distrib- less than a gram of Sheesha, which Da Afghanistan Bank international trust uters in Kabul. Officials at the min- is a more dangerous type of drug, istry have already reportedly re- and is valued at 400 to 500 Afgha- 2100302, 2100303 ceived calls from government mem- nis. Naseer also claims the police KANDAHAR CITY : Develop- tries for technical education ahead bers requesting some of those ap- are wrapped up in the drug trade. Kabul Bank ment work worth $100 million of assuming full charge of the air- prehended be released. "The First District police take took place during the past five years port. Running all affairs at the air- Close to 15 kilograms of hash- money from us and are three per- 222666, 070285285 at the airport in southern Kanda- port required a well-equipped and ish, opium and other forms of il- cent partner with the drug deal- Azizi Bank har province, an official said on professional force, he said, adding licit drugs were recovered during ers," he said. Wednesday. the number of professional staff, the operations on Tuesday. But The second target of the coor- 0799 700900 Ahmadullah Faizi, the airport including women, at the airport many of those arrested, as well as dinated operations was drug deal- Pashtany Bank director, told Pajhwok Afghan had reached 40. Only two women others TOLOnews sought com- ers in the Kart-e-Now area of Kab- News the projects included con- would work at the airport in the ment from, scoffed at what they ul. The operation focused on ma- 2102908, 2103868 struction of a new runway, taxi past, he recalled. see as a theatrical move by police jor drug dealer named Ghulam Fa- way, reconstruction of the passen- Faizi said foreign troops had to make it seem as if there is a war rooq, with whom 10 kilograms of Air Services ger terminal and the establishment promised they would continue as- on drugs when in fact officers them- hashish was recovered. of biometric security system. sisting the airport and would leave selves take bribes from drug deal- "I have collected this hashish He said funds for the projects behind their equipment. ers. The police confiscated half a from my land in Panjshir, and I Safi Airways were provided by the US and local He said their future plan was kilo of hashish and half kilo of a sell it in kilos and small quantities 020 22 22 222 businessmen also played their role to change the airport into an inter- dangerous drug known as Sheesha to my customers," Farooq told in rehabilitation of the country s national transit airfield and refuel- from a man named Khawaja Mir TOLOnews. Meanwhile, officials second main international airport. ing facility at the airport had in- in the Bagh Ali Mardan area of from the Counter Narcotics De- Ariana Faizi said the new passenger creased its international impor- Kabul. However, when he spoke partment acknowledged that there 020-2100270 terminal provided a proper place tance. with TOLOnews, Mir claimed the were cases of police collusion with for waiting guests at the airport. There were no mountains near- whole operation was a sham. "If drug dealers in the capital. "We He said foreign forces had by that could create problems for the police of the district don't take found out that in the Pul Sokhta Kam Air promised transferring important flights during landing and earth- money, then how can I sell these area of Kabul that police were tak- A long track-record of drug these things happen; when we ar- 0799974422 machinery to the airport before quakes also rarely occurred to dam- drugs?" Mir asked. Indeed, the ing money from drug dealers or smuggling suspects and convicts rest someone, we get calls from our leaving Afghanistan in addition to age the runway, he said. Bagh Ali Mardan neighborhood is were involved, and we have re- going free or being released secret- friends asking us to release these Hotels continuing their support for the The airport has 37 parking fa- located just 500 meters away from ferred the issue to investigative ly from prison has made many guys," acting deputy minister of airport even after their departure. cilities which could be used for the First Police District. "It's my institutions to follow up," depart- skeptical about the Afghan govern- counter narcotics Abdul Khaleel Safi Landmark He said the airport was locat- parking 250 airplanes at a time. first time here today, they are not ment director Mirza Muhammad ment's will to pursue and prose- Bakhtyar said. Afghanistan is es- ed in a strategic location and many Faizi said security inside and out- arresting the real people, but they said on Tuesday. "We will soon cute those involved in the trade at timated to have three million drug airplanes stopped here to get fuel. side the airport had been satisfac- are arresting us." arrest them and will refer them to the highest levels. "This is Afghan- users, of which 1.4 million are said 020-2203131 He added the Kandahar airport tory and the airport was more se- According to a self-identify- the judicial institutions." istan and you understand that to be addicts. (Tolonews) was the largest in the country and cure than other airports of the coun- SERENA every kind of airplanes could land try. That was why besides domes- on its runway. tic flights, the airport was used by 0799654000 The construction of the termi- airlines from India, , Dubai and nal gate cost $4 million, Faizi said, others, he added. New Rumi Restaurant adding the gate with entrance, exit He said a Turkish airlines and cargo facilities also had roads would start its flights to the Kan- 0776351347 and had been built landmine and dahar airport in the near future af- bullet-proof. ter the country opened a consu- Internet Services Faizi said they chalked out late in the province. plans for development of the air- He said a big workshop would UA Telecom port every year and worked to be opened at the airport on nation- 0796701701 / 0796702702 solve problems considered hurdle al level to repair every kind of do- to the standard of the airport. mestic airplane. Currently faulty Exchange Rate With these projects, he said, Afghan aircrafts are sent abroad for not only their income had in- repair. He said the Bahrain-based creased, but the airport was grad- DHL Express had also started car- Purchase: ually adopting international stan- go flights to the Kandahar airport dards. In 2013, he said, the airport enabling Afghan traders to import One US$ = income stood at $133,000, but the commercial goods to Kandahar and 59.56Afs income rose to $1 million and export local goods to a number of 400,000 in 2014, indicating a 19 foreign countries.Faizi said their One Pound Sterling= percent increase. main effort was to encourage in- 89.10Afs He did not provide figures for ternational airlines to start flights One Euro = income during the past five months to the airport as an increase in in- of this year, but said the political ternational flights meant increase 60Afs tension after last year s elections in international trust in the airport. 1000 Pak Rs = had an impact on the airport, but The Kandahar airport was 562Afs still income would be high. built in the 1960s, when it was The airport director also said considered the region s only inter- Sale: all affairs of the airport would be national airport. Spread over 650 One US$ = transferred to the Afghan Aviation acres of land according to its map, 59.76 Afs Authority from foreign forces in part of the airport is used by ISAF the near future. He said most af- forces under an agreement with the KABUL: Five bodybuilding athletes are posing for a photo during 10 th round of bodybuilding One Pound Sterling= fairs at the port currently spear- Afghan government. A separate 90.71Afs headed by Afghans. military base is built for the Af- championship organized by Afghanistan Bodybuilding Federation (ABF) on May31-June 3. One Euro= He said a number of airport ghan 205 Atal Military Corps be- Nearly 100 athletes attended the event from several provinces to compete in different 65.60 Afs officials had been sent to India, sides buildings for some compa- Singapore, and other coun- nies. (Pajhwok) weight classes. 1000 Pak Rs= 570Afs This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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THURSDAY . JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Chinese delegation Make in India lion logo not congratulates Pakistan on inspired by Swiss bank ad, says govt The government sought to dismiss reports that the Make in India logo achieving consensus at APC was inspired by a Swiss bank ad- vertisement, saying the symbol has a "vibrant and dynamic" lion as against a "dull and boring" picture in Switzerland's ad campaign. One of the most famous Make in India logos comprises of a lion with industrial wheels, while a similar picture has been noticed in the advertisement campaign of Cantonal Bank of Zurich. Soon after a news website re- ported about this resemblance, af- ter spotting the Swiss bank's ad campaign on the outer body of a train in Zurich, social media went abuzz with comments that the Make in India logo was copied from Switzerland. Seeking to dispel such sugges- tions, Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Amitabh Kant posted pic- Cuban Lions". He further tweeted morial, lion has been the official the lion with the wheels behind the tures of all 30 Make in India logos that "wheel in Ashoka Chakra emblem of India" and it stands for sponsored campaign of the Can- on Twitter and said all of these had forms the centerpiece of India's "courage, tenacity and wisdom -- tonal Bank of Zurich in Switzer- "vibrant and dynamic" lions and national flag. Wheel denotes peace- all Indian values". The News- land was launched on July 4, 2013. none of them resembled the "dull, ful progress and dynamism." He Minute website, which first re- The Make in India logo was boring and monotonous Swiss or also said that "since time imme- ported the resemblance, said that launched on September 25, 2014. ISLAMABAD: A delegation of figures from Beijing as well as a Pakistan Information Corridor as Research and Development Inter- top business group from China's well, in order to support and sup- national (RDI) the new joint autonomous region of Xinjiang plement the CPEC, which would China-Pakistan think tank on Chi- Uyghur, which borders Pakistan. be a one-window operation to pro- na-Pakistan Economic Corridor Through the CPEC, the region will vide necessary information to all. Nepal plans to re-open heritage (CPEC) congratulated PM be connectec with the rest of Chi- The premier was also informed Nawaz and the government on na. In the backdrop of the recent that Chinese authorities are delib- Wednesday on achieving a historic visit by President Xi Jinping, PM erating to hold a CPEC forum ev- consensus on the project. A recent- Nawaz said that CPEC is the flag- ery year in the city of Karamay in sites to tourists in august ly held All Parties Conference ship project of the "One Belt, One Xinjiang. The delegation invited (APC) resulted in support from Road" initiative, since both the belt PM Nawaz to visit Karamay to KATHMANDU: Nepal is plan- of the world heritage sites were the entire political spectrum of and the road have their meeting see the speciel economic zone es- ning to re-open the historical struc- damaged by the earthquakes. Pakistan, after leaders from some point in Pakistan, and would be tablished there. The delegation fur- tures and monuments enlisted by The bodies concerned, who political parties had shown their immensely beneficial for both the ther expressed interest in explor- the UNESCO as World Heritage visited the sites to check their con- concerns regarding the possible countries. ing various areas of cooperation sites to the tourists as well as the dition have claimed that they are route of the CPEC project. Know In the presence of President with Pakistan in fields such as fish- general public from August 17 as not completely damaged, an offi- more: Parties pledge to take full Xi, more than 50 agreements and eries, information technology and only 15 per cent of the sites have cial said. The heritage sites are cer- political ownership of CPEC Dur- Memorandums of Understanding agriculture. They also conveyed re- been damaged in the recent devas- tainly affected by the quake and ing the meeting with the delega- (MoUs) were signed giving a his- gards of Mr Zhang Chun Xian, top tating earthquakes. aftershocks but they are not com- tion at PM House, PM Nawaz said toric opportunity to Pakistan and Chinese leader of the Xinjiang au- The Hanumandhoka Durbar pletely ravaged as reported by a that a parliamentary committee has China to forge an even stronger tonomous region, to PM Nawaz. Square, Patan Durbar Square, section of media, said Director also been formed to oversee CPEC relationship, he said. The Chinese delegation was head- Bhaktapur Durbar Square, General of the Department of Ar- projects and to speed up the pro- The premier also extended ed by Dr Balge Zhao, Former Min- Swayambhunath, Bouddhanath, chaeology, Bhesh Narayan Dahal. cess of building the corridor. He deepest condolences to the leader- ister for Family Planning and co- Pashupatinath, and Changunaray- Various government and non- also said that Pakistan and China ship and people of China on the chairperson Pakistan-China Joint an area are the major sites visited government teams, in coordination are "iron brothers" cooperating tragic incident of a ship sinking in Think Tank on CPEC. Special As- by the tourists. with the local people, have been closely in all domains with the Yangtze river in which over 400 sistant to the prime minister, Mr The number of tourists arriv- working to remove the rubble of common vision of building a bet- persons are still missing and many Tariq Fatemi and Senator Musha- ing in the country has suddenly the structures. ter future for the people of both casualties are feared. Take a look: hid Hussain Sayed, Co-Chair, decreased in the aftermath of the Meanwhile, two aftershocks countries and promote peace in the Over 400 go missing as Chinese Joint Think Tank on CPEC also earthquakes that claimed over were felt in Nepal today. A 4.5 region. PM Nawaz welcomed the cruise vessel capsizes The delega- attended the meeting along with 9,000 lives on April 24. magnitude tremor was recorded at Another 4.1 magnitude tremor was recorded at 2.45 am (local time) with establishment of RDI which com- tion informed the PM Nawaz that Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, However, the government has 1.37 pm (local time) with epicen- epicentre at Sindhupalchowk district, according to the National Seismo- prises leading scholars and public RDI plans to establish a China- Mr Sun Weidong. made it clear that only 15 per cent tre at Sindhupalchowk district. logical Centre. Pakistan will not sign Bangladesh Parliament passes motion thanking India Parliament unanimously passed a welcomed the LBA ratification. na to give her the news personally. motion thanking India, four days The 1974 treaty over the bor- Hasina said she did not care for NPT, says before Modi s scheduled Dhaka der issue between India and Bang- protocol in thanking Gandhi, visit. The Indian Parliament s low- ladesh had not been implemented Swaraj and the people of India. foreign er and upper houses ratified the for necessary amendments in In- Now I am thanking you Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) dian Constitution. through Parliament, she said. Bill last month, clearing way for The Indian government head- About Modi s visit, she said, secretary swapping enclaves with Bang- ed by Manmohan Singh initiated He is coming with a big gift for ladesh. the change and the present gov- the people of Bangladesh the WASHINGTON: Pakistan will Bangladesh Cabinet on May ernment, headed by Modi, finally border agreement. not sign the nuclear Non-Prolifer- 25 ratified the LBA protocol. Tak- cleared it. India s Rajya Sabha and The agreement would have ation Treaty (NPT) because it con- ing part in the discussion, Prime Lok Sabha passed the LBA bill last been passed a long time ago if Ban- siders it discriminatory, said For- Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled month, ahead of Modi s visit. gabandhu (Sheikh Mujibur Rah- eign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad how India stood by Bangladesh During the discussion in Par- man) was alive, she added. Chaudhry as he led the Pakistani during the 1971 Liberation War. liament on Tuesday, Prime Minis- The prime minister said her team at a meeting with US offi- India has always stood by Bang- ter Hasina also thanked India s government was working to cials on Tuesday on security, stra- ladesh in times of need, she said. Leader of the Opposition, Sonia strengthen Bangladesh s position tegic stability and non-prolifera- Leader of the Opposition Gandhi, External Affairs Minister among South Asian countries. tion issues. Raushon Ershad and 18 other MPs Sushma Swaraj, the chief ministers We all will have to work to- It is a discriminatory treaty. took part in the discussion on the of the neighbouring Indian states gether in order to remove our com- Pakistan has the right to defend motion. Raushon lauded the Indi- and the members of the Rajya Sab- mon enemy poverty. That s why itself, so Pakistan will not sign the an prime minister and hoped other ha and Lok Sabha. mutual friendship is important, NPT. Why should we? said the outstanding bilateral issues would She again thanked Modi for she said. Jatiya Party Chairman foreign secretary when asked at a be resolved as well. She praised fulfilling the promise of passing the Hussein Muhammad Ershad said, briefing whether Islamabad would Modi for his political wisdom. LBA he had made during a meeting There is some heart-felt joy, sign the NPT if Washington asked The BNP, which boycotted with her in the US. After the pas- thanks to Prime Minister Sheikh it to do so. the last general elections, has also sage of the bill, Modi called Hasi- Hasina. Already, 190 states have signed the treaty, which came into force in 1970. But South Asia s both US to support Sri Lanka s nuclear states, India and Pakistan, India s import framework have stayed out of it. Also read: Pakistan's acquisi- pursuit of new path to tion of nuclear power smashed In- dia's dreams: Sartaj Aziz Apparently, Pakistan s cate- remains complex: WTO review promote good governance gorical refusal to sign the treaty goes against the US desire to pro- NEW DELHI: India is streamlin- gramme, the Geneva-based multi- ports. This is evidenced by the 15 ify tariff rates in response to do- mote NPT s compliance. But US ing its Customs procedures and im- lateral organisation said. agreements currently in force and mestic and international market and human rights officials have avoided criticising in plementing trade facilitation, but According to the sixth Trade its involvement in the negotiation conditions, but at the same time, public Pakistan s position on this the country s import structure still Policy Review of India, prepared of other agreements, it they reduce tariff predictability. WASHINGTON: The United and other issues. remains complex, WTO has said. by WTO, the country has taken added.Tariff levels It said that the India, the report added, continues States will help the new govern- Although the leader of the US India, it said, took to self-as- several initiatives to modernise its simple average MFN (most to apply import quotas on marble ment of Sri Lanka to pursue the team, Under Secretary of State sessment for Customs procedures intellectual property regime (IPR) favoured nation) tariff rate rose to and similar stones and sandal- democratic path to promote good Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, has is- in 2011 to facilitate trade, and administration and continues its 13 per cent in 2014-15 from 12 wood. State trading applies to governance and improve the coun- sued no public statements on the around 97.6 per cent of imports efforts to enforce IPRs. per cent in 2010-11. certain agricultural goods, urea, and try's human rights, a senior gov- issues being discussed with Paki- were processed through the risk Acknowledging India s sup- This reflects a rise in tariffs certain petroleum oils as a policy ernment official here said Tuesday. stan, her earlier statements do un- management system. port for the multilateral trading in agriculture, particularly for ce- tool to ensure, inter alia, a fair re- Principal Deputy Assistant Sec- derline Washington s careful ap- Despite the implementation system, it said the country has his- reals and preparations thereof, oil- turn to farmers, food security, sup- retary, Bureau of South and Cen- proach on the issues that concern of these measures, India s import torically been party to a few re- seeds and fats, and sugars and con- ply of fertiliser to farmers, and tral Asian Affairs Richard E. Ho- Islamabad. regime remains complex, especial- gional trade pacts. fectionery, it added. It also took functioning of the domestic price agland said the U.S. plans to sup- When a team of the US Arms ly its licensing and permit system, However, despite India s res- note of India s WTO-bound tariff support system, it said. port Sri Lanka to strengthen its Control Association asked Ms and its tariff structure, which has ervations, regionalism has increas- levels much higher than the ap- The report also mentioned In- governance, especially its judicial good governance and human rights. Gottemoeller how could the Unit- multiple exemptions, with rates ingly become an element of its over- plied rates , especially for many dia s recognition that structural is- and financial institutions. Speak- "This new path will be a boon for ed States encourage India and Pa- varying according to product, user all trade policy objective of en- agricultural products. It said these sues act as a barrier to higher ing at Washington International the Sri Lankan people, but also for kistan to contribute to global nu- or specific export promotion pro- hanced market access for its ex- gaps allow the government to mod- growth. Business Council on Tuesday on U.S. interests: we can now work clear disarmament process, she the "Developments in South and together with Sri Lanka to promote underlined the measures Pakistan Central Asia", the senior State good governance and human rights had taken to protect its nuclear Department official said the dem- abroad, as well as improve mari- facilities. They have agreed to es- ocratic elections in early January time security in the Indian Ocean," tablish their regional training cen- this year in Sri Lanka have brought he said. Speaking about the devel- tre on nuclear security matters as about "a sea-change" in the rela- opments in South and Central Asia, an asset for the International Atom- tionship between the two coun- Hoagland said the region is truly ic Energy Agency in the regional tries. "Democratic elections have at the world's crossroads - span- context, to provide training cours- also brought about a sea-change in ning vital sea lanes to the south es for regional partners, she not- our relationship with Sri Lanka, a and burgeoning trade routes and ed. They can and they will play a mere 35 miles across the Palk Strait energy flows to the north. role of that kind, and I think that s from India's southeast coast, where "So this is a region not just at a very good, that s very commend- the new president has moved the geographic crossroads, but also at able. Responding to a question on country away from divisive poli- the crossroads of global economic fissile material production in South tics and crony capitalism toward a and strategic trends," he said. Asia, Ms Gottemoeller stressed new path of reconciliation and in- He said the U.S. is also work- the need for both India and Paki- clusive development," Hoagland ing to promote strong trade ties stan to take further steps to pro- said. "We plan to do a lot to sup- between South Asia and Southeast tect their fissile material holdings, port Sri Lanka's pursuit of that new Asia with an economic corridor as well as controlling and account- path, to strengthen its governance, that goes from India, through Bur- ing for them. Foreign Secretary Ai- especially its judicial and financial ma, and on to the southeast. zaz Chaudhry, when asked to un- institutions," the official said. He Speaking about Bangladesh, derline the steps Pakistan had tak- said the new path will be a boon the top official said Bangladesh en to protect its nuclear assets, for the U.S. interests as the two has the potential to become a mod- said: We have established a multi- countries can work together now ern and prosperous country, one layer system and a strong com- to improve maritime security in the that connects the economies of mand and control system. Indian Ocean while promoting South Asia and Southeast Asia. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JUNDE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Iran deal will reduce nuclear enrichment A nuclear deal with Iran will sig- nificantly reduce Tehran's enrich- ment capacity, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's national security ad- viser told a conference in . Dr. Colin H. Kahl, speaking at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, said the current deal being ham- mered out was the best on offer, despite many skeptical voices in the U.S. and elsewhere, including Gulf Arab states. "Under the deal we are negoti- ating... Iran's enrichment capabili- ty will be substantially rolled back," said Kahl. "The deal we are negotiating makes us and the region safer." The ongoing talks to finalize a nuclear accord between Iran and After three decades of enmity, Following talks last weekend, world powers, including the Unit- any accord would pave the way to U.S. Secretary of State John Ker- ed States, are deadlocked weeks bringing Iran back into the interna- ry broke a leg while cycling but ahead of a deadline. tional fold and potentially create advisers said the accident would Negotiations at the weekend fresh impetus to resolve a host of not slow the globe-trotting diplo- in Geneva, Switzerland, failed to conflicts in the Middle East. mat. Kahl said on Monday that bridge differences between Wash- On April 2, Iran and the "today" it would take Iran two- ington and Tehran, especially over "P5+1" -- as the US and its part- to-three months to produce enough the crucial issue of inspections of ners are known -- agreed to the main fissile material for one bomb. But military sites. outlines of a nuclear deal, with despite criticism he said a negoti- Other sticking points remain, Tehran agreeing to rein in and moth- ated settlement was the best solu- including the possible military di- ball large sections of its atomic tion. "In the absence of compre- At least 10,000 ISIS fighters have Blinken said on France Inter radio, initiative. "At the start of this cam- ing the flow of foreign fighters to mensions of the Iranian nuclear program. But differences remain, hensive agreement to deal with this been killed since the international using the Arabic acronym for ISIS. paign (we) said it would take time," his country. The meeting follows program and the demands by the with both the United States and challenge and constrain Iran's pro- coalition started its campaign "It will end up having an impact." he said. "We have conceived a the Iraqi government's biggest mil- P5+1 group for U.N. inspections Iran under immense pressure from gram, Iran would likely install and against the militant group nine Blinken was speaking after the three-year plan and we're nine itary setback in nearly a year. On of Iranian military bases. hardliners not to make major con- begin operating tens of thousands months ago in Iraq and Syria, U.S. coalition made up of Western and months into it." Iraq's Prime Min- May 17, ISIS seized Ramadi from A deadline has been set for cessions. Since the April 2 accord, of fissile centrifuges in the near Deputy Secretary of State Antony Arab states met in Paris, he said ister on Tuesday accused the in- the demoralized and disordered Ira- June 30 to reach a ground-break- technical experts have been meet- future," he added. The forum is a Blinken said on Wednesday. there had been a great deal of ternational coalition fighting ISIS qi army. The city is just 90 km ing agreement that would see Iran ing behind the scenes to overcome three-day long conference involv- "We have seen a lot of losses progress in the fight against Islam- of not doing enough to tackle the west of Baghdad and the capital of curtail its nuclear ambitions in re- the remaining issues. But many of ing politicians, policy advisers and within Daesh since the start of this ic State but that the group remained militant group, and said key mem- the overwhelmingly Sunni Anbar turn for a lifting of crippling inter- the decisions now need to be made academics from across the Middle campaign, more than 10,000," resilient and capable of taking the bers like are not curb- province. national sanctions. at a political level. East and the United States. Divers comb capsized Myanmar lands China ship, 700 migrants, US hopes fade for survivors says Rohingya

JIANLI: Rescuers searched a sunk- en cruise ship in the Yangtze River should be citizens on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them eld- erly, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years. State television showed rescu- ers, some standing gingerly on the upturned hull of the Eastern Star, and scores of divers working through the night. JAKARTA/MAUNGDAW: My- toric general election scheduled for Only 14 people, including the anmar brought ashore more than November, Richard said, which ship's captain, have been found 700 "boat people" it had kept at was hindering political discussion alive since the ship capsized in a sea for days aboard a seized ves- of the status of the Rohingya, who freak tornado on Monday night sel, as the United States on are deeply resented by many of with 456 people on board. Just 19 Wednesday called on the country Rakhine's Buddhist majority. Im- bodies have been recovered. to help solve a migrant crisis by ages of desperate people crammed Rescuers have not slackened recognising the rights of its Mus- aboard overloaded boats with lit- off, even though about 200 divers lim Rohingya minority. tle food or water has focused in- face difficulties such as cabin doors U.S. President Barack Obama ternational attention on the region's blocked by tables and beds. There has sought to make Myanmar's latest migrant crisis. is also the fear that rashly cutting transition to democracy a legacy The crisis blew up last month holes in the hull could burst air of his presidency, and Washington after the Thai crackdown made it pockets keeping people alive. is stepping up pressure on the too risky for people smugglers to "Although there's lots of work Southeast Asian nation to tackle land their human cargo. Smugglers to do, saving people is still being what it sees as the root causes of abandoned boats full of migrants put first," Transport Ministry an exodus of migrants across the at sea. spokesman Xu Chengguang told Bay of Bengal that the region has Richard said she would like to reporters. But some relatives were At least 24 people, including eight including eight children, when gov- of the number of people seriously Assad has denied that his forces struggled to cope with. see all Myanmar's political lead- already bracing themselves for the children, were killed in government ernment helicopters dropped at wounded. use the weapons, but evidence col- The 727 migrants were found ers address the issue. Opposition worst. "Yesterday I still had some barrel bomb attacks in northern least four barrel bombs, the Brit- Regime barrel bombs -- crude lected by activists and rights drifting in the Andaman Sea on leader and Nobel Laureate Aung hope. The boat is big and the wa- Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring ain-based monitor said. And in weapons made of containers groups includes footage of the bar- Friday in an overloaded fishing San Suu Kyi has faced internation- ter hadn't gone all the way in. Now, group said. The Syrian Observa- Idlib province, eight members of packed with explosives -- have rels being pushed from army heli- boat that was taking on water. al criticism for failing to speak out it's been more that 40 hours. I ask tory for Human Rights said the one family were killed in a barrel often struck schools, hospitals and copters. More than 220,000 peo- Myanmar's navy brought the ves- on behalf of the nation's many eth- you, what do I have left?" said deaths came in two incidents, in bomb attack in the town of Kafr markets in Syria. ple have been killed in Syria since sel to the coast of western Rakhine nic groups, including the Ro- Wang Feng, a 35-year-old wedding Aleppo province in the north of Sijna. The Observatory, which re- Rights groups criticise them as the conflict began in March 2011 state, where they disembarked on hingya. photographer whose father was on the country and Idlib province in lies on a network of sources on the indiscriminate, saying they kill a with anti-government demonstra- Wednesday. "We would love to see all Bur- the ship. The ship was on an 11- the northwest. In Tal Rifaat in ground, said the tolls in both inci- disproportionate number of civil- tions that were met with a regime Scores of migrant men were sat mese leaders speak up on human day voyage upstream from the city Aleppo, 16 people were killed, dents were expected to rise because ians. Syrian President Bashar al- crackdown. on the ground at the landing spot rights and to realise that they of Nanjing, near Shanghai, to near the town of Maungdaw, close should help the Rohingya," Rich- Chongqing. While the People's to the border with Bangladesh, a ard said. "The boats are not going Daily said the ship passed inspec- UN urges Reuters witness said. Others as- to wait until December - the peo- tions by authorities in Chongqing s Sisi in Berlin amid sembled inside a warehouse, and ple on the boats need help right last month, in 2013 it was investi- all were being watched over by now." At an international meeting gated and held by authorities due dozens of police, the witness said. on the migrant crisis in Bangkok to defects, according to documents humanitarian There were no aid personnel yet on Friday, Myanmar bristled when from a local maritime protests over rights record at the site, he added.Many of the the United Nations raised the citi- watchdog.The Nanjing Maritime ceasefire more than 4,000 migrants who have zenship issue and when other del- Safety Administration investigat- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah A new humanitarian pause to fight- landed in Indonesia, Malaysia, egates blamed the country for the ed Eastern Star as part of a safety el-Sisi has begun a state visit to ing in Yemen has been urged by Thailand and Myanmar since the problem. campaign into passenger ferries Germany amid controversy over the U.N. Security Council on Tues- Thai government launched a crack- "You cannot single out my and tour boats and held the ship his country's human rights record. day. In a unanimous statement, the down on people-smuggling gangs country," said Myanmar's head of are Rohingya who say they are delegation Htein Lin. along with five other vessels, ac- Sisi met with German Presi- 15-member council backed a call cording to three documents on the dent Joachim Gauck at his official escaping persecution. Richard said that the United by Secretary General Ban Ki- It was not immediately clear States was not considering impos- bureau's website. The documents residence, Bellevue Castle, in Ber- moon, saying that peace talks did not give any detail on the na- lin and will later hold talks with where the people on the boat were ing sanctions on Myanmar over should swiftly be held. from. Myanmar authorities have the issue, but that sanctions were ture of the defects related to East- Chancellor Angela Merkel. He will The statement added that the ern Star but said that the issues also meet corporate leaders at a said they believe most are Bang- always "in the diplomatic toolbox". council was deeply disappoint- ladeshis. Obama has invested significant were reported to the Chongqing business conference on Thursday. ed that talks scheduled for Gene- maritime safety bureau. The search Earlier this month, Parliament Myanmar officials had said last personal effort and prestige in pro- va last week were pushed back. month that another migrant boat moting democracy in Myanmar, area has been expanded up to 220 Speaker Norbert Lammert rescind- Council members endorsed km (135 miles) downstream, state ed an invitation to meet with Sisi, found at sea with more than 200 which emerged from 49 years of citing Egypt's human rights record. the U.N. secretary general s call for people on board was mostly filled military rule in 2010, travelling television said, suggesting that a further humanitarian pause in or- many bodies could have been A statement from Lammert's On Tuesday, human rights actually harbours no sympathies with economic migrants from Bang- there twice in the past three years. office on May 19 read: "Despite der to allow assistance to reach the ladesh. But interviews by Reuters The U.S. president said in a swept far away from where the groups had urged Merkel to link at all, so I don't see how it would Yemeni people urgently, said the ship foundered in the rain-swollen expectations from Egypt to sched- found more than 150 Rohingya had routine note to Congress last closer ties to Egypt to addressing be different with Sisi," Brakel said. statement. river. Three of the bodies were ule a date for the long-awaited par- pervasive violations. "Germany 'Regime is scared' earlier been on the same boat, but month that Washington - while not found 50 km (30 miles) away near liamentary elections, what we are The consultations in Geneva were quietly whisked off by traf- curtailing engagement with Myan- should continue to freeze transfers A plane carrying more than need to happen without pre-con- Yueyang city in neighboring Hunan witnessing in recent months is sys- of arms and security-related items 140 Sisi supporters, including ce- fickers before authorities brought mar - would maintain some sanc- province, state media said. tematic persecution of opposition ditions, U.N. spokesman the vessel to shore. Myanmar tions on the country. "We really that can be used for repression until lebrities, had departed early on Stephane Dujarric told Agence Zou Luwang, who lives in a groups, mass arrests, convictions Egypt investigates and brings to Tuesday for Berlin ahead of his does not recognise its .1 million- hope we are working with a Bur- France-Presse. village near the river, said the gov- to lengthy prison terms and an in- justice the security forces respon- visit. strong Rohingya minority as citi- ma that is on a path to being a more ernment had called residents to credible number of death sentenc- sible for unlawful killings of hun- But human rights activist We would also like to see an zens, rendering them effectively responsible member of the inter- warn of extreme weather condi- es, which include former parlia- dreds of protesters," read a joint Mohammed Lotfy, who was due immediate cessation of hostilities stateless. Many have fled the national community," Richard said. tions on the night the ship cap- ment speaker al-Katatni. letter by five groups, including to speak before Germany's parlia- but we are not in a situation where apartheid-like conditions of the Many Bangladeshis fleeing sized. "I believe those who oper- "Given this situation, which Human Rights Watch and Amnes- ment, said he was banned from trav- we need to see a cessation before country's Rakhine state. Myanmar poverty at home have joined the ate the boats have expertise about contributes neither to domestic ty International. But with much elling at the airport and had his the talks begin, he said. denies it discriminates against Rohingya on the boats. this, but the weather was unusual- peace nor to the democratisation of the Middle East plunged into passport confiscated. An announcement on a new them. "Rohingyas need to be treat- Around 800 Bangladeshis ly bad for these parts," he told of the country, Lammert sees for violent chaos in the years since the "What is more concerning is date for the talks, possibly around ed as citizens of Burma," U.S. As- were among more than 1,800 mi- Reuters. Zhang Hui, a tour guide the time being no ground for a meet- Arab Spring uprisings, Western that the regime is scared of even June 10, was imminent, a diplo- sistant Secretary of State Anne Ri- grants who landed in Indonesia's who survived the disaster, told the ing with President el-Sisi." nations have once again come to one person going out to speak crit- matic source told AFP. chard told reporters at a press Aceh in May, Thomas Vargas, the official Xinhua news agency that 'Repression' see many of the region's leaders ically. That is a sign of how frail A five-day pause earlier this briefing in Jakarta, using the coun- representative to Indonesia for it was raining so hard, water was Sisi's office says the Egyptian who have been criticised for rights the state is," Lotfy said. month allowed aid agencies to try's former name. "They need to U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, told seeping through cabin windows, leader is in Germany to boost eco- violations as partners for stabili- Since ousting the democratical- reach civilians caught in the fight- have identity cards and passports reporters at the same press brief- and that the ship then listed vio- nomic, military and security co- ty. "Merkel probably doesn't have ly elected Mohamed Morsi in ing, but U.N. efforts to prolong that make clear they are as much ing on Wednesday. Among the lently. "I thought, 'this isn't right', operation, and highlighted the a lot of sympathy for Sisi, but she 2013, the military-backed govern- the truce failed. citizens of Burma as anyone else." group of 1,800 were some 350 and I told my colleague, 'I think $4.8bn in bilateral trade between is enough into realpolitik to just ment has waged a sweeping crack- Yemen has been engulfed in Obama said on Monday that My- unaccompanied minors, he said. we're in trouble'. After I said that, the two countries last year. go along and not stir up things too down on his supporters and jailed turmoil since Houthi militias anmar needed to end discrimina- Vargas reiterated a UN estimate the ship flipped over. It only took Germany's Siemens company much," said Kristian Brakel, a secular activists for taking part in seized the capital Sanaa in Septem- tion against the Rohingya people that around 2,000 people were still 30 seconds or a minute," Zhang has made the largest single com- Middle East expert at Germany's unauthorised street protests. ber and advanced on the southern if it wanted to succeed in its tran- at sea and said the first priority said. Li Yongjun, the captain of a mitment so far to Egypt under Si- Council for Foreign Relations. "We Those jailed include some of city of Aden, forcing President sition to a democracy. for nations involved in the crisis freighter that passed near the East- si's year-long rule - an $11bn agree- have seen her deal with a lot of the leading secular and left-wing Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi to flee [ID:nL1N0YN2AO] Politicians in and for international organisations ern Star shortly before it capsized. ment to build power plants. political leaders [with] whom she activists behind the 2011 uprising. into exile in Saudi Arabia. Myanmar were focused on a his- should be to save lives. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY .JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion Meet the Afghan photographers AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir telling their country s stories Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] A new documentary showcases four Afghan photographers working in the war-torn country

Email: [email protected] By Laurence Butet-Roch the documentary Frame by past the very stories that gets to see what it means to be www.afghanistantimes.af With the strengthening of Tal- Frame . The cast is composed inform their gaze and shape a storyteller, to be seeking truth iban s hold on Afghanistan in of photographers that distin- their voice a larger layered when people are putting barri- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi the 1990s, came the end of a guish themselves not only by narrative emerges; that of a ers in front of you, to uphold long photographic tradition. At the compelling nature of their disrupted nation. your responsibility to your Advisory editorial board the turn of the 20th century, work, but also by their enthral- Originally, we thought it craft no matter what s thrown the ruling royal family prac- ling personalities. Beside would be a short film, says your way and to seek beauty Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, ticed photography as a hobby, wholehearted and wise Musaf- Bombach. But, as we were and justice through photogra- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal and a serious one at that. er, considered the grandfather conducting the interviews, the phy, says Scarpelli, who was Habibullah Khan, the Emir from of modern photojournalism in complexity of what was hap- greatly inspired by how much Graphic-Designers: 1901 to 1919, set up a studio in the country, there s the trail- pening, of what each photog- humanity is bursting from each the palace while organizing blazing, industrious and rapher was going through, the and every one of the protago- Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari competitions and exhibitions. thoughtful Farzana Wahidy, heaviness of their past and nists images. Marketing & Advertising: Decades later, box cameras had her calm and astute husband how that affects how they Frame by frame , these made their way into the streets, Massoud Hossaini, winner of shoot now, it became clear that four photojournalists, as well Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 popularizing the postcard-for- a Pulitzer Prize in 2012, and it needed to be a feature length as their colleagues, are build- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan mat family portrait. Yet, today, Wakil Kohsar, the soulful up- that would use human narra- ing an indispensable visual an entire generation is left and-comer. tives to give a much better history of these tumultuous Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 without pictures of their youth, At first, I wasn t sure I sense of what s been going on times. Afghanistan is in a very Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press let alone a visual history of wanted to be part of a movie, in the past thirty years. particular and uncertain place their nation. says Wahidy. At the time, I Take Kohsar. As he shares right now. Everyone is holding A country without pho- was trying to keep a low pro- memories from his childhood their breath, says Scarpelli, tographs is a country without file, mainly for security reasons fleeing Panjshir and seeking echoing Hosseini s worries, The constitution says identity, says Najibullah and so that I could continue to refuge in Iran the plight of expressed in the documentary, Musafer, a photojournalist who do my work with as few hur- Afghan refugees under the that the world might forget Af- took great risks to document dles as possible. But when I Taliban regime comes to light. ghanistan again. Frame by Article 153: his homeland despite the pro- saw that they were going The footage of him working frame , the movie reminds us Judges, Attorneys, Officers of the Armed Forces, Police and officials of the hibition. After seeing b-roll ahead with it, and with three offers glimpses of issues such why we should not. National Security shall not become members of political parties during their from Afghanistan that chal- men, I felt it was my duty to be as the prevalence of drug ad- Frame by Frame s interna- lenged their perceptions of the in it. The documentary makes diction and of political disillu- tional premieres is this week at term of office. war-torn region, Alexandria clear how difficult it can be for sion. And, his struggle with an Toronto s Hot Docs film festi- Bombach and Mo Scarpelli, her to gain access, especially official who suggest that he val. (Courtesy: TIME) two American filmmakers, felt given that photographing takes a staged photograph of Laurence Butet-Roch is a it necessary to connect with women, which she s special- voters getting their election freelance writer, photo editor Editorial storytellers from the area com- ized in, remains highly taboo. card rather than allowing him and photographer based in mitted to sharing more nu- As the camera follows the in is telling of a country where Toronto, Canada. She is a anced accounts of their coun- quartet in their daily lives, and misinformation is widespread. member of the Boreal Collec- Killing of aid workers in try. Their curiosity prompted as they share stories from their I hope that an audience tive. Balkh an inhuman act What if Fifa war is not about football or graft? \By Shobhan Saxena rope (minus Russia and Spain) ation (CBF) official, speaking Fifa been dominated by Eu- and North America versus the on condition of anonymity. ropeans for most of its history. Militants killed nine local aid workers working at a Czech NGO, Forget the analogies about foot- rest of the world it was clear Why arrest them just 24 hours Under Blatter, things changed ball being more important than that a winner would emerge before the election? They were dramatically as he took the People in Need , in Balkh province, on Monday night. The inci- life and religion. The Beautiful only after some serious blood- not running away. Why did the World Cup to new regions, es- dent took place in Zare district when the compound of the aid agen- Game has always been all about letting. But just two days be- cops come with three American pecially to emerging countries. cy came under attack from militants. This Czech agency works with politics among nations on and fore the Blatter-Prince Ali face- journalists in tow? FIFA is The past two editions of the off the pitch. And now, it s off, the United States weighed based in Switzerland. All its of- World Cup have been played farmers in the province. No militant group has claimed responsibili- reaching Cold War levels. in with full force as the Federal ficial business is done in Swit- in South Africa and Brazil. The ty for the attack, so far. The terror act drew domestic and interna- On Friday, as soon as Sepp Bureau of Investigation arrest- zerland. How come the Ameri- next one is in Russia. All three Blatter was elected president of ed seven high-ranking FIFA cans suddenly jumped into it are BRICS countries. It s obvi- tional criticism. Amnesty International called on the government to the international football feder- representatives on corruption even as a Swiss probe in going ous that the west is not very take actions against those involved in the attack. Targeting aid workers ation (FIFA) for another term, charges following a raid on their on? he asked. happy with this. All this talk he was surrounded by African Zurich hotel. Soon after the of- Blatter, even in his own about corruption is an attempt doesn t only violate international law, but also this is something against delegates, who shook his ficials all from Central and words, is not perfect. Far from by Europe and America to bring Afghan culture and Islam. The problem is that they have had been hands, hugged and kissed him. South America were taken it. A smooth operator and great the game back into their sphere Then came the Asians followed into custody, US attorney-gen- survivor, he has friends and en- of influence, says Thiago Cas- attacked in the country many times. Last year, five aid workers of by Latin Americans. Earlier, eral Loretta Lynch called them emies in equal numbers. But sis, a reputed Brazilian football the Save the Children were kidnapped by the Taliban in central when Blatter delivered his vic- criminals and demanded that why has this Swiss man sud- writer. There is a lot of corrup- tory speech a breathless jum- the World Cup allotted to Rus- denly become a villain for Eu- tion in European football too. Uruzgan. Later on their dead bodies were found. More than 48 hu- ble of platitudes delegates sia (2018) and Qatar (2022) be rope and the US? Has Blatter They do not talk about it. This manitarian workers were killed, injured or kidnapped, at last count from Africa, Asia and Latin cancelled. damaged the Beautiful Game whole game is not about tack- America, Russia and Oceania But a day is a long time in more than his predecessors, ling corruption, but regaining in 2013. The recent incidents push the nation in extreme dismay and gave him a standing ovation. football politics. Twenty-four who too had to bow out in dis- control. anxiety that at last who is safe here? Children are not safe. Women For a man who had been de- hours after Lynch s barbs grace, in his 17 years at the In the good old days of Eu- clared dead by the Western against Fifa and Blatter, the helm? Why are the Americans ropean domination, nobody are not safe. Military men are not safe. Civilians are not safe. For- media just 24 hours ago, it was Swiss football administrator so interested in cleaning up could have imagined that the eigners are not safe. Locals are not safe. Aid workers are not safe. an incredible resurrection. was back in control. On Satur- a game that has been managed World Cup would one day go At FIFA s convention hall day morning, he blasted the US mostly by Europeans so far? to Africa, as it did in 2010, or Being a soft target, working as aid workers in conflict zones has in Zurich, as Blatter was being for targeting football s world Blatter s main crime may not that three emerging countries always been a dangerous job. This is perhaps all over the globe feted by the big bosses of re- body and slammed Europe s be corruption. It could be his would host the mega-event gional and national federations, football bosses for a hate reluctance to play geopolitical back-to-back. Now with China where there is conflict and war, but in Afghanistan it is particularly a his challenger Prince Ali bin al- campaign. games as demanded by Euro- eyeing the 2026 tournament, riskiest job. For how long they will continue to be a soft target for Hussein of Jordan sat in the It s an open secret that there peans and Americans that has which the US also wants to front row with a long face. Giv- is rampant corruption in foot- suddenly made him a villain. host, there is panic in the West militants? When the Taliban knows that aid workers have nothing to ing him company in sorrow was ball at all levels. It s no state Blatter s problems with the US as the emerging countries, with do with politics, and anti-Taliban military offensives, then Michel Platini, the former secret that FIFA is run like the began in 2005 when he declined their growing economies and French footballer and president most private of private clubs the then US Secretary of State huge TV audiences, threaten to why their ire falls on them, as they have long been repeatedly target- of the European football feder- with little public accountabili- Condoleeza Rice s demand for take the game away from them. ed. Call it a failure of the government s diplomacy or insanity of the ation (UEFA). After the Jorda- ty. Though all football federa- Iran be thrown out of the 2006 Even India, which has been giv- nian conceded defeat, Platini tions and officials had been World Cup as part of sanctions en the Under-17 World Cup in Taliban, but the act is inhuman. That the nation is receiving dead look shattered, trying to figure aware of the American investi- against the Asian country. 2017, may make a bid for a fu- bodies from all side? It shows how barbarous the Taliban have out what went wrong. A day gation into allegations of brib- Things became worse when the ture World Cup. earlier, the Frenchman had ery, going back to 1991, nobody Palestinians were allowed to This change has happened become. And as the US and other foreign forces have already end- hailed Prince Ali as the great expected early morning raids join the global football associ- because of Blatter s efforts at ed combat mission, the operational landscape for aid and humani- hope for football and an anti- and arrests. The raids were ation. making football a truly global dote to corruption because he strategically timed, but if the While Blatter has been sport. Under him, FIFA has in- tarian workers must change. They must not be targeted anymore. is a prince and he doesn t need purpose of the arrests was to trying to make football bigger vested millions of dollars in in- The government, the United Nations, and the Taliban must devise a the money . But few delegates, make Blatter s backers fall in and better by taking it to all frastructure and projects in Af- except UEFA members and their line, it backfired. It happened parts of the world, the Europe- rica and Asia. Despite the west- rule and regulation that make it binding on all parties to the war to American partners, bought Pla- like an intelligence operation. ans have been worried about ern media dubbing this as Blat- take care of those who work in humanitarian sector. Unfortunately, tini s theory. Our phones were tapped. The losing control. For Americans, ter s way of buying influence in the recent times, insecurity and terrorism surged to a level that This was FIFA s bloodiest police came to the hotel and the game is an instrument of and indulging in corruption, election ever. With the 209 picked these officials up as if their politics and Blatter be- the delegates from these re- was never seen before. When the Taliban have become more and members of the football body they were being kidnapped, came a hurdle in it, says the gions stood by him on Fri- more fearless and increased their deadliest attacks, the government divided into two camps Eu- says a Brazilian football feder- Brazilian official. day. (TheWire.in) needs to deal them with the same impetuous. Until the nation stands behind the government and unanimously rejects the ignominious war of the Taliban, the government alone cannot subdue this threat. The responsibility lies with the new administration in Kabul how to bol- ster security measures and rebuild the trust of the people as the internal bickering among the leaders of the National Unity Govern- ment, has been causing estrangement. Now, a general view is on the spread that the hike in militant attacks has taken place because of government s incapacity of maintaining security. The government needs to pave way for consensus among the domestic and interna- tional partners on a unified strategy how to weed out terrorism as we are the worst victims of terror and we need peace at all costs. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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return to democracy in 1988, re- strictions began to be rolled back. With terror, the cycle has be- By Dr Kamal Monnoo from ensuring free and fair trade but at the same time, openness also gun anew. For example, in urban and removal of all barriers, tariff exposes them to competition from Pakistan, music bands now rarely It will do our Ministry of Com- and non-tariff, now to mere facil- rival foreign firms, paring their By Madiha Afzal the devastating November 2nd terrorism increasing significantly hold outdoor concerts (a mainstay merce, some good to first proper- itation . India s demand for conces- margins. Some firms may go out Wagah border bombing) is rumbling after the mid-2000s, Pakistan still of entertainment in the 1990s and ly understand modern day trends sions on agriculture stockpiling led of business, however, between the Pakistanis are euphoric that they forward into the 21st century with ranks ahead of almost half of the early 2000s) given security prob- in Trade and Economic Linkages to the collapse of the Bali world- domestic survivors and the foreign recently hosted the Zimbabwe constant construction, clogged countries surveyed. lems. Pakistanis have come to before devising its trade strategies. wide trade deal, i.e. when India un- entrants, consumers still have more cricket team, after the 2009 attack rush-hour traffic, and a startling One might see this as the def- terms with this. Perhaps there is a After all, there was also significant veiled its veto power at the elev- to choose from. Thus the gains on the Sri Lankan cricket team in amount of business activity con- inition of resilience, but such ad- belief that they have been here be- trade and economic linkages be- enth hour. As we know, the Bali from trade arise not from special- Lahore sounded the death knell for ducted on cell phones. Car sales aptation is also dangerous. In fore, and this too shall pass. Ex- tween a colonized India and the success, albeit a modest one, was ization, but from scale economies , foreign cricket team visits to Paki- are booming and the stock market adapting to insecurity, Pakistanis cept now it is no longer a single Great Britain, but was it really reached after some hectic and nerve fiercer competition and cornuco- stan. Cricket matches in Lahore s is thriving. Citizens strive to ac- are living ever more circumscribed dictator controlling speech, action, good for India and in the interest wrecking deliberations. Why mod- pia of choice that globalization Gaddafi stadium were sold out, quire the trappings of a modern lives. Terror has come to define and belief, but dozens of terrorist of native Indians? Global trade has est, because the agreement merely provides. This concept of scale filled with cheering fans. For Paki- life, and news of attacks and vio- what they can do and say, how groups and thousands of terrorists. evolved over the last 8 years, es- covered trade facilitation , simpli- economies for the first time gives stanis, this offered a glimpse of the lence blurs into this landscape, they can act, and how they can And their weapon is not prison, pecially post 2008 financial crisis, fying customs procedures, and not economics a sense of space and way things were before years of ebbing and flowing each day. worship. but lethal violence. With shrinking followed by the global recession, the broad liberalization that has provides empirical evidence in sup- being treated as pariahs because of Of course, security measures Police investigators recently space for free speech and diversi- where the new norm is that while been the original aim of the main port of free trade. What in reality security problems. have increased in the wake of the reported that Sabeen Mahmud was ty, Pakistan s population of free expansion of trade is a worthy glo- WTO initiative at Doha. Still, the we learn from Mr. Krugman s work However, as made clear by the Peshawar attack last December. targeted because of her campaign thinkers and diverse groups is bal cause, it cannot be pursued breakthrough covered some useful is that regional focus, proximity foiled attack which killed two peo- Visiting a school or university in- against infamous Red Mosque cler- dwindling. And that is alarming blindly. Even when I look back at stuff. The result was that this and neighborhood cooperation in- ple near Gaddafi stadium on May volves greater questioning and ic Abdul Aziz. Given the timing of because even if this phase passes, my book A Study of WTO , pub- opened up the dangerous possibil- stead yield new, yet, tangible kinds 29, redemption is a long way away. screening at the gates than last her killing after she had hosted Pakistan may not be able to go back lished back in 2007, I realize that ity of countries embarking on the of benefits and strengths. Through In the past five weeks alone, more year. Parents can no longer enter a panel discussion on the insur- to the way things were. it is now time for up-dating it. The route of plurilateral agreements , his work the gross importance of than 43 Ismaili Muslims were their children s schools at pickup gency in Balochistan the initial For now, even amidst growing same applies when looking to lib- deals whereby group of countries, regional cooperation for the first killed in a gun attack on a bus on time; they submit their national suspect was Pakistan s powerful conservatism and intolerance, in- eralize trade and to enhance eco- not necessarily belonging to the time comes to the global fore front, May 14; Karachi University as- identity cards to a guard and wait intelligence agency. Regardless of tellectual life and liberal thought nomic linkages in South Asia. Gone same region, get together to agree highlighted by 3 main points. sistant professor Wahidur Rahman while the card is verified and their who killed her, the signal her death continues in Pakistan. are the days when trade promo- on liberalizing rules on one sort of Firstly, the regions that fail to of- was killed on April 29; and activ- child is then escorted through the sends is unmistakable. The warn- During a recent visit to Paki- tion endeavors could simply be good or service, with others free to fer space for joint production and ist Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead school gate. ing to those who raise their voices stan, I saw students at various viewed through the prism of pro- join as and when it suits them. The common productivity develop- on April 25, all in Karachi. These Pakistanis are constantly in opposition to abuses of power universities in Lahore, hailing from motion of globalization, as coun- emerging plurilateral examples be- ment tend to lose out in the long are only some of the attacks that adapting to terror. Take average by the state, religious dogma, and rural and urban areas all over Paki- tries, developed and developing, ing: upcoming deals between Chi- run. Secondly, negative spillovers occurred during this period. All happiness, measured by asking terrorism is clear: they could be stan, quote Rousseau and Chom- these days getting more and more na & Brazil, also possibly between cannot be avoided. Meaning, a three incidents of violence target- people to evaluate their current next. sky, engage in thoughtful discus- focused on protection of jobs and China and Russia and of course the neighbor s loss cannot be your gain ed individuals or groups for their lives on a scale of 0 to 10. Accord- In one way, Pakistan has been sions about what kind of state Pa- safeguarding of their core manu- TPP itself. So a fair question to ask and a regional partner s problem words, actions, or beliefs. ing to the 2015 World Happiness here before. It was liberal until the kistan ought to be and why. But to facturing sectors at home. There here would be that why even en- cannot be bottled up within the Outside Pakistan, it is per- Report, Pakistan ranks 81 out of late 1970s, when General Zia-ul- ensure that such discussion can are numerous examples of these: deavor to liberalize trade in general geographical boundaries of that ceived as moving from one attack 158 countries in terms of happi- Haq s military dictatorship Islam- thrive, the state needs to guaran- Just a few weeks back, the Demo- and that within South Asia in par- country. Thirdly, and the most to the next, with little sense of life ness between 2012 and 2014 ized the country and clamped tee security to its citizens, and crat Congressmen in the USA shot ticular? The answer to this stems important, is poverty alleviation, in the country beyond violence. happier than Bangladesh (ranked down on personal and political free- safeguard their right to worship, down the bid of their own Presi- from three main reasons. Firstly, a geographical challenge that needs But Pakistan particularly ur- 109) and India (ranked 117). And doms. His rule lasted eleven years. speak, and act as they please. With- dent Obama for signing the pro- despite all concerns the overall pos- to be tackled at a regional level. ban Pakistan does not fit the while this report shows that hap- But there was a difference from out that, no grand investment posed Trans Pacific Partnership, itives from trade far outweigh the While there remains a long list of standard image of a war-torn coun- piness levels have declined in Pa- today: ordinary citizens did not schemes, planned economic corri- on a fast track, as they see it to be negatives. Protectionism, according measures that need to undertaken try. Lahore, despite a spate of at- kistan between the 2005 to 2007 pay for dissent with their lives. At dors, or any amount of prosperity treaty that is likely to cost Amer- to a study by the famous Lawrence in this regard, the ones of para- tacks since November (including and 2012 to 2014 surveys, despite the end of Zia s rule and with a is worth a dime. icans jobs and erode wages. To- and Edwards, is a high-cost option mount importance are a need to day s Japan is also being seen to in an interdependent environment ensure that trade in SAARC is fair facilitate national manufacturing in and the socialist countries of the and equitable for all members Differences don t order to cut cost of doing business post-World War II era learnt this and not skewed in just one coun- Nuclear deal at home and to move back its off- the hard way. They basically argue try s (India s) favor. For example, shore production. President Ashraf on how increased, but prudent im- it may not be in Pakistan s inter- Ghani of Afghanistan has also ports induce indigenous industries est to blindly liberalize trade with kill relation- complicated by India unless the endeavor also en- made it very clear to the visiting to be more competitive. Ultimate- sures visible economic gains for Pakistan business delegations in ly this enhanced competitiveness, Pakistan. Non-tariff barriers need recent months that while he will leads to increase in exports of the ships, impossible Kerry s accident to be removed and trade facilita- welcome enhanced cum new eco- country shunning protectionism. tion measures, especially the main nomic linkages, where the result- Secondly, in the 18th century, a By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi land-corridors of SAARC, as ing development from the same French social critic and political expectations do mapped out in recent studies of must take place at home. So, in philosopher, Montesquieu, The month of June is supposed to be filled with intense negotiations CUTS International and SDPI, between Iran and the world powers aiming to meet the July 1, 2015 essence, disputes do not necessar- thought that commerce improves need to be implemented in order By Tori Rodriguez down to unresolved issues. I m un- deadline and, yet, the top U.S. negotiator, namely, Secretary of State ily need to be political or geograph- manners and cures most destruc- impressed. Every couple has un- to ensure a level playing field and John Kerry, is undergoing a surgery due to the injury he sustained while ical, rather they can simply be My spouse and I are divorcing af- resolved issues, one or two core tive prejudices. The concept is now to create an environment where biking in Geneva, potentially sidelining him during this crucial month. about protecting one s own popu- ter 25 years of marriage. We have problems relationship research- This unfortunate, and highly untimely, accident may in fact lead to the gaining currency that intra-regional intra-regional trade is preferred lace. And this is the backdrop to as well as inter-regional trade will adult children, and the split is am- er John Gottman calls them un- extension of the nuclear deadline, in light of the prominent direct role over trade with countries outside icable with no complications. resolvable perpetual problems that kerry has played in steering the ship of US diplomacy in these talks recent developments during WTO lead to peace among nations that South Asia. Game Theory needs There is no outside party involved, on which they never see eye to over the past two years. He is credited for playing a huge role in reaching moots in Bali 2013 and Geneva have conflicts and have seen many to be shunned, where this is where but due to issues that could not be eye or get what they want, and the April 2, 215 Lusanne agreement on basic core elements of a 2014. In Bali, a landmark global wars. The dynamics of smooth in- one party goes for a spoiler in an resolved, we are going our sepa- about which they fight over and comprehensive deal. A manna from heaven for the hawkish U.S. politi- agreement on commerce was tra-regional trade can not only play endeavor, simply because the oth- rate ways. If we both agree that over. cians and pro-Israel lobbyists who are opposed to a final nuclear deal, The problems arise from hav- Kerry s accident serves their purpose of throwing obstacles after obsta- signed, which incidentally made it a pivotal role in strengthening econ- er party also gains from it, even there are no strings attached, what the first and the only consensus omies, but also unleash a soft pro- is your opinion of our maintaining ing different personalities, differ- cles to delay and ultimately prevent a deal. In his absence, Kerry s though the gains arising to the ent histories, different perspec- subordinates including Wendy Sherman, the chief U.S. negotiator, will accord struck by the WTO since cess, which over time can be the a sexual relationship? Neither of spoiler may be much greater in us wants to date, and to be honest, tives, different metabolisms. need to fill his spot at the table and Kerry might engage in some remote its founding back in 1995. The pact key to resolving long standing nature. There must also be a change sex is one of the areas in which we Change your partner and you only conferencing. But, given the critical role that Kerry has played in the included commitments to facilitate sticky disputes. Thirdly, the recent in approach, where this all-encom- are most compatible. What do you change the specific unresolvable numerous meetings with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad trade by simplifying customs pro- economic history is full of exam- passing, broad-based, comprehen- think? issues between you and your next Zarif, it is doubtful that such remedies will suffice to compensate for his cedures and limiting agriculture ples where countries have achieved I think you should call the di- partner. The matter is not whether absence in direct talks at a sensitive moment when there are still gaps in sive, or grandiose trade agreements the positions of both sides that need to be bridged for the sake of a final subsidies, and unleashing policies higher growth through enhanced or efforts are just not working. vorce lawyer, thank him/her for you have differences, but how you manage them. First, it s essential agreement. These gaps pertain to such issues as Western demands for to aid least-developed countries. economic and trade linkages; in fact What is being done at the Global/ his/her efforts, pay your bill in full, to recognize that some problems access to Iran s military sites as well as its scientists, the number of According to the estimates from a the world economy itself over the then call off the divorce. Let s re- WTO level, here in South Asia also are simply not resolvable; sorry, I centrifuges at the Fordo facility, the sequence and timeline for lifting the report compiled by the Washing- view the facts. You and your al- last decade has mostly grown on perhaps a time has come that we know that s contrary to the love- Iran sanctions, and the like. After the latest bilateral round between most-ex are still attracted enough Zarif and Kerry, Iran s foreign minister vowed to devote full energy to ton based Peterson Institute for the back of enhanced global trade. concentrate only on those specific to one another to enjoy sex. conquers-all message implicit in International Economics, the new And perhaps the most note able reaching an agreement during this month, yet Zarif must now wonder if areas that can provide a win-win You re comfortable being with the idealised view of love that gets the American negotiation team can make the same commitment with customs measures could create an recent work in this respect comes for all regional stakeholders in se- one another. You have 25 years of most of the air time in this coun- their captain in hospital? According to a source close to the Iranian additional US $1 trillion in eco- from the Nobel Laureate economist, lected sector(s). For example, it history together something that try. Second, you have to find a way negotiation team, President Obama might need to step in and increase nomic activity and up to 21 mil- Paul Krugman. What Krugman re- may be a good idea to seek a deal will only grow in importance. Your to keep the recurring problems his input in the negotiation process now that Kerry has been temporari- from overwhelming what s good lion fresh global jobs provided the ally explained in his Nobel winning on cotton using custom facilitation kids are grown, but not all that ly sidelined. There is a residual worry in Iran that a lengthy Kerry about the marriage. agreement was followed in letter grown; divorce coming when off- absence might benefit the more hawkish (national security) elements in work was that in reality when trade and duty fairness and not one spring are on the threshold of adult- A sense of humour helps. Think and spirit by the WTO member the White House who are not necessarily on the same page with the barriers fall and trading increases, lumping together the entire farm- hood, launching their own relation- of your unresolvable problems as more pragmatic US Department of State officials headed by Kerry. By states. It also marked a paradigm firms gain access to bigger markets, ing sector. The writer is an entre- ship lives, is confusing and under- annoying but necessary members all indications, there is a growing push in the U.S. for an extension of the shift on how trade was till then allowing them to expand produc- preneur and economic analyst. mines all that they thought they of the family. Third, there are ways July deadline. Case in point, Gary Samore, a former White House non- viewed by WTO, meaning a shift tion and reap economies of scale, (Courtesy: The Nation) knew about love. So it all comes to complain and fight that preserve proliferation official who nowadays heads an anti-Iran advocacy group, the relationship, and while you United Against Nuclear Iran, has tried to justify an extension as a tac- can t take back words said in the tical move. United Against Nuclear Iran is reportedly funded by some heat of battle, you can and must right-wing, pro-Israel Jewish donors and has a history of media-savy engage in relationship-repair Iranophobia. But, with so much progress already made in narrowing the ETTER TO THE EDITOR efforts so that you don t emotion- differences, it is important to maintain the momentum and reach an ally disengage from one another. If agreement, instead of giving the opponents of an Iran deal another win- you and your almost-ex can t find dow of opportunity to wreck this golden opportunity. Even a tempo- a way to see your problems as in- rary extension might backfire against the delicate process of negotia- evitable annoyances, then get to a tions that transpires in a complex political environment that is full of good family therapist who can help hazards with respect to an Iran deal, in light of the volatile backdrop of Help bodybuilders you develop ways to accept im- conflicts and tensions throughout the Middle East today. Indeed, Ker- th perfection so that it doesn t shred ry s accident might not be the only one, given the proximity of hostile Nearly 100 bodybuilding athletes attended the 10 round of bodybuilding championship on May 31 to June 3 in Kabul. The forces in the Persian Gulf and the region s proneness to incidents that guys were amazing. Their enthusiasm and interest for the sport was worth appreciation. They were there with very little the goodwill and love in the pro- cess. could trigger open hostilities. What is for sure, however, is the absence facilities and even some of them were faced with financial problems. But their interest pushed them to reach Kabul from Wanted: A Magical Mate of a calm environment for the Iran nuclear talks, given the incessant Faryab, Herat and other provinces to participate in the event. There was no compound for the athletes to wax their bodies I m different from others. I Saudi-led attacks on Yemen, the on-going conflicts in Iraq and Syria, etc. and prepare for posing on stage. They were doing this inside a half-constructed building located meters from the stage. The want my partner to do what I want Of course, even without Kerry s accident, a brief extension of the bodybuilders competed in different weight classes. Millions of dollars were spent on sports in past 14 years. Afghanistan without my having to tell her to deadline may be inevitable because of the extent of remaining gaps that Bodybuilding Federation has failed to use the dollars and develop facilities for the federation. Winners of the competition do so. If my partner doesn t do require in-depth diplomatic transactions; Kerry s accident has simply complicated the process and it remains to be seen how quickly he can received a cup but no financial support. However, they received lots of appreciation and lauding from concerned officials and what I want, I get disappointed. the audience. The federation should have held the championship by attracting a number of donors to hold the recuperate from his injury and resume the direct stewardship of the U.S. My philosophy of life is, whoev- diplomacy in Iran talks. Chances are that his deputy, Anthony Blinken, event better and encourage the athletes further. Help the athletes to achieve more in this field. er loves me should know what I Dawud Ahmadi, Taimani, Kabul who has replaced Kerry at a Paris conference on ISIS, will fill Kerry s want and then do it. If I have to role during the next three to four weeks if his boss is unable to travel. tell her what to do then maybe her The big question, then, would be if Blinken is up to task and compen- love isn t that strong. What is pos- sate for Kerry s skillful last-minute breakthroughs? This is highly un- sible when you are devoted to likely, particularly in light of the important personal rapport that Kerry someone? has already established with Zarif and, therefore, the bigger possibility Different is fine. Expecting is that Kerry will try hard to be on the negotiation scene. That would be mind-reading is not. Differences a heroic effort on the part of the 71 year old U.S. diplomat who is a don t kill relationships. Impossi- Vietnam war veteran and familiar to hardship. Should that happen, the ble expectations do. You are des- next question would be if Kerry would be up to par with the task when Disclaimer: tined for a lifetime of disappoint- his physical condition would be sub-optimal? ment because it is simply not hu- Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Ph.D. is a political scientist specializing in Iran s The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) manly possible or desirable foreign and nuclear affairs, author of several books including the forth- for one person to always know coming: Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Accord and Detente Since the Geneva and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. what another wants (or to do it). Agreement of 2013 (co-authored with Dr. Nader Entessar). (Courtesy: Psychology Today Eurasia Review) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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Canada s dark history of abuse at residential schools Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final re- port accusing the government of committing "cultural genocide" against indigenous survivors of the government's brutal residential school system. It was a damning indictment of Canada's role in forcing some 154,000 Aboriginal children into those schools between 1874 and 1996. They were separated from family, culture and their Aborigi- nal identity, and suffered physical and sexual abuse. It is estimated 6,000 children died while in these schools. Andrew Wesley, a Cree native from Fort Albany, Ontario was one of the children who attended resi- dential schools. At 69, he remem- bers his childhood and the schools that he said were meant "to take the Indian out the child", and to assimilate them into Canada's "white" mainstream. Canada accused of 'cultural genocide' Wesley said the root cause of the violence within Aboriginal communities today - domestic abuse, physical and sexual vio- lence, even murder - was caused by the violent history in those schools and the large number of indigenous children abused there. Now an Anglican priest who helps the homeless, he spoke to Al Jazeera about the abuse he suf- fered - and his road to recovery. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is Al Jazeera: What was your a beacon for ethnic Rohingya flee- Despite this, Richard Towle, "With rising Islamophobia, creasing US acceptance. The UN refugee agency's Ma- In this day and age, you will first abusive experience at residen- ing oppression and violence in the UN refugee agency's represen- most countries are closing their The US State Department said laysia office said it does not pub- not resettle yourself out of a refu- tial school? Myanmar, but countless migrants tative in Malaysia, said histori- doors to Muslim refugees, she that over the past five years Amer- licly release breakdowns of reset- gee problem, he said. If they are Wesley: What I remember, the like Mohammed Ismail are still cally the Rohingya have not been said. ica had resettled more than 2,600 tlement numbers to various coun- going to be here anyway, it's bet- abuse about St Anne's, is the way searching for the promised land settled out of Malaysia in high There are, however, fresh Rohingya refugees, including more tries. But Towle said the difficul- ter to regularise their status. Ma- I was treated as a little boy coming years after arriving. numbers." hopes that growing awareness of than 1,000 in the past eight months. ties in resettling large numbers laysia, however, has long resisted off the bush, especially when we Ismail is among tens of thou- He declined to speculate why. the Rohingya plight could open It projected that up to 1,600 means alternatives need to be ex- moves that may draw a new wave had the first meal. sands of Rohingya Muslims who But Aegile Fernandez of Ma- doors overseas. will be resettled this year and up plored including improving the sta- of migrants. That leaves Ismail fear- I never ate corn in my life and have risked their lives over the laysian migrant-rights group Ten- President Barack Obama has to 2,500 next year, the vast major- tus of Rohingya already in Ma- ing for his daughter's future. She I kind of threw up on the floor. years to reach Malaysia, only to aganita blamed Western Islamo- been outspoken on Rohingya ity from Malaysia. laysia to better their lives and pre- will have no future here. She will The child-care worker came over find a stateless limbo and a new phobia . rights, raising suggestions of in- 'Resettlement not the answer' vent abuses. end up like me, he said. Dawn and saw what happened, and so kind of marginalisation. she told me to eat my vomit on the Every day, I regret coming to floor, and she was hitting me at Malaysia but I had no choice, said the same time. Ismail, 40, who fled his home in So I did that and of course it Myanmar in 1992 to escape being tasted awful so I threw up again forced by authorities into a labour for the second time, so I again had camp. to eat my vomit. It was terrible. I Nikolai Svanidze's paternal grand- on an iconic photo of the three tak- But the poll showed how di- enjoyed more power than this hearts and minds" of Russians, says wasn't the only student that was Scraping by in Malaysia on father and namesake was a Com- en during the 1945 Yalta Confer- vided Russians are over Stalin - mustachioed, pipe-smoking man a preface to Stalin's Repressions: low-paying construction jobs, he treated like that, there were many munist official in Soviet Georgia - ence that shaped post-WWII Eu- two-fifths of those surveyed said who usually wore a raffish trench The Great Lie of the 20th Centu- of the boys. There was also sex has been arrested twice as an un- and a distant relative of Josef Sta- rope. there was "no justification" to the coat and spoke Russian with a ry, a 2009 bestseller by Dmitry documented migrant, deported abuse but I never faced that kind lin's first wife. Memorial, a human rights victims of his purges. thick Georgian accent. Stalin Lyskov. of abuse, but I know other stu- once, and repeatedly shaken down But the kinship meant noth- group that has for decades pains- Kremlin's stance cracked down on religion, and was The author said liberal demo- by corrupt police officers - all com- dents had, including my younger ing to the Soviet dictator and his takingly collected data on the vic- Russia holds largest Victory nearly deified in a personality cult crats besmirched Stalin to justify brother that suffered sexual abuse. mon Rohingya complaints. henchmen. Svanidze was arrested tims of the purges, protested the Day parade to date unparalleled in human history. their unpopular reforms by the The plight of the Rohingya has Al Jazeera: You say the abuse and beaten to death during an in- emergence of the Yalta statue and Putin has never voiced his He died in 1953 after defeat- need to dismantle the Soviet sys- so many aboriginals suffered in drawn international attention fol- terrogation in 1937, at the height urged the State Duma, Russia's support for Stalin and has criti- ing his swastika-buckling nemesis tem he created. lowing the boat people crisis that those schools continues to affect of what Russians call the Great lower house of parliament, to ban cised the "ugliness" of his regime. Adolf Hitler, challenging the West "There is no integral evalua- the community today. How so? erupted last month, in which thou- Purge, when some 720,000 peo- all public displays of Stalin. The dictator simply seems like an to a Manichean ideological fight, tion to Stalin's personality because sands of impoverished Rohingya Wesley: In our community to- ple died at the hands of Stalin's "Stalin's crimes are unparal- effective tool in the Kremlin's re- developing an atomic bomb, and the matter is extremely ideologi- day there is lots of violence hap- and Bangladeshi migrants struggled secret police in less than 18 leled in our motherland's history," surgent war on the West and the turning countries from China to cal," Lyskov, who also hosts a desperately to reach Southeast pening, and I think that has to be months. the group said in a statement in liberal values mostly associated Czechoslovakia into his political political talk show on the ORT contributed to the residential Asian countries. Millions were jailed, executed, early May. "Their scope are such with it. vassals. television channel, told Al Jazeera. Malaysia and Indonesia agreed schools. We never really had the deported and displaced, including that the emergence of his images "Putin does not shape his im- But decades of obliteration and "Some groups prefer to see teaching of being a parent. We be- to accept them pending possible entire ethnic groups or social class- on public display in any positive age according to that of Stalin and criticism followed the Communist only the negative and push for a repatriation or resettlement to third come aggressive in bringing up our es, during Stalin's 1927-1953 rule, context is inadmissible and should does not consider Stalin his men- Party's 1956 condemnation of his condemnation of the entire histor- children, and in turn we teach our countries as refugees. and millions more died of famines be legally banned." tor," Levada-Center's sociologist personality cult. The last Soviet ic period, others [see] only the But Rohingya asylum-seekers children to be aggressive. caused by his disastrous agricul- The sculpture of Soviet dicta- Denis Volkov told Al Jazeera. leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and positive and put him on a pedestal Because of that experience, us and labour activists say most will ture policies. tor Josef Stalin, US President Fran- "He is simply a useful figure," Russia's first President Boris just because of it." likely face the same limbo endured survivors never learned how to live More than 60 years after Sta- klin Roosevelt, and British Prime he said. "Like pro-Kremlin jour- Yeltsin have repeatedly lambasted The Communist Party, sup- as a loving family because we were by Ismail. lin's own death, Svanidze's grand- Minister Winston Churchill [Reu- nalists say, it's a 'cynical utilisa- Stalin's legacy, and dozens of ported these days mainly by the Rohingya flock to Malaysia separate from our family. We didn't son, a historian and television per- ters] tion' of symbols that work, that books explored the extent of his elderly and limited to a minority know how to love because we were because it is Muslim-majority and sonality, witnesses the dictator's But the Duma rejected the re- are understandable to most of the purges. faction in Russia's parliament, has a thriving economy with jobs never treated like a child would be return as an increasingly popular, quest saying "a total exclusion of population." Throughout the 1990s, his lauds Stalin as a "man of colossal treated at home. Because of the in construction, agriculture and and polarising, figure. his image is impossible and un- And Putin's steps to tighten supporters were seen as marginal, intellect and high spirituality". manufacturing that require little treatment we received we became Will Stalingrad get its name just". political screws, stifle opposition, radical, retrograde or not quite sane In early May, communists violent in our growth. skill. back? In recent months, Stalin's face limit press freedom, and increase - like the elderly ladies who car- used a legal loophole to install a But legal protections are few Al Jazeera: How did you sur- "I constantly see people who has also appeared on posters, bill- government control over the econ- ried Orthodox Christian icons with bust of Stalin in the central city of vive the seven years you spent in for the 45,000 Rohingya registered say 'he purged my entire family, boards, and buses in several Rus- omy, make comparisons to Stalin's his portrait during communist ral- Lipetsk. as refugees with the United Na- residential school? but I still respect him'," Svanidze, sian cities. The public displays and regime unavoidable. lies. But a local woman doused it Wesley: I know when I first tions in Malaysia, and particular- whose documentaries on Russian press coverage immediately boost- "Putin recreates many of the These days, there are also doz- with paint within hours, and the ly for the estimated tens of thou- went in [the schools], I never heard history are among the few exam- ed the number of his supporters. past communist methods of gov- ens of books on Stalin, but with residents of an apartment building anything about cheating or lying. sands who lack such status. ples of television shows critical of Some 45 percent of Russians ernment," Yan Rochinsky, co- titles such as Stalin and Christ, that faces the bust are now urging There have been so many In order to escape any kind of Stalin, told Al Jazeera. said the "great" achievements of chairman of the Memorial rights Thus Spoke Stalin, or The One authorities to remove it. physical harm, you cheated, you occasions when police will wait for "It's a Stockholm syndrome of Stalin's era "justify" the victims, group, told Al Jazeera. "Without Who Helped Russia Stand Up "It has to be removed peace- us outside the construction sites lied, in order to survive or stay some kind." according to a March survey by calling Stalin's name, Putin calls From Its Knees, many of them fully," Vera Ivanova, the city's chief away from the abuse, that's what and when we step out to buy food, During President Vladimir Pu- the Levada-Center, an independent upon his spirit." whitewash his image. architect, said in televised remarks they will stop and demand bribes happened to many of us. tin's rule, the choir of Stalin's sup- pollster. The number is up from Personality cult Stalin's purges are "a black in late May. "It was installed ille- So as we grew up we carried from us, said Ismail. porters has grown bigger, stronger 27 percent in 2008, Levada said. No czar, emperor, or pharaoh myth that has been poisoning the gally." Aljazeera Once, after being paid his that pain. As we became teenag- and louder - while critics and schol- ers, we carried that pain without monthly salary of $136, corrupt ars who document his totalitarian police officers seized it all, he said. being able to handle our guilt that regime's atrocities have lost access we were considered bad, we were After his first arrest in 2001, to Kremlin-controlled media and Ismail said police put him on a rick- ashamed, we were humiliated, we are now branded "foreign agents". were dehumanised many of us, so ety boat with other Rohingya and Public figures, lawmakers, top Bangladeshis and sent it to Thai- we carried the guilt feelings as we officials and even clerics with Rus- grew up because of what hap- land, where human smugglers sia's dominant Orthodox Church - charged them $543 per head to take pened. Al Jazeera: How did you that suffered countless losses at find your way back from the abuse them back to Malaysia. the hands of atheist communists - Waiting for years you suffered. What was the heal- declare their support for Stalin ing process? Truth and Reconcil- Malaysia has never signed the along with tens of millions of ordi- UN's Refugee Convention and is iation Commission report into nary Russians. abuse of Aboriginals [TRC] thus not obliged to provide any Berlin and Crimea social services to Ismail, his wife Wesley: The first thing that I In the months before and dur- did in order to start healing was to and baby daughter, such as school- ing the May 9 celebrations of the ing or health care. look at where my anger was com- 70th anniversary of the Soviet ing from so I went to see an elder Most Rohingya pin their Union's victory over Nazi Germa- hopes on gaining the coveted UN back home and he spent time with ny, state-run television networks me. He told me the anger was com- refugee card, which affords a glim- and newspapers ran countless mer of protection from authorities. ing from that little child in me that shows and stories celebrating the was beaten up, because I never But that can take years, fol- victory - and its architect, Stalin. lowed by many more before reset- protected that child. I never tried The triumph over Nazism has to defend myself. He told me to tlement to the United States, Aus- been constantly compared to last tralia or elsewhere can be gained - talk to the child more often, be nice year's annexation of Crimea - and to the child, tell him that nobody if ever. Putin, who masterminded the take- Ismail landed a refugee card in is going to touch him any more, over, was inevitably likened to Sta- nobody is going to harm that little 2004, but a seven-year-old appli- lin. cation for resettlement overseas guy any more and that's what I "It is useful for Putin to equate did. And along the way of my has gone nowhere. the takeover of Crimea and the vic- My wife and I at least we healing journey, I decided to go and tory" over Nazis, Svanidze, be- see my abuser. She was living close know we won't get killed in Ma- spectacled and gray-haired, said laysia and we are thankful for that. to me at that time where I was liv- over tea at a Moscow restaurant. ing. One time I saw her coming But my daughter will not get a "Crimea is today's Berlin." proper education here, he said. from the store. I approached her Unsurprisingly, the first pub- and asked her, "Do you remember The UN calls the Rohingya lic monument to Stalin the Krem- one of the most persecuted groups when you used to beat me when I lin sanctioned in decades was un- was in school?" She said, "I re- in the world. veiled in Crimea. Rohingya complain of system- member." So I said, "I forgive you A statue portraying Stalin sit- for what you did." atic mistreatment by Myanmar's ting next to British Prime Minis- Buddhist-majority government, She was an older person at that ter Winston Churchill and US Pres- time. She never acknowledged my which refuses to even recognise ident Franklin D Roosevelt opened them as citizens. Many have been forgiveness to her. But that en- in February in the Black Sea resort counter really helped me out in my killed in sectarian clashes with of Yalta. The statue was modelled Buddhists in recent years. healing journey. Aljazeera This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY. JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES OECD warns Five Saudi stocks Britain to spread to be closed to spending cuts foreign investors Oil Minister Ali al-Omair day (bpd) or 55 percent of mi said on Tuesday that OPEC s larly Venezuela and Iran, have more evenly said on Tuesday he strongly be- OPEC s current output of 31 mil- strategy of not cutting output to called for a production cut to sup- lieves that Gulf OPEC members lion bpd. Saudi Arabia alone safeguard market share was work- port prices. The UK government should even support keeping the cartel s pro- pumps 10.3 million bpd. ing. Oil prices have lost almost half out its planned deficit reduction duction ceiling unchanged at a cru- The global scene requires us Asked if this strategy had been their value since June 2014, when over the next five years to lower cial meeting this week. to not take a decision that may successful, Naimi told reporters: Brent traded at about $115 and the impact on growth , the Organ- In statements to the official negatively impact the market, and The answer is yes... Demand is New York crude at almost $108 isation for Economic Co-operation KUNA news agency on arrival in the options available for OPEC are picking up. Supply is slowing. per barrel. and Development said on Wednes- Vienna, Omair said that OPEC s either to maintain or increase (the) This is a fact. The market is stabi- Omair attributed the relative day. options were to either to main- production ceiling, he said. lizing. rise in oil prices to OPEC having In its twice-yearly Economic tain or increase (the) production Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nai- Some other members, particu- forced some high-cost production Outlook, the Paris-based interna- ceiling, ruling out cuts. offline, especially in the United tional organisation, which has been The 12-member Organization States and Canada, and to an im- a firm supporter of the UK s ap- of Petroleum Exporting Countries provement in global economic proach to cutting debt, suggested is meeting Friday to decide on pro- growth. public spending cuts planned for duction levels for the second half He said he expected oil prices the next two years are too harsh. to increase further by the end of Shares in five listed Saudi Arabian companies will not be open to invest- of 2015, amid expectations that ment by foreigners when the market permits direct stock purchases by Although the Conservatives production levels will be main- the year. say they want to push ahead with Oil prices fell in Asia Wednes- foreign institutions this month, according to the stock exchange s web- tained. site. The five are Jabal Omar Development, Taiba Holding Co, Knowl- their plans, the OECD report will Omair said ministers of Gulf day, reversing steep gains in the provide George Osborne with cov- previous session as dealers await- edge Economic City, National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), and OPEC members which besides Makkah Construction & Development Co. There are about 170 compa- er to reconsider the speed of the Kuwait include heavyweight pro- ed the latest US energy stockpiles cuts in his Budget on July 8. report amid concerns about a sus- nies listed on the exchange. An official at the Capital Market Authority, ducer Saudi Arabia, the United contacted by telephone, said he could not comment. The CMA, which The previous coalition govern- Arab Emirates and Qatar will hold tained global supply glut. ment s plans for the public financ- US benchmark West Texas In- will open the market to foreigners on June 15, has said foreign owner- coordination talks ahead of the ship of individual listed firms may be restricted by the companies by- es committed to running a surplus meeting. termediate for July delivery fell 35 in the current structural budget by cents to $60.91, while Brent crude laws or by instructions from supervisory authorities. Jabal Omar, Mak- Together, the four Gulf States kah Construction and Taiba focus on the holy cities of Makkah and 2017-18 and an overall surplus by pump around 17 million barrels per for July eased 27 cents to $65.22 2018-19. in late morning trade. Madinah. The OECD calculates that this rapid reduction in borrowing im- plies that real public spending is Qatar shares tumble to six-week to fall significantly in fiscal years Iraq, Venezuela see $75-80 2016 and 2017, to stabilise in 2018 and to rebound in 2019 . This profile, of sharp cuts fol- low after Blatter quits FIFA as fair price for oil lowed by a year of bounty at the end of the parliament, was also Qatar s stock index tumbled 2.8 reacted emotionally in the past year to any suggestion that the World The top oil officials of Iraq and criticised in March as a roller- percent to a six-week low in early Cup might be lost. Venezuela said on Wednesday that coaster ride by the Office for trade on Wednesday after Sepp $75 to $80 a barrel was now a Budget Responsibility, the inde- Blatter unexpectedly resigned as "fair" price for oil, reflecting an pendent fiscal watchdog. president of soccer s world gov- emerging consensus on a possible The OECD said that the plans erning body FIFA. equilibrium for volatile markets. as they stand are not good for Doha was chosen to host the Asked for his view while growth. Evening out the profile FIFA 2022 World Cup in a 2010 speaking at an OPEC seminar in vote. But that decision has been Vienna, Iraqi oil minister Adel Ab- dogged by controversy and Blat- del Mahdi said he believed $75 to ter s decision to quit, just days af- $80 was fair. ter he was elected as FIFA presi- "We share the same opinion of dent for a fifth term, appeared to the minister of Iraq regarding this increase investor fears that Qatar issue," Venezuela's oil minister could be stripped of its hosting Asdrubal Chavez said. Iran's oil rights. minister declined to comment. It is not yet clear whether Qa- Until last year, most members tar faces a serious risk of losing of the Organization of the Petro- the rights; it has denied any wrong- leum Exporting Countries (OPEC) doing in the bidding process, and had gravitated toward a price of appears set to fight any attempt around $100 a barrel, but the rapid to take away the Cup. Losing it rise of U.S. shale and other higher- of fiscal consolidation would low- would have very little impact on cost oil patches has increased com- er its impact, it said. the super-wealthy economy. petition, forcing them to rethink Despite the steep cuts, the But Qatari retail investors have what price markets can sustain. OECD does not forecast recession, but it expects UK economic growth to slow from an annual rate Jeddah to have of 3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2014 to 2.4 per cent at the end public of 2015 and to 2.1 per cent at the end of 2016. In its predictions, it has as- transportation sumed the main bank interest rate will stay at 0.5 per cent until Feb- s Prime Minister Alexis creditors the International Mon- in seven years, ruary 2016 and then rise to 1.5 per Tsipras will meet European Com- etary Fund, the European Union cent by the end of next year. mission President Jean-Claude and the European Central Bank. IMF warns low-risk govern- Juncker in Brussels on Wednesday The proposal from the three says mayor ments against needless austerity to discuss the state of negotiations institutions will be the relevant Mayor Hani Abu Ras announced George Osborne, UK Chancel- on the country s international bail- basis for talks, spokesman Mar- Jeddah completed 24 tunnel lor out, although a resolution is un- tin Jaeger said. The policy condi- projects in the past four and a half Governments that face lower likely to come immediately, a tions in the creditors proposal years and that a public transpor- risks of a sovereign debt crisis are spokesman for the commission whose details remained under tation system is expected to be needlessly damaging their econo- said. Mr. Tsipras visit comes af- wraps but include fiscal austerity, completed in seven years. mies if they impose harsh austeri- ter Greece s international creditors privatizations, and overhauls of He said Jeddah has a high pro- ty programmes simply to pay agreed Tuesday on the outlines of pensions and labor law could file at international and Islamic lev- back creditors more quickly, re- a bailout deal they would present prove extremely challenging for els. Abu Ras said: Jeddah is one search staff at the International to Athens, a move aimed at break- Mr. Tsipras to accept without of the busiest trade cities in the Monetary Fund have warned ing a monthslong stalemate in ne- sparking a rebellion within his rul- world and is the entrance to the Continue reading gotiations between technical ex- ing coalition. Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Mr Osborne recognises con- perts representing both sides. Members of his Syriza party Prophet s Mosque in Madinah. cerns that the planned cuts in 2016 Intensive work continues at are already organizing a meeting for We are currently setting the and 2017 are too steep and has all levels toward an agreement to Thursday to discuss the deal. city s strategic development plan sought to tighten spending this successfully conclude the current Greece, fast running out of of 2033 and we are taking into con- year to lessen the effects in the adjustment program, said Euro- cash, likely needs some sort of sideration the general public s sug- following two. pean Commission spokesman help by mid-June to repay a series gestions and complaints. Departments other than health, Margaritis Schinas. of International Monetary Fund He also said the municipality some parts of education and over- This is a first discussion, not loans falling due. The country is has received over 2,300 complaints seas aid have been told to find 5 a concluding one, he said. believed to have enough cash to and suggestions from the general per cent additional cuts this year. In a televised address before repay a 300 million ($333 mil- public. He is also looking to reduce leaving Athens, Mr. Tsipras said lion) payment due to the IMF on The strategic plan is divided spending by restricting social se- his government hadn t received the Friday. But European officials say into four phases and each phase is curity benefits for working-age creditors proposal, and that he is Athens probably can t meet fur- five years long. claimants, although the Conserva- visiting Brussels to discuss a plan ther IMF repayments in June to- The plan looks into develop- tives are still a long way from de- by the Greek side. Up to now, taling about 1.25 billion unless it ing the city s national and regional tailing where the £12bn annual cuts we haven t had any comments on gets fresh financing in some form. Canada April trade gap is services. The plan includes a new to welfare will fall. this proposal, nor have we received Without a large subsequent coastal front adjacent to the one Sources close to the Treasury any other draft, as we hear, from cash injection from lenders, Greece constructed in 2013 and more tun- say some of the welfare cuts will the side of the creditors, he said. faces a debt default in late July that 2nd-widest ever after March record nel and infrastructure projects. be outlined in the July Budget and I m certain that the political could ultimately push the country He added the new coastal front Canada reported its second-larg- the U.S. widened to C$2.42 bil- vanced 0.5 percent and import some in the spending review leadership of Europe will do what out of the euro. Syriza s parlia- of Jeddah will involve the devel- est merchandise trade deficit ever lion in April from C$1.62 billion a volumes fell 1.8 percent in April, planned for autumn. needs to be done. It will move to- mentary spokesman Nikos Filis opment of the northern and south- in April, narrowing from the record month earlier. The deficit with Statistics Canada said. Volume fig- Mr Osborne can delay some ward realism, he said. Despite Mr. said on local television that Greece ern parts of the Corniche and will shortfall set in March as imports countries other than the U.S. nar- ures adjust for price changes and of the cuts to government depart- Tsipras s comments, a senior won't make the Friday repayment have a budget of SR1.28 billion. fell faster than exports. rowed to C$5.39 billion from can be a better indicator of how ments without breaking his fiscal Greek government official said that if there is no prospect of an aid- The North Corniche project The deficit of C$2.97 billion C$5.48 billion. trade contributes to economic rules, which require a balanced both proposals will be discussed for-reform deal with its internation- is going according to plan and we ($2.39 billion) followed a March The volume of exports ad- growth. structural current budget within at Wednesday s meeting. al creditors soon. Lenders drafted will even add a tram in it as part of gap that was revised to C$3.85 three years. European officials have said their proposed deal after key lead- the public transportation plan. billion from an initial C$3.02 bil- At the time of the last Budget that Greece s proposal remains ers, including German Chancellor As for the South Corniche lion, Statistics Canada said in March, that meant balancing the insufficiently comprehensive. The Angela Merkel, met in Berlin late project, it is almost complete with Wednesday in Ottawa. Econo- books by 2017-18, but the new German Finance Ministry said Monday to overcome their own the Dhahban Park open for the mists surveyed by Bloomberg fore- financial year implies the goal Wednesday it came as a surprise, divisions on how to keep Greece public. The South Corniche project cast an April deficit of C$2.15 bil- needs to be achieved only in 2018- but that the plan didn t sound suf- from bankruptcy and an exit from is 3 km long. He also said Asfan lion, the median of 16 forecasts. 19. ficient to meet requests from the the euro. Industrial City will have a work- Imports fell 2.5 percent to shops quarter where all light labor C$44.9 billion on declines in con- workshops will be situated. He Amazon now offering free shipping Private sector sumer goods, metals and minerals. said: The workshops quarter will Exports declined 0.7 percent for small, inexpensive things solve the problem of random work- adds 201,000 jobs to C$41.9 billion, the fourth shops in residential areas and will straight drop and the lowest total If you've held off on ordering those at least $35 worth of product. provide an appealing northern en- in May: ADP since January 2014. Shipments of cheap ear buds because you don't But Amazon has been also try- trance to Jeddah. The Asfan pharmaceutical products and med- want to pay for shipping, then ing to sweeten the deal for Ama- Private-sector hiring picked up in project has a total area of 5 million icine fell 28 percent to C$578 mil- you're exactly the customer that zon Prime members, who were ini- May, as employers added 201,000 sq. meters. He added the gover- jobs, ADP reported Wednesday. lion. Forest product exports were Amazon is looking for. tially offered two-day shipping for norate has allocated SR46 million Economists polled by Dow Jones 5 percent lower at C$3.18 billion. Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) is free, but could now be getting free to the public transportation Newswires had expected a May Energy shipments rose 5.9 percent launching free delivery for small shipping within just a few hours. project. It is one of our most im- gain of 215,000, compared with an to C$7.30 billion, bringing the drop and inexpensive products. Amazon is also offering one-hour originally reported increase of portant projects that will be fully from a year earlier to 31.6 percent. Amazon announced, on its food delivery for certain neighbor- 169,000 in April. On Wednesday functional in seven years. Bank of Canada Governor online forum for sellers, that cus- hoods with its Prime Now service. ADP revised April's gain to By 2020, we would have Stephen Poloz has said the econo- tomers will get no-cost shipping The "small and light" service 165,000. Economists use ADP's completed the transportation sys- data to get a feeling for the U.S. my will regain momentum after the when they order small items is meant to take on competition tem and its infrastructure and with- Labor Department's employment first quarter, when a plunge in oil weighing less than 8 ounces and from rival online retailers like eBay in 20 years the service will reduce report, which will be released Fri- prices derailed exports and invest- priced less than $10. (EBAY, Tech30), WalMart traffic congestion by 30 percent in day and covers government jobs ment. Last week he kept his key The free shipping would be (WMT) and Target (TGT). in addition to the private sector. Jeddah. interest rate at 0.75 percent. Poli- available for Prime and non-Prime Amazon did not say when the Economists polled by Market- He also said Jeddah will be cy makers have said faster U.S. customers, too. Amazon had pre- new service would be launched. An Watch expect the government's re- completing its 25th tunnel project growth and the weaker Canadian viously allowed free delivery only attempt to order a $5 DVD from port to show that nonfarm employ- next month. The governorate is also ment rose by 210,000 jobs last dollar will aid non-energy exports. for Prime members (who pay $99 Amazon did not result in free ship- opening new public parks every a year) or for customers ordering ping on Wednesday. month, compared with an April Canada s trade surplus with gain of 223,000 jobs. week, he added. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY. JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Pakistani I VE CHANGED designer accused of MY PRIORITIES We have seen many female actors Although a newer lot of talent plagiarism bid adieu to Lollywood as soon as seems to be working hard towards they settle down but Sana Nawaz the revival of the industry, Sana fires back decided against relinquishing her called it immature . She believes hard-earned success. Making her that this is the right time for the A day after fashion designer Nida debut with Syed Noor s Sangam veteran filmmakers to come for- Khurram s designs came under an in 1997, she smoothly paved her ward and play their part in avalanche of criticism for plagia- way through the industry, secur- strengthening the industry. The rising Portuguese illustrator ing a position in the top tier of industry honoured us with people Ant nio Soares work, the Paki- actors. like Syed Noor, Sangeeta, Hasan stani designer fired back claiming Since then, she has worked in Askari and Iqbal Kashmiri and that her digital prints were an in- over a hundred Urdu and Punjabi now, is the time for them to rise to spiration and a tribute not pla- films. Not only that, Sana also the task . Besides these names, giarism . marked her presence across the Sana is also inspired by former film Speaking to The Express Tri- border by playing a role in Sunny actors Anjuman and Babra Sharif, bune, Nida clarified that she was merely drawing inspiration from illustrators from New York, Lon- don and Milan and that she per- sonalised the designs . It was not plagiarism. I only took inspiration from Fashion Il- lustrators as it was a tribute to them. I also personalised the de- signs, she said. Portuguese illustrator Anoto- nio Suares, however, said in one of his Facebook posts that permis- sion must first be sought from the owner before the design is copied in its entirety. Nida Khurram was not of the opinion that designs should only be used after seeking permission and refused claims that she had copied the designs. She said that People don t need permission from other fash- Deol-starrer Kaafila. Currently, who ruled the industry decades ion designers for taking inspiration gracing the fashion runways, Sana ago. She also accredited Meera for and doing tributes. Therefore, nor discusses future endeavours and exemplary work in successful did I. prospects of the film industry films. She said that the new-com- When questioned about bring- with The Express Tribune. ers should idolize the work of these ing Pakistan s name under scruti- There was a time when I great actors. When I joined the ny in the ever growing fashion in- would play any kind of role, espe- film industry, the work environ- dustry, and how she was being cially at the beginning of my ca- ment wasn t great. Me and other held by many as responsible for reer but now things are different actors from that era had to work LOS ANGELES: A man convicted Reaver Bingham. The actress has been notified, and good behavior credits and was and with the passage of time, I ve hard. But at the same time, there of stalking Hollywood actress Stuart was supposed to be tak- and Los Angeles County proba- transferred to the Pomona mental maligning the name of the Pakistani fashion industry worldwide; the changed my priorities, she said. was an ideal mix of creativity and Mila Kunis has escaped from a Los ing a shower when he broke out of tion officers were working with health facility, he said. She settled down in Karachi after entertainment. In her illustrious Angeles-area mental health facili- the facility, Reaver said. Police multiple law enforcement agencies Mila, who gained fame in the designer said, There are people taking inspiration for all around the getting married and is focusing career, Sana has played various ty by breaking out of a bathroom dogs were used to search for his in an effort to catch the stalker, late 1990s on sitcom That 70s more on modeling these days. But renowned roles in Yeh Dil Aap Ka window, authorities said on Mon- scent in an unsuccessful attempt Reaver said. Show and had supporting roles in world from other designers. This is not new and happens every- we can t say that she has quit the Huwa, Kyun Tumse Itna Pyar Hai, day. to catch him quickly after his es- Stuart was convicted in Janu- the dramatic films Black Swan and film industry, as she has recently Mujhe Jeene Do, Jannat Ki Talash Stuart Lynn Dunn, 30, left the cape. ary 2013 of stalking Mila and was The Book of Eli, is romantically where. I don t think Pakistan is being maligned. done an item number for upcom- among many other blockbusters. locked Olive Vista Behavioral Any time you have a case like later placed on probation, but af- involved with her former That 70s ing film Ishq Positive. I ll only Sana also shared her Bollywood Health Center in Pomona, a com- this where someone is obsessed ter he violated his probation he Show co-star Ashton Kutcher and Further, the designer has been teaching at The Asian Institute of work in ideal films and play selec- experience, saying, I had a good munity less than 30 miles (48 km) with a particular individual we was sentenced to three years in the couple have a baby together. tive characters. Sana feels lucky time working in India but due to east of Los Angeles, on Saturday don t know what they are capable state prison, revealed the officer. A spokeswoman for the ac- Fashion Design and she was ques- tioned about how she believed her to be counted among the list of my family, I couldn t pursue a ca- evening, said Los Angeles County of, so we are treating it as if he is In late April, Stuart was re- tress did not return a call or email successful actors in Pakistan and reer in Bollywood. My family is Deputy Chief Probation Officer dangerous, added the officer. leased early from prison with work seeking comment. former students would react to the bad publicity she clarified that she considers hard work and passion in Pakistan and that is my priori- the key to success in showbiz. ty. Jennifer Lawrence wants hinese singer covers Vanessa Hudgens likes to relationship to be secret Hadiqa s song cuddle with her dog Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she Actress Jennifer Lawrence is re- only hits the "snooze" button on portedly keen on keeping her rela- Be it Nescafe Basement s cover of her alarm so she can spend more tionship with Chris Martin "un- Roxette s She s Got The Looks or time in bed cuddling with her dog der wraps" after seeing the intense Amanat Ali Khan s version of Cheb Darla. media attention surrounding his Khaled s Aisha on Coke Studio, "I actually like getting out of former wife Gwyneth Paltrow. Pakistani musicians have covered bed. I wake up every morning ex- "She's really into Chris -- she popular songs on various instanc- had been clear with her students cited about the day. Sometimes I just wants to keep their relation- es. from the very beginning on what hit snooze, but it's normally to ship under wraps because she saw But over the past few years, she had been doing. cuddle with my dog." what happened with Gwyneth and some international musicians have Students know me and my "Her name is Darla she's a res- she doesn't want that kind of started to put an ear out for Paki- work, I have been clear on what I cue and she's just the sweetest lit- press," a source told X17 Online, stani music. Very recently, Chinese am doing so did I make it clear pre- tle ragamuffin I've ever met. She's reports femalefirst.co.uk. musician Hou Wei performed a launching the collection . We don t a terrier mix, she's a mutt. We think The pair was spotted leaving cover version of s intend to hide or copy , instead she's one and a half years old," the U2 concert last week along- Pashto song Janan (which also fea- [people should consider] it s an Hudgens said on TV show "To- side the band's frontman Bono as tured Irfan Khan). Kiani shared a honour given to the illustrators I day", reports femalefirst.co.uk. they headed to Chateau Marmont video clip of the Chinese singer s have liked. People have less knowl- The 26-year-old actress says for an after-party, and they were performance on her Facebook edge of fashion inspiration and art. her chirpy morning personality has keen to avoid being photographed. page, stating that this was proof It s now in the limelight, Nida said. nothing to do with coffee as she Meanwhile, Martin is still on of the fact that music has no We tried reaching Soares for a chooses not to indulge in the caf- morning coffee. But I just love good terms with Paltrow, with boundaries while cementing Jan- comment via Facebook, but were feine drink. lattes so whenever I can get one, I whom he has 10-year-old daugh- an s spot in not only Pashto but unable to get a response. She added: "I don't really have get one." ter Apple and nine-year-old son Pakistani culture around the to sing in Pashto. A few years back, Moses. world. An admin for the artist s official Facebook page said that the her contemporary Fariha Pervez singer, apart from singing songs in released a Pushto duet alongside Urdu, English, Pashto, has also Rahim Shah called Gul Janan. Action takes Priyanka Chopra into performed a song in the Chinese Apart from that Saleem Javed of- language. In 2006, Hadiqa sang a ten performs Bibi Sheerene and Chinese song in China for the Pak- other popular Pushto songs in his China Friendship Anniversary. At live shows. Kiani was last seen in action at the Ponds Miracle Wom- superhero world the same show, a Chinese singer sang Hadiqa s first major classic en ceremony where she was induct- Boohey Barian, commented the ed as a mentor to help and guide admin.Having said that, Kiani is 10 other women in her respective not the only Pakistani pop singer field. Sequel for Fifty Shades of Grey book announced EL James, author of the hugely division of Knopf Doubleday Pub- The book will be published in successful Fifty Shades of Grey lishing Group, said in a statement. Britain on the same day and will novels, has written a new entry in James, who made her an- be available as an eBook and in the series that takes the point of nouncement of the new book on audio and Spanish-language view of its male character, Chris- Instagram, said she wrote it in re- editions.The trilogy about the erot- tian Grey, publisher Vintage Books sponse to fans who have been ask- ic relationship between a college said on Monday, reported Reuters. ing for Christian s point of view. student, Anastasia Steele, and busi- The book, titled Grey, will be Christian is a complex character, ness tycoon Grey, has sold more published on June 18, which is the the British writer said, and read- than 125 million copies and is one character s birthday. In the new ers have always been fascinated by of the most successful series in the book, (James) will offer her fans his desires and motivations, and history of publishing. According the opportunity to see the world his troubled past. Also, as anyone to the website for NBC New York, of Fifty Shades anew through the who has ever been in a relation- the books were initially conceived eyes of its intriguing and enigmat- ship knows, there are two sides to as fan fiction inspired by the huge- ic protagonist, Vintage Books, a every story. ly successful Twilight novels but since then the series has gone on to have a life of its own. The first book was also turned in an R-rated film starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, which has earned more than $500 million at the global box office. Film adap- tations of the second and third MUMBAI: After clinching a beau- tion scenes. py so I can safely say, I got it this with him, she said. books are planned. Recently, cast ty crown, Priyanka Chopra went She is gearing up for an action done, Priyanka said in a state- All the information about the member Rita Ora told the Inquistr on to win many hearts with her packed project of director Pradeep ment. project is shrouded in secrecy. that plans for a sequel are going acting prowess and further ex- Sarkar. The actress executed a per- Pradeep is known for bringing Without divulging much about the plored the world of music. Now, fect three-point-landing after jump- strong female characters in his cin- ahead with both Jamie Dornan and project, Priyanka said: Patience the actress has set her eyes on be- ing off a tree during one of her ac- ema with films like Parineeta and Dakota Johnson reprising their all will be revealed soon enough. coming a superwoman through ac- tion sequences. That left the whole Mardaani. Priyanka says teaming Meanwhile, the actress will be roles as Christian Grey and An- tion scenes in her films. crew impressed. up with director Pradeep has made satasia Steele respectively. Plans The actress, who has show- My inherent tomboy perso- her job as an actress easy. seen in Zoya Akhtar s multi-star- are moving forward with that cased her strength and power na comes out every time I do an It s always exciting to work rer Dil Dhadakne Do, which also whole sequel, said the singer who through a bevy of films like Mary action sequence and I channel all with creative personalities like stars Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, played the character of Christian s Kom, Don and Drona, says she my secret desires of being a super- Dada (Sarkar), who have a vision Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma younger sister, Mia Grey in the tries to fulfil her secret desire of hero into this sequence. My direc- and such clarity that it makes my and Shefali Shah. It will release on first instalment. being a superwoman through ac- tor was happy, the crew was hap- job easier. It was super fun doing Friday. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY. JUNE 04, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Benitez named new Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez has been appointed at Real's youth academy in 1986. Real Madrid coach for the next He made his name with Valen- three seasons, according to the cia whom he led to two La Liga club's website. titles before leaving for Liverpool Spaniard Benitez, 55, quit in 2004, where he won the FA Cup Napoli last week and takes over and the Champions League. Interpol has placed six people, in- thing and I want to do only what A day later, Blatter came out bility that the controversial vote cess for the 2018 and 2022 World from Italian Carlo Ancelotti, who "Real Madrid will present Rafa cluding two former FIFA officials is best for FIFA and for football," fighting, implying that the US that awarded Qatar the tournament Cups," the statement said. was sacked after a campaign where Benitez as the new coach for the and four corporate executives, on Blatter said at a news conference timed the announcement of a ma- could be rerun. "We would urge Mr Dyke to Real Madrid failed to win any next three seasons," the club state- its most wanted list on racketeer- in Zurich on Tuesday. jor corruption probe to try to scup- "If I was the Qatari organisers let the legal process take its course major silverware. ment read. "A methodical tactician, ing and corruption charges at the "FIFA needs a profound over- per his re-election bid. I wouldn't sleep very well tonight," and concentrate on delivering his The club got knocked out of tireless worker and footballing request of US authorities. haul. I have decided to lay down Meanwhile, Switzerland's Of- the former TV executive told Brit- promise to build an England team the Champions League - an event scholar, Benitez is one of the great- The former FIFA officials are my mandate at an extraordinary fice of Attorney General (OAG) ish media. Who are Blatter's most capable of winning the 2022 FIFA they won last season for the 10th est coaches on the global stage. ex-vice president Jack Warner and elective Congress. has confirmed that it is not inves- likely successors? In response, World Cup in Qatar." time - in the semi-finals by Juven- "With his status among the former FIFA executive committee tus and finished second behind elite managers cemented, Benitez member, Nicol s Leoz. Barcelona in La Liga. now makes his return to Real The Red Notices issued by A former Valencia, Liverpool, Madrid with the objective of add- Interpol are not international ar- Inter Milan and Chelsea manager, ing more silverware to the world's rest warrants. Benitez began his coaching career most lauded club." However, they are used by the organisation to inform its member countries that an arrest warrant has been issued for an individual by a judicial authority and who seeks the location and arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition or similar lawful action. Warner is among nine FIFA officials and five corporate execu- tives charged by the US Depart- ment of Justice with running a crim- inal enterprise that involved more than $150m in bribes. Meanwhile, FIFA President Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US authorities as part of their corruption inquiry into football's governing body, the New York Times (NYT) has reported. Blatter, who announced on Tuesday that he will be resigning from his position, has not been directly implicated in the parallel US and Swiss criminal investiga- tions into FIFA, which were an- nounced last week. Unidentified US law enforce- Nicolas Colsaerts ment officials, however, told the NYT that "they were hoping to win the cooperation of some of the laments PGA Tour s FIFA officials now under indict- ment and work their way up the organisation" in a bid to build a "I will continue to exercise my tigating Blatter. Qatar Football Association's pres- Former US Attorney Michael lack of camaraderie case against Blatter. functions as FIFA president until Swiss authorities have ident, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Garcia was appointed by FIFA in For long-hitting Belgian Nicolas saerts told the U.K.'s Express. "In Nine FIFA officials and five that election." Domenico Scala, launched a separate criminal inves- Bin Ahmed Al Thani, said in a 2012 with the priority of probing Colsaerts, two seasons on the PGA America, it's just a circus." business executives were indicted head of FIFA's independent audit tigation into the bidding process statement that Qatar had been the controversial 2018 and 2022 Tour was enough to send him back The Belgian felt a cold recep- by the US last Wednesday on cor- and compliance committee, said for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups cleared of any wrongdoing in the World Cup bidding contests. home to the European Tour. tion even before competition be- ruption charges, with seven arrest- there would need to be four that are set to be held in Russia FIFA-commissioned Garcia report He resigned in 2014 after a The 32-year-old, who was a gan each week, something that dis- ed in Zurich ahead of FIFA's an- months' notice for any new presi- and Qatar. on corruption. FIFA judge cleared the World Cup breakout star at the 2012 Ryder appointed him. nual congress on Friday. dential election. At the FIFA meet- ANALYSIS: FIFA s presi- "Having already cooperated bids, based on his findings - which Cup, tried his hand in the States, "People on the range say hello Blatter announced his decision ing in Zurich last Friday, Blatter, dent of everybody runs out of fully with Mr Garcia's investiga- were never fully released. but didn't find the results or the - none of that stuff happens in to resign on Tuesday, just four 79, had been re-elected when his friends tion - and been subsequently At the time, he claimed the camaraderie he sought. In that time, America," he said. "They are there days after the congress that saw only rival, Jordan's Prince Ali bin No sooner had Blatter an- cleared of any wrongdoing - we judge's decision contained "numer- Colsaerts went from 36th in the to be serious, do their stuff and go him win a fifth term as the body's Al Hussein, withdrew after gain- nounced his decision to resign than welcome the Office of the Swiss ous materially incomplete and er- world, where he ended 2012, to home whereas here it is much more president. ing 73 votes to Blatter's 133 in the English Football Association chair- Attorney General conducting its roneous representations" of his 140th. He's dropped to a present relaxed and human. People are just "I cherish FIFA more than any- first round of voting. man Greg Dyke raised the possi- own work into the bidding pro- investigation. level of No. 187. real. It is such a different deal in Colsaerts compared the cul- America." The return to his home ture of the PGA Tour to that of tour has been good for Colsaerts. the European Tour, and it's clear He feels he's close to regaining form Federer loses to pal American Pharoah owner he's happy to be back on home and confidence. continent soil. "I'm not totally back yet in the "Here, there are always guys mind. I see signs but it will take a Wawrinka in Paris; paved path of bold bets to have dinner with or share a drink bit of time," he said. "I just hope it with. It's more like a Tour," Col- doesn't take too long," Ahmed Zayat spends big money Through it all, Zayat moves recalls. "Make a call and win mon- Tsonga into semis buying and betting on horses, and forward. With his wife and four ey a minute and a half later." brags about how successful he's children all Orthodox Jews He came to the United States Paige VanZant says Stumbling on his way to the net, in a Grand Slam match. been at everything he's set out to the self-proclaimed entrepreneur to go to college, and earned a mas- Roger Federer dropped his racket ''I know that when I play good accomplish. has spent tens of millions building ter's degree from Boston Univer- strawweights are UFC and fell to his knees on the red clay. tennis, when I play my best ten- From buildings to beer to his 10-year-old stable. sity in public health administra- Hardly the sort of grace and preci- nis, I can play so heavy from both breeding, when Zayat becomes in- "He so very passionate, but tion. His first job out of college women s deepest weight class sion the world has come to expect sides that it's really tough for the volved in business, he's going for he's a very hyper, emotional man," was for Zev Wolfson, a New York from the 17-time Grand Slam opponent to play,'' said the eighth- the gusto. No glass half empty for says Baffert. "And he's easy to set commercial real estate developer In November 2012, the Ultimate ally exciting to have. All these ath- champion. seeded Wawrinka, who will play him. He's all in, all the time, con- off. But he's fun to be around." and philanthropist who died in Fighting Championship officially letes are still coming up from In- There were other unusual 14th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of sumed at being the best. In the winner's circle after the 2012. brought women into its organiza- victa. I think we re going to see a sights in Federer's 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4) France in the semifinals Friday. Up next? A chance at racing Derby, Zayat celebrated by jump- "He was the toughest guy I tion with the signing of bantam- lot more females come out, added loss in the French Open quarterfi- ''That's why Roger was struggling history with American Pharoah in ing up and down with Baffert's 10- ever worked for," says Zayat. "I'd weight Ronda Rousey. A year lat- VanZant. nals Tuesday against his pal and today. It's because I was playing the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. year-old son Bode. A few days af- come home to my wife and cry er, the fight promotion announced Not all of the female straw- The Kentucky Derby and Preak- ter winning the Preakness, he sold sometimes because he was such a that it was expanding its female weights have made their way to ness winner he owns will attempt the breeding rights to American perfectionist. A great negotiator." presence by signing eleven of the the UFC through the all-female to become the 12th Triple Crown Pharoah for what could end up However, he was determined top women strawweights in the fight promotion of Invicta. UFC champion and first to sweep the being $30 million. to go out on his own, so he put world. women s strawweight champion races since Affirmed in 1978. "At the end of the day he's a together a group of investors, went Paige VanZant was among that Joanna Jedrzejczyk inked a con- "I'm a driven guy, a competi- businessman," says Baffert. "And back to Egypt and bought Al Ahr- eleven and believes the 115-pound tract with the Las Vegas-based fight tive guy," says the 52-year-old he's done really pretty amazing am Beverages Company, a govern- weight class is the deepest of the Zayat, who was born in Egypt and with these horses he's bred and the ment-run business up for bid, in women s divisions. promotion in June 2014 without lives in New Jersey. "I'm result stallions and the stallion deals. He 1997. The business thrived. How- I do see the strawweights having previously fought in the oriented. I work hard and have has to sell these horses, he has to ever, Zayat would fly back and being the largest female division. I United States. been very successful, and we've churn the money. You have to sell forth to see his wife and family in think it has the most talent, and I The women s divisions in the made a lot of money over the in order to stay with it." Teaneck, New Jersey, on week- think we re going to see that talent UFC are in their infancy and will years." Born in the Cairo suburb of ends. He did it for 10 years, 13 come, the 21-year-old recent told continue to develop in the coming And if he wins the Triple Maadi to well-off parents, Zayat hours each way. Finally, enough the media while attending an event years. VanZant believes there s a Crown? was best known in racing for tough was enough. He sold the business in Las Vegas. wealth of unknown talent out there "This would be a Cinderella breaks until American Pharoah to Heineken for $280 million, re- We see a lot of fighters being that will soon be UFC fighters. story," he said. came along. His horses finished turned to his family and retired. pulled from Invicta FC still that I do think there s a lot of tal- Along the way, there have been second in the Derby three times Or so he thought. are high-level talent. Michelle ent out there that we haven t seen a few cracked slippers, particular- Pioneerof the Nile, Nehro and "Couldn't do it," says Zayat. Waterson just got pulled. She s re- yet. ly as he rose to prominence in rac- Bodemeister. Eskendereya, a Der- "I had to follow my passion. I love ing. His Zayat Stables filed for by favorite, was injured a week horses." bankruptcy in 2010 when his bank before the race and didn't run. Payn- So he took the plunge. All in. said there were $34 million in un- ter nearly died from colitis and He bought 18 horses his first year paid loans. In the filing, he dis- laminitis but recovered and became in the business, and his stable grew closed he had made loans to two a major stakes winner. to 250 a few years later, one of the brothers who a few years later Zayat and horses met early. biggest in the U.S. By the end of pleaded guilty to operating an ille- He was sent to private school and 2008, according to Daily Racing gal gambling operation. The stable learned to ride at a country club. Form research, Zayat had spent at eventually climbed out of finan- cial trouble, and recovered. All wasn't behind him. In March, a man filed a $1.65 million lawsuit contending he fronted Zayat money for bets at offshore casinos in 2003, but was never re- paid. The case has escalated as the Triple Crown finale nears, with the attorney behind the suit tacking on a $10 million libel claim based on comments Zayat made defending himself. "It's sad, really sad," Zayat Swiss Davis Cup teammate Stan so well.'' So long superior to the said Tuesday at Belmont Park be- Wawrinka. younger Wawrinka, Federer was fore American Pharoah's arrival ''I made 30-something errors defeated for only the third time in from Louisville, Kentucky. "To me, today. He, maybe, made one,'' said their 19 head-to-head matches, and this is the moment we should be Federer, exaggerating a bit. for the first time in five meetings enjoying as a family and frankly Rarely injured and appearing at Grand Slam tournaments. speaking, it's not about me. It's in a 62nd consecutive major, Fed- ''I tried many things,'' Federer about the horse." erer received treatment on his right said. ''Obviously I was not going Bob Baffert, who trains Amer- hand from a trainer. For years and to leave the French Open without ican Pharoah, said outside issues years a dominant and confident having tried everything out there.'' come with the territory. force in tennis, Federer slumped During the eight French Opens in his changeover chair, head from 2005 to 2012, Federer "You have to expect there's al- bowed, after falling behind two reached at least the semifinals sev- ways somebody out there that has sets to none. And, according to the en times, including winning the to bring some kind of a negative ATP, this was the first time since 2009 championship to complete a scandal and it's not a secret that a fourth-round loss at the 2002 career Grand Slam. But this is the Mr. Zayat likes to bet," he said He never went to a racetrack until least $62.5 million at auction on U.S. Open - back before he'd won third year in a row he exits Roland recently. "So when you're gam- the mid-1990s, when he went to 252 horses, including $4.6 million a major trophy - that Federer failed Garros in the quarterfinals or ear- bling, there's always somebody out the Meadowlands. "I loved the in 2006 on a 2-year-old named to break an opponent's serve once lier. there." buzz, the instant gratification," he Maimonides. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY. JUNE 04 . 2015-Jawza 14, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:299 Price: Afs.15

25pc of mine MoPH vows to Pakistan to register workers are BAMYAN CITY expand children: Report decorated ahead of obstetric fistula KABUL: The research and human care services undocumented Afghan rights defence group on Wednes- By Akhtar M. Nikzad day said miners worked under SAARC ceremony tough conditions in the country s KABUL: Ministry of Public mines, where children made 25 BAMYAN CITY : With only two city s construction and welcoming Health (MoPH), the Afghan Soci- REFUGEES: MoRR percent of them. The group re- days remaining to a ceremony Afghan and foreign guests by as- ety of Obstetricians and Gynecol- By Akhtar M. Nikzad leased its survey conducted in marking Bamyan City as the cul- phalting this road, he said. Amin ogists, and the United Nations Herat, Parwan, Baghlan and Takhar ture capital of SAARC countries, requested SAARC member coun- Population Fund vowed to expand KABUL: Ministry of Refugees provinces during six months. At- residents have joined hands with tries to pay attention to electrici- capacity to treat women with ob- and Repatriation (MoRR) on taullah Atta, the group s head, told the authorities in decorating the ty and damaged roads in Bamyan stetric fistula. Addressing a cer- Wednesday said that Pakistan journalists in Kabul they had con- capital city of the central province. City. On the other hand, women, money on the International Day would register all undocumented ducted interviews with 600 mine For its historical importance, Bam- the tourists association, sports- to End Obstetric Fistula, the min- Afghan refugees within next 100 workers in the four provinces. Atta yan City was chosen to serve as men and singers also say they ister of public health Firozuddin days. also produced a 40-minute docu- the South Asian Association for would participate in welcoming Feroz on Wednesday said that by Briefing reporters on the 100- mentary showing the situation of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) guests to the event. A women ac- 2019 those women and girls who day action plan that he presented the mine workers. Failure to com- cultural capital for 2015 by a dele- tivist, Zahra Hussaini, said: We are suffering from obstetric fistula to the president, more than a week ply with standard hygiene, lack of gation of the organization. Local have prepared handicrafts, local would have access to care, treat- ago, Minister for Refugees and safety equipment, modern tools officials have announced the event dresses for boys and girls, other ment and services in all major Repatriation said that Afghan ref- and suitable accommodation, lack would take place on June 5 in Bam- locally-used materials and things hospitals. ugees in Pakistan would not have of health insurance and protective yan city, foreign guests and gov- which can attract guests. Bamy- He said that currently only to worry anymore that they would clothing were the most important ernment officials would partici- an Tourists Association head Mo- Malalai Maternity Hospital at the be deported. challenges the workers faced, he pate. With the celebration ap- hammad Arif Rezayee said the as- capital city has the facility to treat Sayed Hussain Alimi Balkhi added. Atta said some of the work- proaching, shops and markets have sociation had tasked its 12 mem- women and girls suffering from said that 1.5 million Afghans in the ers were children. From 20 to 25 been decorated with colorful de- bers familiar with several foreign obstetric fistula. New fistula neighboring Pakistan are living percent of the workers are children signs that give the city a new look. languages to guide foreign tourists wards will be established in the without legal documents. He said of ages between 8 to 18 years old. Mohammad Amin Amin, the head to Bamyan historic places. The regional hospitals to expand repro- that after multiple rounds of nego- They do hard work against 3,000 of Bamyan Global Company, said city has got a different shape com- ductive health services to women tiations with Pakistani officials, to 5,000 afghanis per month. The a 380-metre road connecting new pared to the past. Nice decorations and adolescent girls. Islamabad has agreed to register report stated that some of the chil- Bamyan city with the old city and are made in different areas, gates Women and girls suffering the refugees. He further said that legaliza- ropean Union countries in order dren either suffered from health government departments had been have been painted and boards and from obstetric fistula will have ac- Pakistan will sign an agree- tion of Afghan refugees in Iran and to resolve problems of Afghan im- issues or could not go to school. reconstructed by local residents attractive goods for tourists are cess to professional doctors and ment with the Afghan government Pakistan, and voluntary repatria- migrants. Australia and a few Eu- The group urged the unity govern- and companies. He told Pajhwok widely seen. All the roads have surgeons. Free treatment, trans- to legalize the stay of Afghan refu- tion were priorities of the MoRR. ropean Union member countries ment and officials at relevant min- Afghan News the seven-meter been decorated with lightings and portation and accomodation will gees. Next week a delegation from Next month we will have negoti- deported some Afghan refugees. istries to take appropriate action wide road was asphalted at a cost Afghan national flags with resi- be provided to the patients, the Afghanistan will leave for Islama- ations with Iran about registration These countries violated the agree- to ensure that the rights of labour- of $180,000. Up to 42 local com- dents participating in cleaning minister promised. Obstetric fis- bad to discuss the registration pro- of Afghan refugees. We will also ments on status of immigrants, he ers were protected. (Pajhwok) panies decided to take part in the parks and streets. (Pajhwok) tula is one of the most serious in- cess and living condition of the ref- ask Iran to provide needed educa- added. The minister said that a sur- juries that can occur during child- ugees, he said, hoping that the tional facilities to the refugees, he vey would be conducted to find Dozens die in birth. agreement would be inked within said. Balkhi said that negotiations out exact number of the internally 10 KILLED, 150 FAMILIES According to a survey con- next three months. would be resumed with eight Eu- displaced people in the country. ducted in 2011 by MoPH in six air strikes on provinces of Afghanistan, four displaced in Baghlan clashes women in 1,000 suffer from fistu- Body of missing ISIL in Iraq s la during pregnancy. Twenty-five Bakhtar Bank branch PUL-I-KHUMRI : Six Afghan houses. The Taliban in their web- per cent of them were younger Panjshiri girl Local Police (ALP) personnel, site said their one fighter was Hawijah than 16 when they married. Glo- looted in Ghor three armed rebels and one civilian wounded in the clash. Mohammad Dozens of people are reported to bally, it is estimated that at least FOUND AFTER were killed during clashes that dis- Ali, a resident of the area, said four have been killed in air strikes tar- 50,000 new fistula cases occur each FEROZKOH : The Bakhtar Bank that the money was transferred out placed about 150 families in north- houses were hit by rockets. He said geting the Islamic State of Iraq and year, while fewer than 20,000 20 DAYS manager in western Ghor province of the bank. Haidari added of the ern Baghlan province, an official the security situation was not sat- the Levant (ISIL) in Hawijah in women and adolescent girls receive and two others have been detained 25 million afghanis, 2.5 million have said on Wednesday. isfactory for residents. The mili- Iraq, reports say. Sources told Al treatment annually. The UNFPA s on charges of robbing 25 million been found in the branch manag- Deputy governor Abdul tants fled when security forces con- AT Monitoring Desk Jazeera that civilians were among representative for Afghanistan, Dr afghanis and $140,000 from the er s residence. Qadim Niazi told Pajhwok Afghan ducted a clearing operation last at least 70 people killed in the air Annette Sachs Robertson, said Desk-KABUL: The dead body of branch. A security official, who The bank has been locked and po- News militants stormed police week, but they staged a comeback strikes on a warehouse controlled that to end fistula, universal ac- a 20-year-old girl was found in cen- wished not to be named, told Pa- lice would ensure its security, he check posts last night in Gadanha when the security forces left the by ISIL. Al Jazeera's , cess to quality reproductive health tral Panjshir province on Wednes- jhwok Afghan News Zabihullah the added. Salim Rahimi, Bakhtar Bank locality of Dand Ghori district near area, the resident said. He said the reporting from Baghdad, said the services should be ensured. She day, after she went missing from branch manager and two of his col- marketing and development man- the provincial capital, Pul-i-Khum- area had been the scene of violent attacks in Hawijah, in the Kirkuk said that early marriages had to be her home 20 days back. A security leagues had taken the money out ager in Kabul, however, told Pajh- ri. The ensuing clash left six local clashes that displaced at least 150 governorate, occurred during the avoided. She said the UNFPA has early hours of Wednesday but it official said the girl was a resident of the bank. wok Afghan News three million policemen, three rebels and a families to other areas. been providing support to the woman dead and eight militants, Meanwhile, two rockets fired was unclear who carried them out. of Dasht-e-Reyot locality. Shaikh The manager was detained before afghanis were stolen from the Separately, the US military said MoPH in treating obstetric fistula Ahmad, 1st district police chief in flying to Kabul in Ferozkoh, the bank s Ghor branch. three civilians and one policeman into Pul-i-Khomri city left six ci- coalition forces conducted 18 air since 2007, through the establish- Bazarak said after recovering her source added. He added 2.5 million of the amount wounded.Niazi said the woman vilians, including three children, strikes targeting ISIL in 10 Iraqi ment of Malalai Maternity Hos- body from Mullahkhail locality Gul Ahmad Haidari, provincial at- has already been recovered and was killed and another three civil- wounded and another four other cities since Tuesday morning, as pital Obstetric Fistula Ward, was shifted to the Emergency torney general, said the case was some accused persons were also ians were injured when Taliban- rockets hit nonresidential areas, but well as four air strikes against the where more than 930 women and Hospital in the province. under investigation. It was found nabbed by police. (Pajhwok) fired rockets struck residential caused no casualties. (Pajhwok) group in Syria. (Al Jazeera) adolescent girls have been treated. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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