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...sJ 4 ~j.!J.': ...sJ 4 ~j.!J.': Azlzi Bank Azizl Bank " 1515 1515 e www.azlzlbank.af •.umrJ "' Karzai saddened over Lahore 10Atghan terrorist attack eAT News Report journalists KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai was sadd~ed for learning about a terrorist attack that killed and injured civilians in Pakistan's city of Lahore. ·1 e in 1s "Karzai called the attack eAT News Report Qaisar and Sherin Tagab districts named Mullah Abdul Rahim, anny comri:landos p'repared to run against all humanism and Islamic of Northern Faryab, which Mullah YusofZabih, Mullah Salam. operation to retake Kohistan principles, asking Pakistan resulted at killing of 143 Taliban Nestan, S.ayed Ismail, Mullah district. Kohistanat district of government to stop sup{lorting KABUL: At least 143 Taliban rebels and wounding of 17 others Rohullah, Qari Manan, Jahan Gir, Northern Faryab province has and cooperating with tcrronsrn and fighters were killed and 17 others in Faryab," said a statement issued Qari Dost Mohammad Qari Abdul fallen to Tali ban hand after hours extremis so that the region, wounded during airstrike in by Ministry of Defense. Ghafor, added statement. Taliban of clashes on Sunday morning. particularly Afghanistan and all 1201 Northern Faryab province The statement said that nine group leaders Sebghatullah, Afghan forces retreated from the Pakistan be safe from this Monday night. Taliban commander and group Besmillah, and Sardar Husain are district 'in order to prevent civilian KABUL: A media watchdog on journalists increased from 54 in the inauspicious circle," Karzai's office "Afghan forces conducted leaders were among killed people also among wounded insurgents, casualties this district fall down to Tuesday said at least 10 first half of2016 to 73 during the said Tuesday in a statement. airstrike operations in Kohistan, as well. The killed commanders noted statement. It added that Taliban, MoD claimed. journalists were killed in sameperiodin2017,indicatrnga The former president Afghanistan in the first half of 35 percent increase. During the expressed hope that Pakistan and 2017, showing a 35 percent surge period, four journalists were killed Afghanistan put an end to this over last year. The Afghan rna Daesh-claimed attack on the crisis through a civil way and an Mattis criticized Journalists' Safety Committee Radio Television Afghanistan honest cooperation, according to Heknlatyar casts doubt (AJSC), an independent (RTA) in eastern Nangarhar the statement. Pentagon waste watchdog, issued a new report at province, two in the attack on the Karzai also hoped good and a press conference here, saymg the parliament building in capital Kabul friendly relationship with of $28m on ANSF over US's success in Afghanistan Taliban and the Islamic State (IS) and four others in a deadly truck Pakistan, saying that Pakistani extremist group were responsible bombing in front of the German people were brothers and sisters uniforms Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of to ensure the security of the Believe me we believe in our forces for most of the "direct and Embassy in Kabul, he said. Sharifi for Afghans who share their Hizb-e-Islami, who sealed a peace Presidential Palace," he said. and if someone does not believe indirect" attacks on media workers added 12 journalists were happiness and grief. He wished deal with Kabul last year, sa1d the NATO and the Afghan (in them), he will never win," in Afghanistan. The report said 73 wounded, 19 beaten, 18 mistreated, paradise for the martyrs and quick Afghan ~overnment, NATO and government will not win the war Defense Ministry spokesman cases of violence against six threatened, five arrested and recovery for the injured. ~eigh~orrng countrie~ have failed in Afghanistan, Hekrnatyar said, Dawlat Waziri said. journalists were recorded in the three others abusively fired from m thelf efforts to bnng peace to adding that the only way to get Hekmatyar meanwhile frrst six months of2017, including duty. "The government is Afghanistan. the country out of the current suggested an option to pave the 10 cases of killings, 19 beatings, responsible for 34 cases of the 50 insurgents Addressing a gathering at his turmoil is through negotiations. way for peace in Afghamstan. He and 12 injured. The report said violence against journalists and the residence on Tuesday, Hekrnatyar "It is a reality that neither the said "different tribes living in the the violence included killing, major reason behind it was criticized government over its Afghan government nor foreign country must cooperate with each beating, inflicting injury and revealing inforn1ation about illegal killed in "failure" to maintain security, troops can win the war. This war other" on the way to ensure peace humiliation, intimidation, and acts of government officials, he saying that government is not able has no winner," Hekmatyar in the country. Prior to this, there detention ofjournalists , calling the said, adding responsibility of the Helmand The U.S Defense Secretary Jim to properly ensure the safety of added. were rumors that Hizb-e-Islami six months the most violent in the rest of the cases rested with the eAT News Report Mattis has criticized Pentagon the Presidential Palace. Meanwhile, the Ministry of planned to take a share in past 16 years. Najib Sbarifi, AJSC militants. Some of parliament officials for wasting up to $28 "From who do you want Defense said Afghan forces are government, but Hekmatyar director, said 679 cases ofviolence members, provincial council KABUL: At least 50 Taliban million to help buy uniforms for peace? From Russia, America, capable enough to handle the rejected the rumors and said taking against journalists had been members, powerful figures and insurgents were killed and 35 the Afghan National Army that NATO or from this government. situation. part in government depends on the recorded in Afghanistan during the unidentified men were also others wounded during an airstrike had camouflage patterns The government cannot maintain "Where is the enemy? We are Improvement of the situation. past 16 years. The statistics involved in some of violence related in southern Helrnand province. representing lush forests, Reuters Kabul security, even it is not able chasing them days and nights. (TOLONews) showed the crimes against cases against media, he added. "Afghan air forces conducted reported. r------the airstrike against Taliban, killing "Buying uniforms for our 50 insurgents and wounding 35 Afghan partners, and doing so in others in Gereshk district of a way tha_t may have wasted tens Afghanistan Helmand," said a press statement of mil.lions of tax{layer dollars issued by Ministry of Defense. over a 10 -year penod, must not book berth The statement said that the be seen as mconsequential in the operation conducted in Sarband grand scheme of the department's in U-19 Camp and Parchab areas of responsibilities and budget," Gereshk district, which busted all Mattis said in a memo seen by Reuters news agency on July 24. World Cup insurgents' hideouts in the district. His comments refer to a Enou~h weapons, KABUL: Unbeaten Afghanistan ammunitiOns, vehicle and report by the Special Inspector on Tuesday qualified for the 2018 motorbike belonged to Taliban General for Afghanistan ICC Under-19 World Cup after Reconstruction (SIGAR) that registering their sixth consecutive fighters were destroyed during concluded the Pentagon operation in the district as well, needlessly spent millions to triumph in the qualifying round added statement. license the proprietary in Singapore. The qualifying camouflage pattern when It round began last week in already had dozens of desert Singapore and ended on Tuesday, Taliban ban patterns it could have used for free. with Afghanistan emerging the top SlGAR, the U.S government's point getter. The event featured on irrigation top watchdog on Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Malaysia and sa1d the uniform design choice was the hosts Singapore and each side played two matchesACKU against the water leaves wasteful given that only 2.1 percent of Afghanistan is covered other. Afghanistan played their by forests. It said it was chosen last match against Nepal, said Farid crops parched because the Afghan minister of Hotak, the Afgharustan Cricket defense at the time "liked the Board spokesman. He said the FAIZABAD: The Taliban have woodland, urban, and temperate Afghanistan under-19 cricket team banned farmers from irrigation patterns. "Mattis, in his memo, won the toss and decided to bat water in the Yaftal Payeen district said that "cavalier or casually against Nepal. The Afghans set the of northeastern Badakhshan acquiescent decisions to spend Nepalese 196 runs target after province, leaving crops on more taxpayer dollars in an ineffective losmg all wickets in the 46th over. than 5,000 acres of land parched. and wasteful manner are not to For Afghanistan, Ibrahim Imam Ali Hamdami, the recur." "I expect all (Department Zadran shined with the bat and district's administrative chief, of Defense) organizations to use struck I 0 I runs. The Nepalese confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan this error as a catalyst to bring to were unable to chase the target and News that the militants had light wasteful practices -- and take all were sent back to the pavilion restricted the use of irrigation aggressive steps to end waste," after piling up 90 runs on the water in five villages of the Mattis wrote. scorecard. district. The ban has been in force for two months. The insurgents had asked farmers that each village should pay them 100,000 afghanis a month in return for irrigation Kabul to water, he said. "We sent a group ofulerna and elders to the Taliban to resolve the summon diplomat problem and let the irrigation water flow to farmlands in Hozkan, Warang BaJa, Warang Payeen, Ghozmargh and Puzal over ·domestic Kharad. The militants agreed but later demanded money from villagers." He said people had suffered iol nc 'c ai huge losses and their farms and gardens had gone dry. People did The Ministry of Foreign Affairs not want to pay the Taliban and (MoFA) will summon conducting a military operation Mohammad Yama Aini, an Afghan was the only option, the district diplomat in the United States, who added. Col. Tash Mohammad, the reportedly beat his wife, to Kabul district police head, also said the and will take legal action against Taliban had agreed with local him. The Foreign Affairs Ministry ulema and elders on Monday to said on Tuesday that the case let the water flow to farms, but against Aini will be investigated the rebels attacked the district andJJe will face consequences in centre at 2pm and the clash line with Afghanistan laws. "The continued until II pm. "We are Ministry of Foreign Affairs was trying to fully clear Yaftal Payeen informed about the issue through York Post. The report said'that d1stnct of militants and let the a letter received from Mohammad Yama Aini allegedly people use irrigation water," he Afghanistan's office in New York. assaulted his wife Mezhgan Aini, said. A farmer from Hozkan village The ministry wants to ask the 30, at their home in New York city said: "I have seven orchards and diplomat to come to Kabul," at ! 2:30am Saturday, police each has more than a thousand MoFA spokesman Shekib sources said. Aini however could trees, but 45 percent of them have Musta~hni said. Aini reportedly not be charged in the U.S, because dried after the Taliban restricted beat h1s wife so badly that she he is a counselor to the Afghan us from using irrigation water required medical care at a hospital Mission to the UN and that has about two months ago." but he won't face legal action in diplomatic immunity. Aini has (Pajhwok) the U.S as he has diplomatic reportedly rejected the claims immunity, police told the New against him. _j WEDNESDAY ·JULY26,2017 02 nation AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan- a Political coalitions

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Nowadays, a number of government and people-a move Abdullah on Sunday warned government officials and political that won't have a good future. politic-ians to consider parties have fo rmed political The government of national consequences of their decisions coalitions, particularly the recent unity is committed to restoring and actions. one the Coalition to Rescue national unity and fair partnership Referring to coup against Daud Afghanistan. It is merit to mention and making effort to equally ensure Khan, CE Dr. Abdullah said that that last year, a coalition named rule oflaw, strengthen democracy Afghanistan was suffering from the Protection and Stability formed by and freedom of speech which are pain of the coup. Mujahedeen le@ders and jihadi its key priories. "Pol itical leaders s hou ld parties, but still its taking position Therefore, the people of consider consequences of their on bringing reforms has ilOt been Afghanistan ask all political and decisions und action; one move specified. In other countries, tribal groups, oppositions and could unsett le t he o verall coalitions are mostly established politicians to consider the situation," Abdullah said. The to form a favorite government with priorities in their political moves. remarks come as First Vice strong commonalities. But because the Atghans hardly President Abdul Rast\1d Dostum unfortunately in Afghanistan, this attained the current achievements has recently formed an anti­ is not so, and the groups make and don't want to easily lose them. government coalition with Balkh effort to criticize the government But what is questioning to the Governor Ata Mohammad Noor and avail the opportunity for their people of Afghanistan is that the and CE' s Second Deput y interests. The reason behind thi s recent coalitions are rormed by Mohammad Mohaqqiq in Turkey. irregularity is that the political those who have been worki ng for "If we have a deep view o f games regulations in Afghanistan the government but stand il,ga inst Afghanistan issues. we wi ll notice have not become as systematic as it. The Afghans expect the groups that our responsibilities arc more In the end, the solution lies in peace While we are pending these but ends up leaving depressed and Taliban and their associates !hird world countries. That is why and coalitions to stand by each and greater than our persona l negotiatipns with moderates m the sums of money on an unwmnable frustrated fo r having lost every [includin g ai-Qaeda and ISISf the coalition doesn't follow any ­ othe~on bringing refom1s and don't claims... Dr. said. Thus. considering Tafiban, who are Afghani nationals war, fifteen million US children (21 dollar, hoping against hope to win without the support and backing specific regulation. · let the opportunities to avai~ ~uch ongoing situation o f the coun try. and will not be dislodged from their percent) live in households below a jackpot that never pays out: of the tribes would be a miracle Those who try to form any .separations. , .- all groups and coalitions are needed own land, and no one is better the federal poverty threshold. One might ask Secretary and I doubt a miracle i5 happening ""~ equipped to achieve that than the Hundreds of thousands go to sleep Mattis, what l;i our goal now in these days." coalitions, are making effort to Amid looming political crisis. to join h?nds and figh t against tnbal chiefs. They want to take hungry, and many are living in Afghanistan, ai'ld what is our exit lie was emphatic about the c~eate distance.. between the Chief Executive Dr. A:bdu llah enemy. (l he Kabul Ttmes) matters into their hands and end squalid condttions, with strategy? For the past 16 years. na-ivete of successive American the decades-long suffering, death, infrastructure and homes on the no Defense Secretary provtded a administrations. saying that and destruction they have and verge of collapsing. clear answer, and now we are asked government officials 111 the continue to endure. To understand the travesty of to gamble again with the lives of Departments of State and Defense Sixteen years have passed and these expenditures on the war,just our soldiers, with no hope of ever ,!?.D ing back to the Bush era appeared UNSC condemns terrorist we are still fighting a war in think of the cost to America, not winning this debilitating war, fo be '·either obsessed with their Afghanistan whtch is not only the only in human lives and money. which has now become a war of version of'democracy' and 'human longest in American history (at a but our moral standing in the world choice. rights' or believe only in a US cost approaching one trillion and and the pervasive, corrosive To be sure, there will not be a mtlitary solution. They don't the blood of thousands of brave thinking that the war can still be military solution to theAfghl\11 war. believe in homegrown or Afghan attacks in Kabul, Lahore soldiers), but one which is morally won with military muscle. The sooner we accept th ts reality. local solutions lea by the tribes, or corrupting from which there seems It is naYve to think that after however bitter it may be. the better even winning hearts and minds." to be no exit with any gratification 16 years of fighting. dispatching so we can focus on a practical It is time for the US to realize but shame. It was necessary to an additional mi lttary force of outcome·that can emerge only that the long-term solution lies. as invade Afghanistan to destroy ai ­ 4.000 soldiers (as recommended by through negotiations with Zazai said, with the full backing Qaeda folrowing 9/11, but once it Secretary of Defense Mattis) will moderate elements of the Tal iban. and support of the tribes. He told was defeated we should have change anything. when at its peak The second option of me that he is prepared to gather departed, leaving behind some over 140,000 soldiers were unable conducting the war, which is the chiefs of all the tribes to seek rest dual forces to clean up the mess. to win and create a sustainable championed by Trump's chief commitment from top US omcials Jnstead, we decided to introduce political and security structure that strategist Steve Bannon, is to hire to empower them by providing democracy, a totally alien concept would allow us to leave with private contractors in lieu of four to live hundred million dollars to a land historically governed by dignity. American troops to fight a proxy a year, over a few years (which is tribes, and which no foreign power No one in the T rump war on our behalf. There is nothing a fraction of what we spend today). has ever been able to govern or administration, including the more disdainful than such a The purpose would be to recru1t fully conquer for long. Pentagon, is suggesting that proposal.lfwe were to choose this and train their own mili tia to tight Today, we are still discussing additional forces would win the route-sending mercenaries to their own battles-not the best course of action to bring war. At best, they can arrest the foreign lands to do our killing­ mercenaries for hire. who want to this war to some form of a continuing advances ofthe Tali ban, lvill there be anything more morally prolong the war only to enrich satisfactory conclusion. Before we which is now in control of more decadent than this breach of our themselves. discuss prospective solutions, than one third of the country­ humanity? T he solution to the however, we should take a hard and then what? The fact that we used Afghanistan debacle lies with the look at the real cost of the war and After a visit to Afghanistan. mercenaries in the past to act as Atghani tribes. who must take the its implications that will startle Senator John McCain was asked security guards or manage Jeaa in fighting the insurgency. The many to their core. to define winning: ··winning is detention centers was had enougn. tribes will be fighting for their Nearly 2,400 American getting major areas of the country in that they abused their mandate country because they ~vant an epd soldiers nave been killed and under control and working toward and committed egregious crimes to outrageous foreign interventions j 20:000 wounded; over 33,000 some kind of ceasefirc with the while making billions ofdollar . . that did nothing b-ut cause havoc Afghani civilians have lost their Talihan." But as Robert L. We should nevt:r repeat such a in the name -of pursuing an -ttves.- A record number or· crorosage of The~ion poinrs pracrice -~vliich is morafl) iflu sionarv democracv. j civilians- 1,662-were killed in out, .. we·ve had major areas under reprehensible. This scheme. not In the end. the solution lies in the first six months of20 17 alone, control before, and the Taliban surprisingly. comes from the self~ peace negotiations 11 ith moderates I and over 3,581 civilians were continued to resist, whi le serving master manipulator 111 the Taliban. who are Afghani WASHINGTON: The United threats to international peace and injured. The l'e hreek-i-Ta liban wounded. Overall, Afghani corruption and division continued Bannon, whose advice to Trump nationals and will not be dislodged Nations Security Council (UNSC) security. Pakistan (TPP) has claimed casualties are estimated at 225.000, to cripple the Afghan government.., so far has got the president in more from their own land. and no one is on Monday strongly condemned The UN body underlined the responsibility. The secretary­ with 2.6 million Afghani refugees Beyond this resurgent Tal iban trouble than he cares to handle. A better equipped to achieve that the terrorist attacks in Kabul and need to bring perpetrators, general strongly condemned the and more than one million threat, al-Qaeda is back in full force war for which we are not prepared than the tribal chiefs. They want Lahore and under! ined the need to organisers. financiers and sponsors horrifying bomb attack in Kabu l. internally displaced. and is succes~fully spreading its to sacrifice the life of a soldier for to take matters into their hands and bring the perpetrators to book. of these reprehensible acts of ''The deliberate targeting of Thus far, the cost of the war wings far beyond the Afghani a worthy cause must never be end the decades-long suffering. 'The members of the Security terrorism to justice. It urged all civil ians constitutes a grave to date is approximately $783 · borders. fought. In a series of conversations death, and destruction they have Council condemned in tht: strongest states in accorclancc with their violation of human rights and billion; the cost for each soldier is If anything, the situation I haa with Ajmal Khan Zazai, tribal and continue to endure. terms the heinous and cowardly oblig;tions under international law international humanitarian law and $3.9 million per year. If we were today is even worse both in the leader and Paramount Chief of Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a terrorist attack that took place in and relevant Security Counci I may constitute a war crime.·· said to divide the war's cost among political and security spheres, and Paktia province in Afghanistan, he professor of international relations Kabul on 24 July 2017, which resolutions. to cooperate with the a statement attributable to the Afghanistan's 30 million citizens, the prospects of developing spoke with deep frustration about at the Center for Global Affairs at it would amount to $33,000 per sustainable conditions on the the American military approach NYU. He teaches courses on resulted in more than 70 people Afghan government and all other spokesman for t he Secretary head, from which the ordinary ground and a functioning that has never had a chance of international negotiation and ki lled or injured .. : ' relevant authorities in this regard. General. The Secretary General Afghan has derived zero benefit in government in Kabul are next to succeeding. He said, '"Afghanistan Middle Eastern studies. The views In two separate statements, The IS-membered body a lso also calls for those responsible to a Country where the average annual zero. Sadly, Defense Secretary is a tribal country, the tribes are expressed in this article do not the council said terrorism in all its denounced the terrorist attack that be brought to justice for both the per captta income was only $670 Mattis resembles a gambling addict the past, present, and the future. necessarily reflect the views of forms a nd manifestations took place in Lahore, resulting in Kabu I and Lahore attacks. 1112014. pouring money into a slot machine, To win thts hard fight against the Afghanistan Times constituted one of the most serious more than 80 people killed or (Pajhwok) 3~400 home gardens boost Huge fire sweeps through · women~s incomes: MAILACKU a fruit market in Kabul city A huge fire swept through a fruits confirmed the incident and said the but numerous incidents have taken other purposes. market in Kabul city this afternoon fircfighting teams were deployed place in the past, including some In a similar incident last year, burning several shops, the security to the area to extinguish the fire. incidents that have also resulted a market caught fire close to officials said. He said some shops had caught into the loss of Iives. Anthony hospital that set several The incident took place in the fire and were destroyed as a result The majority of the fire shops on fire. vicinity of the 4th police district but said the main cause of the incidents take place due to the lack According to the of the city with the main cause of incident has not been ascertained of precautionary measures, shopkeepers, the incident took the incident yet to be ascertained. yet. specifically measures to prevent place after a gas cylinder caught A spokesman for the Kabul This is not the first time a electricity short circuits and use fire and subsequently spread to the police department Basir Mujahid market !'las caught fire in Kabul city of gas cylinders for cooking .and other shops in the market.

Notification of the intention to _contract award .... ~-t -- ~~. _; The Ministry ofenergy and water ofAfghanistan (MEW)is supposed.t6·awar9 thecontract,REHABTLATION OF QEYAM& KANAK CANAL WORKin Imam Sahib'District ofKuridoz provinceunder the contract No, MEW/IRDP/HQIIFBIMIS/U- ~42wi(h~atiorial Gold .Cpnst. C~lKhoshull Khan Min a, Zafar Block KBL., license ID, D-38645in the arriount of20,9~;2_53. 74 AfsTI:_wenty ~iltion nine hundred twenty two thousand and two hundred fifty three point seventy four Afgha~is).Bidders who appeal reconsideration or have any objection, they can submit their application with.iri oo~week totheMinistry ofEnergy and Water from the date ofannouncement. . • '· _ · · ·. . · . · , :.. .: : ' ,J: KABUJ.-: Enabling women to earn gardens have been established in initiative to engage women and a living, 3,400 small fruit and Takhar, Badakhshan. Baghlan and supply quality vegetables to the vegetable home gardens and Kunduz provinces in the past one market, more than 64,000 orchards have been established year. individuals have benefitted from across the country, the Ministry It said the beneficiaries. trained the scheme. of Agriculture, Irrigation and by MAIL experts on how to The project is considered an Notification of the intention to contract award 'Livesto-ck · (MAlL) said on cultivate and grow vegetables, had effective MAIL initiative, helping The Ministry of energy and water ofAfghkJ:stan (MEW)is supposed to award the contract,Rehabilitation of Tuesday. also been given the required women earn up to I 0,000 afs a "" A statement from MAIL said equipment, different kinds of month. The step has also helped Koz Behar Canallrr. Schemln Khogyani District ofNangarhar Province under the contract No, MEWI · the ofcbards were aimed at vegetable seeds and chemical women meet their household IRDP/HQ/IFB/MIS/J-204 with New Sadat Construction Company(NSCC)RegeShahmardKhan,Street boosting the ec9nomic situation of fertilisers. expenses. MAIL plans to set up families and participation of Since the launch ofthe home 8,500 more home gardens across Burge Barq-35,Jalalabad, license ID, D-3127in the amount of18,836,227.9Afs (Eighteen million eight -warnen in agriculture. The home garden project three years back, an the country. (PAJHWOK) hundred thirty six thousand and two hundred twenty seyen point nineAfghanis).Bidders who appeal reconsideration or have any objection, they c~ submit their application within oneweek totheMinistry ofEnergy Pak E.mbassy's visa section to and Water from the date of announcement :--remain closed on July 30, 31 Notification of the intention to contract award The Ministry ofenergy and water ofAfghanistan (MEW)is supposed to award the contract,Rehabilitation/ KABUL: The Pakistani Embassy in Kabul on Tuesday said its visa/consular section would remain closed on KushkBahar Village River Bank protection schemeinDawlatyar Distirct of Ghor Proviceunder the Sunday and Monday (July 30 and 31) due to scholarship tests. "It is for the information of general public that the Visa/Consular section of the Embassy of Pakistan will contract No, MEW/PCUIIRDPIHROl/HRT/NCBwithSabah Drukhshan construction com., license ID, D- remain closed on 30th and 31st July, 2017 due to scholarship tests being held in the. Embassy," a statement 25888in the amount of8,792,386Afs (Eight million seven hundred ninety two thousand and three hundred from the diplomatic mission said. eighty six Afghanis).Bidders who appeal reconsideration or have any objection, they can submit their application The embassy urged all Afghan nationals to approach it for any consular work, including visa, on next working day 1st August, 2017 (Tuesday). (Pajhwok) within oneweek totheMinistry ofEnergy and Water from the date ofannouncement. ------~------~------~------~ WEDNESDAY · JULY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES nation o3 !

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A number of country has some reasons as 2100302, 2100303 Kabul residents have told The hotness of the weather, lack of Kabul Times correspondent that water in Kabul river in which all residents in the city have faced capacity of transformers has cut Bakhtar Bank with problems during the bot down m Mahipar and N aghlo 0776777000 summer due to electricity load­ dams, technical problems along shedding and continuous power Kunduz - Baghlan where Azizi Bank cut in the city. electricity cables were cut and bas Ajmal, a Kabul resident said, made power cut in Kabul city, but 0799 700900 "Despite that Afghanistan now the cables were repaired and government is importing electricity there might be any power cut or Pashtany Bank from Tajikistan and other load-shedding in the capital 2102908, 2103868 neighboring countries and spend anymore". According to bead of lots of money in this field, recent Kabul city electricity department electricity load-shedding has Muhiburahrnan Momand, Kabul created lots of problems for the has now nearly 300 MW people". He asked the government electricity used by the people. He Safi Airways to clarify the reason of power cut added that current electricity load­ ACKUin the capital. shedding in the capital was because 020 22 22 222 Related to load-shedding in the of hot weather and increasing of capital, another Kabul resident population in the city. Ariana Nazanin said, "Most of the people He asked Kabul residents to The newly-appointed education past six years. the next two or three years. If the were being constructed for the who are busy working outside of prevent from improper use of 020-2100270 director for eastern Nuristan "The schools closed by MoE gives us approval of 10 Teachers' Training College, their homes in government electricity so that all the people province says insecurity and Taliban are in Waigal area and it's buildings' construction each year, Technical and Vocationallnstitute institutions are complaining of could make use of electrictty, tmproper management on local now a sixth year of their closure. this issue will be resolved." and Darul Uloom (Islamic power cut and load-shedding". She otherwise the people would be KamAir level has affected the education These two high schools were The provincial council also seminary or educational added that power cut and load- undergoing power cut or daily 0799974422 process in the mountainous better compared to others because dubbed the education situation in institution) in the province; . shedding created gaps and long load-shedding in the country in province. Mohammad Amin it had experienced teachers who the province as worrisome, however, he criticized the MoE for breaks in daily works of Kabul particular the capital. Hamad told Pajhwok Afghan News held master's de~ees from Russia. accusing relevant officials of paying no proper attention to the residents. Another problem facing the Hotels that schools m Nuristan lacked But now I have tnitiated my work neglecting the existing problems. province. She asked Da Afghanistan people in the capital is injustice teaching materials, teachers and as education director and these Secretary of the provincial "I myself had comt>lained Brishna Sharkat (DABS) to pay distribution of electricity in some Safi Landmark buildings and most of the times schools will be reopened in a few council, Khalillullah Gboyor, said against the education mintster for attention in this regard and address parts of the city and DABS is schools in many areas were closed months." finding resolution to the current not paying the attention Nuristan electricity load-shedding problems asked to pay attention in this 020-2203131 for security reasons, rendering in Hamad, who took over as the problems was not possible in a needed. I sent him plans how to in Kabul as the people could not regard. complete the education process. education director about a month short time, calling upon the people start work on school buildings and afford to buy generators due to the Concerns over load-shedding SERENA "Of the total 225 schools in ago, accused his predecessors of to fight for their rights. how to address the shortage of fact that they had economical and daily power cut in the capital Nuristan, only 40 have buildings doing nothing to improve the "There is no possibility for the professional teachers, but the plans problems. have increased after the weather 0799654000 and as a result, thousands of education system. current problems to be addressed were given no value." Meanwhile, for clarification of became warmer in Kabul, but no students attend classes in tents or He requested the Ministry of in near future because they require The situation of education in power cut and short falls of load-shedding has been reported in under the open skies and trees," Education (MoE) to give much time and a lot of efforts." Nuristan could not judged from electricity in Kabul city, head of some parts of the city as Wazir New Rumi Restaurant the official said. construction of school buildings a Governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum students' participation in the city electricity department in a Akbar Kha, Maroryans and Shahr­ Hamad said seven schools had priority in Nuristan. "I seriously said construction work on buildings Kandor (uruversity entrance test). telephone contact with The Kabul e-Naw areas and DABS is 0776351347 so far been torched by insurgents ask the ministry to help us in for 14 schools could not be finished Accordmg to officials, 300 Times correspondent said, "The expected to pay attention to fair in the province where another two construction of buildings. All of our due to corruption in the past. students sat the exam last year and people are right when they distribution of electricity in the Internet Services He said currently buildings only 150 this year. (Pajhwok): schools bad been closed for the schools should have buildings in complain of lack of electricity in city. (KabulTimes) UA Telecom 0796701701 / 0796702702

• Exchange Rate Privatizing the war i Afgha 1 USD 68.40AFN an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. to coerce the colonists to buy East the idea out of hand. But we are asked Prince and a friend, Steve companies. Supplanting that He suggested hiring a corporation India's tea was one of the least living in Trump World. Perry's Feinberg, to come up with country's government with a Mark Perry, a foreign policy to provide logistics and aviation offensive acts in the company's article states that Trump advisers alternative Afghan strategies. viceroy is not nation building. It is 1000.00 /RR analyst, recently wrote a sobering support, monitor an effort to history. The East India Company Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner Feinberg is the president of a nation destroying. And, if someone JB.OOAFN article for American Conservative exploit Afghanistan's natural was a ruthless cartel operating Jiked Prince's Wall Street Journal military contractor that also could like Prince gets the contract and Magazine. The piece is about a resources, and oversee an under charters granted by the piece. So, too, they told National profit from the type of venture then goes rogue, will we send our proposed privatizing of the war in aggressive air campaign to target British government. It initiated Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, Prince is pushing. With this White own military to evict his company Afghanistan, replacing American the Taliban. In addttion, a viceroy two wars with China to force that did Donald Trump. Perry points House involvement, the plan may from the country? That sounds forces with corporate mercenaries. should be appointed to oversee the sovereign country to allow the sale out that Prince's new company, actually have legs. Afghanistan is crazy, but no more so than givin~ a The idea of hiring a for profit effort. "In sum", writes Perry, of opium. Frontier Services Grout', IS the a mess, and it would be ~ood if the private corporation the authonty corporation to conduct a war on "Prince's plan would turn The company pillaged India to ' very type of corporatton that United States could extncate itself to wage war for profit. behalf of the United States is crazy. Afghanistan over to an American benefit its shareholders. It is would get the contract to run the from that mess. But it is incredible The Trump administration's l.OOEUR In Trump World, that makes it version of Britain's famed East neither moral nor smart to give war, exploit Afghani resources, and that our country's leaders could lack of judgment in a number of 78.40AFN very possible. Unfortunately, India Company, which, as Prince carte blanche to a corporation to presumably employ the viceroy. consider hiring a company to wage _areas is breathtaking. That Trump there is so much other noise wrote, 'prevailed in the region' for run roughshod over local Although Perry did not suggest war for profit: It is even more a,nd his chief advisors are interested 250 years by relying on private populations for the benefit of its this, I wonder if Prince sees himself incredible that our country might in a new East India Company for coming out of the Trump White 1000.00/NR House in so many areas that not military units." Most of us only shareholders. It is neither moral nor as the viceroy, with a sash over his contract with a corporation (run, the 21st Century may be one· of all of these policy discussions know the East India Company as smart to take control of a sovereign suit, a pince-nez over one eye, and by the way, by a major Trump the best examples ofju st how bad 1060.00AFN receive the attention they deserve. the owner of the tea that the Sons government, handing it over to a a servant waving a peacock feather donor) to "oversee" the things are. ln May, Erik Prince, the former of Liberty dumped into Boston foreign viceroy. Sam Adams and fan to cool his weary brow. Earlier exploitation of Afghanistan's Manchester's Kathy Sullivan JOOO.OOPKR owner of the notorious Blackwater Harbor in 1773, a precursor to the his Tea Party cohorts would be this month, the New York Times natural resources for the benefit of is the former chairman of the New American Revolution. The effort outraged. Sane minds would reject wrote that the White House had itself and other for profit Hampshire Democratic Party. 632.00AFN ·private security company, wrote 1.....,;;;;==------~_j WEDNESDAY· JULY26, 2017 04 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

-~~·dJiy~ · .+.;f ~·.,.....,.I. {l ~~«. Ministry o£ Energy and Water <:f:r· ·""'-·"/ ~~jjtl ' "'\>,·,y~ ~ ~ --:-~~ ~ _..:...~ ' _"~ ":!."'t"-»l rg_) ..~) 'f:-" · -~·); · \ f. ,'I. fu";>; l )·t--it,...... ~ . ~ Islamic Republic of Afghanistan '''/.!.. ~ i!\ ' ''hi?'. ' ~""~ r~~\~ '. i ! \!t" ~~y :~~- ,~ Request for " Expressions of Interest" for National Individual Consultants 1 ~~~\~ ~·~~~ ...i.;. • ' Organization: Project Coordination Unit (PCU) ~~1~i'~~-~:'~· Project: Irrigation Restoration and Development Project (IRDP) ·~·::i--J¥~:.tf.>~Z.. ReferenceNo.: MEW/PCU/REOI/356 . Announcement Date: 26- July- 17 Closing Date: 16-August- 17 Nationality: Afghanistan Duration: one year (Likely to be extended) Theislarnic Republic ofAfghanistan, Ministry ofEnergy & Water has applied for a grant from the Intemational Development Association toward the cost oflrrigation Restoration and Development Project, and it intendS to apply part ofthe proceeds ofthis "grant" to payments for hiring the services of following qualified national individual consultants. - . .

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l '. . ~ The-Engineer will be responsible for the following tasks but not limited to; Bachelor degree in civil ' 2 Position: (C- 964) Assistant Enginee( for-Construction Material • Cable of using all the quality control testing equipment's required as per the project requirements, engineering with 2 years relevant Testing Laboratory _.. ' likewise; los-Angeles abrasion test, gravel shape test, gravel crushing test, impact value test, gradation, experience or Baccalaureate Project: lRDP/MEW ,. gradation and si It test for sancf, sieve analysis, slump test, concrete compressive strength test, steel degree with 4 years relevant Location: Kabul, Afghanistan with frequent visir from Herat, -yield. strength test, proctor test, field density test, different soil tests in accordance with applicable experience/ technical degree in Mazar, Kunduz, Jalalabad & Kandahar ASTM and AASHTO standard procedures. Duration: 12 Months, extendable upon satisfactory performance civil engineering field/ for up to 3 years. • Ensure and maintain availability of required quality control testing equipment's, in working conditions, Especially in construction material in all IRDP laboratories testing/inspection ofsoil, aggregate, • Plan and ensure timely calibration of the quality control testing equipment's from the recognized concrete and steel is required. institutions and maintain a record of all such calibration • Ability to read and interpret plans • Ensure proper use of testing tools/equipment in the all I RDP laboratories to meet the quality standards specifications, safety rules, operating as per technical specific'ations and maintenance instructions, and • Ensure adh_ering for strict safety standards in alllRDP laboratories. procedure manuals. •· Recommend and assist the National QC Engineer & General Manager with identifYing, selecting, & • Ability to apply basic mathematical recommending to purchase' needed equipment for laboratories to improve the efficiency and productivity formulas and concepts to calculate of the laboratories. quantities, estimate volumes, inspect • Plan for and coordinate all major equipment maintenance activities with minimal interruption in test constructed work, make 'services .. recommendations in the field and to • Explain/Demonstrate quality control testing procedures at different levels such as lab technicians, site perform calculations for field and : · supervisor engineers, contractors. laboratory tests and equipment. • Perform any oth~r project relevant activities assigned by the National QC Engineer and PCU director. • Problem solver who can deal with a variety ofvariables at once. • Effective communication skills (speaking, reading, and writing), using the English language, required; • Ability to lift up to 25 kg. • Successful completion of related intemal safety certifications. . I The Project Coordination Unit(PCU) ofiRDP under-Ministry ofEnergy and water now invites National eligible consultants to indicate their interest. Interested eligible candidates,must provide information1 indicating that they are qualified to perform the services and are invited to submit their.CV (Curriculum Vitae), includingerrploymentrecords, description ofsimilar assignments canied out, experience in similar: conditions, availability ofappropriate skills etc. · The covering application letter should indicate that he meets all the require·d qualifications and exp~ience (as mentioned above) quoting references to various paragraphs of CV to demonstrate this. A consultant will be selected in accordance with Section V Selection oflndividual Consultants pfocedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bankl3orrowers (January 2011 ). · , : · . · · ~ _ _ _ _ . Interested eligible consultants may obtain further information from the address below during the office hours 08:00am to 16:30 pm from Saturday to Wednesday or by e-mail. Expressions ofinterest must be delivereEi or sent by e-mail to the address below no later than 16- August -17 Eng. Nasir Ahmad "Ahadi" Acting Dir~ctor ofProject Coordination Unit PCU Ministry of.energy and Water Mobile: 0700686110 , Email address:-Ahadi.nasir(a),eirp-afg.org Copy to saeed.azizul/[email protected] and Jawad.paz/[email protected] ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANI-STAN Ministry of ENERGY & WATER (Project Coordination Unit) Irrigation Restoration and Development_Project ACKU. ,. . . NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Invitation for Bids {IFB) For Procurement of Works for Rehabilitation of Mahala & Saidan Canal Irrigation Scheme Phase-II works IFB No: MEW/PCU!IRDP/K-249/KabuVNCB Date: 26-July- 2017 I.This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business published on II January 2011. 2.The Islamic Republic ofAfghanistan, Ministry of Energy & Water has received a grant from the International Development Association toward the cost oflrrigation Restoration and Development Project toward the cost oflrrigation Restoration and Development Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the Contract for the Sub project given in para 3 below. 3.The Project Coordination Unit, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Energy & Water, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Rehabilitation of Mahala & Saidan Canal Irrigation Schemes Phase-II (Rehabilitation of weir structure, Constru~tion of Social Structure) in lstalifdistrict of Kabul province as per designs drawings, Technical specifications and Bill of Quantity. MEW/PCU/IRDP/H-519/Herat/NCB The construction period is 16 months which includes slack period of 4 months for flood/adverse weather conditions and resolving community/farmers needs/disputes etc. 4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, dated January 20 II and revised in July 2014 and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents. 5.Jnterested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Eng. Fahima 'Azim', Deputy Director, Project Coordination Unit, Kabul Region,( Email: [email protected] Telephone: +93-779 240 738) and inspect the Bidding Documents atthe address given below from 7:30 to 16:30Hrs from Saturday to Wednesday (Except public holidays). ' 6. Qualifications requirements include: (a) The minimum required annual volume of construction work for the successful bidder in any of the last five years - 116 million Afs. (a) Experience as prime contractor in the construction of at least one works of nature and complexity equivalent to this work during the last five (5) years - 63 million Afs. (b) Proposals for the timely acquisition (own, lease, hire, etc.) of the essential equipment as given in the bidding document. (c) Contract Manager with five years' experience in works of an equivalent nature and volume, including no less than three years as Manager. (e) Liquid assets and/or credit facilities, net of other contractual commitments and exclusive of any advance payments which may be made under the Contract 26 million Afs. For detailed post qualification verification please refer to Section I -Instructions to Bidders and Section II- Bid Data Sheet of the bidding documents. A margin of preference for eligible national contractors/joint ventures shall not be applied. 7. The bidders or their authorized representatives are invited to attend a pre-bid meeting which will take place on (16-August- 2017) at 10 AM in the meeting room at the address given below to explain the procedure of proper preparation and submission of bid, clarity issues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage. 8. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of 2500 AFN. The method of payment will be Cash/Direct Payment. The Bidding Documents shall be collected by the bidders from the address below. 9. Bids must bedeliVC1!'(d. ~,the address below at or before (26-August-2017, OOAM) if this date is announced an officia·l,holiday, then bids must be submitted next working day at the same time and venue). Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at (26-August-2017, 00 AM) I 0. All bids shall be accompanied by a " Bid Security" of amount:420,000 Afghanis.. I I . The address referred to above is: Eng. Fahima "Azim" Deputy Director PCU-Kabul Region Ministry of Energy & Water, PCU Regional Office-IRDP Behind Mahmood Tarzi High School, DaruiAman Road, Kabul, Afghanistan. .. Email: [email protected] Telephone: +93-779 240 738 'WEDNESDAY ·JULY26,2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES world 05 rief At least a dozen die after building colla~ses in

commission to counter mea- against the fresh sanctions Mnmbai by the US on Tehran. in the Islamic Republic irritated by steps taken by US, which they say violate 20 15 nuclear deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan · (JCPOA). Last week. the House certified Iran's com- EUurgedto ce with the terms of the nu­ deal. nevertheless President ld Trump's administration to impose fresh new on individuals, groups entities which it cla;ms are call on Turkish lved in activities includi ng lrnn's military guard. rnis­ le development. weapons pro­ en! and software theft. In . Trump was seeking to sanc- 161ranian individuals. groups accession tal s net11orks. agr~cment. which is part o e Countering lran·s Destabilis­ eader ofthe largest party in the European parliament ActivitiesAct, was reached in says Turkey is moving away from the EU and its US I louse and SeJ'I'ate last At least 12 people were kill..:d ers trying to dig through 11 hat re­ common in India, where critics say . The bill adopted im- wh..:n a four-story building col­ mained of the building in the sub­ projects lack proper oversight and L values new sanctions against Iran lapsed in a suburb of th<: Indian urb of Ghatkopar. "There are lots safety controls. At least 24 peo­ I as Russia and North Ko- m..:tropolis of Mumhai Tuesday of people here. Many police of­ ple were killed in May when a wall morning, local authorities said. A ficers have been deployed trom collapsed at a 1~edding. Two bridge The EU is coming under fresh Ankara is moving further away f-our other human rights campaign­ massive search and rescue opera­ Ghatkopar and Parksite pol ice sta­ collapses last year-- one in Kolk­ pressure to end Turkey's hopes from I::U values following there­ ers were re-arrested over the week­ tion is now underway to dig out tions. Over I 00 officers are on the ata and another on a highway con­ ofjoiniQg the bloc before talks on cent detention of human rights ac­ end after being released on bail. people trapped in the debris. Four­ scene to control crowds that have necting Mumhai to Goa -- each led Tuesday between senior Brussels tivists. "'The EU should set itself fhe EU's high representative for teen people have already been res­ gathered here." Vijay Dandwate to the deaths of more than a dozen officials and the Turkish foreign the goal of ending the accession foreign affairs. Federica Moghcri­ cued from the rubble. P.S. Rah­ from the Mumbai Police's Park­ people. One of the most deadly minister. Manfred Weber. the Ger­ talks." said Weber. The local direc­ ni, the Turkish foreign minister, angdale. the chief fire ofTiccr at the site station told CNN. Rescue incidents occurred in 2013. ~~hen man leader of the largest party in tor of Amnesty International in Mcvlut <;:avusog)u. and its EU af­ Mumbai Fire Brigade. told CNN. workers and fire ofticials look for an illegal structure in Thane-- not the European parliament. called for Ankara and five other activists fairs minister, Omer <;:elik, are Video from the site showed a survivors. Rescue workers and fire far from Mumbai --col lapsed. kill­ the long-run ning negotiations on have been held in custody in re­ m.:cting in Brussels on Tuesday chaotic scene. with dozens or by­ officials look for survivors. Infra­ ing more than 10: Turkish membership to be brought cent weeks on accusations of be­ evening. standers nearby and first respond- structure accidents are tragically (CNN) to an end as concern grows that longing to a terrorist organisation. (A-P)

hina's military is more nimble and technologically proficient following reforms to make it more compact and responsive. rather than just relying on strength of numbers. state me­ WHO: Yemen sunerinu world's dia on fu<:sday cited President Xi Jinping as saying. China's armed forces. the 1\0rld's lan!­ est. are in the midst of an ambi­ tious modernisation pro­ gramme. from restructuring to largest outbreak of cholera troop cuts and in vestment in technolog:- and equipment up­ Yemen is currently witnessing ··the cu lt chal lenges that Yemen is going government force; on the one hand grades. such a~ acquiring: stealth biggest outbreak of cholera in the through."Yesterda). Ghebrc)esus. ~nd llouthi militants and fom:s fighters and aircraft carriers. 1\0rld". World Health Organisation UNICEF Executive Director An­ lo\al to former President Ali Ab­ Speaking to the ruling Commu­ ( WIIO) Director-Gener~I. Icdros thony Lake and WFP Executive dullah Saleh on the other. The un­ nist Party's elite Politburo. Xi Adhanom CihelHel esus. said Director !)avid Paisle\ arrilcd in r.:;.t has led to a 11 ors.::n i ng human­ called for all-out dTnns tn dri 1e fuda). "We arri 1 ed ) esterda) in Yemen to learn about the 1\0rsen­ itarian cri,i> in tho.: :\ lilllflc t-:ast's mi litar) reform. the official Yemen. 11hich is tiJCing the biggest ing humanitari{ln situation in the poore't countr~. Xinhua ne11s agcnc\ said. "Af­ outbreak of the cholc~a epide711ic co'Untry. According to the lal<.:~t Cholera is a dis..:asc that causes ter the reformS. ou'r military's in the world ... and 1\e 11 iII do ev­ World Health Organization se1crc diarrhea that can ki ll pa­ scale is smaller. but it is more erything in our power to promote (WIIO) report. 1.864 people died tients within hours if proper treat­ capable. its structure is more op­ a common response to the epidem­ in Yemen from the cholera epidem­ ment is not obtained quick ly. Ma l­ timised. its formation more sci­ ic ... the UN oflicial said. Ghebreye­ ic, with 400.000 cases of inJections nourished children. under the age entific," the report paraphrased sus thanked "the dedication of the since the outbreak of the disease of five are particularly vulnerable Xi, who is head of the military. staff and the organisation ·s team on 27 April. Since 2014, Yemen to the disease. as saying. (AP) for th.::ir work in-light of the difti- has witnessed a war between pro- (REUTERS) Seven Israel removes civilians me e s killedbv froiD sensitive car bomb al-Aqsa IDosqne, says ACKU'smart inNonh Sweden to hold 'biggest stakes and stubbornness sti ll Morocco's state re­ Sinai technology' ons to the RifHirak ("mobil- isation'') subsequent to Mouh- Seven civilians. including two chil­ militarv exercise in . Fikri's sordid death. Pro- dren. were killed when a car bomb to be installed meanwhile, have been re­ exploded near a military checkpoint ntless and mostly peaceful. in North Sinai. the Egyptian army y "violence'' by activists has said on Monday. decades· with Nato uefensive, while the state The explosion happened 200 to be engaged in an un­ metres from its military target, a! tug-of-war with them. "when an Egyptian soldier used a th the current developments, tank to stop the vehicle", accord­ 20 I I promises to involve the ing to the army statement. The vic­ amid tears over Russia in Constitution-based, tims- three men. two women and democratisation seem two children - "happened to be in ladimir Putin has vowed to 'eliminate' Nato if treachery. The context for the area in front of the ambush 's Hirak is a mix of pol iti- during the blast," the statement Sweden tries to join the alliance 1. social, economic and histori- added, without saying when the 1 factors. For some human incident happened. "The explosion V defenders. protests stan- was large, carrying about I 00 kilo­ earlier than Fikri 's death. On grammes of high explosives," an October, tensions flared when. army spokesperson said in the Al-lloceima, as an exceptional statement. Egypt's military is bat­ Israel has removed metal detectors in the kingdom. suggesting a broad­ onwide act, nine political tling a local aftiliate of the Islamic from the sensitive ai-Aqsa mosque er deal had been struck. Netanyahu ·es protested against local State group that has waged a dead­ in occupied Jerusalem, hoping to and Jordan's King Abdullah spoke 'ties· excessive electoral ly insurgency in the nonhern Si­ fuse deadly violence set otT by by phone late on Monday to dis­ which facilitated a large win nai. killings hundreds of members e installation of the new securi­ cuss the crises. including the ten­ the Authenticity and Moder­ of the security forces. At least 30 measurcs. A work crew could sions over the 37-acre sacred es­ Party (PAM). PAM's lead­ militants were recently killed by seen in the early hours ofTues­ planade in Jerusalem's Old City. promised to reconcile the Egyptian forces during several rcmoving the metal detectors Jordan is the official custodian o 11 ith Rabat, but the apparent days of security operations involv­ Lion's Gate of the holy site, Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. of their mediation so far ing the army. air force and police ich is the third holiest site of As word spread of the decision, a continuous corruption and in Sinai. Five others were arrested am and the holiest of Judaism. few hundred Palestinians gathered nchalance towards losaJ de­ as Egyptian forces imposed a statement from Prime Minister to celebrate near an entrance to the ds. Adding insult to injury is "tight siege" on the North Sinai Binyamin Nctanyahu's otlice said llaram al -Sharifmosque com­ ion lrom the 20 I I prom- provincial capital el-Arish and the that metal detectors would be re­ pound, known to Jews as the Tem­ The country has been in­ cities ofSheikh Zuweid and Rafah, moved and replaced with "sccuri­ ple -Mount. One person set off a in a political fluctuation according to a military statement. inspcction based on advanced firework, prompting Israeli police on the whole, sent a gleam Since December. IS has also tar­ technologies and other means". to raid and disperse them using The Swedish military has an­ Swedish Armed f-orces is to de­ from Finland. 120 from France and fhope for democratisation. The geted Christians in other parts of The statement failed to elaborate sound grenades. Israel inst.:.llcd nounced plans to conduct its larg­ fend the country's interests. our bet\\een 40-60 each from Den­ revious I lead of Government the country. including in Cairo. kill­ the form the future smart secu­ metal detectors at entrances to the est joint military drill with Nato in freedom and the right to live the mark, Norway. Lithuania and Es­ sed most of his constitutional ing dozens. The extremists have rity measures will take. Religious site. which includes the ai-Aqsa 20 years over fears about the grow­ way of our choice." The exercises tonia. It comes after Russian pres­ fully. though they were threatened to carry out further at­ leaders in Jerusalem said they re­ mosque and the Dome of the Rock, ing encroachment of Russia. The wi ll take place in the air, on land ident Vladimir Putin vowed to ted. He. somehow, created a tacks on Christians, who make up any additional security mea­ after an attack on July 14 that tirst exercise. called Aurora 17, is and at sea. They will take place "eliminate'' the Nato threat if Swe­ 1 • I equilibrium. allowing his about I 0 percent of Egypt's 90 sures during a press conference on. killed two policemen. The move scheduled for September and de­ across the entire country but will den decided to join the organisa­ ic..: and Development Party million people. Last year, a sui­ Monday. calling on Israel to return incensed Palestinians. amid allega­ signed to strengthen. the country's focus on the Malardalen Valley. the tion. In June. he told the state news to win elections in 20 15 cide bombing killed 26 people. securitv on the site to the "status­ tions that Israel was trying to ex­ defences and create a "credible and areas around cities of Stockholm agency !tar-Tass: ''If Sweden joins 16 against the will ofthc mostly women and children. at a quo p(ior to the crisis". The re­ pand control over the site under visible'· deterrent to make its neigh­ and Gothenberg and on the strate­ Nato this..will atlect our relations state. Abdelilah Benkirane's Coptic Ch ristian church in Cairo. moval of the devices followed the the guise of security. They refused bours '·carefully consider the risks gic island of Gotland in the Baltic in a negative way because we wi ll has shed gloom and mis­ In May. masked gunmen attacked resolution of a 24-hour diplomatic to enter tile compound in protest ofanacking" it, the Swedish Anned Sea. More than 19.000 Swedish consider that the infrastructure of the political process in a bus carrying Coptic Christians standoff with Jordan over a dead- and in the streets ou tside Forces said in a statement. It said: troops wi ll take part along with the military bloc now approaches in southern Egypt. (ALARABY) shoot' at the Israeli Em ·'The overarching mission of the I ,435 soldiers from the US. 270 us from the Swedish side. (CNN) . \

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Ravan Services ABreath ol Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Fresh Air in Alghan Bureaucracv Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Mirwais Alizai, a young man of 33 down through directorates, that Af­ years, is the founder and CEO of ghanistan has a need to quickly re­ Grand Technology Resources (GTR) foml its bureaucratic system in or­ Email: [email protected] Company. Dressed in a European­ der to provide the Afghan public style suit, Mr. Alizai enters the of­ with responsive and efficient gov­ www.afghanistantimes.af fice on a mission designed to ease ernmental servict:s. the growing pains of the nation's In Afghanistan, where messag­ Pftotojoumalist: M. Sadiq Yusuji nascent bureaucracy, smiles, and rais­ es are often delivered by hand-writ­ es his hand in a gesture meant to ten letters, communication lines are Advisory editorial board encourage his team to begin their antiquated-practices common in work with a dutiful approach that the era of the Mughal Empire or Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. SharifF ayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, r.eflects commitment, determina­ the Kandahar Empire of Ahmad tiO'Il and a sense of responsibility. Shah Abdali still \persist-and are Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir His entrepreneurial vision cGmpre­ inordinately time consuming. Com­ hends. expanding in formation and munication by such channels com­ communications technology oper­ promises confidentiality and secu­ Graphic-Designers: ations in Afghanistan, Malaysia, the rity, especially when a letter may Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada UAE, and Souti\Korea. The founder require tens of signatures for approv­ and owner of GTR assumes all the al, even for such insignificant tasks Marketing & Advertising: roles of manager, practitioner and as purchasing a bundle of pens for team leader- yet unlike so many government office use. That acquir­ ParwizArian, 0708954626,0778894038 Mohammad of the imperious bureaucrats we en­ ing a few pens for official usage may Mirwais A/izai italizing our obsolete systems in or­ Mailing address: P.O. Box: 3 71, Kabul, Afghanistan counter in g\)vemmcnt. he projects take several weeks to accompli sh der to address the real concerns of a gentle and friendly persona. Hav­ underlines the fact that there is lit­ the Afghan people and deliver in a ing grown to adulthood both inside tle appreciation for the value of ers on any given day. Thus their Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 I 000101200895656 customers, accustomed to the much respectful manner the ·'best prac­ and outside of Afghanistan, Mr. Al­ bureaucratic time, for the efficien­ tice" services our public so richl y izai cultivates a new vision of pro­ cies of modem strategies designed difTeren t picture of the Afghan gov­ Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ernment's bureaucratic processes, deserves. viding modem services, not so much to serve the public interest, nor for The deplorable ineffectiveness as a herald of privatization. but rath­ proper systems of procurement and derive a sense of relief and arc left with real fee li ngs of satisfaction af­ of Afghanistan's governmt:ntal in­ er as a new breed of young leader auditing within government institu­ stitutions as reflected in growing lev­ advocating the fruits of developing tions. ter enjoying their interactions with The constitution says the young, well-trained employees els of corruption, investor insecuri­ managerial skills with a concomi­ In sharp contrast, when some­ ty and unnecessary barriers to pri­ tant devotion and commitment to one who has a familiarity with in­ at Ravan Services Centers. The mission of Ravan Services vate enterprise. along with the lack Article 16: fixiqg the daunting prob lems facing ternational standards enters either of professional behavioral standards_ the construction of an efficient the main or a local office of Ravan "GTR" is to service the publ ic, in From amongst Pashto. Dari, Uzbeki. Turkmani. Baluchi. Pachaie, Nuristani. Pamiri and other current close coordination with the Minis­ adds nothing but insult to the inju­ governmental bureaucracy, dedicat­ Services, he gains the sense that ht: ries the people of Afghanistan have languages in the country, Pashto and Dari shall be the otliciallanguages of the state. In areas where the ed to se rving the Afghan public, at might well be in Dubai or some oth­ try of Foreign Affairs of the IRA, majority of the people speak in any one of Uzbeki. Turkmani. Pachaie, Nuristani. Baluchi or Pamiri through the issuance of evidentiary had to endure. A reform strategy to t~1is critic

Bv Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur To understand why Baloch people resisted Pakistan's Peace in svria attempts to subdue them we will have to look at the past. ... continuation A brieflook at Baloch hi story w ill help us understand the Bv Spuntak News m ilitary equipment and actually present and also enable us to face the future. joined lslamist forces, including Daesh. On September 16, 2015, The war and violence was imposed then CENTCOM commanding Gen­ on the Baloch by Pakistan. The President Donald Trump's decision to end CIA training for US-backed eral Lloyd Austin told the US Sen­ Baloch have struggled peacefully ate Arrned Services Committee that for their rights and have resorted rebel groups in S):ria opens the way for peace at last and humanitarian half a billion dollars of funding for to state violence with violence only viewed very differently by Paki­ resent the crude attempb by Pa­ military training of Syrian rebels ap­ when all avenues ofachi('ving their relief for the suffering people of that stan and Pakistanis on one hand kistan to ::hange the historical sec­ HowGaza country, analysts told Sputnik. proved by Congress had only pro­ rights have been obstructed by the and by the Baloch on the other. ular social ethos with help of Ma­ duced only four or five opposition Pakistani rulers. Agha Abdul Ka­ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Pakistan sees it as the land where dressahs and fundamentalist orga­ move was widely reported in the-US troops in the field by that point. rim fought because Balochistan its burgeoning population can be nizations under guise of charity The CIA training and support pro­ was forcibly annexed on 27th media on Wednesday with no deni­ accommodated; it is seen in terms outfits as have been used in Awa­ als and has been universally accept­ gram for the rebels failed to accom­ March 1948. Nawab Nauroz khan of naval bases, ports and harbors, ran after the September 2013 dev­ plish any constructive goals, but fought because Kalat was again was made ed as taking place. Trump reported­ they see it as the testing ground astating earthquake. ly decided to halt the training about only spread and intensified the suf­ invaded in October 1958 and in­ for A-bombs and assorted missile Naturally the Baloch resent all ferings of ordinary people in Syria, justices were committed there. a month ago, after a meeting with tests, they also see it as the energy this for they see Balochistan as CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Cobban recalled. "The CIA's aid to Two of his sons and five others corridor for their friend China be­ their motherland which they gave national security adviser H.R. Mc­ the Syrian ' rebels' prolonged and were hanged on July 15th 1960. cause that corridor wi ll surely spike an identity to and which in turn Master, which preceded his talks deepened the suffering of Syria's Sher Mohammad Marri and Ali the real estate prices which the elite did the same. They see it as the into an people throughout the whole of the with Russian President Vladimir Pu­ Mohammad Mengal fought in the will benefit from as they attempt­ repository of their culture, histo­ tin at the G20 summit in Hamburg, past six years," she said. The real sixties because Baloch rights were ed to do in Gwadar. Balochistan is ry and way of life: they know that Germ any earlier this month. The purpose of the program was not to usurped by force and different po­ seen as a vast stretch of land with without land they lose all mean­ CIA program's goal was to train at defeat Daesh, but to topple the le­ litical ploys like One-Unit. The plenty of resources as ·terra nul­ ing: they resent the illegal annex­ least 5,400 allegedly non-l slamist gitimate Syrian government of Pres­ 1973 insurgency broke out because lius' a land belong ing to no one ation on 27th March 1948 which unlivable rebels in an armed force to fight ident Bashar Assad, Cobban stated_ the e lected government of Sardar waiting to be exploited for bene­ deprived them of their indepen­ Daesh terror group (outlawed in The Obama administration added to Ataullah Mengal wa ~ arbitrarily fit s of others instead of Baloch. dence. The Baloch have lost faith Russia), while also opposing the le­ the CIA program a "very bright dismissed by Zulfiqar A li Bhuttu. In Baluchistan the human in elections because of the way gitimate Syrian govemment of Pres­ green light. .. to other non-Syrian The present political ins urgency rights abuses increase in propor­ elected representatives were treat­ ident Bashar Assad. "This decision actors working to overthrow Syria's began when Musharraf not only tion to state insecurity and its urge ed. In February 1973 A tau llah place opens the door noticeably wider for legitimate government, like the Sau­ threatened but used force to sup­ to exploit Balochistan·s resourc­ Mengal 's government was arbi­ a negotiated resolution of the dire di and other Gulf Cooperation Coun­ press Baloch strugg le for their es. Since the launch of CPEC plan trarily dismissed. The repression political connict (and resulting hu­ cil countries, Turkey .. . and jihadis rights and eventually killed Nawab the repression of Baloch people that began in 2000 led to further manitarian catastrophe) inside Syr­ from all around the world," she said. Akbar Bugti in 2006. The latest has intensified and is indiscrimi­ disillusionment and so much so the at is it like to live in a place with a few ia," historian and Middle East ana­ However, a series of policy shifts wave of repression that began in nate. The CPEC has prompted turnout of 2013 elections was the lyst Helena Cobban, a leading ex­ by Turkish President Recep Tayyip hours of electricity a day and eight hours Erdogan and the clash in the GCC 2000 has take n a huge toll of them to form new security army lowest; Qudoos Bizenjo, deputy pert on Syria, said on Thursday. Baloch lives and there are few fam­ of water every four days? between Qatar and other member division to protect the Chinese and speaker of Balochistan Assembly W: Continued US support for the rebel states backed by Saudi Arabia looked ilies that remain unaffected by the the installations. There are plans groups, some of which were extreme was e lected with 544 votes and Dr. likely to distract these previous sup­ indiscriminate use of force and ex­ for residential passes on the lines Abdul Malik who was made the lslamists, had effectively blocked port sources for the Syrian rebels, tra-judicial methods to curb the of South African apartheid regime Chief Minister was elected with B v Michael Lvnk any moves in the past to end the growing desire of Baloch people conflict in Syria that has lasted near­ Cobban observed. "With the Turk­ for people of Gwadar and there 4000 vote. The disillusionment is ish government now acting a lot to be masters of their fate. The are plans for a physical barrier now complete and Haloch see sal­ ly six-and-a-halfyea rs and cost more Voice of Baloch Missing Persons than 600,000 lives, Cobban ex­ more pragmatically than before, and around Gwadar to protect the Chi­ vation only in the path they have Michael Lynk is the UN Special Rapporteur with the ongoing chaos among the (VBM P) ~ays over 20000 persons plained. "So long as the U nited nese there. If port of Gwadar and tread so long and given so many for human ri&hts in the Palestmian terntories GCC countries, it can be hoped have gone missing this apparently the CPEC were an economic de­ sacrifices for; an independent, sov­ occupied by Israel. States· covert-action teams were sounds incredible but on 8 Decem­ working hand-in-glove with the forc­ that. .. groups who supported regime velopment venture and had the ere ign Balochistan as it was before change in Syria will now ... die of ber 2005. Interior Minister Sher­ support of Baloch people why 27th March 1948. es working tirelessly to overthrow mestic product (GDP) per capita de­ their own accord," she said. The end pao admitted that some 4.000 peo­ would there be the need for a new The Baloch nation fully under­ the government of Syria, it was hard Gaza and Tel Aviv lie only 75 kilo­ clined by 5.3 percent. while it grew to envision the United States also of CIA training for Syrian rebels was ple had been arrested in division of army along with auxil­ s tands the overwhelming odds metres apart from each other. They in the occupied West Bank by 48.5 sitting down with those political also likely to give a boost to coop­ Halochistan since early that year iary forces and maritime forces? they are up against but have con­ share the same sandy topography percent. Poverty has increased from forces inside and outside the coun­ eration between governments and when the connie! began. I lome The CPEC is a colonial devel­ tinued to struggle for nearly seven and the same intensely hot Levan­ 30 percent of the population in 2004 try who seek a negotiated resolu­ other forces in the region that gen­ Secretary Balochistan, Akbar Hus­ opment project which has nothing decades. Their love for their moth­ uinely opposed the Islamic State and sain Durrani in December 2015 said tine summers. But the similarities to around 40 percent todaY: Gaza tion," she said. However, Trump's to do with progre sin Balochistan. erland goads them on and they largely end there. Any recent satel­ suffers from one of the highest un­ decision to end the CIA support pro­ other lslamist terror groups, Cob­ that around 8000 persons were It is a imed at benefiting its t: lire haven·! given up on it yet. Baloch ban noted. Rebels seeking regime arrested under national action plan lite image taken at night over the employment rates in the world, at gram breathed new life into the Syr­ and regions it wants to develop people have sacrificed a lot and eastern Mediterranean would show change in Damascus were now more (NAP). o ne of these were 41 percent by the end of 2016. Over ian peace process, Cobban observed. with investment from China. Un­ continue to do so and the only thing an incandescent blaze for Tel Aviv. likely to "be quashed through the brought to court and their fate is 60 percent of Gazans between 20- The problems plaguing massive US fortunately some political parties that can convey their sentiments and only wan pinpricks of light fur­ cooperation of all the sincerely anti­ unknown: the abductors enjoy 24 years old are \\ ithout work, and military aid and training for the which though presently not active­ of love for their land the grim de­ ther do , ~< n the shore in Gaza. Gaza is j ihadi forces 111 the region. There is impunity and immunity for a hun­ the unemployment rate for women rebels greatly embarrassed previous ly conniving with the establ ish­ termination they have shO\Yn is in the third month of an externally bet\\ een 2006 and 20 16 increased President Barack Obama Senior US still a lot or diplomatic work to do, dred plus hearings of S upreme ment in exploitation and repres­ William Ernest 1-l en ley·s poem enforced reduction of its alread) but this decision from Washington Court were unable to punish a sin­ sharply from 35 percent to 64 per­ officers have testified to Congress sion in Balochistan still keep ask­ ·Jnvictus'. meagre electricul power supply. The that an undetermined numherofsuch makes it seem at least more possi­ gle perpetrator or recover the miss­ cent. More than 60 percent of the .i.r.)g for job opportunities and can­ William Ernest Henley ( 1849- encla\c of two mi Ilion people would rebels have disappeared with US ble," she concluded. ing. The re latives of the missing population in 2017 "as partly or not formulate a stand to oppose 1903) ordinarily r~yuire about 450 mega­ wholly dependent on humanitarian (Spuntak) and k \fled persons have sought le­ the CPEC which is in essence cx­ Out Of the ight That Co' crs \\atb (M\\') of ckctricit~ r assistance. Accordirl!!. to other re­ gal recourse but got no justice. The ploitatiYe. They do not seem to Me (lnvictus) around-the-clock power. IIO\\ ever. ports. gcndt!r-bascd -violence. di­ relati\ cs of the victims see no hope learn from history that no colonial Out of the night that covers 0\ cr much of the past decade. as vorce rates. suicide and drug usc are bur yet they persist and continue power has ever been benevolent me, Black as the Pit lrom pole to part of the tight Israeli blockade of Jared Kushner's all on the rise. The UN report re­ to protest peacefully while Paki­ to its colonies and all its so called pole, Gaza. its power supplies have fluc­ minds the world that Israel remains stan not only continues to ignore development of colonies is solely I thank whatever gods may be tuated around 200MW, resulting in the occupying power in Gaza, as it their peaceful protests and human aimed at enhancing its capability For my unconquerable soul. persistent blackouts. But over the controls its land, sea and air bor­ only excuse: H~ e rights groups' calls lor recovery of to exploit and to occupy it physi­ In the fell clutch of circum· past several months, according to ders, even if it no longer has "boots missing persons but also contin­ cal ly. stance the Israeli human rights organisa­ on the ground". Gaza's traditional ues with its policy of 'enforced It should be mentioned that the I have not winced nor cried tion Gisha, Gaza's supply each day economic sectors are withering. disappearances·. Baloch have pro­ Baloch people eye China's inten­ aloud. has varied from 140MW to an all ­ Agriculture, forestry. fishing and has no idea tested peacefully through the Voice tions in Balochistan with suspi­ Under the bludgeoning of time low of70MW, lengthening the manufacturing have all declined in of Baloch Missing Persons cion and resent its help to Paki­ chance blackouts and the human suffering. economic size, and the principal (VBMP) and Baloch lluman stan in exploiting the resources. My head is bloody, but un­ The immediate cause of the power source of growth, tragically, has what he's doing Rights Organization (BHRO) but They have a bitter experience of bowed. crisis lies with the dispute between come from the reconstruction of the have gone unheard. Mama Qadeer what China is doing in Saindak ac­ Beyond this p lace of wrath the Palestinian Authority (PA) and neighbourhoods destroyed during the has now been observing token cording to Syed Fazl-e-Haider a and tears llamas over fuel taxation. This three conflicts with Israel over the outside the United States," he wrote, hunger strike outside press clubs respected analyst, by the time Looms but the Horror of the prompted the PA to request the Is­ past nine years. Israel controls what and " I could not be responsive to in Quetta, Karachi and Islamabad China leaves in 2017 there be noth­ shade. rael reduce the 120MW it sold daily leaves and enters Gaza, with the everyone." He explained that he just since July 28th 2009. Mama ing left. And yet the menace of the down to around 70MW. and Israel average number of truckloads of dido 't know he was sitting down with Qadcer. Banuk Farzana Majeed, In Saindak China is the extrac­ years has complied. A second source of goods exiting Gaza in the first five people promising dirt on Hillary other young ladies and young boys tor, seller and buyer; Balochistan Finds, and shall find, me un­ electricity is Gaza's sole power plant. months of 2017 less than a third of Clinton from the Russian govern­ ofaffected families; they are a sym­ gets mere 2% while most goes to afraid. which can only produce 50-55MW what it was during the first half of ment because it "was typical for me bol of Baloch resilience. undertook China a little to Islamabad. It matters not how strait the daily (on those occasions when it 2007. "Gaza's economic trajectory to receive 200 or more emails a day a historical nearly 3000 kms and Baloch resent the government's gate, has been able to import fuel from over the past decade", the UN re­ during the campaign. I did not have I 06 days long protest march from attempts to sell o ff Reko Diq, How charged with punish­ Egypt). Tho power p lant was badly port slated, "is a strong indicator of Do you have a problem - trouble the time to read every one." Kush­ Quetta to Islamabad to highlight whoever the buyer, because they ments the scroll, damaged by Israeli bombings in 2006 the ongoing de-development in the at work, relationship stress, or just ner explained how a full accounting the issue of mi ssing persons but know its fate won't be different · I am the master of my fate: and again in 2014. and Israel has Strip." The situation of drinking some really hard math homework of his foreign contacts fell through not a soul was released instead the from Saindak. I am the captainACKU of my soul. restricted the entry of replacement water in Gaza is at a desperate level. - that you can't resolve on your the cracks "amid the scramble of Marchers were regularly threat­ The Baloch resentment is not The writer has an associa­ parts into Gaza. If the plant was ful­ The unsustainable over-extraction own? You should turn to the man finalizing the unwinding of my in­ volvement from my company, ened. The perpetrators rema ined only against economic plunder tion with the Baloch rights ly operational, it could produce ofGaza's coastal aquifer has caused who is fixing problems for more moving my fam ily to Washington, unmoved by the 46 day long hun­ they resent the various political, movement going back to the around 140MW. The third supply the intrusion of seawater, with 96 than 300 million Americans. You ger strike in 2014, for release of source for power to Gaza comes !Tom percent of the groundwater now un­ should ask Jared Kushner. President completing the paper work to di­ social and military means used to early 1970s. He tweets vest assets and resign from my out­ Zahid Baioch and other abducted Egypt, which provides- around suitable for human consumption. T rump does it. When he needed disempowered them politically, at mmata/pur and can be con­ side positions and complete my se­ persons. by Latccf Johar of BSO. 28MW daily, although there arc Half of the population has access to somebody to negotiate peace in the culturally and economically; they tacted at [email protected] curity and financial disclosure The future of Balochistan is ongoing disruptions to its availabil­ water for only eight hours every four Middle East, he asked Kushner. fonl'IS.'' A " miscommunication'· led ity. And the fourth source is individ­ days, and another 30 percent re­ When he needed somebody to be his assistant to file his forrn prema­ ual solar panels and generators, ceives water for eight hours every his point man with China and with turely. He said he omitted not only which are available only to the well­ three days. Trucked water is 15-20 Mexico, he asked Kushner. When meetings with Russians, but "over off. The sociz! consequences of this times more expensive than network he needed somebody to solve the -~LETTER TO THE EDITOR extraordinary power crisis are se­ opioid epidemic, reforrn veterans' one hundred contacts from more water, and it is unreliable in terrns than twenty countries." And this is vere. Households without access to of quality. As with other scarce care, overhaul the criminal justice generators or solar panels - which is system and reinvent the entire fed­ supposed to help him? That's the goods, it is the poor and vulnerable trouble with Kushner's defense in the most of Gaza - have between 4-6 who are affected the most. A new eral government, Trump again hours of e lectricity at the best of turned to Kushner. Even when he Russia imbroglio. He's essentially water agreement between Israel and arguing that he isn't corrupt- he's times, followed by 12-16 hours of the PA, announced recently, may just needed somebody to strap a flak blackouts. Hospitals rely on over­ jacket over his navy blazer and fly just in over his head. He didn't real­ bring some future relief, but Gaza's off to Baghdad, Kushner was the one ly know what he was doing, and he extended generators, and have to best bet is water self-reliance through he asked. The president's 36-year­ was too busy. Coming from the man ration power. Workplaces are shut­ desalination plants and secure elec­ old son-in-law has done all this and charged with handling everything Food insecuritv tering. More than 100 millionlitres tricity sources. The UN report re­ more, even while keeping up with a from Middle East peace to opioids, of untreated sewage spills daily into minds the world that Israel remains this isn't reassuring. This inexperi­ the Mediterranean, fouling the demanding family life since the elec­ the occupying power in Gaza, as it tion: a beach trip to Hawaii, a ski ence defense is consistent with Kush­ According to the international organizations, around 2.5 million Afghans live below the poverty line. Nearly beaches and the fishing grounds. controls its land. sea and air bor­ 1.53 million people face food insecurity and 7.53 million others are threatened by food insecurity. Hundreds trip to Aspen, another ski trip to ner's fil ing Friday showing that he Food must be bought daily and con­ ders, even if it no longer has "boots had previously neglected to disclose of thousands of Afghans suffer from malnutrition and hunger. Skyrocketing pri~e hike and inflation a~e British· Columbia. Clearly he has time sumed quickly. Internet service- for on the ground". more than 70 assets, as required, adding to the injury. The relevant authorities did little to feed the whole population, though the target IS to help you, too. Kid has a fever? almost all Gazans, their only link to As such, it retains legal obliga­ including an art collection (with wife achievable. There arc a number of factors that get in the way such as flawed policies of the government and the outside world - is spotty. And Rattle in the transmission? Weeds tions to the population to ensure its in the lawn? Ring around the collar? lvanka Trump) worth as much as lack of financial and technical resources. there is little avai lable powl'r for air health, dignity and well-being. In Ask JK. But what happens when $25 million. The Middle East peace conditioning and fans to combat the The government should take proper measures and also seek international support to deal with food particular, the report emphasises Jared Kushner has a problem? What negotiator also did not disclose that insecurity. To achieve food security, the government should take proper measures. The government should sweltering summer heat. that "the numerous restrictions im­ happens if- and I'm speaking he held Israeli government bonds. The background to the Gaza devise a well-thought mechanism to manage water resources and also potential ofagriculturallands should posed by Israel on both movements strictly hypothetically here- Kush­ Yet Kushner's father-in-law entrust­ crisis be increased. of people and goods into and out of ner were to neglect to mention in ed him with what is arguably the Ahmad Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan The United Nations Country Gaza impede the enjoyment of a his security-clearance fonllS that he most difficult portfolio ever to be Team in the occupied Palestinian range of human rights such as the had had more than I 00 meetings assigned to a White House aide. His territory recently released an inci­ right to freedom of movement and with foreigners, including some Rus­ previous experience: running his sive report on Gaza (PDF), focus­ ... the right to health, education. sians? Sure, you can ask him. But he fan1ily real estate business. which he ing on the humanitarian impact of work, adequate standards of living won'thave a good answer. The seen­ took over in 2005 when his father Israel's I 0-year blockade and the and family life". The other parties but-not-heard Kushner met with the was convicted of tax evasion. The internal political divisions among that share responsibility for Gaza - Senate Intell igence Committee on next year, Kushner bought a $1 .8 the Palestinians. Its findings are Hamas, the Palestinian Authority Monday (at a session closed to the billion Manhattan building, near the bleak: Gaza's impoverishment is and Egypt - also have a legal duty to public, naturally). lie expla ined his top of the real estate cycle. and his Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must entirely the product of human deci­ observe human rights and humani­ repeated lapses - he had to amend fam ily has been trying to find in­ have the writer's name and address. You may send your letters to: sions. and not the fate of nature. tarian standards, which has not al­ one disclosure fonn three times - vestors lo keep the project afloat. [email protected] The year 2007 was ground zero for ways been kept in recent years. In by saying, essentially, that he was So now Kushner is defending him­ Gaza. In July of that year. Israel 20 12, the UN issued a report enti­ new to politics and so terribly busy self by playing the ingenue: "All of imposed its comprehensive block­ tled "Gaza in 2020: A Liveable that he couldn't keep up with ev­ these were tasks that I had never ade on the Strip. and declared it to Place?'' (PDF). If that report was erything. And he used the hoariest performed on a campaign previous­ be an "enemy entity". Life before gloomy, the new UN report is deso- excuse of all: lie blamed his assis­ ly," and "' I could not even remem­ Disclaimer: 2007 in Gaza was already very diffi­ late. . tant ... My experience was in busi­ ber the name of the Russian ambas­ cult, but now it has become harsh It concludes that Gaza, in the ness, not politics." he said in a writ­ sador." Kushner, arguing that he The views and opinions expressed in the articles are and unremitting. Gaza. which was interceding five years. has endured ten statement, and described him­ didn't se5:k to create a ..back chan­ once said to be the future "Singapore a "downward spiral of de-develop­ self as overwhelmed. "I must have nel" with Russia, explained that he those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or of the Middle East". has become a ment, while the people of Gaza are received thousands of calls, letters merely asked the Russian ambassa­ metaphor for immiseration. Ac­ caught in a cycle of humanitarian and emails from people looking to dor if he '"had an existing commu­ opinions of the Afghanistan Times. cording to the UN report, between need and perpetual aid dependency". talk or meet on a variety of issues nications channel at his embassy we 2006 and 2016, Gaza's real gross do- (AUAZEERA) and topics. including hundreds from could use." (WP) WEDNESDAY • JULY26, 2017 08 miscellaneous AFGHANISTANTIMES Iraq develops cooperation with Russia to throw Can Baghdad join the existing geo­ political axis of Moscow. Tehran and Damascus? On July 23, Iraqi USA out ofthe Gulf Vice-President No uri al-Mal iki started his four-day visit to Rus­ sia. On the eve of the visit, Maliki made it clear that Baghdad was ready to challenge the United States. According to him. the Ira­ qis oppose the deployment of US military bases in the country and are ready to buy Russian weap­ ons. During his visit to Moscow. Iraq's Vice President Nuri ai~Mali­ ki wiH hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrox and Federation angry denunciations from Beijing. Council Speaker Valentina Matvi­ But recent reports f:\Ublished enko. Will the visit give an answer on Chinese military and govern­ hina is further fortifying its on the Yalu River which separates ment websites. first highlighted by to the question of which side Iraq border with North Korea. the two countries. or through bin­ is on? A study conducted by the the Wall Street Journal. show Cnew reports show, amid oculars on a section of the Great Beijing is moving to reinforce the In stitute fonlnternational Studies continued tensions on the penin­ Wall overlooking the international at BrOI\11 Uni1..:rsit' sho"..:d thnt horcler as tensions on the Korean sula and concerns O'ver potential boundar). Can China help the US Peninsula rise and some in the US the costs that the United States US military action against Pyongy­ deal with North Korea? Below the incurred during the ~~ ar in Iraq ex­ call for regime change in Pyongy­ ang. The North Korean-Chinese tourists, trucks carrying Chinese ang. Chinese vendors sell North ceeded two trillion dollars. ol\vhich border stretches 880 miles ( 1.415 goods rumble into North Korea a~ $1.7 trillion 11as sp~nt directly on Korea and China flags on the kilometers) across China's Liaon­ a small number of shoppers and boardwalk next to the Yalu river in military operations and $490 bil­ ing province. an industrial and traders head in the opposite direc­ l ion - on various payments to vet­ the border city of Dandong in mining heartland prone to heavy tion. Cross-border interaction has China's Liaoning province. erans ol\mr. II a\ ing spent so much smog and painfully cold winters. remained largely consistent even money on Iraq. Washington will Chinese vendors sell North Korea In more hospitable months, the as relations between North Korea and China 1lags on the boardwalk try to do everything possible to border city of Dan dong plays host and its one major ally have fluctu­ ens~re Baghdad does not get out next to the Yalu river in the border to hundreds of tourists coming to ated amid increasing nuclear and city ofDandong in China's Liaon­ of the sphere of US influence. gawp at North Korea-- from boats missile testing by Pyong)ang and (Pravdareport) ing province. (CNN) CENTR L ChineSe iets intercept us Navv plane.over East China Sea WASHINGTON: A US Navy sur­ licial later described the Chinese veillance aircraft was intercepted action as "unsafe". Davis said the ASI by two Chinese J-1 0 fighter jets in incident took place on Sunday in an "unsafe" manner over the East the area between the East China China Sea on Sunday. prompting Sea and the Yellow Sea. west of OSCE promotes implementation evasi\e action by the former's pi­ the Korean peninsula and east of lot to avoid a collision. the Penta­ Qingdao. He said the Chinese of Istanbul Protocol to help gon has said. "(the US Navy air­ fighter jets were there for a \\ h ile craft) EP-3 Oying in international and "tlying wing-to-wing" as well. airspac;e on the East China Sea was "Again. such intercepts. when tonure victims in Kazakhstan intercepted b) two Chinese J-1 Os. they're conducted safely, are not An OSCE-supported four-day of torture. As such, the Istanbul One of them came underneath it at uncommon. This particular ma­ training seminar titled ··Effective Protocol provides useful guidance a high rate of speed. then ~lowed noeu\er that took place during the Investigation and Documentation for doctors and lawyers who want and pulled up. This cfiused the 1- P- course of it 1va~ not safe." Da1is of Torture and Other Inhuman to investigate whether or not a 3's r-Cast alarm to go otT es~en­ said in n:sponse to a question. Treatment in Accordance with the person has been tortured and re­ tJalh. and it " as forced to take i\ccording lu the P..:ntagon Istanbul Protocol" started on 24 port the tindings to respective bod­ evasive action to prevent the pos­ '>pokc>Jnan. the 'asl majorit) of July 2017 in Astana.. OSCE said. ies. International and national ex­ ~ih ili t\ of collision." Penla!..'on intnaction' that th..:' ha1c 11i1h During the seminar, some 15 pros­ perts wrll 5ncf pa111Clpants on the spo he~man Capt. .ki'f Da1 is i;1ld the Chine,,.: mi Ii tar~ ;re perfect I~ ecutors, defence lawyers and fo­ criteria for investigating, collecting n:porters ) est erda). "'Oh1 iousl) sati.:. " I his \HIS the L"\t:cpt ion. not rensic experts will learn about the evidence and documenting findings it'ssom.:thing \YC \\atch ICf) closc- the norm." he said interpretation and application of in relation to torture cases. During 1)," he said. Another Pentagon of- (AP) the Istanbul Protocol, which the four-day event. participants serves as an international standard will be engaged in the examination in the medical and psychological of concrete scenarios, role-playing examination of the alleged victims and mock exerc.ses. (Trend) Mirzivovev orders to launch Turkey's Erdogan 24-hour news channel in Uzbekistan says Gt•lf trip Uzbekistan has launcheda24-hour stan's National Television and Ra­ television news channel that offi­ dio Company, said that the chan­ cials say marks a step away from nel will cover the news in "an un­ isolation for the Central Asian biased.and balanced way" but will 'productive~ will country. the RFE/RL reported. support "Uzbekistan's position.'' Ozbekistan-24 began broadcasting The new channel plans to add re­ on July 24, with statf greeting ports in the Kazakh, Karakalpak, viewers and saying "it's time for Kyrgyz. and Tajik languages in the continue efforts Uzbekistan to wake up." They future. Mirziyaev has taken some Stressed that the idea of a rouud­ steps to open up the long-isolated the-clock channel wi1h reports in country of some 30 million since Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appeared to yield no immediate ing AK Party at a parliamentary of the region with increasing de­ there'' as no sign he had made any Uzbek. Russian, and English was he became president after longtime on Tuesday described his trip to progress towards healing the ri ft. meeting. "The contacts we have termination." Erdogan left Qatar on progress. the Gulf to deal ACKUwith the Qatar cri­ "The visits on the Gulf tour were made during this visit have been Monday afiertwo days in the Gulf Turkey has been Qatar's most initiated by President Shavkat autocrat Islam Karimov's death was Mirziyaev in May. Bobur Aliha­ announced in September 2016. sis as "productive and successful", productive and successful," Er­ useful. an d we will continue our trying to mediate in the worst row powerful ally in the dispute. nov, deputy chairman of Uzbeki- (Kazaq) following two days of talks that dogan told lawmakers from his rul- efforts for the stability and peace among Arab states for years but (REUTERS) Kvruvz president savs hosting us air base prompted threats Clashes erupt between

Kyrgyzstan's president said his U.S. campaign in nearby Afghani­ country has been threatened by stan. The facility, which served as Israeli forces and other unspecifieJ nations for its a transit point for personnel and decision to hostu U.S. air base for equipment, was welcomed by nearly I 3 years. ln comments to Kyrgyzstan, which received mil­ Palestinians in Sair, ai-Khader reporters on July 24, Almazbek lions of dollars in revenue, and Atambaev did not say which coun­ backed by Russia.. which has long tries had made the threats. but he considered Central Asia part of it:; Clashes broke out on Monday said that wa.S one ofthe main rea­ traditional sphere of influence. But night between Israeli forces and sons he pushed for the base's clo­ that support waned as ties between Palestinians in the llcbron-an:a Croatia calls for ri~ht sure in 2014. ''Several countries Moscow and Washington chilled, village ofSair and the Bethlehem­ openly told me that, if necessary, particularly atlerthe so-called "col­ area village of ai-Khader, both in to migrate to Britain we'll tire rockets at the U.S.jets," or revolutions" in Georgia and the southern occupied West Bank. Atambaev said. "They said, 'Your Ukraine as well as in Kyrgyzstan, Locals in Sair told Ma ·an that to settle before Brexit people will suffer.'" The base at where President Askar Askaev was Israeli forces stormed the al-Duw­ the Manas airport. outside the driven from power in 2005. Atam­ wara area of the town, prompting capital, Bishkek, began hosting baev won the presidency in 20 II young men to throw stones at door slams shut U.S. troops in 2001 as part ofthe and he vowed to shutter the base. them. Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Temporary restrictions put in cific position in relatio n to free­ the Palestinians. In al-Khader, Is­ place in the initial years of EU dom of movement lor wort..crs. raeli forces stormed the cemetery membership mean Croatian mi­ According to a new index. the Kazakhstan elected as and Martyr Street in the old town. grants, unlike those in the rest of EU27 co~n t r ies fall into three located close to Israeli settler by­ the bloc, do not have an automatic groups: hard-core. hard and soli. coordinator of European pass road Route 60 that connects right to settle in the UK. Restric­ These are the countries with the I Iebron to Jerusalem. According to tions in Britain are currently in hi ghest scores \\hich indicate a tair­ locals. Israeli forces showered the place until June 20 18. but could ly strong opposition to Britain's food safetv comminee be extended until July 2020 if the position. ··In order for our citizens area i '' tear gas and stun grenades. Kazakhstan has been elected as message. Youn£!. Palestinian men threw UK can prove lifting the barriers to ha' e the same ri£!.hts as other a coordinator of the committee Chairmanship in the coor­ s tones~at the Israeli military jeeps. would pose an economic threat. If EU citizens, it is i~pcrative lor FAOiWHO on Europe of the dination committee FAO/WHO No caSLtalties were reported in Israeli-Palestinian violence as a religious leaders and the Palestin­ passed. it would mean they would the UK not to extend the transi­ miss potential Brexit deadline. tional period. "That \Ia). our citi­ commission "Code Alimentari­ on Europe will give an oppor­ the clashes. \\hich continued until means of furthering control over ians··wouldn·t accept any chang­ a us" in 2018-20 I 9. reports the tunitv to Kazakhstan of effec­ around midnight. An Israeli army important sites in -the occupied es to the status quo.·' According to The country's pol iticians are zens would be able to attain ·set­ health care committee of the tive pcrJi:nmance of the nation­ spokesperson said the) were look­ Palestinian territory and normal­ Ma ·an documentation, seven Pal­ now pushing for these restrictions tled status'." Natasa 0\\ens of Eu­ Ministry of Health Care of Ka­ al strategy for provision of food ing into reports. Violent clashes izing repressive measures against estinians have been killed by Is­ to be I i fled before Brexit. to allow ropean Movement Croatia said the zakhstan .. safety on the base of the expe­ bel\veen Israeli torces and Pales­ Palestinians. On ruesda). Israeli rael is si nce the metal detectors migrants the right to re1nain after coLHJtr) was in a ··disadvantageous The 40th session of the rience of the states of the Eco­ tinians have been a daily occurrence authorities announced that they were installed. four ofwhom were Britain leaves the European Union. position··. She said: ··As we ''cr.: commission "Code Alimentari­ nomic Cooperation and Devel­ across the occupied West Bank and would he taking down the metal killed during clashes with Israeli A high-ranking oflicial has told the last country to join the EU us" was held in Geneva on July opment Organization. and to East Jerusalem. ever since Israeli detectors, only to be replace b) forc.:s. The Palestinian Red Cres­ Politico the Croatian government before Brexit and as we arc still more advanced surveillance tech­ cent released a statement on Mon­ is focusing heavily on tlnding a under the restrictions. ··we mi£!.ht 17-22. harmonize food standards for forces installed metal dete~.:tors and "Kazakhstan has been comfortable business activity, security cameras at the AI -Aqsa nology in the Old City of East day saytng that I ,090 Palestinians solu tion to the issue. Maj a might find ourselves in the un it]ue anonymously elected as a co­ improvement of export poten­ following a deadly shootout at the Jerusalem. Religious leaders in had been injured since Israeli forc­ Bogdan. deputy forei gn policy and undesirable position ofour cit­ adviser to Prime Minister Plenk­ izens having a di ITerent status than ordinator of the committee tials, promotion of domestic holy site on July 14. The move Jerusalem held a meeting on Tues­ es began violently suppressing ovic, said: ·'Rights ofcitizens is an all other mcmber-etates. We requin; products on the world market sparked protests from Palestin­ day to discuss the new Israeli plan, demonstrations and marches FAO/WHO on Europe of the especial ly important area for claritlcation." commission "Code Alimentari­ and integration in the global ians, who said it 'vas the latest ex­ with some telling Ma'an that de­ against the procedures at AI-Aqsa. spite the announced change. both (MAANNEWS) Croatia bearing in mind our spc- (EXPRESS) us" for 2018-2019.'' reads the economy. (KAZTAG) ample of Israeli authorities using WEDNESDAY • JULY26,2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES economy 09 South Korea launches Corruption Investigation Into F-35, KF-X Deals

A Hanoi-sanctioned gas drilling a subsidiary of Spain ·s Repsol to he requested the Vietnamese gov­ 70 and 290 trillion cubic feet of suspend oil drilling in Block 136- ernment to stop dri II in g. Vietnam­ gas in as-yet undiscovered resourc­ operation by Spanish company South Korean officials have shortly before Lockheed Martin Korea Times, Lockheed Martin ese officials retorted, un the es.~~ Repsol has ended, reportedly fol­ 03 in the South China Sea," The opened an investigation into de­ and Seoul agreed to the F-35 deal said it would lend Seoul four key grounds that Vietnam has sover­ "Undiscovered resources could be lowing threats from China to tar­ Diplomat reported Monday, add­ fense acquisition contracts for F- worth at least $7 billion. South technologies from the F-35 - the eignty over the Exclusive Econom­ greater" than USGS's forecasts, the get Vietnamese bases iflthe South ing. "nine days later a report by 35 and KF-X aircraft pushed for Korea agreed to acquire 40 F-35A active electronically scanned array the BBC's Bill Hayton finally ic Zones where Block 136-03 is US Energy Information Adminis­ China Sea. The gas field's discov­ by former President Park Geun­ conventional take-offand landing (AESA) radar. infrared searching located. Repsol invested approxi­ tration reported. "The Chine·se ery had become public knowledge confirmed this." The waters under hye, who was sentenced to prison aircraft on September 30, 2014. and tracking, the electronic optics mately $300 million in making the National Offshore Oil Company just days earlier, BBC noted in a dispute had been leased by Viet­ in March for abusing the power of Washington signed off on the pro­ targeting pod, and the radio fre­ Monday report. Beijing report­ nam to Repsol subsidiary Talis­ oi I field commercially viable, an an­ estimated the area holds around her office, bribery, coercion and gram to help its ally retire a fleet quency jammer- in exchange for edly threatened the Hanoi govern­ man-Vietnam. while officials in alyst told the BBC. Thus. observ­ 125 billion barrels of oil and 500 leaking classified information. of outdated F-4 and F-5 aircraft. procuring fifth-generation joint China, which illso claims the area, ers were surprised Vietnam called tri llion cubic feet of natural gas in ment that Vietnamese bases in the Oefense Acquisition Program One motivation for initiating strike fighters instead of Boeing F- Spratly Islands would become the had leased rights to explore part of off the oil expedition, but a "dip­ undiscovered resources," accord­ Administrator (DAPA) head the investigation stemmed from 15SEs. target of People ·s Liberation Army the area to another firm. The Dip­ lomatic source" within Vietnam's ing to EIA's research. These fig­ Chang Myoung.j in has become the Washington bailing on its part of The Washington security es­ forces, a€cording to a source speak­ lomat report added that Chinese government veritied to the BBC ures have been excluded from re­ subject of a criminal investigation the F-35 deal. South Korean law­ tablishment soured on the deal and ing to the BBC. if the gas explora­ Gen. Fan Changlong traveled to that Repsol had backed off. The serve estimates "because it is un­ stemming from concerns of negli­ makers wanted new aircraft to sup­ never transferred the technology tion expedition was not called off Madrid in June where he brought US Geological Survey estimates clear how economically feasible it gence and corruption, the Korea plement its fleet while it worked plans, citing national interest con­ immediately. "On July 15, well­ up Repsol 's oil and gas explora­ that the South China Sea "may would be to extract them," EIA Times reported Monday. Chang on building an indigeno us "4.5" cerns. informed sources in Hanoi private­ tion. Following the meeting. Fan contain anywhere between 5 and noted. was tapped by Park for his post generation aircraft. According to the (Spuntak) ly reported that Vietnam directed hopped on a plane to llanoi, where 22 billion barrels ofoil and between (AP) Old world must engage China's 'Belt and Road' initiative or risk redundancv ·

Countries the world m·er risk he­ rope via a labyrinthine network of way by 202 1. ports from 175 to 240. But the "Belt However, with the advent ofthe coming redundant if the) do not roads. ports. bridges. tunnels and A Chinese-built high speed rail­ and Road" initiative is about much "Belt and Road" initiative, this ex­ engage \\"ith developing markets gen­ pipelines. The plan could extend to way between Mombasa and Nairobi more than transport. The econom­ panse has arguably become a erally, and China in particular. 1 he 70 nations. and two-thirds of the opened in June. offering landlocked ic center of gravity of Eurasia is strength. Being located on three country's multi-hillion dollar "fklt "orld's population in the process. Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan the moving eastwards. separate continents could allow the and Road" initiati'e is OJ?Cnin~ u~;~ In the lour vear;. since its inau­ O~J?nrtunit~ to access the Indian Sin~a~ore is havin~ serious dis­ RH ICS countries to become "poles the globe. both emerging and de\ el­ g uration. the plan has pro\ okcd Ocean ,·ia Mombasa - there are cussions with the Chinese govern­ of attraction" for the developing oped but some nations. including much 11arincss in European capitals. plans to e~tend it further into Afri­ ment about how best to engage with economies of the global south. In the UK. simply lack the requisi te perhaps because leaders fclfChina ca in due course. it, and is supporting its busi nesses to the UK, "Belt and Road" has gone infrastructure to capitalize. Chines<: was encroaching on lands they used China itself is also radically up­ set up in China. One of the issues largely unremarked upon in main­ President Xi Jinping (R) shakes to rule, and in some cases st ill dom­ dating its own infrastructure - a previously holding held back B RICS stream political and media discourse hands'' ith Britain's Prime Minister inate. onetheless. some countries hridge linking Hong Kong and Macau nations (Brazil, Russia, India, Chi­ -and the government's negligible Theresa May during the G20 Sum­ have grasped the opportunity, in will open before tht: end of 2017. na, South Africa), and prevented the annual spending on transport net­ mit in Hangzhou. Zhejiang prov­ particular Russia. and the develop­ and by 2020 the country's highway group from achieving official rec­ works (two percent of GDP) sug­ ince. China September 4. 2016. ing economies of the former Soviet expressway network wi ll increase ognition is their geographical sprawl gests that not only is the UK genu­ China's multi-billion dollar "Belt Union dot1cd along the ancient Silk from 74,000 kilometers in length - being located on different. dis­ inely unaware of the significance of and Road" initiative. launched 2013, Road. Kazakhstan's capital Astana to 139,000 kilometers, rail lines tant con(inents, there has histori­ the plan, but also allergic to updat­ will sec a massive ewnomic zone is to gain a high tech railway sys­ from 91,000 kilometers to 120,000 cal ly been little to formally con­ ing its creaking infrastructure. that connects Africa. Asia and Eu- tem, and Thailand a high-speed rail- kilometers, and the number of air- nect the quin!et. (C N) N. ria to implement 0 C oil outputACKU cuts if production -. reaches l.S m BPD Nigeria is ready to implement Or­ countries have been actively recov­ OPEC production adjustments as tion by a total of 1.8 million bar­ ganization of the Petroleum £~­ ering their production levels ever a soon as its recQ.very reaches a rels per day from the October lev­ porting Countries oil production since, increasing their production sustainable production volume of el, with Russia's cut of 300,000 if it were to reach the output of by 127,000 and 96,700 barrels per 1.8 mb/d," the cartel said in a state­ barrels per day. The agreement was 1.8 million barrels a day, OPEC day, respectively, in June, which ment release after the 4th joint concluded for the first half of20 17 said Monday. Nigeria and Libya amounted to 57 percent of OPEC's OPEC-non-OPEC Ministerial with the possibility of an exten­ have been exempt from quotas total increase in crude oil output Monitoring Committee (JMMC) sion. under the Vienna deal between for that month. ''Nigeria ... despite in St. Petersburg. In May, the deal was extended by OPEC and I 0 other major oil pre· its commitment to recover its pre­ In late 2016. OPEC and a number nine months and is now valid until ducers on limiting oil production crisis production level, voluntari­ of non-OPEC countries agreed in the end of March 2018. agreed in November 2016. The two ly agreed to implement similar Vienna to reduce their oil produc- (BBC) IMF: Global recoverv 011 firmer footing, Saudi arabian Monetarv Agencv savs Wage growth remains sluggish The global economic recovery is on firmer footing as improving growth in China, Europe and Ja­ foreign assets close to SAR 2trillion pan offset the downward revision for the United States. the Interna­ Foreign asst:ts of the Saudi Arabi­ its deposits in foreign banks occu­ tional Monetary Fund said Sun­ ~\.Jjoll an Monetary Agency (SAMA) pied second place with SR361.3 day. However, wage growth re­ and the commercial Saudi banks billion representing about 19.4 mains slusgish which risks increas­ reached SR 1.996 trillion by the end percent of its total foreign assets. ing tenstons that have pushed AHt\ ~~~~J\t of May, business daily AI-Eqtisa­ The third category of SA­ some countries toward more anti­ diah reported on Monday quoting MA's foreign assets are in the form global policies, the IMF warned in the agency's official figures. Ac­ of bullion and cash which were the latest update of the World Eco­ cording to the figures, SAMA's net SR245 billion representing about nomic Outlook. Efforts to scale foreign assets were SR 1.844 tril­ 13.2 percent. The foreign assets back financial regulations put in lion against foreign demands of of the Saudi banks were SRI52.4 place since the 2008 crisis could SR 18.462 billion. The bulk ofSA­ bil+ion against SR 150.7 billion by also erode stability, the report said. MA's foreign assets is investment the end of April with an increase The fund still expects the global in securities which is SR 1.256 tri I­ ofSR 1.7 billion. economy will grow by 3.5 percent lion representing 67.4 percent while (ALI\RABIYA) in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018, the same as in the April WEO. Rift in Gull reveals South Asia's diplomatic lault lines The decision by Gulf states in June to impose a boycott on Qatar and working in the region. major countries in the area--India, ed period oftime (years rather than According to media reports, in June Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz sever diplomati.c links with the small energy-rich nation will have ram­ In June Saudi Arabia, the UAE. Pakistan. Bangladesh and Sri Lan­ months), the immediate ramifica­ Sharif, was asked by the Saudi King, Sal man-bin Abdel-Aziz ai-Saud, ifications on South Asian countries. For now, these will be mostly con­ Bahrain and Egypt severed diplo­ ka-have close economic ties with tions for South Asia's economies whether his country stood with Saudi Arabia or Qatar. Despite such centrated in the diplomatic sphere, with the pressure to pick a side matic ties with-and closed most the Gulf region. Although The are limited. However, pressure on diplomatic pressure, Pakistan has been hesitant to take a clear position growing as the stand-off in the Gulf deepens. We expect South Asian transport links to- Qatar. The Economist Intelligence Unit ex­ Pakistan to pick sides is likely to in the dispute, as it has a core strategic interest in ensuring robu t ties countries to favour a position of neutrality in order to minimise diplo­ subsequent tensions have reverber­ pects Qatar to remain subject to grow as the dispute festers. with Saudi Arabia as well as Qatar (and, by extension, Iran). matic and economic risks and ensure the wellbeing of their citizens ated across South Asia, as the four the current embargo for an extend- Pakistan caught in bind (AP) \ r------WEDNESDAY• JULY 26,2017 10 showbiz AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Kenedy has returned to the UK represent the entire team and does and will play no further part in not align with the club's high ex­ Chelsea's pre-season tour. Sky pectations and strict requirements Sports News understands the club of its young players. He has been have taken action to send him back strongly reprimanded and disci­ to England after the negative reac­ plined. "Everyone at Chelsea tion in China to his offensive so­ Football Club has the utmost re­ cial media posts. The Blues issued spect and admiration for China and a public apology on Monday af­ loves our Chinese fans. "!~ is be­ ter the Brazilian made negative cause oft hr.§ that-the negative i..m­ comments about the country on pact we have seen over the lll$.t his lnstagram account. The 21- two days has left us shocked and year-o lg posted two m'lagcs tliat: saddened. "Once again, we sin­ attracted criticism al)d jeering cerely ,apologise for the lwrt from Chelsea's Chinese support­ caused 1o our Chinese fans as well ers during Saturday's 3-0 win over as to the Chinese people." Kene­ Arsenal in Beij ing•. Kenedy has dy said: "l ·w.ould like to apolo­ since apologised and Chelsea fo l­ gise to the people of China lor the so lowed sui t, confi rming the Brazil ­ offence I have caused. It was nev­ ifln has been disciplined for hi s er my intention to insult or of­ actions. A statement from the club fend anyone at all and I now rea­ said: "Kenedy's actions were a lise that my comments were to­ mistake that he will learn greatly tally inappropriate." from. "His behaviour does not (SKY S~ ORT) Ohara Davies set on winning Tom ­ Farrell's WBA title in liverpool · · Ohara Davies will look to return I need to get back to what I used to to w inning ways as he takes on do, my mind wasn't in the right South Africa's Kagiso Rabada will and got his workl,aad up, he will unbeaten Tom Farrell for the WBA place last time out but I've learnt be raring to go when he returns for be raring to go." Rabada was hand­ International super-lightweight ti­ from that." Farrell had other no­ the third Test against England at ed only one demerit point fo r giv­ tle in Liverpool. live on Sky tions at the Match room press con­ the Oval on Thursday, according ing Stokes a send-off after the all­ Sports. Davies suffered the first ference, adding: "When you first to his bowling coach Chari Lan­ rounder was caught behind, but defeat of his professional career start boxing these are the nights geveldt. Rabada missed the second under International Cricket Coun­ last time out against Scot Josh Tay­ that you want to be in . He's got to Test in Nottingham, where the Pro­ cil regulations. he was banned for lor in Glasgow on July 8, and is where he has by opening his teas levelled the series, as he got accumulating four points in a 24- set about getting straight back on mouth. "This is a real 50-SO fight banned for swearing after he dis­ month period. The right-arm quick the title hunt on Saturday, Septem­ and he rubs people up the wrong missed Ben Stokes in the first in­ had already been given three ber 30 against local boy Farrell. way but he needs to know his nings of the tourists' 211 -run de­ points for a clash wi th Sri Lanka's The 27-year-old Scouser is place: I'm the champ, he's the chal­ feat at Lord's. But. Langeveldt ex­ Niroshan DickwellaatCapeTown unbeaten in 13 fights to date, and lenger and I'm at home. "It's going pects the 22-year-old to mark his in Fehruary, but Langeveldt insists will face llackne)';''s Davies on the to be hostile in there and it will return with an impressive display the incident has not affected Ra­ undercard to Paul Butler's world remind him of a few weeks ago in in the match, which is live on Sky bada's morale. "He has been posi­ title eliminator against Stuart Hall. Glasgow." GB Olympian Natasha Sports Cricket. "KG is one of our tive," Langeveldt added. "He was Davies, 25. had won 15 straight Jonas will make her home debut at best bowlers," Langeveldt said. obviously d isappointed about prolessional fights until his defeat the event as she fights profession­ "He is the type of guy who steps what happened but he has learned to Taylor and has vowed to take ally for the secoQg time having up when the heat is on and having from that. "T he important thing Farrell's belt from him. beaten MonikaAntonik in her first him back is a big bonus for us. "He about an incident like th is is to leam "These things happen, you fight in June. is a youngster with a lot of energy. from it so that it doesn't happen win some and you lose some. I'm -. "It's brilliant to be out in Liv­ he will come with a lot of energy again. KG is a strong character and back in the gym already and I'm erpool and I can't wait for all the and I have no doubt he will step he was positive the whole week wo-rkitt!rhnrd." Ohara said. "I'm fam; to eome-ottt." Jona~~id. up. -"J-Je did a Jot of \\Ork before and wants to be ready for the us~:d to getting stick wherever I go, "They all supported me as an play during the second Test in Test." I'm going to go in there and take amateur and I am sure they will as Nottingham. He bowled his overs (Cricket News) his belt and that's it. "I did a lot of a pro. It's always nice to box at things wrong in the Taylor tight home. there's added pressure but I but I'm going to put that right. This love performing in Liverpool." is a must-win fight and I will win, (BBC SPORT) Michael Bell excited bv Big.Orange Novak Djokovic ahead of Goodwood Cup]J8t-trick bid

·could IDiss US Michael Bell has warned Big Or­ popular horse and it would be nice ange is only now reaching the peak to join him." Although the Bill of his powers ahead of his tilt at a Gredley-owned gelding is a best­ record-equalling third Qatar Good­ priced even-money shot to follow Open due to wood Cup next week. up his 2015 and 2016 successes in After getting the better of an epic the two-mile prize, Bell insists duel with Order Of St George in there is no added pressure. elbo~ injury the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, the He said: "I think it increases six-year-old will now attempt to the excitement as opposed to the claim the newly-upgraded Group pressure. Personally I think pres­ One and match theACKU achievements sure is looking at an empty stable, of Double rrigger, who won the not looking at a good horse. "I've race in 1995. 1997 and 1998. And always tried to enjoy it every time the Newmarket handler expects I've had a good horse. his six-year-old stable star to re­ Pressure is the wrong word, it -. main a dominant force in top-level just increases expectation. "l-Ie is staying races for years to come. ready to go and he will do his usu­ Bell said: "They are coming al routine. He might just have a into their prime at this age. Basi­ tiny blow on Saturday." cally staying horses are the ncar­ He added: "I've just not got to est thing to National Hunt horses. mess him up now. You can't get a At six, he is a young horse and he horse fit in a week, but you can has only run 24 times mess them up." lie is not exactly over-raced. While a return trip to Austra­ "There is no reason why he won't lia for a third shot at the Mel­ be as go.od for the next couple of bourne Cup is offthe cards, Bell years as a stayer. He has just filled has not ruled out the possibility his frame now. of Big Orange doing some travel­ Love Island's Theo Campbell "He is 17 hands and he has just ling closer to home after his outing Novak Djokovic is a doubt for the .face up to 12 weeks on the side­ come to himself. He shouldn't de­ at Goodwood. insists he didn't choose the TV US Open due to his elbow injury, lines. teriorate for the next couple of He said: "He could go to the according to quotes attributed to "He has a bruised bone due to years. he should be able to hold Irish St Leger afterwards. We will Serbia's Davis Cup team doctor excessive p laying," it quoted his form at that level. pray for a dry autumn and there is show over athletics in the country's media. Djokovic Zdenko Milinkovic as saying. "Those good stayers like Per­ the two-mile race at Ascot and the Love Island's Theo Campbell in­ gle participants hoping to find retired hurt during the quarter-fi­ "Novak is in Toronto under­ sian Punch, Double Trigger and race on Arc weekend, the Cadran. island to_btrgin witll but I said~my sists he did not choose the hit real­ love bailie for the £50,000 win­ first pnority ii;athleHcs; I'm nals at Wimbledon and said he was going some further tests with spe­ Further Flight go on forever. God "There will be some ground g~ing willing, barring injury, he should somewhere, but he is not going to ity TV show over his athletics ca­ ning prize.' However, the 400rn run­ to go to the World Championship' . considering taking a break from cialists." The 12-times grand slam be able to compete at this level for Australia. He will almost certain­ reer. The 26-year old Team GB ner says the opportunity to fea­ That was my target." "Love Island playing to recover from the long­ champion won the U.S. Open in a couple of years at lea~t. ly go back to Meydan next year, athlete, who reportedly joined the ture on the show came after he was was only a backup in case the standing injury to his right elbow. 20 I I and 20 I 5. This year's tour­ "He would be the first to win we just hope for no cloud seed­ programme w ithout informing ruled out of next month's World worst case scenario happened, and Serbia's Sportski Zurnal re­ nament begins on August 28. three on the trot, but obviously ing." British Athletics, spent l I days at Athletics Championships in Lon­ I got injured. ported that the 30-year-old could (BBC S PO RT) Double Trigger was an extremely (SKY SPORT) 'the villa in Majorca which sees sin- don. "They wanted me on Love (SKY SPORT) Tour de France champion ~hris Froome pavs tribute to 'flawless' Team SkV

Chris Froome has paid tribute to his team-mates for helping him to was a page turned in that book for us. Having said that, I did get a fourth Tour J~:: France title and admitted his latest victory feels a lot of boos on the start line ofthe final t ime trial in Marseille, just as special as his fi rst. Froome finished 54 seconds. ahead of but I'll forgive them for that. "It was in the heart of Marseille, Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac) in what he has described as there was a Frenchman in second place in the race at that point the "toughest" tour he has raced in. "This year's route really didn't - it's understandable. I'm not going to take that one personally play to my stren gth~;" said Froomc. "I had a few days when things at all." With four Tour de France titles, Froome is now only one did n't 'gO: acci>rding to plan. I had good days and bad days, but the behind the record of five held jointly by Jacques Anquetil, team was absolutely solid and was alwa s-ihere for me to lean on Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinaultand Miguellndurain. "l'm32 at when I was having difficult moments. "They were flawless. It was the moment," he said. "Riders have gone into their late 30s still tough for us losing Geraint Thomas on stage 9 to a big crash and winning the Tour de France. I came into the sport very late so stage 15 was the day we saved the Tour de France. Had I not got I still feel quite young in cycling years. Cycling is one of those back from the wheel change that would have been game over for us." sports in which experience is so valuable,;;o I'd like to think I'm Despite hi s fourth success at cycling's most prestigious event, still learning in the sport and still improving as a bike rider. "I'd Froome was still booed by some fans during the three-week race. like to come back to the Tour de France at least for the next But he says that was to be expected with Frenchman Romain Bar­ three, four or five years. I just want to lay it all on the line for .det in contention to win the yellow jersey. "The support on the as long as I can. " roads this year in France was incredible," he said. "It felt like there (SKY SPORT) ' ' \

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Republican Congressman Walter B Jones in a tweet released composed on duration of two WASHINGTON: American his July 21 letter to Trump, in months where the cades was given lawmakers have slammed the which he demanded that the US training by the Afghan and foreign President Ashraf Ghani has Trump administration for lacking pull out of Afghanistan. experts. ~ nominated Deputy Interior a "compelling" strategy to fight "Afghanistan is the graveyard of During the training graduates Minister Hamid Tahmasi as terrorists in Afghanistan and empires! We do not want a has been g1ven valuable knowledge Minister for Transport and Civil Pakistan, even as a top military tombstone to read 'United States and skills regarding war tactics, Aviation and former eastern commander said that the US will of America'," Jones said. Both the n ight raids and commando Nangarhar governor Gul Agha have an "enduring" military and White House and the Pentagon operations, he added. Shirzai as Minister for Borders diplomatic presence in the war­ have said that no decision has been Addressing to the inauguration and Tribal Affairs. tom country. The criticism for taken on the Afghan strategy yet. ceremony, Governor Hayatullah Ghani also appointed the the six-month-old administration Meanwhile, Gen Joe Dunford, Hayat said the graduated cadets National Directorate of Security carne as Pakistan and Afghanistan chairman of the Joint Chiefs of would be deployed to various areas (NDS) deputy Matin Bek as the were hit by suicide bombings Staff, said the US will not have an of the provmce in a bid to chase head of the Independent Director yesterday m which 52 people artificial timeline to exit insurgency. He emphasized on the of Local Governance (IDLG), and died. Many more were injured. Afghanistan. "There's a lot of soldiers to bring the skills into former Laghman governor The attack m Afghan capital Kabul lessons learnt from our experience practice to be resulted in Fazlullah Mujadadi as governor of was claimed by the Taliban, and over the last decade-and-a-half. One strengthening security situations northern Takhar province. the Tehreek-i-Tali ban Pakistan of the things is that when you put across the province. The training Mohammad Almas Zahid has said it targeted the provincial artificial timelines on things, they of new cadets has been completed also been appointed as the senior capital of Punjab province, Lahore. seldom obtain," he said at the at a time when six districts of the adviser and special representative "Disgraceful we still have no Aspen Security Forum on Sunday said province have fallen to Taliban of the President on national strategy for Afghanistan," said night. "Any place that we have militants and insurgency is coherence. Senator John McCain, chairman national interests or vital national speaking louder in other parts of Ghani appointed Humayoun of the. Senate Armed Services interests, we're going to have an Corps commander, Brig. Gen. Wali automobile engineering and other the province as well which is Mohtat, Director of the Central Committee, who this month enduring dipl0matic, an enduring e AT Monitoring Desk Mohammad Ahmadzai, made the relevant fields. He added the issue needed for a coordinated and Population Registration visited Pakistan ahead of the econorruc, and enduring military remarks while addressing to a of ghost soldiers has been resolved. comprehensive strategy to Department and Mohammad Trump administration's review of presence," he said. Gen Dunford KABUL: Military officials graduation ceremony organized for "We want to professionally erad1cate all types of terrorist Wa1s Payab, as the deputy head the Afghan war strategy. Reports said Defence Secretary Jim Mattis claimed on Tuesday that the issue 560 officers, lieutenants and train our soldiers in rotation in groups from the province in a bid of he electronic national have said that the administration has not made his decision on of ghost soldiers in Helmand based sergeants. order to strengthen the security to save lives and properties of the identification cards (ENICs). could be exploring to harden its additional forces in the war-tom Afghan National Army (ANA) He said the newly graduated environment," the commander told civilians and to pay way for the approach towards Islamabad over country "because he wants to get ranks has. been settled down. cadets had gone through training participants of the gathering. construction ofKajaki and Kamal Pakistan-based militants launching the ~eater strategy correct". The 215th Maiwand Military in artillery, telecommunications, Moreover, the training centre khan dams. attacks in Afghanistan, where the 'The strategic framework looks Jawzjan US and NATO troops have been at the area from New Delhi to fighting militants for more than 16 Teheran with particular attention tribal elder years. Senator Ben Cardin, ranking to Af~hanistan and Pakistan," he Paktia's membeL of the Senate Foreign said. 'We cannot be successful in Relations Committee, said he was Afghanistan unless we have a gunned down higher de~ree of cooperation from Janikhil Mol spurns Taliban claim concerned that even after six months in office President Donald Pakistan,' he said. byDaesh Trump has offered "no clear or economictimes.indiatimes.com district falls to Taliban ol seizing Pa ia district SHIBERGHAN: Daesh rebels, also known Islamic State (IS), have Nicholson, Qamar discuss e AT News Report GARDEZ: Taliban on Tuesday shot dead a tribal elder in the Qush claimed capturing the Janikhel Tapa district of northwestern secur~ty Afghanis~n KABUL: The Janikhil district of district of southeastern Paktia Jawzjan province, an official said in Paktia has fallen to Taliban hand province, but the Ministry of on Tuesday. after clashes on Tuesday morning. Interior (MOl) rejected the District Chief Arninullah said "In order to prevent civilian assertion as baseless. tribal elder Gul Agha was gunned casualties, Afghan police retreated down on Monday night in the from Janikhil district," said Dawlat Fierce firefights have been ongoing for two days in the Chagma Chaqor village of the Waziri, spokesman for the ministry distnct over waging propaganda of defense. He said that Army and district, where the militants claimed capturing some security campaign against the IS. Police forces located near to the He said Gul Agah Jed an district center and soon operation check-posts late on Monday. In a statement, the Mol denied awareness campaign to get the will be started to recapture the people know what really the IS district. He said that additional the fall of Janikhel, saying heavy clashes were still ongoing in the agenda was and that made the forces will be dispatched to the insurgents angry, resulting in his district for supporting forces area. It said security forces had suffered no harm heavy casualties killing. during operation. Taliban in a Abdul Sammad, the resident statement said that Janikhil had been inflicted on the fighters. oflocality, said the situation was KABUL: Commander of US and commander met Lt. Gen. Javed district, police headquarters The provincial police chief, NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. Qamar in Rawalpindi on issues of captured by their fighters after Brig. Gen. Toryalai Abdyani, told on the other. Abdyani said forces had suffered causalities and dangerous as nobody could talk John Nicholson and the Pakistan mutual interest, including border clashes with the governmental Pajhwok Afghan News 11 reinforcements had reached the weapons had been captured by about Daesh and the Taliban. Few Army chief have discussed the coordination and the security forces. It is pertained to mention insurgents were killed, three site and the air force would launch Taliban, he said, acknowledging words against the militants could current situation in Afghanistan A situation in Afghanistan. The that in .the past three day, three others wounded and a Pakistani airstrikes soon. Both sides the loss of only t\vo fighters. be at the expense of life. statement from the Pakistani officials agreed to continue joint districts have fallen to Taliban militant arrested. The r.olice chief suffered heavy casualties, he said, Located 85 kilometers from The body of Gul Agha had Army's media wing said Gen. efforts for the peace and stability hand. Koistari districtACKU of Northern also rejected the Tahban claim, without exact figures. Taliban Gardez, the provincial capital, the been handed over to tribal people. Nicholson travelled to Islamabad, of the region. US Ambassador to Faryab and Tayware district of saying gunbattles were still spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid district remained under Taliban's Daesh militants have so far not the capital of Pakistan, on a one­ Pakistan David Heel was also Western Ghor have fallen to Taliban underway in the district. Each side said Janikhel fell to the fighters control for some days last year. spoken about the killing of the day visit on Monday. The NATO present at the meeting. (Pajhwok) hand on Sunday. claimed mflicting heavy casualties on Tuesday morning. The security (Pajhwok) tribal elder. (Pajhwok) Border Agriculture proiecas wonh police get new training centre 41m ats launched ·n a a in Balkh

said the growers would be KABUL: Work over the provided with modem equipment. European Union (EU) funded Women farmer will get free Training centre in Mazar-i-Sharif, equipment to help them grow the capital of northern Balkh vegetable and manufacture sauces province has been completed and and jams. In addition, markets will the facility was handed over to be explored for their products. Afghan Border Police, said a Governor Shamim Khan statement from the EU mission Katawazi stressed the need for on Tuesday. EU UNDP Border more cooperation with farmers and development of the Management in Northern agriculture sector. He hoped that Afghanistan EU-BOMNAF agriculture, poultry and vegetable project handed over in its newly projects would help improve their constructed and equipped GARDEZ: The Agriculture afghanis. He said chickens would situation and boost the provincial Training Centre to the Afghan We are available for all Livestock's and irrigation be distributed to 500 poor families economy. Abdul Jabbar, a farmer Border Police (ABP) in a special Department in southeastern for farming in Ahmadabad district speaking on behalf of others, said ceremony, the statement said. Printing services on due time, Paktika province has launched and Gardez, the frovincial capital. the creation of a proper irrigation The inauguration ceremony work on 4 1 million afghanis Each family wil get 30 hens with system, exrloration of market for took place at the ABP Brigade# 6 reasonable price with high quality, orchard, vegetable and poultry seed for a year and other facilities agricultura produce, cold storage, in Mazar-e-Sharif and was projects, an official said on needed for their protection. green stores and modern attended by high level officials Tuesday. Agriculture Director Successful families would equipment were needed to boost including Dr. Mohammad Afzal Walid Ahmad Tasal told Pajhwok receive more hens next year, the sector. Paktia province Hadid, Chief ofBalkh Provincial Afghan News the productiOn of according to Tasal, who said 5.5 produces thousand of tonnes to Council, Lt Gen Baba Jan, poultry and its distribution to million afs would be spent on the dried and fresh fruits but lack of Commander of 707 Pamir Zone women for farming was the biggest irrigation project. Farmers will be access to the international market police commander; Brigadier Mir project accounting for 36 million provided with instruments. He has been a huge issue. Nairn Haidari, Commander of 6 Brigade ABP; Mr. Nazir Ahmad Foshanji, representative of MFA Afghanistan; Brigadier Andre Afghan diplomat protected Bodemann, Commander of TAAC-N; members of Civil Society and Mass Media. by immunity after 'beating' wife The two-storey building consisting of classrooms, office An Afghan diplomat who Aini allegedly assaulted his wife punche.d her in the face, leaving space, accommodation, kitchen reportedly beat his wife so badly Mezhgan Aini, 30, at their home her w 1th swellmg, patn and and dining room, toilet & wash that she required medical care at a in New York city at 12:30 a.m redness on her right eye, reported rooms, etc. and is equipped with hospital won't face legal Saturday, police sources said. At the New York Post. all necessary equipment including consequences for his action as he some point, Aini then drove his Hospital workers called the laptop computers, office has diplomatic immunity, police wife to Flushing Hospital, where police, who arrived at the medical equipment and furniture, beds in told the N ew York Post. The she eventually told workers he had facility at 4:30 p.m Saturday, L report said that-Mohammad Yama pulled her hair, slapped her and sources said. (TOLONews) bedding(Pajhwok), kitchen equipment, etc. l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~U