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plenary session of the NATO today we have around 13,000 dangerous and disastrous decision. Jens Stoltenberg Parliamentary Assembly in troops from 39 different NATO He acknowledged the challenging said in Romania Bucharest. and partner countries training situations in Afghanistan and cost the cost of He applauded Romania’s Afghan security forces and of staying here, adding, despite contributions in many areas enhancing their professional human and financial loses, the cost staying in including US-led NATO war on capabilities, helping them to fight of withdrawal is much higher. Afghanistan was terror in Afghanistan, and Kosovo. terrorism to bring peace and “If NATO leaves too soon, we KABUL : Second Vice President high council of rule of law, justice high, but the cost “Our Alliance has to face many stability in their own country.” risk Afghanistan returning to a Sarwar Danesh has discussed fight and judicial center and approval of different threats and challenges at “I have just returned from a state of chaos and safe haven for against corruption and national strategy on fighting of walking away the same time.” Stoltenberg added. trip to Afghanistan together with international terrorism.” would be much implementation of national anti- corruption, three main steps of the He expressed his concerns US Secretary of Defense Mattis,” The last time that happened corruption strategy during a government on counter-corruption higher. about instability from Afghanistan he said, adding, there is a renewed then it led to the 9/11 terrorist which remains a front line state in commitment to our efforts in attacks on the United States. In meeting with US Special Inspector over the last year, adding capacity the ongoing international campaign Afghanistan. “I have seen how which almost 3000 people were General for Afghanistan building on these three sections against terrorism and paying well NATO troops are working lost lives. Reconstruction (SIGAR) John was a serious need. highest price. Similarly, he spoke with Afghan security forces.” “We cannot allow that to Sipko at his office, a media report During the meeting, SIGAR’s John on the ongoing conflict and He further went on saying the happen again. That is why we said on Tuesday. Sipko assured he is ready to instability in the Middle East and ongoing training and strengthening remain committed to Afghanistan. Danish thanked the US for its cooperate with the government of North Africa which has inspired program for the Afghan defense and We are also stepping up support with Afghan government Afghanistan to implement national terrorist attacks in our own security forces would enhance elsewhere.” in fight against corruption and said strategy on fighting corruption. countries. their war capabilities in battlefield The NATO alliance is also a the unity government at its He added SIGAR AT Monitoring Desk staying in Afghanistan was higher, “NATO, in the fight against against terrorists, adding, the full member of the Global Coalition capacity always tried to peruse the considered to review the strategy but the cost of withdrawal could global terrorism has played a key training is based on minimizing to fight ISIS. reports of SIGAR regarding alleged and share its suggestions on its KABUL: The NATO Secretary be much higher. General Jeans Stoltenberg has role for many years,” Stoltenberg their casualties as well. “Our AWACS surveillance corruption in government implementation with the Stoltenberg, after holding talks said. NATO secretary general planes are helping the Coalition to announced no withdrawal from with Romanian prime minister, institutions. Calling establishing government. (Pajhwok) Afghanistan, saying, the cost of “Our largest ever military announced no withdrawal from better understand the situation in said this it in his speech at the operation is in Afghanistan, where Afghanistan and termed it the air.” Senators question killings of border policemen in Kunar A number of Afghan senators on without water & food? and forced The Taliban insurgent group in official, this amount of money was volatile Baghlan province too. Tuesday strongly reacted to the to leave for Pakistan?” questioned northern Kunduz province has collected from more than 14,000 Local officials blames both the killings of five border policemen Senator Sher Mohammad received about 200 million clients in the province. In addition, government and the power by the Taliban in northeastern Akhunzada. “They were killed as Afghanis from power bills during sources in the Afghanistan’s company. “Weak management is Kunar province. The policemen result of negligence.” “Why they the last two years, officials said. national power utility say that the main reason that the Company were in search of water and food establish the outposts in areas IEC officials said after assessing Prologix’s “During the last two years, the annually, the group receives cannot collect its payments; in Bajour valley in Pakistan days where have no access to water Taliban is collecting power bills in millions of Afghanis from the therefore, an enormous amount of ago, and were shot dead by the resources and cannot be supplied? application, the review commission found the the areas under their control,” power bills in Herat and Helmand money goes to the anti-government Taliban while returning to outpost. The officials should investigate company did not meet the required criteria. Abdul Hameed Hameedi, the provinces. Reports suggest that armed groups,” Firuzuddin Imaq, The senators called the incident and give response in regard,” power utility head for Kunduz Taliban receives a part of the a member of Baghlan provincial “highly questionable” “How it is explained Senator Mohammad province said. According to the power utility’s revenue in the council said. (ATN) possible to leave out border forces Hassan Hotak. (ATN) The Independent Election commission sent out letters of Commission (IEC) officials request to a number of handpicked announced on Tuesday that the companies asking for quotes for UAE-based company Prologix the equipment. The contract is failed to secure the contract to worth a total of $16million USD. provide the IEC with electronic However, Prologix was the equipment for the elections. only company to meet the deadline. According to the IEC, an The commission however, assessment committee, comprising failed to put it out for public tender representatives from the election – a move that was met with sharp commission, international criticism. The reason the organizations and institutions commission gave for this was that overseeing election commissions, they were pushed for time. reviewed Prologix’s application After Tuesday’s AT News Report and found it did not meet the announcement, election watchdogs criteria required. have called on government to carry KABUL: National Directorate of Security Election commissioners said out all election processes (NDS) on Tuesday said that 64 insurgents the contract for electronic transparently. were killed during Afghan forces raid in the equipment for the upcoming “We appreciate the past 24 hours. “ Intelligence forces has elections will now be put out to commission and the committee’s conducted 21 operation jointly with Afghan public tender. move and after this the commission army and police forces in different provinces, “The company was not found should be more accurate in which as result 64 Taliban fighters including to be capable to handle this selecting companies,” Abdul Wakil six Daesh affiliates were killed,” said a press contract and the proposal was Babakar Khil, a member of Election statement issued by NDS. Statement said rejected. The election commission Watch Afghanistan. that 54 other Taliban fighter sustain injuries has decided to send the issue back Election commission officials during operations. Eight rebels including one to the National Procurement said they have sent the UAE Haqqani network terrorist were arrested Authority,” IEC spokesman Company documents to the during raids, added statement. One smuggler Abdulbadi Sayad said. National Procurement Authority. were arrested in the operation as well, noted Last month the election (ToloNews) statement. Eleven rifles of different weapons discovered and confiscated during operation, mentioned statement.

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least seven Taliban militants have been killed and nine others wounded in a blast of their own bombs taken place in Alingar district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. JALALABAD : Two families families over the past few months Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s from eastern Nangarhar province and their efforts finally came to spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News the have agreed to end their long- fruition. incident happened when explosives running enmity as a result of Haji Wali Khogyani, a tribal materials inside insurgent’s car were blasted mediation from tribal elders. elder from Sherzad and member of in Elga Gul area of the district on Monday About 30 years ago, Mangal the jirga, told Pajhwok Afghan evening. and Allah Baz, members of a News the reconciliation was based He said seven insurgents including a family, were killed in a clash in the on pure human, Islamic and notorious commander Qasim known as Marakikhel area of Sherzad Afghani values. A member of the Abbas were killed and nine others including district. The incident triggered a Nangarhar provincial council, a shadow Taliban chief for Badpakh district feud between the rival households. Ajmal Omar, acknowledged tribal wounded in the blast. However, mediation by tribal feuds were rampant in Khogyani He added that the killed militants were leaders led to a resolution of the and Sherzad districts due to involved in a number of terrorist attacks in feud that had resulted from the widespread illiteracy. various areas of Alingar district of Laghman. dispute over water. When Hashim “Basically, it wasn't an issue Zwak added the militants were heading and Nader killed their cousins, the between the two families; it was to Elga Gul area for planning a terrorist relationship changed into enmity. instead related to two villages and attack. But tribal elders from the long-awaited reconciliation However, the Taliban insurgents have Khogyani and Sherzad districts had would be useful for both villages,” not commented into the matter so far. long been trying to reconcile the he hoped. (Pajhwok) WEDNESDAY .OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

The number of girls who are not in education increased from 130.3 million to 130.9 million in the past year

The total number of girls in education worldwide has fallen for the first time in 10 years in what has been described as a “global crisis which perpetuates poverty”. The number of girls who are currently out of education has increased from 130.3 million to 130.9 million based on a survey by The ONE Campaign of 122 countries across the world. The research reveals that the countries with the lowest proportion of girls in school are also some of the world’s poorest with South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Niger topping the list. In South Sudan alone, which has been beset by civil war since it declared independence from Sudan in 2011, 73 per cent of girls aged between six and 11 are not in school and in CAR there is just one teacher for every 80 pupils. The ONE Campaign said that the majority of the countries were KABUL: After 30 years of medical work of the Red Cross was crucial December and held for four weeks. among the world’s poorest and work during some of Afghanistan’s in making sure basic medical help In February, militants killed six several of them were in places torn bloodiest times, the International reached some of the most Red Cross staff members in the apart by war making it more Committee of the Red Cross said vulnerable people. The northern province of Jowzjan and difficult – and more dangerous – on Monday that it was drastically organization supplied medicine to abducted two others, who were for any child to get an education. reducing its presence in the country several clinics in the province, released last month. Other factors include the fact after a series of attacks on its staff. where on average 80 patients a day Days later, Ms. Enebral was that in some parts of the world it have taken violent action to stop For instance in Nigeria, which conditions to get there, or sat in a The Red Cross said it would would be treated. shot dead. Afghan officials said the costs money to send a child to women from attending school. did not make the list of the top 10 classroom without a teacher or close its operations in Faryab and “The clinics were for the poor killer, who had been treated at the school rather than getting them to Malala Yousafzai was countries where the fewest girls textbooks. This is not just about Kunduz, northern provinces — for those who couldn’t go to center for 19 years, from age 2, start work and parents will often famously shot by the Islamist were educated, the states in the far getting more girls into school, it’s heavily affected by fighting in government or private hospitals,” was being questioned at the favour boys over girls. militants in the Swat Valley in south of the country had just five about the women they grow up to recent years, scale down a regional said Saif Wardak, 24, a resident of country’s intelligence agency and In addition, in some areas there neighbouring Pakistan in 2012 for per cent of girls not in school. be: educated, empowered and hub in the northern city of Mazar- Imam Sahib district of Kunduz. his motives remained under are cultural barriers to women campaigning for girls to have the But in states in the North East employed.” The index was based i-Sharif, and assess whether it “This will create a big problem.” investigation. getting a good education such as in right to go to school without fear. corner which has been hit by the on 11 factors which reflected girls’ could hand over an orthopedic The insurgency also relies on “She laughed a lot. She joked Niger which has the highest She recovered and later became Boko Haram terror group – whose experiences of school which center there to the Afghan Red Cross volunteers to retrieve with patients,” said one of Ms. proportion of girls under 18 who the youngest Nobel Laureate at 17 name literally means “Western included completion rates, female government or another partner. the bodies of its dead in large parts Enebral’s colleagues in a tribute are married – 76 per cent of all girls and today tweeted that she had just education is forbidden” – the literacy and the pupil-teacher ratio. Heavy fighting has considerably of the country and to help families released by the Red Cross. “The in the country in 2016, according started lectures at Oxford number of girls not in school rises Other countries, such as limited access to health care across of its detainees communicate with rehabilitation center has changed to Unicef. University. to 52 per cent. “Across countries Somalia and Syria, were not Afghanistan, with the southern them in prison. But since last now. All our colleagues have In other places, such as The report also pointed out in Africa today millions of girls included in the study because there province of Uruzgan already losing winter, the Red Cross has suffered changed. The patients have Afghanistan which was fourth on the huge regional differences in didn’t get to go to school, or walked was insufficient data available. almost all its health facilities. The a series of attacks. An employee changed. The loss of Lorena hangs the list, groups like the Taliban different countries. long distances in dangerous (INDEPENDENT) Red Cross decision is very likely was abducted in Kunduz in in the air.” (NYTIMES) to affect thousands of people, including many with disabilities. The organization’s seven 53pc of rehabilitation centers around the country have provided more than Afghans 19,000 artificial legs and arms and other devices every year. willing to vote Six Red Cross staff members were killed in northern Afghanistan in upcoming earlier this year, and last month a Spanish physiotherapist at the polls: Survey Mazar-i-Sharif orthopedic center, Lorena Enebral Pérez, was shot dead by one of her polio patients. KABUL : A new survey shows 53 “This is a difficult moment for percent of people want to the I.C.R.C. and the staff,” said participate in the upcoming Monica Zanarelli, head of the Red elections while 41 percent believe Cross delegation in Afghanistan. the election bodies lack the capacity to hold polls. Conducted “After 30 years of continuous KABUL : Representatives from presence in the country, we are by the Transparent Election 10 countries who met in Kabul on Foundation of Afghanistan reducing our presence and Monday discussed to devise a operations.” Continue reading the (TEFA), the survey took three- joint regional strategy at combating month to be completed by main story Ms. Zanarelli said the narcotics. A two-day conference organization would not leave interviewing 2,967 people hosted by the Ministry of Counter associated with political parties Afghanistan entirely, but was Narcotics in Kabul is being trying to limit its workers’ attended by representatives from and civil society organization. The respondents also included exposure to risk. Afghanistan, Iran, China, Russia, students, social organizations, Abdul Wali Aziz, head of the Pakistan, Tajikistan, coordination department at the women, government employees Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and other different groups aging Afghan Health Ministry, described Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and the from 18 to 55 years. the decision as “bad news for United Arab Emirates (UAE). The survey was conducted in residents of these provinces,” Afghan counter-narcotics adding that the Red Cross “was minister Salamat Azimi told the 25 provinces to know about public helping us with transferring of the meeting that a draft regional trust in the electoral bodies, their interest in future elections and wounded from battlefields to cooperation strategy against drugs government’s neutrality during health facilities and providing had been prepared by his ministry elections. medicines in some districts of and would be discussed at the Faryab and Kunduz provinces. The funeral in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, in The result shows 29 percent two-day conference. the region, adding the menace had combating drugs would yield of people trusted the election They had a health facility in Faryab February of one of six Red Cross workers He said the draft after being changed into an original factor positive result if the campaign had prison as well.” commission’s capacity regarding killed by militants. thoroughly examined and analyzed behind insecurity in the country. regional support and holding conduct polls while 30 Officials in Kunduz said the would be then finalized by the On the day one of the cooperation.A recent report jointly percent did not believe the election representatives. conference, journalists were denied published by the United Nations bodies and 41 percent said the He said main points in the draft the opportunity to speak with the Office on Drugs and Crime election commission lacked the were strengthening regional foreign delegates but they were told (UNODC) and the Afghanistan required capacity to conduct cooperation in law enforcement, the result and remarks would be government says drugs production exchanging intelligence elections. shared with media tomorrow increased by 43 percent in 1395 Another section of the survey information, extradition of (Tuesday). solar year, when 4,800 tonnes of criminals, money laundering, shows that 29 percent of people Brig. Gen. Abdul Khalil drugs were produced.The believed the government would be tightening control over borders for Bakhtyar, deputy minister of Ministry of Counter-Narcotics neutral during elections and 38 curbing trafficking, regional counter-narcotics, said regional says the population of addicts in percent believed the government cooperation in reducing demand for countries should increase their the country was nearly one million might not be neutral. According to drugs, encouraging cooperation cooperation in terms of fighting in 1388 solar year but jumped up from regional and international the survey, 45 percent of the drugs. He said cultivation, to three million and 600,000 in respondents were optimistic about organizations. smuggling and use of drugs were 1396 solar year; including 850,000 the conduct of Wolesi Jirga Azimi dubbed drugs as a major challenge to stability and women and one million and 200, critical issue for Afghanistan and elections at its announced date. peace in Afghanistan. He said 000 children. (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok) Afghanistan airstrikes hit highest point in years The Ministry of energy and water of Afghanistan(MEW)intends to award the The number of weapons released September, October and November Force Association’s Air Space Syria or to Afghanistan. contract,Rehabilitation works for Mahal &Saidan Canal Irrigation in Afghanistan by the Air Force, of that year, respectively. In the Cyber Conference last month, (AIRFORCETIMES) Schemes Istalif district of Kabul Province, under the contract No, MEW/ other U.S. military services and summary accompanying the AFCENT commander Lt. Gen. allies hit the highest level in seven statistics, AFCENT said that the Jeffrey Harrigian said the Air Force PCU/IRDP/K-249/Kabul/NCBwithM/S Afghan Laser Engineering & years in September. increase was due to President is working with the staff of Army Construction Company, Address:Quae Markaz, Abdara Plaza, Kabul The coalition last month Trump’s “strategy to more Gen. John Nicholson, commander released 751 weapons against the proactively target extremist groups of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, to Province, Afghanistan,in the amount of 6,827,630.00Afs ( Six Million eight Taliban and ISIS-Khorasan, an that threaten the stability and figure out how best to use the hundred twenty seven thousand six hundred and thirty Afghanis affiliate of the Islamic State group, security of the Afghan people.” additional air power deployed a 50 percent increase over the 503 AFCENT also said that the there. Harrigian said the F-16 only).Bidders who want to appealfor reconsideration or have any objection, released in August, according to deployment of six additional F-16s deployments were planned before they can submit their application within 7 days totheMinistry of Energy and statistics posted online by United to Bagram Air Base ? bringing their the administration’s new Water from the date of announcement. States Air Forces Central total to 18 ? contributed to the Afghanistan strategy was Command. It represents the most increased pace of airstrikes. The announced. This notification does not constitute award of contract. The contract shall bombs dropped since late 2010, Air Force is also sending B-52 Harrigian also said at the not be awarded until the notice provided elapsed and complaints, if any when the bloody Battle of Sangin Stratofortresses on more missions conference that the B-52 has been raged. The coalition dropped 739, to Afghanistan. In a roundtable flying several times a week on received, is addressed in compliance with appeal and review manual. 1,043 and 866 weapons in discussion with reporters at the Air missions to strike ISIS in Iraq and WEDNESDAY .OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

EMERGENCY New partnership between local telecommunications company and Wikimedia Foundation aims CALLS to ‘expand the frontier of access to information and knowledge’ the frontier of access to information and knowledge, Police especially for Afghanistan’s youth who make up almost two-thirds of the population.” 100 - 119 Afghanistan only gained access to the internet for the first time in 2002, after the fall of the Hospitals Taliban. Under the extremist group, it was deemed immoral. FMIC Hospital Mobile data services began in Behind Kabul Medical 2012, which the government hoped University: would prove an important cultural and economic turning point for the 0202500200-+93793275595 country – though by the end of 2016, it was estimated only 12 per Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital cent of the 26-million-strong population had access to the Pule Bagh-e- Umomi internet. 070263672 Social media use through mobile has rocketed in the last year, however, increasing by 43 per cent Khairkhana Hospital – meaning nine per cent of the population in total were active 0799-321007 users. KABUL : Dozens of people on 2401352 The UN declared in 2011 that Monday protested in front of the access to the internet is a human National Assembly building in right. In many developing Kabul, accusing the 1st deputy Indira Gandhi Children countries, social media companies speaker of Wolesi Jirga of usurping Hospital, Wazir Akbar offer pared-back low data or free- their market, however, the deputy to-access versions of their apps speaker rejected the allegation. Khan, Kabul 2301372 and websites. The demonstrators numbering “Wikipedia’s mission is to around 150 individuals accused imagine a world in which every Homayoon Homayoon of grabbing Ibn-e- Seena single person can freely share in a business plaza belonging to them Pul-e-Artan, Kabul the sum of all knowledge … in Qowai Markaz neighborhood. Millions of people in Afghanistan Naqibullah Kakar, representing 2100359 will now have access to Wikipedia the protesters, said Homayoon and its sister projects without along with his armed men invaded incurring mobile data charges, said ‘the agricultural and industrial Wazir Akbar Khan People in Afghanistan are set for Monday that all of the company’s fully functional version of the knowledge projects. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu, market’ and took control of it on Hospital greater access to the internet and customers would be able to access website, meaning users will have “At Roshan, we are proud to Regional Manager for Strategic January 12 this year. He said the free information, thanks to a new the Wikipedia website through access to all content, search and have been leading the efforts to Partnerships in Asia and Eastern five-storey market had been built 2301741, 2301743 partnership between a local their phones – without being editing functions. increase access to information,” Europe of the Wikimedia on 2,000 square meters of land telecommunications company and charged for data usage – for the The Wikimedia Foundation is Altaf Ladak, deputy CEO of Foundation. “This will also about 12 years back and contained Ali Abad the Wikimedia Foundation. next 12 months. The initiative, the non-profit organisation that Roshan, said in a statement. empower them to participate in 250 shops. Roshan Communications and called Wikipedia Zero, is due to runs Wikipedia and funds dozens “The partnership with the adding content to these projects,” “We (shareholders) bought the Shahrara, Kabul the internet giant announced on launch later this month. It will be a of other open-source and other free Wikimedia Foundation expands he added. (INDEPENDENT) land and constructed the market and now after years, Homayoon 2100439 without having any document forcibly took control of our market Malalai Maternity and even engraved his name on it.” Maula Mohammad Payman, Hospital another protestor, said: “We have 2201377/ 2301743 documents and for the last 12 years we have been collecting rents from shops, but suddenly Banks Homayoon appeared and took control of our market.” He said Da Afghanistan Bank they had been complaining to government organizations over the 2100302, 2100303 past seven months but due to the ‘influence’ of the Wolesi Jirga top Bakhtar Bank official, their complaints were not addressed. 0776777000 Other protestors warned of Azizi Bank The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology says cost of internet services and the quality will improve based on the new plan. withdrawing their capital from Afghanistan if their legal right was 0799 700900 denied. They also warned of Pashtany Bank The Ministry of Communication provided. continuing their protest until their and Information Technology Kabul residents said this time issue was resolved. 2102908, 2103868 (MCIT) is working on a draft plan, the promise made by the ministry Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul suggested by the president, to is similar to the commitment it Rauf Ibrahimi tasked a three- Air Services lower the cost of internet services made in the past – which was not member team of the house with to the public. delivered on. listening and assessing the According to the MCIT “The private protestors’ complaints and Safi Airways spokesman, Najib Nangiyal, the telecommunication companies are reporting back to the house. 020 22 22 222 cost of internet services could drop thinking about filling their pockets Lawmakers Zakria Zakria, by between 60 and 80 percent not about the quality of their Zamarok Padkhwabi, and Abdullah within the next three months. services or decreasing the prices. Mohammadi, who were assigned Ariana “According to a decree by But government has control over the task, said they would share 020-2100270 President (Ashraf Ghani) during a the state-owned company,” said complaints of the protestors with meeting last week, we are working Waheedullah, a resident of Kabul. colleagues on Wednesday. on a plan and the cost of internet “They (the telecommunication However, Homayoon Homyaoon, Kam Air services will decrease by 60 to 80 companies) should try to decrease talking to reporters, rejected the 0799974422 percent across the country and in the price at some level and deliver KABUL : Wolesi Jirga members allegations of demonstrators as were told on Monday that all telecommunication companies,” their commitments which they baseless, saying: “whenever I try Hotels “lengthy procedure of he said. make every day,” said Rahmat, a to fight corruption, such allegations procurement, lack of technical Eight months ago, the Ministry resident of Kabul. are raised against me.” Safi Landmark capacity, corruption and of Communication and According to MCIT, at least He said he was ready to stand insecurity” prevented the health Information Technology vowed to 3.5 million people are using trial and the judicial organs could 020-2203131 and education ministries from decrease the cost of internet internet services in the country. assess documents of both the spending most of their services by up to 20 percent. The ministry says the number parties. Homayoon said no SERENA development budget. Education However, Kabul residents claim will considerably increase in the governmental or political pressure that no change has occurred in price upcoming years. Secretary Syed Hameedullah and could weaken his resolve to combat nor in the quality of services (ToloNews) 0799654000 Health Secretary Ahmad Jan corruption. (Pajhwok) Naeem were summoned to the New Rumi Restaurant lower houses to answer lawmakers’ questions. 0776351347 Some lawmakers said the Education Ministry had failed to Internet Services implement uplift projects and had carried out some projects against UA Telecom principles and as a result, most of 0796701701 / 0796702702 the students today studied under the open skies. The Education Secretary Exchange Rate acknowledged the ministry’s affairs had been at a slow pace. He 1.00 USD said the ministry had spent $41 68.50AFN million from its $60 million uplift budget. Total development budget of the education ministry for the 1000.00 IRR ongoing fiscal year was $155 18.00AFN million. projects, he added. Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi The secretary said the Dr. Ahmad Jan Naeem, the said the Public Health Ministry’s Education Ministry in the first Public Health secretary, said 70 spending on uplift projects was nine months of the fiscal year spent services projects and 45 satisfactory and hoped health 1.00 UAE 42 percent of its development construction projects were being services would improve in the 18.60AFN budget. implement by the ministry. country. He did not say anything about He said the Health Ministry The speaker, however, changes to development projects was allocated $171 million uplift expressed concern over the 1.00 EUR but acknowledged some projects budget, of which 44 percent had spending of the Education 82.20AFN had been restructured on the bases been spent and 80 percent of the Ministry budget and said reasons of need. funds would be utilized until the presented by the education The transfer of construction end of the year. secretary in this regard were not 1000.00 INR projects from the Education He said the delay in satisfactory. Ibrahimi asked the 1055.00AFN Ministry to the Urban procurement of contracts, land education ministry to work on Development Ministry was a disputes and lack of capacity were development of its capacity so lengthy process which caused main handicaps in execution of more attention was paid to the 1000.00 PKR delay in implementation of uplift projects of the ministry. education sector. (Pajhwok) 641.00AFN WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

The Congress has decided to up BJP veterans LK Advani and Nitin the ante against BJP chief Amit Gadkari as examples. Apart from Shah over the allegations of impro- demanding an inquiry into the mat- priety against his son Jay Shah by ter by sitting Supreme Court judg- taking the issue to “every nook and es, it also wanted the Prime Min- corner” of the country. The main ister to break his silence on the is- opposition party has planned a sue and immediately sack Shah. On series of news conferences and Monday, the Congress held news street protests across the country conferences on the controversy in to corner Prime Minister Naren- 12 cities across the country. While dra Modi and the BJP on the issue Anand Sharma held the fort in of corruption, which was a key poll Delhi, Randeep Singh Surjewala plank of the saffron party in the and Sachin Pilot attacked the BJP 2014 Lok Sabha elections. A re- in Jaipur. Raj Babbar raised the is- port by news portal ‘The Wire’ sue in Lucknow, RPN Singh in claiming the turnover of Jay Shah’s Ranchi, Rajni Patil, Pawan Khera firm grew exponentially after the abd Bhupesh Baghel were deput- BJP came to power in 2014 has ed to Raipur, Ajoy Kumar and given the Congress a handle to at- Prasad Harichandan to Bhu- tack the BJP ahead of the assem- baneswar, Gaurav Gogoi to Kolk- bly elections in Gujarat and Him- ata, Ripun Bora, Tarun Gogoi and achal Pradesh later this year. Call- Debbrat Saikia address the press ing it the “Shah Jaada case (twist- conference in Guwahati, Prithvi- ing Shehzada)”, the Congress raj Chavan and Radhakrishna Vikhe hopes to make it a larger issue in Patil in Mumbai, Jairam Ramesh terms of mobilising nationwide in Ahmedabad, Virbhadra Singh, support against the BJP and the Ranjeeta Ranjan and Sukhvinder Sri Lanka warned Modi government. The BJP had Singh Sukhu in Shimla. On Tues- in a similar manner raised the issue day, Babbar, Pritam Singh and In- The UN refugee agency says it is They have warned that thousands the UNHCR and aid workers are of alleged impropriety by Congress dira Hridayesh will address a news on full alert for a new escalation in are at risk of water-borne diseases already struggling to support more president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in- conference in Dehradun, Deepak of inadequate the Myanmar crisis after more and some were injured after mak- than half a million Rohingyas who law Robert Vadra.“We will walk Babaria and Arun Yadav in Bho- than 11,000 Rohingya Muslims ing the journey. "We're back in a have already fled in recent weeks. that extra mile to expose the true pal, RPN Singh and Ashok Tan- crossed the border into Bangladesh situation of full alert as far as in- The World Health Organization face of the BJP. We will take this war in Chandigarh, M Veerappa policiesand on Monday. Speaking in Geneva, fluxes are concerned. It is a big in- (WHO) and Unicef, meanwhile, issue to each household and every Moily in Mangalore, Surjewala UN officials said many of the new crease to see 11,000," UN High have begun a massive cholera vac- nook and corner of the country. and Nilesh Awasthi in Jabalpur. arrivals had walked for days to Commissioner for Refugees (UN- cination campaign near the south- Justice may be poetic. The jury is The Youth Congress is also organ- programmes reach safety. Last week, an aver- HCR) spokesman Adrian Edwards eastern Bangladeshi town of Cox's out.The people of India will de- ising a protest on the issue on Tues- age of 2,000 people a day crossed told reporters in Geneva. The sto- Bazar, which they hope will also cide,” Congress spokesperson day. “We demand CBI and ED in- from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The ry not being talked about in My- prevent diarrhoeal diseases in over- Tom Vadakkan said. The party vestigations on the matter. We also UN has said that many of the new anmar Children die as boat capsiz- crowded camps that lack clean sought Shah’s resignation as the demand resignation of Amit Shah to address arrivals are traumatised after flee- es off Bangladesh The BBC's Im- water or sanitation. BJP chief till the probe was over and want the PM to come out and ing killings and burning villages. ogen Foulkes in Geneva says that (BBC) in line with past precedents, citing give a statement on the issue.” aging issues

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to save themselves [from investi- all, so that a powerful, when oust- chairman Imran Khan has said that gation into the cases of corrup- ed, does not question his ouster.” his party was not consulted be- tion].” The nation is looking to- We will put ‘big thieves’ behind fore deciding to appoint the new wards the new chairman NAB bars, he added. Responding to oft- National Accountability Bureau Javed Iqbal, he said, and warned quoted remarks by his political (NAB) chief. “[Deposed prime that there will be a reaction from rivals linking him with the “Jew- Population projections show that persons (25 percent) in the coun- minister] Nawaz Sharif and [PPP the masses if the corrupt were ish lobby”, Imran said there was the proportion of Sri Lankans try will be aged 60 years and over co-chairman] Asif Ali Zardari col- saved as was the case during the no need for the any such lobby to above the age of 60 years will in- (6.2 million).The total and child luded [to bring the NAB chief],” former chief’s tenure. hatch a conspiracy against the crease from 14 percent in 2017 to dependency ratios have decreased he told a public gathering in Dera “In Pakistan, there are differ- country when it had people like 22 percent by the year 2037. “With as 60 and 40 dependents respec- Ismael Khan on Tuesday. “They ent laws for the powerful and the Nawaz Sharif and JUI-F chief such a rapidly ageing population tively while old-age dependency wanted to appoint a person of weak,” the PTI chief said. “We Fazlur Rehman. in Sri Lanka, it is imperative for has increased to 20 per 100 work- their choice as the bureau’s chief need to devise the same law for (Tribune) policy makers to ensure that so- ing-age people in 2012. It is ex- cial and economic institutions in pected that old-age dependency the county are ready to face the ratio would increase faster than the challenges ahead,” said Ritsu Nack- child dependency ratio by the mid en, representative in Sri Lanka of of this century, the report says. Bring the United Nations Population “The change in age structure and Fund (UNFPA) at the launch of an increasing number of old-age the ‘Population Ageing in Sri Lan- population would result in a sig- perpetrators ka: Emerging Issues, Needs, and nificant shrinking of the support Policy Implications’ report in Co- base for the ageing population in involved in lombo. “One of the recommenda- Sri Lanka,” “In 1981 there were tions of this report is to take a life- on average seven persons (age 20- cycle approach. This requires in- 59 years) to provide support for Gauchan’s vesting in young people to maxi- one older person and in 2012 the mize their wealth creation and pre- number dropped to four persons.” pare them for old age, while also Policy dimensions murder to extending the healthy period of The consequences of the pop- their lives.” The report is a collab- ulation ageing process that Sri Lan- oration between the UNFPA and ka is currently experiencing will justice: FCAN Congress vice-president Rahul the department of Census and Sta- have several policy dimensions that Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Par- tistics. Population standard pro- the policy makers must address ty (BJP) chief Amit Shah took their jections show that by the mid of without further delay, report political battle to each other’s bas- the 21st century, one in every four showed. (LBO) tions on Tuesday, exchanging pot- shots on corruption and develop- ment ahead of two state elections. Gandhi addressed young people, women and Dalits in Vadodara as part of a two-day march crisscross- ing Gujarat, a state that sent Shah to Parliament and is a BJP citadel. The state, along with Himachal Pradesh, is expected to go to the BHAKTAPUR: Federation of polls this year. Shah, along with Contractors Association of Nepal human resource development min- (FCAN) has warned to hit the ister Smriti Irani and Uttar Pradesh street if the government failed to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, arrest killers of its chair Sharad held rallies in Uttar Pradesh’s Kumar Gauchan immediately. At Amethi that has elected a Congress a press meet here today, FCAN member to Parliament for almost general secretary Ram Sharan Deu- two decades. “Rahul Gandhi, ja gave deadline until the Wednes- whose party has ruled the coun- day evening to the government to try for 60 years, is asking for the find out the perpetrators involved report card of the three-year Modi chance in the next elections. in the killing of Gauchan. government,” Shah said during a reposed faith in one family for 60 sents in the Lok Sabha, and has “Rahul Gandhi has never visited Gauchan was shot dead by an rally aimed at playing up Irani’s years, you won’t regret if you give fielded senior leaders to attack the the Amethi collector’s office even unidentified group in broad day- work for the constituency. He also the BJP and Narendra Modi a 47-year-old opposition leader. The after being elected as the MP from light in New Baneshwor on Mon- said the Congress leader couldn’t chance.” The BJP is focusing on party feels that Irani, who slashed here. Smriti Irani comes to Amethi day. The FCAN has warned to see development because he wore Amethi, a dusty town in eastern Gandhi’s victory margin by almost even after losing the Lok Sabha con- launch a nationwide agitation and “glasses made in Italy”. “You have Uttar Pradesh that Gandhi repre- 200,000 votes, stands a good stituency...,” Shah added. bring the construction works to a complete halt if the government failed to address its demand with- in the given time. As shared by the general secretary in the programme, Shahrejectsrumoursof underhand with the killing of FCAN chair A court order has been issued by the Colombo Fort Gauchan, its officials are also get- Magistrate against the protest march by the anti- ting unknown phone calls asking SAITM groups, including the Inter University Stu- for money. He asked the govern- dealingsinappointment of NABchief dents' Federation (IUSF) outside the Fort Railway ment to guarantee their full securi- Rejecting rumours of underhand dealings in the appointment of Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal Station, Colombo today. ty and book the guilty. as the new National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, Leader of the Opposition in Accordingly, the Court ordered the protesters He said, they are not receiving National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday urged opposition parties to avoid to conduct the protest in a decent and polite man- the mortal body of Gauchan which making the selection controversial. “Opposition has not yet objected to the appointment ner without disrupting the general public and van- has been kept in the Tribhuvan of the new NAB chairman, who is a non-controversial personality,” Shah told media- University Teaching Hospital dalizing public property. persons, while clearing the air, at the Parliament House. It also ordered them not to enter the Presiden- (TUTH) until the government Hot seat: Justice Javed Iqbal new NAB chief brings the perpetrators to justice. The NAB chairman enjoys an excellent reputation … nobody dare dictate him,” he tial Secretariat Office by any means. (AP) warned. (Dwan) (Colombo) WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Kenya opposition leader withdraws from

presidential North Korea hacked into top-secret plans of military operations against election the rogue nation’s top leaders, accord- A South Korean lawmaker says a freedom of ing to one South Korean politician. Germany re-run The South Korean Defence Ministry revealed hackers "presumed to be information request revealed thousands of North Koreans" stole 235GB worth maynot of documents while responding to a secret files were leaked to the rogue state. freedom of information request by Minjoo Party (Democratic Party) agree politician Rhee Cheol Hee. The hack- ers, according to South Korean news- paper The Chosun Ilbo, obtained the documents by breaking into the mili- new tary's intranet and related networks in August and September last year. Despite South Korean authorities pre- coalition Kenyan opposition leader Raila viously claiming nothing of signifi- Odinga said on Tuesday he cance had leaked, reports have sug- would not stand in a court-or- gested Pyongyang gained access to until next dered re-run of August’s nullified OPLAN 5015 - South Korea's com- presidential election that is bined operations with the United scheduled for Oct. 26. States in a full-scale war with North “In the interest of the people of Korea. The documents on military year: Kenya, the region and world at strategy were reportedly devised in large, we believe that all will be 2015. The Defence Ministry had only best served by (opposition listed 53GB worth of the stolen data Merkel grouping) NASA vacating the - about 10,700 documents or 22.5% of the total amount. Along with presidential candidature of elec- OPLAN 5015, documents included ally tions slated for 26th of October, OPLAN 3100 - a strategy for a re- 2017,” Odinga told a news con- sponse against commando infiltration Germany may need to wait until ference. or local provocation. A contingency next year for a new government as (Reuters) plan for the Special Warfare Command the three blocs trying to form an in the event of sudden changes in alliance are so far apart they need North Korea or a major provocation a detailed coalition deal, a senior French public was also among the documents known Bavarian ally of Chancellor Ange- to have been leaked. Rhee told the la Merkel has told Reuters. Alex- sector workers paper: "I can't reveal further details ander Dobrindt, parliamentary because they are a military secret." floor leader of the Christian Social protest against (Reuters) Union (CSU), said a coalition agreement would have to be more Macron budget detailed than the one that accom- panied the Grand Coalition in the cuts last parliament. Merkel, humbled Thousands of French public sec- in last month’s national election by tor workers have gone on strike Kenya opposition a surging far-right, is trying to bro- and staged streets demonstra- ker a three-way coalition of her tions across France to protest conservatives, the pro-business against Emmanuel Macron’s lawmakers say to boycott Free Democrats (FDP) and the budget cuts and pro-business Greens - a combination previous- agenda. All nine unions repre- ly untested at federal level. The senting public sector workers parliament over proposed task is further complicated by the from hospital staff and teachers fact that Merkel’s conservative to air-traffic controllers called bloc compromises her Christian joint industrial action for the first election law amendments Democratic Union (CDU) and time in a decade. Union leaders CSU, whose alliance has been said they wanted to show a “pro- Kenyan opposition lawmakers said on Tues- strained by her open-door migrants found disagreement” with the against opposition leader Raila Odin- policy. The conservative allies re- president’s plans to overhaul the day they would boycott parliament over pro- ga must be held by the end of October, posed election law amendments ahead of a rerun moved one obstacle to forming a state sector, accusing him of according to a Supreme Court ruling. new coalition on Sunday by agree- “stigmatising” state workers and of a presidential vote on Oct. 26, a contest ex- Judges ordered the re-run after perts say looks increasingly unlikely to hap- ing a limit on the number of mi- favouring private business. nullifying Kenyatta’s win in Aug. 8 grants arriving in France’s vast public sector em- pen. polls due to procedural irregularities. The poll pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta Germany.[nL8N1MJ0EG] But ploys about 5.4 million staff and (Reuters) Dobrindt of the CSU said in an accounts for one in five jobs in interview with Reuters television the country. Macron, like previ- that securing a three-way alliance ous presidents, has sought to would be hard. “As we know that make cuts in the large state sec- the points that separate us out- tor budget with a plan to reduce weigh those we have in common, the number of state workers by one can have doubts about wheth- 120,000 over the next five years. er a coalition agreement is possi- A consultation on the future of ble this year,” Dobrindt said. “It the public sector is to begin soon. is conceivable that we can’t com- Demonstrators from nurses to plete in December and that final school canteen staff protested talks - if there even are any - will against issues including job cuts, only possible next year,” he add- low pay, tax increases and the ed. The three-way tie-up - dubbed tightening of rules that mean the a “Jamaica” coalition after the first day of sick leave goes un- black, green and yellow colours of paid. The education ministry the three party blocs, which match said one in five primary school the Caribbean island’s flag - is teachers had gone on strike and Merkel’s only realistic option of 16% of secondary school teach- forming a government. The centre- ers, while unions said. (AP) left Social Democrats, her previ- ous partners in a the Grand Coali- Turkey tion, insist they want to go into opposition. arrests 30 (AP) egy against Iran. Analysts say such a move would more military have a very limited impact on the Guards, who are officers in already subject to a wide South Afr ica The United States would be sid- told reporters. "If the US wants Arabic name for the Islamic State range of sanctions. coup probe ing with terrorists if it were to to put the Guards on the terrorist group. The comments came after However Iran's foreign designate Iran’s Revolutionary list, it puts itself in the camp of reports in the Financial Times and ministry spokesman sends 6 black Guards as a terrorist organisation, terrorists. other media platforms suggested Bahram Ghasemi threat- ISTANBUL — Turkey’s state- ened a "firm, decisive and run news agency says au- Tehran said on Tuesday. "Any country that wants to have US President Donald Trump may "The Guards are the defender of such a position about the Guards call for the Guards to be designat- crushing" response if it r hinos to Chad, thorities have arrested 30 the nation," government spokes- will share this view with the Daesh ed as a terrorist group in the com- went ahead. members of the armed forces man Mohammad Bagher Nobakht terrorists," he said, referring to the ing days, as part of a tougher strat- (BBC) and issued arrest warrants for r estor ing 40 more as part of an ongoing investigation into last year’s failed coup attempt blamed on species a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Ukrainesays Kremlin workedwith Anadolu Agency said police launched operations Tuesday in seven provinces to catch mobster tokill RussianMPinKiev 70 active duty officers, from the air force, navy, army, and kraine's prosecutor general has capital in broad daylight this Lutsenko told journalists on Mon- Vladimir Anatolyevich Tyurin, a claimed the murder of former Rus- March. He had given testimony day. “Representatives of the Rus- criminal authority controlled by gendarmerie, over suspected sian MP Denis Voronenkov in Kiev about former president Viktor sian special services prepared a the Russian FSB,” he claimed. He links to cleric Fethullah was ordered by a mobster work- Yanukovych, who is being tried in plan to physically destroy him as added that Mr Tyurin is the former Gulen’s movement. ing for the Russian secret services. absentia for treason, as well as the a witness,” Mr Lutsenko went on partner of Mr Voronenkov's wife The agency said the arrest Mr Voronenkov fled to Ukraine in presence of Russian forces in to allege. “The actual person who Maria Maksakova. warrants were issued follow- 2016 and was gunned down in the Ukraine, prosecutor general Yury ordered the murder … was (CNN) ing the testimonies of alleged members of Gulen’s move- ment. Last month, authorities arrest- Iraq to restore pipeline ed 117 military officers across Turkey. toTurkey, bypassing Turkey launched a large-scale crackdown following the July Kurdish region South Africa plans to send six black population,” reflecting hopes that 2016 coup attempt, dismissing rhinos to a national park in Chad rhino numbers will increase there. more than 110,000 people from BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Oil Ministry has ordered the restoration of an next year, restoring a critically en- The environment ministers of oil pipeline from the city of Kirkuk to Turkey that would bypass the dangered species that was last seen South Africa and Chad on Sunday government jobs and arrest- country’s northern Kurdish region in the wake of the area’s pro-inde- in the landlocked African country signed an agreement providing for ing more than 50,000 people. pendence referendum. Tuesday’s development is the second measure in the late 1980s. The non-profit the rhino transfer. African Parks Gulen denies involvement. that Baghdad has taken over the past two days to isolate the Iraqi group African Parks said Tuesday earlier this year relocated 18 black Copyright 2017 The Associ- Kurdish region The pipeline was taken out of service after Islamic that the rhinos will go to Chad’s rhinos to Akagera, a Rwandan park ated Press. State militants swept across much of northern and western Iraq in the Zakouma National Park, which lies that it manages. All rights reserved. This ma- summer of 2014. A statement from the Iraqi Oil Ministry says it south of the Sahara desert and Copyright 2017 The Associ- wants to return the pipeline to service as soon as possible. On Mon- north of Central African rainfor- ated Press. All rights reserved. This terial may not be published, day, Iraq’s central government ordered the Kurdish-based cellular net- ests. The group, which manages material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redis- work operators to relocate their headquarters Baghdad. Iraq’s Kurdish Zakouma and 10 other conserva- broadcast, rewritten or redistrib- tributed. region has been exporting some of its oil directly to Turkey. tion areas in Africa, describes the uted. (CNN) (WP) Chad-bound rhinos as a “founder (WP) WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Mutual visaservices' suspension Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy just episodeinlong-standing Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] US-Turkeyrow ity. "Whenever a difficult situation Email: [email protected] occurs, everybody immediately By John Weight throw the country's government. In assumed the office, despite positive starts to think about Incirlik. I do www.afghanistantimes.af response to Washington's move, expectations. "The idea that not think that in this situation the Turkish authorities suspended US [former US presidential candidate] base in Incirlik will be closed. These The recent mutual non-immigrant two situations are not connected. Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi visa services suspension attracted visa applications on Monday. 'Hillary Clinton has links to FETO' Only Episode in Bilateral Ten- was widespread in Turkish public The visa step taken by the United attention to the strained bilateral States is a mistake and I think that relations between Turkey and the sion The US-Turkey relations have opinion, that is why 'it is in Tur- Advisory editorial board been strained for a long time by dif- key's interests to develop good re- Turkey will not make a mistake in US, however, the roots of existing response to such actions of the Unit- tensions are deeper, according to the ferent issues and the recent suspen- lations with Trump.' But nobody Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar sion of non-immigrant visa servic- wondered who is in Trump's team ed States, thereby further exacer- experts. The suspension of non-im- bating the situation… Whatever migrant visa services between Tur- es between the two countries is just and what their approaches to key Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir one more episode in the ongoing geopolitical issues are. In this re- media says, I believe the govern- key and the United States is just the ment will not follow this path," latest episode in the long-standing tension. However, the way forward gard behind-the-scene crises emerged Graphic-Designers: will now depend on the specific de- after Trump came to power, how- Logoglu said. Yegin, on his part, quarrel between the two countries, considers it irrational to draw paral- provoked by Washington's support cisions made in both Washington ever, both leaders demonstrated Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada and Ankara. "I am witnessing such a friendly attitude and sincerity of lels between Ankara's bilateral rela- of Syrian Kurds and its unwilling- tions with a state and with the mil- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: ness to extradite Islamic cleric situation for the first time, as no intentions during their meetings," country has previously made such a Yegin said. According to Logoglu, itary alliance. "The Turkish-US re- Fethullah Gulen, considered by An- lations or Turkish-German relations Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 kara to be behind the 2016 failed harsh decision on visas. In order to Turkey has failed to achieve its goals prevent this situation from hurting in relations with the new US admin- are not directly connected to the coup attempt, experts told Sputnik. relations between Turkey and Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan On Sunday, the US embassy in An- ordinary citizens even more, this istration. "This is about the situa- issue should be resolved as soon as tion in Syria and Kurdish self-de- NATO, it is necessary to separate Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 kara announced the suspension of these areas of interaction. Thus, it non-immigrant visa services at the possible through a high-level Turk- fense forces, as well as about court ish-US dialogue," former Turkish proceedings and the demand to ex- does not seem reasonable to me to Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press US diplomatic facilities in Turkey argue that the current crisis will af- following the recent arrest of Metin Ambassador to Washington Faruk tradite Gulen," the ex-ambassador Logoglu said, adding that problems stressed. Both experts believe that fect the relations between Turkey Topuz, an employee of the US Con- and NATO, this is an irrational ap- sulate General in Istanbul, on Octo- in bilateral relations have been ob- neither the recent development in served for some time and the visa the Turkey-US relations, nor the proach," Yegin said. At the same ber 4 over his alleged links to the time, the expert assumed that the The constitution says Gulen movement, referred by An- crisis is just one more irritant. Turk- strained Turkey-Germany relations ish political scientist Mehmet Ye- will have an impact on the relations United States and those European Article 64: kara as the Fethullah Terrorist Or- states, which have strained relations ganization (FETO). According to gin agrees that Turkey-US relations between Ankara and NATO, and The President shall have the following authorities and duties: 1. Supervise the implementation of the have been strained since the presi- media speculations on the possible with Turkey, may unite their efforts Constitution; 2. Determine the fundamental lines of the policy of the country with the approval of the Turkish media, Topuz is accused of against Ankara on a number of is- undermining constitutional order, dency of Barack Obama and have closure of the Incirlik base for US National Assembly; 3. Being the Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Afghanistan; 4. Declare war and not improved since Donald Trump troops are unlikely to become real- sues. peace with the endorsement of the National Assembly; 5. Take necessary decisions to defend territorial espionage and an attempt to over- (Spuntak) integrity and preserve independence; 6. Dispatch armed forces units outside of Afghanistan with the endorsement of the National Assembly; 7. Convene the Loya Jirga except in the situation prescribed in unfortunately," Abedin concluded. Article 69 of this Constitution; 8. Proclaim as well as terminate the state of emergency with the endorse- Meanwhile Berlin called upon the ment of the National Assembly; 9. Inaugurate the sessions of National Assembly and Loya Jirga... US to refrain from withdrawing the To be continues agreement amid rumors of a possi- ble US exit fueled by President Donald Trump's statements. German Foreign Minister Sig- mar Gabriel called attention to the International Atomic Energy Agen- cy (IAEA)'s recent reports showing that Tehran is compliant with the nuclear accord. Gabriel noted that the US exit from the JCPOA may deteriorate the North Korean crisis since Pyongyang is unlikely to agree to some sort of a nuclear deal if a similar one with Tehran fails. Ac- cording to the German foreign min- ister, France and Britain are also urging Trump to remain committed to the agreement. For its part, the Trump's Iran gambit:The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed here would be another race in 2018 as the country will hold hope that the Iranian nuclear ac- cord will be further implemented long-delayed parliamentary and district council elections, some despite reports about a possible US worldis 'movingtoward withdrawal from the deal. Comment- three years after they were meant to take place. Previously, ing on the issue, Kremlin spokes- Independent Election Commission (IEC), announced date at a news man Dmitry Peskov warned that some kind of acrisis' Washington's potential move would conference in Kabul, terming the success of the polls depend on have negative consequences. While proper funding and security. Moreover, on eight October, IEC offi- every 90 days. The next deadline is reinstated, the US would face not weighing the pros and cons of By Toms King October 15. Abedin recalled that if one, but two major nuclear crises — Trump's possible decision, the US cial informed about assessment process regarding the proposal by a the US president decertifies the in North Korea and Iran. On the mainstream media alleged that the UAE-based company to supply all electronic equipment for elec- The Iran nuclear agreement won't agreement, Congress has 60 days to other hand, according to the expert, withdrawal from the deal wouldn't automatically collapse if the US re-impose major sanctions against the Iranian leadership is very much be as easy as it seems. According to tion. Officials said the UAE company, Prologix, was the only com- withdraws from the multilateral deal, Iran. Only when the restrictions concerned about the potential col- The Financial Times, "under IN- pany that met the quotation deadline for the $16 million USD project. Iran analyst Mahan Abedin told Ra- come into force again, it will mean lapse of the nuclear deal, as it could ARA rules, only Congressional lead- dio Sputnik. However, one shouldn't the US is out of the JCPOA, the undermine the Rouhani cabinet's ership can initiate snapback sanc- However, some commissioners not happy with deal, saying the com- underestimate Washington, since it expert noted, adding that "even then internal positions. tions under expedited procedures," could give EU member states an ul- this is not necessarily the end of the Will EU Major States Remain in case Trump decertifies the deal. pany does not meet all criteria needed to secure the contract. But on timatum seeking to ruin the accord, deal." Abedin drew attention to the Committed to JCPOA? At the same Interestingly enough, while the Tuesday, IEC said the agreement revoked. However, IEC earned the expert said, assuming that the fact that the 2015 nuclear agree- time it's not quite clear how the EU Democrats unanimously oppose world is moving toward a new crisis. ment is a "multilateral" accord, member states will behave in case Trump's potential decision, there is harsh criticism last month over the Prologix affair as it reportedly Washington's unilateral withdrawal which was concluded by the P5+1 the US rip the nuclear accord up. no unity among the Republicans sent letters out to hand-picked companies rather than putting in out from the Iran nuclear deal — also (China, France, Germany, Russia, the According to Abedin, the Germans about the matter. The Washington known as the Joint Comprehensive United Kingdom and the United and the French, and to a lesser ex- Post also assumes Republican Iran for public tender. Anyways, the Afghan masses want elections to be Plan of Action (JCPOA) — wouldn't States), the European Union (EU) tent Britons, are highly interested hawks don't have "the support they mean that the agreement will fall and Iran. in re-entering the Iranian market: need to push something through" in held peacefully, free of any sort of fraud and interferences. We are apart as a result, Mahan Abedin, Iran "Obviously, the US is the most "The French, for instance, are in- Congress. The media outlet cited the very nascent in this race, but making efforts to practice democracy analyst at Middle East Eye and di- important component of [the deal], vesting heavily in the automotive fact that Senate Majority Leader rector of research group Dysart but nevertheless even if the US is industry and [holding] major nego- Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Repub- in its true sprits, which election is one of its important pillars that Consulting, told Radio Sputnik. noncompliant with it and formally tiations with the oil and natural gas lican Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), John "Even if [US President Donald [exits the deal] it will not spell the industry." McCain (Ariz.) and Susan Collins pave way for commoners to vote for their favorite candidates. Lat- Trump] invalidates the deal… this end of the JCPOA," the expert said. He recalled that many business (Maine) signaled they were not sure est presidential election was very much controversial that runoff an- doesn't necessarily spell the end of On Saturday, speaking at a ceremo- delegates have visited Iran in the whether they will vote for the re- the deal," Abedin emphasized. The ny at Tehran University, Iranian past two few years from EU coun- imposition of sanctions, while Sen. nounced. It is believe that there was widespread fraud in election. Washington Post reported Thurs- President Hassan Rouhani stated tries. Still, although the EU regards Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and House For- We should not forget that fraud brought the legitimacy of IEC under day citing White House sources that that the US president cannot under- Iran as a huge and lucrative market, eign Affairs Committee Chairman Trump may declare Iran noncom- mine the deal. "all these major European compa- Edward R. Royce (Calif.) stated extreme question as so many reports of fraud have been registered, pliant with the JCPOA and "decer- "In the nuclear negotiations and nies and their governments have clearly that they don't think Trump tify" the deal. Last week the US agreement we reached issues and been kind of tentative over the past should exit the JCPOA. Citing the and it was time-consuming to review complaints in that time. After president signaled that Tehran "has benefits that are not reversible. No two and a half years," the expert proponents of decertification, the so many challenges, finally election result announced. Today we have not lived up to the spirit" of the one can turn that back, not Mr. noted, adding that if "the US pulls media outlet alleged that "the Trump nuclear accord and accused the lat- Trump or anyone else," Rouhani said out of the deal and makes an ulti- administration can use the process National Unity Government, and we support the government as we ter of supporting terrorism and ex- as quoted by Reuters. The Iranian matum to global companies… [they] as a way of persuading European al- voted for both President Ashraf Ghani, and CEO Abdullah Abdullah porting "violence, bloodshed and president underscored that the and their governments would be in a lies to join the United States in ad- chaos across the Middle East." In JCPOA serves the best interests of very difficult situation." vocating for a stronger Iran deal," even at cost of lives. It was reported that insurgents chopped off accordance with the 2015 Iran Nu- the US as well. Commenting on "So, I do think that we are mov- which may envisage tough restric- clear Agreement Review Act (IN- Rouhani's notion, Abedin suggested ing toward some kind of a crisis… tions on Tehran's ballistic and cruise fingers of voters, but yet can’t marred the Afghans from casting ARA), the US administration has to that if Washington withdraws from and the warming business climate in missile programs in particular. votes. Noting this, there is no doubt that Afghan masses want to certify its commitment to the deal the deal and the old status quo is Iran may start to freeze over again, (Truthout) practice democracy in real scenes. Moreover, Abdullah Abdullah during Council of Ministers meeting said the government is commit- ted to support a transparent and on-time election. He said biter ex- periences around past elections should not be repeated in the up- coming elections, urging IEC to do its best to regain public’s trust in the election commission and election process. His remark, leaving no doubt over suspicious still exists among Afghan people over holding transparent elections. Moreover, despite reforms, it seems that deadlock over electoral process is still on-air, and also create worries over the next presidential election in 2019. For sure, the government will take every necessary measure to run parliamentary and district council elections on due time, including maintaining se- curity of polling stations nationwide. But time will speak of it. More- over, 2018 elections will give us clear landscape about 2019 election, consisting of both, free, fair and transparent, or fraudulent. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By Turki Aldakhil

Disarray in Japanese opposition parties, highlighted by waning pub- lic support for the newly formed Party of Hope and its founder, To- kyo Governor Yuriko Koike, has Worse, they seem to have no both unpredictable and contested. It played into the hands of Japanese By Christian Chesnot Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who strategic vision. “The United States is questioned in any case: what is its recently called for a snap parliamen- has no idea what they will do after vision for the Middle East? What tary election, experts told Sputnik. the fall of ISIS in Syria and Iraq,” a are its priorities? State Department Abe dissolved the lower house of the senior French army officer told me diplomats are hardly pressured to national parliament on September recently, expressing his surprise at respond in a clear and coherent way. 28 and called for an election to be the lack of ideas in his American Looking at Moscow held on October 22. Hours before interlocutors. In front, the Russians As a result, the big powers of Abe’s decision to call for an early build their regional influence. The the region are looking more and election was made public, Koike, civil war in Syria was an opportuni- more at Moscow. Iraq and Egypt who became Japan’s first female ty for them that they did not fail to multiplied contacts with Russia as governor after being elected the grasp. Finally, with little military re- well as Marshal Hafter in Libya. The Governor of Tokyo in 2016, an- sources on the ground, they saved Syrian Kurds have set up a repre- nounced her decision to establish a the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. The sentative office in the Russian cap- new opposition party, the Party of results of their intervention are flat- ital and one of their Afrin cantons Hope, to challenge Abe’s Liberal tering. They recorded little human welcomes Russian soldiers. Even in The historic visit of King Salman loss in their ranks. They flaunted in the Gulf, the leaders now see Russia Democratic Party in the upcoming new party fell sharply. In a survey strength of the overall opposition er his ruling coalition has a chance to Moscow further emphasizes Rus- election. However, with official real combat conditions the full ex- as a significant partner, which was conducted by the Yomiuri newspa- in Japan, experts told Sputnik. "As of holding onto its current domi- sia’s central role in the Middle East. tent of their military panoply. They not necessarily the case a few years campaigning for the Japanese elec- per over the weekend, only 13 per- the Party of Hope virtually absorbed nance, Kingston suggested. "The The announcement of the purchase tion set to kick off Tuesday, Koike’s now have a permanent maritime ago. One can regret it or rejoice, but cent of respondents said they would the Democratic Party, there are al- real question is can the Liberal Dem- of the S-400 Russian anti-aircraft base in the Mediterranean at Tar- the Russian leadership “does what it Party of Hope has started to lose vote for Koike’s Party of Hope, most no viable opposition parties ocratic Party ruling coalition retain defense system by Riyadh caused momentum in public opinion polls, tous. The diplomatic front says and says what it does”. With- down from 19 percent on the week- except for the Communist Party. its 2/3 majority. If not, it imperils anger in Washington. Before the At a diplomatic level, it is the out a state of mind, but with a blurry after she decided not to run in the end after Abe called for the snap In this regard, the Party of Hope Abe's agenda for constitutional re- Saudis, the Turkish NATO members upcoming election as a candidate for Russians who have the keys to the and uncertain US policy, regional election. Under Japanese law, only actually weakened other opposition vision. Current polls suggest the Lib- also commissioned the same system. negotiations between the Syrian re- actors no longer hesitate to intensi- a seat in the Japanese parliament. a member of parliament is eligible parties," Yu Uchiyama, a professor eral Democratic Party will maintain A sacrilege for the Westerners! Be- Zero Chance of Taking Power Po- gime and the opposition. In short, fy their relations with Moscow. Ob- to be nominated as the Prime Min- at the Graduate School of Arts and majority but may lose its 2/3. The yond the purely military aspect of it is fair to say that Moscow will be viously, the Russians do not have litical analysts in Japan suggested ister. Koike’s decision to not run in Sciences under the University of To- risk is voter confusion with two new these contracts, this is a new sign of that the troubles facing Koike and in Syria for a long time. the financial and economic power the election means, even if her new kyo, who specializes in modern Jap- parties and disinterest, as 70 per- Russia’s growing role in the Middle But more fundamentally, Rus- of the United States, which remains her Party of Hope showed that Abe’s party wins the majority in the up- anese politics, said. The Japanese cent think Abe had no reason to call East. Is Russia in the process of oust- strategy in calling a snap election is sia has delivered an extremely pow- dominant. Russia has to deal with coming election, she would not have scholar suggested that it was possi- the elections. If voter participation ing the United States? No, but it is erful message to all the countries of Washington. And then, the more paying off. "The Party of Hope has a chance to become the Prime Min- ble for the Party of Hope to be- stays, low it works to the Liberal reaping the fruits of a constant and zero chance of taking power. It is the region: it does not abandon its diplomatically and militarily Russia ister of Japan. Kingston believes come the largest opposition party Democratic Party’s advantage," he effective diplomacy which no long- allies in the turmoil! What about is involved in the region, the more not polling well and the media is Koike has a long-term strategy and or even join the coalition govern- said. Despite faltering competition er leaves anyone indifferent. On the scrutinizing her quite critically. This should not take the blame for the ment with Abe’s Liberal Democrat- from opposition parties, Abe may the Americans? During the Arab it is exposed to security risks. The is why Abe called snap elections so other hand, Americans have accu- Spring, they “dropped” Hosni terrorist threat from the Middle troubles facing her new party. ic Party. However, Kingston argued not enjoy an easy victory in the mulated errors of appreciation since soon before she could get organized "I don’t think she ever intend- that Koike’s strategy regarding the upcoming election, professor Mubarak in a few weeks. With the East and Central Asia is growing. But and prepared. Abe called the snap the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and, strategic pivot to Asia adopted by it is also the fight against terrorism ed to run in such short notice but is Democratic Party could have hurt Uchiyama from the University of above all, appear versatile and hes- election to take advantage of the preparing for the next election. So her party’s image. "The Democrat- Tokyo argued. "I don't think so. It Barack Obama, US diplomacy in the that justifies the policy of Vladimir fractured and weak opposition and itant since the Arab Spring of 2011. region seems to be reduced to two Putin, which for once allied both I don’t think Koike can be blamed ic Party was a zombie party and it is possible that the Liberal Demo- Without a state of mind, but with a that has paid off for him," Jeff King- for this outcome," he said. has been put out of its misery. She cratic Party-Komeito coalition will postures: protect Israel and obsess Americans and Europeans in this ston, the director of Asian Studies blurry and uncertain US policy, re- about Iran: protecting the Hebrew file. For Moscow, the challenge to- Weakened Opposition Follow- [Koike] has vetted the Democratic lose the majority. In that case, Abe gional actors no longer hesitate to at Temple University’s campus in ing Koike’s decision to form the Party’s refugees and rejected many might step down. However, some state at any price and doing every- day is to consolidate and perpetuate Japan, told Sputnik. Thanks to her intensify their relations with Mos- thing to block Tehran. With Donald its presence in the center of the new Party of Hope, another main because they don't agree with her observe that Koike's popularity be- cow popularity as the Governor of To- opposition party in Japan, the Dem- positions. That has convened a cer- gins to wither. The political situa- Trump, American power today is Middle East. (Alarabiya) kyo, Koike was initially viewed as ocratic Party, which holds the larg- tain amount of arrogance and intol- tion in Japan is highly fluid now, so having a chance to seriously chal- est number of seats in Japan’s House erance that hurts the party’s image," there are very few things that I can lenge Abe and his Liberal Democratic of Representatives among opposi- he said. say with certainty," he said. Accord- Party in the upcoming election, af- tion parties, decided not to run in Holding Onto Majority ing to the Japanese expert, if the ter forming the Party of Hope. But the upcoming election, but to allow With the opposition parties in Party of Hope presents a serious when she announced she would not its members to run as candidates for chaos, the only suspense in the up- challenge to the ruling coalition, it run as a candidate for a seat in the Koike’s party. By forming a new coming election in Japan is how will be possible that Abe may try to Japanese parliament in the upcom- party right before the election, Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party per- win Koike over to his side. ing election, public support for her Koike may have undermined the forms in the end results and wheth- (Spuntak)

Catalonia'sshadow:WhytwoItalian By Roman Dobrokhotov regionsseek autonomyreferendums By Oliver Hayakawa

The Italian regions of Veneto and Lombardy are seeking autonomy Roman Dobrokho- and expected to hold referendums tov is a Moscow-based on October 22. Speaking to Sput- journalist and civil nik, Italian expert Michele Ainis activist. He is the specifically emphasized the politi- editor-in-chief of The cal importance of the referendums. Insider. He referred to Article 116 of the major protest in years to take place to develop wide networks outside of Italian Constitution, which he para- in a number of big cities. The scale Moscow and St Petersburg. Some phrased as saying that "each region "Putin - thief!" were the chants of the demonstrations came as a parties did have regional represen- of the country may have different Vladimir Putin had to hear on his shock not only to the authorities, tation, but it was mostly superficial powers, which were clinched during 65th birthday. On Saturday, a crowd but also the protesters themselves. and ineffective. Today, a strong negotiations between the regions and of mostly young people gathered Then there was another wave of opposition network exists in the the government." "Resorting to Ar- under the Kremlin's walls and on protests in the winter of 2011-2012 regions - Navalny's campaign offic- ticle 116, Veneto and Lombardy de- Tverskaya Street in central Mos- which drew even larger crowds. Some es. Judging by the fact that thou- cided to find out the citizens' opin- cow demanding that opposition 100,000 people gathered on Sahar- sands show up to his rallies in cities ion, although this need not be done leader Alexei Navalny (currently ova Boulevard in Moscow and dem- across Russia, this network is in fact from the procedural point of view. under arrest) be allowed to run in onstrations were held in almost all quite active and effective. Putin has The significance of these referen- the presidential elections. Protests regions of the country. And again, gotten old. When Putin came to dums is more political than legal," were held in dozens of other cities neither the government nor the power, his supporters were praising Ainis said. According to him, the in Russia; some ended peacefully opposition actually expected such him as a young and energetic leader, referendums will provide a political (like in Novosibirsk), others with crowds. In the following few months, while state propaganda was pushing basis for Veneto and Lombardy to mass arrests (like in St Petersburg). it seemed that the Kremlin's grip on pop hits by young girls singing about demand greater autonomy in the tax most of the money that these re- are located in the north of the coun- In Moscow, this time there were very power had started to shake. Dmitry wanting a man "like Putin". Today, gions earn themselves. The regions try and include the cities of Milan, Verona, Padua and Venice. "The sphere, which would help them save number of those who are due to cast few arrested (all were released with- Medvedev, then formally the presi- Putin is 65 and at the end of the ballots will also be important from out charges) - either because the dent, announced liberal reforms and next presidential term (if he has a political point of view. The gov- authorities didn't expect so many state TV started inviting opposition one), he will be 71. The propaganda ernors of Veneto and Lombardy will people to show up that day they or leaders to speak on air. But immedi- machine continues to organise top- be able to show the government that because in advance of the 2018 FIFA ately after the elections, the Krem- less photo sessions and hockey citizens support their demands," World Cup, they are trying not to lin rolled back the changes and tight- games, where he scores goals against LETTER TO THE EDITOR spoil their image. It seems that foot- ened the screws again. And now there professional hockey players. But Ainis added. He said that "theoreti- cally, the real results in this situa- ball has become the leading guaran- is another wave of protests, and today, all of this is just an infinite tion strongly depend on the politi- tor of the Russian constitution. Ei- there is no reason to believe that it source of jokes and internet memes. cal situation in the country." In this ther way, it is clear that the presi- would be any weaker than the pre- And we all know that that which vein, Ainis suggested that if the dential race in Russia has just start- vious ones because old problems re- you laugh at, you cannot fear. Avail- right-wing parties came to power ed. It's not important that Putin has main unresolved; the economic cri- able political alternatives. In the Unemployment corereason not yet officially announced wheth- sis continues, and the state of rights past, the Kremlin actively support- during the 2018 elections in Italy, er he would be running, and it's not all the demands of Veneto and Lom- and freedoms in the country has ed the slogan "If not Putin, then important that the Central Elector- worsened. In fact, there are seven who?" suggesting that whatever oth- behind drug addiction bardy "would have been fulfilled in al Commission has already said that any case, with or without a referen- factors which indicate that this wave er alternative candidates there were Unemployment is the core reason behind drug addiction of the youth. Widespread joblessness in the country it will not allow Navalny to run (be- will be even more powerful than for the president, they were all is seen as the principal reason behind youth’s involvement in a variety of crimes, drug addiction and illegal dum." "At the moment, the refer- cause of a conviction in a criminal previous ones. Internal unity. Earli- worse. It worked because the oppo- migration, despite knowing well about danger on their mission to Europe. Last year 24 percent of eligible endums can be called just a political case, which human rights defenders er, dozens of different small move- sition was divided and there was no maneuver, which does not carry le- and the opposition have called fab- ments and parties were organising leader who enjoyed overwhelming individuals were reported jobless only in Samangan province. Unemployment youth left with no option but gal force," he pointed out. A man in to turn to drug addiction aimed at forgetting their plights. But they don’t know that the short plight will make ricated). All this is not important protest activities, and it was diffi- popularity - the Kremlin was orga- traditional Bavarian costume votes because Russian elections are not cult for them to coordinate - they nising effective discrediting cam- its sneak to a whole life with no cure in sight. The government should utilize every available resources to in the general election (Bundestag- generate jobs for youth. Large-scale migration is also due to unemployment and that’s why they see like elections elsewhere where can- had different ideological views and paigns against opposition politi- swahl) in Munich, Germany, Sep- didates compete. Of course, in were always bickering about politi- cians. Today, any attempt at dis- prominent live somewhere to European countries. It is a great challenged for the government to create job. tember 24, 2017 In this regard, Ainis But if they want to discourage brain-drain from the country and prevent youth from getting addict to drugs, March 2018, when the elections are cal and organisational questions. crediting Navalny actually works in pointed to the Emilia-Romagna re- scheduled, there will be a formal This is now in the past. Who is "left- his favour and boosts his populari- there is only one remedy and that is to create jobs for them. gion which is in talks with the Ital- choice between candidates. The ist", "nationalist", or "liberal" has ty. Network structure of protest. Ahmad Samim, Kabul Afghanistan ian government on getting greater majority of the people who will ap- been set aside because the main fight Paradoxically, the rise of a popular autonomy and which may achieve pear on the 2018 ballot have been is against corruption, dictatorship leader did not lead to a "personality results faster without resorting to a "sparring partners" in elections and the absence of open political cult" within the opposition. To the referendum. since the 1990s (when the majority competition. A new generation. This contrary - it led to the creation of Ainis also said that the armed of Saturday's protesters hadn't even year's protesters - compared with networks which are able to act inde- forces, police and social services are been born or were still in kindergar- those of 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 pendently of leaders. The authori- the only structures that should be ten). Real opposition candidates - are remarkably younger. The ma- ties have started court cases against Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must developed at the same level in all have not been allowed to run for jority of them are university and many of Navalny's top associates have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: the Italian regions, while any other the presidency for many years now, high school students. They actively and before major protests, they are [email protected] issues should be resolved by the re- which has led some commentators use the internet and don't watch TV, regularly arrested. That has not gion itself. "I believe that more au- to say that elections have now lost so they are immune to state propa- harmed the effectiveness of the pro- tonomy should be given to the re- meaning in Russia. But that's not ganda. The year 2017. One of the tests because the networks are strong gions that are more economically really the case. The presidential elec- chants at Saturday's protests was enough to proceed with activities in developed and bring more money tions in Russia are very important; "Down with the tsar!" This year's the absence of their leaders. So will Disclaimer: to the country's budget.Right now, it's just that they are conducted in 100th anniversary of the 1917 Rev- there be a new revolution in 2017? there are five regions with special the street and not at ballot stations. olution has a peculiar psychological On both sides of the barricades, there The views and opinions expressed in the articles are autonomy status in Italy, [including If you take a look at the recent effect. All the historical discussions is little belief that a revolution is Sicily, Sardinia, Trentino-Alto Adi- waves of protests in Russia, they and projects dedicated to the revo- possible at this time. Yet, it is worth those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or ge, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Valle always start just before the elections. lution have made parallels between remembering Vladimir Lenin's hasty d'Aosta]. It would be fair if all the That was the case, for example, with Putin's regime and Nicholas' II mon- prediction "We, the elderly, might opinions of the Afghanistan Times. regions had a special status," he con- "the march of the dissenting" in archy inevitable. Active regions. The not live to see the decisive battles cluded. (Truthout) 2007-2008, which was the first opposition in the past was never able of this impending revolution." WEDNESDAY . OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The government of UK Prime war with Argentina over the Falk- Minister Theresa May has report- land. US President Donald edly instructed British military Trump’s said last week that “only forces to draw up plans for a pos- one thing will work” against North sible military confrontation with Korea, once again raising the pros- North Korea. British military pects of a war after nakedly threat- sources told the Daily Mail on ening Pyongyang with nuclear Monday that the soaring tensions force. The US president rejects between North Korea and the West diplomatic approach to the Korea over Pyongyang’s ballistic missile crisis, hinting at military action and nuclear weapons programs against Pyongyang. "Presidents might force London to bring into and their administrations have service the HMS Queen Elizabeth been talking to North Korea for 25 aircraft carrier earlier than expect- years," he wrote on Twitter. ed. "We have plenty of ships to "Agreements made and massive send – the Type-45 destroyers, the amounts of money paid hasn’t Type-23 frigates," a senior White- worked, agreements violated be- hall source told the British daily. fore the ink was dry, making fools “Britain’s new aircraft carrier could of US negotiators. Sorry, but only be pressed into service early if one thing will work!” Pointing to things turn south.” In 1982, the the North’s six nuclear tests and UK rushed aircraft carrier HMS frequent missile tests. Illustrious into service early for the (Press TV)

ROME -- The head of Iran's nu- Iran." President Donald Trump is clear agency is warning the United set to deliver a speech on Iran this States against undermining the week in which he is expected to 2015 nuclear deal, saying interna- decline to certify Iran's compliance tional nonproliferation efforts as in the landmark 2015 agreement, well as Washington's global stand- referring it to Congress, and per- ing would suffer. European allies haps targeting Iran's Revolution- in D.C. try to save Iran nuclear ary Guard with new sanctions. deal How scrapping the Iran Nuclear Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Deal could hurt negotiations with Salehi told an international confer- North Korea The chief of the elite ence on enhancing nuclear safety Guard warned on Monday that if Tuesday that Washington's recent the U.S. sanctions the force, Amer- "illusory negative postures do not ica's military "should move its re- One military base in Kyrgyzstan augur well" for keeping the deal gional bases to a 2000-kilometer intact. (From L to R) European (1,240-mile) radius," out of the is enough: State Secretary of ERBIL — Commanders of Pesh- matu, told BasNews that Peshmer- Masoud Barzani, not from the Iraqi Union High Representative for range of Iranian missiles. Jafari re- merga responded to Baghdad’s ga won’t abide by Baghdad’s deci- government, reiterating that they Foreign Affairs and Security Poli- jected the idea of negotiating with Russian MFA statement regarding the disputed sions, emphasizing that Peshmer- will not withdraw from the areas cy Federica Mogherini, Iranian the U.S. over regional issues and "Bishkek is suggesting Russia to across the entire world. We don't territories, stating that the Pesh- ga will not withdraw from the under their control. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Mohammad Ja- said if the United States designates situate one more military base in pursue quantity. Expediency of de- merga forces won’t retreat from Kurdish territories. He warned Jamal Murtka, Peshmerga Com- vad Zarif, Iran's nuclear chief Ali the Revolutionary Guard a terror- Kyrgyzstan, but the number ployment of such objects abroad Kurdistan’s territories. Iraqi Prime against any attempts by the Iraqi mander of Gwer Front, told Bas- Akbar Salehi, Russian Foreign ist group, the Guard -- which has means nothing to Moscow, the in the context of need to address Minister Haider al-Abadi convened forces to push back Peshmerga News that Peshmerga will not give Minister Sergey Lavrov, British suffered significant casualties fight- existing one is enough," State Sec- specific tasks related to maintain- the Iraqi National Security Coun- from those areas. The Peshmerga up on their land for which they Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond ing the Islamic State of Iraq and retary, Deputy Foreign Minister ing the security of Russia and our cil on Monday, during which he commander deemed the Iraqi Na- have sacrificed the lives of two and U.S. Secretary of State John Syria (ISIS) -- will also consider of Russia Grigory Karasin told RIA closest allies is what really mat- thousand Peshmerga soldiers. Fol- Kerry pose for a picture at the the U.S. army a terrorist group. Novosti. "Russia, unlike some oth- ters to us," Karasin said respond- announced additional measures to tional Security Council’s decision be taken against Kurdistan. One as "declaration of war" against lowing the collapse of the Iraqi United Nations in Vienna, Austria, He said such a move by the U.S. er well-known countries, does not ing to question whether Russia is army in the wake of IS attacks back July 14, 2015, after Iran and six would eliminate "any chance for aim to deploy its military bases in talks. (Trend) of the measures was restoring the Kurdistan’s people. Hussein federal authority in the disputed Yazdanpana, the Commander of in 2014, the Kurdish Peshmerga major world powers reached a nu- engagement forever." On Saturday, territories retaken from Islamic the Peshmerga forces on south- forces swiftly swapped them to clear deal. GETTY He said Iran Iran's president defended the nu- Armenia hails Iran’s State (IS) by the Peshmerga forc- western Kirkuk front, also stated protect the civilians. They later didn't want to see the deal unravel clear deal and said not even 10 es. Abdullah Bor, Commander of that the Peshmerga takes orders advanced against the jihadists else- but that "much more is at stake for Donald Trumps can roll back its balanced regional diplomacy Peshmerga forces in Tuz Khur- from Kurdistan Region President where on the areas claimed by the the entire international communi- benefits to Iran. Kurds. (AP) ty than the national interests of (Reuters) Armenian Prime Minister Karen peace and security," the Armenian Karapetyan praised Iran’s unbi- prime minister said in a meeting ased and balanced stances on the with Iranian Parliament Speaker regional developments and crises, Ali Larijani in Tehran on Monday. Trump including the Nagorno-Karabakh "We believe that regional problems New German coalition in peril as dispute between Azerbaijan and can be resolved only through challenges Armenia. "Iran's regional stances peaceful dialogues and we have no have always meant to maintain confidence in war and conflict," Karapetyan added. (AFP) Tillerson potential partners clash over Uzbek president instructs to to ‘IQtest’ develop programs for 200,000 annual migrant limit after German Chancellor Angela Mer- (refugees and asylum seekers, sub- agriculture development kel has agreed to a proposal from sidiary protection, family reunion, Self-sufficiency in domestic mar- podrobno.uz reported. Until mid- secretary coalition partner and leader of the relocation and resettlement, minus ket and food security are priority December, the Cabinet is expect- Christian Social Union (CSU) repatriations, and voluntary expul- directions of development of agri- ed to prepare regulatory and legal Horst Seehofer to limit the num- sions of future refugees) a number cultural sector, a centerpiece of acts aimed at further development of state ber of asylum seekers in Germany not exceeding 200,000 people per Uzbekistan’s economy. Uzbek of animal husbandry, poultry farm- to 200,000 per year – but other year.” The agreement states that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in- ing, fish farming, fruit and vegeta- coalition partners are not as posi- Germany will work with existing structed the government to devel- ble growing, beekeeping and other calls hima tive on the policy. The German structures, including agreements op a number of key programs for important areas of agriculture, co- chancellor, who also heads the with the European Union (EU) to the development of the agrarian ordination of activities of farms in Christian Democratic Union maintain the goal of 200,000 per sector in the next few months, this area. (Trend) ‘moron’ (CDU), mended a rift between her year. What is not stated in the agree- party and the Bavarian CSU who ment is what will happen if the have argued for the migrant limit limit is met and there are still more Kurdistan referendum was for well over a year. The new agree- migrants who wish to enter the ment, which was negotiated over country. “If the aforementioned a wrong step:Iraqi diplomat the span of around six hours, gets goal is not met by international or rid of the term “upper limit” but national developments, the Feder- Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Govern- the right to represent the Iraqi still agrees to the 200,000 asylum al Government and the Bundestag ment's referendum on indepen- state. The Iraqi president is also seeker number proposed by the will make appropriate adjustments dence was a wrong step, the Iraqi Kurdish,” the charge d'affaires said CSU, Die Welt reports. The offi- to the target down or above,” the Charge D'affaires to Azerbaijan, stressing that taking such a step cial text of the agreement states: text reads, meaning that the num- Fadhil Awad Al Shuwaili, said at a leads to the creation of a state on “We want to achieve the total ber could be increased above press conference on Tuesday, APA the basis of ‘ethnic cleansing’, and number for humanitarian reasons 200,000. (AP) reported. Calling the referendum that is not right. ‘unconstitutional’, the diplomat The diplomat warned that as rejected allegations that Iraqi Kurds Kirkuk is also part of Iraq, Kurdi- President Donald Trump chal- are out of the authorities. “Many stan does not have the right to de- lenged Secretary of State Rex positions in the government of Iraq clare it as its territory. Tillerson to an “IQ test” while talk- are held by Kurds, and they have (Akpress) ing to a reporter at the White Egypt says 'question marks' hang House. The secretary of state re- portedly called the president a First VPMehribanAliyevapays “f*cking moron” during a Penta- over Qatar's first-round victory gon meeting in July, although his respect to prominent comments weren’t reported until last week, and Tillerson didn’t quite in vote for UNESCO chief deny making them. The secretary Orientalist Aida Imanguliyeva of state, however, insisted the Egypt's foreign ministry spokes- president was “smart” — but he man has said Qatar's first-round refused to answer a specific ques- win in voting for a new UNESCO tion about whether he’d insulted director-general raises "many Trump’s intelligence. The presi- question marks", after the Gulf dent disputed the NBC News re- nation's candidate took a surpris- port during an interview with ing lead following Monday's se- Forbes published Tuesday, but he cret ballot. In comments to Egyp- also took a shot of his own at tian state TV, ministry spokesman Tillerson. “I think it’s fake news,” Ahmed Abu Zeid said Cairo had Trump told Forbes, “but if he did not expected the Qatari candidate that, I guess we’ll have to com- to emerge in lead position in the pare IQ tests — and I can tell you voting, which will continue Azerbaijan's First Vice-President Azerbaijan. who is going to win.” He contin- through the week until a winner Mehriban Aliyeva has today vis- First Vice-President Mehriban ued his public attacks on Tiller- emerges. "There are many ques- ited the second Alley of Honors to Aliyeva then visited the Alley of son’s diplomatic work with North tion marks over the Qatari candi- Egyptian diplomat Moushira rounding Qatar's success, the for- by for Khattab, as agreed by the pay tribute to outstanding Orien- Honors to lay flowers at the tomb Korea, which he said was helpful date getting that number of votes," Khattab in third place with 11 eign ministry spokesman did say UN's African bloc hours ahead of talist Aida Imanguliyeva on the of national leader, founder and ar- to the secretary of state. “He was he said. On Monday, former Qa- votes. "I can say that it was not that Egypt had expected more the vote. "We expect African lead- occasion of her birthday. chitect of modern Azerbaijani state wasting his time,” Trump said. tari culture minister Hamad Bin expected that the Qatari candidate votes for its own candidate based ers to talk to their permanent rep- She laid flowers at the tomb of Heydar Aliyev. “I’m not undermining, I think I’m Abdulaziz Al-Kawari received 19 would gain that number [of votes] on agreements reached with Afri- resentatives and emphasize the the prominent scholar, who made She also put flowers at the grave actually strengthening authority.” votes out of 58, while France's for many reasons," Abu Zeid said. can nations. He explained that importance of supporting the Af- a tremendous contribution to the of prominent ophthalmologist, ac- (WP) candidate Audrey Azoulay fin- While he did not go into detail on some African countries did not act rican Egyptian candidate." he said development of Oriental studies in ademician Zarifa Aliyeva. ished second with 13, followed by the nature of the questions sur- in accordance with the plan to lob- (Reuters) WEDNESDAY . OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Engineers in Morocco are prepar- ing to test Africa’s first high-speed railway this week with trains reaching 320 kilometers per hour, the country’s rail office said Mon- day. One train reached 275 kph (170 mph) on Monday along a stretch of track between the north- ern cities of Kenitra and Tangiers, the ONCF said. “This is already the fastest train on the African con- tinent,” said French Foreign Min- ister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who was in Morocco to sign a loan deal be- tween the ONCF and the French Development Agency. He said the railway was “emblematic of the Franco-Moroccan bilateral rela- tionship”. The link between Casa- blanca and Tangiers via the capital Rabat will slash journey times be- tween the North African country’s economic hubs by almost two thirds, to just over two hours. Morocco’s TGV, which gets its Indiathreatens to trim name from the French abbreviation for high-speed trains, is set to en- ter service in summer 2018. The total cost of the project, 50 per- down oil imports fromOPEC cent financed by France through various loans, is around $2.4 bil- lion (2 billion euros). if high prices persist It is set to go around 15 per- cent over budget, according to fig- India has already received the first leum and Natural Gas Dharmen- ing in New Delhi. munity of more than 500 delegates ures released on Monday. But shipment of crude oil from the US. dra Pradhan asked the cartel to give "Three Indian public sector from international and regional en- ONCF head Rabii Lakhlii said the The shipment of crude oil which wider consideration to the per- refineries have already placed a ergy companies, institutions and project had cost “less than 9 mil- is $2 a barrel cheaper than Dubai spective of consumer countries at cumulative order 7.85 million bar- governments, including the CEOs lion euros per kilometer, compared crude arrived at the Paradip port its ministerial meetings. India cur- rel from the US. In addition, a pri- of Saudi Aramco, Mubadala Petro- to a European standard of 20 mil- last week. India has warned the rently sources about 86% of crude vate sector refiner has also placed leum, XLNG & XCoal, board lev- lion euros per kilometer”. The Organization of Petroleum Export- oil, 75% of natural gas, and 95% an order of two million barrels el representatives from BP, Gaz- route, made more complex by hilly ing Countries (OPEC) that it of LPG from OPEC member coun- from the US," Pradhan informed prom Neft, ExxonMobil, Shell, terrain and strong winds, required would turn to other oil import tries. "OPEC should work towards the OPEC secretary general. Emeron, Chevron, International the building of several viaducts in- sources if the organization does not "Responsible Pricing" which is OPEC Secretary-General Barkin- Energy Agency and others. cluding one some 3.5 kilometers cut the prices at which it is cur- important for India for socio-eco- do is in India to attend the first Meanwhile, Saudi Aramco, long. The ONCF is targeting six rently supplying oil. nomic and developmental rea- CERAWEEK India Energy Forum. which is India's largest oil suppli- million travelers a year after three Calling for an immediate relief sons," Pradhan said to Sanusi The India Energy Forum is being er, is expected to establish a joint years of operations. Lakhlii said from the Asian premium levied by Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary attended by a galaxy of interna- venture with Indian companies by tickets would cost about 30 per- OPEC, India's Minister of Petro- General, OPEC, during the meet- tional speakers as well as a com- next year. (Spuntak) cent more than those for the cur- rent rail link. Moroccan leaders have heralded the project as a key step in modernizing the country’s infrastructure. But opponents have criticized it, saying the mon- ey could have been better spent in a country where many live in pov- UK says wants to negotiate erty. They also argue that it un- trade deals during fairly favored French companies. Brexit transition Turkey:Economy Britain will seek to negotiate trade deals with countries outside the European Union during a Brexit transition period but it would not back introuble: bring any such deals into effect if they clashed with the transition terms, the government said on Monday. In a document setting out its ANZ post-Brexit trade plans, the gov- ernment said it would seek to "transition all existing EU trade agreements and other EU prefer- ential arrangements" to provide continuity for exporters and inves- tors. (Reuters) M a n d ela 's h a n d s wer e tied wh en it ca m e to sh ift in g econ om y t o The lira and Turkish equities each the gas. But frothiness is hardly a tumbled more than 3% yesterday distinguishing feature of a global bla ck m a jor ity‚ says after Turkey and the US stopped asset class at this point, and in a issuing visas to each other’s citi- familiar routine, markets kept the zens, notes the analysis team at issue firmly in its box.” L or d P et er H a in ANZ. Key Quotes “Emerging market bond “The disagreement relates to spreads are at their lowest in a de- the arrest of a Turkish citizen em- cade and foreign holdings at record There was hardly anything that the ing the parastatals – is becoming economically stable transition‚” he ny Bell Pottinger which found it- ness which has anything to do with ployed at the US consulate for al- highs as investors tolerate politi- late former president Nelson Man- increasingly dysfunctional‚ which added. “The black majority now self at the centre of the construc- the Gupta empire or the Zuma leged involvement in the July 2016 cal risk for a positive return. It dela could have done to change the is lethal for economic prosperity. ran the government but the white tion of the Gupta family’s propa- elite is now irredeemably contam- failed coup against President Re- seems there will need to be broad- status of South Africa’s economy Some are arguing that the problem minority still ran the economy. In ganda empire‚ aimed at hiding the inated - with serious consequenc- cep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey and er signs of trouble for global growth to favour the black majority dur- is rooted in the way the country retrospect I cannot see how any family’s alleged growing enrich- es for its own survival. Look at the US are uneasy NATO allies, before (small) country-specific ing the transition from apartheid‚ was transformed and they have a other course could have been ment at the expense of South Afri- the demise of Bell Pottinger and with strong disagreement about the events have the potential to spark says former British MP Lord Pe- case‚” said Hain. “Under apartheid‚ adopted by Mandela and the ANC can citizens and taxpayers. "We the damage to KPMG… So there situation in Syria. a risk-off event. ter Hain. He was speaking at a government and big business were leadership without triggering a have seen also how not only Brit- is no refuge for business leaders in Although the spat is quite That said, bears can point to panel discussion‚ titled South Af- run exclusively by the white mi- flight of investment and a collapse ish-based firms like KPMG but the conventional wisdom of the specific, markets will be on the warning signs for emerging mar- rica – Hero to Zero‚ held in Johan- nority. When white rule finally in the currency‚ endangering po- US-based ones like McKinsey corporate world‚ namely: ‘I am not look-out for any signs of conta- kets: higher relative volatility, fall- nesburg on Tuesday. The talk fo- came to an end‚ the fear was that litical stability‚” Hain added. He have become part of the scandal political.’ Every business leader is gion into other emerging markets, ing earnings estimates, and signs cused on the role of business amid white businesses and investors stressed that business leaders could by feeding at the trough of those involved in the fight for the future given an increasing number of ana- of a turn in capital flows. But no South Africa’s political climate. “It would flee. Instead a deal was not turn a blind eye to the politics. involved in corruption and looting of the country‚ willingly or not‚” lysts suggesting that the asset class one is paying much attention as seems to me that with cronyism struck‚ and compromises were Highlighting this‚ he made the country‚" said Hain. "It seems he said. looks rather frothy at a time when the music plays on.” replacing merit‚ the state – includ- made for the sake of a peaceful and mention of UK-based PR compa- to me that any South African busi- (AFP) global central banks are easing off (BBC)

2007. Turkey's export to the U.S. a much more difficult spot." Ham- rose by 33 percent to $5.78 billion di Akin, chairman of Akfen Hold- in the first eight months of 2017, ing, added that economic impact US-Turkeyconflict riskdamaging compared to the same period last of the situation would be unpleas- year. The country's import from ant. Omer Bolat, chief executive the U.S. stood at $7.95 billion dur- of Albayrak Holding, said the neg- ing the same period. Ali Osman ative effect of the decision on the trade,economic relations: Akat, chairman for the Turkish financial market would be tempo- American Business Association rary. "Although Turkey’s ties with (TABA), said that both countries the EU was strained in the last two have collaborated on numerous is- years, the business world main- Businessmen sues. He added that suspension of tained their relations and contin- Turkish businessmen on Monday criticized the in the U.S. "We wish that the issues non-immigrant visa operation in ued to cooperate," Bolat added. U.S. decision to suspend non-immigrant visas will be resolved in a way that will not Turkey will damage relations be- Early Monday, Turkey’s top busi- to Turkey, saying it will harm economic rela- affect economic relations," Alptekin tween the two countries. Ahmet ness organization Turkish Indus- tions. “The two countries need each other eco- said, adding that no country can com- Nazif Zorlu, head of Zorlu Hold- try and Business Association nomically,” Kamil Ekim Alptekin, chairman for promise over matters of national se- ing, one of the top corporate (TUSIAD) warned disagreements the Turkey-U.S. Business Council at the For- curity. According to the Turkish Sta- groups in Turkey, said it was dif- between the two countries will eign Economic Relations Board told Anadolu tistical Institute (TurkStat), trade vol- ficult to understand visa problems harm economic, social, cultural and Agency. On Sunday, the U.S. Embassy in Tur- ume between the two countries has between two countries who are academic relations and disturb or- key suspended its non-immigrant visa service. been continuously growing in the last allies. Ali Kibar, chairman of Kibar dinary citizens. Turkey retaliated by suspending non-immigrant 10 years. It shot up to nearly $17.5 Holding, said: "These kinds of is- (WP) visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities billion last year from $12.3 billion in sues will put some businesses into

Oil prices stabilised on Monday after one of the most bearish weeks in Petroleum Exporting Countries is due to meet in Vienna on Nov. 30, when months propped up by OPEC comments signalling the group and other it will discuss its pact to reduce output in order to prop up the market. producers may take further action to restore market balance in the long term. OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said on Sunday that con- Oil prices stableafter Oil production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico started returning to service sultations were under way for an extension of the agreement beyond March after Hurricane Nate had forced the shutdown of more than 90 percent of 2018 and that more oil-producing nations may join the supply pact, possi- crude output in the area. The prospective restarts kept price gains in check. bly at the November meeting. He also said OPEC members and other OPECsignalspossible “Oil is having trouble to find direction. Mixed signals keep investors busy producers may have to take some “extraordinary measures” to ensure the changing their minds,” said Hans van Cleef, senior energy economist at ABN market is in balance in the long term. Global benchmark Brent crude was Amro. “There is a good chance that we will continue to trade a bit sideways down 16 cents at $55.46 a barrel at 1117 GMT. further action in the coming weeks up to the OPEC meeting.” The Organization of the (Alarabiya) WEDNESDAY . OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Anushka Sharma's new clothing line NUSH might “Thank you from the bottom of my heart, to each and everyone who has been so generous in effu- be a sively showering love and appre- ciation to our trailer. To witness the avalanche of praise across the scam board is unprecedented and over- whelming it’s very rare… and very, very humbling.” The actor also wrote about the film’s director San- jay Leela Bhansali, calling him as “crazy genius” and “master crafts- man”. “It is a result of blood, sweat and tears that our team has poured in this mammoth effort. Sanjay sir, my crazy genius, the master crafts- man… has fought, suffered and sacrificed for this film — the suc- cess of this trailer is a testament to his sheer tenacity and iron will,” Ranveer wrote. Launching a clothing line seems to The Jab Harry met Sejal star and have our own dressing styles Shahid, Deepika and Ranveer be Bollywood’s newest trend and went on to speak about previous that suit us.” “As a young girl, nail their ‘Padmavati’ avatars He Jab Harry Met Sejal star Anushka work, “My nature is such, that if shopping for clothes that suited said Bhansali’s vision is of a “deep- Sharma also jumped on the band- I’m choosing to do something, I my sense of fashion under one roof ly passionate artist who has bared wagon recently when she launched become completely involved. I’ve was a struggle. I would end up go- his infinite soul on celluloid”. “He her own clothing brand NUSH. always done something that I love, ing to different stores to put to- is tireless and unrelenting in his Her Autumn/Winter 2017 collec- whether it’s acting, making films gether the right casual ensemble. pursuit of excellence. I am blessed tion has 160 pieces to start with, with my production Clean Slate With NUSH, we endeavour to to have had the privilege of being available across online stores and Films or wearing nice clothes. So, bring fashionable and beautiful directed by him — he nurtures me major retail outlets in India. “It is I present my second venture, clothes that you can wear to work, and I learn from him and grow ev- a really special day for me.. this is which is something very special to college, to an evening do or even ery day,” he added. Ranveer is still something I had been planning for to me – a clothing line named just to hang out casually, all under shooting for the period drama, and Actors Ranveer Singh and Deepi- ing that he is overwhelmed and Padmavati’s first trailer the past year and a half and quite NUSH.” I receive a lot of love from one label. I have personally taken he guarantees that whatever is honestly, as I stand here in front Pakistan: Anushka Sharma She interest in the styles of NUSH, so ka Padukone penned down heart- humbled with all the praise and the Ranveer on Tuesday wrote an shown in the trailer, is just a “frac- felt notes of gratitude for an over- positive response received by the open letter on Twitter, where he of everyone, I am excited but at continued, “With clothing, I not there’s a bit of myself in all the tion of what this film has to offer.” the same time, I am extremely ner- only had to do something that I outfits. NUSH is for every wom- whelming response for their up- trailer of his upcoming film. Ran- thanked everyone, including Deepika was equally effusive in coming venture, Padmavati. Ran- veer Singh’s vicious avatar over- friends, media and audience for the vous,” the actor expressed at the really believed in but also keep in an who is her own stylist,” the star her thanks. launch event. mind that each one of us is unique added. (Tribune) veer expressed his emotions, say- shadows Deepika and Shahid in response. In the letter, he wrote, (Tribune)

As Varun Dhawan-starrer demol- ishes competition at the box office Judwaa 2 has earned Rs 119 crore at the box of- to stay rock steady in week two, Tiger it has emerged as the actor’s big- fice, becoming one of the biggest hits of 2017. This gest solo hit ever. With its Mon- is Varun Dhawan’s second blockbuster this year. day collections, the film surpassed Shroff Badrinath Ki Dulhania -- the 2017 hit starring Alia Bhatt and Varun - - at the ticket windows. Sharing literally the details, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, “#Judwaa2 has a Lands ROCK-STEADY Mon... [Week 2] Fri 4.25 cr, Sat 5.75 cr, Sun 8.10 cr, Mon 2.91 cr. Total: 119.09 cr. On Set India biz. SUPERHIT... #Judwaa2 has surpassed *lifetime biz* of Varun Dhawan’s #BadrinathKiD- of ulhania [ 116.60 cr] and is now his *solo hero* HIGHEST GROSS- ER.” The film stars Jacqueline Baaghi 2 Fernandez and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles while Varun plays a dou- ble role. Directed by David Dha- wan, the film is a reiteration of Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor’s 1997 hit Judwaa. That was also directed by David. Judwaa 2, despite getting Vidya Balan is looking forward to her mixed reviews, has managed to set the cash registers ringing. It has also next film, Tumhari Sulu. She plays a fended off competition from Saif carefree housewife who turns into a Ali Khan’s Chef and enjoys an open window at the box office till late night radio jockey. Diwali when Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar comes out. (Hindustan Times) Remakes may be the latest trend those who would go for it,” said in Bollywood but actor Vidya Bal- Vidya on the sidelines of Jio an believes one should not temper MAMI Movie Mela event here. with an old classic. There were re- Vidya said Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ports that Vidya was offered to Anand, Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay, play Sridevi’s role in a remake of Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth and Shekhar Sadma. “I would not do it (remake Kapur’s Mr. India were her favou- a film). I can’t dare to make or do rite films during a conversation with something again. I was offered Sad- film critics Anupama Chopra and Don’t mind taking on Anurag ma remake and I said no to it. As I Rajeev Masand. The National Tiger Shroff who recently feel one should not touch a film award-winning actor, meanwhile, wrapped up the Pune schedule of like Sadma, why tamper with it? is looking forward to her next film, his upcoming action flick Baaghi 2 These are timeless films. One can Tumhari Sulu. Kashyap, scared of Aamir: Pahlaj has kickstarted the second sched- reinterpret it but I am not one of (Hindustan Times) ule. The actor literally landed on the sets of the and surprised every Nihalani shifts release of Julie 2 with his high energy. The biggest action franchise of the year 'Baaghi Actor Komal 2' will feature Tiger Shroff and Pahlaj Nihalani has shifted the release of Disha Patani in lead roles. The ac- Aziz breaks his upcoming film, Julie 2 and claimed he tion film is making all right noise is not afraid of ‘taking on Anurag Kashyap’ and is set to raise new standards in silence but is certainly ‘scared of Aamir Khan’. terms of action. Tiger Shroff who is playing an integral part in the against her film took to social media sharing a video captioning, "#baaghi2 #just- Former Central Board of Film Cer- star is set to hit theatres on Octo- landedonset". The video show- feudal tification head Pahlaj Nihalani has ber 19, Diwali. Pahlaj Nihalani cased high on energy Tiger Shroff shifted the release date of his up- during the trailer launch of Julie 2. who is excited to work on a Sun- landlord coming film, Julie 2 and claimed he (PTI) The film now release on No- day. He shares, "Hey guys so here is not afraid of “taking on Anurag vember 10, the day when Anurag we are, second sched of Baagh. It's Kashyap” but is certainly “scared Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz and Raj- a Sunday and the roads were clear of Aamir Khan”. The erotic film kummar Rao’s Shaadi Mein Jaro- but still felt like flying". The film was initially slated for an October or Aana also hit theatres. When brings back on board Tiger Shroff 6 release and it has been now asked about the clash, the former and mentor Sajid Nadiadwala after pushed to November 10. Talking CBFC chief told the daily, “We are their previous ventures. Tiger about the shift of the release, Ni- not scared of Kashyap’s cinema. Shroff who have treated the audi- halani told DNA, “We lost our He has always tried to generate ence with his chiseled body pic- Pakistani actor Komal Aziz recently made headlines when a video on original date of October 6 because interest in his films by raking up tures has intrigued the masses to social media went viral where she openly spoke up against her landlord of a court case. After that, we censor issues. witness the actor in his action who was harassing her and took her money as he’s now on the run. This, couldn’t come in the pre-Diwali Now that I’m no more the CBFC packed avatar. The action-packed however, is the first time Komal has openly shared as to what exactly week when the entire nation’s eyes chairperson, let’s see how he gen- franchise is all set to take the thrills happened. The starlet took to Facebook to share the events that took are glued to Aamir Khan’s Secret erates interest in his films. Hamare notches higher and will feature Ti- place that left her helpless. “Every morning I feel like I am falling into a Superstar.” paas Julie hai.” ger in a never seen before avatar, bottomless pit,” started Komal, “I have to shake the horrible feeling and Aamir Khan-starrer Secret Super- (Tribune) nearly bald. (Santa Banta) get to work. (Tribune) WEDNESDAY . OCTOBER 11, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Eight runners-up will then Who is set to reach the World be drawn into four pairings, with Cup play-offs in Europe? How two-legged play-off ties set for does the format work? And could November 9-11 and 12-14, 2017. Northern Ireland and the Repub- The away goals rule will be used lic be drawn together? We take a to determine a winner of the ties look here. Scotland missed out if scores are level after the sec- after slipping to third behind Slo- ond leg - whether after 90 min- vakia in Group F but Northern utes or extra time - and four play- Ireland's spot in the play-offs is off winners will advance to Rus- guaranteed and the Republic of sia 2018. FIFA has confirmed Ireland squeezed in at the ex- that teams will be seeded for the pense of Wales, thanks to a 1-0 draw on October 17, with the win on Monday. The sides with top four teams according to the one last shot at reaching the Rus- FIFA rankings in one pot for and 'Get stuck into' sia finals will be confirmed when the remaining four in another. the group stage concludes on The draw will be based on Tuesday evening but who could four seeded teams, four unseed- face who? Here we explain the ed teams and their world rank- Ben Stokes, format... Only eight of the nine ing. If these were to be taken teams who finish second are eli- today, Northern Ireland would gible for a play-off spot, mean- be seeded, with Republic of Ire- ing one team with the least land unseeded. That's because Mitchell Starc amount of points will miss out. Northern Ireland, ranked 20th in Results against the bottom- the world, are fourth out of the ranked side in each group do not current eight occupants of the count in the final play-off stand- play-off spots, while the Repub- tells Australia ings and Slovakia are currently lic are seventh. (BBC Sport) set to miss out. fans Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has if Ben is playing I'm sure it's going Henni Goya called on Australian fans to "get to be hyped up and really loud. stuck into" England's Ben Stokes But I'm sure Ben knows how to says golf has if he makes the trip for the Ashes cope with that sort of stuff if he series. Stokes was arrested last does play." month on suspicion of causing ac- Stokes' absence would be a huge not always tual bodily harm, and is suspend- blow for England, who have lost ed from England selection until two out of their past three tours further notice with a police inves- Down Under 5-0 and are desper- been a tigation ongoing. The 26-year-old, ate to hit the ground running in the who was released without charge, first Test in Brisbane on Novem- has been included in the Ashes ber 23. Starc is encouraging crowds hospitable squad but will not travel with the in Australia to give the tourists a rest of the squad to Australia on hostile welcome with or without October 28. Stokes, believing it can make a big environment The ECB announced they have still difference. "Why not? Go for it. not yet made a final decision on The Aussie boys will be backing his involvement in the upcoming you all the way in," he added. "On series. Aussie bowler Starc said: "I certain people I think it can (affect guess I'd love if he was out here. their performance). I'd love for the Australian crowd "For certain guys, if they're cop- Ricky Burns has conceded he did not de- to get stuck into him the way the ping it in the crowd they enjoy the serve to beat Anthony Crolla, but says he Poms (English) get stuck into our banter, they give it back and really wants another opportunity to fight the En- blokes over there. "Regardless of enjoy that atmosphere and that glishman. Crolla was victorious in his home- whether he's here or not, I think banter both ways with the crowd. town of Manchester on Saturday night after the atmosphere is going to be great "Other guys will go into their shell he won by a unanimous decision, with the at all the grounds. "I'm really look- and it might affect their cricket." judges scoring the bout 116-113, 117-112, ing forward to that atmosphere and (Cricket News) 116-114. Despite all the judges calling the When Henni Goya won the first fight in his opponents favour Burns has tak- golf tournament she entered as a en to Twitter in the hope of earning another young girl she knew the sport was opportunity to fight Crolla. Although the for her. By the age of 13 she was three-time world champion admitted he only Sp r in t legen d identified as one of the sport's ris- deserved to come away with a draw. "What ing stars, handpicked by Nick Fal- a fight me and Anthony Crolla had, just do to join Team Faldo - his elite watched it back," he posted. "On the night, group of talented young golfers in- I thought I'd done enough! But watching it Lin for d cluding four-time major winner back I scored it a draw. "What an atmosphere Rory McIlroy and Solheim Cup in there and thanks for all the messages star Mel Reid. But while the play- "Let's get this rematch sorted." Antho- er-turned-pundit - born to an En- Ch r ist ie ny Crolla edged a close decision win against glish father and a Mauritian moth- Ricky Burns and he said he would be up for er - enjoyed her developmental a rematch in Glasgow. (Sky Sport) years in the sport, Goya found golf in sist s an yon e clubs were not always a welcom- ing environment. "I guess through my golf I earned respect," she says in episode 12 of Sky Sports' My can t ak e p ar t Icon series. Serena Williams Introducing My Icon My Icon is a 31-part series on Sky Sports Mix, bringing you in- and Andy Murray in a t h let ics terviews with BAME sportsmen and women every day in October. "Golf clubs are [sometimes] very hostile places, but especially targeting if you are a woman and especially if your face doesn't fit, and mine certainly didn't. "You definitely get the sense that you're not welcome Australian there and you can't fit in with the general crowd. I found that really hard." Goya talks about her jour- ney in the latest instalment of My Open, says Icon, which premieres on Wednes- day at 7am on Sky Sports Mix and is available On Demand. The epi- sode is repeated on Wednesday at tournament boss 1pm, 6pm and 10pm. (Sky Sport) Serena Williams and Andy Mur- the Australian Open and very few ray are aiming for a competitive people knew that." The seven- return in time for the Australian time Australian Open champion Open, the tournament's director and her fiance Alexis Ohanian has revealed. The 35-year-old be- named their daughter Alexis Olym- came a mother in September and pia Ohanian Jr, with Williams pre- last played on tour when she se- viously tweeting: "Fun fact my Former Olympic 100m champion years. He remains the only male cured her 23rd Grand Slam with- daughters initials are AO as in the Linford Christie is urging young- British 100m sprinter to have won out dropping a set, while in the Aussie open she won with me sters to get more active, insisting gold medals at the Olympics, early stages of pregnancy. Mur- @AustralianOpen". "We're proud it need not be expensive to take World Championships, European ray last played at Wimbledon of the fact she's gone around the part in sport regularly. Christie is Championships and the Common- when he suffered a quarter-final world, she's told that her baby's now an athletics coach and has wealth Games. But he did not have defeat to Sam Querrey and, accord- AO - Australian Open, Alexis worked with a number of British access to the facilities and sports- ing to Craig Tiley, both will be des- Ohanian," Tiley added. "We have hopefuls including Richard Kilty, scientific support today's elite perate to make a return to com- a special relationship with Serena, James Ellington and Nigel Levine. youngsters enjoy. Christie was just petitive tennis early next year. "Ser- the Williams family, both her and Born in Jamaica, he was brought a kid who could run fast. "Along- ena, the competitor that she is, she Venus. She wants to come back in up by his grandmother before side football, athletics is the only wants to win more than the 23 2018 and defend her title. Obvi- moving to England, aged seven, real true world-class sport where Grand Slam titles that she has," ously, at training now, there is sev- joining his parents in west Lon- anybody can come into it," he said Tiley during an announcement eral months to go and it will be up don. His aptitude for sport was says. "You don't need any special on what fans could expect of the to her as far as where she is with evident from an early age but equipment, you just need a pair of 2018 tournament. "She was eight her fitness." Christie only started taking ath- trainers and you can go down the weeks pregnant when she played (Fox News) letics seriously in his late teenage track and run. (BBC Sport) Peter Sagan wins thirdsuccessiveWorld

Definitly Red will begin his jour- Definitly Red has not been seen jumps those fences well enough Championshiproadracecrown ney towards a potential tilt at the since he was pulled up when his and he followed a horse that he Peter Sagan is the first rider to win three successive World Champion- Cheltenham Gold Cup when he saddle slipped in the Grand Na- thought jumped well. "He is rated ship road race titles after a thrilling finish in Bergen. The Slovakian runs in the bet365 Charlie Hall tional at Aintree in April. Ellison 159 and I don't think he would have went wheel-to-wheel with Norwegian star Alexander Kristoff in a re- Chase at Wetherby next month. said: "Definitly Red has done fan- to improve to much to be a Gold duced bunch sprint and denied the Katusha rider victory in front of his Trainer Brian Ellison has ear- tastically over the summer. He will Cup horse. We will learn a bit more home fans by a matter of inches. Sagan had previously won the world marked the Grade Two prize at the go to Wetherby for the Charlie Hall. as to where we are after Wetherby. title in the American city of Richmond in 2015 and then defended his Yorkshire track on November 4 as He is in great form. "That was the "Gold Cup horses are very hard to title in another sprint in Doha at the end of last season. The race only the starting point for the eight- Grand National for you. You have get, but hopefully we have got one came back together in the closing stages, with Team Sky's Italian rider year-old. The Phil Martin-owned got to keep out of trouble. He here." (Fox News) Gianni Moscon and Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe the last pair to try a meaningful breakaway, which lasted into the closing kilometres. WEDNESDAY . OCTOBER 11. 2017-Mizan 19, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 74 Price: Afs.20

TALOQAN : The Taliban are allegedly forcing residents of three districts of northern Takhar province into paying them money. The militant movement, hiwever, reject the claim as Following the US president’s announcement on the new war strategy for Afghanistan, airstrikes against insurgent strongholds were sharply increased. grondless. Sher Ahmad, hailing from the Darqad district of The Trump administration reported. proactively target extremist "This increase can be "Additionally, the recent included only airstrikes by aircraft Takhar, told Pajhwok Afghan targeted the Taliban and Daesh The report said that the groups" in the country. attributed to the president's addition of six F-16s at Bagram Air that are the responsibility of News the Taliban had launched a insurgents with 751 airstrikes in September total represents a 50 Since 2010, the most bombs strategy to more proactively target Base, coupled with more B-52 Combined Forces Air Component campaign to forcibly collect Afghanistan in September, a seven- percent increase against August dropped during one month was extremist groups that threaten the missions dedicated to Afghanistan, Commander, and not the Afghan money from civilians. “Each year monthly high, according to and was described by the command 589, in August 2012 - still almost stability and security of the offer the additional strike capacity Air Force - suggesting the actual family is forced to pay between data from the US Air Forces as being part of President Donald 200 fewer than were released in Afghan people," the report from needed to target these groups," the number of airstrikes could be the fighters between 20,000 to Central Command, Newsweek Trump's "strategy to more September, Newsweek reported. central command said. report added. However, the data higher. (ToloNews) 100,000 afghanis, depending on their status. If anyone refuses to pay, the Taliban punish them,” he alleged. Sharifullah, who belongs to the Khwaja Bahauddin district of the province, also grumbled about being bullied by the Taliban to pay them cash. “They have asked me to pay 50,000 afghanis, but I didn't have that much money. Subsequently, I felt obliged to escape to another area,” the inhabitant charged. A number of other people, whose economic condition is not good enough, have also fled their homes along with families due to the illicit KABUL : Kabul police have on Monday here about the police Ihsas said police also recovered were detained for possessing 350 demands, according to Sharifullah. arrested more than 550 crime performance during the first six 25 vehicles, 15 arms, 378 mobile heavy weapons bullets, 50 hang A resident of Yangi Qala district, suspects and confiscated months of the Afghan year, which phones and 1900 packets of grenades, 70kg of explosives and who wished to go unnamed, also thousands of liters of alcoholic started on March 22. intoxicating tablets. 19 landmines of different types. said the guerrillas had started a drinks and a large amount of drugs The period saw police Police confiscated 111580 Ihsas said police rescued an 11- fund-collecting drive in his area. during the past six months, an arresting 508 people in connection afghanis and 70350 American year-old boy from his kidnappers (Pajhwok) official said yesterday. with 415 crimes besides capturing dollars from detained drug in Sarobi district and arrested three Kabul Asmai Zone police thousands of litres of alcoholic smugglers and collected 535 drug suspects in connection with the commander Mohammad Salam drinks and 256 kilograms of various addicts and shifted to rehabilitation case. The boy was reunited with Ihsas addressed a press conference types of drugs. centres, Another 17 individuals his family. (Pajhwok) Heavy clashes ongoing in Faryab An ANA official said the clash started when Taliban attacked a check post in Sar Hawoz KABUL : Afghan Border Police GHAZNI CIYT : A number of dropped bombs over them. The village of Pashtonkot district (ABP) has no helicopters to residents say the conflict in helicopters came after a meeting transfer logistic and food items southern Ghazni province has of the Taliban ended in the area, he on Monday night. to the check-posts in recently intensified, with the said. “The government later mountainous areas, an official said Faryab officials said on Tuesday on Tuesday. ABP spokesman warring sides disregarding civilian announced that a Taliban that heavy clashes between lives. They say both Taliban commander was killed in the Safeer Mohammad Safi told security forces and Taliban KHOST CITY : Waziristan Pajhwok Afghan News they did militants and government forces airstrike, but in fact those killed insurgents have been ongoing in refugees in the Spera district of with lack of fuel and warm clothing launched a major offensive against target civilian homes during clashes were civilians,” he said. ahead of winter. militants in the tribal areas. not have their own copters while Pashtonkot district of the province southeastern Khost province have sometime took help from the between them. Local residents urged both the since Monday night. The Afghan asked the Afghan government and He feared they would be The Afghan government and Mohammad Anwar, a resident warring sides to take care of flooded by problems in the coming international aid organisations have Ministry of Defence (MoD) to National Army (ANA) media NGOs for assistance. Spira is one deliver food, logistic, shift injured of Gawmishak area of Qarabagh civilians during the conflict. officer for the north, Nasratullah of the mountainous and cold winter if the Afghan government provided the refugees with large district, told Pajhwok Afghan A number of other residents Jamshidi, said the clash started on and international aid organisations amounts of aid. or dead personnel from check- districts of Khost province, where posts in the mountainous areas. News that a few days back, Taliban of Ghazni complained about what Monday night in Sar Hawoz village hundreds of refugees from did not help them. He added tents Another refugee, Qadim militants gathered in their village they called bad behavior of the of Pashtonkot when the Taliban He said currently have been Pakistan's volatile tribal region -- donated to them in the past were Wazir, said aid from foreign delivered to the check-points in to plan an attack on Afghan forces. Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces. attacked a local police check post. the scene of a hige military unusable. organisations had come down to “But before they could launch Saeedullah, a resident of Giro Two local police soldiers were dangerous areas including the offensive -- are residing. “With the arrival of spring, zero and their children were in Ghash Pesh locality by their attack, the Afghan forces district, said ALP forces had wounded in the clash, Jamshidi Thousands of families have people of the Zadran tribe go to urgent need of healthcare, said. Meanwhile, a source told helicopters, he said. The views targeted the militants and there was harassed people in many areas taken refuge in Khost and Paktika other areas and we live in their education and other facilities. of police official came at a time a bad situation in the village. Two after clashes with insurgents. TOLOnews that a police check homes. But in the winter, they Khost Reugees and post fell to the Taliban in the provinces after Pakistani forces when five border policemen had civilians were also injured and a “After the clashes end, ALP launched operations in Waziristan come back and we have to live in Repatriation Director Mohammad already been killed by rebels mosque destroyed,” he said. forces come to the area and torture district but Jamshidi rejected this claim. In a statement released by across the British-era Durand Line. tents,” he explained. Hasham Halim told Pajhwok they when they went out from their Rahmatullah, a resident of people over accusation of links the ANA in the north, four Taliban One of the refugees, Gul In 2014, around 200,000 had reviewed the refugees' posts to bring drinking water Balai village of Deh Yak district, with Taliban, they do so to extract insurgents were also killed in an Nawaz Khan, told Pajhwok families fled North Waziristan and problems and would use all their from a stream in the Marawari said three civilians of their village something from locals,” he said. Afghan airstrike in Bilchiragh Afghan News besides a shortage arrived in Khost and Paktika resources for resolve them. district of Kunar province. were killed when helicopters (Pajhwok) district of Faryab province. of other things, they were faced provinces after the Pakistan Army (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok)

KUNUZ CITY : Police Chief of northern Kunduz province has rejected the closure of International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) office due to insecurity and said security stepped up for the activities of welfare organizations in the province. The Geneva-based organization on Monday announced downgraded its presence in Afghanistan after a series of attacks on its staff. SHARANA : Taliban militants The ICRC delegation head in allegedly killed a tribal leader in Afghanistan said: “Since December southeastern Paktika province on 2016, the ICRC has been directly Tuesday over cooperation with the targeted in northern Afghanistan government, locals said. Syed three times, including the Mohammad, a resident of Saygani rehabilitation centre in Mazar-i- village of Khair Kot district, where Sharif." the elder’s body was found, told In a statement, Monica Pajhwok Afghan News that Zanarelli said the incidents had Kunduz is part of this process,” closed, while its sub-delegation in militants snatched Malik Nazar affected not only the ICRC in the said Hameedi. He said he contacted Mazar-i-Sharif will be seriously Gul from his car on the Paktika- war-devastated country, but the officials of the ICRC in Kunduz downsized. The rehabilitation Ghazni highway on Monday night. organisation as a whole. who faced no security threats and centre in Mazar-i-Sharif will Gul’s body was found dumped in But Police Chief Abdul the representatives of the office remain open, while the ICRC Khairbeen area on Tuesday Hameed Hameedi told reporters thanked from Afghan forces for assesses the ability of partners – morning, the resident said, that ICRC closed its office after providing them with protection whether other organisations or the asserting the elder had no downsize of employees in Kunduz services. Afghan authorities – to take over governmet job, but he supported and rejected the security threat ICRC said, after discussion it the centre. In the rest of the the government, for which he issue behind the organisation’s had concluded there was no other country, ICRC activities are also assassinated. The governor’s closure. choice but to drastically cut its being reviewed. The humanitarian spokesman, Mohammad Rahman “ICRC office has not been presence and activities in organisation said it was working Iyaz, confirmed Malik Nazar Gul’s closed due to security issue but Afghanistan, in particular in the on a severance and social plan for murder by Taliban, but provided the organization downsized its north. As a result, ICRC offices in the staff affected by the closures. no details. (Pajhwok) employees from 100 to 50 and Maimana and Kunduz will be (Pajhwok)