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he Saudi and Egyptian diplomats in separate T meetings with former president Hamid Karzai, asked him to support the position of their respective countries against Qatar, Karzai’s office said Saturday. “The former president in meetings with Egyptian ambassador and Saudi charge d affairs to Kabul, called for the unity and solidarity of the Islamic World in fight against terrorism and extremism, declaring his support in this regard,” Karzai’s office said .S Forces-Afghanistan on in a statement. Karzai also Friday night confirmed the promised he would not spare any Udeath of the senior leader efforts to strengthen the Muslims’ of media production for Daesh in unity. Afghanistan, Jawad Khan. According to a statement issued by USFOR-A, Khan was killed in an airstrike in Achin district, in Nangarhar on June 3. “His death will disrupt the ISIS-K (Daesh Woman commits suicide in Faryab Afghanistan) network, degrade their recruitment process and MAIMANA : A 35-year-old violence in Karta-I-Genral Dostum drinking bleach. Sayed Hafizullah hinder their attempts to conduct woman committed suicide by area of Maimana city this morning. Fitrat, head of the provincial international operations,” said poisoning herself in Maimana city, Abdul Karim Yurish said the Independent Human Rights Gen. John Nicholson, commander the capital of northwestern Faryab husband of the woman was Commission, said four suicide and of the U.S Forces Afghanistan. province on Saturday, an official spending his jail term for a criminal 12 honor related cases have been “There is no safe haven for ISIS-K said. case. Investigation about the real registered in Faryab in the past six in Afghanistan. With our Afghan Provincial police spokesman, motive behind the suicide is months. He linked such incidents partners we will continue to Abdul Karim Yurish, told Pajhwok underway, he added Provincial to poverty, joblessness, lack of aggressively target ISIS-K and Afghan News the woman named, public health’s in charge for awareness from religion, forced defeat them.” (ToloNews) Abida, the mother of seven children forensic, Dr. Samir Enayat, said marriages, honor marriages and By Farhad Naibkhel Taliban and Daesh from different Representative of Nangarhar in killed herself due to domestic Abdia committed suicide by insecurity. (Pajhwok) part of Chaparhar and Pachiragam Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of KBAUL: Ministry of Defense on district including foothill of Tora Parliament Haji Qadir Zahir Daesh Saturday said that Afghan forces Bora. He said that currently said that Daesh fighters have had been descended onto the Tora Afghan forces area in foothill of captured around 90 percent of Bora mountains and have removed Tora Bora and also Afghan Chaparhar, 80 percent of Tora Daesh terrorists from the bottom commando descended to top peaks Bora, they have plan for Khogiani, of the mountains in Pachiragam of Tora Bora. Operation will be Isarak and Azra in order to cut district of eastern Nangarhar continued by Afghan forces in Kabul-Jalalabad highway,” said province. Pachiragam to clear the district Haji Zahir Qadir He said that “24 hours after the report of from Taliban and Daesh. In the “MoAB” the biggest bomb used presence of Daesh in Tora Bora past 22 Daesh affiliates were killed in Achin district of Nangarhar to area in Pachiragam district of and 13 others wounded in the past eliminate Daesh, foreign forces and Nangarhar, Afghan forces three days in mentioned two government say that Daesh is conducted joint ground and air districts, He added. Minister of ending, but all claims are baseless. operations in the area,” said Acting Defense said that after clearance I have eye witnesses that three Defense Minister General Tariq checkpoints from local police and days ago, a container full of shah Bahrami, MOD uprisers will be established in weapons transferred to Daesh in He said that Daesh fighters Pachiragam district. He said that Narai Obo area of Nangarhar, he have been succeeded to capture over 2500 Daesh affiliates claimed. some areas in Pachiragam and including 23 commanders were Daesh or Islamic state Chaparhar district after clashes killed in the past two years by footprint has been revealed around with Taliban last Tuesday, but next Afghan and international forces two years ago in southern day Afghan forces started through air and ground operations Helmand for the first time and operations against them in both in the country. MoD informs of gradually expanded to Nangarhar, district. He said that Afghan forces clearance operation against Daesh Zabul, Ghor, and some other have been succeeded to clear in Tora Bora while, last Wednesday provinces across the country. No decision on troop surge so far: MAIMANA : Five policemen, 10 personnel, nine Taliban were killed militant and a woman have been and 22 others, including eight killed as a result of clashes in policemen, were wounded during Pentagon different districts of northwestern clash in Boryaraklak area of Qaisar Faryab province, an official said district. He said the clash continued WASHINGTON: The Defense on Saturday. for four hours until reinforcement Secretary James Mattis has taken Police spokesman, Abdul reached to the site of clash and no decision on a troop increase in Karim Yourish, said the Taliban recaptured the check-posts and Afghanistan so far and any such stormed security forces check- pushed the militants back. decision would be taken in posts in Sherin Tagab, Qaisar and Mohammd Alam, a wounded consultation with the Afghan Ghormach districts late on Friday. commander of police said the clash Government, his spokesperson He said woman, policeman erupted at 11pm last night and said Friday. were killed and five others continued until morning. Over 100 “Secretary Mattis has made no wounded including civilians when militants took part in the fire fight. decisions on a troop increase for the Taliban attacked security Separately, a notorious Afghanistan,” Pentagon forces check-posts and a civilian commander Qari Sayeduddin was spokesperson Dana W. White said vehicle in Sherin Tagab district. killed and four others wounded as in a statement, adding that any such Also 15 militants suffered a result of firefight with security decision would be taken in casualties during the ANA airstrike forces in Abgarmak area of consultation with the Ghani after the Taliban attack. Ghormach district late on Friday Government in Kabul and other Separately, four security night, said Yourish. (Pajhwok) allies and friends of the United States. “Any decisions about troop numbers will be made only after consultation with the interagency, Security forces foil the Afghan government, NATO allies and coalition partners," White said in a statement. “As he (Mattis) said terrors bid in Farah throughout the week in testimony, the revised Afghanistan strategy olice in western Farah provinces have recovered an explosive- will be presented to the president laden vehicle and prevented huge devastation and loss of precious for his approval in the coming lives, an official said on Friday. weeks,” she said. P The vehicle with 1,500 kilogrames of explosives was transferred White said the president has from Bakwa district to Balabolukand police seized it in Dezyak village. delegated force management The driver took the advantage of darkness of the night and managed authority for Afghanistan to the to flee from the area. The explosives were detonated by security forces secretary. (Pajhwok) Thursday night in Bala boluk. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Photographer wins national award for image of boy in war-torn country

explosive vests and carrying Bora, the mountain redoubt that handguns, tried to force their way was once Osama bin Laden’s into the mosque’s main entrance, fortress, from the Taliban. but encountered strong resistance No faction has claimed from the police guarding it. One responsibility for the truck attacker was shot and killed, but bombing at an entrance to the the second went around to the Green Zone in Kabul on May 31, kitchen area of the mosque, where which killed more than 150 people. he detonated his explosives, killing The Taliban have denied any role Mr. Hussainzada and three others. in that assault, or in an attack days One of the dead and four of later at a funeral that killed at least the eight wounded were Afghan a dozen others. Those attacks have police officers, said Najib Danish, set off weeks of demonstrations a spokesman for the Interior against the government. Ministry. A member of Mr. The protesters have accused Hussainzada’s family, Ali Sadaat, senior officials of conspiring with who was at the mosque during the terrorists, and some of Mr. attack, said his relative “was a good Hussainzada’s supporters businessman, a great man and an expressed that view as well. important figure among the “ISIS claimed responsibility, For someone that never planned overseas. His work has been Hazaras.” Mr. Sadaat said Mr. but we are not sure,” Mr. Sadaat on becoming a photojournalist, featured in a number of Hussainzada had been known for said. “It may be Taliban terrorists, Zachary Prong has made quite an publications throughout Canada helping street vendors and day it may be a fifth column in the impression on the industry. and Egypt. laborers, and for giving money to government. There are too many Prong, a 29-year-old Simcoe “The photograph can be an parents to send their children to questions unanswered, like how native, had felt destined to examine important first step in helping school rather than putting them to did these terrorists know about conflict in the Middle East and the people to understand it's work. last night’s program?” people it affects. His vision, something that's going on in the The Islamic State in Khorasan, Ahmad Ramazanzada, Mr. however, didn't include a camera. world, but it was just a single as the group’s Afghan branch is Hussainzada’s son, said it was Fate intervened when Prong – photograph and what was lacking Afghan police officers on Friday at the Shiite mosque in Kabul where often known, is most active in clear to him that his father had been then studying at the University of ... was the context that had given a suicide bomber killed four people the previous night southern parts of Nangarhar assassinated. Mr. Ramazanzada Toronto - secured a scholarship in rise to the violence that boy had Province, along the border with was reached by telephone at his 2013 to study in both Israel and suffered from,” Prong explained. Pakistan, but in recent months home, where family members were Palestine. “It can allow people to there has been an increase in waiting for all of Mr. He purchased a camera prior empathize with that boy, but that “In these times, our photos responsibility in a message on “We are not attacking mosques attacks attributed to the group in Hussainzada’s sons to return from to the trip. doesn't mean they have a better Live longer than ourselves.’’ Telegram, a WhatsApp-like and our Shiite brothers,” Mr. Kabul. Several militants from the abroad before burying him. “The research that I was doing understanding of what's happened Those two lines of verse, service, noting pointedly that the Mujahid said, reached over the Islamic State, also known as ISIS COMMENT was interesting and in-depth but it in Helmand Province over the posted on the Facebook page of mosque was a Shiite one. social messaging service Viber. or ISIL, rampaged through a “My father was the target,” was also very academic and years,” he said. “NATO countries Ramazan Hussainzada last month, While Afghanistan’s many Mr. Hussainzada, a Hazara military hospital in the capital in Mr. Ramazanzada said. “When the abstract,” Prong explained. “I did play a role and have been proved sadly prophetic. Mr. ethnic factions have long warred community leader who owned a March, killing patients in their suiciders attacked the mosque, found that photography was a bit contributing to the violence in that Hussainzada, a prominent Kabul among themselves, in recent years shopping center, a private hospital beds. You agree to receive there weren’t many people there, more of a visual experience in the part of the country, so I think it's businessman and philanthropist, they have taken pains to play and construction companies, built occasional updates and special and the attacker knew all the kind of way that helped relate important to explore that aspect was among four people killed by a down differences between the the mosque where he was killed. offers for The New York Times's alternative routes of the mosque, some of the experiences that I saw of the story and that's something suicide bomber who blew himself majority Sunnis and minority During the fasting month of products and services. and he knew where my father was on the ground that didn't that I just started to delve into, up at Al Zahra mosque in the Shiites, who are mostly members Ramadan he had been active at the SEE SAMPLE PRIVACY standing.” In Afghanistan, he said, necessarily come through in but because my time was limited I Afghan capital on Thursday night. of the Hazara ethnic group. mosque preparing meals for the POLICY “when too many people love you, academic research.” wasn't really able to. So, I hope The attack was the latest A spokesman for the Taliban, poor; that activity may have cost OPT OUT OR CONTACT and you are getting your place in Prong also spent time in that photo is the starting point for outrage attributed to Afghanistan’s Zabihullah Mujahid, immediately him his life. US ANYTIME the heart of everyone, then you Afghanistan on the trip and would a bigger project that's more in- small but growing wing of the repudiated the attack on the According to Afghan police On Wednesday, Islamic State are a target for some people.” return in December of 2016, this depth.” Islamic State, which claimed mosque. officials, two attackers, wearing militants wrested control of Tora (NY Times) time as a student at Loyalist Canadian troops were College in Belleville. withdrawn from Afghanistan back “I always had the intention of in 2014, but conflict rages on. going back to Afghanistan, but Prong hopes his work, and the instead of doing just research I efforts of other photojournalists wanted to explore the country and will help keep a focus on the the ongoing conflict there through country. Could cricket's current best photography and film,” he said. “I think it's important as His travels took him to the Canadians that we not forget Helmand Province, one of the most Afghanistan but we try to dangerous places in the country. understand the impact that we've legspinner be from Afghanistan? It was there Prong snapped a had on that country ... and not let photo of a young boy at a refugee it become a forgotten war,” he said. camp. The youngster, Khan Currently, Prong is planning a has had the opportunity to his performance in the Caribbean the match. So is he the best leg Mohammed, and his family had third trip overseas before he confront. The Trinidadian, though, never really came as a surprise. To spinner in the game currently as recently fled the town of Sangin relocates to Winnipeg to finish a went on to commit, what is bound reiterate what Simmons said, Simmons suggested? Is he better after Mohammed's father became documentary entitled 'The to be viewed as sacrilege in some Rashid has been a consistent than Yasir Shah and Imran Tahir one of the thousands of civilians Highway'. The film focuses on quarters by hinting that the 18- performer. Afghanistan has not and Adam Zampa and Adil killed during fighting between the Joseph Miller, a talented musician year-old, who has played just two often played the strongest teams Rashid? Well, there aren't that government and Taliban forces. who was one of the thousands of first-class games, may potentially but he has put together a strong many of his kind in the The photo depicts the boy, indigenous youth in Manitoba have an edge over Indian spinning record. Twenty-nine ODIs has international game and so the mostly covered in shadows as he taken from their family at a young great and current coach, Anil yielded him an impressive 63 competition might not be all that looks towards the heavens. The age and forced into group or foster Kumble. wickets at an average of 14.74 and stiff at the moment. The young man background shows pants and a homes. Miller is now living on the Like Kumble, Rashid bowls at at an economy rate of 3.97. He has still has a lot to learn but there can jacket hanging on a makeshift streets of the province's capital. a fairly rapid clip. "It's the pace 42 wickets from 27 T20Is with a be little doubt as to his prowess. clothesline outside of a tiny brick “The documentary is partly him that he bowls at that makes him so strong economy rate of 5.91, while Simmons made a big call but he structure. The photo was recently recounting the events since that deadly..." said Simmons. "To read two first class matches have seen might just be on to something. awarded the News Photographers day he was taken and also him at that pace is always going to him capture 20 wickets. In Abu Afghanistan are in no way an elite Association of Canada's following him and his life today be difficult. You imagine Kumble Dhabi against the England Lions team, but they might just have the Photograph of the Year for 2016, and how it's affected him,” Prong at his pace and I think, having faced he snared a remarkable 8 for 74 in game's best leg spinner as a one of a handful of honours Prong explained. Kumble, Rashid might even be the second innings, gathering 12 for member. (CRICBUZZ) has secured since his first journey (SIMCOEREFORMER) quicker than him. Kumble never really turned it much, he got most of his wickets with his bounce. Rashid turns both his leg-break and his googly and they turn a lot." Preparations for Eid-Ul-Fitr, On June 9 at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium "You know the world is going running tradition, then one couldn't in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, Rashid crazy," remarked comedian Chris help being even slightly alarmed. captured 7 for 18 in the first ODI Traditions of Afghanistan People Rock during a stand-up routine Or say you heard that the of a three-game series to bowl his some years ago, "when the best world's best footballer was from side to a comprehensive 63-run Kabul : Muslims have two carpets, buying clothes, foodstuffs most of men and a number of whole members of the family. Also rapper is a white guy, the best San Marino? No one would have victory against the West Indies. religious celebration days and that and dried fruits as pistachio, women go to mosques to perform on the second day and third days golfer is a black guy, and the tallest batted an eye if he was from Brazil "Oh, it's just the West Indies," you are Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha. almond, raisin, pea and others to Eid prayer. After performing the of Eid, the people continue visiting guy in the NBA is Chinese..." If or Argentina or even England. But might say, and with good reason From all over the world Muslims better welcome guests on Eid days. Eid prayer, they return their their loves ones. Generally, Eid is memory serves, he was referring San Marino? A nation regularly too, for the Caribbean side has not celebrate both days with their On night before Eid, families homes and say to each member of very special for children because to rapper Eminem, then riding the ranked close to the bottom of the been immune to the far too frequent family members, friends and usually cook good food and dishes, their families a Happy Eid Day”, they collect money as Eidi from crest of the hip-hop wave; Tiger FIFA rankings; one that never ever collapse in recent years. But neighboring people. The people of while the young girls and children Bilgis said. their parents and elder people. Woods, who was racking up golfing came close to qualifying for the anyone who saw Rashid's Afghanistan start preparation for gather together and apply henna In the first day after the Eid prayer Some youth usually decide to go title after golfing title; and Yao World Cup? performance must surely be Eid 15 days prior to Eid. Eid-ul- to each other’s hands, painting rituals most of the people visit to picnic and parks with their Ming, the 7'6" basketball star from In spite of their recent strides, impressed by his considerable Fitr is marked in Afghanistan with flowers and other designs”. “The their nearest relatives and friends friends in order to double their China who suited up for the Afghanistan is considered a skills. particular traditions and customs Muslim people of Afghanistan as and mark the day together and happiness of the Eid. So, generally Houston Rockets. minnow in the cricket world. They The surface might have been as other Muslim countries of the other Islamic countries begin Eid- those who are engaged will to their Eid is celebrated in a very peaceful Putting aside the indelicateness don't have a history of great helpful and the opposition, as world. The celebration of Eid al-Fitr by going to mosques and father-in-law’s home and visit their environment with love around the of what Rock said, it has to be accomplishment in the sport; they mentioned, might have not been the differs from time to time, from worshiping. On first day of Eid, fiancés and spend time with the country.BNA) agreed that there was perceived have not yet achieved Test status. toughest. Rashid, however, put on place to place and from family to dissonance in the scenarios he Despite completing ODI wins over a high-class display. His accuracy family and tribe to tribe in mentioned. Hip-hop emerged from the West Indies and Bangladesh in was exemplary; the spin he Afghanistan. Preparations for African-American communities in the past few years, their record imparted, substantial. Particularly celebration of this day which is New York in the early 1970s and against the top-ranked teams has troublesome was his googly which considered as one of the two key there had been very few rappers been predictably poor. So how did the West Indies batsmen had a Eids begin by going to markets and who were not from the African they end up with the best leg dickens of a time deciphering. They buying foodstuffs, clothes and American community. Golf was spinner in the game? Could were totally flummoxed and every necessary things as shoes, dishes. not a sport that seemed, at that Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid ball from the leg spinner seemed Moreover, most of families follow time at least, to attract many Khan really be one of the best? seriously threatening. The West their traditions as cleaning homes, African American participants. That, at least, is what their Indies batsmen were utterly buying furniture and new carpets, And there was surprise that coach, former West Indian player, overwhelmed. Chances are, he'd rugs and other for their homes, someone from China would be as Phil Simmons believes. "He's the have posed serious problems buying cookies, candies and others tall as Yao Ming when many best spinner I've worked with no against players of much higher in order to better hospitalize their supposed that the Chinese were doubt about that," Simmons told caliber as well. close relatives, neighbors and small in stature. The Cricket paper. "He might not Two days later and at the same friends during the Eid days. There are things you just don't be the best I've ever seen because I venue, the West Indies won the next Related to celebration of Eid days expect. No one would be surprised played against the likes of Abdul game in the series. But they had to and traditions of the people in to hear of great long-distance Qadir and Shane Warne, but he's overcome a scare by Rashid, who Afghanistan, Bilgis Hadia has told, runners coming out of Kenya. The up there with anyone at the grabbed 3 for 26, threatening again “The people of Afghanistan have African nation has produced a long moment." to suffocate the hosts' batting. All different customs and traditions as line of long-distance runners. But Simmons mentioned that throughout the tour (three T20Is they belong to different tribes in if news of one coming out of Rashid has done exceedingly well and three ODIs) he was a handful the country, but in Kabul the somewhere like Chile, for instance, so far in his relatively short career, which the West Indies never people in particular women first a country with no long-distance posing problems to whoever he managed to come to grips with. Yet start cleaning their homes, washing SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

KABUL : Lawmaker Haji Hazrat Logar through Khogyani, Hisarak, EMERGENCY Ali on Thursday warned Daesh or Shirzad of Nangarhar and Azra CALLS so-called Islamic State (IS) in the district of Logar and then pose a eastern Nangarhar province may great threat to Kabul, he said. Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second threaten the security of capital He said the IS militants deputy of Chief Executive Police Kabul and other neighboring recently appointed their shadow Abdullah Abdullah, who visited the provinces if action against the rebel governors and started their family of Ramazan Husainzada – 100 - 119 group was not taken on time. activities in Kunar and Nuristan a Kabul businessman who was Hazrat Ali, representing provinces. killed in Al-Zahra Mosque attack Nangarhar province in Wolesi “Strong military operations on Thursday night, blamed Hospitals Jirga, expressed these views during should be conducted in Nuristan security institutions for failure in his exclusive interview with and Kunar provinces; otherwise preventing deadly incidents. FMIC Hospital Pajhwok Afghan News today. they will fall to IS.” The lawmaker Mohaqiq said that gaps in Behind Kabul Medical He said that all parliament warned. security institutions is the main members from eastern provinces Hazrat Ali put the number of reason behind “an increase in University: of the country discussed the issue Daesh militants including insurgent attacks across the 0202500200-+93793275595 with government authorities on Chechens, Pakistani, Irani and country”. Wednesday night. Indian nationals in eastern “Government has plans on The eastern zone lawmakers provinces at 6,000 fighters. hand but the incidents have proven Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital shared their deep concerns about He also blasted government that it is has failed in preventing Pule Bagh-e- Umomi new violence created by Daesh and foreign forces for letting the such incidents. Because the enemy militants during their meeting with Tora Bora strategic area to fell into is living on the other side of our 070263672 the CEO Abdullah Abdullah and Daesh hands without showing any borders which is more than 2,000 the National Security Advisor resistance. kilometers in length. The enemy Hanif Atmar, he said. Meanwhile, a security official enters our country from the other Khairkhana Hospital The meeting decided that a who wished to go unnamed told side of the border,” he said. 0799-321007 joint step should be taken for Pajhwok that Daesh militant group Ramazan Husainzada was defeating Daesh, Taliban, and captured the Tora Bora strategic born in Behsood district in Maidan 2401352 other insurgent groups in eastern area of Pachirawgam district on Wardak province 66 years ago. parts of the country, Ali added. Wednesday. people’s demands as the nation Afghan security forces have more details but said the operation Husainzada was married and Indira Gandhi Children “As representatives from Hazrat Ali stressed the was suffering from many launched fresh operation against was decisive. The 201st Selab left behind seven children. eastern provinces, I, Haji Zahir government should prepare a problems and disappointments. Daesh militants in Pachiragam and Military Corps commander in the “He (Husainzada) was a good Hospital, Wazir Akbar Qadeer, Mirwais Yasini and our programme in coordination with Ali also asked the people not Chaparhar districts of Nangarhar. east, Mohammad Zaman Waziri, man, a compassionate man, not other colleagues are willing to the foreign forces for beating anti- to create hurdles for the Attaullah Khogyani, the who visited the Chaprahar district only to Hazaras, but to all,” said Khan, Kabul 2301372 support government and crush government militants. “If government and said finding an Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, along with some other security Mohammad Sarwar, Husainzada’s Daesh, Taliban and other insurgent government launched such alternative for the incumbent also said Chaparhar had been officials, said the district was friend. Ibn-e- Seena groups,” He said. programme, 80 percent of people government was difficult at the cleared of Daesh and Afghan forces cleared of Daesh and the Afghan “He (Husainzada) was always If Daesh not beaten on time, will support it.” He called upon current time. had reached Pachiragam to flush forces were dispatched to thinking about helping the people. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul the militant group may sneak into the government to be attentive to On the other hand, officials say out the rebels. He did not provide Pachiragam now. (Pajhwok) He was helping drivers, retailers and everyone,” said Haji Ahmad 2100359 Ramazanzada, Husainzada’s son. Meanwhile, senior deputy Wazir Akbar Khan interior minister for security, Murad Ali Murad, said the Afghan Hospital security forces are determined to 2301741, 2301743 defeat terrorists. “Our security forces make lots of sacrifices and fight with Ali Abad terrorists. I want to say that Afghans should never lose their Shahrara, Kabul trust in the defense and security 2100439 forces,” he stated. This is third time that terrorists target prayers ceremonies Malalai Maternity in mosques in the past month. Earlier this month, they Hospital targeted the Great Mosque of 2201377/ 2301743 Herat and a mosque Paktia province, killing and wounding The UN has designated the wetlands a conservation site dozens of civilians. (ToloNews) Banks Da Afghanistan Bank Honey 2100302, 2100303 Bakhtar Bank production 0776777000 increasing in Azizi Bank 0799 700900 Nangarhar Pashtany Bank 2102908, 2103868 On the occasion of World Blood Findings suggest that Donation Day: consecutive donation of blood can June 14, coincides with World prevent the donator from heart and Air Services Blood Donor Day—a day that different types of other diseases. appreciates those who donate their Blood donation can caused Safi Airways bloods to rescue the people lives. oxygen to be supplied properly, This day is also coincided with as well as it causes the blood making 020 22 22 222 Prof. Karl Landsteiner birthday system to be further operational. anniversary, a person that had Our war-hit country, Ariana invented blood groups and won the Afghanistan needs more volunteer 020-2100270 Nobel Prize. blood donators. Because, each day, Kabul : The honey production is Transfusion of blood and blood many civilians and soldiers will lose on the rise in eastern Nangarhar products helps save millions of their lives or injure during horrific province of Afghanistan as the Kam Air lives every year. It can help incidents and in battlefields local officials are saying that the 0799974422 patients suffering from life- throughout the country. In fact, production of honey will further threatening conditions live longer men can donate blood four times boost if the government provide Hotels and with higher quality of life and and the women three times each them with necessary support. supports complex medical and year. Today, in 62 countries of the Officials in the honey Safi Landmark surgical procedures. world, blood is voluntarily production association in Access to safe and sufficient collected, as the World Health Nangarhar are saying that enough 020-2203131 blood and blood products can help Organization aims to ensure the honey will be produced for the reduce rates of death and disability blood of needy countries until 2020 A rare Afghan marsh that was once short period of time to find food, situation became a “tragedy of the export to the other provinces and SERENA a royal hunting ground is set to he adds. commons”. Taking advantage of due to severe bleeding during through this. Every year on 14 outside the country if they receive delivery and after childbirth. June, countries around the world come under the official protection At daybreak, the marsh comes the chaos, factional and party the required modern equipment 0799654000 of the UN environment agency, alive with the morning chatter of leaders built houses on the water’s Each day, people, particularly celebrate World Blood Donor Day and other support from the with the aim of saving hundreds of the birds hungry for breakfast. edge. According to the UN, about those injure in traffic incidents, (WBDD). The event, established government. The head of the migratory bird species. Binoculars in hand, Scanlon 50 hectares of wild land were taken people under operations, pregnant in 2004, serves to raise awareness association Riaz Mohammad New Rumi Restaurant On the long, arid journey to stands atop a tower that dominates over, which the Afghan women during labor, infants, those of the need for safe blood and blood Rodwal said the honey production 0776351347 the Caucasus and Siberia, across the landscape. environmental protection agency, injure in terrorist incidents and in products, and to thank blood has increased in this province as battlefields will need blood, as one donors for their voluntary, life- the Hindu Kush massif, the Kol- In the distance is the silhouette created in 2005, is now trying to compared to the previous years, Internet Services e-Hashmat Khan wetlands outside of Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress recover. out of three needs to be injected saving gifts of blood. World Blood mainly due to the betterment of Kabul provide sanctuary for that defended the city for centuries. “Some politicians are with blood during his/her life. Donor Day is one of eight official the weather condition, greenery of UA Telecom Currently, despites global public health campaigns thousands of storks, egrets, Opposite, mud houses and sturdier reluctant” to act, but attitudes are the province due to the plantation 0796701701 / 0796702702 pelicans and flamingos that head dwellings made from bricks seem changing, said Muhibullah Fazli, considerable improvements in market by the WHO, along with of trees and flowers, increase in north every spring from southern to spring up at random, hurriedly the agency’s biodiversity expert. medical science, still nothing can World Health Day, World number of farms and honey India. erected during wars for tides of The most important thing, he says, replace blood in body of a person. Tuberculosis Day, World process firms. Exchange Rate But after 40 years of conflict refugees and displaced people. is to educate local residents. Lack of good alternative with Immunization Week, World He said the honey production and neglect, their habitat is being It was once a favoured place “The problem is the people blood and limited duration of Malaria Day, World No Tobacco will further rise and will be 1.00 USD threatened by the growth in new for royals to go hunting, though taking their cattle to graze or storing blood are the issues have Day, World Hepatitis Day, and exported to other provinces and 67.60AFN homes, irrigation systems, rubbish Scanlon stresses any activity cutting the reed. Locals also pour caused blood donation to enjoy World AIDS Day. outside the country if they receive and global warming which is would have been carried out “in a their garbage in the river, they significant position. (The Kabul Times) modern equipment and other gradually changing the local sustainable way”. don’t know the scientific value of support from the government. 1000.00 IRR Rodwal further added that increase environment. But with the invasion of the this area,” he said. 17.90AFN Now the UN has designated Soviet army in 1979 and the Together with Qargha in honey production will also pave the wetlands a conservation site, succession of conflicts afterwards, reservoir, Kol-e-Hashmat Khan, a the way for the migration of the the Afghan government said on including the civil war in the early marsh some eight metres deep at workers from other areas of the Sunday, as it also looks to help 1990s, Afghans were preoccupied its centre, is one of Kabul’s two country provided that the 1.00 UAE preserve the water supply of the by their own survival and the water sources. But experts are necessary support is provided to 18.40AFN capital. environment suffered. already worried about its falling the association and honey “There are probably more than War saw the marshes more or water levels. production workers, including 300 or 400 species that pass less abandoned until 2005, Scanlon NGO Afghanistan Youths support in the field of the greenery 1.00 EUR through, though without an explains. Scanlon says that land Greens was ordered by UNEP to by plantation of trees, flowers, 74.20AFN accurate count it is hard to be sure,” grabbing was common in the chaos organise waste collection and farms, and other facilities. says Andrew Scanlon, head of the of the 90s as Afghans fought for educate the villagers who will According to the provincial United Nations Environment survival. The marshes became a continue to live on the shores. government officials, currently 1000.00 INR Programme (UNEP) in sanctuary, providing safe haven “I told them what the Holy there are around 400 honey 1030.00AFN Afghanistan. and water. As Afghanistan’s Koran has said,” adds Fazli. production farms active in this Short-term ‘tourists’ population swelled with the return “Birds are a community just like province, producing honey and They are migratory birds and of refugees after the Taliban were yours... they need a habitat and exporting to the other parts of the 1000.00 PKR “tourists” who stay for a very toppled in 2001, he says the they need food.” (GULFNEWS) country. (BNA) 635.00AFN SUNDAY. JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Qatar emir frees 24 Bangladeshi prisoners

Sri Lanka foreign minister, Navy commander visit USS The Bangladeshi embassy said the port and different business cases, released prisoners will be repatri- 10 in theft, corruption, document ated as soon as possible and cheque fraud charges, two de- lake Erie Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin tained over extramarital sexual re- Hamad Al Thani has pardoned 24 lations, one for living in Qatar Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ravi Over the past two weeks, U.S. Bangladeshi prisoners as part of a without valid documents and the Kathmandu[Nepal], June 17 Karunanayake and Sri Lanka Navy military personnel and cadets have Ramadan tradition. another for adultery. (ANI): Envoys of India and China Commander Vice Admiral Ravin- provided expertise and manpower The Embassy of Bangladesh The embassy’s labour coun- called on Nepal Prime Minister dra Wijegunaratne joined U.S. to rehabilitate flood-affected com- in Qatar confirmed the matter on sellor, Dr Sirajul Islam, said: “The Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday to Ambassador Atul Keshap to visit munities across the South. Work- Saturday. Qatari emir pardons prisoners in discuss various issues, including the captain and crew aboard the ing closely with the Sri Lanka Embassy sources said they Ramadan every year and the 24 the status of local body polls. USS Lake Erie to express their Navy and Marines, local govern- would arrange for repatriating the Bangladeshi prisoners along with It was Deuba's first meeting appreciation for the flood relief ment officials, non-governmental released prisoners to Bangladesh other local and foreign prisoners with the Ambassadors of India and work provided by U.S. Navy sail- organizations, and Ministry of after completing the legal proce- were freed in line with that tradi- China after being elected as Prime ors visiting Sri Lanka. Defense they have helped students dures as soon as possible. tion. Minister on June 7. "I want to thank Captain Dar- return to cleaned-up schools, aid- Among the 24 prisoners, 10 “There are 400,000 Bang- The Kathmandu Post, citing ren McPherson and all of our U.S. ed the process of well decontami- were serving different terms after ladeshis currently living here,” he sources, said India's Ambassador servicemen and women, who ex- nation, and rebuilt bunds. being convicted in narcotics, trans- added. to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri fo- emplify the spirit and goodwill of In addition, the United States (DHAKATRIBUNE) cussed the discussion on the America," said Ambassador Kes- Agency for International Develop- present political situation in Ne- hap. "We know the experience and ment (USAID) has provided a to- pal and on Deuba's proposed visit trust developed between Ameri- tal of approximately LKR 350 to India. Nawaz, Shahbaz cans and Sri Lankans working side- million ($2.3 million) to local or- China's Ambassador Yu Hong by-side to help recover from this ganizations to provide safe drink- Accused Samir discussed bilateral relations be- disaster will strengthen our peo- ing water, hygiene kits, emergen- tween the two countries. ple-to-people ties and improve cy shelter materials, home repair The meetings come in the back- future coordination of humanitari- kits, and critical health care servic- drop of the Nepal Government staged ‘drama’ an assistance." es to stave off disease. Gaikwad granted postponing the local elections till (SP) September 18 in an effort to bring the Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal (RJP-N) on board. before JIT: bail in Govind (ANI) Kolkata: Mamata Panasare Two Imran murder case Bangladeshis Banerjee slams win Queens GJM supporters, Young brands bandh Leaders Award as 'illegal'

Among the awardees, Sajid Iqbal, 25, will be honoured for his con- GJM protestors injured 1 cop, torched a police tribution towards the usage of re- newable energy in the commercial vehicle as Darjeeling continued to boil under ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek- (JIT), it does not mean they are A Kolhapur court on Saturday days later. and household environments. On indefinite strike for 6th day in a row now. the other hand, Rahat Hossain, 26, e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran being victimised. granted bail to Sanatan Sanstha Gaikwad was arrested in con- Khan said on Saturday that both He said that 12 corruption cas- activist Samir Gaikwad, an accused nection with the murder in Sangli will be awarded for improving the emergency and disaster relief ser- Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif es were pending against Nawaz in the murder case of Communist on September 16, 2015, by the had staged a drama before the JIT. Sharif. Punjab Chief Minister She- Party of India leader Govind Pan- special investigation team of Ma- vice system with training and tech- nology. Her Majesty the Queen While referring to Shahbaz hbaz Sharif has also been impli- sare, reported Hindustan Times. harashtra Police. He was sent to Sharif without taking his name, the cated in a case. Gaikwad’s bail application judicial custody on December 25, herself will hand over the awards to these two young entrepreneurs PTI chief said, “Whom are they Sharif family had not appeared was accepted by the court on the 2015 after police’s plea for further befooling by wearing hat and ma- before the court themselves but conditions that he will not enter custody was rejected by a court in in a ceremony. The awardees were selected from thousands of young fia suit.” they had been called in to appear, the Kohlapur district and be Kolhapur. Speaking to the media, Imran the PTI chief said. present before the investigation In the earlier hearing on Thurs- people from Commonwealth coun- tries. Sajjad Iqbal and Rahat Hos- said leaders are always held ac- Imran reiterated that the en- agency every Sunday. Gaikwad day, the Special Investigation Team countable in democracy and with tire nation stands by the Supreme was also asked to surrender his working on the case had filed a sain will participate in a network- ing workshop with the other win- the Sharif family appearing before Court and the JIT. passport. His bail plea had been supplementary charge sheet, the Joint Investigation Team (Tribne) rejected thrice before, reported which revealed there may have ners. The workshop has been de- The Indian Express. been more than two killers in- signed to help them contribute to Panasare and his wife were volved in the case. The SIT had their work in a larger scale. Before shot by unidentified persons in accused Gaikwad as co-conspira- receiving their Queen’s Young 2015 when they were returning tor, who it said along with other Leaders Award at Buckingham Pal- ace, the winners will visit 10 Down- There should be home from their morning walk. Sanatan Sanstha activists had While his wife survived, Panasare killed Pansare. ing Street, as well as take part in died at a Mumbai hospital four (Hindustan Times) master classes at the BBC World Service and the UK headquarters no shortage of of Facebook. They will also meet the Commonwealth Secretary- General, participate in workshops rice under any at the University of Cambridge, Nepal court meet senior executives from some of the UK’s leading organisations and visit projects that are chang- circumstance, ing the lives of vulnerable people demands quick in the UK. The program will con- clude with the award ceremony President Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Min- allegedly vandalised the residence The next year’s submission pro- ister Mamata Banerjee on Satur- of Assistant Gen Secretary of cess will start on the same day. day teared into the Gorkha Jan- Morcha Binay Tamang on Friday relief for acid The Queens Young Leaders emphasizes mukti Morcha (GJM) supporters, night. Awards, instituted in 2014 for the stating that they aren't listening to The angry protestors left one 18 to 29 year olds, will be given the court, even after it had passed policeman injured and torched a attack victims for the last time in 2018, on the an order citing the bandh was ‘ille- police vehicle as Darjeeling con- occasion of the 60th anniversary gal.’ "The board members of the tinued to boil under indefinite In early 2015, 16-year-old Sangita the law were to be amended, of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension. State have formed a committee as- strike for the sixth day in a row Magar was in a tuition centre in Shrestha said. There are about 40 suring that peace will prevail in the now. the Nepali capital Kathmandu reported cases of burns and acid hills as it will be their first priority Meanwhile, Union Home when a young man burst into the attacks every year in Nepal, with to work on. Looking at the angry Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed room and flung acid at her, injuring nearly three-quarters of the victims GJM supporters who went on the security situation in West Ben- Magar and her friend. Magar, who women, according to New York- rampage torching a railway station, gal's Darjeeling by sending more suffered burns to her face, chest, based charity Donor Direct Action, a police outpost and vehicles after troops to help restore normalcy stomach and legs in the attack, has citing non-profit Burns Violence a police raid on party chief Bimal as the state government has not still not received official compen- Survivors Nepal. Globally, as Gurung's house in Darjeeling yet submitted its report on the sit- sation, as there is no provision in many as 1,500 acid attacks are re- shows that they aren't listening to uation. Nepali law for an immediate pay- corded every year. However, many the court, even after it had passed The GJM announced an indef- ment. That is about to change, as attacks go unreported because vic- Colombo: Sri Lanka President the rice stocks at warehouses. an order citing the bandh was ille- inite strike from Monday encom- Nepal’s Supreme Court, in re- tims are afraid of reprisals from Maithripala Sirisena has empha- During the meeting, the President gal. I don't know where they are passing Darjeeling and Kalimpong sponse to a petition by rights their abusers. In many of these cas- sized that under any circumstance, emphasized the need of maintain- getting the support from," Mama- districts and the Dooars protest- group Forum for Women, Law and es, victims are blinded or disfig- there should not be a shortage of ing rice stocks at warehouses con- ta said at a press conference in ing against West Bengal Chief Development (FWLD), last month ured by jilted partners or relatives rice in the market. The President sistent with the demand for it and Kolkata. "You (GJM) enjoyed for Minister Mamata Banerjee's deci- ordered the government to amend for not bringing adequate dowry, held a special discussion regarding said that the Ministry of Trade five years. sion to make Bengali language com- the law to ensure victims of acid for refusing a man’s advances or in maintaining rice stocks at ware- should continuously scrutinize the Now when the elections are near- pulsory in state-run schools. attacks and burning receive imme- property related disputes. Under houses and to look into the demand stocks and the demand. Further- ing, why are you starting the vio- The strike was called even af- diate compensation and critical current Nepali law, anyone found for rice in the coming months at more, the attention of the Presi- lence again? Is it because you have ter the Chief Minister assured that care. “Once the law is reformed, at guilty of such a crime can be sen- the Presidential Secretariat, on Fri- dent was drawn towards the diffi- lost all your credentials? I am ready the new rule would not be imposed least victims of future burning and tenced to up to eight years in jail day (16), President's Media Divi- culties faced by the consumers due to talk to them on this matter as in the hill districts. acid attacks will benefit,” Sabin and a fine or victim compensation sion said. President Sirisena sum- to selling of rice at prices exceed- we cannot support violation of the The protestors are also asking Shrestha at FWLD said. Magar of up to Rs300,000 ($2,900). In moned the discussion as he re- ing the maximum prices set by the Constitution," Mamata added. for a separate Gorkhaland, a long risks losing her eyesight if she does reality, only a small amount is giv- ceived information that there is a Government. He also inquired the Earlier on Saturday, Morcha pending demand of the people of not receive urgent treatment, and en to a victim, and never before a shortage of rice in the market. He officials regarding enforcing the protestors resorted to fresh vio- the hills. will probably not benefit even if final decision is made. also asked the officials regarding laws against the retailers selling. lence after the police raided and (Hindustan Times) SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain defend blockade ew business, travel restrictions in effort to stop on Qatar US funds from reaching Cuban military

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain President Donald Trump on Fri- that the primary obstacle to the 3 Palestinians affirmed Friday that their recent day rolled back parts of his prede- Cuban people’s prosperity and moves to diplomatically isolate cessor's historic opening with long- economic freedom is the Cuban Qatar are within their rights to time U.S. foe, Cuba, making it hard- military’s practice of controlling protect national security. “Deci- er for Americans to travel to the virtually every profitable sector of killed by Israeli sions to cut ties with Qatar are a island nation. "Effectively imme- the economy," the White House sovereign right of the States con- diately, I am canceling the last ad- said in announcing the policy shift. cerned and aim to protect their ministration's completely one-sid- Under the new rules, Americans police in Jerusalem national security from the dan- ed deal with Cuba," Trump said to will not be able to do business with gers of terrorism and extremism,” raucous support at a gathering in any entity controlled by the Cu- said a joint declaration by the UN Miami, Florida. The city is home ban military's Grupo de Adminis- envoys of Saudi Arabia, the UAE to the largest Cuban diaspora in tración Empresarial (GAESA). and Bahrain. The statement came the U.S., many of whom are high- That change is likely to significant- 1 female police officer died after Palestin- in response to remarks Wednes- ly critical of President Barack ly curtail U.S. tourism on the is- ians attacked Israelis near Jerusalem's Old day by UN High Commissioner Obama's re-establishment of ties land as GAESA has a near monop- City, says Israel for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al with the Cuban government. oly on retail stores, and controls a Hussein expressing “alarm” Obama oversaw the re-establish- large swath of foreign-run hotels about the human rights impact ment of relations with Cuba, the in the country. GAESA also own of cutting off ties. The three Gulf reopening of the U.S.'s embassy gas stations, restaurants and rent- Three Palestinians were killed on lem’s Sultan Suleiman Street, while states said they were ready to in Havana and Cuba's embassy in al car companies. Tourism travel Friday after carrying out two sep- a third Palestinian stabbed a 22- work with relevant authorities Washington, and greatly eased will further be restricted to include 7 sailors missing arate shooting and stabbing attacks year-old border policewoman near “to maintain security, to combat American travel to Cuba. "They only group travel for all non-aca- in occupied East Jerusalem, result- the Old City’s Damascus Gate. terrorism and to safeguard the made a deal with a government that demic visits. The White House ing in the death of one Israeli po- The Palestinian Health Min- stability and well-being of the spread violence and instability in said any improvement to ties will from USS Fitzgerald licewoman, according to the Israe- istry, for its part, confirmed that people of the region”. Separate- the region and nothing they got, "depend entirely" on Havana's li police. Baraa Saleh, 18, Adel Ankoush, 18, ly, at a joint news conference think about it, nothing they got, "willingness to improve the lives In a statement, police said that and Amer Badwi, 31 -- all from the alongside British Foreign Secre- they fought for everything and we of the Cuban people, including three Palestinians armed with occupied West Bank -- were shot tary Boris Johnson, Saudi Ara- just didn't fight hard enough, but through promoting the rule of law, after collision off knives and semi-automatic weap- and killed by police in Jerusalem. bian Foreign Minister Adel al- now, those days are over," Trump respecting human rights, and tak- ons were shot dead after carrying Since October 2015, more than Jubeir said his country was said. "Now we hold the cards." ing concrete steps to foster politi- out two separate attacks near 285 Palestinians have been killed working on a list of complaints Trump said the U.S. embassy cal and economic freedoms". The Japanese coast Jerusalem’s Old City. by Israeli police during -- or im- against Qatar, according to a Sau- would remain open on the com- changes will take effect after the One female police officer was mediately after -- alleged attacks di news channel. munist island and repeated his Treasury and Commerce depart- critically injured, and later died, on Israelis or in clashes with Israe- mantra he would be seeking a "bet- ments finalize the changes, which while four bystanders were li security forces, according to Pal- ter deal" with the Cuban govern- may take "several months". wounded in the attacks, said the estinian figures. Philippine ment. "The new policy makes clear (AP) police. Israeli authorities, meanwhile, According to Israeli daily Ye- say almost 50 Israelis have been communist dioth Ahronoth, two Palestinians killed in attacks carried out by Pal- opened fire on a group of border estinians over the same period. rebels call for UN mediator police stationed on East Jerusa- (BBC) pause in fighting targets fresh Syria The communist rebel group's peace negotiating panel on Sat- talks for July 10 urday advised its armed wing not to carry out attacks against gov- ernment security forces to allow TOKYO -- Seven U.S. Navy sail- collision injured the vessel "above them to concentrate against ors are missing following a colli- and below the water line, causing Daesh-linked terrorists in Ma- sion between the USS Fitzgerald significant damage," the 7th Fleet rawi City on the island of Min- and a merchant vessel off the coast said. The Fitzgerald, an Arleigh danao. The National Democrat- of Japan, CBS News national se- Burke-class guided missile de- ic Front of the Philippines curity correspondent David Mar- stroyer commissioned in 1995, is (NDFP), which represents the tin reports. A spokesman for the based in Yokosuka, according to Communist Party of the Philip- 7th Fleet said U.S. and Japanese the Navy. Its crew typically in- pnes (CPP) and the New Peo- aircraft continue to search for the cludes 23 officers, 24 chief petty ple's Army (NPA), in peace talks missing sailors. The collision oc- officers and 291 enlisted sailors. with the government, made the curred at 2:30 a.m. local time about The Fitzgerald's captain, recommendation and reiterated 56 nautical miles off the coast of Cmdr. Bryce Benson, was airlift- its previous declaration that it Yokosuka, Japan, which is home ed to the U.S. Naval Hospital in stands firmly with the govern- to the 7th Fleet. The seven sailors Yokosuka and was in stable condi- ment in opposing and fighting were thought to have been thrown tion, the 7th Fleet said in a state- terrorism. "For all forces to be into the sea or possibly trapped ment. Two other crew suffered able to concentrate against inside damaged sections of the de- cuts and bruises and were evacu- Maute, the Abu Sayyaf and An- stroyer, said Japanese coast guard ated, it said. It was unclear how sar al-Khilafah Philippines spokesman Yoshihito Nakamura. many others may have been hurt. groups, the NDFP has recom- The Fitzgerald was struck by The Fitzgerald had limited propul- mended to the CPP to order all the Philippine-registered contain- sion after suffering damage on the other NPA units in Mindanao to er ship ACX Crystal. The Philip- right side below the water line and refrain from carrying out offen- The United Nations special medi- September." pine ship is 29,060 tons and 730 a U.S. defense official said there sive operations against the ator for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, De Mistura said earlier this long, the coast guard said, much was flooding in three compart- Armed Forces of the Philippines wants to start a fresh round of talks week such talks would depend on larger than the 8,315-ton naval de- ments. It wasn't clear yet what and Philippine National Police," between Syrian factions on July the progress made in setting up stroyer. Aerial television news caused the nighttime collision be- Fidel Agcaoili, chief negotiator 10, his office said on Saturday. "de-escalation" zones in Syria, footage showed its bow on the left tween the destroyer and the con- E-commerce giant Amazon is buy- firm also forecasts Amazon's share of the NDFP, said in a statement Since a resumption of negotia- where over six years of conflict side was dented and scraped, but tainer ship four times its size. ing the high-end Whole Foods gro- of retail business to reach 50 per- posted on the communist front's tions last year, there have been have killed more than 400,000 peo- it did not appear to have suffered Most of the more than 200 sailors cery chain for $13.7 billion, the cent by 2021. For Amazon, the deal website. Maute is included on a multiple rounds brokered by the ple. any major structural damage. aboard would have been asleep in company announced in a statement also represents an opportunity to list, issued by the Philippines United Nations between represen- The Russian Foreign Ministry US Navy guided missile de- their berths, some of which were Friday. Amazon will pay $42 a extend its business from online re- Defense Department, of sus- tatives of Syrian rebels or the gov- said on Tuesday that talks between stroyer USS Fitzgerald arrves at reportedly flooded. The Navy, share for Whole Foods stocks and tail to physical stores. With some pected members of Daesh-linked ernment of Bashar al-Assad, result- Russia, Turkey and Iran to discuss its mother port US Naval Yokosu- Japanese maritime defense vessels the company's net debt. The trans- 430 Whole Foods stores across groups, including the Abu ing in scant progress. these zones would take place in ka Base, Kanagawa prefecture on and the coast guard were working action is estimated to be closed in the nation, Amazon is expected to Sayyaf, Ansar al-Khilafah "(De Mistura) wishes to an- the Kazakh city of Astana in early June 17, 2017. The area is partic- to stabilize the destroyer as it the second half of the year after make local deliveries faster via its groups and the Bangsamoro Is- nounce he will convene a seventh July. ularly busy with sea traffic, said headed to shore, said Navy chief gaining approval from U.S. regula- grocery delivery service Amazon- lamic Freedom Fighters. (AFP) round of the intra-Syrian talks in Russia and Iran back Assad Yutaka Saito of the coast guard. Adm. John Richardson. "Right tors and Whole Foods' stockhold- Fresh. Amazon had more than 300 Geneva. The target date for arriv- against rebels supported by West- Japanese vessels first arrived on now we are focused on two things: ers. After the announcement, Am- million users as of February. The al of invitees is July 9, with the ern powers, while both sides, aid- the scene and the coast guard is the safety of the ship and the well- azon shares rose 3.7 percent to deal is expected to benefit Whole UN envoy round beginning on July 10," it said ed by Sunni powers such as Saudi leading the search. U.S. aircraft is being of the sailors," said Adm. $999.5 on Wall Street, while Whole Foods as well. The firm announced in an emailed statement. Arabia, fight against Islamic State assisting in the effort, along with Scott Swift, commander of the Foods stock price soared 28 per- in February that it was closing nine urges North "He intends to convene further militants. several Japanese helicopters and U.S. Pacific Fleet. cent to $42.15 a share. The deal is stores and it scrapped the plan to rounds of talks in August and in (AP) one plane, the 7th Fleet said. The (CBSNEWS) expected to provide Amazon a open some 1,200 stores nation- Korea to strong introduction into the $800 wide, due to weak financial results. billion U.S. grocery market, where The company saw its net in- retail giant Walmart is increasingly come decline by almost 40 percent explain why feeling the pressure from Amazon's for the quarter ending Jan. 15, com- online retail business. Amazon's pared to the same period a year freed US man market share of the U.S. retail sec- ago. Whole Foods, which special- tor last year was estimated at 34 izes in natural/organic foods, will is in coma percent, while Walmart came sec- continue to operate under its brand ond with 5 percent, according to name after the deal, according to A United Nations human rights Needham & Company's research the statement. investigator called on North in April. The asset management (AFP) Korea on Friday to explain why Chinese prosecutors have filed allegations of loan fraud and an American student was in a new lawsuits against employ- bill acceptance, Xinhua added. coma when he was returned ees of firms connected to fugi- In this case, Guo together with home this week after more than tive Guo Wengui, the official senior staff in Henan Yuda is a year in detention there. Otto Xinhua news agency said on alleged to have fraudulently ICC calls for arrest of Warmbier, 22, has a severe brain Saturday, as Beijing turns up obtained loans and bill accep- injury and is in a state of "unre- the pressure on the tycoon at tance totalling 1.5 billion yuan sponsive wakefulness", his Ohio the centre of a feud with the from seven banks by setting up Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi doctors said on Thursday. His ruling Communist Party. shell companies and fabricat- family said he had been in a coma Chinese-born Guo, now ing contracts and projects, ac- The International Criminal Court any other country should arrest the since March 2016, shortly after based in New York, has un- cording to Xinhua. has called for the arrest of just a suspects and prosecute them as he was sentenced to 15 years' leashed a deluge of corruption Guo did not immediately re- week after he was released by the soon as possible. hard labour in North Korea. allegations against high-level spond to requests for comment Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Brigade in (CNN) "While I welcome the news of Communist Party officials and from Reuters. However, he has Libya, agencies have reported. Mr Warmbier's release, I am very is facing multiple lawsuits in a previously said the main pur- Muammar Gaddafi’s son is on the concerned about his condition, number of different jurisdic- pose of legal cases against him wanted list along with Al-Tihami and the authorities have to pro- tions. was to paint him as a criminal, Mohamed Khalid, the former chief vide a clear explanation about Prosecutors in the northern bolstering an Interpol global of internal security during the rule what made him slip into a coma," city of Dalian on Friday filed a "red notice" for his arrest, is- of the late Libyan dictator. Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N. lawsuit against some staff of sued at Beijing's request in According to Libya’s Al-Wa- special rapporteur on human Beijing Pangu Investment on April. sat Gate, when ICC Chief Prose- rights in the Democratic People's suspicion of misappropriation The move comes after the cutor Fatou Bensouda was in- Republic of Korea (DPRK), said of funds, Xinhua said citing Dalian Xigang People's Court formed of Gaddafi’s release by the in a statement issued in Geneva. judicial sources. in China's northeastern Liaon- militia she called for the reports to Warmbier, from a Cincinatti Guo is accused of misap- ing province on Friday handed be verified. While this is going on, suburb, was arrested for trying propriating 400 million yuan, down prison sentences on three she has instigated measures to iden- while staff at Beijing Pangu In- employees, Lu Tao, Xie Hong- tify Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi’s where- to steal an item bearing a propa- vestment are alleged to have lin and Yang Ying, who were ganda slogan, North Korean me- abouts. The ICC official has called assisted the act by forging first detained in early 2015. Xie nese-language political gossip In New York, he faces defa- on the Libyan authorities, the UN dia reported. On Thursday, documents, said Xinhua. On and Yang's sentences were North Korea said that it had re- site Mingjing News on Friday mation lawsuits from aviation- Security Council (which turned the the same day in Kaifeng City in wholly suspended. night, which lasted more than to-financial services conglom- case over to the ICC), all states leased him "on humanitarian Henan province, prosecutors Guo has disputed the facts four hours, the Chinese-born erate HNA Group, property de- grounds". filed a suit against Guo-con- of the Dalian case. party to the Rome Statute and oth- (Reuters) businessman said the legal veloper SOHO China, and er countries to help in this case. trolled Henan Yuda Real Estate In a live-streamed online in- cases were designed to silence prominent journalist Hu Shuli. Bensouda said that Libya or company and its employees on terview with U.S.-based Chi- him. (Reuters) SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir Graphic-Designers: Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada context of permanent activity. to powerful, potentially disruptive By Iason Athanasiadis Soon, turning on the computer or constituencies numbering in the hun- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: fishing your phone out of your pock- dreds of millions? What ethical fron- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Iason Athanasiadis is an award-winning et will no longer be a precondition tiers will humanity trespass upon photojournalist who covers the Middle East. to being online. once the elites can afford to engi- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Real and virtual escape routes neer selves or descendants immune As millions of people - mostly to disease and fatigue? Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 old reality, writes Athanasiadis [Get- older, unskilled monolinguals - find Make elections great again Jobs are disappearing, incomes re- ty] themselves thrust into a world where As the dominant economic sys- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press treating, the precariat growing. Nanobot implants will connect they are nothing but surplus or col- tem first shoves millions of people Thousands of people risk their lives journalists to the internet, allowing lateral damage in the ongoing tech- to the margins of society, then in stormy seas to flee wars, mori- them to dispense with cameras and nological sprint, they may come to sweeps them off its edge, we must bund economies and climate change use their own eyes and ears to film depend on another two, just-round- recognise that new technologies will The constitution says on a daily basis. Traditional politi- interviews, or perform real-time the-corner innovations to cushion be used to radically transform the cians continue to avoid publicly ad- background checks on people they their obsolescence: a Universal Ba- already dysfunctional way in which dressing the tsunami of unemploy- have just met. Soldiers will view aeri- sic Income (UBI) providing partic- we conduct our economic, ecologi- Article 154: ment, apparently baffled as to how al perspectives of the complex ipants, whether employed or not, cal and electoral affairs: both con- to react to a historic transition: the they're about to assault, streamed with a guaranteed salary; and the structively (Blockchain can replace Article One Hundred Fifty-Four: The wealth of the President, Vice- automation of critical masses of la- from hovering drones, while sup- seductively immersive worlds of Vir- quadrennial elections and conduct Presidents, Ministers, members of the Supreme Court as well as the bour once performed by humans. porting engineers thousands of miles tual Reality (VR). As AI increasing- hack-proof referendums on a myri- Five acronyms - AI, AR, VR, BC away broadcast 3D immersive de- ly autonomises formerly human- ad of issues affecting us) and destruc- Attorney General, shall be registered, reviewed and published prior to and UBI - promise to shape the de- signs of the complex and its occu- managed objects like cars and fac- tively (the psychological damage veloped world's future and solve the pants direct to the soldiers' vision. tory assembly lines, it displaces not caused by absolute immersion into and after their term of office by an organ established by law. problems of the present. In the pro- Later, the soldiers themselves will only millions of workers employed virtual worlds more attractive to cess, however, these innovations be replaced by agile robots, as the in repetitive jobs like driving and their users than their jobless reali- risk transforming the world around debate over the permissibility of le- assembling products, writes Athana- ties; how human psychology is re- us, and upsetting humanity's very thal killing machines is won by those siadis [Getty] defined when work is no longer the definition of itself. Artificial Intel- arguing for using them against con- UBI is already a thing, with tri- defining motivation in one's exist- ligence (AI) is a series of algorithms veniently dehumanised "terrorists". als running on all continents aside ence; or the potential for AI to au- designed to improve the perfor- The element of surprise or enchant- from Australia and Antarctica. Swit- tonomously advance in threatening mance of robots by making it possi- ment in everyday life - as indispens- zerland put the idea to referendum directions to humanity). ble for them to learn from their sur- able a part of being human as miss- last year, but its wealthy citizens Virtual Reality is poised to go roundings. As AI increasingly auton- ing someone or feeling melancholy rejected it for fear that introducing mainstream this year [Getty] omises formerly human-managed - will be even further retrenched, a guaranteed income would lead to At a time of ecological melt- objects like cars and factory assem- replaced by accumulating, awkward the country being overrun by immi- down, it is worth taking two steps bly lines, it displaces not only mil- time-outs: motionless figures in pub- grants. UBI contains several dan- back and questioning whether the lions of workers employed in repet- lic spaces, apparently present, but gers, including the risk of hardening planet can sustain eight billion peo- itive jobs like driving and assembling absorbed in a private, incommuni- our societies' current inequality into ple aspiring to a consumerist life- products, but white-collar employ- cable world. Soon, turning on the an irreversible orthodoxy, or being style and an economic system pre- ees, too. With the Internet of Things computer or fishing your phone out used as a pretext to scrap state-pro- mised on devouring natural resourc- expanding into the physical realm, of your pocket will no longer be a vided health services and other es. How can the extraordinarily you'll find yourself encountering AI- precondition to being online. Po- forms of welfare. Finally, there is powerful technological tools cur- enhanced objects more often, espe- tentially, the greatest game-chang- VR, the most widely-available of all rently in development be leveraged cially in service industries. Replac- er is Blockchain (BC). It leverages these technologies. Hailed as a real- to reduce the inequality that has ing humans with robotic transac- the power of an online distributed ity-suspending innovation exceed- only increased in the Internet Era, tions delivered in unthreatening lilts, ledger system in creating an all-en- ing even the invention of the mov- while minimising our impact on the AI will further contribute to our de- compassing, entirely interconnect- ing image, it is poised to go main- environment? Holding this debate socialisation, and feed the self-ab- ed digital grid that can be used to stream this year. But despite the siz- is hardly in the interest of those sorption and narcissism fuelled by assess participants on a staggering zling pace of change, there is no making wild, tax-free savings by sub- Internet-powered consumerism. tally of issues. Though open to au- apparent sense of urgency, no panic stituting machines for humans. So Augmented Reality (AR) will thoritarian abuse, this tool would at how quickly we are hurtling to- it's unsurprising that the kind of pol- he Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but in Afghani overlay information onto the na- also enable individuals to delink wards our future. Even as we start iticians supported by transnational stan is famous by its Arabic language acronym Daesh. The ked world, earning its wearers so- themselves from the arbitrariness of checking into fully-automated ho- business lobbies continue misleading cial, professional and other edges the nation-state organising princi- tels, being transported by driverless their constituencies with feel-good group is widely known for its video of beheading civilians and over those sticking to the boring ple. BC could be used to assess our cars, and even choosing robots for narratives that appeal to two shriv- old reality. Soon, augmenting your environmental footprint more sexual and spiritual succour, the voic- elling realities: national, religious and military. The group is brutal in every front. They are engaged in surroundings will become as essen- completely than is now possible and es of those questioning how such ethnic identities that are increasingly destruction activity in Afghanistan in these years that killed and wound- tial as a cellphone if you want to opens the door to new forms of de- scarce public debate can mark such irrelevant in our globalised world, participate in employed living. Pro- mocracy, the abolition of banks and momentous innovations appear and the illusory promise of a return ed a large number of civilians. The presence of Daesh is really a great jectors and screens will be done away other intermediaries, and a new glo- puny and drowned-out by the digital to 20th century-style economic as spreadsheets and calendars are bal taxation system based not on tumult. health. hazard. Killing, abduction, suicide attack, beheading, and other evil "shared" with colleagues during work our income but our impact on Plan- Does anyone ask what the so- As long as critical masses of action is their common practice—needs to be halted through any meetings by superimposing them et Earth. Supplementary technolo- cial consequences of discarding sig- voters continue imbibing narratives over reality. Augmented Reality gies such as ambient computing - nificant sections of society for be- of self-actualised, empowered indi- ways and means. To stop the group’s evil practice, the security forc- (AR) will overlay information onto always-on, hands-off computing pe- ing less efficient than robots are? vidualism we will not be able to hon- the naked world, earning its wearers ripherals that allow speech-powered How will those who cannot adapt estly debate what consequences tech- es have to lunch operation against the group nationwide, targeting social, professional and other edges typing and automatic forms of iden- react to the realisation that, rather nology is bringing upon us. them from air and ground. The brave Afghan security forces are over those sticking to the boring tification - will be premised on a than failed individuals, they belong (Aljazeera) already fighting the group, but the unfortunate point is that despite operation they (Daesh) are getting enlarge. The Afghan masses are deepest concern over increasing of Daesh fighters and its threat in eastern Nangarhar and some other provinces. Despite dropping of ‘Mother of All Bombs’ (MoAB) on the head of Daesh militants— they are increasing in Nangarhar instead to remove. It is irrational to say that MoAB was a good step in fight against Daesh. Biggest sparing the rod will only spoil the to laws, attitudes and practices to diate need to set up an effective By Hammad Asif child. In 2013, Plan Pakistan con- protect our children. It is impor- monitoring system. The code of bombe used in Achin district to eliminate Daesh, at somehow gov- ducted a study in which a ghastly 67 tant for us to move ahead with conduct for teachers and profession- ernment also said that Daesh is in the run, but these are baseless Child abuse is endemic in Pakistan. per cent of the teachers agreed that changing attitudes before pursuing als working with children or for chil- From one corner of society to an- physical punishment is necessary for legal reforms because changes in the dren must also include the prohibi- claims. Daesh is getting more and more powerful in Afghanistan. We other, all are at the brink of horrific most children. This is a total disre- law alone cannot guarantee protec- tion of corporal punishment. We abuse and punishment towards chil- gard of the psychological impact of tion of children. However, we can have to move forward with the pro- should not ignore it. Still there is time to conduct a massive opera- dren. This seems to happen because fear of corporal punishment on a effectively safeguard the rights of hibition of corporal punishment tion against the group, before it becomes cancer. At some stage, they can get away with it. From the child as long as it disciplines them. our children through a comprehen- agenda because our children need to cleric who feels no shame in break- Even parents agree that beating chil- sive information campaign in the be protected. It is no longer accept- Daesh is trying to cut off Kabul-Jalalabad’s highway and that’s why ing the teeth of a ten-year-old girl. dren is justified and this is why cor- absence of any legal cover. It is nec- able to let alarmingly brutal inci- From teachers who can push their poral punishment is extensively essary to raise the social status of dents of violence against children it focusing on Nangarhar a lot. To do so, the Daesh captured Tora student off the top floor of a school used as a disciplinary measure in both children and discard violence as a to recur in our society. We are party Bora after heavy clashes with the Taliban insurgents. They (Daesh) building. To the countless monsters our homes and schools. The biggest tool to discipline them. Our soci- to the UN Convention on the that assault children, break their disappointment comes from the ety’s relationship with children is Rights of the Child. Article 19 of have seized a strategic area in Pachirawgam district of eastern Nan- bones and leave them paralysed. It state itself, which declares hitting a marred by legal clauses that allow the Convention on the Rights of is common for us to come across child as lawful. Article 89 of the them to be subjected to violent pun- the Child clearly states that a child garhar province after fierce clashes with the Taliban rivals. Hundreds stories of corporal punishment that Penal Code 1860 provides a legal ishment. It overlooks them as hu- must be “protected from all forms of families have been fled the area after it comes to the control of are inhumane even with our degrad- defence for the person imparting man beings and rights holders. The of physical and mental violence ed standards of human and child corporal punishment in good faith state has to become a responsible while in the care of parents and oth- Daesh militants. It is an important place as al-Qaeda leader, Osama rights. These stories demand an end for the benefit of anyone less than party in ensuring protection of chil- ers.” We have to protect our chil- to corporal punishment. Something twelve years of age, or of unsound dren, their rights and their status as dren by employing a multi-pronged Bin Laden hided himself here after US kicked off its mission in 2001. must change because there are count- mind. In these settings two things human beings. As a matter of urgen- strategy that shapes up public atti- less stories that don’t make it to are more than clear. First, a child in cy, the state should repeal section tudes, informs all stakeholders, le- Indeed, the militants have captured a very strategy area, and can be news but permanently imbue vio- Pakistan has no legal protection 89 of the Penal Code of 1860 and gally prohibits corporal punishment, taken as another opportunity for the group to establish its shelter. lence in children to be passed down from torture at home and school. prohibit all forms of corporal pun- and monitors everyone who deals over generations. The problem is Second, overhauling reforms are ishment in all settings. In addition with our children. The area has been covered by thick forests and caves that make a we are a society that believes that needed to make necessary changes to legal reforms, there is an imme- (Tribune) little difficult for the Afghan security forces to recapture it. But, there is no doubt on the capability of the Afghan security forces, and defiantly will bring Tora Bora back under control. The evil goal of the group is to use Tora Bora as its headquarters and threat other parts of the country from there. The government has to response immediately aimed at reducing Daesh fighters in several pieces in a bid to take control of the strategic area as soon as possible. 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. SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By Roman Dobrokhotov were ready to agree to that, but By Raphael Tsavkko Garcia when they went to the city coun- cil, they were told that they This week, more than 1,700 peo- wouldn't be allowed to use a screen Raphael Tsavkko Garcia is a journalist and a ple have been arrested in Russia or any sound equipment. So they PhD candidate in Human Rights at the Univer- for taking part in anti-corruption immediately cut negotiations. Lat- sity of Deusto in Spain. protests. The geographical scope er the authorities went back on of the protests was vast - there their initial decision and announced have been arrests in dozens of that they would allow the demon- "based on the mistaken understand- Russian cities, from Vladivostok strators to have a screen and sound In the midst of a global refugee cri- ing that an amnesty would have re- in the Far East to Kaliningrad on equipment. So negotiations were sis, Brazilian congress has approved duced the discretion of the Brazil- a new migration law, considered ini- the Baltic Sea. Beside its breadth, back on the table. However, a day ian State". Ventura adds that she what is also significant about this before the planned demo, the con- tially by many specialists as a break- believes that the Federal Senate will through. Yet, after the bill was unan- latest mass demonstration is that tractor who was supposed to pro- not overturn the vetoes of the pres- ugees in the past couple of years. the severe suppression of the pre- vide the sound equipment, the imously approved by the National ident as the current political envi- According to the National Commit- Congress in May, pressure from vious one in March, when many stage, and the screen, called in and ronment in the country and the tee for Refugees, in 2015, Brazil wel- of the protesters were slammed said he wouldn't be able to deliver right-wing politicians, the security threats of impeachment against comed 1,700 Syrian refugees - mak- forces, and extreme right-wing ac- with heavy fines and criminal them because of orders "from Michel Temer would not allow for ing it the country hosting the high- charges, did not really stop any- above". So then Navalny an- tivists forced President Michel Te- the necessary pressure to be applied. est number of Syrian refugees in Lat- mer to disfigure the law into some- in America. While the influence of one from joining. On the contrary, nounced that there would not be a So it is widely expected for the law, a number of Russian cities that pre- thing unrecognisable by vetoing sev- in its amended form, to come in to Islam in Brazil has been growing vis- stage at the square and told pro- eral items in it. The new Migration force in approximately 180 days af- ibly in the last couple of years, it is viously did not participate in the testers to "go take a walk on Tver- Law will be replacing the previous ter a second confirmation in the not possible to talk about the "Is- protests joined in. This is not the skaya Street". Meanwhile, the Statute of the Foreigner, a bill in- senate. The amended final draft of lamisation" of the Latin American first time mass arrests and prose- authorities decided to deliver to the herited from the military dictator- the bill is a positive, albeit small, giant. cutions have taken place in recent designated square not only a stage ship, which among its other ills, step towards the right direction. Un- The 'terror' factor years. In response to the protest and sound equipment, but also treats any foreigner as a potential fortunately, it still differs little from The rise of the right-wing, Isla- wave of 2011-2012, Russian Pres- people to speak on it. That way threat - something quite odd con- the former Statute of the Foreigner mophobic discourse in Brazil coin- ident Vladimir Putin decided to state channels were able to shoot sidering Brazil is a nation built on in some key points, to the great cides with the implementation of an Trump’s tantrums "tighten the screws" on legal free- the scene and show to their view- the migration of peoples from dif- concern of experts. anti-terrorism law that had been sanc- doms. His government introduced ers that no one showed up to the ferent parts of the world. Under the The influence of the right wing tioned in March 2016 by the then repressive laws limiting the free- march. And this was just the be- new law, foreigners may find it eas- The original text of the migra- President Dilma Rousseff. Several dom of assembly, while the justice ier to deal with the unnerving bu- ginning of a bizarre surrealistic tion bill, which was approved unan- social movements and NGOs argued speak volumes system prosecuted a significant comedy. reaucracy of the Brazilian migrato- imously by the senate, faced enor- that the anti-terror law was too over- ry system. The bill also has several number of demonstrators. It The NKVD vs the Golden mous resistance from not only the reaching and that it can be used to seemed at that time that all these Horde precautions against discrimination Brazilian Armed Forces and the Fed- punish anyone taking part in peace- and xenophobia and it gives the measures helped; the protest im- In that very place and at the eral Police, but also fringe right-wing ful political demonstrations, but did petus diminished. In 2017, Putin very time when protesters were migrants the right to unionise and groups. Before the bill was put be- not succeed to halt its implementa- participate in political demonstra- tried the same method again. After supposed to gather (2pm at Tver- fore the Federal Senate in May, doz- tion. In July of that year, using the the protests in March, criminal skyaya Street), the city council tions. However, despite all these ens of protesters gathered at Paulis- powers granted to them by the con- positive qualities, after Temer's 20 proceedings were launched against organised a historical reconstruc- ta Avenue in Sao Paulo. They were troversial anti-terror law, security a significant number of protesters. vetoes, the law transformed into a forces arrested a group of 10 Brazil- tion so the whole place was full of chanting slogans against immigra- So young people who came out text focusing on national security tion, but most of their anger was ians who recently converted to Is- people wearing costumes of vari- rather than the rights of migrants. directed at Muslims. The demonstra- lam for allegedly plotting an Islamic into the streets on June 12 were ous epochs. Among them were For instance, Temer vetoed a part tion, which was small in numbers State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, well aware of the risk of arrest and people wearing the uniform of the of the proposed law that would have but big in its impact, was organised also known as ISIS) attack. The evi- prosecution. And yet they came People's Commissariat for Inter- granted Brazilian indigenous popu- by the members of a fascist Face- dence presented during their trials out anyway. Two different nal Affairs (NKVD), the same or- lation the right to freely move over book group called "Direita Sao Pau- showed that the suspects' efforts were Medvedevs and two different Rus- gan that was responsible for mass national borders. Another veto by lo" (Right-wing Sao Paulo). The highly amateurish and sloppy, but the sias repression in Stalinist times. When Temer opened the way for migrants group chanted slogans against what case nevertheless increased tensions It is quite interesting that both protesters started their march on that have been convicted of a crime By Ruth Marcus her allies, such as former attorney they called the "Islamisation" of the in the country. Later that year, the general Loretta Lynch, escape re- waves of protests (2011-12 and Tverskaya Street, the "NKVD in Brazil to be expelled from the country. They called Brazil's For- police arrested a further 15 suspects, 2017) were connected to Dmitry men" would detain them and hand country. According to Mauricio San- sponsibility. “Crooked H destroyed eign Affairs Minister Aloysio Nunes, as part of an operation dubbed "Hash- It’s come to this, on his 146th day phones w/ hammer, ‘bleached’ Medvedev. But these protests them over to the police. And in the toro, a professor of international who proposed the new migration tag", for allegedly plotting on social in office: The president, under in- were actually connected to two middle of this insane panopticon, relations at the Federal University emails, & had husband meet w/AG bill, a "traitor". They also called for media and on WhatsApp to commit vestigation for obstruction of jus- days before she was cleared- & they different Medvedevs and they different epochs merged into one of Rio de Janeiro, the vetoes "are and a military intervention and a terror acts. Eight of the suspects were tice, attacked his own deputy attor- significant and meet the pressures talk about obstruction?” Trump took place in two different Rus- place and time and unwittingly this new dictatorship in Brazil. As ex- eventually convicted and received ney general for orchestrating a tweeted. Yes, Mr. President, because sias. In 2011 Medvedev was asso- became a scene of profound sym- coming from the police and the pected, the protest was countered penalties ranging from five to 15 “witch hunt” against him. Some- military". Moreover, he says, they you are the president; she isn’t. Be- ciated with the "thaw", which bolism: The history of Russia is by left-wing activists and several years in jail. These convictions fu- times my role as a columnist is to cause as dumb and self-destructive mainly "affect sections of the law advise readers not to overreact, to promised changes and engaged the not just history of dictatorships people were arrested as a result of elled the right-wing anger towards as some of the Clintons’ conduct intelligentsia. The price of oil was and repressions, but also of unity relating to indigenous peoples, the the skirmish that ensued. The same Muslims, as well as the concerns of maintain perspective. Today my regularisation of immigrants who was, there was no evidence of ob- hitting record highs, the economy and liberation from an oppressive fascist group staged another small the state security apparatus. As a re- advice is to buckle up. Brace your- struction and, as Comey said, “no arrived in Brazil without adequate selves. I’m not sure for what, ex- was booming and the middle class yoke. The energy and audacity of demonstration in the following sult of the frenzy caused by these reasonable prosecutor” would bring was growing. That was the revo- these protests can be explained by documentation, and the possibility week, but this time they did not face convictions, Brazil's pre-existing actly. President Trump firing Rod J. of foreigners occupying public a case against her. The second, per- lution of cheated hope: When Pu- the fact that a new generation has any confrontation. Of course, these xenophobia and anti-migrant senti- Rosenstein or taking moves that haps even more deeply felt, aspect posts". demonstrations were not the sole ments met with Islamophobia, the would force the deputy attorney tin decided to come back for a third taken charge of them, a generation No amnesty or free healthcare of Trump’s victimhood involves his reason behind Temer's regressive fear of refugees from Muslim coun- general, and perhaps others, to quit? conviction that any investigation term, all of these people, desiring which does not know Russia be- Another heavily criticised veto vetos on the migration bill, but they tries and the fear of Brazilian youths Firing special counsel Robert S. change, felt cheated. The insolent fore Putin. Only in Moscow, ac- by Temer made healthcare, which is of him constitutes an unfair attack clearly showed that anti-migration being converted into a "foreign" re- Mueller III, whose probe has pushed by political enemies. “They made falsification of results of the par- cording to the official numbers, universal and free for Brazilians, not sentiments are becoming more vo- ligion to carry out terror acts. Brazil Trump to this frenzied state? Using liamentary elections gave the le- more than 130 minors were arrest- accessible for foreigners. The pres- up a phony collusion with the Rus- cal in the Brazilian society. Several is a country that historically wel- his pardon power in an effort to shut sians story, found zero proof, so now gitimate reason to go out in the ed during the protests, while the ident also vetoed a section of the politicians also jumped on the anti- comed refugees and migrants from down the investigation, on the the- streets. Today, it is the revolution majority of the detainees are up to law that would have allowed mi- they go for obstruction of justice migration bandwagon and criticised all over the world and built a nation- ory that Mueller would then have on the phony story,” he tweeted. of desperation. And Medvedev is 25 years of age. They don't watch grants to work as public servants. the proposed migration law for be- al identity based on the juxtaposi- nothing left to probe? Pardoning now associated not with a "thaw" TV and they choose their sources Under the amended proposal, a for- “You are witnessing the single great- ing too migrant friendly. For exam- tion of different cultures. Brazil did himself, a move of contested legal- est WITCH HUNT in American but with pervasive corruption. The of information on their own; they eigner's chances of becoming a pub- ple, Jair Bolsonaro, a representative not reach to this "melting pot" sta- ity that even Richard Nixon balked protests were triggered by an in- are therefore immune to the tradi- lic servant are heavily restricted. political history — led by some very from the state of Rio de Janeiro and tus without going through conflicts, at? Facing impeachment proceed- bad and conflicted people!” Where vestigation into Medvedev's al- tional Kremlin propaganda. And "The justification for the veto in possible presidential candidate in the tensions and setbacks, but today this ings, however unlikely that may be this case was not only discriminato- to start with the distorted thinking leged corrupted practices pub- beside that, young people in gen- 2018 elections, released a series of multiculturalism, this ability to rec- with a Republican-controlled Con- exhibited in these tweets? On collu- lished by opposition leader Alexei eral are braver, less likely to com- ry, but also biased," says Juliana Vi- videos and statements against the ognise the country's diverse ances- gress? torino, a professor of International sion, Trump is, at best, premature; Navalny. The economic prosperi- promise and less susceptible to original version of the draft law say- try, is part of what means to be a That any of these seem within there is not “zero proof” but a con- Relations from University Center the realm of possibility is the mea- ty Russians once enjoyed is all but cynicism. The Kremlin's propa- ing "Brazilians will face the conse- Brazilian. The new Migration Law tinuing investigation into campaign a fading memory, while the Krem- ganda was never successful in in- Estacio of Recife. She adds that, in quences of the inconsequence that was initially drafted to ease the pres- sure of how unsettled, and unsettling, its amended form, the new law of and transition contacts between lin stopped feigning moderation. creasing people's trust in the po- will be voted". Bolsonaro has the sure coming from different social ac- this moment is. Actually, that’s an Trump associates and Russian oper- migration agrees with the general understatement. This situation is All the talk about common values litical elite, but it has managed to support of several fringe right-wing tors, NGOs, political and human atives — contacts that Trump aides with the West and liberalism has destroy trust in opposition lead- spirit of the Statue of the Foreigner. rights activists regarding the grave alarming in a way I have never ex- groups and he is rapidly growing in have consistently minimized if not now been replaced with an aggres- ers and cultivate apolitical atti- "It does not stray too far from the the polls. With a population over condition of migrants' rights in Bra- perienced in almost four decades Statue of the Foreigner, regarding lied about directly. As to obstruc- sive campaign to "expose the fifth tudes and cynicism. But today it 200 million, the number of mi- zil. Yet it faced opposition from forc- here. I am not alone. “The message tion, Trump’s wounds are entirely the continuity of legislation that grants in Brazil is just below two es within the state, as well as right- the president is sending through his column". The attitudes of the pro- is unable to do even the latter. At- presses more for control and securi- self-inflicted. He has seemed deter- million, constituting a mere 0.9 per- wing groups and ended up disfigured. tweets is that he believes the rule of mined — frantic, really — to see testers also have changed. In the tempts to taint Navalny and other ty bias." International law profes- cent of the total population. The The amended final draft of the bill is law doesn’t apply to him and that winter of 2011-2012, the opposi- leaders of the protests have not sor Deisy Ventura, from the Uni- that the case against fired national number of migrants from Muslim a positive, albeit small, step towards anyone who thinks otherwise will security adviser Michael Flynn is tion marches seemed like a festive produced any reaction among the versity of Sao Paulo, says Temer's countries is even more minuscule, the right direction. Unfortunately, it be fired,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D- walk: People were smiling, walk- youth other than new sarcastic most problematic veto to the new dropped. If you credit Comey’s as not a single Muslim country still differs little from the former Calif.) said in a statement Friday. sworn account over Trump’s news ing around with creative posters memes on social media. The at- migration law was to the article 188, makes it into the list of the top 10 Statute of the Foreigner in some key “That’s undemocratic on its face and children. The majority of those tempt of the Kremlin to get into which was originally designed to conference denials, Trump demand- countries which migrants to Brazil points, to the great concern of ex- and a blatant violation of the pres- ed Comey’s loyalty; pressed him to demos were permitted by the au- memes and spread its own only grant amnesty to migrants who ar- come from. It is not to say that perts. ident’s oath of office.” Trump had thorities and were not violently confused people. Of course, the rived in Brazil before June 6, 2016 drop the case against Flynn; and Brazil did not receive a number of (Aljazeera) a moment this week when he rose eventually fired Comey himself be- dispersed. Today there is no fes- fact that the first attempt to sup- without necessary documents. Ac- Muslim, and specifically Syrian, ref to the occasion, however fleeting- tive mood or speeches and the pro- cording to Ventura, the veto was cause of his handling of “this Russia press the "youth revolution" was ly. After the shooting at the Repub- thing.” testers are much more resolute not successful doesn't mean that lican congressional baseball practice, As Comey might say, no rea- about their cause. The energy and Putin's regime is doomed and will the president struck the right note sonable prosecutor would fail to in- audacity of these protests can be fall soon. We know many exam- of calming unity: “We do well, in vestigate in these circumstances. explained by the fact that a new ples when much bigger protests times like these, to remember that What Trump derides as a “phony everyone who serves in our nation’s generation has taken charge of that relied on the youth were sti- witch hunt” is the legal system work- them, a generation which does not fled by state regimes (Iran, Egypt, LETTER TO THE EDITOR capital is here because, above all, ing as it should. they love our country.” Love was know Russia before Putin. Indica- Turkey). But it is also true that Attorney General Jeff Sessions tive of this was the way the nego- the current level of repression not so much on the president’s mind needed to recuse himself. Rosenstein the rest of the week. He went after tiations with the Moscow author- doesn't work and won't work. So needed to name a special counsel. ities were conducted to obtain per- as presidential elections are fast “obstructionist” Democrats; “cow- And Mueller needs to pursue the in- ardly” James B. Comey, the fired mission to hold the march. In the approaching, Putin is facing a pain- Empowering women vestigation, impartially and fearless- beginning, the authorities said that FBI director; and the “Fake News ly, to its logical end. That Trump ful dilemma. He will have to either Media .?.?. so wrong and so dirty.” now feels the need to attack sea- they were ready to coordinate with tighten the screws even more and Women in Afghanistan have always faced different challenges such as poverty, joblessness, unsatisfactory But mostly, as reports about his le- soned prosecutors for simply doing the demonstrators, but that they try the resilience of the youth, or access to education and healthcare services, early marriages and social taboos. Due to these factors they gal peril multiplied, Trump became their jobs speaks volumes — and says would be allowed to gather only at surprise everyone and play the remained unable to play prominent role and compete with women of the neighboring countries. They have increasingly worked up about the nothing reassuring about the lengths a square relatively far from the city "successor" game again. The sec- to cross a long road to become self-sufficient. Based on report, in the field of business and investment in Mueller probe. He perceives him- to which Trump, for whom self-pres- centre; the request for a gathering ond option is still feasible, but it the past years, women only had five percent presence in the small and medium entrepreneurs. self as the ultimate victim — first ervation has always been the top on the main Tverskaya Street was seems that the first one is more The National Unity Government should accelerate steps to support Afghan businesswomen. Afghan of a double standard under which he priority, might eventually go. rejected. The organisers of the likely. businesswomen always criticize that the relevant authorities of not providing the required facilities. The is blamed while Hillary Clinton and (WP) demonstration (Navalny et al) (Aljazeera) government should increase the role of businesswomen in all sectors. Some of businesswomen don’t have male bread owners and left with no option but to support their families, the government should include them in every business opportunity. It is a stark fact that Afghanistan owns a large number of widows due to three decades of war. Agricultural, livestock and industry production have been the important business Jeff Sessions: Being soft on sentencing means indicators that women invested more than their capacity in the past 14 years and employed hundreds of other women. The government should generate small and medium enterprises for the Afghan businesswomen. These more violent crime. It’s time to get tough again. enterprises are a key economic driver of Afghanistan’s development. Nelofar Alizada, Kabul Afghanistan required by law. This was billed as an In 2015, the United States suffered United States suffered an average By Jeff Sessions effort to curb mass incarceration of the largest single-year increase in increase in murders of nearly 22 Drug trafficking is an inherently low-level offenders, but in reality it the overall violent crime rate since percent compared with the same violent business. If you want to col- covered offenders apprehended with 1991. And while defenders of the period from a year earlier. As U.S. lect a drug debt, you can’t, and don’t, large quantities of dangerous drugs. 2013 policy change point out that attorney general, I have a duty to Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must file a lawsuit in court. You collect it The result was that federal drug pros- crime rates remain low compared protect all Americans and fulfill the have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: by the barrel of a gun. For the ap- ecutions went down dramatically — with where they were 30 years ago, president’s promise to make Amer- [email protected] proximately 52,000 Americans who from 2011 to 2016, federal prose- they neglect to recognize a disturb- ica safe again. Last month, after died of a drug overdose in 2015, drug cutions fell by 23 percent. Mean- ing trend that could reverse decades weeks of study and discussion with a trafficking was a deadly business. Yet while, the average sentence length of progress: Violent crime is rising host of criminal-justice participants, in 2013, subject to limited excep- for a convicted federal drug offend- across the country. According to data I issued a memorandum to all feder- tions, the Justice Department or- er decreased 18 percent from 2009 from the FBI, there were more than al prosecutors regarding charging and Disclaimer: dered federal prosecutors not to in- to 2016. Before that policy change, 15,000 murders in the United States sentencing policy that once again clude in charging documents the the violent crime rate in the United in 2015, representing a single-year authorizes prosecutors to charge amount of drugs being dealt when States had fallen steadily for two increase of nearly 11 percent across offenses as Congress intended. This The views and opinions expressed in the articles are the actual amount was large enough decades, reaching half of what it was the country. That was the largest two-page guidance instructs prose- those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or to trigger a mandatory minimum in 1991. Within one year after the increase since 1971 . The increase cutors to apply the laws on the books sentence. Prosecutors were required Justice Department softened its ap- in murders continued in 2016. Pre- to the facts of the case in most cas- opinions of the Afghanistan Times. to leave out objective facts in order proach to drug offenders, the trend liminary data from the first half of es, and allows them to exercise dis- to achieve sentences lighter than of decreasing violent crime reversed. 2016 shows that large cities in the cretion where a strict application. SUNDAY. JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES The biggest danger to the Trump tax plan

The Libyan coastguard has rescued more than 900 African and Asian migrants attempting to reach Eu- rope, a navy spokesman said on Saturday. "A coastguard patrol from Zawiya (west of Tripoli) inter- T u r kish m ilitar y cepted five inflatable boats and a wooden vessel carrying 906 mi- grants at dawn on Friday," Gener- al Ayoub Qassem said. base in Q atar a He added that 25 children and 98 women, including seven who President Donald Trump has made employers. By doing so, they were were pregnant, were among those sweeping proposals to change the able to convert would what have rescued. con cer n for Ar ab federal tax system, including some been taxable wage income into tax- "One of the rubber boats was provisions that would dramatical- free pass-through business income. holed and on the point of sinking, ly change the way that small busi- In response, lawmakers suddenly while the wooden one did not have nesses get taxed. However, there's found themselves with insufficient a motor," he said. states: E xper t a great deal of disagreement in tax revenue to fund their budget. People traffickers have ex- Washington even among Congres- Earlier this month, after multiple ploited the chaos in Libya since a sional Republicans regarding attempts to reverse the tax cuts, 2011 uprising toppled and killed Turkey’s military base in Qatar the region. causes strong concern among the Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain whether the backbone of Trump's Republican lawmakers overrode a strongman Moamer Kadhafi to small-business tax policy is sound. gubernatorial veto and by doing so boost their lucrative but deadly Arab countries, including Saudi and the UAE announced about Arabia, Turkish foreign policy ex- breaking their diplomatic relations Throwing more fuel on the fire is undid many of the previous chang- trade. the decision from the Republican- es. (AFP) pert Timucin Mercanoglu told with Qatar June 5, accusing Doha Trend. of supporting terrorist organiza- controlled legislature in Kansas to Will the Trump tax plan suf- “Turkey is one of the most tions and destabilizing the situa- roll back similar measures in that fer the same fate? important countries in the region, tion in the Middle East. Later, a state and effectively raise taxes, Currently, the president's lat- and Saudi Arabia should under- number of other countries also an- despite its having to override a veto est tax proposals look similar in stand that,” he said. nounced about severing diplomat- from Gov. Sam Brownback in or- many respects to what Kansas did. Saudi Arabia fears the US and ic relations with Qatar. der to do so. Many fear that the Lower standard deductions, sim- is suspicious of Turkey, according Commenting on this, Mercan- experience in Kansas could lead plified tax brackets, and favorable to the expert. oglu said he believes the US stands some to conclude that similar as- provisions for corporations and “Sooner or later, the Kingdom behind the Qatar crisis. pects of the Trump tax plan sim- small businesses all seem to hinge authorities will have to make a “The US wants to establish ply aren't worth the risk. on the idea that economic growth choice between the US and Tur- full control over the Arab coun- What happened in Kansas will more than make up for any key in the region,” said Mercano- tries to take the sale of oil and gas The Kansas tax changes date immediate reduction in tax reve- glu. He expressed confidence that to China into its own hands,” he back to 2012, when Brownback nue. Yet the same question remains the Turkish military base in Qatar added. advocated for tax changes that have whether individuals will just make is aimed at preserving stability in (Trend) several aspects in common with cosmetic changes in order to reap the Trump federal tax proposal. tax benefits without actually do- Among the provisions were tax ing any of the business investment IFAS executive committee simplification moves like raising that the plan counts on to work in the standard deduction, along with the long run. Reducing the federal business incentives like lowering tax rate on pass-through income created inAshgabat the corporate tax. In particular, to 15% would give high-income owner-operated businesses re- employees a huge incentive to An executive committee of the In- Berdimuhamedov noted that ceived a complete tax holiday, es- leave their jobs and create their ternational Fund for Saving the IFAS is a universal platform for sentially removing income taxes on own business entities. With cur- Aral Sea (IFAS) was created in interaction of regional countries for money received through pass- rent tax rates stretching as high as Turkmenistan, the Neutral Turk- overcoming the Aral Sea crisis and through entities like sole propri- 39.6%, the savings would be al- menistan newspaper reported June improving the environmental and etorships, partnerships, and many most 25 percentage points. Even 17. socio-economic situation in the limited liability companies. Advo- under the Trump tax plan, the dif- A corresponding decree was signed Aral Sea basin. cates for the proposal argued that ferential between 15% on pass- by IFAS president, President of Turkmenistan will be chairing the move would essentially pro- through businesses and 33% on Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Ber- the International Fund for Saving vide economic stimulus for busi- top-bracket regular income tax dimuhamedov at a government the Aral Sea in 2017-2019. nesses. The anticipated result was would provide a lot of reason for meeting. (Trend) that those businesses would have taxpayers to explore alternatives Palestinian Britain is on the more money to invest in growth to traditional employment -- with opportunities, leading to an eco- absolutely no intention to make nomic revival for Kansas that business-growing moves after- AnotherArmenian soldier Groups would help it keep up with neigh- ward. Meanwhile, the Trump plan verge of a political boring states like Colorado, Mis- wouldn't actually tie any of the tax killed on frontline souri, and Oklahoma. The positive savings to reinvesting money into DenyDaesh cycle would create more jobs, businesses. Indeed, by reducing the revolution spurring more business growth and tax rate, small business owners Another Armenian soldier was panorama.am. helping to reinvigorate the business would actually get less of an in- killed as a result of firing by the Azerbaijan’s Defense Minis- environment in the Sunflower centive from spending money in Azerbaijani army in response to try stated that five soldiers of the Claimof Britain’s general election has to British support for the Saudis’ State. Instead, the move gave Kan- ways that create immediate tax Armenian ceasefire violation. 20- Armenian armed forces were elim- changed everything. Over the past war on Yemen, which has killed sas businesses an incentive to take deductions, because the tax sav- year-old soldier Narek Gasparyan inated on June 16 on the line of two years since Jeremy Corbyn thousands of civilians. On Pales- advantage of the new tax rules. ings would be reduced. What many was fatally wounded at 09:40 on contact between Azerbaijani and Jerusalem was elected leader of the Labour tine, as I have argued elsewhere, Tens of thousands of new pass- people increasingly believe is that Saturday, APA reported citing Armenian troops. Party, history has been moving at the manifesto was by no means through business entities were cre- those who benefit would simply (AP) a frenetic pace. As events unfold, radical. While it did call for an end ated, but many of them were from pocket the extra cash, and there's it only seems to accelerate. The to the Israeli occupation, it offered former employees who simply nothing to prevent that from hap- Attack election may have not been won no concrete measures to hold Isra- shifted to an independent contrac- pening. outright by any one party, but does el to account. A good step in that tor relationship with their former (AP) anyone seriously doubt that the direction for the next Labour man- Turkmen Central Bank TEHRAN- Palestinian factions greatest loser was Theresa May ifesto would be to impose an im- denied on Saturday a claim by and that the biggest winner was mediate and full arms embargo on inks MoU with Germany’s Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) Jeremy Corbyn? Arraigned against Israel, something for which Cor- terrorist group that three Palestin- almost the entire political and me- byn has expressed support in the IS holds 100,000 ian men who carried out a fatal dia establishment, the Labour Par- past. May is now trying to nego- SBFIC shooting and stabbing attack in ty’s most left-wing leader ever tiate a deal with a hard-right party Jerusalem (Al-Quds) were mem- pulled off stunning gains, with a in Northern Ireland, which has a civilians in Iraq: UN A memorandum of understanding system and vocational training. bers of Daesh. Daesh took respon- net increase of 30 seats for Labour long history of links to violent ex- (MoU) was signed in Berlin be- Cooperation with the Founda- sibility for the attack on Friday, in MPs compared to the previous tremist groups. Even this support tween the Central Bank of Turk- tion started in 2012 when an SBF- which one Israeli police officer was election in 2015; the ruling Con- from the Democratic Unionist Par- menistan and German Savings IC delegation paid its first visit to killed and another wounded, ac- servative Party, whose leader ty will leave her with at best a ra- Banks Foundation for Internation- Turkmenistan. Since its foundation cording to the group's Amaq news called the election, actually lost 13 zor-thin majority when trying to al Cooperation (SBFIC), the Turk- in 1992, the SBFIC has supported agency. Israeli security officials did seats. Corbyn’s insurgent cam- pass any new legislation. The po- men Dovlet Habarlary state news financial institutions in various not respond immediately to re- paign managed to capture 40 per tential “confidence and supply” service said June 17. The document countries, as well as small and quests for comment on what the cent of the popular vote. He won arrangement — which Corbyn has is aimed at deepening the coopera- medium enterprises. SITE intelligence monitoring group back enough seats to snatch away already ironically dubbed a “coali- tion in strengthening of financial (Akpress) described as the first time Daesh May’s parliamentary majority, tion of chaos” after May’s own had claimed responsibility for an making her position increasingly slogan aimed at Labour — seems attack in Israeli-controlled territo- untenable the longer she stays in unlikely to endure in the long term. ry, nor on the attackers' affiliation. Downing Street. The Labour Par- Nevertheless, thanks to the sup- However, a senior official from ty manifesto put forward some port of the Christian Zionist fa- Uzbekistan starts shopping radical departures from Conserva- natics of the DUP, Theresa May GENEVA: IS terrorist group is shields,” Geddo added, "so that the Hamas and the People's Front for holding more than 100,000 civil- Iraqi security forces and its coali- the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) tive doctrine on international af- looks set to remain as prime min- fairs of war and peace; it promised ister for the time being. However, ians as human shields in the old tion partners slow down combat, for Kazakh weaponry said the three attackers, who were city of Mosul in Iraq, said a UN in order to avoid civilian casual- all shot dead at the scene, were to “end support for unilateral ag- another general election seems like- gressive wars of intervention.” ly within a year or maybe even official on Friday. “More than ties". Iraqi forces, backed by air Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have stan President Islam Karimov, who their own members, Reuters re- 100,000 civilians are still being held cover from a U.S.-led coalition, are ported. "The three hero martyrs This is a radical departure too, from less, depending on the pace of steadily begun to build military kept all of his neighbors at arms' the now-dead Blairite consensus events. With every day that pass- in the old city,” Bruno Geddo, the currently engaged in a wide-scale ties, suggesting that Tashkent's length, not least in military issues. who executed the Jerusalem (Al- UN refugee agency (U.N.H.C.R.) offensive aimed at dislodging IS Quds) operation have no connec- which once held a vice-like grip on es, Corbyn looks ever more like a thaw in relations with its Central While Uzbekistan didn't engage in the Labour Party. It signals the end prime minister in waiting, while representative in Iraq said during a from Mosul, the terrorist group's Asian neighbors may even extend saber-rattling with Kazakhstan, as tion to Daesh ,they are affiliated press conference in Geneva. “IS last stronghold in northern Iraq. with the PFLP and Hamas," Ha- for British arms sales to the ty- May is increasingly isolated and to such a sensitive area as military it did on occasion with other neigh- rants of Saudi Arabia, and an end absent. (CNN) has been using them as human (BBC) cooperation with its regional rival. bors Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, mas' Izzat El-Reshiq wrote on A high-ranking delegation, led by Uzbekistan has traditionally seen Twitter. The PFLP published a Uzbekistan's Deputy Defense Kazakhstan as its rival for region- separate statement in which it iden- Minister Atabek Ibadullayev, vis- al dominance. Which makes it in- tified two of the three attackers as ited Kazakhstan on June 15 to look teresting that Uzbekistan now is members. "The media office of the 39 people from Punjab trapped in at a number of weapons manufac- apparently interested in buying PFLP armed wing mourns two of turers in the northern city of Ural- Kazakhstan's weapons. The two its hero comrades, two freed pris- sk. That follows the visit a week countries' defense ministries signed oners," it said. Israeli police said before of Defense Minister Kabul a cooperation agreement during a on Friday all the assailants were ISIS-occupied Mosul alive: MEA Berdiyev, while he was in Astana visit by Karimov's successor, from Palestinian cities in the occu- for a meeting of Shanghai Cooper- Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in a friendly pied West Bank. Two of the at- New Delhi: The 39 people from MEA spokesperson Gopal Bag- ation Organization defense minis- visit to Astana in March. The next tackers, both from Ramallah, were he Indians went missing in 2014, and the govt said Punjab currently trapped in Iraq's lay. "We are in touch with all coun- ters, to a plant of Kazakhstan's day, Berdiyev (a holdover from the between the ages of 18 and 19 and everything possible was being done to ensure their war-torn Mosul are presumed to tries that can help us," Baglay add- state defense firm Kazakhstan Karimov cabinet) met his Kaza- the third was a 30-year-old from release from the captivity of ISIS. be alive, said the Ministry of Ex- ed, but was unwilling to say more Engineering. The delegation to khstan counterpart, Saken Zha- Hebron, police spokeswoman ternal Affairs (MEA), as the Indi- on the subject, which he described Uralsk visited production facilities suzakov, in Astana. The Kazakh- Luba Simri said. The assaults took an government has received no in- as a sensitive one. Iraqi and US of armored vehicles and optical stan Ministry of Defense alluded place simultaneously in two areas formation to the contrary. The In- forces are engaged in a fierce battle sights, and got demonstrations of to the potential novelty of Uzbeki- near the Damascus gate of Jerusa- dians went missing in 2014, and to eliminate ISIS fighters as a US- other products including small arms stan buying its weapons in its lem's (Al-Quds) walled old city. the government on Friday said that backed offensive to recapture the and naval vessels. "Ibadullayev ex- press release about the delegation: Two Palestinians were shot everything possible was being city, which fell to the hands of the pressed interest in cooperation and "It's necessary to note that all of dead after opening fire at and try- done to ensure their release from Islamic State two years ago, en- acquisition of products and servic- the domestic military-industrial ing to stab a group of Israeli police the captivity of Islamic State mil- tered its ninth month on Friday. es of these factories," Kazakh- enterprises carry out their work in officers at one scene, police said. itants and to ensure their safe re- The United Nations refugee agen- stan's Ministry of Defense and the interests of the armed forces At the other, a Palestinian fatally turn. "The information we have so cy UNHCR said over 100,000 ci- Aerospace Industry reported. and other formations of the Re- stabbed a border policewoman be- far is that they are alive because vilians remain trapped in Mosul This kind of thing would have been public of Kazakhstan." fore being shot dead by police. we have no other information to and ISIS is using some of them as unheard of under former Uzbeki- (Kazaq) (Tasnim) prove that they are not alive," said human shields. (WP) SUNDAY . JUNE 18, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES China-built industrial parktobeEthiopia's blueprint for greeneconomic zones

Ethiopia announced on Friday that requires creating a robust and com- its flagship Chinese-built Hawas- petitive industrial base. According sa Industrial Park, designed and to Oqubay, the Hawassa Industri- constructed according to environ- al Park would be considered as a ment-friendly principles, will be a model for other industrial parks model for other similar projects under construction in the east Af- throughout the country. The Ha- rican country, in which efforts will wassa Industrial Park, expected to be exerted to implement the Zero- be fully operational as of next Liquid Discharge (ZLD) technol- Saudi king orders week, is said to be the first Sus- ogy to promote environmental tainable Textile and Apparel Indus- protection. A worker at the Ha- trial park in Africa with state-of- wassa Industrial Park in Hawassa, 1.6b riyal payout the-art infrastructure and facilities. Ethiopia, on July 13, 2016. (Pho- The east African country further to/Xinhua) Built by the China Civ- hopes that the Hawassa Industrial il Engineering Construction Cor- Park, once fully operational, poration (CCECC), the Hawassa to social security would help its aspiration and com- Industrial Park was completed in mitment to build a green economy. a record time of nine months, and Designed, constructed and oper- was inaugurated on July 2016. beneficiaries ated as a green industrial zone, the The Ethiopian government plans park applies cutting edge technol- to construct 10 industrial parks Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Al-Ghafees expressed his thanks ogy to treat and recycle about 90 across the country aiming to en- Abdulaziz issued on Friday an or- and appreciation to king for this percent of its water usage. Devel- hance job opportunities, earn rev- der to pay 1.660 billion riyals to noble gesture “which will have a oping sustainable, world-class, enue and promote technology beneficiaries of social security to great impact on meeting the needs specialized, export-driven and transfer, said Sisay Gemechu, Ethi- provide their needs necessary for of this precious group of citizens,” competitive industrial parks is the opia's Industrial Parks Develop- the holy month of Ramadan and the official Saudi Press Agency re- major target of Ethiopia's vision ment Corporation CEO. After the Eid al-Fitr. port. for economic development, ac- Hawassa Industrial Park, the gov- Minister of Labor and Social (BBC) cording to Arkebe Oqubay, Spe- ernment has further embarked on Development Dr. Ali bin Nasser cial Adviser to the Ethiopian Prime the development of similar parks Minister. Oqubay told reporters in Kombolcha, Mekele, Kilinto, on Friday that Ethiopia's rapid Bole Lemmi II, Dire Dawa and economic growth can only be sus- Adama among others, of which tained through the realization of a Mekele and Kombolcha industrial structural transformation, which parks will soon be inaugurated. (Xinhua) Qatar central bank raises deposit rate 25 bps, keeps others unchanged Oil prices bounce NEW DELHI: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has thrown up a challenge to Indian IT com- but stuck near panies to tap the $1-trillion op- portunity in the next 3-4 years from IT and IT-enabled services, 2017 lows on e-commerce, electronics manufac- turing, digital payments and cyber security. “I don’t have any doubt that it will become $1 trillion in supply overhang seven years. My humble request is: why wait for seven years, can Oil prices edged up from 2017 Jakob, managing director with we do it in 3-4 years?” Prasad said lows on Friday but an ongoing sup- PetroMatrix. Recovering produc- on Friday. Delivering a keynote ply excess put them on track for tion from Libya and Nigeria, both address to technology leaders, Pras- their fourth consecutive week of of which were exempt from OPEC ad highlighted that IT industry losses despite OPEC-led produc- cuts, and high exports and produc- should look at generating job op- tion cuts to support the crude tion from Russia were also con- Qatar’s central bank said on Thurs- to banks, flat at 2.25 percent. portunities while attempting to tap market. Brent crude futures were tributing to the ongoing glut. Top day it was raising its overnight The decision not to raise the the huge opportunity in creating up 42 cents at $47.34 per barrel producer Russia, not an OPEC deposit rate by 25 basis points to repo rate is expected to limit up- affordable technology and an in- by 0755 GMT. US West Texas In- member but which signed up to 1.50 percent, after the US Federal ward pressure on Qatari banks’ clusive environment. The IT sec- nue and exports have crossed Rs but also globally, he added. termediate (WTI) crude futures the deal to cut output, is expected Reserve raised rates by the same funding costs at a time when their tor has been the worst-hit with 7.5 lakh crore, Prasad said. With- Speaking at the event, minis- were at $44.74 per barrel, up 28 to export 61.2 million tonnes of margin. However, the Qatari cen- access to funds has been hurt by receding job opportunities, due to out directly commenting on the ter of state for law and informa- cents. “The market took a breath- oil via pipelines in the third quar- tral bank kept its overnight lend- other Gulf states’ sanctions against inward-looking policies of the US employment stress in the IT sec- tion technology, P P Chaudhary er yesterday and is trying to re- ter, equivalent to about 5 million ing rate unchanged at 5 percent and Doha. and other countries, as they face tor, the minister urged the IT in- said companies should look at stor- cover somewhat this morning. It bpd, against 60.5 million tonnes in its repo rate, used to lend money (AP) global economic pressures. While dustry to develop its own model ing all data within Indian bound- is by no means bullish,” said Tamas the second quarter, according to the industry had been making for digital development that is in- aries in a secure manner. This, he Varga, analyst at brokerage PVM industry sources and Reuters cal- statements to dispel that there are clusive. “Create a technology said, would help Indian IT firms Oil Associates. Both benchmarks culations. Add in Russia’s tanker no job cuts and recruitment will which is affordable, create infra- focus more on Indian market. Nass- remained roughly 13 percent be- shipments and its total exports are happen as the demand grows, at structure which is developmental, com President R Chandrashekhar, low where they stood in late May, likely to be more than 9 million Bahrain launches the ground level, they have been create an environment which is in- Google India’s Rajan Anandan, when producers led by the Orga- bpd. In the United States, which focusing on skill development to clusive,” said Prasad. He also asked Wipro’s Rishad Premji, and Hike nization of the Petroleum Export- is not participating in any deal to meet the new demands from their the IT firms to make India a hub of Messenger CEO Kavin Bharti ing Countries (OPEC) extended a reduce production, oil output has overseas customers. low-cost technology for cyber se- Mittal attended the meeting on pledge to cut production by 1.8 risen more than 10 percent in the new rules for The Indian IT sector has curity, which is emerging as a ma- building India’s digital economy. million barrels per day (bpd) by past year to 9.3 million bpd. The crossed Rs 10 lakh crore in reve- jor opportunity, not only in India (Hindustan Times) an extra nine months until the end EIA expects that to rise above 10 of the first quarter of 2018. million bpd in 2018. US rig counts financial US output due later in the day on Friday Rising US oil output has un- could add further downward pres- Amazon shakes up dermined the impact of OPEC-led sure. cuts. Data from the US Energy “Oil is unlikely to find solace technology firms Information Administration (EIA) into the weekend either, with to- this week showing growing gaso- night’s Baker Hughes Rig Count grocery aisles with line stocks and shaky demand, de- expected to deliver its now week- spite the peak summer driving sea- ly increase of operational rigs,” said son, sent prices tumbling. “It’s go- Jeffrey Halley, senior market ana- ing to be difficult to have a rally lyst at futures brokerage OANDA $13.7b Whole Foods deal unless there’s a disruption or some in Singapore. news from OPEC,” said Olivier (Alarabiya) US stock market opens lower The Central Bank of Bahrain in Riyadh. (CBB) has announced new regula- Eligibility criteria tions to create a regulatory sand- The CBB recently issued the Housing starts fell 5.5 percent in May, box that will allow startups and Regulatory Sandbox Framework despite expectation for an increase fintech firms to test and experi- directive, which includes the eligi- ment their banking ideas and solu- bility criteria, filing requirements tions. The creation of the regula- and timeline for the process. This tory sandbox provides an oppor- may be found on CBB’s website tunity for fintech businesses on the following link. This is in around the world to expand and line with the Kingdom’s efforts to thrive in the Gulf and strengthens further develop the ecosystem in Amazon.com Inc said Friday it Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp, food distribution-related stocks in Bahrain’s position as a fintech and place to encourage growth in the would buy US organic supermar- but with a retailer like Amazon, the US and Europe, including Wal- financial services hub in the GCC. FinTech industry. Most recently, ket chain Whole Foods Market Inc which has the financial capacity Mart and Target, followed suit. The framework provides a virtual the Bahrain Economic Develop- for $13.7 billion, including debt, to price aggressively,” said Mick- Whole Foods had been under pres- space for companies to test their ment Board (EDB) announced a marking the internet retailer’s larg- ey Chadha, vice president and se- sure from activist hedge fund Jana technology-based innovative solu- partnership with FinTech incuba- est deal and biggest foray into the nior credit officer at Moody’s In- Partners LLC prior to the an- tions, and is open to existing CBB tor and ecosystem builder Sin- brick-and-mortar retail sector. The vestors Service. “We expect this nouncement of Friday’s deal, licensees and other local and for- gapore Fintech Consortium and deal sent shockwaves across the transaction to further accelerate the prompting it to overhaul its board eign firms. The testing duration is Dubai-based asset management and food distribution market, as Whole consolidation within the supermar- of directors. “I think that this takes nine months, with a maximum ex- advisory firm Trucial Investment Foods’ peers and supermarket ket space.” Amazon has agreed to all of the pressure off Whole tension of three months. In order Partners to develop a FinTech (fi- chains grappled with the prospect pay $42 per share in cash for Foods and gives Whole Foods the to be eligible, solutions need to nancial technology) ecosystem and of having to compete with Ama- Whole Foods, a 27% premium on opportunity to revitalise that busi- demonstrate innovation, custom- regulatory framework for the King- zon’s massive buying power and the Austin, Texas-based grocer’s ness and, of course, it stems the er benefit, technical testing, and an dom. The agreement includes sup- ability to sell goods at a lower cost. closing share price on Thursday. criticism from all of these activist intention to be deployed in Bahr- port in developing the related com- Amazon will gain a footprint Whole Foods shares were trading investors,” said Neil Saunders, ain after the sandbox period ends. mercial and legal infrastructure re- of 456 supermarket stores in North just under that level in early trad- managing director of GlobalData The stock market opened lower Housing starts, which mea- According to Reuters, other regu- quired to initiate, nurture and sus- America and Britain with the ac- ing on Friday, as investors saw Retail in New York. after housing data disappointed on sures the change in the number of lators in the region have been fight- tain Bahrain’s FinTech ecosystem. quisition of Whole Foods, boost- negligible regulatory risk to the deal Amazon to buy largest Mid- Friday. new constructions across the coun- ing to establish themselves as re- It will pave the way for increased ing its delivery capacity and allow- closing. Amazon’s shares were up east e-retailer Souq.com Excluding The Dow fell 10 points to start try, decreased 5.5 percent in May, gional powerhouses in FinTech, interaction between fintech firms ing it to compete directly with US 3% at $994.45. Shares of Kroger, debt, the deal is valued at $13.39 trading at 21,349 points, and the from the month before, according with Abu Dhabi and Dubai both in the Middle East via Bahrain and chains such as Kroger Co and Al- however, plunged 14% to $21.13, billion. It implies a trailing 12- S&P 500 lost less than a point to to the U.S. Department of Com- looking to cultivate a financial star- those in ASEAN via Singapore and bertsons LLC. “Supermarkets will their lowest level in three years, month price-to-earnings multiple open flat at 2,431 points. merce. tup scene. Saudi Arabia is aiming will facilitate the entry of Sin- now have to contend with not only on investor fears about the largest for Whole Foods of 31 times, ver- The Nasdaq decreased 17 points The market expectation was a to place FinTech as a focus of its gaporean FinTech companies into competition with each other and US supermarket operator’s com- sus a 14.4 average for the S&P 500 to begin the last trading day of the 4.1 percent increase. King Abdullah Financial District the Kingdom. (CNN) non-traditional grocers like Wal- petitive position. Other retail and Food Retail index. (Tribune) week at 6,147 points. (AA) SUNDAY. JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

aapsee Pannu and Jacqueline Fernandez, who are working together in Varun Dhawan’s Judwaa 2, are making the best of their free time: Taapsee is teaching Punjabi to Jacque- line. Watch the video K aty P er r y m a kes here. T witter h istor y: Fir st In an Instagram video uploaded by Taapsee Pannu recently, she is seen Bollywood stars Taapsee and Jac- Uchi hai building and Tan tana tan. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwa- teaching Punjabi to her co-star Jac- The sequel to 1997 Judwaa la and directed by David Dhawan, queline Fernandez . queline are currently shooting for per son to tou ch 10 0 Judwaa 2 with Varun Dhawan. will feature Varun Dhawan play- Judwaa 2 is presented by Fox Star The Kick star tries her best to get ing the dual characters of Raja and Studios and Nadiadwala Grandson all the words right but only ends Judwaa 2 will have this trio dancing on the 90s hit numbers Prem along side Jacqueline Fernan- Entertainment. m illion follower s up sounding funny. dez and Taapsee Pannu. (Tribune)

aty Perry is the first person in the world to have 100 Here’s what Saif Ali million followers on Twitter. Justin Beiber follows close behind with 97 million and Taylor Swift is in third place Khan thinks of his with 85 million. daughter Sara’s Pop superstar Katy Perry has hours, inviting fans to watch as she thing that everybody knows and made history by becoming the first slept, cooked, did yoga, cuddled that’s the reason why they’re tun- user to garner 100 million follow- with her dog Nugget and chatted ing in and it’s fantastic, but it’s Bollywood debut ers on Twitter, the social media with a stream of celebrities who more of a facade,” she told the ther- platform announced. “Today we showed up at her door. apist Siri Singh. #WITNESS history,” Twitter said Despite putting her life tem- “I’m human and I’m living Friday in a tweet, referencing the porarily under observation with 41 under this crazy microscope,” she title of Perry’s recently released cameras, Perry -- born Katheryn said, tears smudging her mascara. fifth album. “Congratulations Hudson to conservative Christian Singer Justin Bieber trails on @katyperry, the first to reach 100 parents in California -- said she Twitter with just under 97 million million followers! #LoveKaty.” struggled to handle the attention followers, while Perry’s pop rival The 32-year-old singer recent- to her life more broadly. Taylor Swift has 85 million. ly livestreamed her life for 96 “I built up this Katy Perry (Hindustan Times) How CBFC ‘protected’ The first Salman-starrer song from Tubelight’s Saif Ali Khan’s daughter, Sara Ali Abhishek Kapoor’s film- Kedar- Sajal Aly's Khan is all set to make her Bolly- nath. However, as one would ex- innocence with wood debut and the actor doesn’t pect, no, Saif did not play any role seem to be too happy about it any- in helping Sara decide her Bolly- Bollywood more. The 46-year-old feels the wood debut. “No, I wasn’t in- a verbal cut profession is too risky and doesn’t volved in it. Look, I am there if she want her to enter an unstable pro- needs to ask or talk to me about Apparently, the censor board found the word debut is here fession. ”Why would she want that anything. I know what she is do- for herself? Look at where she stud- ing and we talk about films just “Haraamzaada” out of sync with the innocence of the ied. After having done that, why like we do about everything else,” Kabir Khan venture and asked for its removal. The and boy, is it wouldn’t she want to live and work he was quoted as saying. in New York, rather than do this?” Saif Ali Khan’s daughter Sara movie, which also stars Sohail Khan and Chinese actor Saif said in an interview with DNA. to debut with SRK’s son Aryan? Zhu Zhu, has received U/A certification. soul-stirring! Saif Ali Khan wants KJo to Previously, it was reported launch his daughter in Bollywood that film-maker Karan Johar will He added he is nervous about be launching Sara in the sequel of Bollywood star Salman Khan is all gama report quoted a source as say- Sajal Aly and Adnan Siddiqui are his 23-year-old daughter’s Bolly- the 2012 hit movie, Student of the set to roar at the box office with ing, “The expletive ‘Haraamzaa- all set for their Bollywood debuts wood career. “I am a little nervous. Year, and that too with her father’s his next film, Tubelight, which also da’ is uttered in the film. Normal- alongside Sridevi in the upcoming Fear is the most driving factor in approval! “I would love Sara to be stars Sohail Khan as his elder broth- ly, we would have let it remain. Mom. The movie will hit the the- the industry. I am not looking launched by Karan Johar. He is one er. Media reports claim the film But there is such a charming inno- Riteish Deshmukh down on acting, but it is not the of the best that we have. I keep has bagged the censor certificate. cence about Tubelight we felt that atres on July 7, 2017. most stable profession. And ev- reading various reports where I am So far, we’ve seen them hold- Salman Khan has Zhu Zhu in the word would jar the film’s sen- eryone lives in constant fear. And supposedly averse to her getting splits in this still from Tubelight. sibilities.” ing their own in the trailer which there is no guarantee that despite launched by Karan because she will was released recently. And now, scores low at the The Central Board of Film Hindustan Times could not doing your best, you will succeed. apparently become another Alia Certification has given the U/A independently verify the report. the first song from the movie – ti- This is not the life, any parent Bhatt,” Saif said earlier in a state- tled O Sona Tere Liye – is here too certificate to the Kabir Khan ven- Tubelight, which has Chinese would want for their children,” he ment. “I would just like to say that ture. The final edit of the movie actor Zhu Zhu playing the female and as expected, it is soul-stirring, box office, Bank added. Recently, it was confirmed if Sara becomes as successful as had just one verbal cut, with the lead, is slated to release on Eid to say the least. that Sara will be making her debut Alia is, then it will be a matter of Sung by the one and only AR word “Haraamzaada” being report- 2017. opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, in pride and happiness for all of us.” edly removed. A Bollywoodhun- (Santa Banta) Rahman, Sona Tere Liye showcas- Chor earns Rs 1.4 (Tribune) es a troubled family trying to per- haps move on from a disturbing past. cr on day one The song also highlights the disturbed relationship between Im tiaz Ali turn s 4 6 : Ayesha Sridevi and her stepdaughter, played by Aly. Made at an estimated budget of It beautifully tries to capture Rs 15 crore, Riteish Deshmukh’s the struggle of the daughter who is Bank Chor made a meagre Rs 1.4 Takia calls her So cha Na perhaps fighting a battle within crore collection at the box office herself. O Sona Tere Liye shows Sid- on day one of the film’s release. diqui as the fun, understanding fa- Tha directo r calm , fo cused ther and husband. One thing apparent from the trailer of the movie is the prob- On filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s birthday, actor Ayesha Takia shares lematic relationship between Sri that shooting for his directorial debut, Socha Na Tha, went on Devi and Sajal’s character. The for three years; recalls that the team would patiently wait for mysterious aura to the song adds their next schedule, bonding over long dinners. to the thrill. But Rahman’s velveteen voice adds much-needed solace. He even tiaz Ali might be working with top worked in Taarzan: The Wonder actors such as Shah Rukh Khan, Car (2004) and Dil Maange More took to his official Twitter page to Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika (2004) Besides being Imtiaz Ali’s share the song. “O Sona Tere Liye Padukone, but not many would first film as a director, Socha Na from the Mom soundtrack, releas- remember that when the filmmak- Tha (2005) also marked Abhay ing today, was conceived, com- er forayed into Bollywood, he Deol’s acting debut. posed, written and sung last worked with lesser known actors. The actor recalls that the film week… hope you like it #Mo- Imtiaz’s debut directorial, Socha was shot over three years and that mthemovie.” Na Tha (2005), starred actors Aye- made the whole journey special. The Sridevi-thriller also stars sha Takia and Abhay Deol in lead “We all used to look forward to Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Akshaye roles, and the romantic drama the next shoot. Though things used Khanna in pivotal roles. In the struck the right chord with the au- to stress us back then —when is posters unveiled earlier, Sridevi, dience. On Imtiaz’s birthday to- the fund coming, when are we get- Nawaz and Akshaye are giving out day, we spoke to his first leading ting a 10-day shoot —all of us just equation I’ve had with him, I can would panic as he would get anx- intense vibes, making the movie Bollywood actor Ritiesh Desh- Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweet- lady, Ayesha, and she recalled some took it easy and ate long dinners. say that he really knows what he ious thinking about when the film appear really interesting. Mom is mukh’s latest film, Bank Chor, was ed the figures and wrote, fun moments working with the di- We’d be like ‘it’s our first film, so wants from the role and he con- would release. “When it finally directed by debutant Ravi Udy- panned by critics and also hit rock “#BankChor Fri ? 1.40 cr. India rector on his first film. “It was it’s fine’. So, I still have those fond centrated a lot on the performanc- was released after three years, it war and produced by Sridevi’s bottom at the box office on Fri- biz.” awesome working with Imtiaz and memories of us sitting and strug- es. He’s very focused on how the was so well accepted. Even today, day. Directed by Bumpy, the film Bank Chor also stars Sahil the fact that we all shot our first gling and while doing this, we used performances should turn out and people still say that it was one of husband Boney Kapoor. She was made an opening collection of only Vaid, Vikram Thapa, Bhuvan Aro- how real it feels. We would have a Imtiaz’s best works. It was abso- last seen in Gauri Shinde’s English movie together and so many of us to eat a lot.” Asked about how Im- Rs 1.4 crore. Even with an esti- ra and Mere Dad Ki Maruti actor were new, made it the most fun tiaz was on the sets, Ayesha says, lot of readings and he would go lutely fantastic that I was a part of Vinglish. mated low budget of Rs 15 crore, Rhea Chakraborty. and memorable experience of my “He’s such an actor’s director. He through things in-depth.” Ayesha it too,” she adds. (Tribune) the day one figures are dismal. (Santa Banta) life,” says Ayesha, who had earlier was extremely calm and whatever adds that at times, even Imtiaz (Tribune) SUNDAY. JUNE 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

All the latest Arsenal transfer news and rumours from across the British and European press on Saturday, June Royal London Cup 17. The Daily Star says that Arsenal are beginning to firm up their inter- est in Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina. The Gabon international, semi-finals live on 23, is contracted to the Old Lady until the summer of 2020. Arsenal are also reportedly set to offer a second world- record bid of more than £100m AND Sky - when and Olivier Giroud for Monaco's Kylian Mbappe, according to reports in the Sun. The Gunners are believed to be just one of a number of big-name clubs where to watch from across the continent hoping to sign the impressive France interna- tional frontman this summer. Mean- ind out who will face while, the Mirror claims that Arsenal forward Lucas Perez is a summer tar- Notts at Lord's in the get for Sevilla and former club De- Royal London One-Day portivo La Coruna, according to the player's agent. Cup Final The Spain forward only arrived at the Emirates from Depor last sum- mer, but the 28-year-old was just a bit-part player in his debut campaign Worcestershire's 2017 Royal Lon- starts at 10.55am on Saturday, on in north London. don One-Day Cup semi-final Sky Sports 2. The biggest hint yet that Alexis against Surrey is live on Sky Sports The final takes place at Lord's Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will stay at on Saturday. On Friday, Notts re- on Saturday, July 1 - a match you Arsenal has occurred after a promo- gated from the Premier League corded a thrilling five-wicket win can also watch live on Sky Sports. tional image of them wearing the new and returned to the capital at the over Essex to book their place in And if that's not enough for home kit was leaked online, says the end of the campaign. And finally, the final at Lord's. The second you, we also have the ICC Cham- Mirror. The duo had both been ex- the north London club are ready to semi-final takes place at New Road pions Trophy Final between In- pected to leave the club this summer. test Lyon's resolve over Alexandre where Worcestershire Royals, who dia and Pakistan live on Sky Sports Elsewhere, the Daily Mail reports that Lacazette again with an enhanced topped the North Group to earn 2 from 10am on Sunday June 18. Calum Chambers could be set to leave bid, according to reports in the Daily their place directly in the semi-fi- Full details of Sky's Live Crick- Arsenal on a permanent deal with Telegraph. nals, take on Surrey, conquerors et Coverage can be found here and Everton said to be interested in sign- However, the Gunners must of Yorkshire, thanks in part to don't forget that you can watch this ing him, should they fail to land still convince the France striker to Kumar Sangakkara's 100th centu- on the move with Sky Go and also Michael Keane from Burnley. The An dre Ward an d join a club out of the Champions versatile defender spent last season ry in one-day and first class crick- sign in to watch live here on League rather than wait six months et. skysports.com. out on loan with Middlesbrough, al- for Atletico Madrid's transfer ban though he was unable to prevent the Live coverage of this match (Cricket News) club from being rele to end. (Sky Sport) Sergey Ko valev bo th Queen's Birthday w eigh in at 12st 5lbs Wasps Netball’s Honours: Rory Best, Tamsin Greenway Judy Murray and has adapted from Brian Noble among playing to coaching Tamsin Greenway insists her abil- they only knew me as a coach. ity to adapt is the "formula" for Watch as Wasps lift the trophy sporting recipients winning three consecutive Netball after winning the Netball Super- Superleague Grand Finals. Green- league title in their debut season way lifted her third straight title against Loughborough Lightning. Dick Greenwood, Heather last weekend with Wasps Netball, Watch as Wasps lift the tro- beating Loughborough Lightning in phy after winning the Netball Su- Stanning, John Conteh and Saturday's finale, after two tro- perleague title in their debut sea- phies with Surrey Storm. Highlights son against Loughborough Light- Steven Davis also recognised from the Netball Superleague final ning. between Loughborough Lightning "They didn't need me jumping

Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev ber. The American won by a single There a lot of people who are con- have weighed in ahead of this week- point on all three scorecards to vinced I won it." Ward has won all end's rematch in Las Vegas. Both hand his Russian rival his first de- 31 fights since winning gold at the fighters tipped the scales at 12st feat in 32 fights to add the WBA 2004 Olympics and has not lost in 5lbs, two pounds within the 175lb 'super' and IBF titles to his own the ring since he was a 12-year-old light-heavyweight limit. The pair WBO crown. "I am looking for- amateur. Kovalev, however, is con- will resume their rivalry in the ear- ward to making a statement in this vinced he will get revenge. "I know ly hours of Sunday morning, live fight, and removing any doubt that I will get my belts back," Kovalev on Sky Sports 1 HD. Ward climbed may be out there," Ward said earli- said. "I was empty in the first fight. off the canvas to record a narrow er this week. "Some of you think I For him, it was like fighting a points win when they met in the lost the fight, but you've got to heavy bag." ring for the first time in Novem- look at the other side of that coin. (Sky Sport)

Rory Best, Judy Murray and Brian aspiring professional player, Mur- Noble are among a number of UK ray began to coach seriously when sportsmen and women to be rec- her sons took up the sport. She Silvestre de ognised in the Queen's birthday was also non-playing captain of honours list. Best, from Armagh, Great Britain's Fed Cup team for has earned more than 100 caps for five years from 2011. Yorkshire- Sousa continued Ireland with whom he has been part man Noble has been a key figure in of three Six Nations Champion- rugby league for more than three ship-winning squads. And the 34- decades and is awarded an MBE. his magnificent year-old has dedicated his OBE to The former Bradford and Wake- the hundreds of people he believes field player also captained Great run of form with have helped him to carve out a dis- Britain in a Test series Down Un- tinguished international rugby ca- der, before becoming a successful reer. He said: "To be recognised for coach. The 56-year-old former an incredible contributing to a sport, for some- hooker guided the Bulls to three and Wasps. up and down with them in the one to feel I'm worthy of being Grand Final successes and as many Greenway helped to form changing rooms. It quickly became nominated, and then to be deemed World Club Challenge victories. six-timer Wasps last summer as their direc- apparent that I needed to change. worthy, it's quite incredible. "My His honour is for services to rug- tor, combining coaching and play- "That's the formula - you have parents were obviously delighted. by league and charity. Others ing duties. She told Sky Sports to be able to change, adapt, be hon- My mum and dad actually both named on Saturday include former Silvestre de Sousa continued his Time Chaser, ridden by James Doyle. De Sousa sat out the penultimate News HQ: "There was a lot of talk est, grow with the team and let the have MBEs, my dad for agricul- England rugby union coach Dick magnificent run of form with an race of the afternoon, which went to 7-1 shot Jupiter Light, but book about players that I'd worked with team grow themselves. We got the ture and my mum for services to Greenwood, now 75 and father of incredible six-timer on Friday. before, but actually, I'd been a play- right mix." the public sector. "It's not just a World Cup winner and Sky Sports ended the card aboard the Johnston-trained Dominating (7-4 favourite) Champion jockey in 2015, the Bra- in the last. He headed to Goodwood for four rides in the evening and er with them. There were five new Greenway insisted that her reflection of my rugby ability. pundit Will; double Olympic row- zilian led this year's title race by players that I'd never worked with playing role would conclude with There are better players than me, ing champion Heather Stanning; ex- managed to add to his tally aboard Brian Meehan's 8-1 shot 11 winners ahead of the day's ac- I'vegotthepower in the one-mile handicap. De Sousa has five booked before. a third straight Grand Final victo- but it's also hopefully a reflection world light-heavyweight boxing tion after riding four winners at "I realised pretty quickly that ry. of the person you are. "It would champion John Conteh; and rides at York and two at Lingfield on a busy Saturday. Yarmouth on Wednesday and one (BBC Sport) they didn't know me as a player, (Sky Sport) be humbling to think that you can Northern Ireland footballer Steven at Newbury on Thursday. He got be considered more than just being Davis, the captain of Premier the afternoon off to a flyer at San- able to play rugby." Murray, the League side Southampton. Green- down aboard the Mark Johnston- mother of world No 1 tennis play- wood and Stanning receive OBEs, trained Branscombe (8-1) in the er Andy, is also awarded an OBE while there are MBEs for Conteh five-furlong novice event and for services to tennis, women in and Davis. Greenwood made five Rory McIlroy not 'bored' with swiftly doubled up for the Mid- sport and charity. The 57-year-old Test appearances for England be- dleham handler on Falmouth Light has worked tirelessly to grow the tween 1966 and 1969, before be- sport in Britain. Murray's passion coming head coach of the national (5-1) in the seven-furlong maiden. is getting more women and girls team from 1983 to 1985. He De Sousa brought up his hat-trick golf following US Open exit involved in tennis and sport in gen- played flanker for Waterloo and as Roger Varian's 7-4 favourite Call eral. In 2014, she launched Miss- Preston Grasshoppers among oth- Me Grumpy scooted clear in the Rory McIlroy has hit back at suggestions he is "bored" with golf after Northern Irishman, who has been Hits, a fun way of introducing ten- ers, while captaining Lancashire seven-furlong handicap and it was making an early exit from the US Open for the second successive year. restricted to just six competitive nis to young girls, and the pro- and representing Cambridge Uni- similarly easy work aboard his sta- The world No 2 was making his first appearance since last month's starts in 2017, posted an erratic gramme is expanding around the versity. Greenwood said: "I'm a blemate Shargiah, who comfortably Players Championship following a rib injury and struggled for consis- opening-round of 78 before shoot- world. Murray also heads up the rugby man and rugby has been my justified 11-8 favouritism in the tency at Erin Hills. That appeared to prompt 1995 US PGA champion ing a one-under 71 on Friday. McIl- Lawn Tennis Association's She lifelong passion. It is a great team nine-furlong handicap. He looked Steve Elkington to post on Twitter: "Rory is so bored playing roy birdied four of his last six holes Rallies initiative to boost the fe- game, so I am above all a team play- to have a big chance of continuing golf...without Tiger [Woods] the threshold is [probably] 4 majors with in Wisconsin, but still missed the male coaching workforce, while her er, and my debt is to all my team- his domination of the card in the 100mill in bank." McIlroy delivered a swift response to Elkington's cut by four shots. The 28-year- Tennis on the Road programme mates who have supported me one-mile fillies' handicap aboard 6- claim, posting: "More like 200mil... not bad for a "bored" 28 year old... old, who has previously won the teaches the sport in deprived ar- through the years. 4 joint-favourite Tirania, but she plenty more where that came from" alongside a screenshot of his Wiki- US Open, US PGA and Open eas across Scotland. A one-time (BBC Sport) was beaten a neck by market rival pedia entry which lists some of his achievements in the game. The Championship. SUNDAY . JUNE 18. 2017-Jawza 28, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 314 Price: Afs.20

AT News Report 4,000 additional troops to said that US forces must target Pointing to BSA he said that Afghanistan in the near future. Daesh and Taliban real hideouts to BSA never has beenled to better KABUL: The members of the “The US must explain the eliminate terrorism in Afghanistan security in Afghanistan, it essential Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of outcome of the BSA, sending He said that sending of to the BSA revised. Parliament on Saturday said that additional troops won’t treat additional troops never will end Legislator, Latif Pedram, said increasing the US fresh troops pains,” said member of the Wolesi crisis till the main hideouts of that increasing of U.S. troops in wouldn’t be the solution for Jirga Mawlawi Rahmani. Taliban and Daesh not targeted. Afghanistan will lead only to The Trump administration’s plan current crisis in Afghanistan. He said that BSA signing had USA also must bring pressure intensifying war in Afghanistan. to deploy more troops to They said that Bilateral no good outcomes to security, thus over Pakistan to stop backing Experts also believed that Afghanistan is a positive and Security Agreement (BSA) must it must be revised. terrorism, he added. increasing of troops is not the encouraging move, says a former be reviewed and Afghan forces Dispatching additional troops He insisted that Afghan forces solution for Afghanistan, they CIA director. won’t teat pains, it’s for own pointing to over 100,000 David Petraeus, who also should be equipped better in order must be equipped with better and KABUL : A new US strategy, even India’s support may embolden to overcome challenges. interest and strategy of USA, he modern weapons in order to international troops in Afghanistan served as commander of US and added. in the past, who all failed to bring coalition forces in Afghanistan, with a troop surge, may not their counterparts in Kabul to According to reports, the overcome challenges in a better succeed in Afghanistan as long as forcefully challenge the validity of Pentagon plans to send almost Lawmaker, Osmani Farahi manner. security and peace in the country. underlined sustained commitment to the mission. Pakistan does not reduce support the Afghanistan-Pakistan border Speaking to an American to the Afghan Taliban and the and reassert Afghan claims on broadcaster, the ex-general said Haqqani Network, an influential Pakistani territory. the US needed to stay in American newspaper reported on India’s rising assistance -- Afghanistan Afghanistan to achieve the key Friday.An opinion piece in the economic and military, training and objective behind the invasion of New York Times justified equipping Afghan security forces Afghanistan. America’s current harsh stance against the Taliban and – India air “We need to recognise that we against Pakistan. It suggested a development of Chahbahar port in went there for a reason and we more coercive approach, slapping Iran which will allow the freight stayed for a reason, to ensure that further conditions on assistance, landlocked country to connect to Afghanistan is not once again a imposing sanctions and listing the rest of the world -- were listed sanctuary for al-Qaida or other Pakistan as a state sponsor of as other Pakistani concerns. corridor to transnational extremists... terrorism The US provided According to the writers, “We also have a very useful Pakistan with over $30 billion since Pakistan feels it is under threat and platform there for the regional 2002 in counterterrorism aid. “To thus sees the Taliban as a check on start today counterterrorist effort. And, of get Pakistan to alter its approach Indian activity in Afghanistan and course, we have greatly reduced in Afghanistan, the United States has doubled down on its efforts to The first air freight service the capabilities of al-Qaida’s must understand and address counter deepening Afghan-India between Afghanistan and India is senior leaders in that region,” he Pakistan’s strategic anxieties,” the ties. They say Pakistan wants a due to kick off tomorrow, officials claimed. article read. reconciliation process that ushers have said. He characterised the war as a Islamabad has long feared a the Taliban back into the political Indian Ambassador to generational struggle, which could scenario in which Afghanistan fold in Afghanistan, without Afghanistan, Manpreet Vohra said not be won in a few years. The offers India a second base from allowing the militants to control on his Twitter post that the return US and its allies needed to be in which to squeeze Pakistan. the country once again. flight to Delhi, carrying Afghan Afghanistan for the long haul and Leaders in Islamabad also worry (Pajhwok) exports, will be on Monday, June in a sustainable way, he said. 19th. Afghan-India air freight Petraeus also called for service will boost trade between softening restrictions on the use the two countries and also provide of airpower to support Afghan greater market access to Afghani partners, who he said were ready products. to die for their country against al- The flight to be operated by Insecurity, Qaida and other insurgents. Ariana Afghan Airlines and it will Afghan Taliban and Haqqani carry commodities from Kabul to network leaders were in Delhi and then return with Indian sanctuaries inside Pakistan, the soaring crime goods to Kabul. Initially, the plane then commander alleged, saying will operate once or twice in a that was why targeting them was month, depending on the demand not easy. He suggested a regional and supply needs. Laborers work at a marble stone factory on the outskirts of Ghazni, Afghanistan. effort to get Pakistan to do more graph worry “During Afghan President to deny sanctuary to those Ashraf Ghani’s visit to India last The owner of a now-defunct false statements on loan loan to personal accounts, then elements that were making life so year, we had discussions on difficult for Afghans and their establishing an air freight corridor mining company in Afghanistan applications, and money claimed not to have enough money has been indicted on charges of laundering. Doost owned Equity to make payments, prosecutors government. (Pajhwok) Kunduz residents between the two countries and we are happy to announce that first defrauding the U.S. government and Capital Mining LLC, a marble said. Eventually, Doost and others flight is likely to operate in the defaulting on a loan of nearly $16 mining company in Afghanistan. defaulted on the loan. The criminal weekend or early next week. We million. U.S. prosecutors said on He and others got a $15.8 million case against Doost was announced Contract are working out the details of the June 16 that Azam Doost, 39, was loan from the Overseas Private by the U.S. Justice Department in first flight,” Indian External Affairs arrested on June 13 at the Dallas/ Investment Corporation, according conjunction with the Special signed for Ministry spokesperson Gopal Fort Worth International Airport. to the indictment. The loan was Inspector General for Afghanistan Baglay said on Friday. “The flight An indictment charges Doost, for the development, maintenance, Reconstruction, which has design, plan of will take Indian products to who is also known as Adam Doost, and operation of a marble mine in documented billions of dollars of Afghanistan and will bring Afghan Muhammad Azam Doost, and western Afghanistan. Doost and fraud and waste in U.S. contracts Muhammad Azim, with wire fraud, others transferred money from the in Afghanistan. (RFER) Darul Aman products to India.(ATN) administrative complex A contract was signed on Saturday to design and plan the Darul Aman administrative complex in west of Kabul. The contract was signed KUNDUZ CITY : Most residents “Mysterious murder cases have between Ministry of Urban of northern Kunduz province, taken place in the city in the past Development and Housing and concerned over a surge in crimes, one week but the perpetrators have asked police and other could not be unearthed. We want Lebanese Khateeb-al-Alami institutions to improve the the government to take steps for company at the Presidential security situation. the security of citizens. If it Palace in presence of President Rabbani Rabbani, a provincial cannot, then people could secure Nearly ten days passed since the involved in the violence will be perpetrators of shooting over devastating truck bombing. Ashraf Ghani. council member, said seven themselves.” Police chief Brig. beginning of Attorney General prosecuted. Spokesman of AGO, protesters should be prosecuted The Wednesday’s attack in “Bringing together the state incidents of target killing had Gen. Abdul Hameed Hameed Office (AGO)’s investigation over Jamshid Rasouli said, “our and we have no problem if our Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul institutions requires effective happened in Kunduz City in the claimed effective measures had violence against Afghan protesters investigation is not just from the members also be among them,” said was the deadliest in the Afghan scheduling and defined complex,” past one week. He added the been put in place for the safety of in Kabul, but the institution says security institutions but it a member of Rastakhiz movement. capital since an Isis suicide bomber said Minister of Urban situation was terrible, giving citizens. Progress had been made the primary result has not been concludes the protesters too. The At least seven Afghans have killed nearly 100 people at a Development and Housing, Sayed residents cause for concern. in the investigation of recent finalized so far and will be finished results will be finalized as soon as been killed as police fired live protest last summer, and one of Sadat Mansoor Naderi. He said the presence of armed incidents of murder, he said. in the nearest time. AGO says the possible.” A number of ‘Rastakhiz rounds to disperse protesters the largest to hit Kabul since the “The complex will cover groups, surge in crimes and “Crimes occur where people investigation is not just for the Taqir’members say they are ready seeking to march on the 2001 intervention. Most of the hundreds of acres of land and it targeted killing had made the live and we don’t deny that. Police security institutions but also for to help AGO with its process. presidential palace and demand the casualties are expected to be requires a comprehensive master residents worried. Jannat Gul, the are doing all they can to control the protesters; All of those who “We are expecting that the government’s resignation after a civilians. (ATN) plan and design which could be resident of Kunduz City, expressed the situation. Individuals behind modern and meet the needs of concern over the fresh incidents of recent incidents of murder have Afghanistan in the future,” he violence in the central area of the been identified and would be added. city and accused security officials captured soon,” he promised. Khateeb-al-Alami firm is for their failure. He said: (Pajhwok) Target killings, kidnappings on the rise in Khost expected to complete the design work of the complex in two years. KHOST CITY: Residents are shoot him to death to snatch his protection of people’s lives and target killings. He insisted police “We will review the design Pakistan reaffirms support for concerned about increasing armed car or cash. The government properties. “Problems exist in the had curbed such incidents both in of ministries and other robberies, target killing and kidnap should resolve this issue,” he appointment of security the capital and rural areas. governmental entities and will peace, stability in Afghanistan incidents in the capital and far- stressed. Mohammad Gul, another personnel. Certain circles are Meanwhile, the governor’s support the implementation of flung areas of southeastern Khost resident of the province, said they interfering in the appointment of spokesman, Mubarez Zadran, construction of this important KABUL : Pakistan has reaffirmed and Pakistan’s lack of sincerity to province. Cases of carjacking, had heard some security officers, security forces. The police confirmed a spike in such project,” said the deputy head of kidnapping, killing of people by particularly \police personnel, had headquarters should deal with the incidents. He said the governor’s its commitment for durable peace lasting peace and stability in Khateeb-al-Alami co., Ramazan- and stability in Afghanistan, a Afghanistan. armed robbers and targeted attacks connections with armed robbers. issue,” he remarked. But the Khost house was jointly working on a ul-Harb.” The complex should be have lately been on the rise, “Increasing robberies, police chief, Brig. Gen. Faizullah plan with security organs to crack media report said on Saturday. During recently held Shanghai with high quality insisting of Pakistan State and Frontier Cooperation Organisation meeting according to residents, who seek kidnappings and killings are badly Ghairat, rejected the claims of down on illegal gunmen. safety and cost control.” strong action to control the affecting the government and the increased armed robberies and (Pajhwok) Regions Minister Abdul Qadir both, Afghanistan and Pakistan situation. people. We want the government The deputy head of the firm Baloch said his country would agreed on taking action against the Mohammad Nazir, an to rein in illegal gunmen,” he said. also said that they have many extend its full cooperation for peace terrorist groups that pose threats inhabitant of the provincial capital, Meanwhile, a number of projects in Kabul which are in and stability in Afghanistan, to the security of the two told Pajhwok Afghan News they provincial council members alleged progress and it could ease the according to radio Pakistan. countries, President Ashraf were worried about the rising crime that corruption in the appointment traffic issues in the city. The minister also urged Ghani’s office has said. graph. Such cases had affected of security personnel had paved “Khateem-al-Alami is an Pakistani parliamentarians to Ghani and Prime Minister routine life and business activity the ground for the appearance of international company, we have support the government on Nawaz Sharif, at a meeting in in the province, he complained. illegal armed individuals. Qamar Ali more than 6,000 employees and security and peace related issues Astana, also agreed on the “A man spends a lifetime in Lakanwal, a provincial council distributed in 35 cities around the of Afghanistan. formation of a joint working group Dubai earning money, but robbers member, asked the government to world and Kabul office is the Relation between the two to address the issue of terrorism, a suddenly turn their guns at him and take decisive steps for the 36th,” he added. (ATN) neighbouring countries remained scourge haunting the region. tense over the issues of terrorism (Pajhwok)