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324 teachers receive residential plots

AT News Report tial decree, at least 80,000 resi- minister emphasized that survey dential plots were distributed for and engineering affairs of 800 acres KABUL: At least 324 school- teachers countrywide, he added. of land in Chahar Asiab district of teachers have received residential He said that they distributed near- Kabul was finalized and will be dis- plots in Istalif district of Kabul ly 400 residential plots for teach- tributed soon. The Minister of Ur- province, said officials on Tues- ers in Uruzgan, 2,019 in Ghazni ban Development, Sayid Mansur day. The Education Minister, As- AT News Report and 263 plots will be distributed Sadat Nadiri, assured to cooperate adullah Hanif Balkhi, Minister of for instructors in Qarabagh dis- with sketching process of teachers Urban Development, Sayid Man- trict of Kabul province. He add- townships as well as procurement KABUL: The Chief Executive sur Sadat Nadiri, a number of law- ed that around 502 residential and facilitating process of the resi- Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, makers and the governor of Kabul plots will be distributed for teach- dential plots not only in Kabul but Abdullah Abdullah, stressed that were the attendants of the cere- ers in Teachers Township in New in other provinces as well. It comes water should be utilized as a mony where the plots were dis- Kabul Project located in Dih-sabz after Kabul MP Ramazan Bashar- source of friendship and econom- tributed for the teachers. We district. He also said that sketch- dost earlier said that based on his ic integration. Addressing the In- want to introduce better life to ing of 591 residential plots has information lands were distributed ternational Decade for Action schoolteachers in support of the been finalized in Firoz Nakhchir to teachers only through a paper, Water for Life 2005-2015 Con- National Unity Government, Township in Samangan which will but they have not received any land ference in Dushanbe, the capital said Balkhi. As per a presiden- city of Tajikistan, Abdullah said be distributed in near future. The or plot yet. that Afghanistan is in a unique position both as a source, a tran- Flash floods take sit point, a corridor and water re- Regional threats discussed sources and that in line with this FOUR LIVES IN the government is committed to with neighbours: MoFA utilize the position to maximize JAWZJAN the usage of water at home and in AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan has dis- the region. Thus, the Afghan gov- cussed emerging regional threats he added. ernment is willing to utilize Af- Not only do we all suffer when made significant strides to catch Conference which was initiated by KABUL: At least four people with its neighbours, the Ministry During his visit to Tajikistan, ghanistan s geographic location, water is wasted or not used ac- up with national uplift objectives Tajikistan a decade ago and is ex- have died and seven villages have of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Abdullah held talks with Tajik pres- resources, water as well as inter- cording to established rules and as part of the reconstruction strat- pected to continue for three days. been damaged in flash flooding in Tuesday. Talking to reporters ident Emomali Rahmon and Prime national to maximize the use of norms, but we also fail to achieve egies adopted over the past 13 The conference was attended by northern Jawzjan province, said a about Chief Executive Officer Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda on bi- water for irrigation, power gener- other social and economic devel- years with the support of inter- senior officials from different local official. The provincial Dep- (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah s ongo- lateral relations. Rahmon pledged ation, he added. He said that Af- opment objectives in a coherent national community as well as countries, including the Ban Ki- uty Governor, Abdul Rahman ing trip to Tajikistan, MoFA his country s support for Afghan- ghanistan is now in a position to manner, he added. neighboring countries. Abdullah moon, the UN Secretary General. Mahmoudi, said that heavy rains spokesman Ahmad Shakib Mus- istan during his meeting with Ab- engage more constructively at the Abdullah said that three de- appreciated the international com- It is worth mentioning that led to flash flooding in Darzab dis- taghni said Afghanistan had shared dullah. regional and bilateral levels to ad- cades of wars and conflicts in Af- munity for lending its support to water bodies in Afghanistan cov- trict of the province. He said that its concerns about the emergence The Afghan government is con- dress win-win solutions with our ghanistan has eroded the country Afghanistan over the past 13 er 75 billion cubic meters, of which exact information about the loss- of Daesh or Islamic State and oth- cerned about the emergence of new friends and neighbors, based on of its infrastructure and capaci- years. only 30 percent remains in the es that the floods have caused is er threats in the region with Tajik threats at a time when informal international legal guidelines and ties and resource management abil- International Decade for Ac- country and the rest is channeled not clear so far. leadership and other neighboring talks with the Taliban have been prior experiences. ities. He said that Afghanistan has tion Water for Life 2005-2015 to other countries. However, initial information countries. He said the Afghan se- intensified. shows that the floods have killed curity forces had been fighting non- The reconciliation process was four people and have damaged state actors for security of Afghan- expected to be launched in March Illegal seven villages, he added. Mah- istan and the region. Stability in with Pakistan s mediation, but Taliban kidnaps four civilians in Ghazni Afghanistan was not the sole pur- there has been no breakthrough. moudi said that ten other people (Pajhwok) AT News Report when they were stopped by the However, it is not clear whether are still missing. pose of the war against terrorism, Taliban. The Taliban militants the kidnapped people are dead or gunmen loot KABUL: The Taliban militants moved the three people along with alive. Though no one has claimed have kidnapped four civilians in their driver to an unknown place, the responsibility of the kidnap- aid convoy in Gailan district of Ghazni province he added. He said that the kid- pings, local officials point the fin- the other day, said an official. napped people were residents of ger of blame to the Taliban. It is Faryab THE WORLD BANK GROUP The Deputy Governor of the Angori area of Jaghori district. He pertinent to mentioning that such province, Muhammad Ali Ahma- said that local tribal elders are try- kidnappings on highways have MAIMANA/FEROZKOH: di, said two women and a child ing to negotiate release of the kid- raised concerns among common Gunmen briefly seized a convoy were travelling to Ghazni city napped people with the Taliban. people. of four trucks carrying relief goods REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST for flood-affected families in northwestern Faryab province, 7 KILLED IN IMPUNITY FOR KILLERS OF looting two trucks, officials said (REI) NANGARHAR on Tuesday. In their report mem- JOURNALISTS MUST END bers of a delegation tasked with FOR DRONE STRIKE distributing the aid in Faryab, said the trucks were intercepted in the JALALABAD: A drone strike KABUL: Reporters Without Bor- organisation said in a statement. Pashtun Kot district on Monday. CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR THE WORLD killed at least seven armed rebels ders on Tuesday reiterated its con- The statement follows death anni- The report said gunmen brief- in Lalpur district of eastern Nan- demnation of the impunity en- versaries of two well-known jour- ly held hostage a joint delegation BANK KABUL garhar province, an official said on joyed by those responsible for nalists, Zakia Zaki, the owner of of World Food Program (WFP), Tuesday. Col Hazrat Hussain crimes against media personnel in Peace Radio in Parwan province, International Organization of Mi- Mashraqiwal, police spokesper- Afghanistan. gration (IOM) and Norwegian son, told Pajhwok Afghan News Although the national unity and Abdul Samad Rohani, who armed rebels were killed in Samso worked for Pajhwok Afghan News Refugees Council (NRC) organi- government has taken some mea- zations. The gunmen released the REI No. 15-0518 locality between Lalpur and Bati sures designed to improve the free- and the BBC in southern Helmand kot districts. Haji Ghalib, district province. delegation after a few hours, said dom of press, including dissolving the report, adding that two police The World Bank Group (World Bank) invites REI to pre-qualify general chief, said five dead bodies were The killers of the two journal- brought yesterday evening and a commission tasked with investi- rangers were accompanying the contractors (GC) for providing Construction Works for the World Bank Kabul. another one this morning to the gating violations by media outlets. ists remain on the loose. Rohani s convoy. The food items were be- district centre. Sparghay, a prom- The government has also ap- body was found seven years ago. ing carried four 260 families in inent rebel commander and resi- proved the law on access to infor- Zaki s eighth death anniversary Aqdara, Taht Zghan and Sar Hawz Scope dent of Bati kot, was also among mation, but journalists are increas- was observed two days ago. areas of the Pashtun Kot district. the dead. (Pajhwok) ingly targeted in violent acts, the (Pajhwok) Each package contained 150 Construct a new off grid (ready for future grid connection), blast resistant facility, kilograms of flour, 70 kilograms on a 5,300 m² site. The facility is composed of an office building (approximately of pea, 10 kilograms of ghee, salt, kitchen utensils and clothing. 4,132 m²)and a 30 unit guesthouse (approximately 1,163 m²). The facility is The acting governor of Fary- ab, Abdul Sattar Barez, confirmed three floors above grade and two floors below grade; and a monumental art wall. the report and said that a com- Total building construction area of approximately 5,295 m².The scope includes, mission would be constituted to identify the looters, take them to among others, reinforced concrete structure, fit out finishes, blast resistance justice and wrest back the items. walls/windows/doors, access control, demolition and removal of existing Provincial Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) structures including providing appropriate documentation as required for project director Abdul Wahab said local Environmental Certification (for example LEED). Duration of the project is illegal commanders had previous- ly taken away food items enough estimated to be 24 month or sooner. For details, please refer web-site indicated for 50 families from trucks on the below. pretext to distribute them to af- fected families in their areas. We have requested local elders to con- REI 15-0518 will be for distribution to interested GC from June 15 to 25, vince the illegal armed men to bring back the items, he said. At least 2015. The last day for submission of the REI is on July 7, 2015. seven people died and nearly one thousand families were affected by spring floods this year in the Pa- To be considered as eligible to participate, firms must meet all the mandatory shtun Kot district. Elsewhere, 500 war-affected and poor families business criteria outlined in the World Bank Corporate Procurement Web- received aid from the Ministry of site under Business Opportunities . For details, please visit http:// Rural Rehabilitation and Develop- ment (MRRD) in western Ghor go.worldbank.org/XDFTL7G250 and click Administrative Procurement and province on Tuesday. Provincial search for REI No. 15-0518. MRRD director Eng. Taj Moham- mad Zalal said each family re- ceived two plastic carpets, four For further information or questions please contact Manolo Macariolavia children s jackets, a set of cook- Female fighters of the Kurdish People s Protection Units (YPG) are attending a ceremony ing dishes, one tent, socks, shoes e-mail [email protected]. before departing for the frontlines to fight the Islamic State. Photo by Kurdish Blog and gloves. (Pajhwok)

60.70 59.30 68.27 66.87 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES For Afghan women mountaineers, Brad Pitt to star in Netflix film uphill battles begin before the climb about Afghanistan war with Hamidi, who is hiking on a Netflix has acquired distribution taped-up ankle that she sprained a rights to War Machine, the David Soheila Hamidi, who is hiking on a taped-up ankle that week or so earlier. She complains Michod-directed drama which will she sprained a week or so earlier, gets assistance from about her injury and hands her star Brad Pitt as a four-star rock backpack to the porters, although star U.S. military general. The char- local guide Malang Darya as they scramble over rocks. she rejects suggestions that she acter is patterned after Gen. Stan- turn back. ley McChrystal, for a time the Darya is also Hamidi's relative. Hamidi is eloquent, but illiter- commanding general of internation- Faisal Naziry/Courtesy of Ascend ate. She says she couldn't attend al and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. school while she and her family The film is a satirical comedy in- were refugees in Pakistan and Iran. spired by the bestselling book The By the time the family returned to Operators: The Wild And Terrify- Kabul, she was too far behind to ing Inside Story Of America s War keep up with her classes and In Afghanistan, by the late jour- dropped out in seventh grade. nalist Michael Hastings. Script was Soon thereafter, she was discov- written by Michod, whose credits ered by a Taekwondo coach and as include Animal Kingdom and The a member of the Afghan national team is a bronze medalist in inter- Rover. Pitt and his Plan B cohorts national competition. Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner She is taller and stronger than will produce with Ian Bryce. Nooristani, but on the hike toward This picture package was on base camp, she lets local guide Deadline s list of his Cannes titles, Malang Darya help her up the trail. but Pitt and his reps have for sev- He is 41 and one of only two Af- eral weeks been down the road with ghans to summit Mt. Noshaq. He Ted Sarandos and his Netflix co- and Hamidi are also cousins. horts on an alternative strategy. Eighteen-year-old Zahra Kari- With this deal, Sarandos has an mi Nooristani dangles precarious- opportunity to make the kind of ly off a rock face high above Kab- seismic move in features as he did ul. with TV series like House Of The women of the Afghan Cards. This will be the biggest in- The 24,580-foot summit of Mt. taineer who is to guide the Afghan pregnant with her first child, and National Cycling Federation team vestment Netflix will have made Noshaq pokes through a thick blan- team to the peak. They say they this is her last trip to Afghanistan train outside Kabul, the capital. so far in a feature film, in the $30 ket of clouds like a bright spear. need to see the terrain firsthand so before the planned climb. They face poor road conditions, million range. It is also the first It's the highest mountain in Af- they can better ensure everyone's "We can safely say they've terrible traffic, lots of gawking and time Netflix has really gotten hold ghanistan and, at the moment, the safety during the climb. The trip stated their objection and done even threats of violence in pursuit of a film with one of the biggest only one visible from our six-pas- also gives them a chance to see how their duty," she says, and walks of their sport. global A-list movie stars, in his senger, single-propeller plane. Nooristani and Hamidi perform at away from the elders to put on her Former U.S. Olympian Lorrie prime, along with his producing Niloofar Nooristani, 21, and higher altitudes in a province hiking boots. Her Afghan program Fair hugs Zahra Mahmoudi, the cohorts whose recent credits in- Even though this is sophisti- ridors of power to the distant re- Soheila Hamidi, who is a year they've never visited. manager writes the local leaders a captain of the Afghan women's clude Best Picture winner 12 Years cated subject matter and not the gions of America s ambitions, said younger, press against the win- Headaches, Logistical And handwritten letter absolving them soccer team. A Slave and Best Picture nominee popcorn fare that studios covet, Sarandos, the chief content officer dows to get a better look. With the Cultural of any responsibility for the When the team sets up camp Selma. any studio or independent distrib- of Netflix. Brad and David are a help of a Virginia-based NGO and Logistical problems swamp group, and the team heads out. for the night, she climbs up on a The streaming service contin- a mountain guide from Colorado, the two Americans before the hike An Unlikely Team Member utor would have salivated over re- perfect team to make this timely, rock to watch. She asks Darya: ues to establish itself in countries leasing a movie with Brad Pitt as compelling and entertaining film. they and 11 others hope to be the begins. The first half of trail to Mt. "Should I help? Give me some- first Afghan female climbers to Nutritious food and other sup- Noshaq runs along a spring-fed riv- around the world itjust an- its star. But it is also the kind of Said Pitt: We are so excited thing to do. Should I fetch water?" nounced Italy, Portugal and Spain summit the mountain later this plies are hard to come by, and er. Gilbert is the fittest and fastest He tells her "no." That leads movie that is often hard pressed to be a part of the inspiring com- year. This trip in mid-May is the there's a serious lack of mountain of the group. But Nooristani, ea- the Americans to chastise the local to raise its penetration to more than to find a large theatrical audience, mitment by Netflix to produce first time any of their group has equipment and expedition know- ger to prove herself, is right be- guide. 150 countries and is expected and P&A is exorbitant to chase that cutting-edge content and to deliv- seen the peak up close. how among the local guides and hind the guide. Her balance and gait "The point is everyone does a to be in even more by the time this business. Pitt and his advisers in- er it to a global audience. "It's marvelous," Nooristani porters. That means a lot more are steady, even though she's wear- job on an expedition," LeGree movie is ready for a qualifying the- stead decided to experiment with Said Michod: I m humbled to exclaims. "Look how clear it is! work for Gilbert, who's already ing donated hiking shoes that are a says. "Everyone takes care of their atrical run, and then a big Netflix the idea that potentially more peo- be making a big, bold movie about Imagine if we'd climbed it already." feeling overwhelmed. half-size too small. own business and doesn't expect worldwide bow late in 2016. ple would see the film through the the whole sprawling, complex, But getting there is going to be Afghanistan is about 30 years Gilbert marvels at the high anyone else to do it." Darya agrees, Plan B acquired the Hastings Netflix global streaming subscrib- cumbersome and crazy machinery a lot tougher than they or their behind most other climbing sites, school graduate's recent transfor- and points out all the tasks he does. book last year and originally it er base. Deadline has reported that of modern war and the many lives American backers had hoped. she says. mation from one of the team's most So I ask him why he's telling Ha- seemed like a straight nonfiction when Netflix makes a deal like this it touches. The mountain is located near Local officials also alternate unlikely members. midi not to work. He replies: "She's film. It has instead been turned into or on a movie like the Cary Pitt has hardly abandoned the the northeastern sliver of Afghan- between welcoming and stalling the Nooristani is the oldest of four my relative," which draws a cho- a fictionalized satire. The book Fukunaga-directed Idris Elba-star- traditional theatrical release that istan called Wakhan, a sparsely female visitors to Mt. Noshaq, sisters on the mountaineering team, rus of more objections. "We have captured McChrystal in his cocky rer Beasts Of No Nation or the launched his star. He wrapped By populated, high-altitude area re- which is on the border with Paki- and she yearns to become a mid- to make her tough," LeGree says. glory, and focused on the back- four movies that will star Adam The Sea, the Universal film with nowned for its wildlife. The larg- stan. wife. But her father, a gravestone But Hamidi continues to act help- rooms and politics of war and the Sandler and be produced by his Angelina Jolie, who directed. Af- est species of wild sheep named It takes a full day filling out cutter, can't afford to pay her tu- less the next day. Gilbert says she high-stakes maneuvers and politi- company its model eliminates ter he wraps War Machine, Pitt after explorer Marco Polo are forms in the Afghan town of Ish- ition, so when she's not training finally lost her patience and yelled cal firestorm that shook the coun- the possibility for overages be- will join Marion Cotillard in an found only here. Endangered snow kashim for the group to get the re- for the expedition, she's home with at Hamidi, telling her to get seri- try. Hastings, who followed Mc- cause the priority is the streaming untitled Steven Knight-scripted leopards, ibex and brown bears also quired permits to go to base camp. little to do because there are few ous or go back. That gets the Chrystal around Europe and Af- service. We ve heard that Netflix period spy thriller that will be di- roam the Wakhan Corridor. Those documents are promptly outlets for unmarried Afghan young Afghan's attention and de- ghanistan for a month in 2010 for will pay 130% of a film s budget. rected by Robert Zemeckis for The ecology may be rich, but rejected by the elders of the near- women outside of education. spite her sprained ankle, she is the a Rolling Stone article, quoted the In order to get this coup, it paid at Paramount. He will then reprise in most of the area's 10,000 inhabit- by village Qazideh, who demand Nooristani says she hopes the f rst one down on the return trip. general badmouthing the White least that much or more, but it a sequel to the zombie apocalypse ants are poor and live in mud homes they start the paperwork again with Mt. Noshaq climb might lead to a 'Pushing Their Own Personal Bar- House and its handling of the war. potentially knocks down a wall hit World War Z, which is being or yurts. There is little electricity Wakhan's district government, scholarship. riers' Hamidi redeems herself the That proved to be his undoing; af- that could give Netflix a real shot scripted by Knight and will be di- and no cell phone coverage except which is a day's drive away on dirt Gilbert worries about how following day when she and ter Rolling Stone published the ar- at movie-star-driven pictures that rected by Juan Antonio Bayona, for what they get from neighbor- roads. much the young Afghan struggles Nooristani give a talk to local girls ticle The Runaway General, want one-stop shopping. Netflix with Plan B producing. ing Tajikistan. Farmers till their At a school in nearby Ishkash- with her self-image. Like many of at a high school in Ishkashim built McChrystal was ordered back to small plots with oxen and hand- im, the Afghan women give a pre- her teammates, she's obsessed will also heavily market the mov- Pitt is repped by CAA, Brill- by controversial American author D.C. by President Obama, and ie. War Machine is a rip-roaring, stein Entertainment Partners and made wooden yokes. Opium ad- sentation on their mountain climb- with losing weight even though Greg Morten on and his Central diction and alcoholism are report- ing training and scouting expedi- she's already lost 22 pounds McChrystal tendered his resigna- behind-the-facade tale of modern Alan Hergott. Asia Institute. tion there. war decision-makers, from the cor- Yahoonews ed to be rampant. tion to Mt. Noshaq. through her training. Hamidi encourages the 11th But Wakhan's largely un- At a school in nearby Ishkash- "Another thing that is really and 12th graders to climb moun- touched landscape is also a draw im, the Afghan women give a pre- hard for me is that I heard Niloofar tains and to pursue their dreams, for scores of trekkers and moun- sentation on their mountain climb- say she's half-boy, half-girl," Gil- even if they are careers in male- Afghanistan to learn from Zambia taineers. ing training and scouting expedi- bert says. "I tried to communicate dominated fields. Within Afghanistan, visitors tion to Mt. Noshaq. to her and I think she under- Visiting Afghanistan Deputy Min- out of school but we are commit- And Mr Nkoshya is happy reach the region mainly by pricey Soraya Sarhaddi-Nelson/NPR stood I'm strong, I can climb "Can't a woman become a law- charter flights because of a grow- Getting the elders' blessing is mountains, I'm very capable and yer? Can't a woman become a par- ister of Education Ghulam Hama- ted to the international commit- that the Afghan government has ing Taliban presence along the high- important: Their village sits at the I'm smart and I am a woman." liament member? Can't a woman yun says his country has a lot to ment of education for all, he said. serious programmes on teacher way leading to Wakhan from Kab- head of the 20-mile trail leading to 'We Have To Make Her Tough' become our president?" she asks, learn from Zambia s education sys- Dr Hamayun said that over education and has established cen- ul, where Nooristani, Hamidi and the mountain. They also control Soheila Hamidi, who is hiking drawing applause. tem. three million children are out of tres where teachers are trained. As the other Afghan female climbers the porters needed for the wom- on a taped-up ankle that she LeGree says she's amazed at And Dr Hamayun has congrat- school in Afghanistan but that the Ministry of Education, we are yet live. Even planes aren't always safe en's expedition. Just how obstruc- sprained a week or so earlier, gets her and Nooristani's poise and con- ulated Zambians for holding a international partners are support- to learn. We may not have as many the flight that left a couple of tionist they can be became clear assistance from local guide Malang fidence given this is their first time peaceful presidential election ear- ing his country s efforts to have colleges and teacher training cen- hours before the one we're on was months ago when they stopped Darya as they scramble over rocks. speaking in public. But she adds ly this year. them enrolled in school. tres as you have but what you re- shot at twice. LeGree's organization from recruit- Darya is also Hamidi's relative. their training is about a lot more Speaking when he met Minis- He said Afghanistan has come fer to as teacher training centres But the young Afghan women ing local girls for the mountain- Soheila Hamidi, who is hiking than reaching the top of a moun- try of Education, Science, Voca- up with interventions to enable can be equivalent to our resource and their American chaperones, climbing team. on a taped-up ankle that she tain. tional Training and Early Educa- children who have dropped out to centres, he said. Mr Nkoshya said Marina LeGree and Danika Gilbert, One of the recalcitrant Qazi- sprained a week or so earlier, gets "It's about the group having tion permanent secretary Chish- resume school. that there are a lot of similarities are determined to get as close as deh elders warns of the implausi- assistance from local guide Malang the experience of an expedition imba Nkoshya and some directors Dr Hamayun said that his between Zambia s education sys- they can to Mt. Noshaq to pre- ble danger that "ISIS drones" from Darya as they scramble over rocks. under their belts and you know, in Lusaka yesterday, Dr Hamayun Government is developing litera- tem and Afghanistan. He said, pare for their expedition. Pakistan have been spotted in the Darya is also Hamidi's relative. pushing their own personal barri- said that his country has embarked cy schools and literacy centres. however, that the two countries LeGree, 36, founded Ascend, valley leading to Mt. Noshaq. Faisal Naziry/Courtesy of ers, which they all will do just by on education reforms. He also said Afghanistan has are operating in different environ- the NGO that is leading the effort, But LeGree refuses to give in Ascend going" to Mt. Noshaq, LeGree We have a challenge of hav- developed Islamic education in ments and have different challeng- and Gilbert, 44, is a veteran moun- to further delays. She is six months The guide is less impressed says. (npr.org) ing a number of children coming schools. es. Zambiadailymail This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Differences deepen over new Bamyan governor

BAMYAN CITY: Though the fraud in elections, he said. Mean- newly-appointed governor for while, hundreds of residents gath- central Bamyan province has not ered in Bamyan City in support officially assumed office, some of the new governor. One of them, lawmakers and residents have Mohammad Amin Ayan, said the been protesting against his ap- new governor was an educated pointment for the last two days. man and had no problem. He add- The lower house members ed that the president should im- have erected tents in front of the plement his decision as soon as governor s house in Bamyan City possible because Bamyan was to express their opposition to the currently without a leader. Around appointment of Mohammad Za- 800 residents of Bamayn City EMERGENCY hir Tahir as the provincial gover- and those coming from districts nor. The Independent Directorate attended the gathering, Ayan said. CALLS of Local Governance (IDLG) had Mohammad Tahir Zahir is a introduced eight governors and resident of Dara-i-Souf Bala dis- Police some of them have taken charge. trict of Samangan province. He They include Zahir Tahir, the new received his bachelor s degree in governor of Bamyan. However, sociology from Kateb private uni- 100 - 119 some political parties and the pro- versity. vincial council members say they He had served as advisor to n the dead of night, students in ullah, a 10th class student at the Herat University. The youth also ern part of Ferozkoh, uses a small support Tahir as the governor. But former Second Vice-President Ferozkoh the capital of Allauddin Ghori High School, told complainof a lack of playgrounds generator that consumes three li- Hospitals lawmakers representing Bamyan Mohammad Karim Khalili from IGhor province pour onto Pajhwok Afghan News after 10pm in the province, saying they tres of petrol each night. Each li- in the Wolesi Jirga are against him. 2011 to 2014. Zahir was the 34th the streets to make use of solar when the generator goes off they played football on asphalted roads tre of petrol costs him 50 afgha- FMIC Hospital The protesting MPs include Mo- ground brigade commander in lights for homework and exercise. have no choice but to come out at night. Mahmood, 17, works in nis, an uneconomicaloption. Re- Behind Kabul Medical hammad Akbari, Safura Yalkhani, Bamyan from 2001 to 2004. Za- They make use of the lights avail- for studying on streets. daytime and playssoccer with his grettably, we are still deprived of Sayed Fakor Behishti, Abdur Rah- hir was advisor of President able and enjoy the still of the night. When electricity is available colleagues under the lights on as- electricitydespite the Harirod Riv- University: man Shahidani and some residents. Ashraf Ghani during his election- Despite three major rivers at night, we only have dinner and phalted roads in Ferozkoh. There er passing through our city. Peo- 0202500200-+93793275595 They have erected tents in front eering campaign in 2014. Farahrod, Harirod and Murghab chat with family members. But is a stadium in the city but with- ple will have easy access to elec- of the governor s house for the last On Saturday last, many po- flowing through Ferozkoh, the when the light goes off, we come out lights. Energy and Water De- tricity if a power turbine is in- two days. Yalkhani told reporters litical parties in Bamyan an- city of almost 20,000 people re- out and sit under solar pylons, partment officials acknowledge stalled on the river, he remarked. Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital they wanted to build pressure on nounced their support for the new mains deprived of the basic facil- he said, adding their studies go on frequent and long spells of outag- Another resident, Akhtar the president to take back his de- governor and urged the president ity called electricity. till 2-3am. There are no security es in the provincial capital. Be- Mohammad, has replaced his fuel Pule Bagh-e- Umomi cision of naming Tahir Zahir as to send him urgently to take A diesel-powered generator concerns; only sounds of vehicles cause of funds paucity, they have lighting systemwith battery-pow- 070263672 the Bamyan governor. Her col- charge. Haidar Ali Etimadi, the produces electricity for 25 per- and motorcycles break the area s been unable to introduce a proper ered lights. Our children go early league Mohammad Akbari said head of coordination council of po- cent of the population from silence intermittently. It would system of electricity supply. to bed because of lack of electric- Zahir was an emotional person litical parties in Bamyan, said all 7:30pm for three hours, but the have been much better if we had Eng. Mohammad Yasin, the ity. Ghor is one of remote prov- Khairkhana Hospital and they did not want him to be the previous seven governors had tariff is prohibitively high: 35 af- electricity at home. Abdul Rah- water and energy director, ex- inces of the country and the gov- the governor. Also last week, Ak- not been opposed like Zahir, who ghanis per kilowatt for residents man, another student, usually plains 25 percent of residents were ernment has paid little attention 0799-321007 bari said Zahir s duty record had could not start his job due the and 60 afghanis for offices and studies on these streets till mid- provided electricity from 7:30pm to its development. Civil society 2401352 been negative in the past and peo- opposition from some circles. businesses. Ferozkoh has only 12 night because there is no electric- to 1:30am,while the remaining 75 activist Nabi Saqi grumbles even ple would not support him. It is wrong to oppose the asphalted roads and in recent ity in his hostel. I have a lot of percent are still yearning for the a single infrastructuredevelop- However, Meshrano Jirga governor before he starts work. years fourkilometres have been wishes for my country. I just want elemental facility. He estimates ment project has not been imple- member from Bamyan, Qais Wak- Let him do his job and if fails in equipped with over 100 power to have a good education and serve electricity supply to the entire mented in Ghor. Electricity,a ba- Indira Gandhi Children ili, said the protesting lawmakers his responsibility then oppose pylons.After 10pm when the my people. Abdullah, an official city will cost 170 million afgha- sic necessity of life, is not yet Hospital, Wazir Akbar feared Zahir would not allow fraud him, he suggested. businesses close, city streets be- at the police headquarter, asked nis. The prices of one unit of elec- available to the people. He recalls in the parliamentary elections. The protest is personal op- come vibrant, with students com- them to remain calm and not to tricity has gone up significantly, former president Hamid Karzai Khan, Kabul 2301372 Most of these lawmakers have position and is unacceptable to ing out of homes along with their worry, as security forces were with the authorities exercising the had promised to reconstruct the entered the Wolesi Jirga through us, he said. (Pajhwok) books and studying together in fully alert. In a setting free of option of reducing power supply Ghor dam, but the promise is yet groups. The city is relatively saf- worries, theystudy late at the durations. On the other hand, Ir- to be honoured. When the genera- Ibn-e- Seena er, where they can stay as long night and well into early morning rigation Director Mohammad tor providing power to the area for their studies as they like. Oth- at times, the official said, adding Amin says feasibility of the Band- stops working, the city plunges Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Activists push for ers, however, go for a walk, brief Ghor student secured high marks i-Aab dam has begun and its con- darkness. Ironically. The blackout 2100359 discussions and an exchange of in university tests. Abdul Qasim, struction will take five years. The lasts as long as a month, accord- ideasin the apparently secure en- a 12thgrader from the Sultan Al- dam would cost $16 million to be ing to the man.About a year ago, approval of law on vironment. Some go for workouts. lauddin Ghori high school, got the provided from the national bud- hundreds of people assembled at Wazir Akbar Khan Some of these students say highest marks in the university get. It has the capacity to pro- the riverside, carrying lanterns violence against women despite spending much of their entry test in 2012. With 333 marks duce 4.5 MGW electricity, meet- and candles. The protestors urged Hospital time outside until late at night, to his credit, Qasim chose to ing the city s demand. Moham- the government to construct the 2301741, 2301743 they feel safe and secure. Ehsan- study at the Economic Faculty of mad Zarif, who lives in the north- power dam. (Pajhwok) Ali Abad No female gynaecologist Agony for civilians Shahrara, Kabul in 14 districts of Kunar as Afghan battlefront 2100439 ASADABAD: A shortage of gy- midwives at the district level will Malalai Maternity naecologists and skilled midwives be overcome. A resident of Man- has been a source of serious trou- ogai district who is currently being EXPANDS NORTH Hospital ble for women in eastern Kunar trained as a midwife, Khadija has 2201377/ 2301743 province, residents and public passed her 12th grade exam. Desir- KUNDUZ: Mauludeen lifts the ed patients at its trauma centre in health officials say.But authorities ous of providing public health ser- shirt of his writhing, shrieking in- Kunduz city since the start of the say a midwifery training process vices since her childhood, she went fant daughter to reveal a gunshot offensive, more than double the Banks is currently underway. They hope to school in her area in the hope of wound, highlighting the plight of figure in the same period last year. the problem will be resolved with being able to serve mothers and tens of thousands of Afghans Many of them with gunshot Da Afghanistan Bank the completion of the training pro- new-borns. With family support, caught in the crossfire on the Tal- wounds or blast injuries were gramme in three years from now. I was selected on merit for the train- iban s expanding northern battle- forced to make tortuous journeys 2100302, 2100303 Director of Public Health Dr. As- ing course. Her colleague from Sar- front. Civilians are bearing the from remote districts, taking adullah Fazli says programmes for kano district Arzo stresses wom- brunt of a large-scale insurgent of- lengthy detours to navigate check- Kabul Bank training educated girls as mid- en s role as health workers in any fensive in Kunduz province, the points and landmines which "If Parliament approves the law with a few days remaining, it wives have been launched in sev- society, saying she was getting have been swept loose by recent 222666, 070285285 will be remembered as a dignified Parliament and the move keystone of the Taliban s summer eral provinces with the support training at the institute in the spirit fighting season which is expected flooding. The wards of the MSF will decrease the vulnerability of women in Afghanistan," wom- of foreign donors. In Asadabad, to serve local women. Even now centre, exuding the cloying scent Azizi Bank en rights activist Alima said to be the bloodiest in a decade. the provincial capital, a centre has we go to districts to help females in Kunduz is facing a humanitarian of antiseptic, are rife with harrow- 0799 700900 been set up to train midwives and need of medical care. Malalai Amin, crisis, with thousands of families ing tales: a young man hit by stray The Women's Political Participa- ber of the women's political par- nurses. Considering Islamic val- a trainer at the centre, says they trapped in a vortex of violence as bullets while herding cattle; a 14- Pashtany Bank tion Committee the other day urged ticipation committee named Khad- ues, secure accommodation, mess- teach the girls under training theo- militancy spreads across the year-old who picked up an unex- Parliament to accelerate efforts to ija Sherbaz said. ing, recreational facilities, a kin- retical and practical skills from north, beyond traditional Taliban ploded device that went off in his 2102908, 2103868 ratify the law on elimination of The letter addressed to first dergarten, transportation, a well- morning to evening in a highly pro- hotbeds in the south and east. hand; a three-year-old who sur- violence against women before the lady Rula Ghani included thou- equipped library and a laboratory fessional fashion. Some of the train- Civilians such as Mauludeen vived when a rocket-propelled Air Services legislature's term comes to an end sands of signatures collected in will be set up at the training insti- ees, who are taught computer and have flooded into the provincial grenade hit his house and killed in two weeks. "If Parliament ap- order to show the level of popular tute. At the moment, 60 girls have English lessons, are also sent to clin- capital Kunduz city to escape the his father. On some days five war- proves the law with a few days support for the elimination of vio- been selected on the basis of mer- ics to learn basic skills. Dr. Ehsan- conflict, taking shelter in fetid tent wounded trickle in, other days as Safi Airways remaining, it will be remembered lence against women law. it for the two-year training course ullah, head of the training institute, settlements, rife with signs of many as 35, MSF said. Many are 020 22 22 222 as a dignified Parliament and the "A joint call made by women to meet pre- and post-natal needs acknowledges high mother and child malnutrition and seething with unable to make it at all, trapped in move will decrease the vulnerabil- rights advocacy institutions urges of women in Asadabad and 14 oth- mortality rates in Kunar. Nonethe- desperation. Mauludeen, who their districts by the fighting. The ity of women in Afghanistan," the ratification of the law on elim- er districts of Kunar. Fazli adds less, he is confident the rates will goes by one name, fled his home World Food Programme estimates Ariana women rights activist Alima said ination of violence against wom- 30 of the girls are being taught come down significantly after the in the worst-affected Chardarah that more than 3,700 families dis- on Monday. Activists from the or- en," activist Humaira Saqib told midwifery skills, with the remain- training course ends and graduates district with his wife and six chil- placed in Kunduz by the Taliban 020-2100270 ganization addressed a letter to first TOLOnews. "The letter has been ing half being trained as nurses. are sent to rural areas. Parents of dren, including the year-old baby offensive are vulnerable and in lady Rula Ghani and Chief Execu- dispatched to the president and Apart from the provincial capi- trainees have held out assurances who was hit by a stray bullet dur- urgent need of assistance. Outside Kam Air tive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, im- chief executive to help the women tal, not a single district of Kunar their daughters will be allowed to ing a battle between the Taliban the WFP distribution centre in ploring them to ensure passage of in this respect." has a gynaecologists, an issue that work in their respective areas once and government-backed forces. Kunduz city, women in lavender 0799974422 the violence against women law. The draft law was referred to has been shared with the Minis- they complete training, he says. A We left our home, our cattle, our burqas cower against the bound- Some warned that the Afghan pub- the Lower House in 2012, but be- try of Public Health in Kabul. dweller of Shegal district, Hamid- crops just before the harvest sea- ary wall, waiting hours in the Hotels lic would not accept failure from came marred in controversy after Additionally, the Asadabad Civil ullah, linked the absence profession- son, the 46-year-old vegetable broiling sun for a ration of flour, Parliament. "Lawmakers in Parlia- a number of MPs said articles of Hospital s building is also in shab- al doctors and medics to the high farmer told AFP, pulling up the cooking oil, pulses and high-ener- Safi Landmark ment must remember that their ap- the law were in contradiction to by condition, according to the of- child and mother mortality rates in baby girl s sequined top to reveal gy biscuits. More than 18,000 proach toward dealing the law will Islamic principles. The bill has ficial. With the completion of the the area. In our district, there is a sutured wound across her abdo- families in Kunduz have submit- 020-2203131 not remain hidden from the eye of been put aside by Parliament ever training course, he is optimistic, not even a single female doctor, he men. We are homeless, hungry, ted petitions for aid but so far only women and the people," a mem- since. (TOLONews) the shortage of gynaecologists and concludes. (Pajhwok) thirsty and waiting for help. half of the applications have been SERENA Some around Mauludeen dis- assessed due in part to access played wounds infested with constraints in war-affected dis- maggots, others clutched scraps tricts, according to the United 0799654000 of paper scrawled with messages Nations. Afghan forces, stretched in Dari pleading for official aid. on multiple fronts, have struggled New Rumi Restaurant Abdul Qadir, a 45-year-old to rein in the Taliban, whose ranks farmer from the same district, are bolstered by Central Asian 0776351347 drew a line with a stick on the fighters, as they face their first parched earth. The Taliban were fighting season without full Nato Internet Services on this side, government militia support. Local observers are crit- on the other and we were stuck in ical of a lack of coordination be- UA Telecom the middle, said Qadir, a baggy tween the forces, a patchwork of 0796701701 / 0796702702 shalwar kameez flowing over his soldiers, pro-government militias, withered frame. That typifies and villagers armed to act as po- what many in Afghanistan feel, lice all riven with internecine Exchange Rate seemingly trapped in a hopeless rivalries and accused of further quagmire after 13 years of war, sowing chaos. Many blame the Purchase: with civilians increasingly caught disarray on the protracted delay between the government and a re- in the crucial appointment of a silient Taliban insurgency. The defence minister, apparently due One US$ = consequences of the conflict go far to disagreements between Presi- 59.88Afs beyond the horrific loss of life and dent Ashraf Ghani and his chief One Pound Sterling= injury to civilians, Georgette executive and former election ri- Gagnon of the United Nations val, Abdullah Abdullah. Frequent- 90.34Afs Assistance Mission in Afghani- ly they are also scathing of One Euro = stan said in a recent statement. Ghani s brusque governance style Conflict-related violence also he sacked the Kunduz gover- 66.07Afs devastates Afghan families through nor after coming to power last 1000 Pak Rs = displacement, loss of livelihood, September over a patchy Skype destruction of homes and other call with provincial dignitaries. He 572Afs losses. vowed back then to overhaul lo- Sale: Crisis of leadership cal governance, disarm local mili- One US$ = The Taliban launched their tias and improve security in the summer offensive in late April volatile province, which borders 60.08 Afs with a brazen assault on Kunduz Tajikistan. Afghanistan is suffer- One Pound Sterling= city, coming close to overrunning ing from a serious crisis of leader- 91.14Afs the provincial capital and sending ship, said deputy provincial civilian casualties soaring in out- council head Amruddin Wali. One Euro= Does no one in the government The famous Kabul River is not only drying up but has become polluted as well. Traders and visitors throw garbage into lying districts. Medical charity 66.67 Afs Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) care that people are losing their 1000 Pak Rs= 582Afs the river without realizing that it is fading beauty of the city and harming environment. has received around 225 wound- lives every day? 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The inevitable has happened. The Maldives. The relevant text of the world’s sole superpower has in- fresh letter says as follows: Dear tervened over the situation in Secretary Carter and Secretary Maldives and thus increased New Kerry: "The political space in Delhi’s diplomatic heft in dealing Maldives is quickly closing as dem- with the ongoing Maldivian crisis. ocratically-oriented opposition Maldivian President Abdulla political parties, civil society Yameen. ReutersMaldivian Presi- groups and journalists have come dent Abdulla Yameen. Reuters under increased pressure. Oppo- The US has finally taken a sition political activists, including strong stand on the current politi- former President Nasheed, have cal situation in Maldives and bol- been subject to criminal proceed- stered the Indian position on the ings with no due process. We are ongoing turmoil in the Indian also concerned about the prison Ocean island state. conditions in which these opposi- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on ised access to safe drinking water ber of countries, as well as the UN American Senators John tion figures are being kept." Sig- ing political situation in Maldives Maumoon Gayoom had done to Tuesday termed water crucial for and sanitation as a human right.” Secretary-General and representa- McCain and Jack Reed, Chairman nificantly, Secretary Kerry had will greatly impact our ability to the country's second president the achievement of many of Paki- Discussions on energy coop- tives of other relevant internation- and Ranking Member of the Sen- raised these issues in Sri Lanka in work with the Yameen government Ibrahim Nasir. All his properties stan’s goals, as he addressed the eration and water management are al and regional bodies. ate Armed Services Committee, May and said there were "trou- and to engage on a host of issues, had been taken away by Gayoom. International Conference on the to be discussed during the visit, The Conference will review had last week sent a letter to De- bling signs that democracy is un- including military to military ac- He eventually died in 2008. Implementation of the Internation- both which are high on the agenda. the status of the implementation fence Secretary Ash Carter and der threat in Maldives, where tivities. They have made out a Naseem said the human rights al Decade for Action “Water for The premier was received by of the objectives of the Decade, Secretary of State John Kerry ex- former President Nasheed has been strong case for the Obama admin- situation in Maldives was grave Life” in Tajikistan; on his official Tajikistan’s First Deputy Prime which include implementation of pressing deep concern about the imprisoned without due process… istration to work in close coordi- today and it was ironical that the two-day visit. “From poverty al- Minister Davlatali Said, Minister water-related internationally deteriorating situation in Maldives (and it is) an injustice that must be nation with India. "In short, while Yameen government was talking leviation and cross-sectoral eco- for Energy and Water Resources agreed goals. and the implications of recent addressed soon." Senators Maldives may be a small island about the country's 50th anniver- nomic growth to environmental Osmanzada Osman Ali, Deputy It will also adopt a ‘Declara- events for the democratic process, McCain and Reed have expressed nation, there are big principles at sary of independence on the com- sustainability and food and ener- Foreign Minister Nizomiddin Zo- tion’, suggesting other measures to human rights and US national se- their agreement with this assess- stake. The United States should ing 26 July when the government gy security, water is central to hidi and Tajikistan Ambassador to further enhance cooperation at all curity policy in South Asia. ment and urge the State Depart- work with India and other demo- had beaten the democratic fabric achieving these goals,” he said as Pakistan, Sherali Jananov at Dus- levels. They have further increased ment to increase high level engage- cratic countries to impress upon to pulp with judiciary and police he addressed the Conference. The hanbe International airport. An early execution of the Casa- pressure on the Abdulla Yameen ment with the government of Maldives that its decisions are hav- in cahoots. premier highlighted the importance The inaugural session of the 1,000 power supply project and government by filing an amend- Maldives and send a strong mes- ing serious adverse consequences The fact that the US has de- of water and that there was now International Conference on the oil import are also on the agenda ment today to the National De- sage that the country should abide on its relationships abroad," they cided to up its ante vis-a-vis greater awareness at a national, re- Implementation of the Internation- for discussion. fence Authorisation Act Fiscal Year by its international commitments, concluded. The American interven- Maldives vindicates the Narendra gional and global level about the al Decade for Action “Water for Officials revealed that the key 2016 urging the Obama adminis- especially to the rule of law. They tion in Maldives was put in per- Modi government’s Maldives pol- impact of water on the planet as a Life,” 2005-15, was attended by focus of the trip would be the de- tration to press for the release of have made a specific mention of spective by Ahmed Naseem who icy. Prime Minister Modi was whole. “The provision of safe and the premier together with other liberation on water issues, where all political prisoners,including the 1 May development when served as foreign minister during scheduled to visit Maldives in affordable water to all, sanitation, heads of state. United Nations Secretary General former president Mohamed some 20,000 protesters in Male Nasheed's presidency. Naseem, March but cancelled the visit at sustainable management of water The Conference is being host- Ban Ki-Moon will also be present. Nasheed. The amendment express- marching for the freedom of all presently living in Colombo in the last minute after the Yameen resources, investment in water in- ed by Tajikistan in pursuance of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif es the sense of the Congress that political prisoners were met by self-imposed exile, told Firstpost government had arrested Nasheed frastructure and trans-boundary the UN General Assembly resolu- is accompanied by the Minister for the government of Maldives security forces dressed in riot gear over phone that the American move on 22 February on terror charges cooperation have been some of the tion no. A/RES/69/2015, which Water and Power Khawaja Asif should immediately release with tear gas and stun guns and is extremely significant. and refused to free him. Three issues on the global agenda for was co-sponsored by Pakistan, and Special Assistant to the Prime Nasheed and all political prison- more than 100 protesters were ar- Naseem said President weeks later Nasheed was convict- quite some time,” PM Nawaz said; and is expected to attract high-lev- Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj ers in the country, and guarantee rested. Interestingly, the two Amer- Yameen’s attitude to Nasheed was ed and sentenced to 13 years in adding that “The UN has recogn- el participation from a large num- Aziz during the visit. human rights for all the citizens of ican senators have said the ongo- reminiscent of what his brother jail. Pakistan to provide $5m food grant to Rohingya camps ISLAMABAD: A cabinet commit- laws. Simultaneously, the adviser tee formed to tackle issues over to the prime minister will address Nepal's rival political parties have the plight of Rohingya Muslims another letter to the Organisation reached agreement on a new con- has decided on a $5 million grant of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Sec- stitution that will divide the coun- in the form of food to be chan- retary General to propose the cre- try into eight provinces, ending nelled through the World Food Pro- ation of a special OIC fund to pro- years of deadlock, according to a gram for distribution in Rohingya vide food and other assistance to minister. The deal on Tuesday camps in Indonesia, Malaysia and Rohingya Muslims who have left came weeks after an earthquake Thailand. Myanmar and also those still liv- that killed thousands and devas- Pakistan will also appeal to the ing there. tated the country, adding to the United Nations to impress upon The committee will also at- pressure on politicians to end the the Myanmar government to grant tempt to sensitise the internation- stalemate. Legislators have missed Rohingya Muslims equal citizen- al community to encourage greater a series of deadlines to draft a new ship rights and ensure the protec- assistance in all forms to the Ro- national charter following a de- tion of the oppressed minority hingya Muslims, who are neither cade-long Maoist rebellion that community. claimed by their government nor left an estimated 16,000 people Recommendations to intensi- given shelter in neighbouring coun- dead and brought down the mon- fy diplomatic efforts in this regard tries. archy. Minendra Rijal, the infor- were made by the special commit- In addition, Pakistan will pro- mation minister, said the agree- tee— comprising Interior Minis- pose the establishment of a three- ment was a "major breakthrough". ter Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Ad- member committee of OIC foreign He said the natural disaster had viser to the Prime Minister on ministers who will travel to My- "motivated us to work together", Foreign Affairs and National Se- anmar in order to impress upon adding: "There is a will to get this curity Sartaj Aziz and Special As- the Myanmar government to re- done". Political deadline spurs an- sistant to the Prime Minister Tariq store fundamental rights of the ger in streets of Nepal Fatmi— which were approved by Rohingya community so they can More than 8,700 people died PM Nawaz Sharif. live peacefully without fear of per- in two quakes that hit Nepal on According to the committee's secution. Nisar vehemently plead- April 25 and May 12, destroying recommendations, the prime min- ed the case of the Rohingya Mus- nearly half a million houses and ister will write a letter to the Unit- lims and raised the issue twice dur- leaving thousands without shelter. ed Nations Secretary General, as ing the last two cabinet meetings. The deal will see the creation well as the President of the UN of eight provinces, although it Security Council, highlighting the The plight of the Rohingyas leaves the crucial issue of their humanitarian crisis and asking for evoked immediate response from borders unresolved. national unity. The agreement, the draft constitution would be and get six months to draw up in- lent protest inside the assembly further intensification of diplomat- the prime minister and cabinet The opposition Maoist party which was concluded around mid- ready in July. Under the deal, Ne- ternal borders and submit a pro- hall, where opposition members ic and moral pressure on the My- members and it was decided that a wants new provinces to be creat- night Monday, will be included in pal will continue with its current posal for approval in parliament. broke chairs and desks, and threw anmar government to grant ade- committee led by the interior min- ed along lines that could favour a draft charter that must be ap- system of governance, which in- An attempt by the governing par- microphones and shoes at the quate citizenship rights to the Ro- ister would be constituted to chalk historically marginalised commu- proved by a two-thirds parliamen- cludes an executive prime minister ties earlier this year to present a speaker. The protest spilled into hingya community in accordance out an effective response to the nities, but other parties say this tary majority. Dinanath Sharma, and ceremonial president. A feder- draft of the constitution at the con- street protests and a nationwide with international humanitarian issue. would be divisive and a threat to the Maoists' spokesperson, said al commission will be established stituent assembly ended in a vio- general strike. Myanmar deports 150 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh

BANGKOK: Authorities in My- ing boats carry Bangladeshis and late on Monday in Muangdaw af- border guard. anmar have repatriated 150 illegal ethnic Muslim minority Rohing- ter Myanmar and Bangladesh ver- Every illegal immigrant re- Bangladeshi immigrants rescued yas, who mostly live in Rakhine ified the origin of each illegal im- ceived $10 from the Bangladeshi from boats abandoned by human- state but are persecuted by My- migrant, according to Channel government for their expenses back traffickers, a media report said on anmar's authorities who consider News Asia. home, Channel News Asia added. Tuesday. The illegals are among them as illegal Bangladeshi immi- "If they are Bangladeshi, there More than 5,000 people have the approximately 900 who were grants. Rohingyas are neither ac- is no doubt that we will take them. disembarked in Myanmar, Malay- intercepted by the Myanmarese cepted as citizens in Myanmar, It's a good gesture of Bangladesh sia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and navy in recent weeks and housed where some million of them reside, and Myanmar, that we are coming Thailand in May after their boats in temporary shelters in Rakhine nor in Bangladesh where around to a consensus and we are taking were abandoned by human-traf- state, located near the border with another 30,000 live in refugee over the Bangladeshis once they fickers in the Bay of Bengal after Bangladesh. The human-traffick- camps. The deportation took place are verified," said a Bangladeshi Thailand cracked down on them.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President ty of Sri Lanka.The army chief U D Basnayake, as well as Chief Maithripala Sirisena appreciated expressed his appreciation for Sri of Defence services of Sri Lanka Pakistan army's momentous Lankan Government, people and General J. Jayasuriya and Com- achievements in ongoing Opera- security forces in fighting menace mander Sri Lankan Air Force Air tion Zarb-e-Azb and sacrifices for of terrorism and progress made Marshall K A Gunatilleke, Com- regional peace and stability. thereafter. Later, COAS also held mander Sri Lanka Air force. He was talking to Pak Army separate meetings with Prime Min- During these meetings, Sri Chief General Raheel Sharif in ister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickre- Lankan civil and military leader- Colombo on Monday. He said Pa- mesinghe, State Minister for De- ship vowed to enhance coopera- kistan had played a substantial role fence Dinendra Ruwan Wijewar- tion in multiple areas related to in helping consolidate the integri- dene, and Secretary Defence B M defense and security. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY . JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Libya’s warring rivals mull UN peace proposal

the Iraq government has to in- crease the number of troops it pro- vides. As of June 4, the U.S. had trained 8,920 Iraqi troops at the four sites, and 2,601 more are un- dergoing training, Warren said. Beyond Iraq's sectarian divi- sions, senior defense officials said, training is hindered because Iraqi security forces have difficulty get- ting to training sites. Not only are they consumed with fighting, but there are also risks in the travel itself, from Islamic State fighters to roadside bombs and blocked roads. Some Republicans in the U.S. say ISIS's strength is a result of what they see as Obama's mud- dled and ineffective strategy. The president was sharply criticized in August for saying the U.S. didn't have an overall strategy for fight- ing ISIS, and his comments Mon- day about plans for training the Iraqis sounded similar. "We aren't winning the fight against ISIL because we don't have a winning plan," Rep. Kevin Mc- Carthy, R-Calif., said. "The presi- dent can't delay anymore, especial- ly as ISIL continues to make ma- The U.N. representative to Libya tracks seeking to bring together the Acknowledging military setbacks, negative assessment of a military In both public and private, weapons. "Guarantees create con- jor gains." reconvened delegations from Lib- rival governments and warring mi- President Barack Obama said that has been the beneficiary of Obama urged Abadi and his Shiite- fidence, and we need confidence," The campaign against ISIS was ya's rival governments on Mon- litias tearing Libya apart. Monday the United States still billions in U.S. assistance dating led government to allow more Sun- al-Jabouri told a small group of re- one of several security issues on day to present the latest draft pro- The talks have only witnessed lacks a "complete strategy" for back to the war started during the nis to fight ISIS. The White House porters, speaking through an in- the agenda during the G-7 talks. posal for a unity government that halting progress, however, and training Iraqi forces to fight ISIS. administration of U.S. President has long blamed Iraq's sectarian terpreter. Leaders also spent significant time is increasingly being presented as fighting on the ground continues He urged Iraq's government to al- George. W. Bush in 2003. divisions for stoking the kind of An early opponent of Bush's discussing the crisis in Ukraine, the war-torn country's last chance to threaten efforts to bring togeth- low more of the nation's Sunnis to Still, Obama indicated that instability that allowed the mili- war in Iraq, Obama withdrew U.S. where the West alleges Russia con- for stability. er the rival governments. join the campaign against the vio- simply increasing the number of tants to thrive. forces in late 2011 and has vowed tinues to sow instability. After warning last week that Libya's internationally recog- lent militants. Americans in Iraq would not re- "We've seen Sunni tribes who that he won't send Americans back In a joint statement, the lead- the country was running out of nized government is based in the Nearly one year after Ameri- solve the country's issues. The are not only willing and prepared into combat there. The U.S., along ers vowed to keep sanctions in money and risked ceasing to be a east, while a coalition of Islamists can troops started returning to Iraq U.S. currently has about 3,000 to fight ISIL, but have been suc- with coalition partners, is launch- place until a fragile peace agree- functional state, Bernardino Leon and other groups holds sway in to assist local forces, Obama said troops there for train-and-assist cessful at rebuffing ISIL," Obama ing airstrikes in both Iraq and Syr- ment is fully implemented. They urged the Libyans to approve the the west. Neither has been able to ISIS remains "nimble, aggressive missions. said by the U.S. government. "But ia, but is banking on local ground also said sanctions could increase fourth version of the draft proposal triumph militarily. and opportunistic." He touted "We've got more training ca- it has not been happening as fast forces to supplement that effort. if Russia escalates its aggression, in a ceremony in Morocco. Libya has increasingly become "significant progress" in areas pacity than we have recruits," he as it needs to." A six-week U.S. combat train- despite the fact that the economic "Today the people of Libya a matter for concern for Europe where the U.S. has trained Iraqis said at the close of a two-day In Washington, the highest- ing course instructs Iraqi forces in penalties have done little to change have their eyes on this gathering, because it is a haven for Islamic to fight but said forces without U.S. Group of Seven meeting at a luxu- ranking Sunni in Iraq's government how to shoot, communicate and Vladimir Putin's approach so far. on you, in the hope that you'll save State radicals and a jumping off assistance are often ill-equipped ry resort tucked in the Bavarian said Sunni tribes are still receiving move about on the battlefield. They Until last year, Russia had your country and your people point for immigrants seeking to and suffer from poor morale. Alps. G-7 leaders invited Iraqi insufficient training and inferior are also given individual military joined the U.S., Canada, Britain, from protracted conflict," he said. cross the Mediterranean. ISIS fighters captured the key Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to weapons compared to the nation- equipment. Germany, France, Italy and Japan "I am full of hope that this draft Delegates said they would ad- Anbar provincial capital of Rama- join them Monday for talks on the al army. Parliament Speaker Salim Col. Steve Warren, Pentagon in the bloc of leading industrial represents a fair and reasonable journ to study the latest draft, di last month, prompting Defense security situation in the Middle al-Jabouri put the onus for fixing spokesman, told reporters Mon- nations. But those nations kicked way forward." which includes a power-sharing Secretary Ash Carter to lament East. Obama and Abadi also met that on Baghdad, saying it should day that the U.S. wants to be able Russia out last year as part of its Since the beginning of the year, agreement and an interim govern- that Iraqi troops lacked "the will one-on-one shortly before the pres- provide clear assurances that the to increase the number of Iraqi punishments for actions in the United Nations has facilitated ment to guide the country, before to fight." That was a strikingly ident departed for Washington. tribes will receive the necessary troops being trained, but to do that Ukraine. a series of different negotiating reconvening in the coming days. Probe urged into attack Israel not on UN list of child killers, abusers Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's youngsters killed and 4,271 injured, attacks on southern Israel, and on Spanish latest list of parties that kill or in- almost all Palestinians and the vast were never aimed at children. jure children in armed conflict does majority during last summer's war Israel's U.N. Ambassador Ron tourists in not include Israel - as some U.N. in Gaza. It cites 4 Israeli young- Prosor said Ban "was right not to officials had recommended - but sters killed and 22 injured. submit to the dictates of the ter- Yemen the U.N. chief strongly criticized The annual list is significant rorist organizations and the Arab Israel for the "unprecedented and because it names and shames gov- states" and include Israel on a Prosecutor wants unacceptable" scale of its violence ernments and insurgent groups "shameful list" with organizations deadly 2007 car bomb- against young people. that violate children's rights in con- like ISIS group, al-Qaida and the Ban said in a report circulated flicts. The Security Council reso- Taliban. ing investigated after Al Monday that the thousands of lution that established the list in Riyad Mansour, the Palestin- Jazeera airs exclusive Palestinian casualties raise "grave August 2009 states the council's ian U.N. ambassador, said the Pal- interview of al-Qaeda concerns" about Israel's compli- intention "to take action" - includ- estinians "deeply regret" Ban's ance with international law, includ- ing possible sanctions - against re- decision to exclude Israel from the informant. ing requirements that any military peat violators of international laws list which contradicts U.N. evi- actions must distinguish between protecting children in armed con- dence. Spain's top prosecutor has asked combatants and civilians, be pro- flicts. "It is without doubt that Isra- police to investigate claims by an portional, and avoid excessive use This year, the list includes el ... flagrantly, systematically and al-Qaeda informant that he fore- of force. U.N. officials said the groups in Afghanistan, Central grossly commits human rights vi- warned Yemeni officials of a 2007 U.N. special envoy for children in African Republic, Colombia, Con- olations against Palestinian chil- car bomb attack at Yemen's Balqis armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui, go, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, dren constituting grave violations Temple that killed 10 people, in- had recommended that both Israel Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, that qualify it for such a listing," cluding eight Spanish tourists. and Hamas, which controls the Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Five gov- Mansour said. A Spanish police investigation Gaza Strip, be placed on the list of ernment forces are also listed. Pummeled with questions into the claims made by Hani parties that recruit, use, kill, maim The secretary-general said that about Israel's exclusion, Ban's Muhammad Mujahid, a former al- or commit acts of sexual violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict as spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula against children. But the officials, well as the Central African Repub- said the list was the "result of a (AQAP) operative, could lead to speaking on condition of anonym- lic, Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan and consultative process" and was Spain reopening a judicial investi- ity because the recommendation Syria, "children were affected to a Ban's "difficult decision to take." gation into the attack. was not public, said there were degree which is an affront to our Dujarric alluded to the intense Javier Zaragoza, the prosecu- differences of opinion among those common humanity." lobbying ahead of the report's re- tor, made his request following an on the ground on whether Israel The report said the number of lease by Israel's supporters, re- exclusive interview aired by Al should be listed - a key reason why Palestinian children killed, 557, portedly including the United Jazeera's Investigative Unit on it wasn't and neither was Hamas. was the third-highest in 2014, af- States, and opponents, saying Thursday in which Mujahid Infographic: U.N. excludes Israel ter Afghanistan with 710 child kill- U.N. member states and non-gov- claimed that had he had made two from list of child killers, abusers ings and Iraq with 679 - but ahead ernmental organizations "have dren," adding that "political pres- killed or maimed, that schools and sults in numerous grave violations phone calls to warn Yemeni offi- Ban said in the annual report of Syria with 368. The number of never been shy" about expressing sure seems to have prevailed." hospitals aren't attacked, and that against children will, regardless of cials before the attack. to the U.N. Security Council and schools damaged or destroyed - at their opinions to Ban. The secretary-general urged perpetrators of alleged violations intent, find themselves under con- The former informant made the General Assembly that 2014 least 543 - was the highest any- Philippe Bolopion, U.N. di- Israel "to take concrete and imme- are brought to justice. tinued scrutiny by the United Na- the claims to Al Jazeera for a doc- saw a dramatic increase in violence where, it said. rector for Human Rights Watch, diate steps" including reviewing its "I would like to put all parties tions, including in future reports umentary called Al Qaeda Infor- against children in the Israeli-Pal- Israel maintains its actions in called Ban's decision "a blow to policies and practices to ensure to conflict on notice that those that relating to children and armed con- mant, which focuses on his allega- estinian conflict - at least 561 Gaza were in response to rocket U.N. efforts to better protect chil- that children are protected, not engage in military action that re- flict," Ban said. tions that Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president, support- ed, and even directed, AQAP while he was Yemen's leader. Egypt summons US envoy over Brotherhood Syrian rebels say During his work as an infor- mant, Mujahid said he provided U.S. officials would meet Broth- information about both a 2008 at- erhood figures visiting Washington, tack on the US embassy in Sanaa, telling reporters he was aware of they capture which killed 18 people, and the media reports of such a visit but attack on Balqis Temple in Marib that "I don't have any meetings to that killed the Spanish tourists and announce." He said it continued to major base from two Yemenis in July 2007. In both be U.S. policy to engage with peo- cases, he says his information was ple from across the political spec- ignored. Investigation call On trum in Egypt. The United States Thursday, the Spanish newspaper has had ambivalent dealings with army in south El Pais reported that Esteve Maso, Sisi, prizing the stability has a survivor of the Balqis Temple, brought to Egypt while cautious- had called on Spanish judges and ly criticizing Egypt's human rights prosecutors to reopen their inves- record and the authorities' crack- tigation into the bombing. Maso down on the Brotherhood. Sisi, lost his wife in the bombing. Judge who was elected president in a Fernando Andreu of the Audiencia 2014 landslide but with lower- Nacional, or National Court, led than-expected turnout that raised the investigation in 2007. A team questions about his mandate, re- of investigators went to Yemen at gards the Brotherhood as part of a the time. But after giving an initial terrorist network that poses a response to a request for informa- threat to the Arab and Western tion, Yemeni authorities failed to world. The Brotherhood says it is reply to Spanish investigators and a peaceful movement. The fall of so the case in Madrid was closed, veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak pending new information. Earlier, Egypt summoned the U.S. ambas- Brotherhood figures that came to precisely when U.S. Ambassador in 2011, a long-time U.S. ally ulti- on Thursday, the day the interview sador in Cairo to show displeasure Washington in January. Stephen Beecroft was call in by mately abandoned by Washington, Syrian rebels said they had captured a major Syrian army base in the was aired, Brigadier Ammar Mo- at Muslim Brotherhood figures The tensions reflect a clash the Egyptian government, though paved the way for the Brotherhood south of the country on Tuesday, a defeat that would add to the pres- hammed Abdullah Saleh, the neph- coming to Washington for a pri- between U.S. diplomats' desire to one said it was in recent days. to rule the most populous Arab sure on President Bashar al-Assad after other recent setbacks. ew of Ali Abdullah Saleh, was dis- vate conference, sources familiar deal with the whole political spec- Egypt sought the meeting to make country, something that was un- “We announce the liberation of Liwa 52,” said Issam al-Rayyes, missed by presidential decree from with the matter told Reuters news trum in Egypt and a fear of alien- clear its unhappiness at U.S. deal- thinkable for decades. Mohammad spokesman for the “Southern Front” alliance of rebel groups. The base his role as a military attache in Ethi- agency on Monday. ating Egyptian President Abdel ings with the Brotherhood. Mursi, who rose through the “Liwa 52”, or the 52nd Brigade, is near the city of Deraa near the border opia. Mujahid had said in the in- One source, who spoke on Fattah al-Sisi who, as army chief, State Department spokesman Brotherhood's ranks before win- with Jordan. Bashar al-Zoubi, leader of one of the Southern Front groups, terview that the brigadier had hand- condition of anonymity, said U.S. toppled a Muslim Brotherhood- Jeff Rathke declined to say wheth- ning the presidency in 2012, was a also said the attack launched on Tuesday morning had resulted in the ed him funds for the 2008 US em- officials did not intend to meet the led government in 2013. er Beecroft was summoned by the polarizing figure during his trou- capture of the base. 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We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] By Raj Kumar Sharma gettable experience’ of invading when it said that there was no role stan”. Lack of political will and Afghanistan in 1979. The rest of for the SCO in Afghanistan after capacity mean that the SCO will www.afghanistantimes.af The SCO has been engaging with the SCO countries—Kazakhstan, the US-NATO withdrawal.20 not have a major and active role in Afghanistan for more than a de- Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyr- China, too, would not like to get Afghanistan. Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi cade now and it is being speculat- gyzstan—remain fringe players in embroiled in the Afghan conflict However, it has some benefits ed that the Organisation could play Afghanistan and hold no political directly. China has been meeting to offer to Afghanistan. It provides Advisory editorial board an active role in stabilising Afghan- or economic leverage in the coun- the Taliban leaders over the last Afghanistan a forum where it can Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, istan as the US-NATO forces have try. Kazakhstan, by virtue of its decade in order to secure its in- cement its relations with other re- withdrawn from the country. better economy, has started to pro- vestments in Afghanistan from gional powers. It creates a channel Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal While the potential exists for the vide development assistance to Taliban attacks and also to convey of communication and cooperation Graphic-Designers: SCO to help Afghanistan in its re- Afghanistan. However, the Cen- its security concerns in Xinjiang where mutual interests can be har- construction and rebuilding, it is tral Asian states mainly depend on to the Taliban leadership. The Af- monised. The SCO also facilitates Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari unlikely to be actively involved in the US-NATO and Russia-China ghan Taliban leadership had visit- Afghan re-integration into the re- Marketing & Advertising: the country. Some agreements and to decide their Afghan policies. ed China and held talks with its gional economy which is very im- interactions have taken place be- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Even though there are econom- leadership in November 2014. portant for long-term development tween the two sides in the past, ic and security ties between Af- China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, of the country. Though there are Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan but nothing concrete has emerged ghanistan and the SCO states, a in his statement included Taliban plans for expansion of the SCO in Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 till now. Different SCO members heightened SCO role looks unlike- among various political factions in future to induct India and Pakistan have been providing economic and Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press ly in Afghanistan. This is mainly Afghanistan, thereby implying as permanent members, this is un- security assistance to Afghanistan due to ‘Russia’s obstructionism’, that China gave recognition to Tal- likely to give an impetus to its ac- at bilateral level but the SCO has according to S. Frederick Starr. iban as a political unit in Afghani- tivities in Afghanistan. Neverthe- not shown any collective effort to Russia sees Afghanistan as part of stan. Russia, on the other hand, less, such a move would open a The constitution says do so. The only direct action the its exclusive zone of influence and remains against talks with the Tal- window of opportunity for the SCO has shown regarding Afghan- its main interest is to get the US- iban and has scuttled a proposal SCO members to engage Pakistan Article 158: istan till now came in 2012 when NATO out of this zone. The Rus- by China to create a peace and rec- and persuade it to use its influence The title of the Father of the Nation and privileges bestowed upon His Majesty the country was given an observer sian mistrust of China’s dominance onciliation committee in Afghani- on the Taliban for bringing peace Mohammad Zahir Shah, the former King of Afghanistan, by the Emergency Loya status in the Organisation. The in the SCO is another factor why stan to help bring the Taliban to in the country. Jirga of one thousand three hundred and eighty one (HS), (2002), with due respect activities of different SCO mem- the Organisation is unlikely to the negotiation table. Hence, the Conclusion to provisions of this Constitution, shall be preserved during his lifetime. bers in Afghanistan do not reflect play an active role in Afghanistan. divergent policies of the SCO’s Due to the different priorities any coordination between them Since Russia deals with the Cen- two leading states regarding the of the member-states, the SCO is which shows a comprehensive and tral Asian security issues through Taliban are enough to show that disadvantaged in Afghanistan and wider lack of mutual understand- the Collective Security Treaty the SCO is unlikely to play an ac- would not play an active role in Editorial ing regarding Afghanistan during its Organisation (CSTO), it is unlike- tive role in Afghanistan. that country. It lacks financial and transition period after the US- ly that Russia will let the SCO Lastly, the SCO lacks institu- political mechanisms to actively NATO withdrawal. play a role in Afghanistan more tional mechanisms and financial deal with non-traditional threats China is the largest investor in high profile than the CSTO after capacity to increase its role in Af- there. Military involvement of the Health care for rural Afghanistan among the SCO mem- the US-NATO withdrawal. If in a ghanistan. Despite making noise SCO is surely not going to happen bers. In 2007, China won the con- worst case scenario, instability in about drug trafficking from Afghan- and if the Taliban emerges again, tract for the Aynak copper mine in Afghanistan spins out of control istan and its security linkages for Russia, Iran, India and China could population eastern Afghanistan at an estimat- and affects the Central Asian the Central Asian states, the SCO revert back to their policy of sup- ed cost of US $ 3 billion. Later in states, the CSTO troops—instead has not given any financial or oth- porting the ‘Northern Alliance’ It has been more than 13 years since fall of the Taliban’s re- 2011, it also secured US $ 700 of the SCO—would be used to er assistance to Afghanistan to fighters in place of putting their million oil and gas exploration secure the Central Asian borders tackle this problem. own boots on the ground. gime, but the authorities have utterly failed in providing health rights in Sari Pul and Faryab prov- with Russia contributing maximum Russian experts Dmitri Trenin The SCO serves Afghanistan care services to all citizens. This is more evident in remote inces in northeast Afghanistan. troops. This model has already and Alexei Malashenko have high- as a channel of communication parts of the country where most of the people live. Despite claims Russia has no substantial economic been used during the Tajik civil war lighted the financial handicap of the with its neighbours and also pre- of the officials, access to health care is a major problem in rural engagement with Afghanistan, in 1992-97. SCO as one of the main reasons sents regional economic opportu- though it has been providing secu- Moreover, the CSTO has a that would not let the Organisa- nities for Afghanistan. However, areas. Though, majority of the population lives in remote parts, rity assistance to it. It remains a Collective Rapid Reaction Force tion play a big role in Afghanistan. Afghanistan would continue to the government has diverted the resources towards cities. Peo- modest economic partner to Af- at its disposal that can be used for According to them, “the SCO, depend on the US-NATO alliance ple in these remote areas not only have difficulties with com- ghanistan and has little influence emergency deployment. The SCO whose budget is a mere US $ 4 for its security and economic over the internal political process- does not have any such force. Rus- million, has no chance of playing a needs in the near future. Conclud- munication and transport, but they also face the challenge of es in the country due to its ‘for- sia has cleared its stand in 2014, significant role within Afghani- ed —(Mainstreamweekly.net) shortage of doctors, nurses, midwives and other health profes- sionals. Besides poverty, illiteracy and insecurity, they are caught by substandard basic health units. Status of the health care ser- Houthis are Iran’s priority, but vices in the rural areas of the country is comparatively worse than cities. This is the reason that residents of Paktia have voiced their what about the Rohingya? concerns over shortage of the doctors and medicines at the health By Camelia Entekhabi-Fard Fard Even Burma’s own Aung San hingya crisis was a major topic in need is military advisors directing Suu Kyu, a Nobel Peace Prize win- the media. I was at the United them and this access has been de- care facilities in the remote areas of the province. More than 75 It is quite moving and so disturb- ner in 1991, has not supported the Nations in New York and was talk- nied.” My jaw dropped when I percent of people live in rural areas where they find it a her- ing seeing thirsty and hungry peo- group. She was kept under house ing to a foreign diplomat who is heard this concern, whether it is ple - men and women, children and arrest for 15 years until Novem- assisting in the run up to Geneva actually on the cards for Iran or culean task to access basic healthcare services. There are only the elderly – lost at sea and crying ber 2010 and yet has not shown peace talks between Yemen’s war- not. Today, humanitarian efforts 50 basic health units, but most of them lack medicines, surgeons, for help while no one lifts a finger the courage to mediate between her ring factions. I spent those days are unfortunately mixed with pol- to help. These unwanted peoples own people and the silent op- wondering why Iran didn’t send itics. President Obama, also a No- specialists, female nurses and modern equipment. No doubt, these are from the Rakhine State, Bur- pressed. Besides Aung San Suu humanitarian aid ships to the poor bel Prize winner, offered help to ma, and are predominantly Mus- Kyu, Shirin Ebadi of Iran – a hu- people from Burma, rather than the Rohingya, for his part. Obama, substandard and insufficient health facilities have resulted in lim. The ruling Buddhist govern- man rights lawyer and also a No- entering this power struggle with whom was speaking with a small increase maternal and child mortality rates. ment of Burma revoked their na- bel winner – has failed to express Saudi Arabia over sending aid to group of youths from Asia on June tionality and has heavily restrict- shock about the discrimination Sanaa. I was discussing my point 1 in Washington D.C., commend- For improvement of health care in remote areas it is impor- ed their movements. Denied citi- against the Rohingya. Indonesia of view with a foreign diplomat ed Indonesia and Malaysia for tak- tant to channel the resources to these areas. Small but well- zenship, they are effectively state- and Malaysia have come under fire who spoke with me on condition ing on the thousands that they did less with almost no basic rights. for barring the entry of Rohingya of anonymity. He told me that due take on. He has been the only No- equipped hospitals should be built in each city, so those living As they become increasingly mar- refugee boats. Dropping water and to a lack of trust, Saudi Arabia and bel winner to say anything to help in rural areas will have access to modern-day health care. ginalized, several groups are warn- food by helicopter was apparent- the international community didn’t their cause. ing that the building blocks of geno- ly the most these two countries allow Iranian aid-workers to come Camelia Entekhabi-Fard is a Similarly, the authorities should also pay heed to the trans- cide are in place, the Associated could offer to assist their fellow anywhere near Yemen. (Saudi Ara- journalist, news commentator and Press recently reported. Worrying brothers and sisters begging for bia has denied blocking aid and writer who grew up during the Ira- portation-related problems in these backward areas. Often ru- trend This is worrying as even the help. Iran’s concerns Despite their says it has asked that aid must be nian Revolution and wrote for lead- ral populations find it hard to shift patients to hospital, particu- world’s Nobel Peace Prize win- anguish, Iran sends boatloads of coordinated with the Saudi-led co- ing reformist newspapers. She is ners, whose job it is to advocate aid to the Houthis in Yemen. It alition). “There is a fear that Rev- also the author of Camelia: Save larly in emergency situation, because most of rural areas are for peace, have not lent their voice seems the Rohingya’s fight to stay olutionary Guards advisors could Yourself by Telling the Truth - A deprived of roads. to the community. Humanitarian alive is not a priority. The struggle enter into Yemen undercover. Memoir of Iran. She lives in New efforts are unfortunately mixed between Iran and Saudi Arabia Houthis have enough weapons and York City and Dubai. She can be For successful rural health initiatives in the country, it is im- with politics Camelia Entekhabi- over Yemen kicked off as the Ro- a cache of ammunition. What they found on Twitter: @CameliaFard perative to have public-private partnership and collaborate with the international organizations. Furthermore, the health ministry shall outline a comprehensive policy for health promotion and disease prevention. For this purpose clinical preventive ser- vices should be introduced in the basic health units. The government should take surgical steps with specific fo- cus on rural health. Through broadening the focus, the authori- ties could address these serious problems, related to health sector. Attention towards primary health care is need of the hour. To do so there is need for a specific and result-oriented action plan to overcome the immense challenges for improving health status of rural people. 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day in Team 6 history. Blasts from explosions used to breach com- SEAL team 6: A secret history of quiet killings and blurred lines pounds on raids, repeated assaults and the battering from riding on high-speed assault boats in sea res- Part-I quiries into more than a half-doz- duct themselves appropriately. some of the most violent years in enemy fighter with the weapon. tours, but the enlisted SEALs typ- cues or training have taken a toll. The unit best known for killing en episodes, but seldom referred “All allegations of misconduct are what became America’s longest Dom Raso, a former Team 6 mem- ically stay far longer, giving them Some men have sustained traumat- Osama bin Laden has been con- them to Navy investigators. taken seriously,” the statement war. A secret unit that was created ber who left the Navy in 2012, said outsize influence. “A lot of the ic brain injuries. “Your body is verted into a global manhunting “JSOC investigates JSOC, and said, adding: “Substantiated find- to carry out the nation’s riskiest that hatchets were used “for enlisted guys think that they real- trashed,” said one recently retired machine with limited outside over- that’s part of the problem,” said ings are dealt with by military or operations would instead be en- breaching, getting into doors, ma- ly run the show,” said one former operator. “Your brain is trashed.” sight. They have plotted deadly one former senior military officer law enforcement authorities.” The gaged in dangerous but increasing- nipulating small locks, hand-to- senior member. “That’s part of the “SEALs are a lot like N.F.L. missions from secret bases in the experienced in special operations, unit’s advocates express no doubts ly routine combat. The surge in hand combat and other things.” He Marcinko style.” guys: They never want to say ‘I badlands of Somalia. In Afghani- who like many others interviewed about the value of such invisible operations started during that sum- added that hatchet and blade kills And they tend to swagger, crit- am taking myself out of the line- stan, they have engaged in combat for this article spoke on the condi- warriors. “If you want these forc- mer when Team 6 operators and occurred during his time with the ics and defenders say. While the up,’” said Dr. John Hart, medical so intimate that they have emerged tion of anonymity because Team es to do things that occasionally Army Rangers began to hunt down SEALs. “Whatever tool you need other SEAL teams (called “white” science director at the Center for soaked in blood that was not their 6’s activities are classified. Even bend the rules of international law,” midlevel Taliban figures in hopes to protect yourself and your broth- or “vanilla” SEALs within the mil- BrainHealth at the University of own. On clandestine raids in the the military’s civilian overseers do said James G. Stavridis, a retired of finding leaders of the group in ers, whether it is a blade or a gun, itary) perform similar tasks, Team Texas at Dallas, which has treated dead of the night, their weapons not regularly examine the unit’s admiral and former Supreme Al- Kandahar Province, the Taliban you are going to use,” said Mr. 6 pursues the highest value targets many SEAL patients. “If they of choice have ranged from cus- operations. “This is an area where lied Commander at NATO, refer- heartland. The SEALs used tech- Raso, who has worked with Mr. and takes on hostage rescues in send guys back in who already tomized carbines to primeval tom- Congress notoriously doesn’t ring to going into undeclared war niques developed with Delta Force Winkler in producing a blade.Many combat zones. It also works more have the effects of a concussion, ahawks. Around the world, they want to know too much,” said zones, “you certainly don’t want in kill-and-capture campaigns in SEAL operators rejected any use with the C.I.A. and does more clan- they are constantly adding a dose have run spying stations disguised Harold Koh, the State Depart- that out in public.” Team 6, he add- Iraq. The logic behind the man- of tomahawks — saying they were destine missions outside war of a hit to an existing brain condi- as commercial boats, posed as ci- ment’s former top legal adviser, ed, “should continue to operate in hunts was that intelligence gath- too bulky to take into combat and zones. Only Team 6 trains to chase tion. The brain needs sufficient vilian employees of front compa- who provided guidance to the the shadows.” But others warn of ered from a militant safe house, not as effective as firearms — even after nuclear weapons that fall into time to heal.” LATITUDE TO nies and operated undercover at Obama administration on clandes- the seduction of an endless cam- along with that collected by the as they acknowledged the messi- the wrong hands. KILL Early on in the Afghan war, embassies as male-female pairs, tine war. Waves of money have paign of secret missions, far from C.I.A. and the National Security ness of warfare. “It’s a dirty busi- Team 6’s role in the 2011 Bin SEAL Team 6 was assigned to pro- tracking those the United States sluiced through SEAL Team 6 since public view. “If you’re unac- Agency, could lead to a bomb mak- ness,” said one former senior en- Laden raid spawned a cottage in- tect the Afghan leader Hamid wants to kill or capture. Those 2001, allowing it to significantly knowledged on the battlefield,” said er’s workshop and eventually to listed Team 6 member. “What’s the dustry of books and documenta- Karzai; one of the Americans was operations are part of the hidden expand its ranks — reaching rough- William C. Banks, an expert on the door of an insurgent command- difference between shooting them ries, leaving tight-lipped Delta grazed in the head during an assas- history of the Navy’s SEAL Team ly 300 assault troops, called oper- national security law at Syracuse er. Special Operations troops as I was told and pulling out a knife Force troops rolling their eyes. sination attempt on the future 6, one of the nation’s most my- ators, and 1,500 support person- University, “you’re not account- struck a seemingly endless succes- and stabbing them or hatcheting Members of Team 6 are expected president. But in the years that thologized, most secretive and nel — to meet new demands. But able.” During a chaotic battle in sion of targets. No figures are pub- them?” THE CULTURE SEAL to honor a code of silence about followed, Mr. Karzai became a bit- least scrutinized military organi- some team members question March 2002 on the TakurGhar licly available that break out the Team 6’s fenced-off headquarters their missions, and many current ter critic of the United States Spe- zations. Once a small group re- whether the relentless pace of op- mountaintop close to the Pakistan number of raids that Team 6 car- at the Dam Neck Annex of the and former members fume that two cial Operations troops, complain- served for specialized but rare erations has eroded the unit’s elite border, Petty Officer First Class ried out in Afghanistan or their toll. Oceana Naval Air Station, just of their own spoke out about their ing that they routinely killed civil- missions, the unit best known for culture and worn down Team 6 on Neil C. Roberts, an assault spe- Military officials say that no shots south of Virginia Beach, houses a role in the Qaeda leader’s death. ians in raids. He viewed the activ- killing Osama bin Laden has been combat missions of little impor- cialist in SEAL Team 6, fell from a were fired on most raids. But be- secretive military within the mili- The men, Matt Bissonnette, au- ities of Team 6 and other units as a transformed by more than a de- tance. The group was sent to Af- helicopter onto terrain held by tween 2006 and 2008, Team 6 op- tary. Far removed from the public thor of two best sellers about his boon for Taliban recruiting and cade of combat into a global man- ghanistan to hunt Qaeda leaders, Qaeda forces. Enemy fighters erators said, there were intense eye, the base is home not just to tenure at SEAL Team 6, and Rob- eventually tried to block night raids hunting machine. Book on Bin but instead spent years conduct- killed him before American troops periods in which for weeks at a the team’s 300 enlisted operators ert O’Neill, who said in a televi- entirely.Most missions were not Laden Killing Contradicts U.S. ing close-in battle against mid- to were able to get there, mutilating time their unit logged 10 to 15 kills (they disdain the term “comman- sion special that he had killed Bin lethal. Several Team 6 members AccountAUG. 29, 2012 Former low-level Taliban and other ene- his body in the snow. It was SEAL on many nights, and sometimes up dos”), their officers and command- Laden, are under investigation by said they herded women and chil- Navy SEAL Team Member Inves- my fighters. Team 6 members, one Team 6’s first major battle in Af- to 25. The accelerated pace caused ers, but also to its pilots, Seabee the Naval Criminal Investigative dren together and knocked men out tigated for Bin Laden Disclo- former operator said, served as ghanistan, and he was the first “guys to become fierce,” said a builders, bomb disposal techni- Service over accusations that they of the way, with a push or a gun suresOCT. 30, 2014 Robert “utility infielders with guns.” The member to die. The manner in former Team 6 officer. “These kill- cians, engineers, medical crews and revealed classified information. muzzle, to search homes. They O’Neill, a former member of SEAL cost was high: More members of which he was killed sent shudders ing fests had become routine.” an intelligence unit equipped with Others have been quietly frequently took prisoners; a num- Team 6, has said that he fired two the unit have died over the past 14 through the tight-knit community. Special Operations commanders sophisticated surveillance and glo- kicked out for drug use or quit over ber of detainees had broken noses shots that killed Osama bin years than in all its previous his- America’s new war would be up say the raids helped unravel Tali- bal tracking technology. The Navy conflicts of interest involving mil- after SEALs punched them in Laden.Another Ex-Commando tory. Repeated assaults, parachute close and ugly. At times, the ban networks. But some Team 6 SEALs — the acronym stands for itary contractors or side jobs. The struggles to subdue them, one of- Says He Shot Bin LadenNOV. 6, jumps, rugged climbs and blasts troops carried out the grisliest of members came to doubt that they Sea, Air, Land forces — evolved Navy reprimanded 11 current and ficer said. The Team 6 members 2014 A Seal member preparing to from explosives have left many tasks: cutting off fingers or small were making much of a difference. from the frogmen of World War II. former operators in 2012 for dis- often operate under the watchful capture top insurgents in 2007 battered, physically and mentally. patches of scalp for DNA analy- One former senior enlisted SEAL Team 6 arose decades later, born closing Team 6 tactics or handing eyes of their commanders — of- near Fallujah, Iraq. Members of “War is not this pretty thing that sis from militants they had just member, pressed for details about out of the failed 1980 mission to over classified training films to help ficers at overseas operations cen- Team 6 are the elite of the elite.In the United States has come to be- killed. After the March 2002 cam- one mission, said, “It became so rescue 53 American hostages promote a computer game, “Med- ters and at Dam Neck can routine- Bin Laden’s Compound, Seals’ lieve it to be,” said Britt Slabinski, paign, most of Osama bin Laden’s many of these targets, it was just seized in the takeover of the Unit- al of Honor: Warfighter.”With mul- ly view live surveillance feeds of All-Star TeamMAY 4, 2011Data a retired senior enlisted member of fighters fled into Pakistan, and another name.” “Whether they ed States Embassy in Tehran. Poor tiple deployments over the last 13 raids provided by drones high From Seized Computer Fuels a Team 6 and veteran of combat in Team 6 would rarely fight another were facilitators, Taliban subcom- planning and bad weather forced years, few of the unit’s members above — but are also given wide Surge in U.S. Raids on Al Afghanistan and Iraq. “It’s emo- sustained, pitched battle against the manders, Taliban commanders, commanders to abort the mission, are unscathed. About three dozen latitude. While Special Operations QaedaFEB. 12, 2015 Dead Guards tional, one human being killing an- terrorist network in Afghanistan. financiers, it no longer became im- and eight servicemen died when operators and support personnel troops functioned under the same on Freighter Are Identified as other human being for extended The enemy they had been sent to portant,” he added. Another two aircraft collided over the Ira- have died on combat missions, ac- rules of engagement as other mili- Former Navy SEAL Members- periods of time. It’s going to bring take on had largely disappeared. former Team 6 member, an officer, nian desert. The Navy then asked cording to a former senior team tary personnel in Afghanistan, FEB. 20, 2014 That role reflects out the worst in you. It’s also go- At the time, the team was prohib- was even more dismissive of some Cmdr. Richard Marcinko, a hard- member. They include 15 Gold Team 6 members routinely per- America’s new way of war, in ing to bring out the best in you.” ited from hunting Taliban fighters of the operations. “By 2010, guys charging Vietnam veteran, to build Squadron members and two bomb formed their missions at night, which conflict is distinguished not Team 6 and its Army counterpart, and also blocked from chasing any were going after street thugs,” he a SEAL unit that could respond specialists who were killed in 2011 making life-or-death decisions in by battlefield wins and losses, but Delta Force, have delivered intrep- Qaeda operatives into Pakistan, said. “The most highly trained quickly to terrorist crises. The when a helicopter with the call sign dark rooms with few witnesses and by the relentless killing of suspect- id performances that have drawn out of concern about alienating the force in the world, chasing after name itself was an attempt at Cold Extortion 17 was shot down in beyond the view of a camera. ed militants. Almost everything the nation’s two most recent pres- Pakistani government. Mostly street thugs.” The unit pushed to War disinformation: Only two Afghanistan, the most devastating (To be continued ) about SEAL Team 6, a classified idents to deploy them to an ex- confined to the Bagram Air Base make its operations faster, quieter SEAL teams existed at the time, Special Operations unit, is shroud- panding list of far-off trouble outside Kabul, the SEALs were and deadlier, and benefited from a but Commander Marcinko called ed in secrecy — the Pentagon does spots. They include Syria and Iraq, frustrated. The C.I.A., though, ballooning budget and from advanc- the unit SEAL Team 6 hoping that It’s Time for Pakistan to face its not even publicly acknowledge now under threat from the Islamic was under no similar restrictions, es in technology since 2001. Team Soviet analysts would overesti- that name — though some of its State, and Afghanistan, Somalia and Team 6 members eventually 6’s bland cover name — the Naval mate the size of the force. He flout- terrorism menace — and stop exploits have emerged in largely and Yemen, mired in continuing began working with the spy agen- Special Warfare Development ed rules and fostered a maverick admiring accounts in recent years. chaos. Like the C.I.A.’s campaign cy and operated under its broader Group — is a nod to its official image for the unit. (Years after leav- blaming the usual easy targets But an examination of Team 6’s of drone strikes, Special Opera- combat authorities, according to mission of developing new equip- ing the command, he was convict- evolution, drawn from dozens of tions missions offer policy mak- former military and intelligence ment and tactics for the broader ed of military contract fraud.) In By Farheen Rizvi reactions that followed massive interviews with current and former ers an alternative to costly wars of officials. The missions, part of the SEAL organization, which also in- his autobiography, “Rogue War- killings of Pakistani civilians. The team members, other military of- occupation. But the bulwark of Omega Program, allowed the cludes nine unclassified teams. The rior,” Commander Marcinko de- The decision by Pakistani author- latest attack on the Ismailis is the ficials and reviews of government secrecy around Team 6 makes it SEALs to conduct “deniable op- SEALs’ armorers customized a scribes drinking together as impor- ities to secretly acquit eight of the most dastardly attack since the lull documents, reveals a far more com- impossible to fully assess its record erations” against the Taliban and new German-made rifle and tant to SEAL Team 6’s solidarity; 10 alleged terrorists arrested a few in largescale terrorist activity fol- plex, provocative tale. While fight- and the consequences of its ac- other militants in Pakistan. Ome- equipped nearly every weapon his recruiting interviews often months ago amid much fanfare for lowing the Peshawar school attack. ing grinding wars of attrition in tions, including civilian casualties ga was modeled after the Vietnam- with suppressors, which reduce amounted to boozy chats in a bar. shooting Nobel laureate Malala It seems that Islamist terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, Team 6 per- or the deep resentment inside the era Phoenix Program, when C.I.A. gunshot sounds and muzzle flash- Inside Team 6, there were ini- Yousafzai reflects the country’s Karachi were able to organize such formed missions elsewhere that countries where its members op- officers and Special Operations es. Infrared lasers enabling the tially two assault groups, called attitude in dealing with its terror- an attack because of the space cre- blurred the traditional lines be- erate. The missions have become troops conducted interrogations SEALs to shoot more accurately Blue and Gold, after the Navy col- ist menace. ated by the military’s misplaced tween soldier and spy. The team’s embedded in American combat and assassinations to try to dis- at night became standard issue, as ors. Blue used the Jolly Roger pi- Pakistan’s military and civil- priorities. While the law enforcers sniper unit was remade to carry with little public discussion or de- mantle the Vietcong’s guerrilla net- did thermal optics to detect body rate flag as its insignia and early on ian government remain unwilling pursued political dissidents, they out clandestine intelligence oper- bate. Former Senator Bob Kerrey, works in South Vietnam. But an heat. The SEALs were equipped earned the nickname “the Bad Boys to change priorities and actually failed to identify and neutralize the ations, and the SEALs joined Cen- a Nebraska Democrat and a mem- extensive campaign of lethal oper- with a new generation of grenade in Blue,” for racking up drunken prosecute and punish jihadists. Islamist terror networks operating tral Intelligence Agency operatives ber of the SEALs during the Viet- ations in Pakistan was considered — a thermobaric model that is par- driving arrests, abusing narcotics Officially both civilian and mili- in the city. Karachi is Pakistan’s in an initiative called the Omega nam War, cautioned that Team 6 too risky, the officials said, so the ticularly effective in making build- and crashing rental cars on training tary leaderships have linked ter- largest port. Its population of Program, which offered greater lat- and other Special Operations forc- Omega Program primarily focused ings collapse. They often operat- exercises with near impunity. rorist attacks to Pakistan’s tradi- around 23 million people faces an itude in hunting adversaries. Team es had been overused. “They have on using Afghan Pashtuns to run ed in larger groups than they had Young officers sometimes were tional enemy, India, and conspira- electricity and water shortage, 6 has successfully carried out thou- become sort of a 1-800 number spying missions into the Pakistani traditionally done. More SEALs run out of Team 6 for trying to cy theorists appear on national which has been aggravated by the sands of dangerous raids that mil- anytime somebody wants some- tribal areas, as well as working with carrying deadlier weapons meant clean up what they perceived as a television as if on cue to argue that perennially disturbed law and or- itary leaders credit with weaken- thing done,” he said. But relying C.I.A.-trained Afghan militias dur- that fewer enemies escaped alive. culture of recklessness. Adm. Wil- almost every attack is part of a der situation. Violence and govern- ing militant networks, but its ac- on them so much, he added, is in- ing night raids in Afghanistan. A Some Team 6 assault troops also liam H. McRaven, who rose to foreign-backed campaign to desta- mental neglect have stalled invest- tivities have also spurred recur- evitable whenever American lead- C.I.A. spokesman declined to used tomahawks crafted by Daniel head the Special Operations Com- bilize nuclear armed Pakistan. Not ment in the city’s infrastructure. ring concerns about excessive kill- ers are faced with “one of those comment for this article. The es- Winkler, a knife maker in North mand and oversaw the Bin Laden long ago, some in Pakistan claimed The city has no local government ing and civilian deaths. Afghan vil- situations where the choice you calating conflict in Iraq was draw- Carolina who forged blades for the raid, was pushed out of Team 6 that Malala was a CIA agent. Last and citizens must approach pro- lagers and a British commander have is between a horrible choice ing most of the Pentagon’s atten- film “The Last of the Mohicans.” and assigned to another SEAL month, Sindh police arrested four vincial and federal legislators even accused SEALs of indiscriminate- and a bad choice, one of those cas- tion and required a steady buildup During one period, members of team during the Marcinko era af- men involved in the attack on a for local issues. According to the ly killing men in one hamlet; in es where you have no option.” of troops, including deployments Team 6’s Red Squadron — its logo ter complaining of difficulties in bus in Karachi carrying members Wall Street Journal, as of 2014, the 2009, team members joined C.I.A. While declining to comment spe- by SEAL Team 6 members. With shows crossed tomahawks below keeping his troops in line. of the Ismaili community, a Shia Taliban have a strong presence in and Afghan paramilitary forces in cifically on SEAL Team 6, the the relatively small American mil- the face of a Native American war- Ryan Zinke, a former Team 6 sub-sect. These suspects directly the outskirts of Karachi, control- a raid that left a group of youths United States Special Operations itary footprint in Afghanistan, Tal- rior — received a Winkler hatchet officer and now a Republican con- or indirectly belonged to different ling roughly one third of the city. dead and inflamed tensions be- Command said that since the Sept. iban forces began to regroup. after their first year in the squad- gressman from Montana, recalled Islamist networks, with the Islam- Karachi’s citizens are forced to tween Afghan and NATO offi- 11, 2001, attacks, its forces “have Alarmed, Lt. Gen. Stanley A. Mc- ron, according to two members. In an episode after a team training ic State at one point claiming the pay extortion money to various cials. Even an American hostage been involved in tens of thousands Chrystal, who was leading Joint an interview, Mr. Winkler declined mission aboard a cruise liner in attack. Instead of holding Islam- gangs; Squatting and orchestrated freed in a dramatic rescue has ques- of missions and operations in mul- Special Operations Command, in to discuss which SEAL units had preparation for potential hostage ists responsible, the initial official land grabbing by internally dis- tioned why the SEALs killed all tiple geographic theaters, and con- 2006 ordered the SEALs and oth- received his tomahawks, but did rescues at the 1992 Summer Olym- response from the chief minister placed persons from northern Pa- his captors. When suspicions have sistently uphold the highest stan- er troops to take on a more expan- say many were paid for by pri- pics in Barcelona, Spain. Mr. Zinke of Sindh was that the government kistan have established ethnic Pa- been raised about misconduct, out- dards required of the U.S. Armed sive task in Afghanistan: Beat back vate donors. The weapons were escorted an admiral to a bar in the is looking into India’s involvement shtun ghettos that are easier for side oversight has been limited. Forces.” The command said its the Taliban. That order led to years not just wall ornaments. Several ship’s lower level. “When we in this carnage. It is almost as if the Taliban to penetrate on the Joint Special Operations Com- operators are trained to operate in of nightly raids or fights by Team former Team 6 members said that opened the door, it reminded me Pakistan’s government wants to basis of shared ethnicity. The fed- mand, which oversees SEAL Team complex and fast-moving environ- 6, which was designated the lead some men carried the hatchets on of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’” Mr. absolve jihadists just to cling to its eral government promised to elim- 6 missions, conducted its own in- ments and it trusts them to con- Special Operations force during missions, and at least one killed an Zinke said, recalling that the admi- traditional view on what threatens inate terrorism and crime from the ral was appalled by the operators’ the country. Although Pakistan is city, but on March 11, paramili- long hair, beards and earrings. “My facing a major challenge from dif- tary forces raided the MQM head- Navy?” the admiral asked him. ferent jihadi outfits, the country’s quarters instead. They recovered “These guys are in my Navy?” successive governments use it as and confiscated the arms, which ETTER TO THE EDITOR That was the beginning of what excuse to target political move- according to party officials were Mr. Zinke referred to as “the great ments working for rights for mi- there due to imminent danger and bloodletting,” when the Navy nority ethnic groups like the threats from the Taliban and other purged Team 6’s leadership to pro- Baloch and Muhajirs. Before the extremists groups. The paramili- fessionalize the force. Current and Ismaili bus attack, an operation tary force accused the MQM of former Team 6 operators said the was launched against the Karachi- acquiring these weapons from culture was different today. Mem- based Urdu-speaking Muhajirs NATO containers, which were Help drug addicts bers now tend to be better educat- (post-partition Muslim migrants destined for ISAF forces fighting ed, more athletic, older and more from India and their descendants) against Taliban in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan has ranked first in drugs production in the world. Most of the world’s poppy is cultivated in this country. Dangerous drug mature — though some are still in Pakistan’s southeast. The mili- U.S. State Department, however, smugglers live here in Afghanistan. These words are rarely supported by Afghans as most of them believe that Afghans are not blamed for poppy known for pushing limits. tary continues to fuel a much-pub- has categorically denied arms miss- cultivation, there are foreign hands that are involved in supporting this phenomenon in Afghanistan. I think poppy cultivation is not dangerous “I got kicked out of the Boy licized military campaign against ing from shipments going through for Afghanistan as drug addiction among Afghans is. Drug addiction is on the rise in some provinces. Drug addicts claim they can find drugs easily Scouts,” said one former officer. Taliban and other jihadi terrorists Karachi. and its sold in each and every part of Kabul and other cities of Afghanistan. The drug addicts are those who have migrated once to Iran or their Most Team 6 SEALs, he added, in Pakistan’s northwest that has The recent escalation of mili- friends have migrated to Iran and have returned with drug addiction. This problem needs serious attention. The government should first “were like me.”Delta Force mem- proceeded haltingly. After Decem- tary operations against ethnic mi- overcome the increasing joblessness in the country as it is the main reason which protects and increases drug addiction in the country. bers, who have a reputation for ber’s attack in Peshawar on a norities have been accompanied by Meanwhile the related organizations should establish more drug addicts treatment centers in all over the country. Hundreds of these centers are going by the book, often start out school left more than 130 children official claims that India’s intelli- needed in all provinces. Another attempt which can prove vital for overcoming drug addiction in the country is preventing of poppy cultivation. as regular infantry, then move up dead, Pakistani authorities vowed gence service Research and Analy- Afghan government should change its policy in this regard. through the Army’s Ranger units that they will now fight extrem- sis Wing was sponsoring terror- Azizullah Ahmadi, Taimani, Kabul and Special Forces teams before ists carrying out terrorist activi- ism in the country. But the arrest joining Delta. But SEAL Team 6 is ties. A military operation in the of Saad Aziz proves the real threat more isolated from the rest of the commercial hub of Pakistan, Kara- to Pakistan continues to come from Navy, with many of its men enter- chi, quickly diverted into a cam- jihadi groups that Islamabad sim- ing the brutal SEAL training pipe- paign against Muttahida Qaumi ply does not want to accept as a line from outside the military. Movement, the Muhajirs’ secular homegrown threat to national se- After several years on regular party that has dominated the city curity. SEAL teams — the even-numbered politically since 1985. For the Pa- For the last 40 years, Pakistan ones based in Virginia Beach, the kistani military, India and ethnic has been backing jihadis to coun- odd-numbered ones in San Diego, dissidents have always been the terbalance its regional rival India. Disclaimer: and a unit in Hawaii dedicated to main enemy rather than the jihad- After the U.S. drawdown from mini-submarines — SEALs can try ists whom they nurtured for years Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military out for Team 6. Many are eager to before and even after 9/11. The establishment has serious appre- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) get to the most elite unit, but about operations against jihadists soon hensions that India might spur na- half of them wash out. after the Peshawar attack were the tionalist sentiments among the res- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. Officers rotate through Team army’s response to international tive Baloch and Muhajir popula- 6, sometimes returning for several pressure, as well as to domestic tions in her favor. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

then disappeared into thin air. This initially left Rumi in utter despair South Sudan: only for Rumi to eventually grad- uate to a new level of inner peace in which he experienced a fusion Will fresh talks of sublime sensibilities. How fit- ting that the Hizmet Movement bring peace? has recently opened the Mevlana University (Rumi is respectfully She's about 65 years old. Her face referred to as “Mevlana” in Tur- has distinct traditional markings of key) in Konya. the Nuer, South Sudan's second Presently located temporarily largest tribe. in a structure adapted from its orig- We find her seated pensively inal design as a large commercial in a bare traditional hut they call centre, the University already "Tukul" in South Sudan. "This is bears signs of the high quality not home," she tells us when we multi-disciplinary education it visit. "My home and food was aims to impart at its new campus burned and my cattle stolen". under construction nearby, in She has been at a UN camp for displaced people in South Sudan's fields as diverse as medicine, busi- administrative capital of Unity ness management and the social State, Bentiu, for a couple of days. sciences. Sitting around her are a dozen or Earlier in Istanbul, during a vis- so children - moulding dolls, cattle it to the Faith College which is part and guns using clay. They are her of the same Movement, one saw grandchildren. state-of-the-art technology being She finds it difficult to find used by well-trained teachers guid- words to describe what happened ing students who show a marked at her village in Koch county South sobriety and immersion in their of Bentiu. She claims to have been studies. raped by who she remembers as The people of Turkey truly young boys dressed in military treasure their heritage. From the gear. There's a lot of stigma at- city walls built during the Roman tached to rape so she asked us not and the Byzantine empires to the to reveal her identity. gems of history and the jewels of When she and her family fi- time in the Topkapi Palace and nally escaped, two of her grand- children, both below 10 years old, Museum that preserve the Otto- had disappeared. She told me she man era, there is evident a collec- wants to go back to look for them. tive commitment to protect the She's still clinging to the hope that exceptional riches of shared eth- they could be alive, afraid and hid- nicity, language and memory. ing somewhere in the swamps that Heading into the turbulence of surround her village. But she's also the 21st century, Turkish society not ruling out the fact that they seems to relish the prospects of could be dead. She told me she can't the unfolding future even as it live without knowing. guards its resplendent past. Like Her family is among more than Where previous visits were formal Wisdom” in Greek) in 537 AD. tensions as Parliamentary polls mass level. ya, be it the single male host or the all countries, Turkey too has its 11,000 freshly displaced people or festive, a recent visit in April About 900 years later, after the approach in June; the villainisation A moderate, dignified conser- whole family joining in to generate own warts and problems, separate who are seeking shelter at the UN 2015 was educative and restor- conquest of Constantinople in of the otherwise peaceful, non- vatism co-exists side by side with an ambience of good cheer, one rel- from political issues. But it is not camp, which was already crowd- ative. On the first evening in Istan- 1453, the church was transformed partisan Hizmet Movement led by modernisation. There are hijaabs ished the aroma and flavour of their obligatory to list them during a re- ed with roughly 50,000 others who bul one was introduced to a van- into a mosque. Then another 183 the US-based Turkish philosopher aplenty but one did not spot a sin- sincere friendship for visitors met call of this most pleasant experi- never left since 2013 when the con- tage point from where the sight was years later, in 1616, Sultan Ahmed Fethullah Gulen. gle burqa. There is an unspoken, only minutes earlier. And before ence. Other sources for news flict broke out. spectacular and the sound of the I ordered the construction of the Yet the many virtues and unmistakable self-assuredness in departure from each home, gloom are aplenty! This humble Many of the stories of those Azaan captivating. Blue Mosque. Both monuments strengths of the people and the being Muslim but one did not see thoughtful gifts were bestowed to text is primarily a tribute to a re- just arriving are consistent that There was the splendour of possess an individual aesthetic, country of Turkey shimmer a single bearded man. remember them by. government soldiers attacked them, markable people. killed their loved ones and burned both the Great Sophia Mosque and each supplements the other. throughout the visit. There are advertising pole- During the day-long visit to The visit was concluded per- the Blue Mosque, like silhouettes Discover the sights and sounds Here is the impact of educa- signs featuring women in bikinis Konya, one was pleasantly sur- their homes. haps as fittingly as it began. Guid- I asked Upper Nile's acting of the soul, seen against the back- of Turkey that few tourists notice tion in a comprehensive sense. but there was not a single sight of prised to discover the large spread ed by two extraordinary Turkish drop of the Bosphorous, and a There could have been no bet- Going beyond print literacy, the men staring at women or of inap- and scale of the city. This urban governor Peter GathKuoth Chuol gentlemen, Ali Karan and Sait Ce- about the accusations. He said that twilight sky. The normally solo ter way to begin this particular vis- merits of education as a fundamen- propriate dress or uncouth behav- centre is abustle with commerce lik who, respectively, supervise South Sudan's armed force is a "na- Azaan here became a unique duet. it. In Turkey, perhaps more than tal value are apparent in several iour in the markets. In short: apt on its busy streets set on the flat the Pak-Turk schools in Sindh and tional military and cannot attack Each line of the call to prayer was in any other pre-dominantly Mus- ways. While the Ottoman Empire propriety without a showy piety. landscape. The focal point of the the Karachi office of the Rumi its own citizens. If houses were rendered with a sacred euphony lim country, history, religion, mo- bestowed a legacy of cultural plu- Or a hypocritical duality. place and the reason for the visit Forum, and who personify the burned, it was because of the cross by the muezzin of one mosque. dernity and secularism meld to- ralism and respect for diversity, Cordial invitations to dinners was to pay respects to the great spirit of service to humanity, one fire, not that soldiers deliberately Then, a split-second later, repeat- gether in a distinct and holistic Mustafa Kamal Ataturk’s passion- and meals at home afforded new Jalaluddin Rumi. His mausoleum tried to absorb the panorama of set them on fire". He also said that ed, with no over-lap, by the mu- persona. A range of media practi- ate stress on modernisation has left opportunities to experience grace marks the final resting place of one Istanbul from the Pierre Point it is difficult to tell for certain who ezzin of the other mosque. tioners, journalists, editors, busi- an indelible impact. In an ironic and hospitality. It was so proper of the world’s most remarkable heights of the city. exactly is carrying out the atroci- Each voice rippled with reso- ness persons, educationists, activ- way, Ataturk’s secular break with to leave street-worn shoes at the thinkers and poets. He was born The edges of Europe and Asia ties. nance across the open space. Nev- ists: men and women, of different a stagnating past was a re-asser- door. Inside two separate house- near Balkh in Afghanistan, then at eye each other across the Marma- What is certain is that people er before had one heard this per- ages and orientations — all shared tion of the real precepts of Islam: holds in the affluent neighbour- the eastern frontier of the Persian have been fleeing a government ra Sea. Local citizens and some of offensive against SPLM - the rebels fectly partnered homage to Allah: a quiet, unstated sense of pride rationality, purity, clarity. hood of Floria in Istanbul, there Empire. the millions of tourists who visit all the cadences, the tenderness, the clothed in humility. Cleanliness of streets and were instant smiles and comfort His father and family settled led by former vice President Riek this great land each year sip cof- Machar in Unity State. The offen- power of the call — touched, Here there is a commonality lanes, the absence of litter and rub- from both host and hostess. in this part of Turkey in the 13th fee, try ice cream, move up and soothed, stimulated the heart and of courtesy and warmth, of genu- bish dumped heedlessly as in cer- Even as the lady of the house century. Seven hundred years af- sive started on the same month that every corpuscle. Two other ine goodwill for Pakistan, of in- tain other countries (!), the absti- excused herself to the kitchen, one ter he wrote his texts, their pro- down the chair lift. Babies smile. peace talks were meant to resume. Azaans one has heard have come tense concern for conditions in nence from spitting or unhygienic learnt that, regardless of income fundity and insights blow the mind And frown. The weather is cool, a There's also been heavy fight- gentle breeze blows. This could be, ing in neighbouring Upper Nile – close to such beauty: one at the both countries. For Turkey, too, practices in public spaces, the rel- levels, at least in these two upper and enrich the spirit. Despite its the State with the only function- Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad Dec- has its own share of deep disquiet. ative discipline of traffic, the re- income homes, the women person- dignity and distinctiveness, the alas too briefly, like a corner of heaven on earth. And Rumi comes ing oil fields. On May 21, the rebels can, India; the other heard at Dubai After a decade of positive spect for time and the practice of ally cook all the meals every day. cloaked sarcophagus is unable to took control of Malakal, the capi- airport and sometimes also at Kara- progress, an alarming authoritari- punctuality. And with only a little help from exude the magnificence of his per- to mind as the homeward journey beckons. tal. Government troops took it chi’s Jinnah airport. But the Istan- anism has emerged in the past three Above all, the recognition of the husband, they served all the sona. A plaque in the adjacent court- back a few days later. South Sudan's bul duo are in a league of their own. years in the AKP government led the importance of formal educa- guests, placing the plates, cutlery yard honours Allama Iqbal to make “Know, son, that everything military accused the Sudanese gov- The Blue Mosque and the by President Erd•ogan. Hostility tion and then its actual implemen- and dishes piece by piece. Before a Pakistani proud. in the universe is a pitcher brim- ernment of aiding the new rebel Hagia Sophia against critics and the dissident tation; this takes the shape of well- they presented delicious Turkish The grand bazaar in Istanbul ming with wisdom and beauty. offensive. Khartoum has denied The Blue Mosque and the media; the admittedly complex maintained, diligently supervised cuisine, be it fowl or fish or beef or Prior to going there, one visit- The universe is a drop of the any involvement in the fighting. Hagia Sophia policy choices faced about Syria educational institutions at all lev- vegetables, each dish prepared ed the symbolic site of remem- Tigris of His Beauty, this Beauty SPLM in opposition in Up- The holy duet bridges several and Iraq; the barbaric menace of els. Perhaps the enforcement (now with care and taste. brance for Shams Tabrezi, the phe- not contained by any skin. per Nile State gained strength from centuries of time. The Sophia ISIS; the hosting of masses of Syr- revised) of compulsory military Similarly, in contrasting set- nomenal figure about 20 years old- His Beauty was a Hidden the defection of a key general, mosque was originally built as an ian refugees; the slow reconcilia- service for brief periods by all fit tings inside the modest but very er at (60 plus), than his younger Treasure so full it burst open and Johnson Oloni, previously allied Eastern Orthodox Church (the tion with the Kurds; new challenges males in a given age-group instilled welcoming homes of retired and friend. He overwhelmed Rumi for made the earth more radiant than to the government. He controls a Hagia Sophia, which means “Holy in the economy; growing political a set of best core practices on a serving school principals in Kon- three brief yet intense years, and the heavens.” Dawn (Shiluk) tribe militia in the region and had just received weapons and ammunition from government be- fore his defection. The fighting in both oil states has left many people homeless, hiding in swamps and trying to get to UN protected areas. Doctors without Borders have described the situation as alarming. Peace talks All this comes as the stage is being set for a new round of peace talks in Addis Ababa. Consulta- Life in Sambisa Forest, where You never knew if one of the fight- tions to draw up a proper frame Boko Haram members held her ers would sexually assault you, work for the resumption of talks hostage, was five months of debil- are ongoing with negotiating teams said Hasiya Dashiru, 45. She said drawn from SPLM (in govern- itating anxiety for Umi. after their attacks, the members ment), SPLM (in opposition), The 10-year-old’s slender arms came back to the camp at night with SPLM (former detainees). The are covered in insect bite marks. young men — conscripts. agenda will pretty much be around The blood-sucking bugs kept her Dashiru said she usually forced outstanding issues like the struc- awake at night, as did the sound of herself to sleep. For 11 months, ture of the executive, a power shar- nocturnal animals walking and fly- she prayed that someone would ing formula, integration of the mil- ing through the forests, an expanse rescue her and her four sons and itary, federalism and the composi- of low-lying bushes and coarse- two daughters, who had been kid- tion of parliament. trunked trees stretching for nearly East Africa's regional body napped and were held captive with IGAD (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Soma- 40,000 square miles in the Sahel her. lia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, region of northeastern Nigeria. She didn’t know that, for a long Kenya, Uganda) led talks collapsed It was here that elephants from time, Nigerian military officials in March. The organisation is now Central Africa roamed, along with were hesitant about forging into the calling, sensibly, for an expanded other beasts. Colonialists designat- forest, saying they did not want mediation team – or IGAD Plus, ed the area as a wildlife reserve, to put the lives of hostages like which may include the AU, US, which it still technically is, al- her in danger — that the fighters UK, Norway (TROIKA), UNSC, though it has been long neglected. might kill them in response. EU and China. The people living near Sam- Analysts we spoke to said that Each morning, day after day, the priority for IGAD Plus must bisa have long nurtured a deep re- the search for food and water be- be to also engage with hardliners spect for this forest, and only the gan. (military commanders) from both most experienced hunters ventured Sometimes the Boko Haram sides of the conflict to avoid chanc- there. Some tell tales of huge lions members permitted the hostages es of their undermining the pro- living in the grasslands. to look for water. Other times they cess. They will not be at the Addis But that reverence has mor- were told to stay put and shut up. Ababa talks, but are very influen- phed into fear ever since Boko As Dashiru said, “If we get tial and can easily further destabi- Haram turned the forest into a safe water fine. If not, fine. We just lise the country. haven years ago, setting up numer- That the final agreement must stayed like that. They stopped us include governance reforms and ous camps among the thorns and from getting water. Even when we reconciliation and there must be poisonous bushes. told them it is for our children.” better coordination between IGAD The fighters return to these Dashiru doesn’t know where Plus and the warring factions. forests after indiscriminate and her husband is. He ran away from "The mediation partners must brutal attacks on nearby towns, her village, Dille, last year just be- listen more and impose less," one bringing back hundreds of female fore Boko Haram attacked. She sits of the people who was present in hostages. Boko Haram has abduct- on cement outside of the class- previous talks told me. There's troops took over. to her and her family in Sambisa, Children like Umi and “Every day we witnessed the also the controversial issue of sanc- ed more than 2,000 women and rooms that have been converted to And finally, Dashiru left Sam- but the memories are rooted deep Maryam, who does not know how death of one of us and waited for girls, according to an April 2015 tions. IGAD Plus must weigh very bedrooms at Malkohi camp in bisa forest, riding in the bed of a in her mind. old she is but appears to be about our turn,” 24-year-old Asabe Uma- carefully how to use the pressure report by Amnesty International. northeastern Nigeria, where 275 truck escorted by Nigerian troops. She thinks often of the wet and five, were often abused by the ru told Reuters. at its disposal. According to a re- There were dozens of women women and children were brought She arrived at Malkohi camp swampy earth, and the bright blue fighters because they did not have “They didn’t allow us to move cent report by the International and girls in the camp where Umi by Nigerian soldiers after being on a Saturday night, May 2, and sky she watched in the hope she family to protect them. Their last an inch. If you needed the toilet, Crisis Group, preparatory consul- was held. She said many of them rescued from Sambisa in early was given tea and slices of bread. would see an aircraft that could names were not published to pro- they followed you. We were kept tations are crucial and IGAD Plus stayed awake with her, night after May. After 11 months of living in She can now move freely, and rescue her. tect their privacy. Many children in one place. We were under bond- must utilise the pre-talks period night, listening to the shrill cries of the forest, Dashiru was finally has access to health care and food. It is still hard for her to speak have been orphaned during Boko age.” Landmines strewn across the to come up with a solid mediation birds and the steps of four-legged freed on April 28. The day Nigeri- Dashiru said her children ap- about the nights she spent in Sam- Haram’s six-year insurgency, forest floor also kept the women strategy, pay closer attention to creatures. Boko Haram members an troops ventured deep into the pear healthier — but some chil- bisa. which rights groups estimate has and children from fleeing. Dashiru the conflict's regional dimension, often played loud music at night, part of the forest where she was, dren at Malkohi were still visibly For Dashiru, the verbal abuse claimed the lives of more than learned how to avoid them, mem- prioritise dialogue particularly with dancing, drinking and preaching she heard loud blasts in the air. hardline military commanders, en- struggling. One boy slept naked, was particularly damaging. When 12,000 and forced more than a mil- orizing a safe path between baob- able the SPLM(in opposition) feel until they fell asleep. There was confusion. Boko Haram his collarbones protruding sharp- she was allowed to, she would lion people to flee their homes. ab trees, known as the “tree of Hasiya Dashiru and her six comfortable enough to rejoin the fighters thrust some of the cap- ly, loose skin hanging around his walk to the well to get water. At Forced to renounce Christian- life.” She and other women plucked political leadership and accept a children were held captive in Sam- tives forward to act as human shoulders. the well, she said she sometimes ity and convert to Islam, the wom- the kuka leaves from this tree to bisa Forest for 11 months. deal. IGAD Plus must also work shields. Dashiru hid behind a tree. Another boy sat alone on the met the wives of Boko Haram en and girls were beaten for not make a soup. out a way of identifying individu- Hasiya Dashiru and her six She said some people, including ground. His stomach bulged, a sign members. performing the daily Islamic She believes it was God and als, not just armed groups, respon- children were held captive in Sam- captives, were killed in the ex- of severe malnutrition, and he “They would insult us,” Dash- prayers. When they were not the soup cooked with leaves from sible for violations, so that the se- bisa Forest for 11 months.Chika change of fire between Boko coughed and wheezed incessantly. iru said. “And they call us their praying, being beaten, or foraging the tree of life that kept her and curity council can better justify Oduah Haram and troops, but she didn’t Dashiru is trying to move on slaves because they said we were for food, they sat on the ground, her six children alive in Sambisa potential individual sanctions. The nights were dangerous. know how many. In the end, the and forget about what happened infidels, not Muslims.” growing thinner and sicker. forest. 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JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES China stocks slip on HSBC plans overhaul of global Japan economy gains profit-taking speed, grows at 3.9pc ahead of MSCI business with major job cuts index decision pace in Jan-Mar China shares closed lower on Tues- Japan's economy grew at a faster slowdown in GDP growth" in the day, hours ahead of MSCI's deci- pace than initially estimated in the second quarter, Marcel Thieliant sion on including mainland stocks January-March quarter on stron- of Capital Economics said in a com- in its global indexes, as some in- ger consumer and corporate mentary. vestors took profit in blue chips spending, though economists an- Exports and public spending, after soft inflation data suggested ticipate slower growth in April- meanwhile, continue to drag on the economy was still struggling. June. growth. The CSI300 index of the larg- The 3.9 percent annualized Japan reported what by one est listed companies in Shanghai growth rate announced Monday measure was its largest increase in and Shenzhen fell 0.7 percent, to by the Cabinet Office was sharp- wages in a decade in April. Some 5,317.46, while the Shanghai Com- ly higher than the 2.4 percent pace experts say that suggests the re- posite Index lost 0.4 percent, to initially reported. On a quarterly covery is on the cusp of passing 5,113.53 points. basis, the economy grew 1 percent, the stage at which increases in in- MSCI will soon announce compared with the initial estimate comes outpace inflation and spur whether to include so-called Chi- of a 0.6 percent increase. more consumer and likewise cor- na 'A' shares in its Emerging Mar- Strong private demand in resi- porate spending. kets Index, a decision the index dential and corporate spending Private spending accounts for publisher says would draw $400 helped push growth higher. Cor- nearly two-thirds of Japan's econ- billion to China stocks over time. porate investment was revised to omy and it rose only 0.4 percent That prospect helped China's a 2.7 percent quarterly increase in the first quarter, signaling reluc- main indexes hit fresh seven-year from the 0.4 percent preliminary tance among consumers to splurge. highs on Monday, but the eupho- estimate. Though lower oil prices have ria evaporated on Tuesday as new- The government has pointed stalled progress toward an official ly-released data showed consum- er inflation eased in May, while producer prices fell for the 38th straight month. Although the weak data strengthened the view there will be more monetary easing, analysts say investors are eyeing whether regulators will take fresh measures to curb excessive leverage, and val- uation in the red-hot market. Late on Monday, major bro- kerage Guotai Junan Securities Co suspended margin financing in- volving 21 stocks, local media re- LONDON — The British bank ritories. The lender has exited doz- called risk-weighted assets, a mea- about $8.1 billion, according to the ported, the latest in a string of HSBC, in a major revamping of its ens of underperforming business- sure of the risk of the capital it British Bankers’ Association. margin tightening moves by secu- global strategy, said on Tuesday es in recent years as it looks to cut holds, by 25 percent, or about $290 HSBC’s payment has more rities firms. that it would shed as many as costs and reduce its risk. billion. About half of those reduc- than doubled since 2012. The tax Most banks retreated after the 50,000 jobs as it sells several un- “The world is increasingly con- tions will come from the invest- cost the bank about $1.1 billion in recent rally, but Bank of China and derperforming businesses, reduc- nected, with Asia expected to show ment banking business, the lender 2014, when HSBC reported a prof- Bank of Communications remained es the size of its global investment high growth and become the cen- said. it of $13.7 billion. to the stronger growth as a sign 2 percent inflation target, Bank of firm on expectations of reforms to banking business and aims to cut ter of global trade over the next The sale of its operations in The bank, which traces its the recovery is gaining strength. Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, in- shareholding structure. billions in costs. decade,” Stuart Gulliver, the Turkey and in Brazil had been an- roots to Hong Kong, has been However rising inventories as sists that a revival of confidence is The bank said it would elimi- bank’s chief executive, said in a ticipated for some time, but the based in Britain since 1993. factory output outpaced demand inevitable. "Yes, what we need is a nate 22,000 to 25,000 full-time news release. “I am confident that bank said it would keep a pres- Banks in Britain will be re- also contributed to the upward re- positive attitude and conviction," Greece said to jobs, or about 10 percent of its our actions will allow us to cap- ence in Brazil to serve large corpo- quired by 2019 to shield their re- vision, suggesting that growth Kuroda said in a speech to a con- work force, through restructuring ture expected future growth op- rate clients. tail banking operations from the slowed in the current quarter. ference last week. submit revised by the end of 2017. It would also portunities and deliver further val- In February, Mr. Gulliver iden- effects of investment banking and "Core consumer spending fell He referred to a line in the chil- reduce its head count by another ue to shareholders.” tified the Brazilian and Turkish other activities in the event of an- to the lowest level since last sum- dren's tale of "Peter Pan" that says budget plan in bid 25,000 positions through the sale The bank’s shares fell nearly 1 businesses among four “problem” other financial crisis — a process mer in April, and industrial output "the moment you doubt whether of its underperforming businesses percent initially but were up slight- markets where HSBC would seek known as ring-fencing. may well have contracted this quar- you can fly, you cease forever to for funding in Turkey and Brazil. ly in early trading in London. more extreme restructuring mea- As part of its restructuring, ter. We therefore expect a sharp be able to do it." As a result, the bank will have As part of an update to inves- sures if returns did not improve. HSBC said that it planned to be- The Greek government submitted shrunk its work force by about tors on Tuesday, HSBC said it The bank is also seeking improve- gin setting up a ring-fenced bank a three-page budget proposal to its 87,000 since 2010, including an wanted to reduce its costs by $4.5 ment in its operations in Mexico in Britain. Pak stocks gain amid creditors in Brussels in a bid to earlier series of job cuts. billion to $5 billion annually with- and in the United States. Despite reducing the size of unlock bailout funds, two interna- HSBC said that it would in- in two years. The lender said it In April, HSBC announced its business in some markets, tional officials with direct knowl- crease its investment in Asia, where expected to book restructuring that it was formally reviewing HSBC said it planned to expand edge of the discussions said. it generates more than half of its costs of $4 billion to $4.5 billion whether to move its headquarters its asset management and insur- unprecedented volatility The document covered only earnings. The bank said it would over that period. from Britain. The bank is facing a ance operations in Asia in hopes fiscal targets, one of the people KARACHI: The stock market Among local participants, banks complete a review of whether to The bank is also looking to re- shifting regulatory landscape in of capturing “expected opportu- witnessed unprecedented volatili- were conspicuous by huge sell-off said. Greece gave its creditors a move its headquarters from Brit- duce the amount of riskier assets Britain that includes a bank tax that nities from emerging wealth in the separate note, also three pages ty on Monday, but the KSE-100 of stocks worth $10.55m, while ain by the end of the year. on its balance sheet, including cut- has hit British lenders particularly region.” index managed to close the post- mutual funds bought shares val- long, on how to address the coun- The reshaping comes as HSBC ting the size of its global banking hard. It also plans to increase its try’s financing needs, in which the budget session with a gain of ued at $5.19m at dips. faces an increasingly challenging and markets business and focus- The government has raised the business in the Pearl River Delta 138.62 points or 0.41pc at Analyst Umair Hasan at JS government asked to use funds regulatory environment in Britain ing on strategically important and bank tax, known as a bank levy, area in the southern Chinese prov- from the European Stability Mech- 34,151.11. Global commented that investors’ and across its global platform, profitable businesses. nine times since it was introduced, ince of Guangdong, and in parts of As was expected, the bench- interest centred on the cement sec- anism to repay about 6.7 billions which spans 73 countries and ter- HSBC said it would reduce so- taking in 5.3 billion pounds, or Southeast Asia. euros ($7.6 billion) of bonds held mark index initially spiralled down- tor. Lower discount rates and a by the European Central Bank that wards by more than 500 points, healthy PSDP fund, along with come due in July and August, the Wall street loses ground as investors eye September rate hike though it clawed back and after a housing credits and tax exemptions people said. massive volatility of 1,096 points all proved to be positive for the One of the officials said the between the intra-day high and low, cement sector where large number U.S. stocks fell afternoon, with the the index closed with sizeable of stocks hit their ‘upper circuit’, revised Greek plan is a vague re- Nasdaq down 1 per cent, as inves- hash of earlier proposals and is still gains. including CHCC, DGKC, FCCL, tors mulled the prospect of the The traded volume on Mon- FECTC, KOHC, LUCK, MLCF not considered credible. The sec- Federal Reserve raising interest ond official said the European day jumped to 450 million shares and PIOC. Oil sector also re- rates as early as September. which was the highest in 14 mained in green zone throughout Commission, the European Cen- The declines followed three tral Bank and the International months, while the trading value the day with POL, PSO, and Shell straight weeks of losses, with the also shot up to Rs22 billion, which all attracting investor interest. Monetary Fund are assessing the Dow and S&P touching their low- plan, which was received this was twice the value of shares at Analyst Ahsan Mehanti at Arif est in a month. Rs11bn traded in the last session. Habib Corp. stated that the ce- morning. Both asked not to be Stronger-than-expected jobs named, as they were not autho- Foreign investors bought ment, textile and fertiliser stocks data released on Friday for May shares of minor $0.55m where the closed higher on incentives in the rized to speak publicly on the was the latest sign of improved matter. Greek government spokes- inflow was seen in banks of $1.6m budget, while banks were battered momentum in the economy, and outflow from cement of by the levy of super tax and 35 man Gabriel Sakellaridis didn’t re- prompting expectations of a Fed spond to two phone calls and one $1.7bn; the foreign funds deciding per cent uniform tax on all income rate hike sooner than some expect- to go against general market trend. sources. text message seeking comment. ed. With three weeks to go before While the Fed is expected to the bailout agreement expires, the raise rates this year, the timing of standoff between Greece’s credi- the move has kept the market on tors and the anti-austerity coali- the edge. Most economists expect tion in Athens risks leaving Eu- a rate hike in September, followed rope’s most-indebted state unable by another one before the end of to meet debt payments this sum- the year, according to a Reuters mer. poll. A delegation headed by the "The May jobs number is Greek Minister of State Nikos pointing in the direction of a more Pappas and Deputy Foreign Min- likely interest-rate hike. The mar- ister Euclid Tsakalotos is in Brus- ket is cringing at that idea," said sels negotiating with officials from Frank Davis, director of sales and the euro area and the IMF over the trading at LEK Securities in New daq Composite dropped 47.41 Francisco, where it was expected start sending its employees to the conditions attached to Greece’s York. points, or 0.94 per cent, to to unveil a new music service. Air- plant, with manufacturing expect- emergency loans. The dollar retreated after a re- 5,021.05. lines stocks fell 4.5 per cent, with ed to begin next year. Declining is- Greek stocks opened higher, port - later denied - that President Eight of the 10 major S&P sec- JetBlue slumping 6.44 per cent. sues outnumbered advancing ones with the benchmark Athens Stock Barack Obama had expressed con- tors were lower, with the technol- Qatar Airways asked the indus- on the NYSE by 2,078 to 897, for Exchange gaining 1.8 percent at cern over its strength after a year- ogy index's 1.2 per cent drop lead- try's largest trade group to address a 2.32-to-1 ratio; on the Nasdaq, 11:55 a.m local time. Yields on long rally. ing the losses. Apple weighed protectionism, hitting back against 1,755 issues fell and 964 advanced two-year notes fell 67 basis points At 1:57 p.m., the Dow Jones most on the Nasdaq Composite U.S. airlines campaigning to restrict for a 1.82-to-1 ratio favoring de- to 25.24 percent. industrial average fell 58.29 points, and the S&P 500 indexes. It was competition from Gulf carriers. cliners. The S&P 500 was posting The Greek government last or 0.33 per cent, to 17,791.17, the down 1 per cent to $127.42 as the Tesla rose 2.53 per cent after 8 new 52-week highs and 8 new week rejected a set of policy com- S&P 500 lost 10.53 points, or 0.5 iPhone maker kicked off its annual plans for its Gigafactory got a lows; the Nasdaq was recording mitments hammered out by repre- per cent, to 2,082.3 and the Nas- gathering of developers in San boost from Panasonic's move to 117 new highs and 23 new lows. sentatives of creditor institutions, while a separate plan put forward by Greece was rejected by credi- tors. US and Middle East airlines trade accusations on subsidy claim Under the new Greek plan, the government wants access to bail- U.S. and Middle East airline chiefs iatory protectionism affecting all the U.S. government that indeed riers that are flying to the United ference after Al Baker's remarks. ment was working diligently on the out funds left in the European Fi- traded accusations over a campaign aspects of trade," Al Baker said at other countries are subsidizing car- States," Parker said at a news con- Parker said the U.S. govern- issue and was in regular communi- nancial Stability Facility and for by major U.S. carriers to restrict the International Air Transport cation with the airlines. He said the country’s banks to be allowed what they say is heavily subsi- Association (IATA) annual meet- the U.S. government's timeline was to buy more of the state’s short- dized competition from Gulf coun- ing in Miami. not clear, but he hoped it would term debt, according to the note it terparts. Following Al Baker's com- act soon. While U.S. carriers like submitted today. In the United States, airlines ments, IATA Director General American and Delta Air Lines Inc are trying to persuade the U.S. Tony Tyler said the body was in have closed ranks on the issue, oth- government to alter the "Open favor of liberalization. IATA has ers, like global cargo carrier FedEx Skies" agreements with the Unit- said it has no mandate to formally Corp and Emirates codeshare part- ed Arab Emirates and Qatar, ac- act on the issue. ner JetBlue Airways Corp have cusing them of lavishing their air- "IATA and its members are stood up for the Open Skies agree- lines with more than $40 billion in fully in favor of growing liberal- ments, voicing concern that chang- subsidies and distorting competi- ization, free and fair competition, es would set a bad precedent. tion. Emirates, Etihad Airways and that's the policy of members and Germany's Lufthansa, whose Qatar Airways deny the subsidy policy of IATA," Tyler said in re- business on routes to Asia have claims. sponse to questions from journal- been hurt by competition from the The chief executive of Qatar ists. Gulf carriers, echoed Delta and Airways, Akbar Al Baker, said any Doug Parker, the CEO of American's concerns on Sunday. change in the agreements could American Airlines Group Inc, ac- "There's various ways to how spark protectionism. knowledged that the carrier has you can achieve balance of open- "Any rollback of liberal mar- code-share alliances with Qatar and ness. It could be limitations of des- ket access and Open Skies poli- Etihad, but said the United States tinations, limitations of frequen- cies will reverberate across the must enforce its trade policies. cies," Lufthansa CEO Carsten whole world and will lead to retal- "We've produced evidence to Spohr said in a media briefing. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES ‘Dishoom’ to bring Animated avatar of India's together John, Akshaye, Jacquline first female superhero TBCW Day Two: The and Varun inspired by Mary Kom Rohit Dhawan’s upcoming direc- mantra is to think pink torial venture, Dishoom has al- ready given a lot to the Bollywood India’s boxer woman Mangte “They would discourage me Chungneijang Mary Kom would and that was a challenge for me. be soon seen in an animated avatar There is no difference between a as the country’s first female super boy and a girl,” recalled Mary heroine in an animated TV series. Kom as reported by The Econom- As reported by DNA India, ic Times. the TV series, titled Mary Kom Jr Mary Kom has sealed a licens- will revolve around the fictional ing deal with ScreenYug Creations school life of an eight to 10 year owned by Ashish S Kulkarni. Ash- old Mary Kom in the light of her ish has earlier made popular ani- native Manipuri culture. Other mation shows such as Little Krish- characters of the series will how- na, Shaktimaan and feature films fans to look forward to. Right from ever be kept neutral to appeal to a such as Krishna Aur Kans. He is the location to the casting and how larger audience across the globe. also the former CEO of Reliance the film seems to go about, all has Mary Kom herself feels that Animation. created a very interesting blend there is dire need of such shows to The deal will entitle royalty that would be a visual feast on the educate the young female popula- to Mary Kom on global sales of big screen. tion about the need and tact of self- Mary Kom Jr and any merchan- The cast of the film includes defense. “Parents are usually not dise, games, comics, online distri- keen on fighting games for their girl bution, story books and e-books child but with all the crime going that will have associations with it around, their eyes are now open in future. and this will help,” she empha- Mary Kom is a five-time sized. World Amateur Boxing champion, Mary Kom thinks that the se- and the only woman boxer with ries is an interesting step to en- the honour to have won a medal in courage the girl child. “I think it is each one of the six world champi- time to take more responsibility onship. for the girl child. I want girls to be In 2012, filmmaker Sanjay confident, strong,” Mary Kom Leela Bhansali signed her up for a stressed. The 32-year-old boxer biopic on her life in which Bolly- who is also a mother of three men- wood beauty Priyanka Chopra tioned that when she was growing played her character. The movie Jacqueline Fernandez and Akshaye up, her father made her do every- was released in the second half of Khanna in negative roles against thing like a boy and the other boys 2014 and was well appreciated. An Rohit’s younger brother Varun of Manipur village would frown autobiography co-authored by Dhawan and Bollywood hunk John upon her as it never really went Dina Serto was published earlier Abraham. down well with them. in 2013. Badlapur avenger Varun Dha- wan is under training for Urdu dic- tion for the film. His role in the movie is not known as yet but it requires him to speak the language fluently. Varun made his acting debut in Karan Johar’s rom-com Student of the Year and before that he worked as an assistant director to Karan Johar on My Name is Khan. He was also the protagonist in come- dy films Main Tera Hero and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. As reported by Bollywood Helpline, Varun will be sharing the screen with John Abraham for the first time in Dishoom. The actors will be seen performing hardcore action in the movie. They have started taking police combat train- ing by action director Allan Amin and Hollywood action maestro Stefan Richter, who designed Sal- man Khan’s stunts in Kick. Why Vidya went for a Akshaye Khanna will be play- ing the role of an Afghan antago- nist. Akshaye disappeared from psychiatrist’s help? the Bollywood scene after his Mohit Suri's forthcoming directo- thing more than this, so you would movie Gali Gali Chor hai in 2012 rial "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" is gear- need to watch out for the episode," but now seems to be making a ing up for release on Friday. And she added. comeback. He has previously leading lady Vidya Balan, in her all The film's male lead Emraan played villain in Humraaz and Race versatility and panache, took some Hashmi and Rajkumar Rao, who where his roles were well appreci- psychiatric help to promote her plays Vidya's husband in the film, ated. Dishoom might get him into movie. were missing from the promotion- the groove once again. The prime shooting location of Dishoom is Abu Dhabi. The city with its high-rise landscape has lately become a hit capital for ac- tion sequences. Movies like Fast & Furious 7 where Vin Diesel crashed out of the 45th floor of the tallest of the five buildings in Etihad Towers in his sports car and Bollywood’s Bang Bang starring Hrithick Roshan were shot there. Zoe Saldana didn’t want her husband to take her last name Actress Zoe Saldana says she tried to convince her husband and Ital- ian artist Marco Perego not to take her last name. Don't be alarmed! She was on al event. Zoe, who got married to Per- the set of TV show "Yeh hai Mo- "The television script was in- ego in 2013 and has twin sons -- habbatein", which will feature the tegrated in such a way that I was Bowie Ezio and Cy Aridio -- with actress in a special appearance. required here...", said the actress. him, told InStyle magazine for its "I have come to a psychiatrist. In the movie, she plays a flo- July issue that she knew about his And it is the first time, I have come rist who works at a hotel owned decision, reports eonline.com. to meet a psychiatrist on a shoot by Emraan Hashmi's character. Think pink: this appeared to be her collection. The use of cuts remained rooted in the aes- Grooms were spoiled for choice "I tried to talk him out of it. I or film. So it is interesting," says The film will delve on a love the leading order of the day for jamawaar, lace and chiffon as pri- thetics of Eastern apparel, with the with a collection of sherwanis in told him, 'If you use my name you Vidya, who will be seen helping triangle formed when one's past Telenor Bridal Couture Week’s mary materials was delightful. inclusion of ghararas, shararas and rust and blue shades, embellished are going to be emasculated by Divyanka Tripathi, the lead actress love confronts with future and the second installment. Designers de- Shabnam Naz farshis. Babar used crinkle chiffons with zardozi work on the front and your community of artists, by of the TV show. impact on the present. It will hit parted from the traditional red hues Dubai-based designer Naz and net in beige tones, set off by accessorized with k’ula and khus- your Latin community of men, by "I am not going to reveal any- the theatres on June 12. for their brides, choosing to use a brought a fusion line to the cat- combinations of ice blue, pink and sas. the world'. But Marco looks up at festive pink palette instead. walk, which featured brown, beige green. The brides were an equal match me and says, 'Ah, Zoe, I don't give Tabassum Mughal and white, and fish-tail gowns. We Arsalan Iqbal – their heavy organza outfits and a damn'," she said. When Ranveer got down on The designer remained true to were bowled over by the gharara Iqbal’s presentation was chiffon dupattas ran the gamut of "Since I have been with Mar- her signature cuts and styling, with collection, with the long hemlines unique and ahead of the curve in colours from beige offset by a blaz- co, I have been lowering my guard. long, flowing dresses embellished for the shirts. The intricate detail- its approach to a complete bridal ing red to blue and white. Iqbal Finally when we had our boys, I one knee for Deepika? with red roses, diamantes and ing of florals and extensive use of collection. We were very happy deftly managed to give his collec- looked at my husband and I rea- pearls featuring heavily in the col- diamantes gave this collection a to note the hues of parrot green tion a summer vibe without com- lised I was meant for you and you lection. Mughal’s muse was no modern touch of class and gran- and sea green in the jamawaar sher- promising on the rich, regal look were meant for me," the `Avatar` ethereal, unobtainable beauty: she deur. wanis for young shahbalas. he sought to achieve. actress added. spoke volumes with deep neck- Zainab Chottani lines and backless tops. However, We loved this grey-hued cap- while the lehnga-cholis and gowns sule collection to bits. Featuring did make a statement, it may not everything from ghararas to saris, be one that hits the right notes for Chottani played with colour con- many. The use of long hemlines trasts in maroon, red or purple, and velvet fabric for a summer bride with much silver wire work. Kam- seemed out of place. dani was beautifully and effectively Erum Khan employed on the duppattas. With This collection took its cues the inclusion of neatly cut sher- from the brides of the 1980s, with wanis for grooms, this collection Khan incorporating vintage kiran was clearly a winning choice for a and gota in the fabric. With a wide- bride and groom willing to experi- ranging colour palette running from ment with cool tones of grey and red and maroon to grey and light silver for their big day. Ranveer Singh and Deepika did you notice Ranveer and Deep- pastel shades of pink, ghararas- Mansoor Akram Padukone may prefer to keep their ika are in colour-coordinated out- dominated Khan’s collection while With the use of embroideries lips sealed on their relationship fits? IIFA Awards 2015 was host- net and organza were the primary in the form of thread wire work, status, but their adorable PDA ed by Ranveer and Arjun Kapoor fabrics. We truly loved the old- tilla and some gota, Akram’s bridal moments are a sure giveaway and and saw Bollywood's top stars in school feel to this collection, a collection also used velvets for only make us fall in love more with attendance. throwback to the spring bride of men’s overcoats and women’s sari the rumoured couple! On the work front, Ranveer decades past. blouses, thus bringing his collec- One such instance being Ran- and Deepika will be seen in Sanjay Sarah Gandapur tion down a notch for us. While veer Singh going down on his knee Leela Bhansali's 'Bajirao Mastani' Her sari collection, featuring we were not impressed by the use for Deepika Padukone and offer- whites, pinks, purples and cop- of fabric, we loved the colour con- ing her his 'heart' at the IIFA along with Priyanka Chopra. Ran- veer had to undergo a surgery after per gold, also featured gota work, trast set off by the use of deep Awards 2015 held in Kuala Lum- as well as kamdani,dabka and mu- reds and black. pur, Malaysia over the weekend. suffering from a shoulder injury on kaish. Gandapur played with form, Uzma Babar This moment took place when the sets of the film. As doting and showing how material can be Summer brides take note: these Deepika went on stage to receive dedicated Deepika is, she was by played with in terms of draping outfits would be perfectly suited Woman Of The Year Award. Also, Ranveer's side throughout. and thus giving greater depth to to a dholki function. The modern This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Hope Solo's heroics show why US Soccer decided to stick with her A day before the United States women's national team was to kick off its World Cup on Monday, hoping to end a drought at that tournament dating back to the last millennium, the talk was back to star goalkeeper and controversy- monopolist Hope Solo. And as is usual, in her case, it wasn't exactly a positive discourse. An ESPN report dug deeper into Solo's June 2014 arrest on domestic violence charges. The case had been dropped – because of the witnesses' failure to show up to give depositions – and Solo had since then portrayed herself as the victim of the incident. However, according to ESPN, which recon- structed that night and fateful fight through conversations with the accusers, 911 calls and police re- ports, Solo very much appeared to be the aggressor. As Solo was set to backstop the Americans in yet another cam- paign to conquer the women's soc- cer world, we were talking about an ugly incident that was rearing its head yet again. We were talking about domestic violence and the place of its alleged perpetrators in our sports. And then, like so very often, Solo walked onto the Win- nipeg Stadium pitch and demon- strated why she gets away with things few others could. Because she is a magnet for shots from opposing forwards as Football Federation Australia much as she is for drama. (FFA) is refusing to bid to host Without Solo, it's doubtful that any future global football events the USA would have walked away until there is systemic change at Pistorius to be released from prison for good behaviour from its Group of Death opener the world governing body FIFA. against Australia with a 3-1 win. Australia hosted the Asian Oscar Pistorius will be released The Matildas, so nicknamed, a Cup for the first time earlier this from prison for good behavior on team that had never once beaten year but failed to win the bid for August 21 and go under house ar- the Americans in 24 attempts, the 2022 World Cup, which was rest after serving just 10 months made an aggressive start, clearly awarded to Qatar with the FFA for killing girlfriend Reeva Steen- unsettling their favored opponents. garnering just one vote in the pro- kamp, South Africa's department But just five minutes in, Solo par- cess. of corrections has said. ried an Emily van Egmond shot off It has now shelved its bid for "He's behaving himself very her own crossbar. Then, after the 2023 Women's World Cup well," Zach Modise, acting Nation- Megan Rapinoe's deflected effort pending an "overhaul" of FIFA as through traffic had sailed past al Commissioner of Correctional Melissa Barbieri to put the Amer- the global football governing body Services, told AP news agency on reels from a corruption scandal. icans ahead, Solo denied Sam Kerr Monday. "He hasn't given us any on a volley from close range. "In the current volatile envi- problems." ronment, FFA can give no consid- The goalkeeper was helpless Yet three months after he to stop Lisa De Vanna's equalizer, eration to bidding for any FIFA leaves Kgosi Mampuru II prison tournament," the FFA said in a which owed to a series of defen- in Pretoria, the double-amputee sive errors further upfield. But then statement. Olympic athlete will again face the Solo made another big save on the "FFA has made it clear that possibility of a murder conviction brink of halftime. major reform is needed. FIFA's and could be sent back to jail - this You can state with consider- problems are deep-rooted and tan- time for a minimum of 15 years. able confidence that Solo's handi- gled in a culture that has developed Judge Thokozile Masipa had work between the posts is what over decades. already granted prosecutors per- permitted the U.S. to walk into the "Until such time that the ex- mission to go to the Supreme Court locker room with the game tied af- isting governance model is over- of Appeal, the second-highest ter a frantic first act. The Ameri- hauled, it's hard to imagine the cir- court in South Africa, to appeal cans had been outplayed, but Solo cumstances in which FFA would her decision to acquit Pistorius of kept them in the game. With any- put Australia forward as a bidding murder at trial. body else in goal, they might very nation." The appeal will now start Investigations sometime in November, Supreme The bidding process for 2022 Court registrar Paul Myburgh said is among a number of World Cups on Monday. under investigation by US and Acquittal Swiss authorities for bribery alle- Pistorius was acquitted of gations. murder and found guilty of the less- National police are probing er charge of culpable homicide, or Australia's 2022 bid which was manslaughter, last year for shoot- Fendrich on Tennis: Williams' Slam criticised by FIFA's own ethics ing Steenkamp through a toilet committee last year in a summary door in his home. Prosecutors will of a major investigation into all bid- again seek a murder conviction at ders for the tournament and the the Supreme Court of Appeal in bid moves on to Wimbledon 2018 finals awarded to Russia. November, the court announced, FFA president Frank Lowy also on Monday. Serena Williams was only a few The last woman to do that? One big difference: Capriati Mouratoglou, Williams' coach has been under pressure from lo- Pistorius' impending release hours' removed from her second Williams, of course. She won four never had won Wimbledon - and for her past seven major titles, cal media to step down until Aus- after serving one-sixth of his five- major trophy of 2015, putting her consecutive majors from the 2002 she never did. called it ''a great idea.'' tralia's bid is cleared but insists the year jail term for manslaughter is halfway to a true Grand Slam, French Open to the 2003 Austra- Williams, in contrast, already ''To win Roland Garros and country's bid was clean. in line with South African law. But when she expressed a wish for a lian Open, dubbed a ''Serena Slam.'' has claimed that title in 2002, Wimbledon back-to-back, it's in- Australia's sports minister it was sharply criticised by family particular outcome in the follow- Purists insist that the only 2003, 2009, 2010 and 2012. She credible. With one more week, you Sussan Ley said last week the gov- members of Steenkamp, the 29- ing day's men's final at the French way a Grand Slam is really a Grand was also the runner-up in 2004 and have more chances to do it,'' he ernment could not consider com- year-old model and reality TV star Open. Slam is if the four titles are earned 2008. Win No. 6 at Wimbledon, said. ''They were much too close.'' mitting public money toward any shot multiple times by Pistorius Like Williams, Novak Djokov- during the same season. and major title No. 21 overall, and There will be plenty for ten- future bid overseen by FIFA until in the pre-dawn hours of Febru- ic already had won the Australian Williams was asked whether Williams would head to the U.S. nis fans to keep an eye on during major reform of the governance of ary 14, 2013. Open in January. And like Will- she thinks there really is a differ- Open with much at stake. At a tour- the Wimbledon fortnight: No. 1 global football. iams, he would be appearing in the ence. nament where she has won the past Djokovic's and No. 2 Petra Kvito- title match at Roland Garros. ''You know what? I'm not go- three championships and a half- va's title defenses; Wawrinka as a ''I'm kind of hoping Djokovic ing there. You guys - you go there,'' dozen in all, she'd have a chance to bona fide contender at every ma- will win,'' Williams said with a laugh she said. ''I didn't put that pres- complete the full-year Grand Slam jor; Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Lightning strike late to Saturday night, ''so I'm not the only sure on me. I've lost every year at and equal Graf at 22 majors, sec- trying to stay at the top of the one with this pressure on me. So, Roland Garros after winning the ond-most behind Margaret Smith game; Andy Murray as the locals' lead Stanley Cup Finals like, we're in this together, broth- Australian Open, and I told you Court's 24. favorite; the new generation of up- er.'' then, 'I'm not going there.' And I'm Now that would get some at- and-comers such as Nick Kyrgios The Tampa Bay Lightning Cedric Paquette tipped in a slick Alas, less than 24 hours later, keeping my word.'' tention. and Jack Sock; Maria Sharapova's shrugged off a hostile Chicago Victor Hedman pass for the win- the championship went to Stan The last time a woman pulled The gap from Roland Garros bid to get back to a final at the crowd to score twice in the third ner. Tampa Bay goal-tender Ben Wawrinka, who beat Djokovic in off the Australian-French double to the All England Club has been place she won her first major tro- period and beat the Blackhawks Bishop, who had to leave Satur- four delightful sets. was in 2001, when Jennifer Ca- two weeks in the past, but an ex- phy; French Open runner-up Lu- 3-2, giving them a 2-1 lead in the day's Game 2 in the third period, So as the tennis world moves priati did it. But her Slam bid stalled tra week was added this year to cie Safarova's progress. Stanley Cup Final. appeared to have mobility issues to grass courts - Wimbledon be- in the Wimbledon semifinals with allow for the transition from clay The most compelling story After a split of the opening at times but he kept the Lightning gins June 29 - Williams stands a three-set loss to Justine Henin. to grass. line, though, is Williams. two games in the best-of-seven in the game. alone in a bid for a calendar-year series, Chicago looked like they "He held the fort down for us Grand Slam. well have been behind – they would seize the advantage when for about 15 minutes in that first ''That's probably the most dif- would almost certainly have been Brandon Saad put them 2-1 up period, really came up huge and a ficult thing to do in tennis,'' said behind. early in the third. got a little lucky at times too," Williams' coach, Patrick Mourato- Solo made another big save in However, that lead was wiped Tampa Bay defenseman Anton glou. ''But it's possible.'' the second half, just after Christen out almost immediately when On- Stralman told reporters. With all of the hype and ex- Press had put the Americans back drej Palat equalised 13 seconds lat- Bishop made 36 saves while citement that surrounded Ameri- in front in the 61st minute. After er. Chicago netminder Corey Craw- can Pharoah's sweep of horse rac- that, Australia's resistance was bro- With a little over three min- ford made 29. ing's Triple Crown races - becom- ken, allowing the USA to stroll to utes left, the home crowd were Chicago will host Game Four ing the 12th to do it, and first since the victory. stunned into silence again when on Wednesday. 1978 - it's worth noting how rare a That's what you get with Solo. full-fledged tennis Grand Slam is: With the bother of all those inci- Only two men and three women dents comes the brilliance. There have been enough episodes and have done it. The last man was Rod shenanigans by now that they can't Laver in 1969. The last woman possibly be an aberration. They was Steffi Graf in 1988. are systemic, and, therefore, to be Williams was asked what it expected. With Solo on the team, might mean to accomplish pretty it's hardly a shock when the con- much the only thing missing from versation veers away from the a resume that includes 20 major field once more. singles titles, another 13 in dou- This is a choice U.S. Soccer bles, four Olympic gold medals and has made. Again and again, it has nearly 250 weeks at No. 1 in the decided to stick with its goalie, rankings. knowing fell well that her baggage ''Oh, God. I'm not missing it,'' is heavy and her propensity for the 33-year-old American correct- kicking up conflict sizable. The ed, playfully wagging a finger at negative publicity that refracts the reporter who posed the ques- from her off the field continues to tion. ''I've got a 'Serena Slam,' and be a stain on an organization that I'm close to another 'Serena Slam.''' truly goes out of its way to do That is true. right by its women's team – espe- Williams won the U.S. Open cially in light of the federation's last September, meaning she has insistence on superimposing an won the last three major champi- inspirational role model narrative onships. on the team. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. WEDESDAY. JUNE 10 . 2015-Jawza 20, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:305 Price: Afs.15

No doctors, medicine in 31 insurgents killed (NDS) has conducted clearance remote Paktia in raids operations against insurgents in different areas of Nangarhar, Ta- towns AT News Report khar, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Jaw- zjan, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Ghaz- GARDEZ: Residents say there KABUL: At least 31 armed Tali- ni, Khost and Paktiya provinces. are no specialist doctors and med- By Farhad Naibkhel services at the schools. ban fighters were killed and 18 In these operations 31 rebels were icine at health facilities in far flung He said that health volunteers others were wounded in different taken out and 18 others were in- areas of southeastern Paktia prov- KABUL: Ministry of Public would visit the schools in order crackdowns within past 24 hours. jured. ince. At least 10 out of 14 Paktia Health (MoPH) on Tuesday to prevent diseases. He went on In a press release issued here, Two insurgents were arrested districts are mountainous, where signed a memorandum of under- to say that emergency health kits Ministry of Interior (MoI) said and handed over to the relevant residents face with numerous standing (MoU) with Ministry of would be provided to all schools that Afghan National Police judicial body for interrogation. problems in finding access to Education (MoE) to provide in the country. This is a long- (ANP) in collaboration with Af- ANP also seized cache of weap- healthcare facilities. Provincial healthcare services to school stu- term program, which will cover ghan National Army (ANA) and ons in the operations, the minis- Public Health Department offi- National Directorate of Security try claimed. cials say there are around 50 dents in the country. Minister of all schools and training centers, health clinics both basic and ma- Public Health, Ferozuddin Feroz, he said. Minister of Education, As- jor, with some having basic facili- said that the agreement aimed to adullah Hanif Balkhi, said that his ties and others lacking them. In foster healthcare services along ministry is committed to support Efforts underway to addition, there are 10 mobile with education for children in the the program. He said that health- health teams which provide country. Speaking at a press con- care awareness programs for stu- healthcare services to people on ference here, he said the health and dents, helping teachers to attend regular basis. Haji Qadar Gul, a education ministries would hold the national public health cam- EXTEND MPS TENURE resident of the Aryub district, told joint efforts to ensure students paigns and establishment of top priorities. He said the programs would be implemented and fi- Pajhwok Afghan News residents had access to better healthcare healthcare centers at schools are nanced jointly by the two ministries. in remote areas lacked accesses to health services. Residents some- times face with security problems New governors Paying for advanced healthcare when they carry patients to Para Chinar area in Kuram Agency of for Khost, Wardak Pakistan. Pacha Gul, a resident of Shwak district, also complained appointed about the shortage of health facil- Will enforce new law next KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani ities in the town and said: The failed to introduce quality and ef- ramshackle roads delay shifting has appointed new governors for patients to Gardez while there is southeastern Khost and central fective healthcare services to the a shortage of doctors and medi- Maidan Wardak provinces, an of- year: Minister countrymen as a result of shortage cines in the district. The resi- ficial said on Tuesday. Tawab of human resources in the minis- dents also complained about moth- Ghorzang, the IDLG spokesman, By Akhtar M. Nikzad ty services to people in health sec- try. Absence of sufficient capac- er and child mortality rates. Ju- said told Pajhwok Afghan News tor. The Wolesi Jirga or House of ity in leadership and management madin, a resident of Jani Khel dis- Hayatullah Hayat had been ap- KABUL: Minister of Public the People on Saturday amended the affected the ministry s develop- trict, said Traditional Birth Atten- pointed as the governor of Maid- Health on Tuesday said that new Health Law in order to standardize ment budget spending process, as Lower House Secretary Abdul ment will face a power vacuum," dants (TBAs) trained to support an Wardak. Meanwhile, a state- law binding the rich people to pay we failed to spend 10 percent of medical treatment in government the allocated amount for promot- Rauf Inami said on Tuesday that Inami said. pregnancies in remote areas did ment from the Independent Di- for modern healthcare services in hospitals.The amendments by the within the next two days, NUG The Chairman of the Senate, not perform their duty but receive rectorate of Local Governance ing healthcare services country- the state-run hospitals would be Wolesi Jirga will now enable the wide, he said.According to him, leaders will meet to discuss the is- Fazel Hadi Muslimyar has said salaries. Public Health Director Dr (IDLG) said Hayataullah was implemented next year. Talking to public hospitals and health centers sue of having the MPs tenure ex- that the duties of MPs will not be Gul Mohammad Mangal told Pa- highly qualified and had a vast the ministry adopted a number of Afghanistan Times, Ferozuddin to take fee from rich patients who effective measures for health ser- tended. In just under two weeks, legitimate after June 22, adding that jhwok Afghan News several steps expertise in the area of adminis- Feroz said that a specific mecha- are seeking advanced healthcare. the tenure for MPs in the Upper House is expected to had been taken to improve health- tration. The IDLG statement ap- vices in different part of the coun- nism would be carved out to de- Advanced healthcare has been un- try in past three months, including Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (Lower issue a resolution deeming any con- care services in the province. There preciated services of former gov- termine about financial status of a was only one hospital in the prov- derlined by the government as an- renovation of emergency depart- House of Parliament) ends. Inami tinuation on the part of MPs ille- ernor Abdul Majeed Khogyani and patient.He said that obliging the giography, angioplasty, bypass, said that the NUG leaders, along gal. "The House of Representative ince 10 years ago, but today 49 hoped his successor would initiate ments of hospitals, implantation hospitals and clinics as well as 10 rich people to pay for modern- stents, dialysis and transplant. Due of polio vaccination campaigns, co- with High Court members, the ad- is about to become illegal, we want proper programs for economic de- day health services would elimi- to lack of modern technology and operation with international do- ministrative committee of the the NUG to clarify the future of mobile teams provided healthcare velopment, good governance and services to the people, he said. He nate corruption in the hospitals specialists in the public and private nors and reconstruction of 34 clin- House and the chairman of the In- elections as soon as possible" says said health facilities had been made improved security of the province. and improve the health sectors. hospitals, Afghans are forced to seek ics in remote areas. About his 100- dependent Election Commission Muslimyar. available in all accessible areas and Hayat belongs to Wazir Tattang People pay big amount in bribes medical treatment outside the coun- day plan, the minister said he pre- (IEC) are scheduled to tackle the But the Second Deputy of the that around 650 health workers, area of Khogyani district and to doctors for surgeries and dif- try an issue that impacts the mid- pared the plan in 20 major parts issue on Thursday. However, noth- House has called the statements including male and female doctors, holds bachelor s degrees in En- ferent treatment facilities in the dle-class families. Minister of Pub- for the next three months which ing has been said about the matter of the Senate Chairman irrespon- nurses and other healthcare pro- glish, Law and Political Science and government hospitals. This has lic Health stressed that the minis- includes development and im- of parliamentary elections. "On sible, and adds that the House will viders, worked in the field. a master s degree in public admin- created challenges for the public try is determined to specify a small provement of health services, en- Thursday a political meeting will continue its work with the current Mangal also confirmed moth- istration. He has worked with na- hospitals. Therefore, legally oblig- amount for treatment of patients, hancement of medicines quality, be held, where the 83rd Article of MPs after June 22. "The Senate er and child mortality rates had tional and international organiza- ing the rich people to pay for ad- so that everyone would be able to food security and good leadership. the Constitution will be discussed does not have a legal stand to call been high in the past, but the tion for 20 years and knows Pa- vanced health facilities in public pay the fee.Firozuddin Firoz on Criticizing poor health services in in detail, so that the House of Rep- the House of Representatives ille- deaths had been markedly reduced. shtu, Dari, English, Urdu and Ar- hospitals will end the culture of Monday said the ministry has failed a number of private health centers, resentatives' work can be extended gal. I want Mr. Muslimyar to speak He said a plan had been de- abic. bribe, the minister said. Feroz to spend part of its development the minister said that at least 124 based on three logical points. First, based on National Interests and to vised to ensure that TBAs per- Hayat presently works as direc- said the ministry was committed budget in past five months due to private hospitals are active in Kabul to prevent government despotism, avoid making irresponsible state- formed their duty, adding TBAs, tor of the Khogyani Grand Coun- to prevent people from offering lack of capacity and human resourc- but most of them are providing secondly the House has to approve ments," says Nazeer Ahmad who did not go to the job, had cil, is the chairman of civil society doctors money under the table . es, and that this issue has affected sub-standard health services and the budget and thirdly, without Ahmadzai, second deputy in the been denied course completion coordination center and director He said that with this money, the healthcare services in the are far away from meeting princi- parliament, three branches of gov- House of Representatives. certificates. (Pajhwok) of Hayat group. (Pajhwok) government could provide quali- country.Firoz said that they have ples of the ministry. ernment in the absence of parlia- (TOLONews) th

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