Report the Country in the Past KABUL: at Least 15 Army Cadets Were Killed and Four Others Received Few Weeks

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MPs summoned heads of security agencies on Saturday to answer questions over the sharp rise in attacks in AT News Report the country in the past KABUL: At least 15 army cadets were killed and four others received few weeks. injures after a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle near a military academy in Kabul, More than 150 security official said on Saturday. Spokesman for the Ministry Afghans have fled of Defense, Dawlat Waziri said the suicide attack was occurred at military training 03:00pm near the entrance of Marshal Fahim Military Academy The heads of security agencies respect,” said Zahir Qadir, an MP in US: Report in west part of Kabul. who were summoned to the Wolesi from Nangarhar. “This Afghan soldiers and police who Suicide bomber targeted a Jirga, the Lower House of the government is involved in the arrived in the United States for mini-bus, carrying soldiers and Parliament, on Saturday came conspiracy against our people. We training go "absent without leave" military officers who were under severe pressure and criticism recently witnessed four attacks at far higher rages that those of attending short-term course in the from legislators over the sharp rise against the army forces in any other country, a U.S. academy, the ministry said in a in violence this month. Kandahar (province),” said Lalai watchdog said on Friday. statement, adding that the blast was The lawmakers said security Hamidzai, a lawmaker from Afghans make up about 10 carried out by a walking suicide agencies “have failed to ensure the Kandahar. The Wolesi Jirga percent of foreign military bomber. “All the killed and safety of the people and prevent Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi trainees in U.S. but represent 47 wounded are army members, and responsibility for the attack. Afghanistan and Afghan National committed to our Afghan partners deadly attacks in the country”. meanwhile said they want exact percent of AWOL cases, the wounded soldiers rapidly Moreover, this is the second Defense and Security Forces and our mission in Afghanistan. “The war is going towards the answers from the security heads. according to a report by Special Inspector General for taken to hospital. deadliest incident after more than (ANDSF). “This attack in Kabul The United States and the NATO- ethnic issues, towards linguistic “As the heads of the security issues and towards religious issues. agencies and as those who attend Afghanistan Reconstruction. President Ashraf Ghani 50 worshipers were killed and shows the insurgents are desperate led Resolute Support are firm in Since 2005, 152 Afghans have strongly condemned suicide attack dozens others wounded in suicide and cannot win against (ANDSF) our resolve to create a secure, Silence in this respect is a shame,” the security sessions at the said Nahid Farid, an MP from Presidential Palace, they should gone AWOL, a number which was against cadets in Kabul. bombing at the Imam Zaman on the battlefield,” the Resolute stable, and peaceful Afghanistan,” called by the U.S. Department “In recent days, terrorists and mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi of Support twitted. Furthermore, to he said on Friday via a statement. Herat. “The president gives give convincing answers to the lectures and his advisors and people of Afghanistan (about of State as “unacceptably high.” their supporters have been Kabul city on Friday. show support for the Afghan “All too often it is clear that As security deteriorates in ‘isolated from all walks of life’, also In the past one week security security forces, Gen. John the enemies of Afghanistan offer minsters are clapping for him. Alas, MPs’ questions),” Ibrahimi said. Afghanistan, the rate of fleeing defeated in all battlefields. In a bid forces received huge casualties in Nicholson, commander of US nothing for the future of this they should see what is going on Saturday’s session was held behind increased from historical average to create ‘a climate of intimidation’ coward attacks carried out by forces in Afghanistan said the US beautiful country and its people. in this country,” said Saleh closed doors after a request from of up to 7 to 13 percent in 2016, by order of foreigners, terrorists insurgents. Dozens of security and NATO was committed to Our mission is to stand with the Mohammad Saljoqi, an MP. Other the security heads. “We want to it noted. “The tendency of targeted mosques and civilians in forces killed and wounded in Paktia helping the Afghan security forces. Afghan security forces and Afghan MPs claimed there are some honestly share our information Afghan trainees in the United different parts of the country,” and Kandahar provinces. “The brave men and men of people, and to support them in the groups inside government which about all the threats and other States to go AWOL may hinder President Ghani was quoted as The Resolute Support in the Afghan National Defense and fight against terrorism, our have “links with terrorists”. security issues, but we request a the operational readiness of their saying in a statement issued by his Afghanistan condemned today’s Security Forces and the people of common enemy. We will carry out “ARG (the Presidential Palace) is secret meeting for this,” the acting home units. (1tvnews) office. (Saturday) suicide attack, terming Afghanistan have my personal that mission and we will remain involved in all these plans. I swear defense minister Tariqshah Taliban insurgents claimed an attack on the future of assurance that we remain steadfast.” no one else is involved in this Bahrami said. (ToloNews)

AT Monitoring Desk Neighboring countries have role in KABUL: At least 117 militants have been killed insecurity of southern Helmand and 10 others received injuries during 24 joint province due to the issue of water, operations in the eastern Nangarhar province in its governor said Saturday the last two weeks, provincial police chief said. Addressing reporters in Kabul, Addressing a press conference, Lt. Gen. Abdur Hayatullah Hayat also said that Rahman Rahimi said dozens of other people were drugs is also one of the drivers of detained in connection of different crimes while insecurity in the province, as it police seized hundreds kilograms of drugs during funds the Taliban. that time. He added the operations were conducted He said that the Taliban was in Achin, Nazian, Haska Mina, Khogyani, seeking to seize the provincial Pachiragam, Bati Kot and Ghanikhel districts of capital city Lashkargah in several Nangarhar and Jalalabad, the provincial capital. attempts, but Afghan forces During the operation, 74 other suspects were thwarted their plan. detained and 36 different types of weapons, 1,544 Over the past 10 weeks of 850 laid down arms to join peace bullets and 11 bombs seized, he added. “43 people military operation, the governor process. Insurgency raged in have been detained in connection of kidnapping, said that 415 militants were killed Helmand province in recent years murder, robbery, land grabbing and some other while 64 wounded. Around 100 with Taliban taking more territories crimes,” he said, adding that some of the convicts were killed or injured in the than any time in the past. Hayat were also showed to the media. According to him, operations, he added. He went on cited militants’ use of human children who have been trained to carry out suicide saying that over 150 insurgents, shields as a problem Afghan forces attacks are also among those arrested. He said that including their commanders, were face during the operations. police had many achievements in the arrested during the period, while (1tvnews) counternarcotics area in last two weeks. “Our detective agents were able to seize 1,424 kilograms of hashish, 51 kilograms of opium and 47 kilograms of heroin and 22 suspects along with 11 vehicles were detained in their trafficking,” he said. Moreover, hHe said operations for elimination of militants, controlling crimes and drug trafficking and other destructive activities had been accelerated. However, Nangarhar residents complain about worse security situation than any times before in the province.

‘Andar clash ended with 22 security personnel, 90 Taliban dead’ GHAZNI CITY : Twenty-two policemen and 90 Taliban have been killed as clash in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province came to an end, an official said on Saturday. Four-day back, the Taliban launched an AT News Report a press statement issued by the assault on Andar district following a car bombing. Ministry of Interior (MoI). The Taliban Commanders Anes, Badri and KABUL: At least 25 Haqqani Statement said that weapons Hejran were among the dead, said Governor Abdul Terrorist Network members were and vehicles belonging to the Karim Matin while addressing reporters in Ghazni Killed in a Joint Clearance Haqqani Terrorist Network were City, the provincial capital. Operation conducted by Afghan also destroyed during the “The Taliban planned to capture Andar and forces in Paktika. operation. No ANDSF and civilian from there they dreamed to overrun Ghazni City, “ 25 Haqqani Terrorist were harmed during operation in but their plan was failed and a large number of Network members were killed and the district, added statement. weapons with the Taliban were destroyed during 30 others wounded in Afghan The Afghan National Defense the clash,” said Matin. National Defense and Security and Security Forces have stepped Brig. Gen. Asadullah Sherzad, commander of Forces joint clearance operation up Counter-Terrorism operations the 303rd Police Zone, said offensive on a large carried out in Tandi Hotel and Wali to suppress the insurgency scale had been launched in the province in order Was regions, Giyan district of the activities of the terror groups, to ensure security and stability. (Pajhwok) Paktika province, yesterday, said concluded statement. SUNDAY.OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Afghanistan lifted the cup after riding on impressive centuries from Javed Ahmadi - 108 off 113 balls - and Asghar Stanikzai - 125 off 129 balls.

Afghanistan topped the ICC 57 before being dismissed by Intercontinental Cup table after Ehsan Khan, the offspinner, while cruising to a comprehensive Stanikzai, the skipper, went on to innings and 173 run-victory against make a hundred. His 125 off 129 Hong Kong on Friday. balls was studded with 11 According to the ICC, a boundaries and seven sixes before disciplined effort from the he was caught by Rath off Nizakat Afghanistan bowlers saw Hong Khan’s bowling. Kong being bundled out for 150 in To add to the two hundreds 39.4 overs in its second innings on and the equal number of fifties by the second day of the four-day the top four batsmen, Nasir Jamal encounter. (37 not out) and Nabi helped Barring, Anshuman Rath who Afghanistan consolidate further made a fighting 59 not out, the other and take the visitor to a massive batsmen failed to get some runs total. and fell at regular intervals. The It was a forgettable day for next highest score was 26 by Hong Kong’s bowlers with Kyle Nizakat Khan, who was dismissed Christie, the medium pacer, by Rashid Khan. picking up a wicket on his debut, Hong Kong, who was bowled while Nizakat Khan and Ehsan out for just 142 in its first innings, Khan shared a wicket apiece. couldn't prevent Afghanistan from ICC reported that trailing by amassing 465 for 5 declared in its 323 runs, Hong Kong lost both its first dig, reported the ICC. openers early. Dawlat Zadran, the Afghanistan rode on centuries medium pacer, accounted for from Javed Ahmadi (108 off 113 Christopher Carter and then balls) and Asghar Stanikzai (125 returned to dismiss Babar Hayat, off 129 balls) along with notable the captain, for 18, while Matt contributions from Ihsanullah Stiller, the other opener, was Jannat (63), Rahmat Shah (57) and stumped by Afsar Zasai off Mohammad Nabi (63) to stretch Rashid’ s bowling. the lead to 323 runs. Nabi, the offspinner, then Resuming the second morning struck twice to remove Waqas on 270 for 2, Rahmat, who was Khan and Ehsan Khan for just eight legspinner, took over by prizing out the lower order with swift strikes. He finished with figures of 4 for 16, KABUL : President Ghani’s insist but regretfully the quality of unbeaten on 34 compiled a patient runs and Zahir Khan, the while Nabi, Dawlat and Rashid chipped in two wickets each. (ToloNews) on more supervision over education system is suffering educational institutes and serious problems. universities indicates that the Crowded classed in state – run Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is schools, shortage of teaching seeking to withdraw the critical materials, and professional In Afghanistan, a situation of educational organs that teachers lack of school buildings ZAZAI MAIDAN DISTRICT has prevailed the education system as the authorities confess that half of the country. of the schools have no building. split-second decision BNA analyst of educational Although complaining of a number A MODEL OF affairs commenting on the issue of teachers from their low salaries, writes president Ghani recently and finally the hostility of armed separates life and death held the first session of human opposition groups against school, SECURITY IN WAR-TORN sources high council. In the session students and teachers are the main The Afghanistan story resists be on high alert. Photo: Courtesy beside other educational issues, the factors that caused the lower abbreviation. Propelled by of Allen & Unwin The Special the locals all cooperate with current situation of the country, quality of education in the country. curiosity to reach beyond a 140- Forces soldiers had the longest AFGHANISTAN security forces and because of this, the ways to improve the education Higher education also has its characters version of Australia's Australian presence in country. At their district is secure. system were discussed. own problems; one of the major longest war, I have spent much of the spearhead of the fighting “All the tribes should work President Ghani insisted that problems that engulfed the higher two decades asking questions. mission, their actions, as the most together and support the there should be more supervision education is operating as a Why did the good war turn bad? contentious, called at least for some government,” said Shafiullah. from educational centers and commercial organization. Today, Why, after all that investment in scrutiny. It took a while, but Another local, Abdul Malik, universities and more attention on our education system is not blood and treasure, could we not eventually I became the first and who is a graduate with an should be paid education, higher comparable with our neighboring find a way to win? Is the place only reporter to be embedded with engineering degree, said because of education and certain laws of countries from quality point of truly the graveyard of empires? Australian Special Forces. Up the stability, their district has education need to be adjusted. view. While an answer contained to a close it became clear they were not become a tourist attraction and The words are stated in a time The students both in high sentence or two never emerged, I only special but different. hundreds flock to the region to where the education system in schools and higher education did see a way to tell the story. Australian Special Operations experience the security and beauty primary, secondary and higher institutes mostly complain about In Afghanistan, the devil is in Command is comprised of around of the local landscape. education suffering from certain low quality of education, misusing the unavoidable detail. So why not 2700 personnel with an annual “Zazai Maidan residents have problems, even one can say it is in in private educational institutes get off the ramp with the soldiers budget of $55 million. Operators worked for the entire Afghanistan. a very critical condition. which represent and demonstrate at the very beginning and follow are the Army, Navy and Air Force's Because now people from all parts From quantity point of view the critical situation of education them all the way, threading through brightest and best skilled. More of the country come here and the there is a great number of state – system that would be catastrophic the maze of obstacles and than 180 courses are available and district is a place for tourists,” said run and private schools are for the future of the country. challenges they encountered? To 60 training exercises ongoing. In Abdul Malik. operating in the country and Considering the situation, it do so with an eye to restraining 2001 and 2002, three successive Another resident, Ali Akbar, dozens of private higher education would be better the president who punishment of hindsight, to better contingents of Special Air Service said he has been working in the institutes operating in Kabul and have taught as lecturer, accelerates understand the evidentiary Regiment (SASR) were part of a district center for 20 years and has other cities of the country. and improves the process of circumstance of the time and those coalition of foreign forces to help never witnessed any insecurity. He The number of students in monitoring in teaching and split-second moments that expel al-Qaeda from Afghanistan. said he and his friends have often primary and high schools and in educational centers and take firm separate life and death. But with international attention wondered why the people in the higher education section is almost steps toward bringing extensive On patrol in Afghanistan, turning to Iraq, al-Qaeda's host, the rest of the country do not work eleven million. reforms in education system, Coalition forces must constantly Taliban, was later able to stage a for a better future. It is good news that a great because the people expect all out be on high alert. resurgence, and so by 2005 “There are lots of incidents in number of children and youths are revolution in education system of On patrol in Afghanistan, Australian Special Forces returned. Despite the ongoing war in According to Hamid, the locals Afghanistan - that we see on TV attending the process of education, the country. Coalition forces must constantly (SMH) Afghanistan, which is spread walked freely through the streets or hear from people. But here and throughout most of the country, of villages both day and night and around us, we have not faced any there are still a few pockets of clearly appeared to have no problems,” said Ali Akbar. peace in the country. security concerns. Even the shops in district are One such area is Zazai Maidan This in itself is an anomaly as open until late at night. A district in south-eastern Khost most remote regions in the country shopkeeper who sells flowers at province – which is a model of have serious security challenges. the district center said he stays security in the war-torn country. According to Hamid, if open late as often wedding guests The district, which shares a strangers are spotted out on the drop in to buy flowers. “There Fazal Rahman, said the price of 49 border with Pakistan, is home to streets, especially at night, the are parties and wedding at nights kilograms of Pakistani sugar 70,000 people, who live in locals immediately report them to and all comes and buy flowers and increased from 1,800afs to harmony without enduring the fear the police. The police in turn other things from me,” shopkeeper 1,700afs while the rate of 50-kg of of explosions or gunfights. follow up on this and ensure the Abedullah Abed said. In his shop Kazakhstani flour increased from TOLOnews journalist Tamim stranger poses no threat. he has hung Afghan flags – which 1,150afs to 1,160afs. Hamid visited the district and Hamid’s friend, Shafiullah, he said were in memory of fallen The prices of other essential stayed with a friend. who is an economics student, said Afghan soldiers. (ToloNews) items remain stable. Fazal Rahman said 24-kg of Pakistani rice cost 1,850afs and 16 liters of Khurshid ghee 1,080afs, the same rates of last week’s. I s th er e a way for wa r d Noor Ahmad Khairkhwa, a tea seller in Kabul Mandavi, said a kilogram of Indonesian green tea in Afgh a n ist a n ? cost 280afs and the same amount of African black tea 300afs -- same as last week’s. The latest wave of Taliban attacks Ahmad Wali Panjsheri, who calls into question both US strategy owns a grocery shop in Dahn-i- and the Afghan government's Bagh area, sold a 50-kg bag of capabilities. Kazakhstani flour for 1,220afs and It's two months since US a 49-kg sack of Pakistani sugar for President Donald Trump unveiled 1,900afs. a new American strategy in He sold a 16-litre tin of Afghanistan. His announced Khurshid ghee for 1,150afs, a 24- intention was to give military kg sack of Pakistani rice for commanders more flexibility, while 2,100afs, a kilogram of Indonesian increasing troop numbers and green tea for 300afs and the same leaving the US presence open- quantity of African black tea for ended. 350afs, higher than wholesale On one level, the changes have rates. been dramatic. US Air Force figures Haji Fawad Ahmad Salehzada, show a 68 percent increase in the a jeweler in Timr Shahi area of average number of missions it flies country. On Thursday alone, the 22 attackers were also killed. This Kabul, said one gram of Arabian in support of Afghan forces each Taliban killed nearly 60 Afghan week's worst attack was on gold cost 2,300afs but the price of month from 51 to 86. The US is security force personnel - two- Tuesday - suicide bombers killed the same quantity of Russian gold also dropping significantly more thirds of them in an attack that at least 74 people when they KABUL : The prices of diesel and told Pajhwok Afghan News that the commodity cost 60afs increased from 1,800afs to munitions as part of those nearly wiped out an army camp in targeted police compounds and sugar have dipped while that of the price of once liter diesel according to Sharif Ahmad, a gas 1,850afs. According to Sara-I- missions: an average of 360 a southern Kandahar. On government offices. All of which Kazakhstani flour and Russian decreased from 46 Afghanis to 45 seller in Kolola Pushta area of Shahzada moneychangers, one US month versus only 11 a month last Wednesday, six policemen died in raises the question: 16 years after gold slightly increased during the Afghanis while the same quantity Kabul. dollar accounted for 68.30afs and year. Despite the extra firepower, a Taliban ambush in the northern the US first sent troops to outgoing week in the capital Kabul, of petrol remained steady at 46 In food items, the price of only 1,000 Pakistani rupees 639afs this how much do the US and its allies province of Balkh. And a few hours Afghanistan, does this new market sources said Saturday. Afghanis. sugar has dipped while that of week against last week's rates of have to show for it? The last week later, nine policemen died in a strategy have any hope of Abdul Hadi, a worker at The price of liquefied gas flour slightly hiked. 68.20afs and 638afs respectively. alone has seen a noticeable increase Taliban attack on police posts in succeeding where others have Wazirabad Fuel Station in Kabul, remains stable as one kilogram of Food Traders Union head, (Pajhwok) in Taliban attacks around the western Farah province. At least failed? (Al Jazeera) SUNDAY.OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

In a statement from his office, Ghani said Afghanistan needed unity and team work. The KABUL : Kith and kin of the appointed by government received MERGENCY president chaired the meeting that latest deadly attack victims on only 6,000 afs. E was attended by the commission Monday said enemies couldn’t stir Abdul Aziz Azimi, who has CALLS members this morning. up religious differences among lost her cousin, Sakina, 55, in the Ghani stressed no one had the Afghan people by carrying out suicide attack, told Pajhwok right to interfere in the election such attacks. Afghan News, “Enemy’s such Police process, promising his government At least 85 people, including hideous acts are aimed at creating would take every step to meet six women and three children, deep social divisions within Afghan 100 - 119 financial and security requirements were killed and 64 other injured in society. They want us to be for the democratic exercise. a suicide attack on the Imam indulged in religious and ethnic But a reliable source, wishing Zaman Mosque in the limits of fighting. But our people having Hospitals anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan 13th police district in west of witnessed the past experiences are News the president criticised the Kabul city at around 6pm on now well aware of the enemy’s FMIC Hospital performance of the IEC secretary- Friday. goal.” Behind Kabul Medical general and fired him from his The incident occurred as a He asked all people to be position. suicide bomber hurled two hand vigilant and hold unity. Azimi also University: “The president pointed to the grenades into the mosque. One of demanded the government to make 0202500200-+93793275595 weak performance of the IEC them exploded before the suicide efforts in ensuring security of secretariat and told Warimach bomber forced his way into the religious sites under threat and verbally that he can no longer work second row of worshipers and blew train guards and security men of Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital in this position ,” the source himself up. mosques in order they get ready Pule Bagh-e- Umomi revealed. Sakhi Dad Bashardost, a local for ensuring better security. Warimach dismissal came at a representative who witnessed the He also confirmed that only 070263672 time when three weeks earlier he harrowing scene, said of all the five one guard of five hired for the on his social media account wrote guards, armed by government for mosque was in attendance in the Khairkhana Hospital about being under presser from ensuring security of religious areas, attack time and rest of others were some circles. only one was present during the busy doing own private affairs 0799-321007 “Threat to the IEC, personal attack. “These people introduced because they received low 2401352 insult, propaganda campaign and by locals aren’t professionals and salaries.”I ask the government to KABUL : President Mohammad Waraimcah's dismissal came “With a crucial responsibility fraud by some circles has been due to the negligence of one guard, give them adequate stipends in Ashraf Ghani on Saturday during a meeting of IEC members on your shoulders, you are started, but my message is who was standing at mosque’s order they spend all their time on Indira Gandhi Children dismissed Imam Mohammad and international partners expected to conduct the election preservation of national interest, gate, the suicide bomber sneaked ensuring local security.” Warimach, the Independent supporting the Afghan election process in a fair and transparent social justice, professionalism and inside.” He asked the government Other relatives of the victims Hospital, Wazir Akbar Election Commission (IEC) process at the Presidential Place manner," the president was quoted making justice to individual,” he to train those unprofessional of the attack held similar views, secretary. in Kabul. as saying. wrote. (Pajhwok) guards hired for maintaining stressing that no one could disunite Khan, Kabul 2301372 security of Masajids and raise their Afghans through such subversive salaries. Each of the guards recently activities. (Pajhwok) Ibn-e- Seena Pul-e-Artan, Kabul 2100359

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Malalai Maternity At least 34 people were killed and nearly five thousand families were Hospital displaced following clashes 2201377/ 2301743 between the Taliban group, the Islamic State (IS)-Daesh group and the inhabitants of Khogyani Banks district of Nangarhar province, the local officials said. Da Afghanistan Bank According to the local officials, the IS group has captured 2100302, 2100303 ten villages of the district that were once Taliban’s key centers. Bakhtar Bank The displaced people of Khogyani said most of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani intersection of Asia, Ghani said 0776777000 casualties were civilians and they opened a two-day forum of Silk that establishing a regional Azizi Bank abandoned their homes and spent Road Mayors in capital Kabul on intersection will be an opportunity the night across the roads without Friday. not a threat to another intersection. 0799 700900 receiving any aids and assistance. This is the first time that Kabul According to the president, 60 Pashtany Bank According to Khoyani hosts the forum which is its 12th, percent of villagers in Afghanistan inhabitants, all of their properties organized by World Citizens have been connected to the world 2102908, 2103868 are now in hands of the IS group Organization. The last forum was due to migration and that and most of the injured people and held in Qazvin of Iran in 2016. Afghanistan should find back its Air Services death bodies are still remaining on The forum was attended by ancient status on Silk Road. the ground. mayors from the countries on the He hoped that the Silk Road They expressed deep concern Silk Road, as well as local mayors. forum is held on international level Safi Airways IS group will reach to the Kabul gates. In the meantime, the Afghan local officials stressed they will defeat the and warned that if the government “Your visit to Afghanistan and called it beneficial to increasing 020 22 22 222 does not take serious measures, the Daesh and the Taliban group with the cooperation of the people. (ATN) carries message of stability and transit cooperation and exchange trust to our citizens and increases of views among mayors. optimism for a prosperous future,” The major forum gets Ariana Ghani said during his speech at the underway in Kabul despite 020-2100270 forum. worsening security situation Referring to Afghanistan’s which involved several deadly status in the past, Ghani hoped attacks by the Taliban across the Kam Air that joint regional efforts will country, which killed or injured 0799974422 transform Asia to an economic hundreds. continent in the next 20 years. “The pressure is because the He said that regional countries network (of militants) who seek Hotels will be more mobilized in the area destruction are seeing their Safi Landmark of development following the elimination. They know that they revival of Silk Road as a network cannot beat us in the battlefields,” of connectivity. he said. 020-2203131 He asserted that Afghanistan “Regional countries should ERENA government has an obligation to has never been in isolation but has know that Afghanistan’s policy is S ensure people’s safety and it maintained relations with a policy of dignity and we want should carry out its responsibility countries. peace… We want the world and 0799654000 properly. (ToloNews) Describing Afghanistan as an Asia to live in peace,” he added. New Rumi Restaurant 0776351347 Internet Services UA Telecom 0796701701 / 0796702702 Exchange Rate

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Substantial damage was sustained evening prayers. or the Quran. It is a mosque, not a 1.00 EUR to the Imam Zaman mosque in The suicide bomber detonated place for suicides and explosions,” Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul city and his explosives among the Ali Asghar, a resident of the area 82.20AFN many religious books and the Holy worshippers – leaving behind a trail said. Quran were destroyed in Friday’s of destruction and devastation. On Saturday morning Kabul’s suicide bombing which killed over “It was a very bitter incident. municipality workers arrived at the 1000.00 INR 50 worshippers. Those who were saved were mosque to clean up the scene. 1055.00AFN The attack, which Daesh crying,” Sayed Omar, an Angry residents of Dasht-e- claimed responsibility for, eyewitness said. Barchi meanwhile blasted 1000.00 PKR happened on Friday while dozens “Those who do such actions government for its inability to of people were at the mosque for do not believe in religion, mosques maintain security. They said 641.00AFN SUNDAY .OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 33-party UNICEF: Rohingya refugee alliance to children suffer dire support humanitarian conditions The United Nations children’s agency author Simon Ingram said about one in five warned of the dire conditions of Myan- children in the area are “acutely malnour- marese refugee children in overcrowded ished.” “Many Rohingya refugee children URPP-R and squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh. in Bangladesh have witnessed atrocities in Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are Myanmar no child should ever see, and all living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh have suffered tremendous loss,” UNICEF in camps where they lack enough food, Executive Director Anthony Lake said in clean water and health care, the United a statement. The report came ahead of a Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said donor conference in Geneva on Monday election on Friday, Daily Sabah reported. to drum up international funding for the UNICEF added that children, who make Rohingya. The UN and humanitarian agen- up 58 percent of the nearly 600,000 cies say they urgently need $434 million Rohingya Muslims who have been forced for the Rohingya refugees — about one- to flee violence and persecution in My- sixth of which would go to UNICEF ef- anmar into Bangladesh, are trapped in a forts to help children. There are currently “hell on earth". The UN agency report about one million Rohingya refugees in the documented the plight of the children who camps near Bangladesh’s border with My- have sought refuge at Cox’s Bazar, Bang- anmar. ladesh over the last eight weeks. Report (WP)

In a video statement released on (PPP) from other provinces of the Saturday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-In- country, the PTI has now em- P eople of saf Chairman Imran Khan has said barked upon the political struggle that people of Sindh need to be to dislodge the PPP even from pulled out of their misery as Sindh Sindh, which is its political bas- has suffered the most from the tion. S in dh n eed plunderers. The PTI chief said that “Imran Khan and PTI have the province has become lawless decided now that after Punjab, and has been facing brutality. He Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and lib er a t ion claimed that the farmers have been Balochistan we will oust the PPP deprived of water, adding that pub- even in Sindh. For almost a decade, lic money is being misused by the the people of Sindh have been suf- fr om government officials for their own fering due to bad governance and benefits. Imran also said that PTI corruption of the PPP govern- will make an important announce- ments,” he said on Friday night. ment in Sehwan regarding this mat- He asked the people either to cor r u p t ter. Earlier on Friday, PTI Vice choose the path of suffering, atroc- Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi ities, cruelties and injustice as a fait KATHMANDU: The 33-party had said, while addressing a public accompli or to rebel against the alliance and United Rastriya Pra- govt : I m r a n meeting in Umerkot, that after oust- oppressive system of politics. jatantra Party-Rastrabadi (URPP- ing the Pakistan People’s Party (Tribune) R) on Friday signed an understanding for the electoral alliance and K h a n ultimately for the party unifica- tion. As per the understanding reached between the two sides yesterday, the alliance of 33 fringe political parties is supporting the Con gr ess eyes an t i-BJ P fr on t URPP-R in the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies scheduled for in Gu jar at , in v it es Har d ik , November 26 and December 7 in two phases. A plough inside a rect- angle is the election symbol of the party. This is stated in a joint press Alp esh , J ign esh Mew an i statement issued yesterday itself. It comprises signatures of alliance The Gujarat Congress reached out Mewani is leading an agitation for tial Patidar community, is yet to community members and coordinator Yubaraj Safal and on Saturday to Hardik Patel, the rights of Dalits and Alpesh reach the age in which he is allowed organisations.Thakore, who has URPP-R Chair Dr Prakash Chan- Alpesh Thakore and Jignesh Me- Thakore is fighting issues like cor- to contest election. Cong narrows been leading OBC, ST and ST Ekta dra Lohani. wani, activist leaders who could ruption and alcohol addiction. The vote-share gap with BJP in Gujar- Manch, was not available for com- It may be noted that leader bring crucial support ahead of the Congress invites them to join at, but will it be enough? While ment. “I do not intend to contest Lohani in last March decided to state elections due in a few months. hands with us,” said Gujarat Patel has said he has no intention elections. We want our right (OBC break away from the reshaped RPP Patel, Thakore and Mewani have Pradesh Congress committee pres- of contesting elections, Mewani – status) and we will continue to to form a new party under his lead- led powerful campaigns against the ident Bharatsinh Solanki at a press who emerged as a Dalit leader in fight for the same,” said Patel. The ership. ruling Bharatiya Janata Party gov- conference. Patel, 24, who has been the wake of the Una flogging inci- BJP, which has announced a Non- The objective of the alliance is ernment for their communities. “If at the forefront of an agitation for dent – told HT that his “move- Reserved Category Educational to establish an alternative nation- Hardik Patel wants to contest elec- reservation benefits in college ad- ment” has a political “perspective” and Economic Development Board alist force, the statement reads. tions in future, the Congress is mission and government jobs for but he would respond to the Con- and Commission to placate the (AFN) ready to give him ticket. Jignesh his otherwise politically influen- gress invitation after consulting agitators. (Hindustan Times)

Sri Lanka will continue to work velopment strategy had focused on mitted to improve human capital try’s fiscal policy, monetary poli- based on clear parameters to with the United Nations (UN) and a three-pillared agenda i.e. democ- and skills, set up globally recog- cy and foreign exchange operations achieve a competitive currency. other institutions by aligning the ratization, reconciliation, and sus- nized regulatory mechanisms and to ensure sound macro-economic “Measures are being taken to government’s policy strategy with tainable and equitable development investment practices, in addition policies and added that State boost market access through deep- the “Sustainable Development with employment generation that to the improvement of physical Owned Enterprises were also be- ening and widening the current Free Goals (SDGs) and Targets” to be transmits the benefits of growth infrastructure, and create the best ing reformed to ensure efficient Trade Agreements (FTA) with In- achieved by 2030, Finance and across the wider society. “Sri Lan- possible enabling environment for management and strengthen finan- dia; invigorating the FTA with Pa- Mass Media Minister Mangala ka’s growth model would be pri- Sri Lanka to attract more business- cial viability. He also said that they kistan; signing new economic part- Samaraweera said. Addressing the vate sector driven with exports and es, trade and investment to become were working, with commitment, nership agreements with China World Bank/International Mone- Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) a higher income country,” he said. to move to a flexible inflation tar- and Singapore. This will result in tary Funds annual meeting in Wash- as key pillars, supported by tech- He said the government had intro- geting regime in the medium term preferential access to markets with ington recently, Minister Sama- nological advancement and inno- duced three well thought-out to ensure sustained low inflation over 3 billion people. raweera said Sri Lanka’s broad de- vation. In this process, we are com- frameworks to manage the coun- and to an exchange rate regime (Colombo)

Nearly 590,000 Rohingya refugees mar." The most vulnerable among have been admitted to camps in the new arrivals are taken by bus Bangladesh and 320,000 refugee from the border to a transit center, children among them are threatened where the UNHCR and its part- Eighteen people have been arrest- by water-borne diseases and des- ners provide food, water, medical ed for allegedly assaulting three perate living conditions, a UN checks and temporary shelter, Haq Army men accusing them of being Three Territorial Army men were merci- spokesman said Friday. The Of- said. The UN Children's Agency braid choppers in Baramulla dis- fice for the Coordination of Hu- (UNICEF) said that desperate liv- trict of Jammu and Kashmir, the lessly assaulted by a mob on October 18. manitarian Affairs (OCHA) report- ing conditions and water-borne dis- police said Saturday. “Police have ed that 589,000 Rohingyas have eases are threatening more than so far arrested 18 accused, includ- fled Myanmar's northern Rakhine 320,000 Rohingya refugee chil- ing the main conspirators in the State since alleged retaliation fol- dren, he said. A new report by the case, and recovered cash, ATM get the Army men killed by falsely lowing a deadly rebel militia attack agency said most of the refugees cards and mobile phones looted accusing them of being braid chop- on Aug. 25 against police posts, are living in overcrowded and un- from the Army men,” a police pers. He raised an alarm near Sheeri said Farhan Haq, the UN spokes- sanitary makeshift settlements. spokesman said. Three Territorial Market and got a violent mob at- man. Just over half of the new ar- Despite an expanding internation- Army men were mercilessly as- tack them,” he added. rivals in Bangladesh are staying in al aid effort led by the government saulted by a mob on October 18. He said certain elements have Kutupalong Expansion, he said. It of Bangladesh, the report said that “A police party was rushed to the been using the braid- chopping in- was described as a single large site the essential needs of many chil- spot and after strenuous efforts, cidents to disrupt peace and order where aid partners are working dren are not being met, the spokes- the injured Army men were res- in the valley, spread animosity with authorities to improve road man said. "UNICEF is also calling cued,” he said. During investiga- between people and the security access, infrastructure and basic for an end to the atrocities target- tion, it surfaced that the men were forces, and create an atmosphere services. The UN refugee agency ing civilians in Rakhine State, as on their way to the Sheeri market of fear and uncertainty forcing (UNHCR) said nearly 7,000 of the well as for humanitarian actors to area here, the spokesman said. women to remain confined to their refugees had been admitted to be given immediate and unfettered “They boarded a bus from Kitcha- homes so that the radical religious Bangladesh after spending up to access." A pledging conference for ma. Qaiser Bilal, a known stone agenda of these elements are rea- four days stranded near the bor- donors next Monday in Geneva pelter, also boarded the same bus. lised. der. "Thousands more are believed was announced earlier this week. “Bilal hatched a conspiracy to (Hindustan Times) to be on their way from Myan- Officials. (AFP) SUNDAY .OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he wants the Senate to News-in-Brief give him direct power to dissolve Sp an ish PM the regional Catalan government and to call an early election as soon 108 arrested as possible. Mr Rajoy said after meeting with his Cabinet on Sat- in Brazil in w an t s t o urday that the central government needs to take the unprecedented 'one of step of assuming control of Cata- world's lonia to "restore order" in the face d issolve of a secession effort backed by the regional government. He is propos- largest anti- ing that the powers of Catalan officials be taken over by central gov- paedophilia ernment ministers.King Felipe VI: operations' Cat alon ia's Catalonia 'is and will be an essential part' of Spain Mr Rajoy's gov- Police in Brazil say they have ernment is activating a previously arrested 108 people as part of untapped constitutional article to gover n m en t , take control of Catalonia. The one of the world's largest operations against paedophilia. The move is aimed at blocking the in- arrests were made in 24 different dependence movement that has states, as well as in the capital gained pace since a disputed Oc- call ear ly tober 1 referendum on separating Brasilia. The arrests were made on suspicion of producing and Catalonia from Spain. Some 43% disseminating pedophilia content of Catalans voted in the referen- on the internet, the country's dum, with 90% backing indepen- Ministry of Justice said. Police elect ion dence. However, the majority of in the Latin American country anti-independence voters report- said Operation Luz na Infância edly boycotted the vote. The dis- (Light in Childhood) was consid- puted vote was also marred with ered one of the largest police ac- widespread violence, with some tions ever carried out in the world 900 people injured as riot police to combat paedophilia. The op- armed with shields, batons and eration was coordinated from the guns with rubber bullets clashed country's capital, Brasilia. The with peaceful protestors. Region- operation was coordinated from al leader Carles Puigdemont plans the country's capital, Brasilia. to join a Saturday afternoon pro- Credit: Ministerio da Justica The test before delivering a speech in Ministry of Justice continued response to the Spanish govern- that information and evidence ment's decision to take over the was gathered "in virtual environ- regional cabinet's functions, offi- ments", as well as by conducting cials in Catalonia said. In the streets 157 warrants for the search and of Barcelona, banging pots and seizure of computers and digital pans and honking cars greeted Mr files, carried out by 1,108 police Rajoy's announcement.At the na- officers. (AFP) tional level, Pablo Echenique, a secretary in the far-left Podemos par- NORTH KOREA’s regime has is- power, to its knees through nucle- lomatic pressure upon the ty, vowed to work to oust Mr Lebanese court sued a warning to Australian law- ar war threat, it will be a big mis- DPRK.” Titled “Open Letter to Rajoy and his conservative Popu- makers of a possible “miscalcula- calculation and an expression of Parliaments of Different Coun- lar Party. Pro-business Ciudadanos issues death tion” by its staunch ally the Unit- ignorance,” said a facsimile of the tries,” the note said it was sent (Citizens) party president Albert ed States under President Donald letter, verified by Australia’s for- from North Korea’s Embassy in Rivera says he supports the an- sentence over Trump. In a letter issued to Aus- eign ministry. Jakarta, Indonesia, to Australia’s nounced measures to heal divisions tralia’s parliament, reported by the “Trump threatened to totally de- Embassy in the same city, as well created by the Catalan indepen- 1982 Gemayel Sydney Morning Herald on Fri- stroy the DPRK … it is an ex- as to other countries, without nam- dence movement and to provide day, the Foreign Affairs Commit- treme act of threatening to totally ing them. the security companies need to assassination tee for the Democratic People’s destroy the whole world.” After a Tension has soared on the penin- remain in Catalonia. Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it visit by Australia’s Foreign Min- sula following a series of weapons (AP) was a nuclear power that would ister Julie Bishop to South Korea tests by North Korea and a string Lebanon’s top court on Friday not back down to threats from US last week, Pyongyang warned that of increasingly bellicose exchang- sentenced Habib Shartouni to President Donald Trump to de- Australia faced “disaster” if it con- es between Trump and North Ko- death for the 1982 assassination stroy it. “If Trump thinks that he tinued to “follow the US in im- rean leader Kim Jong Un. of president-elect Bashir Ge- would bring the DPRK, a nuclear posing military, economic and dip- (Reuters) Syrian mayel, an event that was a turning point in Lebanon’s 15-year civil war. Shartouni, a member of army the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP), admitted his part in the bombing in the 1980s and was tried in absentia after escap- takes ing from prison in 1990 following eight years in detention. He was quoted in an interview in town from Lebanon’s al-Akhbar newspaper on Thursday saying the timing of the trial was political and that Islamic he had lived in Syria between 1994 and 2004. He did not re- veal his present location. Ge- mayel was killed less than a State in month after he was elected president and soon after he agreed to The death toll in Somalia’s deadli- on the Oct. 14 truck bombing in start discussing diplomatic ties est attack has risen to 358 while Mogadishu, which Somali intelli- Homs: with Israel. His assassination dozens remain missing. Somalia’s gence officials have said was meant occurred during Israel’s 1982 in- president was expected to an- to target the city’s heavily forti- vasion of Lebanon, one of the nounce a “state of war” against the fied international airport where State bloodiest episodes in the civil al-Shabab extremist group blamed many countries have their embas- war. His death in a bombing that for the bombing, the prime minis- sies. The massive bomb, which killed 32 other people on Sep- ter said. The United States is ex- security officials said weighed be- tember 14, 1982, still resonates pected to play a supporting role tween 600 kilograms and 800 kilo- media among many Lebanese and trig- in the new offensive planned by grams (1,300 pounds and 1,700 gered the massacre of Palestin- President Mohamed Abdullahi pounds), instead detonated in a Mohamed, a Somali military offi- crowded street after soldiers The Syrian army and allied forces ians in Beirut’s Sabra and Chati- recaptured a town from Islamic la refugee camps. Lebanon: The cial told The Associated Press. The opened fire and flattened one of official spoke on condition of ano- the truck’s tires. Somalia’s infor- State on Saturday in central Homs failing Frangieh presidential ex- province, where the jihadists have periment Supporters of both nymity because he was not autho- mation minister Abdirahman Os- rized to speak to reporters. The man said late Friday that 56 were lost vast territory in recent Shartouni and Gemayel have months, state media said. Syrian protested outside the court dur- president’s emergency speech to people still missing. Another 228 lawmakers was postponed Satur- people were wounded, and 122 had troops regained control of al- ing the hearings. Gemayel was CAIRO — At least 54 policemen, the exchange of fire began late Fri- ployed aircraft to confront the Qaraytan “after eliminating terror- head of the Lebanese Forces including 20 officers and 34 con- day in the al-Wahat al-Bahriya area militants late Friday, officials said. day to a yet-unknown time. So- been airlifted for treatment in Tur- malia’s army spokesman Capt. key, Sudan and Kenya. “This pain ist Daesh groups that had infiltrat- Christian militia, locked in con- scripts, were killed when a raid on in Giza governorate, about 135 ki- The clashes continued after night- ed it,” state TV said using the Ar- flict with leftist. (CNN) a militant hideout outside of Cairo lometers (84 miles) from the capi- fall, Egypt’s state TV reported on Abdullahi Iman said the offensive will last for years,” said a sheikh involving thousands of troops will leading Friday prayers at the abic acronym for Islamic State. escalated into an all-out firefight, tal after security services moved its official website. Earlier this month, the Syrian authorities said Saturday. It was in. The officials say the death toll State-run MENA news agency try to push al-Shabab fighters out bombing site, as long lines of of their strongholds in the Lower mourners stood in front of flat- Observatory for Human Rights Suspect one of the largest losses of life for could increase. They spoke on also reported the attack but pro- said Islamic State fighters had Egyptian security forces since mil- condition of anonymity because vided a lower death toll, saying Shabelle and Middle Shabelle re- tened or tangled buildings. Since gions where many deadly attacks the election of the country’s So- seized the town from government arrested after itants began targeting government they were not authorized to speak three policemen were killed. No forces, part of a counter-attack by forces after the 2013 military oust- to the media. Egypt’s Interior militant group immediately on Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, mali-American president in Feb- and on Somali and African Union ruary, the government has an- the jihadists who have come under er of Islamist President Moham- Ministry issued a statement on the claimed involvement in the fire- intense pressure in eastern Syria. four people med Morsi, whose one-year rule raid late Friday but didn’t provide fight. bases have been launched. The ex- nounced a number of military of- tremist group has not commented fensives against al-Shabab. (AFP) The Observatory said on Saturday injured in proved divisive. The officials said a death toll. The police also de- (WP) that some militants had surren- dered and others had withdrawn from the town after heavy fight- Munich ing. The only Islamic State presence in Homs was in a patch of stabbings T u r key says K u r dish desert in the east of the province, the Britain-based war monitor A man with a knife fled after at- said. The town of al-Qaraytan lies tacking four people in Munich some 100 km (60 miles) from the on Saturday, police have said. A m ilita n t ba n n er in ancient city of Palmyra, and near- suspect was arrested a few hours ly 300 km (190 miles) from Deir after the incident. Authorities are al-Zor city, the current focus of working to determine whether he the Syrian government’s offensive was the culprit. R a qqa sh ows US against Islamic State. With the help Police were first alerted to the of Russian jets and Iran-backed attack in the Haidhausen area, militias, the Syrian army has tak- east of downtown Munich, at sided with ter r or ists en swathes of land from Islamic about 8.30am, according to a State in central Syria, including in spokesman, Marcus da Gloria Turkey said on Friday that a huge spearheaded by Kurdish Syrian and Turkey. Ankara says that Homs province. After months of Martins. He said a man had ap- banner of jailed Kurdish militant YPG fighters, with military sup- weapons supplied to fighters in steady gains across the central parently assaulted passersby in- leader Abdullah Ocalan unfurled in port from the United States. Tur- Syria have ended up in PKK hands, desert, the army and its allies discriminately with a knife. The central Raqqa by US-backed Kur- key considers the YPG to be an threatening Turkish security. “I marched eastwards into Deir al- assailant attacked five men and dish forces would further harm al- extension of Ocalan’s Kurdistan wonder what more evidence the Zor. Islamic State militants have one woman at different sites in ready fraught relations between Worker’s Party (PKK), which has US needs to accept that the … been on the back foot across Syr- Haidhausen, with four of them Ankara and Washington. The ban- waged a three-decade insurgency YPG is a terrorist organisation,” ia, forced into their last strongholds wounded and none seriously, da ner of Ocalan was raised on Thurs- in Turkey’s southeast and is des- Turkish Prime Minister Binali in the east of the country. (AP) Gloria Martins said. The victims day at a ceremony to mark Raqqa’s ignated a terrorist organisation by Yildirim told reporters as he left a mainly had superficial stab capture from Daesh in a campaign the United States, European Union mosque in Istanbul. (BBC) wounds and in one case had been hit by the man. factions. The military statement Amid conflicting accounts of the suggested it may start escalating direction in which the suspect such retaliations. “Whether errant had fled, police told people in the Israel says it will intensify fire or not, any future occurrences Rosenheimer Platz area to stay will force the Israel Defense Forc- indoors and avoid the nearby es to intensify its response,” it said. Ostbahnhof railway station and Israel “holds the Syrian regime re- a park. Police issued a descrip- response to Syrian fire sponsible and won’t tolerate any tion of the suspect, who appeared attempt to breach Israeli sovereign- to be about 40 years old and had Five projectiles from Syria set off air raid sirens in Israeli towns on Saturday, prompting the Israeli military to say it would step up its response to stray fire from the Syrian war that has repeatedly spilled over the ty,” it added. In its own statement, a black bicycle, grey trousers, a the Syrian military warned against green jacket and a backpack. He border. The projectiles crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the military said it targeted three Syrian artillery guns in response. No damage or injuries were reported in Israel. The Syrian military “such aggressive acts” and said it was described as being unshav- held Israel responsible for any con- en, with short blond hair and a said it came under attack in Quneitra province, which sits near the Golan Heights territory that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War. “The Israeli enemy assaulted one of our military sequent results. Israel has also car- “corpulent figure”. ried out targeted air strikes in Syr- (Reuters) positions this morning, which led to material damages,” it said. During Syria’s more than six-year-old conflict, Israel has returned fire across the border, including stray shells from fighting among Syrian ia during the war. (Reuters) SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy By Afrasiab Khattak retired general took refuge in a mil- for two reasons.One, most of the enough, the deepest irony is that itary hospital and refused to appear political parties rallied around the after so much sound and fury over Phone No: +93-797070563 before the court. After a brief stand- Constitutional system and publicly Panama Nawaz Sharif wasn’t dis- E-mail: [email protected] The creeping coup has taken quite a off between state institutions, the declared to unite against the putsch. qualified on it. He was disqualified long time to reach the endgame. It former dictator was allowed by the Two, the PM kept his nerve and over a UEA stay visa and the pro- all started soon after the newly court on “ medical grounds” to go refused to bow to the machinations posed salary from his son’s firm that Email: [email protected] elected government of Muslim abroad after some behind the scene of the deep state. After the horrible wasn’t withdrawn by him. Even af- League led by Nawaz Sharif assumed manipulations. Once out of the massacre of school children and ter his ouster, the siege of the gov- power after winning the general elec- country, General Musharraf wasn’t teachers in APS Peshawar in Decem- ernment is intensifying, and it is quite www.afghanistantimes.af tion in 2013. The fault lines be- shy of saying on record that he was ber 2014 in a terrorist attack, the evident that this government will Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi tween the elected civilian govern- helped by the former Chief of Army putschists were forced to back off. not be allowed to hold Senate’s elec- ment and the so-called permanent Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif But as we learned later, the retreat tion in March 2018 and general elec- state (security establishment) ap- in going abroad. Be that as it may, was temporary. They were waiting tions after that. The ground is being Advisory editorial board peared quite soon. The first issue these developments made the gap for the first available opportunity. paved for some “ caretaker” set up. that led to a rift between the two between the elected government and Leakage of Panama Papers in Efforts for creating yet another Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar sides was the determination of the security establishment unbridge- 2015 provided what was later called king’s party are now a matter of Nawaz Sharif to normalize relations able and the later decided to go for a God-given opportunity by the put- public knowledge. Remarks by the Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir with the neighbors in general and the former. Most of the older polit- schists. The deep state and its cheer- Chief Justice about receiving “ calls with India in particular. The policy ical parties had learned their lesson leaders pounced on this opportuni- from the public “ for taking action Graphic-Designers: of reconciliation with India is a red in the musical chairs game of 1990. ty in the name of “ accountability, indicate the direction of the unfold- rag to the security establishment as But Imran Khan of the PTI was pre- “ and the creeping coup that had ing situation. In the past higher ju- Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada a confrontation with the big neigh- pared to lend his shoulder to the deep started in 2014 found a way to en- diciary would be used to uphold the bor to the east is the ideological ba- state for use against Nawaz Sharif ter the next stage. As the contours decision by the deep state for re- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: sis of the security state and a justifi- government in hope for a shortcut of the endgame are now emerging moving the civilian government. Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 cation for the hegemony of securi- to power through political engineer- the irony is crystalizing. After all, it This time around it will be the ad- ty establishment over the state sys- ing. The sit-in in 2014 against “ is the same old game. “ Account- vanced contingent in removing the Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan tem. The second issue that polar- rigged elections “ was phase one. ability” has been the main political civilian setup. ized relations between civilian and The nerve center of the civilian plank of all the putschists for show- The answer to the following two Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 military branches of the state were power in Islamabad was under a men- ing the door to civilian government, questions can determine the out- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press the decision of Nawaz Sharif gov- acing physical siege for months. from Ayub Khan to Zia-ul-Haq and come of the next round of the pow- ernment to put the former military Parliamentarians and Supreme Pervez Musharraf. er politics. One, Nawaz Sharif dur- dictator General (r) Pervez Mush- Court judges had to reach their The only difference is that the ing the last four years weakened arraf on trial for abrogating the chambers through back doors as the process would start after the dismiss- himself by sidelining the Parliament Constitution. General Musharraf has main gates were occupied by put- al of the civilian set up but this time and by ignoring the significance of The constitution says the dubious distinction of abrogat- schists who were publicly declaring rounds a sitting Prime Minister has alliance among democratic forces. ing the Constitution twice; first in their allegiance to the umpire who been targeted by successful political Has he learned his lessons and will Article 68: 1999 and again in 2007. was expected to raise his finger for engineering of the deep state. Prob- he behave differently in the new In case any of the Vice-Presidents resign or die, another person shall be appointed by the President with The government wanted to put sending the elected Prime Minister ably after 18th Constitutional round? Two, Pakistan is facing se- the endorsement of the House of the People. In case of simultaneous death of the President and the First him on trial for the second abroga- (PM) back to the pavilion. The rab- Amendment (2010), there is no vere prospects of international iso- Vice-President, the Second Vice-President, the President of the House of Elders, the President of the House tion because unlike other cases in ble-rousers to justify the interven- room for direct open interference lation on the question of extremist the past, the Supreme Court neither tion of anti-democratic forces at- by the non-democratic forces. So militancy in the country. Will the of Representatives and the Foreign Minister shall succeed respectively and, in that order, and, according to upheld the abrogation in 2007 nor Article Sixty-Seven of this Constitution, shall assume the duties of the President. tacked state television station. Not the higher judiciary equipped by JIT security establishment, which can- was it later condoned by the Parlia- only that. Now we know that spe- had to do the job. But the job is not deny links with the elements as ment. So it appeared an open and cial messengers had also called upon done quite crudely. Out of hundreds mentioned earlier anymore, is will- shut case. When the Special Tribu- the PM warning him to resign or be of names in Panama Papers, only ing to or capable of jettisoning this nal decided to indict Pervez Mush- prepared to face the music of the one family has been singled out for liability? The writer is a retired Sen- arraf in the high treason case, the martial law. But that was not to be “accountability. “ As if that wasn’t ator and an analyst of regional affairs. I n ter n a tion a l com m u n ity sta r ts ca ll for U S to ba n here has been fighting for more than three decades in Afghani stan with leaving huge numbers of Afghan masses killed and a ll n u clea r wounded. At current time, there are more than 20 terrorist out- fits, all of them hell-bent on killing Afghan civilians and military personnel. We have rendered huge sacrifices in the war against terror. explosion s During anarchy, one thing which was remained constant was unity By John Weight Wednesday. ?On Sputnik Radio's through the US Senate, Mello said, like a third of the tests in the Unit- among different tribes of Afghan people—from Kandahar to Bada- Loud and Clear, hosts Brian Becker "the ransom required was basically ed States, a third of the tests in the For over 20 years, the US has been and Walter Smolarek spoke to two the modernization and renewal of Soviet Union, a third of the tests khshan, and from Herat to Nangarhar. Unity was and has been here signatory but not party to the Com- prominent figures in the nonprolif- every single warhead and every sin- perhaps even in a place like China, and no force in the surface of this planet could tear down this unity. prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Trea- eration movement: Greg Mello, the gle delivery system in the US stock- were leaking through cracks and fis- ty (CTBT), a 1996 UN ban on all executive director of the Los Alam- pile, along with the factories." "So sures — and sometimes even inten- Unfortunately, this week was a black and bloody for Afghanistan as nuclear explosions, for any purpose. os Study Group, a nuclear disarma- in other words, the Republicans, tional venting of the radioactive With nuclear weapons back in the ment advocacy organization; and which held New START hostage, got contamination." "All the countries innocent civilians beside security forces targeted in all recent attacks international spotlight, nonprolif- Kevin Kamps, a radioactive waste everything they possibly could have helped the others keep it secret for from Paktia to Ghazni, from Kandahar to Ghor and Kabul provinces. eration advocates have called on the watchdog with anti-nuclear power gotten. To get that thing ratified, fear that their domestic populations US Senate to at last ratify the trea- and nuclear weapon organization the cost ended up being so high that would then start asking questions We had fatalities this week. We are deeply saddened by losing our ty. Six of the nine nuclear states Beyond Nuclear. Kamps chastised it can completely obviate the orig- about their own nuclear weapons security forces—a true son of this soil, and civilians, including women have not passed the CTBT: China, former US President Barack Obama inal purpose of the treaty, which was testing. The CIA, for example, India, Israel (although Israel has and the Democrat-dominated Con- thought to be a step by some toward helped to keep the Soviet and Rus- and children that have been bearing the brunt of casualties sine long- never admitted to having nuclear gress of 2009-2010 for not ratify- nuclear disarmament. But if you're sian underground test leaks quiet so time. Only on Friday’s mosque attack more than 70 worshipers have weapons), North Korea, Pakistan ing the treaty. "It's not so easy to adding nuclear armament to get the that Americans would not ask any and the United States. France, Rus- ratify a treaty," said Mello. treaty signed, then you can end up questions here about our own." Al- been martyred and more than 55 other received injures in two sepa- sia and the United Kingdom are the "You need two thirds, in other words, going one step forward, two steps though the heyday of nuclear test- rate suicide attacks in Kabul, the capital city, and western Ghor prov- only nuclear states to have signed you need 67 [US Senate votes]. back." ing has ended, Mello claims that the and ratified the treaty — but the Complicating it is that there are "There's a war party," Kamps tests continue in the form of sub- ince. This is not first incident in its nature as insurgents in the past treaty can only go into effect when some Democrats that are part of agreed. "It has its clutches in the critical tests. These are tests that attacked mosques across the country. Soon after attack, Islamic State all 44 Annex 2 countries, nations the 'war party.' Whenever an arms United States Senate and it certain- use a very small amount of fissile that had or were researching nucle- control treaty comes into the Sen- ly has its clutches in the Pentagon. material, such as uranium or pluto- (IS) also known as Daesh terrorists claimed responsibility for Kabul ar power, ratify the treaty. In addi- ate, there the war party — in both There are elements of our govern- nium, that cannot sustain a chain mosque attack, in which 56 worshippers killed, leaving dozens of tion to the six nuclear state hold- political parties — wants to attach ment, elements of our military that reaction. outs, Egypt and Iran are also Annex conditions: benefits to the arms really like to have that option of These "nuclear tests which don't Afghans mourning their losses. Indeed, it is a coward attack on wor- 2 states that have not ratified. The contractors and to the nuclear weap- nuclear weapons." An Iranian wom- involve the significant fission yield other 36 have done so. Hans Blix, ons labs. They demand a very high an holds her national flag as she are nonetheless nuclear tests just the shippers in holy place like mosque. Attacking particular mosques by who once headed the International ransom for ratifying any treaty, and walks past an anti-US mural depict- same," said Mello, "and they're tak- Daesh is totally indication that they want us to be fallen into sectarian Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), so the ransom required for the CTBT ing the Statue of Liberty on the wall ing place in Nevada and also expressed skepticism that the US signing was the resuscitation of the of the former US embassy in Te- Novaya Zemlya [in Russia] and in war—an evil issue which has no history in our country. Daesh’s aim would ever pass the treaty, because nuclear weapons establishment af- hran (File) They like it enough, the laboratories. With combining with support by spy agencies of some neighboring countries are trying Washington wished to keep "free- ter its bad years after the end of the Kamps goes on to say, to openly lie the data from these [subcritical] dom of action for the United States." Cold War." Mello also discussed the to the American people. "You know, tests with computer models and very to foment a war between majority of Sunnis and Shiite, but this dream He pushed for the US Senate to rat- New Strategic Arms Reduction Trea- from the early 60s until the early fast computers that are available to of them would be dashed to the ground, as it is already dashed. The ify the treaty, as it was signed by ty (New START) signed by the two 90s, it turns out — we just found out both countries, fast enough in Rus- President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. largest nuclear powers, Russia and from the National Security Archives sia and plenty fast here, too, it is more they (Daesh insurgents) attack our mosques the more unity among Bans of nuclear tests "should be the the US, in 2010. The treaty was a few years ago — that a lot of those possible to get a lot of data and do a us would enlarge. Through the course of history, Afghan masses avoid- least difficult of all arms control is- meant to limit nuclear missiles, underground [nuclear] tests leaked lot of nuclear weapon design." ed sectarian conflict. We are mature enough to deal with any sort of sues," Blix said to the press on bombers and launchers. To pass it into the environment. Something (Spuntak) conspires designed by enemies to separate us apart. But this evil dream of the enemies will never come true. All tribes in Afghanistan have been living like brothers and sister. Our unity is a great slap in the face of Daesh terrorists and its sponsoring states. This also conveys a great message that there is no room in Afghanistan for sectarian war. We are well-aware that sectarianism benefits none, but the sworn enemies. Daesh militants should bear in mind that what they are doing by name of Islam, has no link with this holy religion. Muslim would Af ghan Masses never bomb Muslims, but Daesh repeatedly did this, showing terrorist have no religion. The National Unity Government (NUG) has making indefatigable efforts to restore peace and stability in Afghanistan. It is time for the NUG to show no mercy to those who kill innocent people even in mosques. These merciless killers deserve neither peace nor mercy and must be destroyed. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. 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stressed that "these successes, along with reality," the officer suggested. By Toms King with the army's advances along the "It's only an information screen. eastern bank of the Euphrates, are The Americans were defeated in Brigadier General Ali Maqsud, a bringing about the imminent defeat Syria, but continue to give the ap- Raqqa's prominent Syrian military analyst, of Daesh in Deir ez-Zor province. pearance before the international has provided Sputnik with his as- The officer revealed that "now, the community that they are success- sessment of the Syrian Army's re- Syrian Army is on the verge of an fully fighting terrorism." "At the liberation cent advances against Daesh in the important battle on the Syrian-Ira- same time, it's known that they se- Deir ez-Zor area, and on the US- qi border, after which the liberation cretly evacuated Daesh leaders out backed Syrian Democratic Forces' of Deir ez-Zor would take place with- of Raqqa by helicopter gunship, and operation to liberate Raqqa. Speak- in the space of a few hours." Asked helped the SDF occupy areas freed marred by ing to Sputnik Arabic about the Syr- to comment on the situation in near- from the terrorists," Maqsud said. ian forces' recent military successes by Raqqa province, where the US- The analyst stressed that ac- in the country's east, Maqsud backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a cording to his information, contrary reports that stressed that "without a doubt, the collection of predominantly Kurdi- to SDF and US-led coalition claims, Syrian Army, together with its al- sh militia including the YPG Peo- Raqqa not yet been fully freed from lies, has achieved great success in ple's Protection Units, recently an- Daesh. Ultimately, Maqsud empha- recent days by liberating the city of nounced Raqqa city's complete lib- sized that the Syrian Army respects US evacuated al-Mayadin, which gives us control eration, Brigadier General Maqsud the SDF, because it is made up of of the area between the city and the emphasized that strategically, "while Syrians. However, However, he western part of Deir ez-Zor." The the US allies control some oil fields warned that if the militia forces are Daesh Syrian Army's elite Tiger Forces lib- in this province, this does not give provoked to violate the law or the erated al-Mayadin in a strategic op- them the strategic advantage. Be- Syrian constitution, they may find eration experts say casts a devas- cause the Syrian Army controls all themselves under attack. It is an tating blow to Daesh defenses in the the connecting roads between Deir unfortunate but obvious fact that leaders Euphrates Valley. Syrian Army cross- ez-Zor and Raqqa." Furthermore, they are being used as a political and es Euphrates River east of Deir ez- "the SDF's reports on their libera- military tool by the US, the officer Zor Brigadier General Maqsud tion of Raqqa have nothing to do concluded. (Truthout) 'Doublepenalties for migrant criminals':What's behind Macron's rightwardswing

dent announced that the government was preparing a full review of France's asylum and immigration By George Monbiot information in the form of data and it is likely to provoke is indigna- by powerful and nefarious forces policy, to be unveiled early next year. figures, but their beliefs about it are tion: people often angrily deny facts working against the interests of hu- "Macron has said that it would be held entirely in the form of stories." that clash with the narrative 'truth' manity. The hero -- who might be necessary to expel all migrants who You cannot take away someone's When we encounter a complex is- established in their minds. The only one person or a group of people -- had been refused asylum, but if you story without giving them a new sue and try to understand it, what thing that can displace a story is a revolts against this disorder, fights look at the figures by the Chamber one. It is not enough to challenge we look for is not consistent and story. Effective stories tend to pos- the nefarious forces, overcomes of Accounts, such cases account to an old narrative, however outdated reliable facts but a consistent and sess a number of common elements. them despite great odds and restores only 4% of the total," Gourevitch and discredited it may be. Change comprehensible story. When we ask They are easy to understand. They order. Stories that follow this pat- noted. (Under French law, migrants happens only when you replace it ourselves whether something can be briefly summarised and quick- tern can be so powerful that they who have applied for asylum are no with another. When we develop the "makes sense," the "sense" we seek ly memorised. They are internally sweep all before them: even our fun- longer considered illegal migrants, right story, and learn how to tell it, is not rationality, as scientists and consistent. They concern particu- damental values. For example, two and are entitled to stay temporari- it will infect the minds of people philosophers perceive it, but narra- lar characters or groups. There is a of the world's best-loved and most ly. The two kinds of migrants that across the political spectrum. Those tive fidelity. Does what we are hear- direct connection between cause and abiding narratives -- The Lord of are considered illegal are those who who tell the stories run the world. ing reflect the way we expect hu- effect. They describe progress -- the Rings and the Narnia series -- arrive illegally or those who refuse The old world, which once looked mans and the world to behave? Does from a beginning through a middle invoke values that were familiar in By Emmanuelle Ménard stag." A migrant sleeps next to tents to apply for refugee status.) Never- stable, even immutable, is collaps- it hang together? Does it progress to an end. The end resolves the sit- the Middle Ages but are generally installed in a street near the entrance theless, Gourevitch agreed with his ing. A new era has begun, loaded with as stories should progress? Drawing uation encountered at the beginning, considered repulsive today. Disor- of the reception center for migrants colleague that Macron's apparent hazard if we fail to respond, charged French President Emmanuel Ma- on experimental work, Marshall with a conclusion that is positive der in these stories is characterised and refugees at porte de La Chapelle, rightward shift is an indication of a with promise if we seize the mo- shows that, even when people have and inspiring. Certain stories are by the usurpation of rightful kings cron has vowed to "take the most north of Paris, France, July 6, 2017 broader European trend. "Many ment. Whether the systems that severe measures" against migrant been told something is fictitious, repeated across history and through or their rightful heirs; justice and In reality, the observer noted, it will European countries' position on il- emerge from this rupture are better they will cling to it if it makes a different cultures. For example, the order rely on their restoration. We criminals, saying that foreigners who be very difficult for the French pres- legal immigration is becoming or worse than the current dispensa- commit crimes should not only be good story and they have heard it story of the hero setting out on a find ourselves cheering the resump- ident to follow through with his tougher," the observer noted. "Ma- tion depends on our ability to tell a often enough. Attempts to refute quest, encountering great hazard tion of autocracy, the destruction sentenced but deported. Political promises, and to expel hundreds or cron wants to follow the German new story, a story that learns from observers Michel Taube and Jean- such stories tend only to reinforce (often in the form of a monster), of industry and even, in the case of even thousands of convicted crimi- example. Great, let's take a look at the past, places us in the present them, as the disproof constitutes an- conquering it in the face of over- Narnia, the triumph of divine right Paul Gourevitch tell Sputnik what nal immigrants. "The reason is sim- it. In 2016, the 'German example' and guides the future. Stories are the the president's apparent rightward other iteration of the narrative. whelming odds, and gaining prestige, over secular power. How can we cre- ple: their home countries will almost consisted of a doors-wide-open pol- means by which we navigate the When we argue, "It's not true that a power or insight is common to cul- ate a new "politics of belonging" to swing means for French politics. In certainly refuse to accept their ex- icy. Today, Merkel has decided that world. They allow us to interpret its a recent televised interview, Macron shadowy clique of American politi- tures all over the world, some of radically reorganize our world? Click pelled citizens so quickly." Macron's Germany can receive only 200,000 complex and contradictory signals. cians orchestrated the attack on the which had no possible contact with here now to get the book! vowed to get tough on criminal for- predecessor's efforts serve as a per- migrants a year. And in the first quar- We all possess a narrative instinct: eigners by deporting them. The re- World Trade Centre," those who each other. Ulysses, Beowulf, Sin- If these stories reflected the fect example of why things like this ter of 2017, Berlin expelled over an innate disposition to listen for believe the false account hear that bad, Sigurd, Cú Chulainn, Arjuna, St values most people profess -- de- marks come amid continued con- are so difficult to achieve, Taube 12,000 migrants from the country an account of who we are and where troversy over a stabbing attack in "a shadowy clique of American pol- George, L?c Long Quân and Gloosk- mocracy, independence, industrial said. "Do you remember Francois – that's more than France has for we stand. In his illuminating book iticians orchestrated the attack on ap are all variants of this universal 'progress' -- the rebels would be the Lyon involving Ahmed Hanachi, a Hollande's [failed] proposal to de- the whole year." German Chancel- Don't Even Think About It, George Tunisian man who had been put into the World Trade Centre." The hero. Our minds appear to be at- heroes and the hereditary rulers the prive dual citizen foreign terrorists lor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with Marshall explains that "stories per- phrase "It's not true that" carries tuned not only to stories in general, villains. We overlook the conflict custody by police for shoplifting just of their French citizenship? Ma- British Prime Minister Theresa May, form a fundamental cognitive func- two days before the attack, but al- less weight than the familiar narra- but to particular stories that follow with our own priorities because the cron's proposal here is very remi- center, and French President Em- tion: they are the means by which tive to which it is attached. A string consistent patterns. In politics, there stories resonate so powerfully with lowed to walk free the next day. niscent of this. It's odd that he per- manuel Macron prior to a round ta- the Emotional Brain makes sense Observers are divided about what to of facts, however well attested, has is a recurring story that captures our the narrative structure for which our sists in saying that he is neither 'left ble meeting at an EU summit in Brus- of the information collected by the no power to correct or dislodge a attention. It goes like this: minds are prepared. Facts, evidence, make of the president's promise, nor right'; it's becoming more and sels on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Rational Brain. People may hold some speculating that it is an at- powerful story. The only response Disorder afflicts the land, caused values, beliefs: stories conquer all. more clear that he leans to the right." German Chancellor Angela Merkel, (Truthout) tempt to raise flagging approval rat- Taube doesn't believe that Macron's left, speaks with British Prime Min- ings, and others saying it may be a remarks are any sort of ploy to ap- ister Theresa May, center, and genuine effort to tighten overly lax peal to the far right, since France's French President Emmanuel Ma- immigration laws, an issue which next presidential elections are years cron prior to a round table meeting concentration of deployed nuclear featured prominently in Macron's away. "And it didn't seem to me that at an EU summit in Brussels on weapons in the US". “If it were a election manifesto. Critics, howev- the president's statement about the Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Like Exposing m ainstream sovereign nation,” Anderson wrote, er, have accused Macron of pander- need to expel immigrant criminals Taube, Gourevitch said that the big- quoting government estimates, ing to the far right, and have said somehow shocked public opinion," gest problem with deportation is that “Washington State would be the that the tough stance on immigra- the observer added. "Apart from Le many countries do not allow for the third-largest nuclear-weapons pow- tion he is proposing contradicts Monde, the media did not even re- easy return of their citizens. "Ideal- m edia: Am erica’s er in the world”. Many are haunted European humanitarian values. ally react to this fairly firm and quite ly, the French reaction should be by this reality, especially whenever Asked what's really going on, writer right wing proposal." People hold a simple: if you do not take back your a nuclear crisis between the US and and journalist Michel Taube, the banner reading a work which pro- illegal migrants, we will reduce your plomacy as the primary means for North Korea flares up, such as the founder of Opinion Internationale, tects all the employees during a development subsidies. But in reali- Iraq antics in solving the crisis," but added that one which started late July. At the a French political news resource, demonstration called by the CGT ty, life isn't so simple. Doing some- the “allies” must be prepared for time, Trump threatened Pyongyang told Sputnik France that Macron's workers' union against the French thing like this would cause problems “any eventuality.” Sullivan’s state- with "fire and fury like the world remarks fit into the general trend president's labour law reforms, on both within these countries, and ment is oblivious to the fact that has never seen before". Visiting Kit- of a 'rightward drift' in European October 19, 2017 in Paris Jean-Paul among French public opinion." North Korea Trump himself had tweeted, not long sap-Bangor in early August, US De- politics, particularly on the issue of Gourevitch, French author and spe- France's far right wing, so far, have ago, that his Secretary of State, Rex fense Secretary, James N. Mattis, immigration. "I think that Macron's cialist in the fields of immigration reacted to Macron's initiative with Tillerson “is wasting his time,” try- toured the USS Kentucky and de- statements take into account the and radical Islam, told Sputnik that skepticism and derision. By Ramzy Baroud ten on the front pages of newspa- ing to find a diplomatic solution to clared that the submarine is ready profound changes which are taking he is doubtful about Macron's chanc- Emmanuelle Menard, National pers and magazine across the coun- the crisis. But what kind of diplo- for action, if needed. The nuclear place in Europe at the moment," es in actually tightening policy on Front deputy at the French Nation- try: "The Trump administration has macy is Tillerson actually pursuing? load that the USS Kentucky alone Taube explained. "He is forced to illegal immigration, including as it al Assembly: "Macron is saying that no plan for dealing with a North The country’s top diplomat told carries equals 1,400 bombs, the size take into account changes in French relates to criminals. "Macron has he is going to send all the illegal Korean electromagnetic pulse weap- CNN on October 18 that, "diplo- of which the US dropped on and public opinion. Like the rest of us, gotten himself involved in a serious migrants who committed crimes ons attack," decried Foreign Policy. matic efforts will continue until the which subsequently destroyed Hi- he can clearly see that the conse- confrontation, and I'm not sure that back home. Double dare you!" Nico- North Korea is not Iraq - the first bomb drops." But if a Trump roshima, Japan, in 1945. North Ko- quence of the mass inflow of mi- he will be able to achieve his goal. las Bay, National Front deputy leader media tricks of the past will not work war in North Korea takes place, rea's saber-rattling in recent months grants is the growth in the elector- In the first quarter of 2018, a corre- and member of European Parlia- anymore what would it look like? US News- - which are a repeat of previous ep- ate of extreme right wing parties – sponding law should be adopted, but ment: "Macron refuses to expel il- North Korean defectors gained week magazine took on this very isodes such as in April of this year whether in France or Austria. In I think the decision [on migrant legal immigrants who have not celebrity status, although temporari- disturbing question, only to provide and twice last year - should be cause Germany, for the first time since criminals] will only remain on pa- committed crimes. But they are all ly, each dishing out the horror of equally worrying answers. "If com- for alarm. But far scarier is the fact 1945, an extreme right wing party per." In a speech during a meeting outlaws!" living in that supposedly unlivable bat broke out between the two coun- that North Korea's entire nuclear [recently] won seats in the Bunde- with prefects last month, the presi- (Truthout) place where oppressed people are tries, American commanders in the stockpiles consist of up to 60 nu- Propaganda is afoot. The US main- praying for US liberators. "'The lif- clear weapons, compared to 6,970 stream media is back to its old fa- Pacific would very quickly exhaust estyle is brutal': North Korean de- their stockpiles of smart bombs and owned by the US, out of which miliar self, pursuing the same pat- fectors take risky journeys out and 1,750 are operational. To place tern of war propaganda it used against missiles, possibly within a week," fear for their family left behind," military sources revealed. It will these numbers in a global perspec- Washington's enemies in the past. bemoaned a CBS headline. The as- tive, there are an estimated 15,000 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Its attitude towards the conflict with take a year for the US military to sumption is that these defectors are replenish their stockpile, thus leav- nuclear weapons, worldwide. While North Korea over its nuclear weap- now, of course, safe - that they have the North Koreans require a sixth ons program mirrors its behavior ing them with the option of "drop- reached the land of democracy and ping crude gravity bombs on their successful test to put a nuclear war- during the US-manufactured crisis a perfect human rights record. The head on intercontinental ballistic that led to the Iraq war in 2003. targets, guaranteeing a longer and fact that Black people are shot by bloodier conflict for both sides." One missiles (ICBM), the US had con- War propaganda replayed police, often at will, that Muslims ducted 1,030 such nuclear tests, Manufacturing consent among million people are likely to die if a are targeted and often turned back conventional war breaks out. starting in July 1945. Context, Security situation US citizens, most of whom are un- at border crossings, that the US hu- please US media conveniently over- able to understand the complexity Hypocrisy man rights records in every war it Yet, the same Newsweek edition look history as it is rarely in the of the situation, or even locate has started is horrifying at best, are interests of Washington. They of- Security situation is deteriorated in recent days as recently more than dozens of security North Korea on a world map, has continued to build a case for war. all seemingly frivolous facts.Iraqi “NORTH KOREA'S KIM JONG ten refer to North Korea as a 'high- forces and innocent civilians have been martyred in coward attacks of insurgents in become something of a fixed sci- defectors too were used and later ly secretive nation'. Such referenc- ence. Edward Barneys, who injected UN IS OFFICIALLY OBSESSED different parts of the country. discarded when their usefulness ran WITH MISSILES,” announced one es give pundits and politicians an The Taliban insurgents change its war tactic as the group using police Humvee vehi- the art of propaganda through the out. These were the 'native infor- uncontested platform to make what- veins of US political and media es- of its headlines - the same obses- cle to target the security forces. We suffered a lot in these days at hands of militants mants' as late Edward Said pithily sions, perhaps that had reportedly ever assumptions suit them. But the tablishment in the early and mid- dubbed them.In the case of the Iraq legacy of the Korean War (1950- backed by some neighboring countries. Surly, peace is the first demand of the Afghan 20th century, would have been proud consumed Saddam Hussein and his war in 2003, they were Ahmad Cha- ‘weapons of mass destruction’. Ex- 53), which divided Korea and its masses. The National Unity Government should take every available resource to restore of the perfect harmony between labis and Fouad Ajamis among scores peoples is hardly a secret. An esti- peace and security in the country. No more room left for the already troubled Afghans to journalists, government officials and cept, of course, the Iraqi leader had of others. The latter was often hailed no such weapons in the first place. mated 4 million people were killed further bear the brunt of casualties. Government should convince the Taliban insurgents military men in drumming up a case by George W. Bush and his Vice Pres- in that most savage war, including 2 for war. Menacing headlines, the Over a million Iraqis were killed be- to shun violence or they will face with iron hands of the Afghan security forces through ident Dick Cheney as an uncontest- cause of lies and war propaganda that million Korean civilians. The US likes of, "Congress warned North ed academic and moral authority. and its allies fought that war under military operations in order to eliminate them all. Korean EMP attack would kill '90% lasted for years prior to the inva- When Iraq was destroyed, they hov- sion of Iraq in 2003. Watching the the flag of the nascent United Na- of all Americans'," are the recycling ered around its corpse seeking positions. It is not very difficult to imag- of old headlines of Iraqi threats dur- Iraqi leader dangling from a rope and tion, contracts and prestige. Like- the Libya leader, Muammar Qadd- ine why North Koreans detest the ing previous wars, including such wise, the North Korean experience US, distrust US allies and loathe the false reports as Iraqi soldiers tearing afi, molested and murdered, Kim is also attracting its own salesmen, Jong-Un’s ‘obsession’ with missiles UN and its repeated sanctions, es- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must babies from hospital incubators and peddlers, and native informants. pecially as the country often suf- killing them during the first Iraqi may in that context sound rational. have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: When Trump, using the world's high- But if one is truly to examine the fers from food insecurity - among [email protected] war in 1990-91. 'Expert' witnesses est legal platform, the United Na- other problems. However, as long are being flaunted and rushed before evidence of who is truly obsessed tions, threatened to “totally destroy with lethal weapons, one should take as mainstream media continue to TV cameras, Congress committees North Korea”, his ghastly statement willingly follow the script as dem- and townhall meetings, all parrot- a trip to Washington State. Not too registered among US leading media far away from Seattle, Washington, onstrated in their shameful depic- ing sinister warnings of a world that outlets as mere words of caution. tion of the Iraq war – which has is about to collapse if President there are eight ballistic-missile sub- Disclaimer: His was a matter-of-fact-statement, marines carrying the world’s largest destabilized the Middle East to this Donald Trump does nothing to rem- but still not deserving of complete day – nothing good will come of edy the terrifying situation. shipments of nuclear weapons. The and unconditional disavowal. Few 560-foot-long black submarines are their coverage. They also need to The views and opinions expressed in the articles are are pointing to the blatant contra- understand that times have changed, Despite the use of complex lan- docked at the Naval Base Kitsap- those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or dictions in the US discourse. Recent- Bangor, hauling what is described by that the US single-handedly start- guage that ordinary US citizens can- ly in Seoul, US Deputy Secretary of ing and ending wars will no longer opinions of the Afghanistan Times. not fully fathom, they can feel the Rick Anderson in a recent Los An- State, John Sullivan, said that geles Times article as, "the largest be possible, neither in the Middle dread in its palpable meaning writ- "Washington continues to view di- East nor the Pacific. (Alarabiya) SUNDAY . OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Turkish president

The United States military has been is not destroying an adversary’s preparing for the wrong conflicts armed forces, the traditional focus denounces with China and Russia, according of Western military strategy. Re- to a new report by an influential latedly, both strategies rely on us- think tank. The report, entitled ing peacetime actions to achieve US, France, “Force Planning for the Era of their strategic ends. As the report Great Power Competition,” was puts it: “Informationized Warfare published earlier this month by the and New Generation Warfare com- Center for Strategic and Budget- bine nonmilitary diplomatic, infor- Germ any for ary Assessments (CSBA), which mation, and economic actions with I have previously called a “think low-intensity gray zone military tank’s think tank.” Its main con- operations supported by high-end clusion is that while the U.S. mili- military capabilities to gain influ- supporting tary has focused on preparing for ence and territory without having high-end conventional conflicts to escalate to a major conflict.” like the First Gulf War, China and The last part is especially crucial: Russia have been crafting strate- both China and Russia have put PKK gies to achieve their ends without their faith in Sun Tsu’s maxim that fighting those wars. Beijing, for in- “the supreme art of war is to sub- stance, has pursued an “Informa- due the enemy without fighting.” tionized Warfare” strategy where Could Iran Sink a U.S. Aircraft the “primary target” is an adver- Carrier? The issue is that the Pen- sary’s political decisionmakers. tagon has continued to prepare for Moscow’s New Generation War- a high-end conventional conflict fare similarly “uses propaganda, that might never materialize, while proxy and paramilitary troops, and failing to come up with a way to material support to create pro- deal with low-level aggression. Russian movements in its near This is a challenge that I identified abroad.” Both approaches are sim- in two articles in the National In- ilar in that their primary objective terest back in 2014. (AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip terror fight when we meet bilater- Erdogan on Friday denounced the ally, but we do not believe that," United States, France and Germa- Erdogan added at a press confer- ny over their support for the out- ence in Istanbul. Despite opposi- Turkmenistan, Tajikistan lawed Kurdistan Workers' Party tion from Ankara, Washington has (PKK). The president blasted the been supporting the YPG in the interested in developing United States over the display of fight against the ISIL, giving rise posters of PKK's jailed leader Ab- to chilled relations between the relations in energy, BEIJING — Experience shows dullah Ocalan in Syria's Raqqa fol- NATO allies, which have lately that foreign interference in crises lowing its liberation early this week resorted to a mutual suspension transport sectors does not work and China supports from the ISIL group that involved of non-immigrant visa services. A The delegation of the Ministry of special attention was paid to the the Burmese government’s efforts Kurdish fighters, Xinhua report- day earlier, Erdogan accused the Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan preparation of high-level visits", to protect stability, a senior Chi- ed. "How will the United States West of being hypocritical in the was on in Dushanbe with a work- said in the statement of the Turk- nese official said on Saturday, amid explain it?" Erdogan demanded, as fight against terrorism, saying Tur- ing visit October 18-20. Within the men MFA. The sides noted the ongoing violence in Burma’s Ara- Turkey regards both the PKK and key's Western allies are turning a framework of the visit, meetings importance of cooperation within kan State, also known as Rakhine. the Syrian Kurdish militia known blind eye to terror activities by the with the Minister of Foreign Af- authoritative international organi- More than 500,000 Muslim Ro- as People's Protection Units PKK and a network led by Turk- fairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Aslov zations. During the discussion of hingya have fled across the border (YPG) as terror groups. Erdogan ish cleric Fetullah Gulen living in and his deputy Nizomiddin Zohi- issues of trade and economic co- to Bangladesh following a counter- also referred to Ocalan's poster on the United States. The PKK, list- di were held . "During the talks, operation. (Trend) insurgency offensive by Burma’s a state television building in France ed as a terror group also by the army in the wake of militant at- and a recent march of PKK sup- United States and the EU, resumed UNpromoting rational water tacks on security forces. U.N. of- porters in Germany, accusing po- its armed campaign against the ficials have described Burma’s lice forces of the two countries of Turkish government in July 2015, strategy as “ethnic cleansing”. U.S. remaining inactive. "They are dis- shattering a two-year peace pro- use in Turkmenistan Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Ashgabat has hosted a meeting of ports. The meeting participants honest. I invite them to be honest cess. Washington has refused to ex- said on Wednesday the United first," he said. The president also tradite Gulen, who is blamed by the council of the joint program of discussed stages of implementa- States held Burma’s military lead- the Ministry of Agriculture and tion of the “Energy Efficiency and accused the Western countries of Ankara for a failed coup in July ership responsible for its harsh leaving Turkey alone in its fight last year, an episode that has Water Resources of Turkmenistan Renewable Energy for Sustainable crackdown. Guo Yezhou, a depu- and the United Nations Develop- Water Management in Turkmeni- against terrorism. "They said they harmed bilateral ties. ty head of the Chinese Commu- were standing with us in the anti- (FNA) ment Program (UNDP), with par- stan” project. The council mem- nist Party’s international depart- ticipation of national experts in the bers drafted a work plan, includ- ment, told reporters on the side- field of rational water use, the Neu- ing such measures as assistance in lines of a party congress that Chi- tral Turkmenistan newspaper re- the operation. (AP) na condemned the attacks in Ara- kan and understands and supports Why two Two Armenian soldiers die Burma’s efforts to protect peace North Korea sends nations and stability there. China and Bur- Italian ma have a deep, long-standing in Nagorno-Karabakh friendship, and China believes Two soldiers of an Armenian De- incident. The Nagorno-Karabakh Burma can handle its problems on an open letter of defiance regions are fense Ministry military unit sta- conflict entered its modern phase its own, he added. Asked why Chi- tioned in the Armenian-occupied when the Armenian SRR made ter- na’s approach to the Rohingya cri- Nagorno-Karabakh region of Az- ritorial claims against the Azer- sis was different from Western holding erbaijan have died. On October 20, baijani SSR in 1988. A fierce war nations, Guo said that China’s prin- against threats by Trump two Armenian soldiers Aram Kh- broke out between Azerbaijan and ciple was not to interfere in the achatryan (born in 1998) and Armenia over the Nagorno-Kara- internal affairs of another country. autonomy Hrach Avetisyan (born in 1997) bakh region of Azerbaijan. As a “Based on experience, you can received fatal gunshot wounds as result of the war, Armenian armed see recently the consequences a result of violating the rules of forces occupied some 20 percent when one country interferes in referendums arms use, APA reported citing Ar- of Azerbaijani territory which in- another. We won’t do it,” he said, menpress. Investigation is under- cludes Nagorno-Karabakh and without offering any examples of While the rest of the world has its way to clarify the details of the seven adjacent districts. (Akpress) when interventions go wrong. Chi- eyes on the outcome of Catalonia's na does not want instability in tussle for independence, two of Myanmar as it inevitably will be Italy's most prosperous regions Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, affected as they share a long land are set to go against the establish- border, Guo said. “We condemn ment with a vote of their own. But BelarusinkMoUtoexpandint'l violent and terrorist acts,” he add- this is not about divorce from Ita- ed. Guo’s department has been at ly. Instead, on Sunday, the regions North-South Corridor the forefront of building relations of Lombardy and Veneto, which with Burmese leader Aung San Suu between them account for around Railways of Iran, Azerbaijan, Rus- tion of Rasht-Astara railroad. It Kyi, who visited China in 2015 at 30% of the country's GDP, will sia and Belarus signed an agree- was announced in the meeting that the Communist Party’s invitation, ask citizens to vote for greater au- ment to expand North-South in- the volume of transport through rather than the Chinese govern- Australia’s prime minister on Fri- Different Countries,” attacked with Pyongyang. “It doesn’t ac- tonomy from Rome. Initiated by ternational transport corridor. the corridor has increased by ment’s. Department head Song Tao day dismissed an extraordinary let- Trump over his speech to the Unit- tually say anything about Austra- the local governors, both of whom The MoU was signed by heads of 21.6% in the first nine months of also visited Burma in August and ter from North Korea to the Aus- ed Nations General Assembly last lia so much. It’s basically a rant are part of the right-wing North- Iranian, Azeri, Russian and Belarus the year reaching 4.7 billion metric met Suu Kyi. Rohingya Muslims tralian Parliament and other coun- month in which he threatened to about how bad Donald Trump is,” ern League, a party that once fa- railway companies, Saeed Moham- tons. Containers transport has wit- have fled Burma in large numbers tries as a “rant” against President “totally destroy North Korea” if Turnbull told Melbourne radio vored secession, the vote is aimed madzadeh, Javid Gurbanov, nessed 2.4-fold increase reaching since late August when Rohingya Donald Trump and a sign that provoked. Prime Minister Mal- 3AW. “It is consistent with their at securing further powers over Vladimir Morozov, and Oleg Be- more than 7,000. insurgent attacks sparked a fero- Pyongyang is “starting to feel the colm Turnbull said the letter was ranting and complaining about spending, immigration, education lozerov, respectively, on the side- It was also said in the meeting that cious military response, with the squeeze” of escalated sanctions. sent to “a lot of other countries” Donald Trump,” he said, adding and healthcare. Five regions in Ita- lines of the 67th meeting of Coun- test-transfer from India to Russia fleeing people accusing security The letter from the North Korean as well as Australia, which has that it was North Korea that was ly already boast autonomous pow- cil for Rail Transport of the Com- through Iran and Azerbaijan has forces of arson, killings and rape. Foreign Affairs Committee, titled vowed to help the United States, a in breach of U.N. Security Coun- ers, including Sardinia and Sicily, monwealth and Baltic states. Dur- been done by Russian RDY Lo- (WP) “Open Letter to Parliaments of defense treaty ally, in any conflict cil resolutions. (Reuters) as well as Veneto's neighbor, Friu- ing the meeting, the senior railway gistika company. li-Venezia. A woman in Milan officials also discussed construc- (BBC) looks at a poster explaining how to vote in Sunday's referendum. A woman in Milan looks at a poster explaining how to vote in Uzbekistan actively StormBrian:Parts of Ireland flood as Sunday's referendum. What's hap- pening? On October 22, citizens participating in SCO’s in the northern regions of Lom- Britain braces for winds of up to 70mph bardy (which includes the city of development Storm Brian has caused flooding in some coastal areas on Ireland's south- Milan) and Veneto (which has Ven- west coast. Limerick city appears to be one of the areas worst-hit, with ice as its capital) will hold a refer- the River Shannon having overflowed. In Galway city, temporary flood endum about asking for greater Uzbekistan actively participates National Coordinators, held in defences erected close to the Spanish Arch landmark proved effective, autonomy from Rome. The votes in the development of the Shang- Beijing Oct.17-20, about these though the waters came close to reaching some properties. There have were called by the two regional hai Cooperation Organization events. At the meeting, represen- also been reports of flooding on roads in other south and west coastal leaders, Roberto Maroni of Lom- (SCO), the Uzbek Foreign Min- tatives from India, Kazakhstan, areas. Many popular visitor locations, such as the Cliffs of Moher in bardy and Luca Zaia of Veneto. istry reported Oct. 21. On Oct. China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Co Clare, have been closed to the public on Saturday due to the weather The referendum is non-binding but 20, Tashkent hosted the fifth Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbeki- warnings. "Do not visit, it is unsafe and extremely dangerous," said a local leaders believe it would give meeting of the ministers of jus- stan exchanged views on the cur- warning on the venue's website. In Britain, the Met Office has issued a them a mandate to negotiate with yellow weather warning for winds across areas of Britain, including Rome for further powers. "We aim tice of the SCO. In addition, on rent issues of the SCO activities, to have enough power to break the Oct. 25-27, it is planned to hold a including the preparations for the Wales and southern England up to the Midlands, which will remain in place until midnight. Forecasters have said the storm is due to a ‘weath- resistance of the government," meeting of chairmen of the su- upcoming meeting of the SCO Maroni told CNN. "We want to preme courts of the SCO states Council of Heads of Government er bomb’ over the Atlantic, an unofficial term for a low pressure weather system which sees pressure drop rapidly across a 24-hour period. Flood manage the territory, manage the in Tashkent. The Uzbek side in- (Prime Ministers) and other joint preparations are underway and the Environment Agency has set up areas that handle migratory flows." formed participants of a regular events. steel flood barriers in Fowey, Cornwall, ahead of the storm, which looks "For us, the most important thing meeting of the SCO Council of (Trend) set to batter southwest England. (CNN) is obtaining resources," he added. SUNDAY . OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Tehran has never told the Ameri- ing wrong policies, have banned economic plans, he also said that cans not to enter the Iranian mar- the American companies from co- Tehran intends to provide coun- kets, a top Iranian official said on operating with Iran, “Jahangiri tries that buy Iranian commodities Saturday. “These are the Ameri- added. Referring to recent remarks two billion dollars in credits. cans who have barred themselves by the Leader of the Islamic Revo- The 21st ceremony on the from economic engagement with lution, the government official said National Exports Day, October Iran,” First Vice-President Es’haq that Iran has no problem to engage 21, kicked off in the Iranian capi- Jahangiri said, addressing a cere- with any country in the world, tal on Saturday with participation mony held in Tehran to mark Iran's except for one country and one of Jahangiri and minister of indus- 21st National Exports Day, MNA regime.Iran is willing to widen ties try, Mine and Trade Mohammad reported. with the world, he said. Shariatmadari. “The US officials, by adopt- Elaborating on the country's (AP)

The International Monetary Fund percent in 2016, as tourist arrivals though challenges remain. Real (IMF) said on Friday that Cam- accelerated to 12.8 percent growth GDP (Gross Domestic Product) bodia's economy was expected to year-on-year during the first six growth is projected to remain ro- grow by 6.9 percent this year, months of 2017, compared with 5 bust over the next few years," it slightly down from 7 percent last percent in 2016. On the construc- said. "Growth is then expected to year. The Southeast Asian nation's tion side, the country received a slow over the medium-term to economy is traditionally support- total investment of 4.94 billion around 6 percent, due to modera- ed by garment exports, tourism, U.S. dollars in the first six months tion in the credit and real-estate construction, and agriculture. Cam- of 2017, up 27 percent over the cycles and ongoing challenges in bodia's 2017 growth would be driv- same period last year. Construc- improving economic diversifica- en by robust construction and tour- tion and real estate remained tion and competitiveness." Accord- ism activities, said IMF. Accord- strong, supported by demand for ing to the IMF, the country's in- ing to government figures, garment housing from Cambodia's young flation rose to 3.5 percent in the exports growth decelerated to 5.4 and growing middle-income pop- first half of 2017, up from 3 per- percent year-on-year in the first ulation, the IMF said. "Looking cent in 2016, mainly driven by high- half of 2017, compared with 8.4 ahead, the outlook is positive, al- er food and energy prices. (CNN) Saudi Iraqi Kurdish oil pipeline wealth flow to Turkey at 240,000 bpd fundPIF Crude oil flows through the Iraqi Kurdish pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan are averaging around 240,000 barrels per day launches (bpd), a shipping source said on Thursday.Flows were briefly switched off real in the early hours of Wednesday before re- turning to around 225,000 bpd in the afternoon. The level has been fluctuating at estate around 10,000 barrels per hour. It dipped on Thursday morning to just over 8,000 barrels President Recep Tayyip Erdogan volume which has increased by per hour after hitting a high of around 12,000 refinancing and his Russian counterpart 21.7 percent in the first eight barrels per hour. Vladimir Putin discussed regional months of 2017 compared to the Technical disruption issues and the economy over the same period of the previous year. A technical disruption at six pumping company phone, a Turkish presidential Stressing further cooperation stations for the Bai Hassan and Avana oil- source said on Saturday. The two in economy, energy and trade, the fields has knocked out about 350,000 bpd Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment leaders agreed to coordinate and leaders emphasized that the recip- of production, two Iraqi oil officials told Fund (PIF) has launched a real es- cooperate closely in regional is- rocal visits made an important con- Reuters on Wednesday. Iraqi government tate refinance company, aimed at sues, including the Astana process tribution to the strengthening of forces took the fields back from Kurdish injecting liquidity into the proper- on Syria, during the conversation the alliance between Turkey and peshmerga this week but a gap between in- ty market and raising the rate of which was held in the early hours Russia. Russia, Turkey, and Iran coming and outgoing personnel caused the home ownership among Saudis. of Saturday, said the source, speak- have held the Astana talks, held in output disruption.Prior to the outage, flows The sovereign wealth fund, ing on condition of anonymity due the Kazakh capital parallel to UN- through the pipeline were typically close to believed to have about $180 bil- to restrictions on talking to the backed discussions in Geneva, to lion of assets, has been charged with 600,000 bpd. According to the source, a growing array of responsibilities media. Both leaders also expressed find a political solution to the six- around 440,000 barrels were available for satisfaction over the mutual trade year conflict in Syria. (BBC) including leading urban develop- loading. (AP) ment and industrial projects aimed at cutting the kingdom’s reliance on oil exports. Increasing activity in the real estate market is one of GERMANY SIGNS OFF ON the ways the government hopes to revitalize the economy after it slipped into recession during the second quarter, while it is also tak- DEALTO SEND ISRAEL ing steps to reform the property sector as part of its Vision 2030 strategic plan. THREE ADVANCED Home ownership Raising the real estate market’s contribution to the economy and growing the rate of home owner- SUBS: REPORTS ship among Saudis to 52 percent German Chancellor Angela Mer- Germany. Notably, they allow Times of Israel. Dolphin-class by the end of 2020, will be among kel’s government approved a deal Germany to back out of the deal in subs "are the best conventional the goals for the Saudi Real Estate to sell the Israeli Navy three sub- the event that Israel's attorney submarines in the world," an Is- Refinance Company, the PIF said marines costing up to $1 billion general charges the prime minister raeli Defense Force official identi- in a statement on Thursday. each, overcoming reservations or his closest aides for criminal fied only as Maj. Y. told the World Launched in partnership with the about dealing with Israeli officials wrongdoing, Jerusalem Online re- Tribune in 2013. The diesel-elec- Ministry of Housing, the compa- USmayemploy ny is expected to refinance up to closely connected to Prime Min- ports, citing local media. North tric vessels are a "spy tool," the 75 billion riyals ($20 billion) for ister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is Korean Submarine Launches Mis- official said. "During times of war, the housing sector over the next facing corruption charges. "The sile Test The three Dolphin-class submarines are one of the most far- five years, reaching 170 billion by ‘unconventional’ tools Germans have given their approv- submarines, produced by Germa- reaching instruments in the Israeli 2026, the PIF said. That should go al to the deal," an Israeli official ny's ThyssenKrupp Marine Sys- Defense Forces. You do not know some way to helping meet total told Agence France-Presse Friday. tems, would join six others of their where it is and do not know where demand for real estate financing, Multiple clauses within the final kind already part of the Israeli unit will sink you." which is anticipated to rise to 500 to stave off recession contract sweetened the deal for derwater fleet, according to the (AFP) billion riyals in 2026, up from 280 billion in 2017. The Federal Reserve Chair said to their effective lower bound, the Mortgage funds that the probability that short-term US central bank leader added. The company will aim to in- ject liquidity into the secondary interest rates may need to be re- "The probability that short- mortgage market by acquiring duced to their effective lower term interest rates may need to be Yuan'sgrowinginternational status'not mortgage funds to help broaden the bound is high. reduced to their effective lower activities of property financing US financial policymakers may bound at some point is uncomfort- companies, while issuing bonds as have to employ once again uncon- ably high," Yellen said. under threat'fromdipintransactions securities, supported through ventional financial tools to prevent The US economy had made mortgage contracts over the short another Great Recession, Federal great strides and was now operat- and long term, to real estate financ- Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said at ing near maximum employment According to SWIFT, the Chinese yuan has experienced a slight fall in international payments, despite Beijing's stated intention to interna- ing firms. It will seek to link in- the National Economists Club. and inflation was expected to rise, vestment from foreign and local in- "The bottom line is that we must Yellen noted. tionalize the currency; Alexander Larin, senior analyst at the Russian vestors in opportunities in the recognize that our unconventional The biggest banks, including Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far East Studies, told Sputnik that housing market, it said. The king- tools might have to be used again," Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Citi- this is a just a short-term trend. The Chinese yuan's share of global dom has already sought partner- Yellen said on Friday. group have warned recently that payments has decreased for two straight months, according to the latest ships with foreign players in the If Recession Hits US Tomorrow, the economy is in its pre-bubble report by transaction service provider SWIFT. In August, the yuan was housing market, with housing min- Will Trump's Economic Policies stage, as the ongoing rally in the in fifth place in the global table and used for 1.94% of global transac- ister Majed al-Hogail saying in Help? A significantly less severe financial markets is not based on tions, which decreased to 1.85% in September.The yuan's market share May it was close to striking deals economic downturn than the Great solid macroeconomic fundamentals peaked in August 2015 near 2.80%, but it has failed to break the 2% with South Korean and Chinese Recession might be sufficient to and is purely speculative. barrier since Beijing took measures to stem capital outflows last year, firms under a $100 billion project drive short-term interest rates back (Spuntak) including increased scrutiny of large outbound investments, overseas to build a million low-cost homes money transfers and foreign currency purchases. over the next five years. (Reuters) (Alarabiya) SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Tamannaah Bhatia on Tamil star Vikram: He is an inspiration to work with Baahubali actor Tamannaah Bhatia says that having worked with Vikram in their upcoming Tamil film Sketch, she now knows what makes him one of the best in his field.

Actor Tamannaah Bhatia always understood through his body of wanted to collaborate with Nation- work. Yet every time he works on Golmaal Again al Award-winning Tamil star a new project he is still meticulous Vikram. The opportunity came about it and is a thorough profes- with the film, Sketch, and Taman- sional. Be whatever the weather box-office Day naah is all praise for her co-star in condition, he always reported [on Next up, the actor is excited about of performance. “I know about the also something I connected with Vijay Chander’s action thriller, the sets] on time for the shoot. He starring in the Telugu version of huge responsibility that I have on because it’s about real people and saying that he’s an inspiration to is very hardworking, disciplined Vikas Bahl’s Bollywood film, my shoulders and I want to do jus- I found it inspirational. While work with. “Vikram is an actor who and his energy was addictive. Now Queen (2013). She is aware that tice to it. I’ve watched the film working on the remake I want to 1: Rohit has been around for long. His I know what makes him one of the given the success of the Hindi film, quite a few times. Along with pow- make sure that I give it a fresh look Shetty, Ajay knowledge and talent can be well best in his field,” says Tamannaah. a lot is expected out of her in terms erful performances, the story was keeping the essence intact.” Devgn’s film makes Rs 33 cr Ajay Devgn’s Golmaal Again buried Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar deep in the ground with its first day collections.

Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn’s emotional portrayal of a young Golmaal Again has weaved magic singer’s journey, the audience has Game of Thrones star Kit Har- episode will not air until the se- school, anything. I get a bit weepy at the box office once more. The clearly chose to watch Ajay’s hor- ington has revealed that he has read ries comes to an end with the thinking about it. It’s going to be a fourth film in the successful fran- ror-comedy. Golmaal Again the final episode of the hit fanta- eighth season in 2019, the actor strange year saying goodbye to chise, it raked in Rs 33 crore on opened to largely unimpressed re- sy drama series. The actor, who said he could not help but get everyone and having last scenes the first day itself. According to views. “Rohit has tried his best to plays Jon Snow in the popular emotional. “I cried at the end. You with this person and that person. Box Office India, the film could entice you adding elements of hor- HBO series, said that he bawled have to remember that eight years Not only you’re attached to it, have had an opening of more than ror, melodrama, revenge and even as he and his cast mates sat down of it, no one really cares about it loads of people around the world Rs 45 crore had it been a solo re- a storyline but that takes an hour for a read through of the final ep- more than us.” Harington says it are attached to it.” The 30-year- lease. Aamir Khan’s Secret Super- to build up,” read the Hindustan isode of the show. “We had a read will be strange year saying good- old actor said he has been sworn star, which released on Thursday, Times review. Golmaal Again stars through last week in fact, so I bye to co-stars. (AP) Harington to secrecy. “(I was told), ‘Don’t could manage only Rs 4.75 crore Ajay, Arshad Warsi, Parineeti know everything now,” he said continued, “It’s been an institu- tell them you’re filming. Don’t and Rs 9 crore on first and second Chopra, Tusshar Kapoor, Tabu, during an appearance on BBC’s tion longer than any other insti- take pictures in Belfast. Don’t do days, totalling to Rs 13 crore. While Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Kemmu The One Show. While the final tution I’ve been in. School, drama all of that’. It’s on lockdown!” critics praised Aamir’s film for its and more. (Hindustan Times)

Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (JPNA2) is expected to be the other hand, Syra’s film Project Ghazi the Pakistani blockbuster film of 2018, following has been put on hold due to technical the steps of its prequel. The film has been in the faults. Syra Shehroz, Sheheryar Mu- news because of its star-studded cast. Humayun nawar Siddiqui and Humayun Saeed I rejected Saeed, Vasay Chaudhry and Ahmed Ali Butt will launch trailer of ‘Project Ghazi JPNA2 continue on with their roles in the upcoming se- will mark the Pakistani film debut of quel while Fahad Mustafa will replace Hamza Ali Mawra Hocane. She was previously in Abbasi. Earlier this month, the news of Syra She- the news for a film alongside Umair Jas- 'Jawani Phir hroz pairing up with the Actor In Law sensation wal, but it got delayed or shelved due to Fahad Mustafa made headlines, but according to unknow reasons. The Sammi star will be the latest buzz, Mawra Hocane has now signed up pairing up with Fahad Mustafa for the to essay a role in the much-awaited sequel – and first time in this upcoming flick. She made Nahi Aani 2' there’s no sign of Syra. This obviously created her film debut in Bollywood in 2016 with some curiosity and The Express Tribune exclu- the movie Sanam Teri Kasam alongside sively spoke to Syra to get to the bottom of the Harshvardhan Rane, who also marked his because my matter. Prying about the fact that Mawra is now debut with the film. Mawra was praised doing JPNA2, and not her, Syra revealed, “I reject- for her heartwarming performance in the ed the film because I believe my role was not sub- emotional romance drama. Earlier this stantial.” Mawra Hocane joins cast of ‘Jawani Phir month, Humayun Saeed and director role was not Nahi Aani 2’ The Mere Naseeb starlet also stated, Nadeem Baig visited Turkey for the recce “Nadeem Baig is one of the finest directors we of their upcoming film. It has now been have in the Pakistani film industry, but the role I decided that JPNA2 will be shot in Tur- was offered didn’t amount to what I had in mind, key for the most part and bits of it will substantial: so I politely declined and told Nadeem bhai that I be shot in Dubai. Jawani Phir Nahi Ani won’t be doing this role in JPNA2? But Syra was released in Eidul Azha 2015. The movie quick to add, “Nadeem bhai and I will definitely be featured an ensemble cast which com- working together in the near future.” prised Humayun Saeed, Hamza Ali Ab- Syra Shehroz Syra made her film debut this year with Cha- basi, Vasay Chaudhry, Ahmed Ali Butt, lay Thay Saath. Although the film did not fare well Javed Sheikh, Ismail Tara, Ayesha Khan at the box office, her strong performance and supe- and Bushra Ansari. rior acting prowess were critically acclaimed. On (Tribune) Shraddha 'SECRET SUPERSTAR' Kapoor sprains MI NTS OVER RS 4 her foot due to CRORE ON exertion OPENI NG DAY Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim starrer "Secret Superstar" minted Rs 4.80 crore on Diwali, the makers said. The Advait Chandan directorial, which released on Thursday, revolves around a teenager named Insiya (Zaira), who dreams of becoming a famous singer and how she changes her life and the lives of everyone around her. Aamir is playing the quirky character of Shakti Kumaarr in the movie. The film received a good start on Diwali and is garnering Is Ranveer Singh strong word of mouth, read a statement issued on behalf of the makers. According to trade analyst doing the sequel Taran Adarsh, "Secret Superstar" released in 1,750 screens across Shraddha Kapoor who has been on a rigorous shooting schedule for her of 'Singh is Kinng' India and in 1,090 screens over- next film Saaho along with the Bahubali actor Prabhas, injured her ankle seas. "'Secret Superstar'. Thurs- due to over exertion. The actress is also simultaneously prepping up for day: Rs 4.80 crore. Business the Saina Nehwal biopic besides shooting for Saaho in Hyderabad. Shrad- Ranveer Singh is definitely on every filmmaker's wishlist. After see- should grow today (Friday)," dha recently uploaded a picture of her sprained foot on her social media ing his recent releases and his success rate, every filmmaker wants to handle. The long shooting hours took a toll on her health along with long work with him. In this league, there are reports doing the rounds that Adarsh tweeted. The film has been backed by Aamir and his wife sets of cardio over her regular gym regime. The actress has to stand for Ranveer Singh is going to fill Akshay Kumar's shoes as he is going to long duration on the sets and she ignored the pain leading to overexer- be part of the sequel to 'Singh is Kinng' which is tentatively titled as Kiran Rao under their banner Aamir Khan Productions along tion. Once in Mumbai, Shraddha continued playing badminton as a part 'Sher Singh'. According to reports, the sequel to the comedy has now of her preparation for the upcoming biopic and sprained her foot in that been titled 'Sher Singh' as revealed by producer Shailendra Singh. It with Zee Studios. Film expert process. Shraddha has been suggested bed rest and she is going through has been alleged that the film could not take up the title of the original Komal Nahta tweeted: "'Secret physiotherapy sessions to recover from the injury. Shraddha also con- flick as producer Vipul A Shah refused to part with it. While Katrina Superstar' has super hit written all firmed, `It's a deep sprain that needs complete rest and physiotherapy. Kaif played the leading lady in the original, it remains to be seen who over it. Best Diwali gift to the be- I'm hoping for it to subside soon.` The actress hopes to recover soon will play the female lead in this upcoming project. leaguered film industry." and get back to her shooting routine. (Santa Banta) (Santa Banta) (Santa Banta) SUNDAY . OCTOBER 22, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Stewart Downing has denied don't have to explain myself to claims that he was responsible for you'. "That wasn't the answer I the dismissal of former Middles- was looking for. If he'd said I brough boss Aitor Karanka. The wasn't training well enough, then former England midfielder moved I'd have trained harder or whatev- back to the Riverside for an ill-fat- er but this had rumbled on for ed second spell in 2015 while months and months." Karanka left his post in March "The next thing I was getting 2017 as the club headed towards booed, people thinking I got the relegation. Simply predict six cor- manager out of the club but that's rect scores to win the £250k jack- a load of rubbish. He left after an S tewar t D own in g pot. Enter your selections for free argument with another player, here. Downing, who has been in nothing to do with me. Everyone and out of the team this season, in Middlesbrough thinks it was me has since been told by new manag- but it wasn't. "Being booed wasn't says he shou ld n ot er Garry Monk that 'he is not part nice but I wasn't allowed to say of his plans' but he is still deter- anything though I wanted to tell mined to bow out on a high. Down- everyone what really went on and be blam ed for Aitor ing told the Daily Star: "As soon if you'd asked another 10 players as I walked through the door, it they'd probably tell you the same didn't feel right. I just didn't feel thing." Downing admits he did not welcome. "I remember going on get off on the right foot with new K ar an ka's sackin g that first Marbella pre-season trip manager Monk but is ready to and saying to my dad 'It's not right prove his value to the team. "I got but I have already signed'. called 10 days early. A few lads at M iddlesbr ou gh "He said: 'It's too late. Five had already seen him and I was years!' I had to get my head thinking he might want to hear my down." "We were playing Stoke ideas, maybe as an older player. and he (Karanka) put up the squad "We had a nice conversation to travel but those who don't trav- to be fair. It was fine. We talked el aren't told why. I asked why I about our careers - I had played wasn't in the squad and he said: 'I against him. (Sky Sport) Dr Richard Joe Joyce and Michael Surrey sign Freeman 'Venom ' Page resigns successful on Australia hisrole professional debuts all-rounder with Mitchell British Marsh Cycling for 2018 season Surrey have signed Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh as their overseas player for the 2018 season. Marsh, who has Olympic silver medallist Joe Joyce opened his page of Spain's Jonathan Castano. Castano played 21 Tests, 48 ODIs and nine T20s professional boxing career with an eighth-round (2-11-1-KO2) barely landed a glove on MMA since making his Australia debut in 2011, helping a young squad grow and ance and depth to our squad in all stoppage of Ian Lewison at indigo at The O2 on fighter Page in seven minutes before he was will be available for Surrey in all formats, improve." formats of the game and I look for- Friday. Joyce, narrowly beaten by Frenchman knocked down in spectacular fashion in the subject to international commitments. "The Surrey director of cricket, Alec ward to welcoming him to the Kia Tony Yoka in the super-heavyweight final at light-heavyweight clash.Page landed flush with opportunity to challenge myself in English Stewart, added: "I'm very pleased Oval for the start of next season." Dr Richard Freeman has resigned conditions is something I can't wait for," to announce the signing of Mitch Marsh's brother Shaun played from his role with British Cycling Rio 2016, put Lewison (12-3-1-KO8) under al- a delicious right hand and although, to his cred- most constant pressure and badly damaged his it, Castano narrowly beat the count and got to said Marsh, the son of former Australia Marsh, a highly talented, exciting county cricket for Yorkshire last due to ill health. opener Geoff. "I have followed the team and motivated international all- season, having previously enjoyed Freeman had been off work opponent's right eye before sealing victory on a his feet, he was not allowed to continue by card promoted by David Haye's Hayemaker the referee. closely this year and hopefully I'll be able rounder. "His all-round abilities a spell at Glamorgan in 2012. from his role with the governing to contribute to some silverware, along with and experience will add great bal- (BBC Sport) body for cycling in Great Britain, team. The long-time amateur star had the better (Sky Sport) suffering from a stress-related ill- of the opening two rounds, doing most of his ness. "Dr Richard Freeman has best work from distance and making full use of tendered and we have accepted his his clear height and reach advantage. Lewison resignation from British Cycling in did have some fleeting early success, mainly the interest of his health," a Brit- when Joyce came inside and dropped his guard, ish Cycling spokesman said in a but he never appeared to seriously trouble the statement. "We regret that we have 32-year-old professional debutant and spent not been able to reconcile all unan- much of the third round against the ropes under swered questions whilst he was in plenty of pressure. That pattern was repeated our employment but we continue in the fourth, with Lewison looking badly trou- to work closely with UKAD as bled around both eyes and regularly having to we are intent on bringing their in- blink to re-focus - the ringside doctor had to vestigation to a satisfactory con- clear him before coming out for the fifth. clusion. "We hope that upon his Joyce sat back a little for the next two return to health, Richard can do rounds and Lewison was on the deck early in his part to help bring to a close the eighth, although it was nothing to do with a ongoing investigations." The punch from his opponent as he slipped over former Team Sky doctor was at looking to land a big shot. But later in the eighth the centre of an investigation re- the fight was all over with Lewison's legs buck- garding the contents of a medical ling twice under another assault from Joyce and package delivered to Sir Bradley trainer Don Charles threw in the towel to save Wiggins at the 2011 Criterium du him further punishment. Earlier, Michael 'Ven- Dauphine. om' Page made an explosive start to his profes- (Sky Sport) sional boxing career with a third-round stop-

Sergio Garcia dug deep to stay in the toughest tracks on the Euro- contention at the Andalucia Valder- pean Tour as only 15 of the 126 rama Masters as Joost Luiten, aid- starters completed 36 holes under ed by a spectacular albatross, par, with Luiten claiming the out- claimed the halfway lead. Luiten right lead after his remarkable back JuliaGorges sets up Kremlin Cup revived his challenge in some style nine. Luiten was one over for the when he holed out from 227 yards day after a second bogey at the for a rare two at the long 11th, al- 10th, but he suddenly vaulted back final meetingwith DariaKasatkina though he did bogey two of the to the top of the leaderboard with last four holes to see his advantage one perfect swing of a four-iron at Julia Gorges scuppered the prospect of an all- lia Begu 6-2 6-3. The 20-year-old has now won trimmed to one shot on six under the 11th, and he came agonisingly Russian final at the Kremlin Cup by beating five of her six contests against Begu, who re- par. Tournament host Garcia did close to a slam-dunk hole-in-one Natalia Vikhlyantseva to a showpiece finale quired treatment on her right shoulder between well to salvage a 71 with a birdie at at the next as the resulting birdie with Daria Kasatkina. Gorges has already fin- sets. Meanwhile at the Luxembourg Open, Pu- 17 and a good up and down at the got him to eight under. But the ished runner-up in three tournaments this year erto Rico's Monica Puig dispatched Belgium's last which kept him in a share of Dutchman, runner-up to Andrew and has one more chance to end the six-year Elise Mertens, ranked fifth for the event, with second with Robert Rock and Johnston at Valderrama in last sea- drought since her last title. The German, seed- a 6-2 7-5 success. Puig, the gold medal winner Scott Jamieson, but Jon Rahm's son's Spanish Open, gave a shot ed seventh, needed almost two hours to seal at last year's Olympics in Rio, will take on first competitive appearance in his back when he missed the green at her 6-2 2-6 7-5 victory over her opponent, Germany's Carina Witthoeft for the title. Wit- homeland ended in disappointment the short 15th, and a plugged lie in who struggled with a wrist injury from the thoeft, who has 11 tour titles to her name but as he missed the cut. The iconic a bunker at the 17th led to another opening set. Kasatkina had a slightly easier none since July 2015, bested Pauline Parmen- Valderrama layout continued to bogey - his second six of the day. outing in the final four, seeing off Irina-Came- tier 7-6(2) 1-6 6-3. (Sky Sport) enhance its reputation as one of (Fox News)

Ribchester intopformas Richard Faheydreams of QEII glory Ribchester bids to crown a memorable season with victory in the Queen help. "He tends to go on any ground. When he got beaten at Goodwood Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Richard Fahey's stable star looked set to I'm not blaming the ground, I'm blaming the conditions - it was blowing dominate the mile division after facile victories in the Lockinge Stakes at a gale and pouring down with the rain. It was a horrible day. "If you've Newbury and the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot earlier in the campaign. ever run yourself in rain and wind, it's not comfortable and it just caught He suffered a shock defeat in a monsoon at Goodwood, going down by him out, but he's bounced back and won a Group One in France since so a neck to Here Comes When in the Sussex Stakes, but regained the we are very happy and comfortable with him." Aidan O'Brien won this winning thread in the Prix du Moulin and is the hot favourite to claim his prize for the fourth time with the brilliant Minding 12 months ago. fifth Group One success in one of the highlights of Qipco British Cham- Heading this year's three-strong team is Churchill, who looked a poten- pions Day. Fahey, who might not enjoy the forecast for raceday, said: tial superstar when completing the English-Irish 2000 Guineas double in "Everything has gone according to plan. He's a very easy horse to train the spring but has been beaten three times since, most recently finishing with no issues, touch-wood. I'm able to get the work into him when I seventh in the Irish Champion Stakes. want and he's a very willing horse who enjoys his work, which is a huge (Fox News) SUNDAY . OCTOBER 22. 2017-Mizan 30, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 85 Price: Afs.20

in a resolution. crisis in Afghanistan, he added. AT News Report Dolaina district of Ghor province targeted a local pro-government Civil activists asked the He said that some figures KABUL: The Secretary-General’s Afghan government’s partner seduced by enemies killing armed group leader and members Special Representative for of his group in a Sunni mosque, countries and United Nations to innocent Afghans, destroying Afghanistan, Tadamichi feel responsibility regarding UN homeland and infrastructures, thus killing at least nine and injuring a Yamamoto, expressed outrage and further ten. No responsibility has Security Council’s resolutions and they must return from wrong path condemned Friday’s attacks help Afghanistan in the aspect. to the right trail. been claimed. targeting mosques and The incidents are the latest in “Recent attack in capital and Another civil activist Nasir worshippers in Kabul and Ghor provinces are against humanity, Stanikzai said that terrorist not a pattern of attacks against province. At least 59 people were mosques, particularly Shi’a thus government must take proper only target Afghan forces or a killed and a further 60 others policy in hand to overcome specific tribe, they target all religious sites. UNAMA’s most injured, including many women recent quarterly report on civilian challenges in the country,” said Afghans, all tribes, youths, elders, and children. Member of Citizen Movement women and children, military and casualties notes that during the first According to a statement nine months of 2017 attacks Civil Society Organization Mahdi civilians. “These brutal and senseless attacks Mubasher. Terrorist is not one group, but directed against the Shi’a against people at prayer are population as they attended He said that government must 21 one group targeting people, atrocities,” said Yamamoto, who take serious measure regarding which are supporting by different mosques or religious ceremonies is also the head of the UN resulted in 278 civilian casualties ramp up insecurity in order region countries particularly Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Afghanistan not to face Syria fate. Pakistan, he noted. (84 deaths and 194 injured). (UNAMA). “The persons most International humanitarian law Member of Rawand Hamdigar Pointing to bravely fighting of responsible for the attacks must Paziri (trend of accepting each Afghan forces against terrorists, he prohibits deliberate attacks against be brought to justice.” civilians and civilian property, other) Mohammad Shafiq while said that we all Afghans are backing The suicide attack inside the condemning recent terrorist our Afghan forces at any condition. including places of worship, and AT News Report International community must and humanitarian laws, which Imam-e-Zaman Mosque in Kabul places a specific obligation on bring perpetrators and their must be registered in international attacks, said that “Afghan people Head of the Third Way Civil claimed at least 50 lives, with 50 must keep unity and seduce by Society organization Masoud parties to enable religious personnel KABUL: The Civil Activists on supporters before justice. courts by government of more persons injured. All of the to carry out their work. Saturday said that recent terrorist “Targeting worshipers in Afghanistan and International enemies in order to reach peace and Momen said that terrorist aim is victims were civilians. Islamic stability.” to target civilians, militaries and The Mission sends its attacks from capital to provinces Kabul, Ghor and attacks in Community in order to bring State – Khorasan Province claimed condolences to the families of the are war crime against humanity, the Kandahr, Paktia and Ghazni are the perpetrators and their supporters Discord and following enemies destroy Afghanistan’s responsibility. The suicide attack policy is the main factor behind infrastructures and institutions. victims and wishes a speedy Afghan government and sign of war crime against humanity before justice,” said civil activists in the village of Khojagan in the recovery to those injured. Jamaatul Ahrar denies Khurasani’s death in drone strike KABUL : Jamaatul Ahrar, a splinter group of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), says its leader Omar Khalid Khurasani has not been killed in a US drone strike. At least 30 Haqqani Network members suffered casualties last KABUL : At least 85 people, week when US a drone dropped including six women and three bombs at the zero point of the children, have been killed and 64 Durand Line. Some Pakistani KABUL : The export of fresh Earlier, 8,000 rupees charged other injured in an overnight suicide officials and media outlets said fruits and vegetable has been on one tonne of grapes but now Afghanistan’s first vice president attack on the Imam Zaman Mosque Omar Khurasani succumbed to his stopped in a protest to the the amount soared to 28,000 while General Abdul Rashid Dostum in Kabul, updated information wounded two days after the increasing tax on Afghan goods by the earlier custom duty on strongly condemned the brutal shows. Sakhi Dad Bashardost, a attack. Asad Mansour, introducing Pakistani authorities, an official Pomegranate was 8,000 rupees attacks on mosques in Kabul and local representative who witnessed himself as spokesman for Jamaatul said on Saturday. which now increased to 21,000 Ghor provinces as he slammed the the harrowing scene, said the suicide Ahrar, had confirmed to Pakistani Khan Jan Alkozai, deputy head rupees, Alkozai said. He said security officials for the failures bomber hurled two hand grenades media organisations Khursani’s of the Afghanistan Chamber of Pakistan recently provided some amid rising attacks on civilians. into the mosque. One of them death in the air raid. However, a Commerce and Industries, told facilities on Durand line for Afghan The office of the first vice exploded before the suicide bomber source close to Jamaatul Ahrar reporters here Pakistan increased traders and businessmen from president in a statement said the forced his way into the second row denied the death of Khurasani. In its custom duties on around 700 Pakistan imported 133,000 tonnes first vice president has strongly a message to Pajhwok Afghan types of imported goods as local of fresh fruits from Afghanistan. condemned the death of scores of of worshipers and blew himself up. people in the two separate attacks He said 65 bodies had been handed News, he said Pakistani revenue of the neighboring country “The enemy of Afghanistan could in the capital and western Ghor over to the victims’ families after intelligence had given wrong declined. Fresh and dry fruits, not afford the development of province. Gen. Dostum further verification while two corpses were information in this regard. “Omar carpets, vegetable, herbal, coal Afghanistan’s economy and added that the Taliban and ISIS charred beyond recognition. They Khalid Khurasani is still alive and precious and semi precious stones imposed increased tariff on fruits terrorist groups are acting on the are lying in a Kabul mortuary, he is in the front line of the war are among those exported goods which is currently available and instructions of the outsiders and according to Bashardost. The against foreign troops. He still from Afghanistan to Pakistan that could not be kept for a long kill innocent people. He said the injured were shifted to two local prepares for attacks,” the source came under the new policy of period,” said Alkozai. recent attacks on the mosques hospitals in Dash-i-Barchi and claimed.(Pajhwok) custom duties surge by Pakistan. (Pajhwok) have been carried out with the private health facilities. A day militant group has claimed worship place is located in the support of the regional intelligence earlier, Interior Ministry spokesman responsibility for the attack that limits of the 13th police district, A agencies, however he did not Najibullah Danish told Pajhwok follows a similar assault on another resident of the area, Daud specifically name any country Afghan News 39 people were killed Shiite mosque on September 29. In Hussaini, said the suicide bomber which he believes is involved in and 45 others wounded in the attack, the latest sectarian attack, the blew himself up among the the bloodshed. The first vice citing information he had received. suicide bomber detonated his worshippers. He added it was a president said the government He said all victims were civilians and explosives after entering the Imam powerful blast that killed and should act immediately as the included women and children. Daesh Zaman mosque in Pul-i-Khushk wounded a large number of people. persistent attacks on religious sites area during evening prayers. The (Pajhwok) shows that the security officials -- or the so-called Islamic State -- have failed to properly perform their duties. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among the prayer participants in West 1 person dead, of Kabul city late on Friday evening, leaving at least 39 dead and 43 others wounded, according 3 hurt in to the ministry of interior. In the meantime, a similar attack left Parwan traffic more than 20 people dead and several others wounded in western Ghor province of Afghanistan. accident (KP) CHARIKAR : One person was killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in central Parwan Tribal elder, 2 province on Saturday, an official said. Traffic Department Director rebels killed in Mohammad Karim told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident Logar incidents happened in the Jangal Bagh area situated in the limits of Charikar, PUL-I-ALAM : Two militants the provincial capital. and a tribal elder have been killed KABUL : At least two rockets district. He said the rockets were A passenger bus on its way to in separate incidents of violence landed near the Resolute Support fired at 6am, followed by alarms Kabul from the north skid off the in central Logar province, an Mission (RSM) headquarters in at the RSM headquarters and road due to technical faults and official said on Saturday. Police downtown Kabul early Saturday several embassies in the Green overturned. The driver of the bus spokesman Shapor Ahmadzai morning, an official said. Zone, where a loud explosion was was killed and two men and a told Pajhwok Afghan News Fazal The rockets caused no also heard woman were injured in the mishap. Rahman a tribal elder was shot casualties, according to the security No group has so far claimed The injured were shifted to the dead by unknown gunmen on official, who did not want to be responsibility for the attack, the hospital. Dr. Mohammad Qaseem Friday evening in the Babos named. Both rockets fell near the latest in a deadly string of assaults Sangin, Civil Hospital director, said locality of Pul-i-Alam, the NATO headquarters in the high- that have left hundreds of people one body and three injured. provincial capital. (Pajhwok) security Wazir Akbar Khan dead. (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok)