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ajikistan counter human trafficking commission Thead Faridum Davronov has said dozens of Tajik girls are smuggled to foreign countries AT News Report representatives before establishing The three leaders of the alliance mentioned figures of the alliance each year for sex. any type of political movement are enjoying high-ranking were sincere to the national cause against the government. positions in the existing then they would not make alliance Davronov told Pajhwok KABUL: Political analysts have Afghan News told Pajhowk He added, principally, government, so they have no right outside the country. These figures termed the newly established alliances should be launched inside to frame an alliance against the are allegedly responsible for their Afghan News in an interview in alliance of three parties as a matter Dushanbe that most of the Tajik the country, not in a drying room same government, he claimed. corruption, thus they want relief of concern which goes against at Turkey. He called on them to show from law through formulation of girls were often deceived or democracy and national interests. tricked into going with human He further went on saying that their efficiency and improve their such alliance. As per report, the new the designers and campaigns of the level of contributions while According to report the smugglers to Dubai, Turkey and political alliance has been formed other countries. newly established alliance are working within the government, National Islamic Movement of by three leaders of Jamiat-e-Islami, representing small groups within rather than making failed attempts Afghanistan led by First Vice “These womeninfo-icon are the National Islamic Movement GHAZNI CITY: The Ministry of sold as sex slave which is part of their ethnicity, not all the Afghans. through alliances. President Abdul Rashid Dostum Interior (MoI) has accepted the and the National Unity of People He questioned the credibility He also came hard over the along with Jamiat-e-Islami party human trafficking,” he said, of Afghanistan during a meeting resignation of the police chief for adding they had arrested 32 times of the so-called national alliance for government for its slow fight of Afghanistan, which is led by southern Ghazni province. held on Friday in Ankara, the being having zero representation against such characters, adding that acting foreign minister Salahuddin individuals who wanted to capital of Turkey. Brig. Gen. Aminullah smuggle girls to foreign countries from the Pashtun ethnicity which the government must warn them Rabbani and the National Unity Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan “The new alliance is not based is the biggest tribe in the country. to stop such non-popular acts or of People of Afghanistan party led during the past five months. on legal regulation and is against News he was unable to continue He did not reveal the exact The aim and objective of the dismiss them from their posts with by Second Deputy of the CEO his job on medical grounds and thus democracy and national interests,” alliance is based on individual and immediate effect. Mohammad Mohaqiq last week number of those arrested, saying said Political Expert, Motiullah wanted to be relieved. they were in dozens and were illegal interests, adding the Moreover, General Abdul came under a roof in Turkey where His resignation, which had Kharoti. Champaign of the alliance want to Wahid Taqat, another Political they reached to a formal agreement currently in jail. He said the mentioned political landed in the ministry some Davronov said human escape from the law by Analyst said that such alliance on the formation of an alliance months ago, was approved on parties must hold consultation with blackmailing the system of the never meets the interests of the against the National Unity smuggling in Afghanistaninfo- civil society and other national Saturday, Gen. Amarkhel added. icon had lately emerged, calling government and state, he remarked. country. He added if the Government. “I apologise to all youth, on both the countries to ulemainfo-icon, womeninfo-icon strengthen security measures on and inhabitants of Ghazni if their their respective sides of the rights have been trampled on border. He said border security during my tenure,” the outgoing Mayar had been appointed as was strengthened, human police said. acting police chief of Ghazni. traffickers would be unable to In a formal statement, MoI said Mayar earlier served as crime easily perform their jobs. He Amarkhel’s resignation had been branch chief of the 303th Spinzar said they were ready to share approved and Lt. Col. Mustafay Zone. (Pajhwok) their experience with Afghanistan regarding prevention of human trafficking. Afghanistan High Council on Ghani stresses on Human Trafficking member Abdul Wahid Hidayat told reconciliation with Pakistan Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghanistan and Tajikistan had Kunduz provincial council members have warned that the situation is grave and deteriorating following Sunday’s coordinated attack. prepared a joint strategy to During the introduction ceremony Council (HPC). control borders. He said human of High Peace Council (HPC) chief, “We are not a country for trafficking had become a Heavy fighting between Afghan But provincial officials claim Sayed Mahmoud Danish, a we see people being killed and President Ghani said the Afghan dealing. We are asking Pakistan for headache for the whole of the security forces and the Taliban security forces have pushed back spokesman for the Kunduz wounded; what does the collapse government is not asking Pakistan reconciliation to bring peace in worldinfo-icon and needed a broke out early Sunday morning the Taliban and inflicted a heavy governor. Kunduz provincial of Kunduz really mean for them to bring peace in Afghanistan, but Afghanistan,” said President global campaign to be eradicated. when dozens of Taliban fighters casualty toll on the group. “This council warns the situation is (government officials)?” asked wants reconciliation with the Ghani. (Pajhwok) launched coordinated attacks on morning the Taliban launched their deteriorating According to Amruddin Wali, the head of the country. Ghani said the rule of law, the several points on the outskirts of attacks from two directions from Kunduz provincial council Kunduz provincial council. President Ashraf Ghani has elimination of inner contradictions the city. Reports indicate that the Talwaka village and Khanabad members, security forces have also According to provincial council officially announced the and personal power and the Taliban has also closed all roads Road, fortunately their attacks sustained casualties in the clash. members, the Taliban has also appointment of Mohammad formation of social, political and leading into Kunduz city, including were repelled and the enemy “Currently we are in the middle of surrounded an Afghan National Karim Khalili, a former vice security consensus are the the Kunduz-Baghlan highway. sustained heavy casualties,” said war, we can hear gunfire; every day Army (ANA) base in Kunduz city. president as chief of High Peace component of lasting peace.

uspected Talibaninfo-icon militants killed more than The head of Afghanistan’s Sa dozen youth in a mass intelligence agency - the National shooting inside a mosqueinfo- Directorate of Security (NDS) - icon in Chamtal district of Massoum Stanekzai said on northern Balkh province on Sunday that his department had Saturday. ccording to MCIT, also received credible intelligence The youth were said to be there are 22 ahead of the May 31 truck residents of Balkh district and KANDAHAR CITY : The Afghan operation after reports about a A bombing in Kabul city but that it had come to Chamtal. army on Saturday claimed killing at gathering of insurgents in the area. million active SIM was not their job alone to thwart Provincial police least 40 Talibaninfo-icon militants Sadiq said the ground offensive also such threats. This comes after spokesman Sher Jan Durrani during an operation in Maiwand involved mortar firing that resulted Cards being used in Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on confirmed the mass shooting in district of southern Kandahar in the killing of 40 insurgents and Friday that the Germany embassy Chamtal district and said the province. Another 10 rebels were injuries to another 10. According the country, of which had known about the plan to victims were not police or local wounded in the operation in Bayab to him, six vehicles and 16 only eight million are detonate a truck bomb against their police. He had also no Banak area, about 70 kilometers motorbikes belonging to the facility in the city ahead of the information about the exact from Kandahar city, the provincial insurgents were destroyed in the registered attack. Just six days before the number of the slain persons. capital, said Afghan National operation. He denied casualties to May 31 truck bombing, Germany Lawmaker Gulalai Noor Army’s 205th Atal Military Corps civilians and the soldiers. Maiwand Afghanistan’s Ministry of was reportedly warned of the Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News spokesman Capt. Ahmad Sadiq. He district chief Haji Obaidullah said Communication and Information imminent attack. bomb the Kabul embassy in the in the months leading up to the the slain individuals were told Pajhwok Afghan News the the Taliban had suffered heavy Technology (MCIT) said that of According to DW, the German Green Zone. attack. As a result, a number of residents of Balkh district. corps 3rd infantry brigade casualties in the operation, but the 22 million active SIM cards in Foreign Ministry confirmed on DW reported that security embassy staff had been evacuated She said the victims had no conducted the mopping-up provided no figure. (Pajhwok) the country only about eight Friday that Germany’s intelligence agencies had received warnings from the building prior to the association with police, local million of them are registered. The agencies knew there was a plan to from multiple intelligence sources attack. (ToloNews) police or uprising groups. She ministry said that these eight wondered why the youth went million SIM cards are also not to such a dangerous place. registered properly. However, She said seven of the officials said they have plans in IEC signs agreement on election victims belonged to the same Nangarhar IDPs need place to upgrade the registration family of Sakhi. She put the system and process. The ministry security with NDS, MoD number of the victims at 13, more assistance: UN said that once the new system is saying another four youth had in place, all 22 million SIM cards The Independent Election Yaftali. The IEC chief called on the been captured alive by the JALALABAD : The UN High national and international will be registered. The ministry Commission of Afghanistan (IEC), Afghan security institutions to Taliban Commission for Refugees organisations to provide more said that so far 28 million SIM the Ministry of Defense (MoD) make sure that a comprehensive The lawmaker suspected a (UNHCR) head in assistance to IDPs in the province. cards have sold by and the Directorate of National security strategy is defined in order plot behind the mass shooting, Afghanistaninfo-icon has said Fatema said she met refugee telecommunication companies in Security (NDS) on Sunday signed for people to cast their votes in asking the government to Internally Displaced Persons families and heard their problems. the country and of these SIM an agreement outlining security the next poll. determine who sent the youth (IDPs) are caught in multiple During the meeting, refugees cards, about six million are not procedures for the nation’s Meanwhile, the head of the NDS to Chamtal and why they were problems. demanded shelter, healthinfo-icon being used. Officials said they upcoming parliamentary and has said that providing tight killed. A resident of Balkh UNHCR's country chief and educationinfo-icon facilities. have sent the new plan to the district council elections which are security for elections is a difficult district, Syed Alam, said one of Fatema Abdullah traveled to Fatema added the issues would be telecommunication companies in scheduled for July 7 next year. At task in view of the ongoing the victims, Wilayat Khan, was eastern Nangarhar province and shared with higher authorities to order to get feedback on the new a ceremony held in Kabul, the situation in the country, but his villager who had no links met refugee and IDP families. help generate funds for the system and once approved, the agreement on election security was stressed that all capacities must be with any party to the conflict. The Nangarhar Press Club said refugees. She believed refugees and new registration process will be signed by the chief of the IEC utilized so as to ensure elections He said Wilayat Khan left the UNHCR head met Governor IDPs were still faced with many implemented. The companies will Najibullah Ahmadzai, the head of are held in a peaceful manner in behind a small daughter and four Gulab Mangal and discussed issues and there was need for more have six months to register all SIM NDS Massoum Stanekzai and the country. Editorial p-06 sons. (Pajhwok) refugees’ issues. Mangal urged assistance. (Pajhwok) cards, officials said. Army Chief of Staff General Sharif (ToloNews) MONDAY . JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Viewpoint: Political storm brews in Afghanistan as Why we all officials from ethnic minorities break with need to president, call for reforms and protests KABUL: Leaders of Afghanistan’s The group, calling itself the three major ethnic minority Coalition for the Salvation of political parties, all of whom hold Afghanistan, said their aim was to watch Brad senior positions in the “prevent the collapse of the government, announced from government, avoid chaos and Turkey Saturday that they have restore public trust.” They formed a coalition to save demanded that Ghani devolve Pitt's film Afghanistan from chaos, issued a power to cabinet ministries and list of demands for reforms by provinces, stop “overreaching” his President Ashraf Ghani, and authority for personal motives, vowed to hold mass protests schedule long-promised elections, War Machine unless they are met. and obey the constitution and the The stunning development law. It also called for Dostom’s full followed weeks of gathering authority to be restored and a political turmoil and public unrest government attack against him to after a devastating terrorist be investigated. bombing in the capital on May 31. Ghani’s office responded It brought together a group of coolly and calmly to the powerful ex-militia leaders, once provocative salvo. Presidential rivals in a civil war, in an spokesman Shahhussain extraordinary alliance that could Murtazawi told news outlets that present Ghani and his shaky the government “welcomes any government with its most serious move” that contributes to national challenge since taking office in interests, but he noted that the 2014. individuals leading the coalition are The group’s statement was “involved in the government” and issued from Ankara, where thus also “accountable for its Abdurrashid Dostom, an ethnic shortcomings.” If the group has Uzbek strongman who is still “any alternative plans for technically first vice president in overcoming the current situation,” the Ghani government, moved he said, “they should share them.” recently on grounds of ill health There was no comment from despite being under investigation the office of Abdullah Abdullah, in Kabul for sexual assault against the chief executive officer who has Kabul recently in a peace deal with several subsequent violent they called mainly for justice, an elderly political rival. Dostom’s been estranged from Ghani for Ghani, said the new coalition incidents. security and more responsive aides circulated the statement on many months. Abdullah, from the seemed “suspicious” and might be [In Kabul, anger against Afghan governance. social media. Jamaat-e-Islami party, has more interested in “personal government touches off deadly The most strident voice in the The other leaders — disappointed party figures such as demands” than public ones. “Why street clashes] The groups erected new coalition has been that of Mohammed Atta Noor, an ethnic Noor for making too many have they been silent for so long?” tent colonies on major streets Noor, a wealthy northern governor Tajik and provincial governor; concessions to Ghani in an effort asked the spokesman, Kareem where speakers demanded change who until recently was negotiating Mohammed Mohaqeq, an ethnic to keep the struggling government Amin. “You can’t be inside the night after night. The tents were with Ghani to obtain a greater share Hazara leader and deputy to the afloat. system and criticize it too. “ dismantled by security forces on of power. During the fraud- government’s chief executive; and A variety of political figures Hekmatyar, in a separate June 20, but protest groups vowed plagued 2014 elections, which Foreign Minister Salahuddin and observers reacted skeptically statement Saturday, called on all to return to the streets in force after both Abdullah and Ghani claimed Rabbani, a member of Noor’s to the news, suggesting that the Afghans to unite and support the Ramadan and Eid, the Muslim to have won, Noor threatened to Jamaat-e-Islami party — have ethnic minority leaders, all of Ghani government at a time of fasting month and holiday that create violent unrest if Ghani was been visiting Dostom in the past whom have had differences with crisis. The country is suffering ended this week. declared the winner. week for a family wedding in the Ghani while in office, may be less from high unemployment and a Today's WorldView Last week, delivering a message lavish home where he has often interested in government reforms protracted insurgent conflict. The What's most important from to a large crowd at the end of lived in periods of exile. than in using a period of public May 31 bombing was a major blow where the world meets Washington Ramadan in the northern city of The longest war the US has ever sacking of Stanley McChrystal, the [The West is indifferent to anger and unhappiness to press for to the nation’s confidence in its But although many of the Mazar-e-Sharif, Noor warned that fought - 16 years and counting - is US general in charge of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq’s world of political advantage. They also rulers. protesters’ demands were similar if Ghani did not meet the group’s about to get longer as President Afghanistan, after he and his staff terror] noted that Ghani, an ethnic It was unclear whether the to those listed by the ethnic demands, “we will come by the Donald Trump decides on sending officers made disparaging remarks Afghan President Ashraf Pashtun, has been criticized for ethnic opposition leaders, who leaders, the composition and tone thousands and thousands to several thousand more troops to about President Barack Obama to Ghani, right, shakes hands with concentrating power in the hands have called for city-wide of their impromptu movement, Kabul.” Sources in the security Afghanistan. the journalist. The movie tells the Abdullah Abdullah, the nation’s of his ethnic and tribal allies and demonstrations starting Monday, called “Uprising for Change,” was community said the group planned As with the wars in the story leading up to Gen chief executive, as they arrive for marginalizing other ethnic groups. would be able to draw much completely different. A mix of to gather its forces in several Middle East, Afghanistan McChrystal's dismissal. the NATO summit in Warsaw on A spokesman for Gulbuddin support from the protesters that students, academics, liberal suburban locations and march to highlights the difficult political The casting of Pitt as Gen Glen July 9, 2016. (Kacper Pempel/ Hekmatyar, the Pashtun former filled the streets of Kabul for most activists and women’s groups, as the presidential palace. choices and counter-insurgency McMahon, the imagined Reuters) fugitive warlord who returned to of June after the huge bombing and well as families of bomb victims, (WASHINGTONPOST) strategies the US has been pursuing McChrystal who is beloved by his fruitlessly since 9/11. Today six men but also full of comic Muslim countries (Iraq, Syria, eccentrics, is near perfect. Pitt Yemen, Libya, Somalia and plays his role partly as absurdist Afghanistan) are in a state of comedy but also as someone who Misbah-ul-Haq, meltdown - partly as a result of is on a steep learning curve on how US policies. to win or lose modern wars. The "war on terror" launched Full of bluster and self by President George Bush, the US confidence Gen McMahon arrives Kumar Sangakkara invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, to take charge in Kabul after and the conflicting policies of another general had failed. "Let's carrying out regime change in the go win this thing," and "Let's knock set to play for MCC midst of an ever-expanding this on the head," he tells his Islamist extremist opposition have military aides - a coterie of equally all created greater dilemmas for the brilliant actors whose cameos act against Afghanistan US. as foils for Gen McMahon's slow Since 9/11 there have been realisation that he is only repeating many good books and what other generals before him have documentary films made about tried and failed to do. Misbah-ul-Haq to join the likes of Kumar these dilemmas. Yet in all this time Gen McMahon cannot get the Sangakkara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul as Hollywood has been unable to additional US troops he needs produce a movie that informs or because Mr Obama is reluctant to the star-studded MCC prepare to play against educates the average movie-goer as send any. Gen McMahon cannot to the bigger picture on why failure stop Afghan farmers from growing Afghanistan on July 11 at the Lord's. Brendon persists and jihadism spreads. poppy because, officials tell him The few Hollywood films alternative crops like cotton would McCullum will be leading the MCC team while made about America's wars tend be competing with US farmers. Younis Khan withdrew from the fixture. to be either satires or action movies Fellow Nato officers teach Gen in the John Wayne mould, showing McMahon a new reality. "You US troops as heroic and caring but can't build a nation at gunpoint" professional killers. and "you can't win the trust of a When he was 10, a war injury put haven't won any international Is there stigma around people An exception was the 2008 country by invading it", he is told. him in a wheelchair. His spine was tournaments just yet, but Markt with disabilities in Afghanistan? film Hurt Locker, which won six A cynical President Hamid permanently damaged. He was so has his eye on the Paralympics. Cairo: In Afghanistan, if you're Oscars and depicted the dilemmas Karzai, superbly played by Ben depressed there were days he Markt, 40, and Cairo, 60, disabled, you're not rejected from faced by a US Explosive Ordinance Kingsley (with all of Mr Karzai's refused to get out of bed. visited NPR headquarters in May the family and the community. Disposal unit in Iraq. But even habitual tics), hears out Gen Now Mohammadullah Amiri to talk about what they've learned There is a kind of hyper- Hurt Locker dealt with only a slice McMahon describing how he will can't wait to get up in the morning. from their Afghan patients, how protection. The family says don't of the problem, as did otherwise mark out a new direction. "We will Enlarge this image people with disabilities are viewed worry, I will take care of you. It's well-made documentaries about build Afghanistan into a free and Mohammadullah Amiri, who in Afghanistan and the power of a nice in a way, but it's US forces in Afghanistan such as prosperous nation," says Gen was paralyzed when he was a high-five. This interview has been disempowering. Patients should be Restrepo and Korengal. McMahon. child, has transformed his life since edited for length and clarity. How given the chance to restart their How Trump might break "Sounds a lot like the old he started playing wheelchair did the idea for wheelchair sports lives. What has been the impact of Afghan stalemate direction," Mr Karzai replies with basketball in Afghanistan. come about? the wheelchair basketball Four days behind the Taliban a knowing smile. ICRC Alberto Cairo: People asked program? Jess Markt: We've seen front line DUHAMEL/NETFLIX It's all because of wheelchair me, "Can you do something for our the players, one by one, go through Can Afghan military turn the Ben Kingsley plays Hamid basketball. Since the 36-year-old leisure time?" I was a bit reluctant. this transformation as they started tide in Taliban fight? Karzai, Afghanistan's former from Afghanistan discovered it, he In Afghanistan, there are so many to play sports. They no longer Hollywood movies do not ask president has become a changed man, says things missing [like basic think of themselves as disabled the difficult strategic questions. Several dark yet truthful Jess Markt, his coach. infrastructure]. To waste your time people. Should the US invade or encounters speed up Gen "He has this full life. All that in leisure is something that should Now that they started playing interfere in countries it knows little McMahon's understanding. A has come since he played not be done. But that's a mistake. basketball and [achieving] success, about, how do US troops win over troubled and angry US marine basketball," says Markt, an So we decided to start some sport people come to watch them. The local support, is nation building and played by Lakeith Stanfield American who trains wheelchair activity. Cairo, a physical [audience is] amazed. The ones promotion of democracy feasible questions how his contradictory basketball teams for the therapist, says wheelchair that are most successful get to play by one part of the US government strategy can work. Trained to kill, International Committee of the basketball has been a game changer on the national teams, play Former Pakistan skipper Misbah- batsman withdrew from the while another part pursues a war the marines is now told he must Red Cross in countries like for his patients. "Rehab is painful. internationally and have their ul-Haq to join the likes of Kumar fixture. His replacement is yet to strategy? Can the US ever show "courageous restraint". Afghanistan, South Sudan and Learning how to use artificial limbs national anthem played for them. Sangakkara and Shivnarine be announced. understand tribal societies through "I can't tell the difference India. Like Amiri, he has is painful, too. For the first time They wear the flag of their country Chanderpaul as the star-studded Ireland duo of Tim Murtagh the barrel of a gun? between the people and the paraplegia. with this sport, we were able to on their back, and people watch MCC squad prepares to play and George Dockrell complete the Hollywood has left us devoid enemy," says the marine. "They Since 2011, Markt has been give only fun, only joy." them on television. against Afghanistan on July 11 at bowling line-up alongside Surrey’s of any understanding of the all look alike to me. We can't help working with Alberto Cairo, head Meredith Rizzo/NPR Jess Markt has been working Lord’s. Stuart Meaker and Durham pacer escalating global chaos. them and kill them at the same time. of the Red Cross orthopedic Seems like that turned out to with Cairo and others to create Misbah, who recently retired Chris Rushworth. That is until now. A remarkable I am confused," he states. program in Afghanistan, to get be a good idea. What else have your sports programs for disabled from international cricket after Also, the match against MCC new film, War Machine starring Actress Tilda Swinton, people who have been physically patients taught you? people in war zones. He has his guiding Pakistan to 2-1 series win will be Afghanistan’s first match Brad Pitt, which at first whiff playing a German politician, tells injured from war or illness to play Cairo: In the beginning, the eye on the Paralympics for the over West Indies, is the only at the Lord’s. Afghanistan, sounds like a gonzo-type war Gen McMahon that "you are sports. Cairo, a physical therapist physical rehabilitation center was Afghan national basketball teams. Pakistan skipper to win a Test recently, alongside Ireland got the movie, brilliantly portrays these spread all over the country and from Italy, has helped over 100,000 only for war victims. But I Meredith Rizzo/NPR series on Caribbean soil. Test status. Rashid Khan, who has themes outlined above. David fighting 1,000 separate battles people learn to use prosthetics or remembered, there was a lady. She Tell me more about Amiri. Meanwhile, Surrey opener taken the cricketing world by a Michod, the Australian writer and with local people who don't want re-learn to use their limbs through kept coming, bringing her child Markt: He comes from a Sangakkara has been in tremendous storm, will play a crucial role with director, and Netflix have made a you in their villages and that is a physical therapy. with polio. He was not, strictly pretty conservative family. He's form with the bat during the the ball for the Afghans. movie that is both dark and war you will never win". The Wheelchair basketball has been speaking, a war victim. got a big long beard, a serious County Cricket Championship. MCC playing XI: Brendon satirical, emotional and belly-laugh general is gobsmacked into silence. a game changer for the patients, That's why you didn't want expression; he's quiet, a little stern. The left-handed batsman, who McCulum, Kumar Sangakkara, funny, as well as being educative The film will not get a wide cinema says Cairo, who has been living in to treat him. As I got to know him, I found out scored a double ton against Essex, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shivnarine about US interventions. release because it is showing on Afghanistan for past 30 years. Cairo: If you are a child with he was the sweetest person. has hit six hundreds in 11 innings. Chanderpaul, Samit Patel, Chris The film is based on a character Netflix. However, this is a film that "Rehab is painful. Learning how polio, it's because you were not Amiri was injured during the By doing so, he became the first Read, George Dockrell, Chris similar to former Nato commander should particularly be shown at to use artificial limbs is painful, vaccinated. This lady kept coming. war when he was a child. He was a player to pass 1,000 runs for the Rushworth, Stuart Meaker, Tim US General Stanley McChrystal universities and colleges, and too. For the first time with this She told me: What is the difference patient of Alberto's. When he went summer. MurtaghAfghanistan playing XI: (R) The script is based on the discussed amongst young and old. sport, we were able to give only between my son, who is paralyzed, home after his rehab, he went back MCC team will be led by Asghar Stanikzai, Noor Ali Zadran, Rolling Stone magazine article and It helps us understand why fun, only joy." and that man sitting over there who to an environment where he wasn't former New Zealand skipper Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad subsequent book The Operators: counter-insurgency is failing, Today, there are 500 is paralyzed because of a land expected to contribute to his Brendon McCullum, which also Nabi, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Gulbadin The Wild and Terrifying Inside terrorism expanding and why wars recreational players and a national mine? Both of them cannot walk. family. He had no active life. Then includes England all-rounder Samit Naib, Rashid Khan, Javed Ahmadi, Story of America's War in have destroyed so many countries. men's and women's wheelchair Then I understood. he started playing wheelchair Patel and former wicketkeeper Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Afghanistan, by the late journalist It helps explain why after 16 years basketball team across the seven The Afghans opened my eyes. basketball [at age 29] — and very Chris Read. Former Pakistan Rahmat Shah, Afsar Zazai, Nasir Michael Hastings. Washington is still debating troop Red Cross rehabilitation centers in I learned to listen to them. Very quickly, he went through this batsman Younis Khan was in the Jamal, Farid Ahmad Malik His article led to the 2010 numbers. (BBC) Afghanistan. The national teams often, they give me the right path. transformation. (NPR) squad before the right-handed (INDIANEXPRESS) MONDAY . JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

What Trump didn’t know about Herat when he barred girl robotics scientists from the US

The US embassy in Kabul has denied a visa to 6 Afghan high school students from Herat to accompany their invention in robotics to the United States for a demonstration. The girls made the 500 mile journey from the western EMERGENCY years,” a museum official says, city of Herat to the capital of Kabul before adding, “We’ve also to apply for visitor visas. They CALLS successfully restored over 400 were rejected. objects damaged by Taliban.”The Their project, however, was Police exhibits in the museum—which is accepted by The First Global surrounded by a landscaped Challenge, which organizes events garden—also include 18th and 19th for teenaged high school students. 100 - 119 Century wooden statues of Kati We do not know on what Kafirs from Nurstan, previously grounds they were turned down, called Kafiristan, besides armours but alt-Neo-Nazi and White Hospitals and guns manufactured by the House chief strategist, Steve Herat Military Factory in the 19th Bannon, has implemented FMIC Hospital Century.A massive black granite “extreme vetting” for visas issued Behind Kabul Medical vessel—which weighs about 400 to Muslims. Afghanistan is one of University: kg—holds its pride of place in the six Muslim-majority countries entrance hall of the museum. It has that Bannon has successfully 0202500200-+93793275595 a diameter of about 128 cm, height barred from coming to the US of 69 cm, thickness of 8 cm at its under most circumstances. Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital rim and a depth from the interior Here are some things that that measures around 69 cm. Its Bannon and Trump do not know Pule Bagh-e- Umomi exterior has Islamic inscriptions in about Herat: 070263672 Arabic calligraphy. Interestingly, in 1. The people of Herat are for India, many argue that the giant the most part speakers of Persian bowl, with a lotus flower chiselled and they have been bulwarks Khairkhana Hospital around its base, is the against terrorism. They rejected ‘bheekshapatra’ used by the Taliban (a movement that 0799-321007 Buddha.Colourful women’s outfits appeals to Pashto-speakers ). 2401352 from the Hazara community, made They rejected ISIL (Daesh, ISIS). of velvet, golden metal threads and 2. Herat is an ancient city. embellished with jewels, besides Herodotus called it the bread- Indira Gandhi Children shoes made of leather and golden basket of Central Asia. metal threads that date back to the 3. Herat is one of the world’s Hospital, Wazir Akbar 19th century have also been put great cities, which made important Khan, Kabul 2301372 on display.Some samples of contributions architecture and A destroyed artefact on display in the Kabul Museum Seventh and Eighth century science. Bamiyan mural paintings from 4. Fakhr al-Din Razi (d. Ibn-e- Seena inside the caves in the Bamiyan 1290), from Herat, wrote on logic Pul-e-Artan, Kabul In a country that has seen its pre- bombed museum building in country’s diverse history and Valley—which were detached and and philosophy as well as on: Islamic culture and history being shambles hangs on a wall inside heritage, dating back to the Stone sold to antiquity dealers around the medicine, astrology, geometry, 2100359 destroyed by the Taliban, Kabul the museum—a grim reminder of Age and the pre-Islamic period world—have also been exhibited. physiognomy, mineralogy, and Museum endeavours to undo the those horrid days when at least 70 when Buddhism was the most Among other exhibits, several grammar. damages of the recent past per cent of the antique pieces were practised faith in the country. archaeological finds from the 5. Sa`d al-Din Taftazani (d. Wazir Akbar Khan The world and ordinary damaged, stolen or smuggled out. Incidentally, before the Kushan era such as copper coins 1390) wrote four important books Hospital Afghans watched helplessly when However, a little walk inside beginning of the Civil War, some and glazed ceramic pots from early on logic and influenced the founder the Taliban, in 2001, dynamited convinces you that things are brave curators, with the help of Islamic period have been displayed of sociology, Ibn Khaldun. 2301741, 2301743 and destroyed the Bamiyan changing.In fact, what a visitor ministers of the then government, prominently.When the museum 6. The great Persian poet and reopened, over 200 people used Sufi mystic Jami (d. 1412) hailed Buddha statues dating back to the would see at the very entrance of hid valuable objects in a safe under Ali Abad 6th Century AD. Throughout the the museum is a replica of one of the presidential palace. The vaults to visit it on a daily basis. But the from Herat. Among his sayings, Afghan Civil War and specifically the Buddha statues damaged in were re-opened in 2004 by then footfall, according to curators, has which Trump should study: Shahrara, Kabul now gone down. “There is a strong during their rule in Afghanistan, the Bamiyan, donated by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. smuggled out when Afghanistan Taliban worked to erase the Museum in Exile in Switzerland. Thereafter, some committed art need for reviving the waning culture 2100439 was in turmoil,” say of museum visits in Afghanistan,” antiquities and proofs of pre- Resilience and the new lovers and archaeologists started officials.“Since 2002, about Islamic culture and challenges restoring the cultural heritage of the says Parwaiz Amiri, a visitor at Gold prices 30,000 antique items have been the museum. “Unfortunately, not Malalai Maternity history.Attempts are now being Built during the reign of King country piece by piece.The returned by different countries made to re-establish its links with Amanullah Khan in 1919, the museum is now facing a new many people in this country are Hospital with help from several aware of the history and heritage up; petrol, its past and the National Museum museum now is a storehouse of challenge. “We increasingly feel international cultural institutions, 2201377/ 2301743 of Afghanistan, more commonly art and archaeological specimens that the museum is running out of of their country.”Now, that seems UNESCO, Interpol and others. like a bigger challenge and perhaps known as the Kabul Museum, in from all over Central Asia. It has space now. The collection is Over 7,000 valuable relics have sugar, flour the strife-torn capital come as a an impressive assortment of growing with several countries could be the antidote to the fanatic been returned by Japan, Britain ideology that the country is fighting Banks pleasant surprise.A picture of the artefacts that tell the story of the returning precious artefacts and Germany in the past 10 down tooth and nail. Da Afghanistan Bank in Kabul 2100302, 2100303 UAERed Crescent distributes Haqqanis among KABUL: The price of Russain Bakhtar Bank gold edged up while that of petrol, 0776777000 sugar and Kazakhstani flour dropped during the past week in Azizi Bank alms to 452 needy families 15 Taliban killed Kabul, market sources said on Saturday. 0799 700900 Abdul Hadi, a worker at Wazir Pashtany Bank Abad Pump Station, told Pajhwok IN AIRSTRIKES Afghan News the price of a litre of 2102908, 2103868 diesel decreased from 42afs to TIRINKOT: Fifteen militants, Mehrabad locality, killing 10 40afs and the same amount of Air Services including five Haqqani network fighters including a commander and petrol from 46afs to 44afs because members, have been killed in injuring five others. of the increased imports of the airstrikes in Uruzgan and Paktika He didn’t mention who carried commodity into the country. Safi Airways provinces, officials said on out the airstrike. He said the However, gas prices remained 020 22 22 222 Saturday. Taliban had been planning to attack steady. Ahmad Javed, a gas seller In southeastern Paktika Afhgan forces’ checkpoints but at 4th street in Taimani area of Ariana province, a commander was among their convoy was destroyed in the Kabul, confirmed the rate of gas five Haqqani network insurgents airstrike. remained steady at 50afs per kilo, 020-2100270 killed in a drone strike by the the same as of last week’s. Afghan forces in Margha locality In food items only the sugar of Barmal district last night. and flour rate went down. Food Kam Air A large amount of ammunition Traders Union head Fazal Rahman 0799974422 belonging to the Haqqanis was said the whole sale price of 49-kg destroyed in the blitz, said Pakistani sugar sack dipped from Hotels battalion commander of the 203 2,150afs to 2,120afs and that of Thunder Military Corps, 50-kg Kazakhstani flour dropped Safi Landmark Mohammad Ayub. from 1,250 afs to 1,240 afs, but A government official in other items’ rates remained 020-2203131 Barmal district confirmed the unchanged.He said the rate of a 24- drone attack that he said targeted kg bag of Pakistani rice remained SERENA members of the dreaded Haqqani unchanged at 1,800afs, and a 16- network. He said the slain rebels kg tin of Khurshid ghee cost 0799654000 were loyal to Commander 1,120afs, the prices as of last Saifullah. week’s. Meanwhile, Noor Ahmad New Rumi Restaurant AT News Report to the needy people was to assist displaced families in different Elsewhere, ten militants were Khairkhwa, a tea seller at Kabul the poor Afghan families by the provinces of Afghanistan at the killed as a result of an airstrike in Mandavi, said a kilogram of 0776351347 UAE Red Crescent, the statement future. Beneficiaries have been Tirinkot, the capital of central Indonesian green tea cost 220afs KABUL: The United Arab Uruzgan province, police official Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent in added. praised the UAE Red Crescent and the same amount of African Internet Services cooperation with the UAE Food and relief items donation charitable programs, asking it for Malik Zaren told Pajhwok Afghan black tea 240afs, the same prices embassy based in Kabul has by the UAE Red Crescent would further assistance to them at the News. as of past six days. Sometimes a UA Telecom distributed food items through be continued to needy people and future. He said the airstrike hit a slight difference is observed in 0796701701 / 0796702702 Talibaninfo-icon convoy in alms (Zakat) program to the needy retail and wholesale prices but in some areas, the difference is huge. families in Kabul province. Exchange Rate Following orders of the Ahmad Wali Panjshiri, who owns President of UAE Shaikh Khalifa a grocery store in Dahn-i-Bagh Ben Zahid Al-Nahyan, Vice Couple accused of illicit relations shot dead in Herat area, said 50-kg of Kazakhstani 1.00 USD President of UAE, Prime Minister, flour was sold for 1,300afs, 49-kg and UAE Governor Shaikh HERAT CITY : A man and a sack of Pakistani sugar for 2,350 67.60AFN Mohammad Ben Rashed Al woman have been killed on the afs, 16-litre tin of Khurshid ghee Maktom, Crown Prince of Abu charge of having illicit relationship for 1,200afs, 24.5kg sack of 1000.00 IRR in the Kohsan district of western Pakistani rice for 2,000afs, a kilo Dhabi and the Deputy 17.90AFN Commander of the Army Force Herat province. of Indonesian green tea for 270 afs Shikh Mohammad Ben Zahid Al- Jilani Farhad, the governor’s and the same quantity of African Nahyan, Governor Representative spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan black tea for 290afs. Russian gold in west zone, and Head of UAE News, the couple was gunned prices edged up. Mohammad 1.00 UAE Red Crescent Shaikh Hamdan Ben down with an AK-47 rifle in the Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi 18.40AFN Zahed Al Nahian the UAE Red Bonyad village of the district, last area, said the price of one gram of night. Arabian gold was 2,300afs; Crescent in cooperation with the 1.00 EUR UAE Embassy has provided food He added police had reached however, he said, the same amount item to 452 needy families through the crime scene and had of Russian variety increased from 74.20AFN alms programs in Kabul during the investigations. Efforts were 1,800 afs to 1,850 due to its price holy month of Ramadan, a ongoing to bring the perpetrators jumped up in global markets. statement from UAE said. to justice, the gubernatorial According to money exchangers’ 1000.00 INR Mostly the beneficiary spokesman continued. union in Sara-i-Shahzada, one US 1030.00AFN families were widows and needy According to Farhad, it is not dollar accounted for 68.10afs and clear yet whether the man and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 638afs families in Kabul, the statement 1000.00 PKR added. woman really had an illicit Meanwhile, Kohsan district governor Aminullah Sarwari confirmed the arrival of police for investigations against last week's rates of 68.5afs The core aim of food donation relationship. and arresting the killers. Details about the incident will be known after police investigations. (Pajhwok) and 636afs. (Pajhwok) 635.00AFN MONDAY. JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Sunday claimed that Nawaz Sharif is being punished for mak- ing Pakistan stronger because cer- tain elements don't like our faces. The minister was addressing his party’s Eid Milan gathering in Lahore, a day after a hard-hitting speech. Whenever PML-N pulled Pakistan out of crisis we are made to pay the price, he said. He claimed that the country today has a strong, free media and a free judi- ciary, and its institutions work in accordance with the Constitution. "This was not achieved in a day," he added. "We will not let this progress be reversed," the minister main- tained. Saad Rafique further said ‘No DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh po- trigger, or else, there would have Bakery attack in Dhaka, Bang- proof of money laundering was lice have arrested three female been many casualties," Khandker ladesh on July 1, 2017. presented against Sharif Family in members of an Islamist extremist said. Kushtia police chief Mehedi "Two minor children were also months long investigations and we group blamed for the deadly Dha- Hasan said the women were mem- rescued from the hideout," he add- are appearing before the JIT de- ka cafe siege, officials said Sunday bers of Jamayetul Mujahideen ed. Bangladesh has been reeling spite reservations.’ (July 2), as authorities continue to Bangladesh (JMB), a local group from a spate of extremist violence (Tribune) crack down on militant outfits a blamed for the 2016 Holey bakery in recent years, with dozens of year after the attack. The three attack in Dhaka's diplomatic zone foreigners, secular writers, atheist women were arrested late Satur- where militants killed 22 people. activists and members of religious day following a failed suicide Police said one of the women, minorities killed. Many of those, bombing after their hideout was Tithi Khatun, 30, is the wife of including the cafe carnage, were raided in western Kushtia district's acting JMB chief Ayyub Bacchu claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq Mumbai Bheramara town, 228km from the who is on the run and allegedly and Syria group or Al-Qaeda but capital Dhaka. Local police chief visited the hideout frequently. "We the secular government of Sheikh Nur Hossain Khandker told AFP conducted a clean sweep operation Hasina denies the claims, blaming that one of the suspects wearing a inside the den and found 10 kilos home-grown militants. However, dockyard suicide bomb vest tried to blow of gunpowder, two armed (suicide) since the cafe attack, authorities herself up as she rushed towards vests and a loaded pistol," Khand- have gunned down nearly 70 Is- authorities after being asked to ker said. Unidentified relatives of lamist extremists across the coun- surrender. "She failed and we ar- victims presenting at the site with try and arrested scores. rested her without any harm. Lat- flower bouquet to mark the first (STRAITSTIMES) marks seven er she said she couldn't find the anniversary of the Holey Artisan decades of ties Congress, activist seek legal Sri Lan ka action against BJP after with Russia Amit Shah holds public Navy arrests meeting at Goa airport 15 lo cal fisherm en fo r illegal fishing

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, un- Cmde Rakesh Anand, CMD, The Sri Lanka Navy has yester- On Friday, Navy arrested an- der the Department of Defence MDL, in his welcome address day arrested 15 local fishermen on other seven local fishermen in the Production, Ministry of Defence, spoke on the very long associa- Bharatiya Janata Party’s National court of law,” Rodrigues told self, with the Congress demanding two separate occasions for alleg- same area engaged in illegal fishing President Amit Shah landed in a Scroll.in. He said the meeting was an inquiry into it and seeking pe- celebrated seven decades of India- tion with Russia in the field of de- edly engaging in illegal fishing prac- using unauthorized nets. controversy shortly after his ar- held in violation of the law and air- nalisation of all airport authority Russia Diplomatic Relations at an fence manufacture. tices. Along with the fishermen a rival in Goa for the weekend after port regulations. He said it flouted officials who allowed the meeting event here. The officiating Consul The event also had a cultural A team of naval personnel at- dinghy, an unauthorized fishing the saffron party’s local unit orga- Section 141 of the Indian Penal along with “all the ministers and General of the Russian Federation show with dances from the differ- tached to the Eastern Naval Com- net, 2 diving masks, 2 pairs of div- nised a public meeting addressed Code (unlawful assembly). In his MLAs including BJP national Pres- in Mumbai, Sergey Kotlyar was ent states of India as well as Rus- mand, during a routine patrol, ap- ing fins, and 50 kg of fish-harvest by him in the high security area of complaint, Rodrigues said that a ident Amit Shah for conducting the the chief guest on the occasion. sian folk dances and ballet and was prehended the local fishermen en- were taken into naval custody. the state’s Dabolim airport. The carpeted podium, a dozen chairs illegal public meeting inside the air- Among the eminent speakers attended by a large number of gaged in illegal fishing using unau- The apprehended fishermen, airport is located in a naval airbase for dignitaries and a sound system port”, All Indian Congress Com- at the event held yesterday were guests from Russia, it added. thorized fishing nets in the waters fishing gears and the stock of fish and is under the control of the In- were set up at the entrance to the mittee Geneneral Secretary Girish Rear Admiral R Vishwanathan, (This article has not been edit- off Norway Island. were handed over to the Assistant dian Navy. On Sunday, activist airport for Shah to address a meet- Chodankar said in a press state- Cmde Swaminathan, Prof Emeri- ed by DNA's editorial team and is During the arrest, a dinghy and Directorate of Fisheries, Trinco- Aires Rodrigues filed a complaint ing upon his arrival. Lots of peo- ment. “It is a total and complete tus (MU) Hidadhubli and D R auto-generated from an agency an unauthorized fishing net ap- malee for onward action. addressed to the secretary of Min- ple were brought to the airport in abuse of power by the power-in- Nasibullin from the consulate, an feed.) proximately 225 m long were also (Colombopage) istry of Civil Aviation, chief secre- buses for the meeting, he said. The toxicated BJP, that has lost all MDL release said. (Dindia) tary of Goa and the director gener- complaint said: “It’s probably for sense of good governance” Con- taken into custody. al of police, calling the meeting il- the first time ever in the history of gress’ Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram legal. He sought the registration of our country, a public meeting was Naik, in a statement from New a First Information Report against organised in the high security pre- Delhi, urged the Civil Aviation the organisers of the meeting, held cincts of an airport,” the complaint Minister to file an FIR on the meet- on Saturday morning. The meet- said, adding that passengers were ing. “Since the land occupied by ing was attended by Chief Minis- inconvenienced and this amount- the Airport Authority of India and ter Manohar Parrikar, Minister of ed to a complete and gross abuse is operated by the ministry of State for Ministry of AYUSH, Sri- of power. Defence, Defence Minister Arun pad Naik, South Goa MP Naren- “It was a total display of sy- Jaitley should invoke the Defence dra Savaikar and BJP state chief chophancy with police officials of India Act, apart from the provi- Vinay Tendulkar and other minis- looking the other way while the sions of the Indian Penal Code and ters. “If cognisance is not taken of law was being blatantly breached,” file another FIR,” Naik reportedly my complaint and an FIR is not Rodrigues said. Controversy over said. LAHORE: Chief Minister Sheh- cessful. Davis explains that the lodged then I shall approach the the meeting began on Saturday it- (Hindustan Times) baz Sharif on Sunday stated that plan to rescue him by paying blood the Punjab government had no role money hinged on the acquiescence in Raymond Davis saga and ques- of the 18 family members of his tioned in this regard should be victims and ISI agents applied as asked from those who have been much pressure as needed to get named in the book. American in- them to accept the diyat. Address- 18 I llega l im m igr a n ts telligence operative Raymond ing media, the chief minister said Davis who killed two Pakistanis that the blood money was not paid on January 27, 2011 in Lahore has by the provincial government. penned down a memoir detailing 'Those whose named have ap- n a bbed du r in g ‘O p his incarceration and the ensuing peared in the book better be asked diplomatic row between Islamabad as to from which account Rs 2.34 and Washington. In his book, “The million blood money to the heirs Contractor: How I Landed in a of the victims was paid.' M ega’ n ea r Alor S eta r The book has ignited a new Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Dip- lomatic Crisis”, Davis claimed that debate in the country, which have former ISI chief Shuja Pasha was raised questions on the conduct of clearly committed to ensuring that senior government officials and the deal for his release was suc- politicians in the matter. JICA signs $1.59b for six infrastructure projects in Bangladesh

Bangladesh will spend the funds on airport expansion, bridges, mass market size as an upcoming manu- rapid transit system, power plant, underground power substation and facture base and an investment water resources, JICA said on its website. Six projects are: expansion of destination,” JICA said. Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ($683 million), construction and JICA said it would continue repair of Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti bridges ($469 million), devel- to support efforts in Bangladesh Kedah Immigration Depart- 11.30am. opment of a mass rapid transit system in Dhaka ($49.8 million), Matar- to remove barriers to further eco- The Kedah Immigration Depart- ment senior assistant director She said all of them, aged be- ment detained 18 foreigners for not bari coal-fired power plant ($95.6 million), construction of an under- nomic growth and overcome so- Marlis Marhaini Abdul Rashid said tween 20 and 45, were picked up ground power substation in Dhaka ($182 million) and a water resources cial vulnerability. possessing valid travel documents the foreigners - 15 Nepalese, two at a chicken processing factory in on day two of a nationwide oper- development project ($105.5 million). “Bangladesh has attracted in- The concessional loans are to Bangladeshis and one Myanmar Kampung Bukit Pinang and a junk creasing attention from overseas enterprises including Japanese firms be repaid in 30 years, with a grace ation, dubbed 'Op Mega' around national - were hauled up during food factory in Jalan Pinang. Bukit Pinang, near here today. due to competitive labour costs, an abundant workforce and a potential period of 10 years. the operation which began at (AP) (BBC) MONDAY . JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Three held on Israel detains Qatar facingfurther female suspicion Palestinian MP in West sanctionsas of murder Bank raid Israeli forces detained a female US secretary of Palestinian lawmaker in the oc- ultimatum after Grays cupied West Bank on Sunday. state seeks com- Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation promise on 13 of Palestine (PFLP), was arrest- demands tabled stabbing death ed from her home in Ramallah city, according to her daughter. deadline by emirate’s “At least 10 Israeli soldiers raid- D a m a scu s ca r ed the house at dawn, arrested neighbours that my mother and took her to an include closing unknown location,” her daughter Yafa said. The Israeli army said looms down al-Jazeera bom b: At lea st Jarrar was detained on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activ- ities and violent public distur- bances. “Her arrest had nothing 18 dea d a fter to do with her membership in the Palestinian Legislative Council,” the military said in a statement. su icid e b om b er s The PFLP, for its part, said Jar- rar's detention "reflects the con- fusion of the Israeli occupation". Police are questioning three men 22-year-old from Grays and a 21- “The arrest follows a campaign lea d police on on suspicion of murder after a man year-old from South Ockendon, of incitement launched by the was stabbed to death in Essex. were also arrested on suspicion of Israeli government against PFLP Kevin Malthouse, 24, from Stan- murder. Malthouse played for Til- and the resistance factions," it ch a se t h r ou gh ford-le-Hope, suffered multiple bury football club between 2011 said in a statement. Jarrar was wounds during a disturbance in and 2014, making 23 appearances released by Israel in mid-2016 Blackshots Lane, Grays, in the in a stint that was disrupted by after spending 15 months in pris- early hours of Saturday. Three oth- injuries. In a statement, the club on on charges of committing a S yr ia n ca p it a l er men are being treated for inju- said it was “a very sad time” and number of "security offenses", ries believed to be life-threatening. passed its condolences to his including membership in the Malthouse was described by friends and family. On Facebook, banned PFLP, which Israel con- friends as a talented footballer and Cameron Banks wrote: “Everyone siders a "terrorist" organization. ombers aimed to strike at “one in a million”. An 18-year-old becomes a nice guy once they die According to Palestinian figures, Qatar could face further sanctions Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. man from Tilbury, who suffered a but Kevin Malthouse really was Israel is currently holding more by Arab states as a deadline to ac- Qatar and Gulf neighbours workers on first day back since Eid al-Fitr, chest wound, another 18-year-old one in a million, I don’t know any- than 6,500 Palestinians -- includ- cept a series of demands from its Last month Saudi Arabia, the man from Tilbury, who suffered a one that could say a bad word ing scores of women and children Gulf neighbours, including closing UAE, Egypt and Bahrain severed officials say serious stomach wound, and a 39- against him. In complete shock at -- at 24 detention centers across down the television network al- their diplomatic ties with Qatar, year-old man from the Corringham what I’ve just woke [sic] up to.” the country. Jazeera, passes on Sunday night. closed their airspace to its jets and area, who suffered a stomach James Imber said he was also (Anadolu) Rex Tillerson, the US secretary of announced an economic blockade wound, are all being treated at struggling to comprehend the news state, was working the phones to that included the closing of Qatar’s At least three car bombs have ex- There was no immediate claim Basildon hospital. Police said they and described Malthouse as a Only 3 see whether a compromise could border with Saudi Arabia – its sole ploded in the Syrian capital of of responsibility. Damascus was were called, along with ambulance “good player and aspiring coach”. be reached but Qatari leaders have land link to the rest of the world Damascus after police chased the hit by two separate, multiple sui- services, at 12.35am to reports of Det Insp Stuart Truss, of the Kent African effectively rejected the 13 demands and a key route for food imports. attackers through the city, state cide bomb attacks in March, one a number of men fighting in Black- and Essex serious crime director- tabled 10 days ago by Saudi Ara- Turkey has increased its mili- media said, killing at least 18 peo- of them claimed by Islamic State shots Lane. Paramedics tried to ate, said: “Although we have made bia, the United Arab Emirates, tary presence in Qatar in support ple and injuring more. AFP said a and the other by the Islamist in- save Malthouse’s life but he was arrests, our inquiries are ongoing. countries Egypt and Bahrain. Qatar’s for- of the emirate and both it and Iran monitoring group had announced surgent alliance Tahrir al-Sham. pronounced dead at the scene. The A number of witnesses have al- eign minister, Sheikh Mohammed have delivered food supplies. In the increased death toll, which had The casualties in Sunday's at- incident is believed to be linked to ready come forward and I am grate- have low-level bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said on one of the first signs an extended been put at seven in earlier reports. tack occurred when one of bomb- another assault reported to police ful for their assistance. “We have Saturday that the demands to shut blockade may have a significant Security forces stopped the ers set off his device after being at 1.55am, in which an 18-year- been told there were a number of hunger: down al-Jazeera, close a Turkish impact on the country, some UK bombers from reaching their tar- encircled near the Old City district old man suffered a head injury and people in the area at the time and I military base and cut relations with banks have ceased trading in the gets which would have led to more of Bab Touma. was knocked unconscious in Flem- want to speak to anyone who was Report Iran had been framed to be reject- Qatari riyal for retail customers. deaths, officials told state TV, say- The other two car bombs were ing Road, Chafford Hundred. He in Blackshots Lane who saw what ed. The demands were made by The crisis has so far not hit energy ing the bombers had aimed to hit destroyed by the authorities, state was taken to hospital for treat- happened and can help us piece Only three of Africa’s 54 coun- the Saudi-led allies over allegations exports from Qatar, which is the busy areas on the first day back to media said. ment and later arrested on suspi- together the events leading up to tries are considered to have low of Qatari support for terrorism, world’s biggest exporter of lique- work after the Eid al-Fitr holiday. (Independent) cion of murder. Two other men, a this incident.” levels of hunger, says a Global which it denies. It has called the fied natural gas. The US, which has (AP) Hunger Index update released in demands an attack on its sover- 10,000 troops in Qatar in its main the Ethiopian capital Addis Aba- eignty. The four anti-Qatar states Middle East base, has been split ba on Sunday. According to the have only hinted at how they will in its response between the White report by the African Union and respond if their ultimatum is House and Department of State. New Partnership for Africa's De- spurned. UAE diplomats have Donald Trump has moved to re- Fire kills 3 at velopment (NEPAD), based on suggested either suspending Qatar build Saudi ties and at a fundraiser data from studies in 2015 and from the Gulf Co-operation Coun- last week again said he wanted 2016, the level of hunger in five cil (GCC), the regional trading bloc, Qatar to stop funding terrorism. Syrian refugee African countries was categorized or seeking to impose sanctions on But the state department has tried as “alarming.” Twenty-eight Af- countries that continue to trade to take a more nuanced role as rican countries fall into the “seri- with Qatar. The UAE foreign af- mediator, working alongside Ku- ous levels of hunger” category, fairs minister, Anwar Gargash, has wait. camp in Lebanon the report said. "There are coun- played down suggestions of a mil- Qatar timeline tries in Africa, such as Ethiopia, itary intervention. “The alternative The four nations called for the the Democratic Republic of Con- is not escalation but parting ways,” expulsion of named terrorists from go, and Nigeria, where over 50 he said, suggesting forcing Qatar Qatar, and an end to support of percent of children under age 5 out of the six-member GCC is at the Muslim Brotherhood and Ha- are stunted or wasted," it added. present the most likely outcome. mas. It also wants international But the report also contained The western-backed body was monitoring to end the funding of some positive developments. formed in 1981, in the wake of terrorists, as well as compensation "There is a high rate of return to Iran’s Islamic revolution and the reaching into billions of dollars for scaling-up nutrition-specific in- outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, by Qatar’s alleged support for dissent terventions; for example, the Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, inside their regimes. compound rate of return in DRC, (NBCNEWS) Mali, Nigeria and Togo is 13 per- cent, and the cost-benefit ration of investing in scaling up nutri- Mexico: 19 gang tion is high," it said. NEPAD Ex- Malay n atio n alist ecutive Secretary Ibrahim May- aki told Anadolu Agency that the gro up urges problem of stunting was as members killed shocking as it is critical and that it needs to be urgently addressed. Muslim s to A fire tore through a camp for Syr- ment as to how many tents have ian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa been damaged. As soon as the as- Egypt to in overnight Valley, killing three people on Sun- sessment is done we will provide bo yco tt day, officials said. Flames and thick the families with all the help they Provide Hamas clouds of black smoke rose from need,” UNHCR spokeswoman Starbucks clashes the site near the town of Qab Elias, Dana Sleiman said, adding: around a hour’s drive east of Apparently it started with a with Barb Beirut, and at least one explosion cooking stove. We are waiting to o ver LGBT was seen in footage broadcast by confirm that Wires, fficials attribute incident to Lebanon’s MTV. Reuters TV foot- Lebanon is hosting at least 1 age showed little was left by the million registered Syrian refugees, Surveillance suppo rt warring drug gang mem blaze as a fire truck doused down many of them living in tented set- bers responsible for recent the still smouldering ground. A tlements scattered around the Cameras Syrian refugee said many of the country. The government says violence in Sinaloa state. people living at the camp had fled there are about 1.5 million Syrians Ramallah– A technical commit- to Lebanon from the Raqqa area of in the country. tee from Gaza strip will head to Syria. “We’ve started the assess- (Independent) Egypt to execute the agreement reached with the Egyptian gov- ernment during Hamas’ visit to At least 19 people have been killed which police killed 17 suspects, Egyptian court sentences 20 Cairo few weeks ago, according in clashes involving armed men and officials said. Five municipal po- to Deputy Interior Minister of security forces in the gang-plagued lice officers were wounded, but to death for killing policemen Hamas Lieutenant Toufik Abu northwestern Mexican state of Si- reported in stable condition. At the Naim. Abu Naim said that Egypt naloa, authorities said. Sinaloa has scene of the clash, four vehicles, expressed its willingness to pro- RIGHT, ethnic nationalist group the core of what Starbucks is An Egyptian court on Sunday up- before reading out the verdict. Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia has ech- about. Starbucks has been a long- seen a dramatic spike of homicides 15 rifles and seven handguns were held the death penalty for 20 men "Some committed murder them- vide barb wires, surveillance following the capture and extradi- found. Sinaloa is the birthplace of cameras and other equipment to oed calls by Indonesian Muslims time advocate for the LGBT com- charged with killing policemen in selves, others stole, or burnt, some to boycott Starbucks and other munity and marriage equality.” tion of convicted drug lord Joaquin a number of Mexico's drug gang the violence that followed the mil- guarded the road so the assailants enhance the security measures on "El Chapo" Guzman. The violence leaders, and killings have risen there the border between Egypt and western companies over their pub- “Perkasa also urges the govern- itary's ousting of an Islamist pres- could commit their crimes, and lic support for lesbian, gay, bisex- ment to re-evaluate the trading li- began with a shooting on Friday after Guzman was captured and ident in 2013, while changing the some blocked the roads to prevent Gaza. He said Hamas is asking that killed two men near a depart- then extradited to the United States Egypt for materials to complete ual and transgender communities. cence given to companies that sup- sentence for many others to hefty help from coming, some incited “Perkasa urges Muslims in this port same-sex marriages and ment store in the town of Villa earlier this year to face drug charg- prison terms. The verdicts can citizens against the military and the project including “barbed Union, about 24km southeast of es. Security experts say a power wires, cameras, lighting, and country to boycott Starbucks be- LGBT,” said Amini, reflecting sim- again be appealed. The case in- police using mosque speakers and cause this United States-based in- ilar calls from Anwar Abbas in In- the beach resort of Mazatlan. Of- struggle has since broken out be- volves 156 people on trial and is microphones on the streets. If it heavy equipment to demolish the ficials attributed it to warring drug tween opposing factions of the tunnels.” Hamas began building ternational coffee chain supports donesia. Perkasa espouses “Ma- known as the "Kerdasa incident" were not for all of that, these crimes LGBT and same-sex marriage,” said lay rights” which it says are being gang members responsible for re- Sinaloa cartel, which also faces in reference to the pro-Muslim would not have been committed." a new buffer zone along the cent violence in the state, which is challenges from other gangs such southern border with Egypt as spokesman Amini Amir Abdullah eroded by ethnic Chinese and In- Brotherhood neighbourhood where The court also sentenced 80 peo- in a statement, as quoted by the dians, and has been branded a fas- home to Guzman's Sinaloa cartel. as the Jalisco New Generation car- the violence took place in the Giza ple to life in prison and 34 to 15 some inside the Palestinian move- "We believe it has to do with tel. During the first five months of ment seek improved ties with Malay Mail Online. Coming just a cist group by some of its oppo- province adjacent to Cairo. Islam- years in jail. day after similar calls from a se- nents. Starbucks is widely popu- the transport of drugs and the fight the year, homicides jumped by 76 ist gunmen fired rocket propelled One minor was sentenced to 10 Cairo and seek to assure the for terrain, for the areas that these percent in Sinaloa state compared Egyptian authorities that it’s se- nior Muhammadiyah figure in In- lar in both Muslim-majority coun- grenades at a police station in Ker- years in prison and 21 people were donesia, Amini said his statement tries, operating 260 stores in In- groups are fighting over," Genaro with the same period in 2016, ac- dasa on Aug. 14, 2013, and slit a acquitted. A different court had rious about preventing the cross- Robles Casillas, the Sinaloa state cording to government crime sta- border flow of weapons and mil- was spurred by reports that Star- donesia and 226 in Malaysia. policeman's throat before burning initially sentenced 183 people to bucks’ CEO Howard Schultz sup- Homosexuality is stigmatised in public security secretary, said at a tistics. The killings include the the building down, hours after se- death, including 28 in absentia, and itants. “It will be a closed mili- news conference. Police were alert- May 15 slaying of Javier Valdez, tary area and therefore it will be ports same-sex marriage. After the both nations, however is not ille- curity forces violently dispersed a minor to jail for 10 years in 2015 US Supreme Court ruled in sup- gal in Indonesia. A spokesperson ed by emergency calls, and munic- an award-winning reporter who two protest camps, killing hun- for the murder of 11 policemen. easier to oversee the border and ipal officers encountered the sus- specialised in covering drug traf- prevent smuggling of drugs and port of marriage equality in June for parent company PT Sari Cof- dreds. "The crimes the defendants Those sentenced in absentia are au- 2015, Starbucks released a state- fee Indonesia told Reuters on Sat- pected attackers as they were ficking and organised crime, in the are accused of were committed by tomatically retried if they hand infiltrators,” said Abu Naim. riding in several pickup trucks. state capital, Culiacan. (CNN) ment which said “Being open, in- urday that Starbucks. a group charged with carrying them themselves in. clusive and forward-thinking is at (CNN) A fierce gunbattle broke out in (Aljazeera) out," said Judge Sherine Fahmy (REUTERS) MONDAY . JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] By Srecko Horvat it is that the main models of resis- obedience we need something that Email: [email protected] tance are obviously not enough any- we at the pan-European movement Srecko Horvat is a philosopher from Croatia. His more. The model of alter-summits, of democrats, DiEM25, call "con- www.afghanistantimes.af latest books include "After the End of History. From inspired by the spirit of the World structive disobedience". It is not the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement" (2013) and Social Forum, is still necessary in enough to say "No" or protest. It is Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi "What Does Europe Want?" (2013), co-authored with order to gather and exchange expe- not enough to meet and discuss, crit- rience and ideas (what the entrepre- icise or disobey by enacting vio- Slavoj Zizek and translated into ten languages. neurs would call "networking"), but lence. To be progressive and con- Advisory editorial board unfortunately, it does not have the structive, disobedience must be ac- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, According to a recent poll, every take place during this year's sum- capability of really challenging the companied by counter-proposals third person living in Hamburg wants mit. Second, after the terrorist at- G20. In other words, counter-sum- fully outlining alternative policies Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir to leave the city during the G20 sum- tacks in London, British Prime Min- mits are necessary, but they don't to the ones that we disobey. What mit on July 7-8. Their decision is ister Theresa May called for global have the power to disturb the G20 does this precisely mean in the con- not surprising: who is crazy enough internet regulations and Germany's and whatever deals world powers text of the upcoming G20 summit Graphic-Designers: to be in a city with Trump, Erdogan, Angela Merkel and France's Eman- would be able to conclude during the in Hamburg? Just take the three Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada Putin, Merkel and the Saudis, 20,000 uel Macron soon followed her lead. summit. The model of massive pub- main battlegrounds: climate change, policeman and most likely 100,000 The three "leaders of the free lic demonstrations is also necessary internet freedom and arms trade. Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: people protesting on the streets? world", or also known as MMM, in order to show the massive dissat- Our solution to climate change When the last G20 summit took obviously want to use the G20 to isfaction with the current global sys- would not be condemning Trump's Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 place in Hangzhou, a city with more push for more restrictions on inter- tem. But even if there are 150,000 withdrawal from the Paris Agree- than six million inhabitants, China net freedom. Third, the Saudis are people in the streets, this massive ment, as the agreement itself does Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan found a brilliant solution to this also going to attend this summit, mobilisation won't produce any con- not constitute serious enough ac- Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 problem. Weeks in advance of the and most probably they are going crete change. If the demonstrations tion. Our solution would be to de- 2016 G20 summit, where China an- to push for new arms deals. And last in 2003 of more than 10 million mand complete carbon divestment, Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press nounced its decision to ratify the but not least, there is the possibility people in 600 cities against the in- thus re-directing further energy in- Paris Agreement, the Chinese gov- of the Islamic State of Iraq and the vasion of Iraq couldn't stop the war, vestments from unsustainable fossil ernment declared a week-long holi- Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) why would a mass protest in Ham- fuels into clean energy, accessible day and encouraged citizens to leave making an appearance. No wonder burg be able to make any difference? equally to all European citizens. In the city. After the trouble-free sum- Germany reintroduced border checks The power brokers of today's world doing so, we should, following the The constitution says mit in China, the person who point- before the G20 summit and the US order, which caused several wars and examples of "rebel cities" such as ed to the map of Germany and said, is planning to deploy in the city the rise of ISIL, will be in Hamburg Barcelona or Naples, urge for "Let's do the next G20 in Hamburg!" Predator drones, which are usually - Theresa May, Donald Trump, and democratising energy governance Article 02: must not be exceptionally bright. used in warzones. Even if you over- the Saudis. But wars, unfortunately, systems allowing European citizens Article Two: The sacred religion of Islam is the religion of the Islamic Republic of With a long leftist tradition and throw a political system that is im- can't be stopped by mere protests in direct say in how energy resources Afghanistan. Followers of other faiths shall be free within the bounds of law in the strong activist presence, Hamburg posing austerity and wars, the real the face of those who lead them - are managed. Given that the inter- exercise and performance of their religious rituals. is probably the city most unlikely question is what do you do the day whether peaceful or violent. Even net is already a panopticon of sur- to host a problem-free summit like after, how do you run the economy if protests or a mass uprising are veillance capitalism, owned and the one in Hangzhou. The griev- and organise daily life. So if Ham- able to overthrow a political sys- controlled by an oligarchy of Sili- ances of the local population aside, burg is going to become a sort of tem that is imposing austerity and con Valley corporations, and given there is a good reason to think this warzone, a heavily militarised city wars, the real question is what do the ongoing threat against our digi- summer's G20 summit will be the under a "state of emergency", the you do the day after? How do you tal civil liberties in the name of most important international po- question which all progressives have run the economy and organise daily fighting terrorism, our "construc- litical event of the year. First of all, to ask themselves is: What can we life?Our action at the G20, there- tive" proposal should be a blueprint after Donald Trump's decision to do differently this time? Before the fore, should not be only about dis- for the Internet of the People based withdraw the United States from the G20 summit in Hamburg, if one obedience. It should also be about on protecting human rights and the Paris Agreement, difficult and un- thing is clear from our past experi- proposing a viable alternative for "digital commons". predictable negotiations will have to ences of mobilising and protesting, the day after. This is why beside dis- (Aljazeera)

t seems that the Taliban insurgents have miserably failed to resolve their inner rifts, and indeed this is great news for the Afghan people. The resume of rifts between the two groups of By Hamid Dabashi picture of the region. The principle ip Erdogan's government with the the Taliban insurgents projecting huge ambiguity among them that Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian enemies of the Saudi and Israeli gar- robust democratic urges of Turks as Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative rison states are not their counter- a people, as a deeply rooted and self- would lead to their destruction—again a great glad tiding for the Literature at Columbia University. part states in the region but, in fact, conscious nation (remember both the defiant nations that are falsely the Gezi Park movement and the Afghan mass who have lost their dearest and nearest ones in sev- framed by these states. The simul- popular uprising against the military destroy the cause of Palestinian self- taneous targeting of Qatar and Iran coup last year). The alliance, there- eral evil acts by the Taliban insurgents. We want the group to be determination. Taking full advan- should forever put an end to the false fore, laser beams on Iran for, con- reduced in several pieces. In an apparent revenge attack, recent- tage of this crisis, the timing of the flag that this is a battle between Ar- trary to its ridiculous claims, it is The almost simultaneous blockade US ambassador to the United Na- abs and Persians or else between Sun- not the adventuresome disposition ly a Taliban fighter from Mullah Rasoul’s group detonated his of Qatar spearheaded by Saudi Ara- tions, the die-hard Zionist, Nikki ni and Shia Muslims. Three power- of its state that bothers it but, in bia and joined by a few of its side- Haley's visit to Israel marks Ben- ful nations in this area defy their fact, the volcanic democratic up- explosives among a group of fighters from rival Taliban faction kick states and two pernicious, vio- jamin Netanyahu's long-standing respective states to map out their surge of Iranians as a nation fright- lent attacks on two symbolic sites design to push the Palestinian ques- own democratic destinies: Egypt, ens the living daylights out of these led by Mullah Haibatullah. At least four Taliban insurgents were in Tehran may have taken the world tion completely off the global agen- Iran, and Turkey. These are the two colonially manufactured garri- killed in the suicide attack. The attack comes that at least five by surprise but the mad logic and da. The ruling regimes in Saudi Ara- three nations that, in their thick son states. It is not accidental that the mischievous rhetoric of them bia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt historical memories and ensuing the primary target of those dement- Taliban fighters were killed and four others received injures in are anything but surprising. The are willing and eager parties to this democratic aspirations, pose the ed mercenaries attacking Iran was organic link between the regional, perfidious act. Although there can greatest threat to the Saudi and Is- the Iranian parliament, next to the the initial suicide car bombing occurred in Greshk some days decidedly anti-Palestinian, ambi- never be any hard evidence of the raeli colonial concoctions with no office of the presidency and the city tions of Israel and the sectarian de- Saudi instigation of the suicide at- historical legitimacy on the ground. councils the most democratic insti- ago—that was against Mullah Rasoul’s men. However, recently signs of Saudi Arabia for the Arab tacks and bombing of two symbolic By virtue of US military and diplo- tution in an otherwise theocratic other Taliban fighters killed in revenge attack. Nice to hear this, and Muslim world at large have been sites in Iran, the parliament and the matic support, this Saudi-Zionist state apparatus. It is the democratic known for quite some time now. The mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, alliance dominates the geopolitics effervescence of the people of Iran they (Taliban) have been killed a large number of people in the question is what has triggered that Iranian officials are pointing fingers of the region beyond its historical (and Turkey and Egypt), trapped as alliance between the Israeli settler at the Saudis. But we need not nec- deserve. Among these three his- they are within the framing of a mis- past 16 years in their irrational war. The worst victim was civil- colony and the Saudi garrison state essarily accept the Iranian account toric nations, the Saudi Arabia and representing state, that poses an ex- suddenly to up the ante and come to realise that Israel and Saudi Ara- Israel falsely assume they have neu- istential threat to Saudi-Israeli alli- ians. The people of Afghanistan willing to see this rift between out with such ferocious intensity, bia are (and have been for a very tralised Egypt by recruiting the mil- ance. Keep your eyes on these three the Taliban insurgents to be enlarged to such an extent that they throwing all pretences of "Arab long time) the main beneficiaries of itary junta that has aborted its rev- nations: Turkey, Iran, and Egypt - brotherhood" or "Muslim unity" such violent acts against Iran and olutionary momentum. Egyptians as do not be distracted by the antics of (Taliban) doesn’t find time to carry out attacks against civilians, under the speeding Zionist bus. As Iranians. If we put the blockade of a people, as an historically self-con- their respective state apparatuses reported by Al Jazeera, there is now Qatar by its Arab neighbours and the scious nation (remember Tahrir being dragged into the geopolitics and the Afghan security forces. They group have done numerous an active lobbying putsch in Wash- unprecedented attack on Iran ana- Square), are not to be confused with of the region - and you will have a ington, DC, coordinated among Is- lytically together, a number of cru- the corrupt junta that now rules it, far more accurate conception of of bad things, now it’s time to pay price for it. The killing of rael, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab cial consequences emerge to rede- tramples on Palestinian rights, and every single development in the Emirates, simultaneously targeting fine the geostrategic map of the re- is even willing to sell its own terri- Arab and Muslim world. Keep also Taliban fighters by other members is just like winning a lottery Qatar and Iran, with the future of gion. The current Saudi-Israeli alli- torial integrity to Saudi Arabia. This in mind that the Palestinian cause is that puts an end to all miseries. In other hand this is also a great Palestine and the fate of millions of ance in trampling the Palestinians' Saudi-Zionist alliance thinks it can at the heart of these three nation's Palestinians in and out of their fate, warmongering against Iran, and also disregard Turkey for it confus- democratic aspirations, and not a slap in the face of those countries helping the Taliban insurgents. homeland as the focal points of this subjecting Qatar to a crippling block- es the current coup-countercoup matter of systematic political abuse Certainly, some regional players are supporting and harboring treacherous alliance to sabotage and ade dominates and distorts the real draconian dynamics of Recep Tayy- by their respective states. militants. Sans their hold up not only Taliban insurgents, but oth- er militant outfits could also not last a week—that’s why mili- tants instead of getting weak, are making bigger. The recent waves of attacks in Kabul, the capital city that killed and wounded more than 700 residents—would have been impossible to be carried out without regional backing to the militant group. Soon after attack, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that Pa- kistan’s spy agency supported Haqqani Terrorist Network to carry out attack. Anyways, the Taliban insurgents have already broken to too many parts, and soon there would be no group by this name. At the same time, the Afghan security forces are bravely fighting insurgency across the country, and already proved bitter taste for them. In reality, the killing of Taliban members by an- other Taliban is grand news that at somehow helps to heal the pain of Afghan masses received in their (Taliban) attacks. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. 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"Islamic extremism" that someone has taught him is a good euphemism By Nick Watts By Hamid Dabashi for "Muslims". But if Muslims are As the Islam ic victims of such acts he could not Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian care less. Let's see now: He goes on Dr Nick Watts is a fellow at University Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative a rampage, mass murdering innocent College London's Institute for Global Health. Literature at Columbia University. Muslim civilians in Iraq and Syria. State falls in He arms Saudi Arabia and Israel to their teeth to kill more Muslims in Yemen and Palestine. He drops "the dependent Commission of Inquiry mother of all bombs" on Afghani- Syria, o n e "Donald Trump on terrorists: 'Take into the Syrian civil war said last stan. He thinks Muslims hate him out their families'." Such headlines week." Donald Trump as command- (or as he puts it, "Islam hates us".) began to surface as early as Decem- er-in-chief of US armed forces is de- He wants to ban Muslims from the ber 2015, when the real estate ty- liberately, decidedly, purposefully, US. What else do we need to deter- city o ffers a coon accelerated his presidential targeting Muslim civilians. The mine whether he is guilty of a hate campaign. Donald Trump was em- truth of massive Muslim civilian ca- crime? What about an ideology that phatic, as clear in his diction as his sualties slaughtered by Trump's mil- drives him to hate Muslims and wants arrested vocabulary allows: "The itary was now on full display, but to murder them all en masse. Who other thing with the terrorists is you the main question remained unan- might be the source of such an ide- preview o f have to take out their families, when swered: Was Trump unable to stop ology? Who is sitting right next to you get these terrorists, you have killing civilian Muslims or had he Trump in the White House as his to take out their families." Was he ordered them to be deliberately tar- guru on matters Islamic? Well, there being rhetorical or did he actually geted? After talking about "taking is Steve Bannon. The notoriety of the co un try’s mean to target civilians? Soon af- out their families", Trump went on Steve Bannon as a malignant cru- ter Trump began to bomb Iraq and justify his proposal by saying that sader has now been fully document- Syria, a few months into his presi- relatives of ISIL members "know ed. "Trump's right-hand man Steve dency, some journalists were quick exactly what [is] going on". In his Bannon called for Christian holy future to make the connection between his opinion, ISIL fighters "do care ... war," one headline read, "Now he's campaign promises and his wartime about their families' lives". There on the National Security Council". By David Ignatius two visiting reporters. Abdul-Qadr delivery: "Trump said he would 'take remains little doubt: Donald Trump At a Christian conference held at Khalil, 22, dressed in a bright blue- out' the families of ISIS fighters. Did as commander-in-chief of US armed the Vatican in 2014, Bannon is doc- an air strike in Syria do just that?" forces is deliberately, decidedly, pur- The Islamic State’s headquarters in nylon jacket, speaks for the group. umented as having said: "We're at He complains that there’s not The details soon started to come posefully, targeting Muslim civilians. the very beginning stages of a very this city at the western gateway to out: A monitoring group said that Are these not war crimes? The Raqqa has been crushed like a sand- enough food, water, gas or bread, brutal and bloody conflict". He and there are no jobs. But he dis- air raids from a US-backed coalition charge of "war crime" is a serious warned his Christian audience: "We During the paralysing heatwave of national climate cooperation, and castle by American bombs. At a dam on a town in Syria had killed a large one and should not be taken lightly. are in an outright war against jihad- complex on the Euphrates River misses the idea that the Islamic State It is the task of criminal lawyers January 2014, Ambulance Victoria, even as the United States, the world's will ever take hold here again. “No, number of relatives of Islamic State ists, Islam, Islamic fascism". Ban- the pre-hospital emergency care largest historical emitter, pulled out where the Islamic State was tortur- of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also and legal scholars to consider the non's so-called "documentaries" ing prisoners and hurling alleged never!” says Khalil, and the young known as ISIS) fighters in May evidence and make a judgment in a provider for Melbourne and rural of the deal, other economic power- men around him nod in unison. “It mobilising white supremacists Victoria state, could barely keep up houses have reaffirmed their com- homosexuals from a giant concrete 2017. Were these civilians "collat- court of law such as the Interna- against Muslims, and his reading list, with demand. Emergency dispatch- mitments to accelerate climate tower, all that’s left of the extrem- will be impossible to live if they eral damage" or were they being de- tional Criminal Court at The Hague. come back. They will kill all of us.” all made up of notorious, racist, es in the region were up 25 percent change mitigation. Last year, the ists are militant slogans scrawled on liberately targeted? Only a few weeks But the depth of Donald Trump's apocalyptic warmongers, have also above average, as heat-related dis- UK government pledged to phase the wall and a pile of trash. It’s far Nothing is permanent in this shat- later, the scope of Trump's war on hatred of Muslims, his total disre- tered country, but there are tipping been documented. "Bannon's read- ease in the metro area spiked five out coal-fired power by 2025 and too soon to say that life is returning Muslim civilians became fully evi- gard for Muslim lives and his will- ings tend to have one thing in com- times above normal levels. After are on track to deliver on this. to normal here after liberation, but points when the momentum shifts, dent. In an official report, UN war ingness to accommodate large-scale and this seems to be one. As the mon," according to an article by temperatures finally dropped, fol- Australia, unfortunately, has much of the horror is over. Mines crimes investigators said US-led co- civilian casualties, while appreciat- Politico, "the view that technocrats lowing the hottest four-day span in been slow to act on the reduction of and improvised explosive devices battle for Raqqa begins in earnest, alition air strikes on the ISIL strong- ing "the beauty" of his chocolate this city offers a preview of what’s have put Western civilization on a Victoria's history, the state govern- climate warming pollutants and on were cleared here last week. Young hold of Raqqa were causing "stag- cake is now matter of public record. downward trajectory and that only ment estimated an additional 167 better preparing the health commu- children flash V-for-victory signs. ahead: ? ?The black balloon of the gering loss of life". According to Hate crimes Islamic State caliphate is deflating a shock to the system can reverse deaths as a result of the heatwave. nity to deal with its impacts. In- Islamic beards have nearly disap- the report, "hundreds of civilians are Before we get to that court of its decline. And they tend to have a It would be reasonable to assume stead, the federal government has peared. The most visible people quickly in Syria, as in Iraq. There reported to have been killed since law, there is another charge, some- may be up to a year of hard fighting dark, apocalyptic tone that at times these were conservative figures. worked to strengthen its ties and in- sporting full beards on Thursday March [2017]." UN officials further thing called "hate crime" - a crimi- echoes Bannon's own public remarks Welcome to a warmer Australia. vestments in the coal industry, leav- were American Special Operations left, but the surprise for U.S. offi- added: "We note in particular that nal act motivated by racist hatred - cials is that the battle in eastern Syria over the years - a sense that hu- Over the past half-century, average ing the health and medical commu- forces who accompanied visiting the intensification of aerial bom- which we need to consider. Over the manity is at a hinge point in histo- temperatures across the continent nity scrambling to catch up to their U.S. special envoy Brett McGurk. is going faster and better than ex- bardment, which have paved the short period of time, Trump has pected. In a symbol of that advance, ry". Trump and his Christian-Zi- have steadily increased, bringing international counterparts in ad- The city is strewn with rubble, and ground for an SDF advance in Raqqa, been in the global eye, we have a onist guru are not the only symp- more frequent heat waves that are dressing climate change and health. Ahmad al-Ahmad, the co-president Kurdish commanders gave McGurk has resulted not only in staggering rather complete picture of his ha- the ring of an Islamic State emir tom of this racist sickness in the longer and hotter than any in re- However, a few days ago marked a of the newly formed Tabqa Civil loss of civilian life, but has also led tred of Muslims as Muslims. In his US. They are the crowning achieve- corded history. Such prolonged heat turning point. Australia has taken Council, described it as a “city of who once used it to seal orders to to 160,000 civilians fleeing their racist, conspiratorially infested kill Tabqa’s inhabitants. The emir ment of it. From Bill Maher and his waves are causing heightened rates an enormous step forward, as a coa- ghosts,” with perhaps 40 percent of homes and becoming internally dis- mind, Trump believes Muslims hate sidekick, Sam Harris, to Niall Fer- of dehydration, heat exhaustion, and lition of the country's leading health its buildings damaged. The electric- blew himself up when he was sur- placed." Maiming and murdering in- him and hate all other Americans. rounded in May, leaving behind the guson and his wife Ayaan Hirsi Ali heatstroke, and worsening existing experts and organisations joined fed- ity, water-distribution and school nocent Muslims en masse, forcing "I think Islam hates us," he once to the whole phenomenon of New health conditions like heart disease, eral parliamentarians in launching a systems have been largely destroyed. ring and its now-empty claim of them to run for their lives: Is that told CNN's Anderson Cooper. He Atheism are the foregrounding from and potentially even acute kidney new Framework for a National Strat- Young boys who were indoctrinated authority. ? The confrontation with not a war crime? believes "tremendous hatred" is de- which this particular disease has now injury. Tragically, children and the egy on Climate, Health and Well- at Islamic State training camps are Syria and Russia that led to the Intentional murder or not? finitive to the religion. He main- metastasised in both Europe and the elderly are most vulnerable. While being for the country. The Frame- trying to find their balance in a new shoot-down of a Syrian fighter jet Even American journalists now tained the war was against radical US, with Israel as the epicentre of human health is the hardest hit by work provides a roadmap to help world where beheadings and the just south of here two weeks ago started to ask the obvious question: Islam, but said, "it's very hard to its common ground. What we wit- climate change, its impacts are far- policymakers and health authorities chanting of Islamist slogans are over. seems to have eased, at least for "Why is the US killing so many ci- define. It's very hard to separate. ness in this "staggering loss of life" reaching, with small and large busi- address and prepare for the real and To look at people’s wary faces, un- now. Despite the Russians’ public vilians in Syria and Iraq?" On 19 Because you don't know who's who." among innocent civilian Muslims at nesses alike under threat. In the present dangers that climate change certain but with a trace of hope in protests, they quietly agreed last June, the New York Times finally What could this possibly mean oth- the receiving end of Trump's bombs short term, dirty air makes it harder poses to public health. their eyes, it’s like they’re waking weekend on a roughly 80-mile “de- revealed: "Two weeks ago, the Amer- er than Muslims as Muslims hate him may or may not amount to war for a child's lungs to develop, and It cannot come soon enough. up from a nightmare. The newly confliction” line that stretches from ican military finally acknowledged and his ilk and, as a result, they need crimes - that is for legal scholars can contribute to stroke and heart Across the world, the burning formed town council is meeting, cre- a few miles west of here to a village what nongovernmental monitoring to be treated as enemies? Just by and a court of law to decide. But attack later in life. of fossil fuels is harming our health. ated by the Kurdish-led military on the Euphrates called Karama. groups had claimed for months: The being Muslim, they are the enemy they are certainly evidence of hate The effects of climate change In the short term, dirty air makes it force that cleared the town, and it That line appears to be holding, and United States-led coalition fighting and must be banned, eliminated, and crimes, which if it were targeted to- aren't unique to Australia, but it does harder for a child's lungs to develop, seems to be getting cooperation it’s a promising sign that broader the Islamic State since August 2014 forced into indignity of refugee wards one person it would be a mat- present a unique set of challenges and can contribute to stroke and from local Arabs. A new internal se- U.S.-Russian cooperation in Syria has been killing Iraqi and Syrian ci- camps. It is now a matter of public ter of criminal investigation. But there. Indeed, no country is immune, heart attack later in life. Through curity force is policing the streets may be possible. ? The Kurdish-led vilians at astounding rates in the four record that Trump wishes to ban when it comes to countless thou- with climate change threatening to climate change, the most vulnera- and occasionally pops off warning militia known as the Syrian Demo- months since President Trump as- Muslims from the US. If a Muslim is sands ordered to be killed by the overwhelm the basic health and gov- ble and least prepared in society are fire. At a warehouse near the town cratic Forces has shown it can de- sumed office. The result has been a even suspected of being involved in President of the United States it is ernment services we depend on. The most at risk. Recognising the knowl- center, the first shipment of Amer- feat the Islamic State, so long as it’s 'staggering loss of civilian life', as a violent act, he is only too eager to called "war on terror". UK government's 2017 national edge gap is one thing, but now the ican food arrived on Wednesday; backed by U.S. air power. The Tabqa the head of the United Nations' in- jump to the conclusion and denounce (Aljazeera) Climate Change Risk Assessment government must follow through and sacks of flour and rice are stacked battle in May was perhaps the most identified a number of "high-risk" turn these strategic plans into tan- on pallets, ready for distribution, and ambitious and daring operation of priorities, including the infrastruc- gible actions. much more is coming in the next the war so far. Five hundred SDF ture damage and health impacts ex- If policymakers heed the advice week, says veteran U.S. relief coor- soldiers were airlifted across Lake pected from flooding and coastal and tap into the extensive exper- dinator Al Dwyer. A boisterous group Assad in V-22 Osprey aircraft in a erosion; and again, the effect of ris- tise of the health community, Aus- of young Syrian men is gathered raid that caught Islamic State forces ing temperatures on the public's tralians will be better prepared, and outside a tire and vehicle-parts shop by surprise. The SDF suffered about health. In response to this, many safer, when the next bushfire threat- across from the warehouse. Ameri- 100 killed and more than 300 world leaders, have finally woken ens a country town or the next heat can military advisers aren’t sure at wounded in the bloody operation, up to these threats. The Paris Agree- wave hits. first that it’s safe to talk with them, but it worked, and in this part of the ment ushered in a new era of inter- (Aljazeera) but the men press eagerly toward world, success breeds success. Arab refugees are now streaming toward the Kurdish-led SDF, rather than away, and 8,200 U.S.-trained Arab forces are joining the front lines. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, who LETTER TO THE EDITOR commands U.S. and coalition forc- and the fact that the latter has more, every day. The old taxi he es in Syria and Iraq, explains in an By Ramzy Baroud slashed salaries of tens of thousands drives between Khan Younis and interview that the Kurdish military of Gaza's employees, one wonders Gaza City is owned by someone else. leadership here is “the thickener, The Gaza story is taking a sinister what plot is being staged against Gaza Mohammed’s entire daily salary the hardener you put on the glue to twist. The Israeli siege has been im- this time. Israel on the other hand ranges from 20 to 25 shekels, about make it hold.” McGurk repeats at posed on the Gaza Strip for over seems to be preparing some kind of 6 dollars. Raising a family with four Support widows every meeting with local officials escalation in the Strip. Hawkish Is- children on such a meagre income ten years. The 2 million people liv- that the United States’ ability to fix ing in the small coastal enclave have raeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lie- has made it impossible for Moham- Syria is limited. America can help suffered not only a lack of food and berman, said early June that his med to think of such seemingly ex- Over three decades of conflict has inflicted large human and economic costs to Afghanistan. However, the defeat the Islamic State, and it can medicine, but also several deadly country does not intend to 'conquer' traneous expenses, such as fixing his human cost is much higher than the latter. There are large numbers of children who are deprived from love of provide quick stabilization support wars and almost complete Arab and Gaza in the 'next war.' More recent- teeth or acquiring dentures. Strange parents. Either their fathers or mothers were killed in the never ending spiral of violence. The war has to repair water, electricity and oth- international neglect. The rarely ly, Lieberman blamed PA President as it may seem, Mohammed is some- snatched love and sole breadwinner of many families. The government can deal with the financial disaster by er infrastructure. But it can’t do acknowledged fact is that, from the Mahmoud Abbas in advance for that what lucky. Unemployment in Gaza drafting comprehensive recovery plans. But the authorities could not give life back to those who are no more everything. This sense of what’s onset, the people of Gaza have been 'next war', saying that the Palestin- is among the highest in the world, in this world and left vacuum that could not filled. Women have suffered a lot from death of their guardians achievable for the United States in treated like subjects of a mass ex- ian leader is pushing for an Israel- presently estimated at 44 percent. especially life partner. The estimated number of total number of widows in Afghanistan is now at a staggering Syria with its limited commitment, periment, who were deliberately Hamas war. Indeed, on June 27 Is- Yet, those who are 'employed', like 500,000. According to some statistics 37 percent of widows are working in offices, and 50 percent are and what isn’t, is probably the big- malnourished, and on whom Israel raeli jets bombed several Hamas tar- Mohammed, still struggle to survive. gest takeaway from our visit here. used its latest weapons (which it gets in the Strip, an escalation that 80 percent of all Gazans are depen- involved in the profession of handicrafts making. The United States seems to have It has been also observed that widows do not have property and inheritance rights. The government marketed proudly to the rest of the seems only to be starting. Mean- dent on humanitarian assistance. In found a way, in its almost accidental world), as a form of collective pun- while, Gazans are watching as their 2015, the UN had warned that Gaza should guarantee women’s inheritance rights. Gender equality will always remain and important pillar of alliance with the Syrian Kurds, to women’s empowering strategy. Therefore, the gender gaps in earning should be decreased or closed. Reduc- ishment. Now, however, the siege is fate is being determined by some would be uninhabitable by 2020. At drive the Islamic State from eastern being manipulated by several par- dirty intrigues involving both Israe- the time, all aspects of life had tes- tion of occupational segregation will be vital to empower women. Syria and stabilize this part of the li and Palestinian leaderships. Fa- tified to that fact: lack of reliable Halemai Alizada, Kabul, Afghanistan ties, including the Palestinian lead- country. But U.S. officials frankly ership itself. Recent media reports tigued by war and siege, and demor- electricity supply, polluted water, Is- admit they don’t have the resourc- have pointed out that the Ramal- alized by their own leadership’s role rael's military seizure of much of es or a clear strategy to repair Syria lah-based Palestinian Authority has in sustaining their suffering, Gazans the Gaza Strip's arable land, restrict- as a whole. The rubric seems to be: deliberately been blocking ill Gazans are reeling under the harsh block- ing the movement of fishermen, and Do what you can with the forces from receiving proper medical care ade. so on. A Red Cross report last May available, and don’t promise more in the West Bank and Jordan. But ‘Employed’ by Name Only warned of another 'looming crisis' Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must than you can deliver. “This is not a this is nothing new. Accusations that Mohammed Abed is a 28-year- in the public health sector, due to have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: work of beauty. This is pragmatism,” Fatah-dominated PA has been twist- old taxi driver from the village of the lack of electricity. The energy [email protected] says Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones, the ing the Israeli knife so as to dislodge Qarara, near the town of Khan You- crisis has extended from electricity British deputy commander of coali- its Hamas foes from the Gaza lead- nis in the Gaza Strip. Lack of med- supplies to even cooking gas. Last tion forces in Iraq and Syria who ership are as old as the siege itself. ical care and proper dentistry work February Israel cut cooking gas sup- accompanied McGurk here. The The people of Gaza have been treat- cost him all of his teeth, which rot- plies to the Strip to half. United States and its partners are ed like subjects of a mass experi- ted and decayed at a young age. His “The cooking gas stations Disclaimer: supplying potent Special Operations ment, who were deliberately mal- dire financial needs prevented him stopped accepting empty gas cylin- forces for training and air support. nourished, and on whom Israel used from acquiring dentures. His com- ders because their tanks are empty,” But the Syrian Kurds and their Arab its latest weapons (which it market- munity eventually pitched in, col- according to the Chairman of the The views and opinions expressed in the articles are allies are doing the fighting and the ed proudly to the rest of the world), lecting the few hundred dollars need- Petroleum and Gas Owners Associa- those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or dying on the ground, and for better as a form of collective punishment. ed for Mohammed to finally be able tion of the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud or worse, it’s their vision of gover- However, considering that Israel has to eat. Mohammed is not unem- Shawa. He described the situation as opinions of the Afghanistan Times. nance that will take hold as the Is- recently reduced Gaza's electricity ployed. "very critical." lamic State falls. (WP) per Palestinian Authority's request, He works ten hours, sometimes (Alarabiya) MONDAY. JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES T a iwa n scr a m b les jet s a s C h in ese a ir cr a ft ca r r ier p a sses t h r ou gh st r a it en r ou t e t o H on g K on g

Ukraine’s security service, the ported that Posteo had blocked the SBU, has blamed Russia for the email account which was to be recent Petya cyber attack last contacted by victims to get their week. The SBU said that it had files decrypted. For this reason, obtained data that “points to a link the SBU says that the ransom was with an attack” on Kiev, in De- just a cover for an attack on the cember, the last time this ransom- state. In December, 2016, the last ware reared its head. The Ukraini- time Petya struck, the country’s ans said that the lack of any real financial, transport and energy mechanism for securing financial systems were affected by the cy- payments, to decrypt affected ber attack. In terms of real-world files, led the SBU to believe the effects, there was a power cut in ransom was just a cover for an as- Kiev. sault on the country’s businesses Due to the nature of cyber at- and the state. Russia has respond- tacks it can be next to impossible ed to the allegations saying that to prove who actually perpetrat- they’re unfounded. What’s quite ed it; in recent years, Russia has bizarre too is that Russian entities gotten a lot of flak for supposedly were badly affected by the mal- launching attacks, however, when ware too, which suggests they you can mask your location and were also specifically targeted by even make your code look like it Taiwan scrambled military jets whose home port is in the north- 80th anniversary of the Marco the attack; this has prompted sev- was written by Russians by leav- Sunday as China’s first aircraft car- ern Chinese city of Qingdao, en- Polo Bridge Incident, which eral security researchers to suggest ing a string of Cyrillic, it becomes rier, the Liaoning, passed through tered Taiwan’s air defense identi- sparked the Second Sino-Japanese that Russia wasn’t responsible for very difficult to say you know who the 180-km-wide strait separating fication zone (ADIZ) Saturday War. While U.S. warships, includ- the cyber strike. the attackers are. the two rivals while en route to and was sailing just west of the ing aircraft carriers, have been Earlier in the Petya saga, we re- (BBC) Hong Kong to mark the 20th anni- middle of the Taiwan Strait on Sun- known to make port calls in Hong versary of the former British colo- day afternoon, Taiwan’s Defense Kong, such symbolic displays of ny’s return to Beijing. Upon its Ministry said in a statement. Tai- military might by the Chinese arrival in Hong Kong, the Liaoning wan military jets and ships were Navy are a rarity. The Liaoning, a and its accompanying ships will be deployed to monitor the fleet’s refitted Soviet-era vessel, was opened to the public, part of a bid passage, the statement added. The commissioned by the navy in 2012. to highlight China’s growing naval ministry said the carrier group was It carried out its first training drills prowess, the official Xinhua News expected to leave Taiwan’s ADIZ in the western Pacific last Decem- Agency quoted People’s Liberation by Sunday evening. Xinhua said ber, when it cruised into the wa- Army Navy spokesperson Liang that the Liaoning flotilla consists terway between Okinawa and Yang as saying Sunday. The PLA of guided-missile destroyers and Miyakojima Island. In April, to garrison in the city will also be open missile frigates, as well as J-15 much fanfare, China launched its to the public. The Liaoning’s visit fighter jets and helicopters. Hong first homegrown aircraft carrier. will be the first port call by the Kong media has reported that it (JAPANTIMES) carrier to the city. The carrier, will arrive in the city Friday, the Uzbekistan, Turkey sign trade agreements worth $2b North Korea uses ‘lofting’ Uzbekistan and Turkey signed session, Deputy Prime Minister technique to bring it ever agreements on implementation of of Uzbekistan Rustam Azimov the projects worth more than $2 noted that the documents propos- billion at the session of the inter- es implementation of about 30 closer to long-range missile goal governmental commission on trade projects in textile, electrotechnical and economic cooperation between and construction sectors. The the two countries in Tashkent on Turkish side underlined that the SEOUL – In mid-May, a rocket morning on North Korea’s east May 25. The delegation of Tur- agreements will allow to increase launched by North Korea soared coast. The missile splashed down key at the meeting was led by Dep- the mutual trade turnover up to to an altitude five times higher than just 787 km from the launch site, uty Prime Minister Tugrul $1.4 billion in 2017 against $1.2 the Intemrnational Space Station, but reached an altitude of 2,111.5 Türkes, the Foreign Ministry of billion in 2016. and an analysis of publicly avail- km, according to North Korean Uzbekistan reports. During the (Akpress) able data by Reuters shows how state media. that may have brought leader Kim The South Korean and Japanese Jong Un closer to his goal of pro- governments measured similar dis- ducing a missile capable of hitting tances at the time. Energy price reduction the United States. The principle, Had the Hwasong-12 been experts say, is that the higher a fired at a shallower angle, it would effective on ties with rocket can travel, the further it can have flown more than 4,800 km, reach. “To avoid firing long-range according to David Wright, co-di- Turkmenistan: Diplomat missiles into or over Japan, the rector of the Global Security Pro- North Koreans have been launch- gram at the Union of Concerned Iran's Commercial Attaché to Turk- started a long-term industrial pro- ing them nearly straight up in- Scientists, which works to reduce menistan said on Saturday that the gram and is looking for variety in stead,” said Joshua Pollack, editor the risk of nuclear use. of the Washington-based Nonpro- That would fall short of the main reason for the decrease in Iran- energy market.” We need to be At first glance Souda beach on by DW to get a response from the Turkmenistan commercial ties is aware that Turkmenistan has liferation Review. “They fly much mainland United States, but Chios, the small island of just Greek Minister of Migration and higher into space that way, but Wright’s calculations put parts of energy price drop. Energy price changed energy use, and so, we 60,000 residents on the Aegean Sea local authorities on Chios were reduction effective on ties with need to believe that its market is come back down relatively close Alaska within range. North Korea and just seven kilometers (four unsuccessful. In one of the tents to their launch points.” North Ko- has been conducting missile tests Turkmenistan: Diplomat Rahma- not what it used to be; we need to miles) off the Anatolian Coast, on the beach, next to the sewage tollah Khormali said in a meeting examine today’s situations, he add- rea is not unusual in sending rock- at an unprecedented pace under looks vibrant. The beach is full of system, DW met Wallid and Farah, ets to high altitudes — or “loft- Kim, who has tested about 80 rock- with Golestan’s business people, ed. people laughing, swimming, and a couple from Damascus, Syria “The Turkmen government has (Farsnews) ing” them — to test their range, ets. While his father, Kim Jong Il, fishing. This image would have who arrived in Chios crammed in a but does so more than other coun- was in office, the nation conduct- been the ideal promotion for a sum- boat. Farah, 20 is heavily pregnant tries because it is surrounded by ed just 16 tests, according to mon- mer in Greece; however, the reali- and expecting a boy. Wallid, 31, other states, he said. Kim watched itoring by the Nuclear Threat Ini- ty is different. Souda has become used to be a tourist guide for Cyp- the May 14 launch of the Hwa- tiative. Uzbekistan launching a refugee camp that hosts thou- riot tourists in Damascus and song-12 rocket early on a Sunday (AP) sands of people and is run by the speaks Cypriot Greek like a local. offshore work in Azerbaijan municipality of Chios. Surround- They used to live in the Vial refu- ing the island's Venetian walls, a gee camp on Chios which is oper- and Turkmenistan residential area and a beach, the ated by the Greek government and camp is stretched beyond capaci- the army. "We left Vial because the Myan m ar clo ses three refugee Uzbekneftegaz National Holding CAR envisages admitting of ty - as a result camping tents have conditions were horrible and Farah Company intends to implement a Uzbekneftegaz as a partner on the been set up by the residents on was in hospital due to food poi- cam ps in w estern state number of joint offshore projects operating deposit. "The Azer- the beach. It's fair to say that Sou- soning," said Wallid. Crammed in with Azerbaijani and Turkmen col- baijani side will help us train the da is one of the worst refugee a container with eight other peo- largest and the latest to be closed camps in the country and Chios - ple, their only choice was to go to YANGON, Myanmar: Three refu- wards closing all IDP (internally-dis- among three camps sheltered 215 leagues in the Caspian Sea. Earlier, personnel," Sultanov said. The de- gee camps have been closed in My- placed persons) camps in Rakhine Uzbekneftegaz signed memoran- tails of the joint work with SO- an island that once welcomed ref- the beach in Souda and live in a households of Rohingya Muslims in anmar’s western Rakhine state as State, and immediate closure of three Phauktaw, near state capital Sittwe. dums of understanding envisaging CAR will be determined later, ugees - has turned into a detention tent next to the sewage.* Rats and recommended by an advisory com- camps as a first step. Three camps the joint activity in that sphere. In Uzbekneftegaz told Trend. center with close to 4,000 people snakes are daily companions. “Most of them were relocated to mission, government said on Sun- for IDPs have been closed down in the nearest Min That Phar village particular, the memorandum with Uzbekneftegaz has not implement- trapped in what looks like an open- "We don't mind living in day. The commission led by former the Kyaukphyu, Pauktaw and Ram- air prison. Conditions are atro- Greece despite the difficulties the while some move to other villages the Turkmen Oil State Concern ed any projects outside the terri- United Nations secretary general ree townships, Thaung Tun, Nation- where they have relatives,” Rakhine envisages the establishment of tory of Uzbekistan during its ac- cious and getting worse by the day country has, I speak the language Kofi Annan recommended Myan- al Security Advisor to Myanmar gov- and there appears to be little to no so it will be easy. I just don't want regional government spokesperson, mutually beneficial and long-term tivity since 1992. Uzbekneftegaz mar government in April to devel- ernment, said in a statement pub- Min Aung told Anadolu Agency by cooperation in joint exploration is the national operator of the oil help from the local authorities and to stay in Chios," he said. op a comprehensive strategy to- lished on state-run newspapers. The phone on Sunday. (BBC) and development of deposits in the and gas complex of Uzbekistan, the Greek government. Attempts (DW) Turkmen section of the Caspian uniting more than 200 oil and gas Sea, a representative of the Uzbek enterprises. According to British holding told Trend June 19. Turk- Petroleum (BP), oil production de- men Oil State Concern and creased by 3.1 percent up to 2.6 Uzbekneftegaz National Holding million tons and natural gas pro- Company intend to conclude a duction increased by 8.4 percent production sharing agreement up to 62.8 billion cubic meters in (PSA) on hydrocarbons in the fu- Uzbekistan in 2016 compared to ture, the representative added. 2015. According to BP, the export In his turn, Alisher Sultanov, of Uzbek gas amounted to 11.4 chairman of the board of billion cubic meters, including 5.6 Uzbekneftegaz National Holding billion cubic meters to Russia, 4.3 Company, said during the meeting billion cubic meters to China, and TOKYO - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's six-month-old party and its elementary school in Osaka for of the International Press Club that 1.5 billion cubic meters to Kaza- allies look poised to form a parliamentary majority in the capital's as- education operator Moritomo the memorandum with Azer- khstan in 2016. sembly, in a blow to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), exit Gakuen, whose license has been baijan’s State Oil Company SO- (Trend) polls have shown. Exit polls show the Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites suspended. Mr Abe's wife Akie had First) and its allies winning at least 64 seats in the 127-seat assembly. Its praised the school's ideologies, allies include the Komeito - the LDP's junior coalition partner on the despite it having made students national level. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's LDP looks set for a crushing recite a pre-war imperial edict ev- Iranian navy to test new defeat - of the 40 seats announced so far, Tomin and its allies have 39 ery morning. The second, was over (Tomin 36, Komeito, 2, independent, 1) and the LDP has none. The a permit for Kake Gakuen to open gears in Caspian Sea remaining seat out of the 40 was won by the Japan Communist Party. Japan's first veterinary school in This will be the LDP's first defeat in the capital since 2009, a result 52 years in a deregulated zone. Mr drills: Commander which proved to be a harbinger of a national defeat when it later ceded Abe allegedly stepped in to expe- Deputy Commander of Iranian said in a press conference on Sun- majority in the National Diet to the then-Democratic Party of Japan dite the deal because Kake Gakuen Navy Rear Admiral Mahmoud day. Sea and air units of the Navy, (DPJ), which ruled Japan from 2009 to 2012, breaking the LDP's near- is run by a close friend. Top LDP Mousavi said the naval forces are shore-to-sea missile systems, div- consecutive reign since its formation in 1955. The defeat in Tokyo officials - including a former edu- planned to test the country’s new ing teams, healthcare, intelligence comes also as the LDP is attempting to revise its post-war Constitution cation minister - have been impli- weapons and military equipment systems, and commando units for the first time in 70 years, with opinion polls showing a population cated in the scandal. On June 25, in the ongoing military drills in specialized in marine warfare have divided over whether to change the supreme law of the land. The LDP's Defence Minister Tomomi Inada northern Iran. The war game code- been deployed to the drills, he not- loss is the culmination of a tumultuous year in politics for the party, came under fire for using the Ja- named “Sustainable Security and ed. The commander further em- which has been seen as evasive in answering to political scandals and pan's military Self-Defence Force Power 96” is part of annual exer- phasized that ensuring the securi- complacent in ramming home controversial bills. Mr Abe has been plagued - an apolitical organisation - to lob- cises of the Nay in the waters of ty of the northern and southern with allegations in not one, but two, favouritism scandals surrounding by for votes for the LDP candi- the Caspian Sea, Admiral Mousavi waters has always been one. (BBC) educational institutions. The first was over a sweetheart deal to build an date. (JapanTimes) MONDAY. JULY 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Qatari economy is strong, solid and resilient despite crisis and challeng- es said the monthly report issued by ‘Market Watch Bureau’ of SAK Holding Group. “The real estate market crossed the first half of 2017, optimistically, due to the stability in the volume of real es- tate liquidity traded in the market, which is considered good and nor- mal given the pressing economic and geopolitical challenges; which was more severe and greater on neighbouring countries. This suc- cess falls in favour of those who manage the real estate portfolio in Qatar, who demonstrated a distinct ability to control and maintain the real estate sector within a cohe- sive system that serves the coun- try's future directions and long- term development plans,” noted the report. Qatar’s real estate mar- ket stabilised during the first half ity and other funds, has the flexi- down in the residential and com- will opened in more than one area of 2017, and the market is expect- bility and ability to cope with var- mercial leasing sector, which will in Doha and its environs, on the ed to enter into a reviving trajecto- ious fluctuations and changes, said pressure the level of real estate li- other hand, office properties is fac- ry during the second half after suc- the report. quidity. Also, the rate of arrival of ing challenges in finding new occu- cessfully absorbing the repercus- According to the report, the new expatriates drops significant- pants for its growing areas, which sions of deflation imposed by ex- amount of pressures on the real ly during summer. now stand at more than 620,000 ternal factors and influences, not- estate market doubled because of In addition to the decline in square meters, which grew signifi- ed the report. entering a period of almost total investors’ appetite to buy, traders cantly from last year. It was esti- The report commended initiatives calm, which is the holy month of use this period to reschedule their mated at 320,000 square meters. Implementation of GST will be dia’s credit profile, which is con- tween the central government and Ramadan, and the annual summer future plans and reset priorities. This growth was driven by positive for India’s rating as it will strained by a relatively low reve- the states; and a reduction in the and efforts undertaken to diversi- fy the economy, which contribut- holiday season. During these two SAK Holding Group Market strong demand from the public sec- lead to higher GDP growth and nue base,” Foster said. overall cost of compliance from seasonal events, the activities of Watch Bureau expects the stabili- tor for leasing in the West Bay area, increased tax revenues, Moody’s Moody’s has a ‘Baa3’ rating simplified tax rates, uniform across ed in boosting the solidity and the strength of the Qatari economy. different categories and branches ty of supply and demand to face a good number of completed build- Investors Service has said. on India with a positive outlook. the country. “We expect the net of the real estate market usually an unfair test amidst a noticeable ings was occupied and operated “Over the medium term, we The biggest tax reform in inde- impact of GST on government Today, thanks to financial centres acquired by Qatar, in the form of slow down. glut in residential properties and during the past two years by min- expect that the GST will contrib- pendent India was rolled out at the revenues to be positive,” Foster In the second half of the year, steady increase in retail units, as istries and government institu- ute to productivity gains and high- stroke of the midnight — the in- said. The Goods and Services Tax cash reserves and investments, through Qatar Investment Author- there will be a significant slow- many new commercial complexes tions. er GDP growth by improving the tervening night of June 30-July 1 (GST) will remove plethora of tax- (AP) ease of doing business, unifying the — by President Pranab Mukher- es like excise, service tax and VAT national market and enhancing In- jee and Prime Minister Narendra and transform India into a uniform dia’s attractiveness as a foreign in- Modi. market for seamless movement of vestment destination,” Moody’s Tax compliance goods and services. In the GST re- VP (Sovereign Risk Group) Will- The US-based agency expects gime, goods and services will be iam Foster said today. improved tax compliance to be taxed in the either of 5, 12, 18 and GST will also support higher driven by incentivisation of tax 28 per cent. Besides certain essen- government revenue generation credits in a GST system. It would tial items like health care services, through improved tax compliance also usher in greater ease of com- salt, unpacked food grains has been and administration. pliance through the usage of a com- kept at zero rated. “Both will be positive for In- mon, shared IT infrastructure be- (Hindustan Times) Turkey’s external debt stock stands at $412.4b

reasury says general government debt stock stood at $220 billion at end of March

Turkey's gross the Treasury stood at external debt stock $12.4 billion during the stood at $412.4 same period. billion, nearly half The Treasury of its gross added that EU-defined domestic product, general government at the end of March, debt stock, which is IMFtoparticipate the Turkish one of the lowest in Treasury announced Europe, was $220 Friday. billion, or 28.9 percent The country's of GDP as of March for ‘last time’in net foreign debt 31. reached $266.7 The European billion at March's Commission forecasts end, accounting for Turkey's general more than 31 government gross debt Greekbailout: percent of of GDP, to decline to 26.5 the Treasury said. percent of GDP in the The loan under year from 28.3 percent the guarantee of the in 2016. Germanminister Undersecretariat of (Anadolu) The International Monetary Fund, by the end of the current program a key creditor in Greece’s bailout, in 2018. Under pressure especial- will not participate in any further ly from Berlin, Greece’s 18 other rescues of the debt-wracked coun- euro partners have not yet try, Germany’s finance minister broached the issue of debt relief, Dubai: Oman’s economy is one es, has been hurt by cuts in bene- told a Greek newspaper on July 1. preferring to push that hot-button of the most vulnerable to pro- fits and a moratorium on recruit- “We have all acknowledged topic to next year. But IMF chief longed lower global oil prices and ment in the public sector. (eurozone and IMF) that the third Christine Lagarde has warned that the impact is expected to reflect “We expect real GDP growth Greek (bailout) payment will be Greece’s debt is not sustainable in a prolonged slowdown in pub- to slow to less than one per cent the last with the participation of and that the country requires sig- lic spending and non-oil economy, in 2017, due to oil production cuts WASHINGTON: US authorities the IMF,” Wolfgang Schaeuble told nificant debt relief from Europe. according to a recent study by and continued fiscal consolida- charged a British businessman Greek daily Ta Nea. The German In the interview, Schaeuble Institute of International Finance tion. Hydrocarbon real GDP is with a checkered history with se- finance chief has been inflexible on pointed to the European Stability (IIF), a Washington-based associ- projected to contract by 2.6 per curities fraud for bilking investors the issue of Greek debt relief, in Mechanism (ESM), a bailout fund ation of global financial institu- cent due to the production cuts in what turned out to be a fake opposition to the IMF which says for eurozone countries, as a way tions. Data shows further decline related to the agreement between trading platform for virtual curren- it needs to be done to breathe new to respond to the future needs of in oil prices in 2016 led to wider Opec and non-Opec producers,” cy Bitcoin. The Securities and Ex- life into Greece’s floundering econ- countries sharing the single curren- fiscal deficit. Oil revenues in 2016 said Boban Markovic, Research change Commission said “the clan- omy. Agreement was reached last cy. Meanwhile, in another Greek were less than half the 2014 level. Analyst at the IIF. destine” Renwick Haddow, a UK month to pay the third tranche of newspaper, ESM chief Klaus Reg- In response, government spend- In 2018, the hydrocarbon sec- citizen living in New York, divert- Greece’s 86-billion euro ($97-bil- ling appeared to share that view, ing has been restrained, including tor is expected to rebound, driven ed funds invested in the phony lion) bailout, after being held up saying there is “a discussion in cut in fuel subsidies and post- by a significant increase in gas Bitcoin site as well as from a flex- for months by a row over its need Europe on reinforcing the mone- ponement of few major infrastruc- supply from the Khazzan field. ible workspace firm Bar Works for debt relief which has pitted tary union.” Speaking to the ture projects such as the national However, analysts expect growth into accounts in Mauritius and bailout-weary Germany against Efimerida ton syntakton (Journal railway. Government spending in the non-hydrocarbon to remain Morocco, totalling $5 million. He the IMF. After participating in two of Editors), Regling said the euro- have been reduced by a cumula- subdued amid prolonged low oil touted experienced senior execu- previous international loans to zone had to become “less vulnera- tive 12 per cent in the past two prices and fiscal consolidation. tives as running the operations, save Greece from bankruptcy, the ble” and that he was certain that years. More than half of the defi- Deficits to narrow who turned out to be phantoms, IMF is still set to take part in a “the ESM will play a very impor- cits have been financed by exter- Although the fiscal deficit and and misrepresented the details and easy-to-use and secure way of into Bar Works, which claimed to nal borrowing to avoid crowding current account deficits have wid- holding and trading Bitcoin” and provide workspaces in old bars and third bailout. But for the moment, tant role” if a new financial crisis success of both companies. it has held back its contribution arises. “We can assume some of out private sector. Overall growth ened significantly over the past “Haddow created two trendy had generated several million dol- restaurants, but in fact “primarily has slowed from 3.7 per cent in three years, analysts expect the lars in gross sales. The SEC alleges sold leases coupled with sub-leas- over the issue of whether the eu- the responsibilities the IMF has companies and misled investors rozone will decide to ease Greek undertaken over these past few 2015 to 2.9 per cent in 2016, twin deficits to narrow from this into believing that highly-qualified that in fact it never had any oper- es that together functioned like in- weighed down by weaker private year following the fiscal consoli- ations nor generated the gross sales vestment notes,” the SEC said in a debt -- currently at 180 percent of years and I think there is a wide executives were leading them to gross domestic product (GDP). consensus for that in the future,” confidence due to the fall in oil dation measures and external bor- quick profitability,” said Andrew it touted. In 2015, Bitcoin Store’s statement. The SEC said he was prices and lower government rowing programmes. “We expect bank accounts allegedly received “hiding his connection” to the com- Since 2010, the international he said. M. Calamari, director of the SEC’s bailouts accompanied by tough “If the reforms continue over spending. The non-hydrocarbon the fiscal deficit to narrow to New York Regional Office. “In re- less than $250,000 in incoming panies throughout “given his growth is being affected by tight- around 11 per cent of GDP in transfers, none of which appear to checkered past with regulators in austerity measures “have obtained the next 14 months, Greece will be ality, Haddow controlled the com- some results but have not resolved able to return to the international er banking sector liquidity, rising 2017 helped by the modest in- panies from behind the scenes and reflect revenue from customers, the the UK,” where he has faced sim- cost of borrowing, and weak do- crease in average Brent oil prices SEC said. Haddow’s investors ilar charges for investment the problem,” said Schaeuble, who markets,” he added. they were far from profitable.” hopes a solution can be reached (CNN) mestic demand. Household con- (from $44/bbl in 2016 to $52/bbl Bitcoin Store claimed to be “an pumped more than $37 million schemes. (Tribune) sumption, including car purchas- in 2017). (Gulf News) MONDAY. JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

x-Bigg Boss contestant Elli AvrRam says that despite the debacle of her debut film, Mickey Virus, she didn’t give up and If people want to remained thankful that she at least got to work in Bollywood. create controversy

Actor Elli AvrRam, despite being vive in this industry. I love acting an outsider in Bollywood, doesn’t and I like to play characters and about the azaan, get anything bog her down. Even that’s about it.” Unlike a lot of ac- when her debut film, Mickey Vi- tors who slip into a shell after a rus (2013) failed to create an im- box office failure, Elli was rather they will: Kalki pact at the box-office, the actor “satisfied” with all the feedback didn’t let it affect her zeal to move that came her way. “I got a lot of on. “I didn’t take up the movie great critics for my role and my Koechlin with a thought that this is going to part in Mickey Virus. Many of be a hit or not. I was just grateful them even said that they couldn’t that I had signed my first Bolly- believe it was my first Hindi film,” ctor Taapsee Pannu, who was last seen in wood film. Also, I feel it happens adds the actor, who worked with Akshay Kumar starrer Naam Shabana, has with a lot of films made in Bolly- Kapil Sharma in her second film wood where even the biggest of Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015). got hooked to this new fitness technique projects turn flops. So, while sign- Elli, however, confesses that that requires one to work out in water. ing a movie, you cannot predict. she was a bit confused when she That is when you are going to hurt was approached for Bigg Boss. yourself,” says the Greek-Swed- “But I sent out a prayer to the Taapsee Pannu is very particular water. This high endurance work city, the actor managed to find a ish actor, who shot to fame when Universe to guide me in my jour- about her workout regimen and out helps in making the body place, the technique is taught and she first appeared on reality show ney and help me decide what I staying in shape. Her fitness sched- tougher. is equipped with the required ma- Bigg Boss season 7 in the same should do next. I told my manager ule for her last venture, filmmaker Talking about it, the actor says, chinery. “I somehow found a place year. Elli says that she was clear in that he won’t pitch my name for Neeraj Pandey’s Naam Shabana, “I don’t like going to the gym too in Mumbai where I can practice her mind that her hard work and Bigg Boss and if it has to come my grabbed many eyeballs and was the much and always like to experi- hydropower. Though it’s a very efforts landed her a film. “It takes way, it will. And when I did Kis hottest talk of the town. Taapsee, ment with new ways to stay fit. I small-scale set up but I am glad a lot to get your first film and to Kisko Pyaar Karoon, my directors who is always on a lookout for came across this form of exercise, that I could pursue it further,” add- achieve that in my life was noth- Abaas Mustan told me that they new ways to stay fit, doesn’t real- which is extremely good for your ed Taapsee, who has done films ing short of fulfilling my dream. I spotted me in Bigg Boss and ly enjoy hitting the gym, and she cardiovascular stamina, strength such as Baby (2015), Pink (2016), was successful in my own way and thought I was fit for the role,” has developed keen interest in hy- and flexibility. It helps one reha- Running Shaadi (2017) and The I didn’t think beyond that. I never shares Elli. dropower fitness technique (wa- bilitate healing muscles and joints.” Ghazi Attack (2017). The actor had this worry that I have to sur- (Tribune) ter workout). While shooting for Taapsee liked this new technique would next be seen in Judwaa 2, her next film in London, a friend so much that she is continued prac- alongside Varun Dhawan and Jac- Actor Kalki Koechlin recently es, Kalki said, “Yes it is. We have a introduced Taapsee to the tech- tising it in Mumbai also. Though queline Fernandez. came up with a very powerful vid- lot of religious noise, especially in nique that involves working out in the technique is not popular in the (Hindustan Times) eo, titled Noise, slamming the a country with so many people amount of noise pollution people and with so many different belief face on a day-to-day basis. Speak- systems. But yes, in our country ing with Spotboye recently, she it is expressed in a particularly loud shed light on the various aspects way.” She added, “It’s not a criti- Upen Patel: I am single and that led to her finally coming out cism to the fact that we have all in the open about the enormous this noise. It’s just that sometimes amount of noise she faces every one needs to switch off from all it would be great if someone day. When asked where the idea of the noise in order to listen to one- this short film or rather slam poet- self. It’s the noise of our phones, ry come from, she said, “Well, from the noise of social media, the noise the amount of noise that is all of news, the noise of different peo- nice comes in my life around us. The poem starts with ple’s opinions that we just accept ‘I used to live in a noisy neigh- without questioning. So without bourhood’, and that neighbourhood questioning ourselves, without is Yari Road. I lived in Yari road, being silent and without internal- years, parted ways on a bad and it’s very noisy. There is a tem- izing who we are and what we feel note when reports about their nas- ple, a mosque, a church, there are we just start making noise.” ty fights surfaced. Upen says he the fishmongers, then there is cra- During her initial days in show- understands the interest people zy traffic, and digging of roads, biz, she used to get upset over neg- have in his love life. “When you which is always going on. So it’s a ative reviews, criticism and social start rising and get popular, your lot of noise which is always there. media trolls. However, after sur- personal life becomes public, and I wanted to talk about the over- viving in the industry for over a people have a lot of interest in I’m a bad whelming amount of noise.” decade, the Yeh Jawaani Hai Dee- knowing more about you. Howev- In the recent past we have seen wani star has now become a “vet- er, I don’t like to speak much about celebrities getting into controver- eran” when it comes to handling my personal life. An important film sies because they voiced their opin- comments and compliments. “I has just released and I want people producer, can’t ion on the azaan and other religious used to get affected by it (being in to focus on that,” says Upen, noises. Does Kalki feel she might limelight) when I started my ca- whose film Ek Haseena Thi Ek also have to face such a situation reer. I used to get upset about crit- Deewana Tha has just hit the the- do management: after this video? “I think if people icism or a troll. Even if I used to atres. After creating a lot of buzz are looking for controversy they get a thousand compliments, I inside the Bigg Boss house, Upen will find it,” she stated. only used to remember that one and Karishma participated in dance Actors cannot be role models comment that criticised me. Some- reality show Nach Baliye 7 as a Ranbir Kapoor for everything: Kalki Koechlin where it’s human nature, we all couple. Whether she feels the religious tend to do that,” IANS quoted her While their fans still hope and Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Anurag, I was just handling them. cacophony is rampant because of as saying. want to see them share the screen Kapoor, who has co-produced Jagga Acting is a more challenging part,” the close proximity of Holy plac- (Tribune) space together, Upen refrained from Jasoos, says he is a bad producer and he added. Basu, who has also direct- saying if they will ever work to- finds acting more challenging. “I am ed the film, spoke about why he Actors Upen Patel and Karishma I won’t say that right now I am gether again. “I can’t control what a bad producer. I can’t get things chose to make the film. Are Ranbir Tanna’s break-up shattered many only focusing on work. If anyone people think about me or who I done, can’t do management. I was Kapoor and Katrina Kaif back to- hearts and fans heartily wished that nice comes along in my life, it should work with. What I can def- lucky that a lot of the work was gether? He said, “I used to love all the two got back together. How- would be fantastic,” says Upen, initely control is what I say on a taken care of by Anurag Basu. I can adventure stories. One has to dis- Actingis ever, it seems that Upen has hap- who started dating Karishma dur- particular platform,” says the 34- be happy that I can just collect cover the child inside us and know pily moved on, and is now ready ing their stint on reality show Bigg year-old actor, who has also been a awards for the film,” Ranbir said at what one likes watching. It was chal- for a new start with someone Boss in 2014. Karishma Tanna on part of films such as Namastey a press meet. lenging to make a musical out of an else.“I am single and I have always reality shows: If I’m getting good Ranbir is my best friend: Katri- adventure story. But there is always myfirst London (2007) and Ajab Prem Ki been open about my relationships. money and exposure, why not? Ghazab Kahani (2009). na Kaif fun in challenges.” I have never kept anything hidden. The couple, who dated for two (Hindustan Times) “As a producer, I was handling The film is slated to release on the egos of people. Whenever there July 14. were fights between Disney and (Tribune) love: W o n 't a llo w a n y o n e t o q uest io n m y Vahbiz ctor Vahbiz Dorabjee becomes an entrepreneur r elig io n o r m o r a ls: Ar m een a K ha n with an event manage- ment company; but says are subjected to this poison? Sec- she will not quit acting Like many other female artists in ondly, I also note that a lot of these imagine, when you are having a the entertainment industry, Armee- are by females. Why is that? Why particularly down day and you get na Khan too has been a subject of is it that Pakistani females wish to to read this. I understand that I utter hate and online abuse. But attack Pakistani actresses in such signed up for criticism when I be- the Janaan actor has had enough a vicious manner. What have we came an actress but nowhere did I Vahbiz Dorabjee started out by participating in beauty pageants in and has shut down haters in one done to you except entertain and sign up for abuse. You are welcome Pune, took up modelling assignments, and later shifted base to Mumbai epic post! create an industry that will benefit to critique our work in a polite before turning to acting in the TV industry. A popular face on TV, Armeena took to Instagram to the economy, culture and arts of manner but I won’t allow you to Vahbiz has now donned another hat. Along with her friend and actor address the issue and posted a pic- Pakistan. How is that a crime?” question my religion, my morals Pankit Thakker, she has started an event management company. “Mum- ture of screenshots of abusive com- she continued. OR my freedom to choose,” she bai is a city of dreams and I am glad it has accepted me. I have survived ments. “I am trying to understand “Please help me understand added. ‘Dangal’ girl Fatima Sana in the city and industry for 11 years now. I feel blessed to have had the the mentality of the Pakistani pub- how can this internet “terrorism” Shaikh under fire for wearing swim- opportunity to work here. However, acting is not a stable field. Hence, lic. Above is the collage of the com- be tackled? Guess what, I too have suit in Ramazan “Now, On behalf I decided to use my other skills and turn into an entrepreneur. At the end ments that I have received over the BAD days. I am a person with real of all my fellow actresses, though of the day, events and acting are the same, they stem out from the same last few days,” she wrote. feelings. I work hard. There is a we don’t expect praises 100% of tree,” says the actor, who was last seen in the TV show Bahu Hamari Deepika Padukone body big part of my life that involves the time and welcome CON- Rajnikant. So, does she feel TV and films should have any restrictions? shamed on social media for con- running a business, being a daugh- STRUCTIVE CRITICISM, we “Censorship is necessary as we have a varied section of society watch- troversial photo shoot ter, a sister, an aunt as well as help- don’t deserve such disrespect or ing TV. We cannot be irresponsible and telecast any kind of content. But “I want to ask, (1) Why is it ing those who are less fortunate,” bullying. we shouldn’t overdo it either.” that the Pakistani female actresses she went on to write. “Can you (Tribune) (Santa Banta) MONDAY. JULY 03, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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Frank Buglioni made the first de- though, Buglioni made the stron- to give one, each light-heavyweight N a t ion a l fence of his British light-heavy- ger finish to the round, landing a landing punishing blows. weight title by outpointing Ricky crisp body shot that clearly hurt But the champion has showed Christine Ohuruogu could miss relay squad. Ohuruogu had re- Summers in an entertaining main an anguished Summers. time and time again that he has a David Lingmerth carded a second The Australian posted back- next month's World Athletics versed an earlier retirement deci- event at London's O2 Arena. Bu- In the third, the tide started to warrior's mentality and in the 11th, successive 65 to double his advan- to-back birdies from the first and Championships in London after sion after last year's Rio Olym- glioni was again taken to the turn even further and it turned in Buglioni found an explosive com- tage heading into the weekend at added a kick-in gain at the fourth, failing to qualify for the women's pics, but indicated she would cut trenches, but eventually earned a favour of the home favourite as a bination off the ropes that stiff- the Quicken Loans National. with a run of two-putt pars over 400m final at the British trials in down her training regime as she unanimous points decision, win- huge right hand staggered Summers ened Summers. The home fighter The Swede struck five birdies the closing stretch ensuring he Birmingham. The 33-year-old targeted a place in London. ning by scores of 116-113, 115- on the ropes. Buglioni continued seemed to be the fitter of the two in a flawless display at TPC Poto- would hold on to outright second. former Olympic champion fin- Her Birmingham disappoint- 114 and 118-111. The Enfield man to apply relentless pressure, but and although Summers fought on mac to move two strokes clear of "I'm not done yet," Ogilvy said. ished third in her heat in a time of ment comes two weeks after the certainly did not have it all his own the challenger valiantly survived to gamely to hear the final bell, it was nearest challenger Geoff Ogilvy, "Feel like I've got a lot of good golf, 54.41 seconds, raising doubts over news that she is set to become way as Summers gave as good as hear the bell. The big right hand Buglioni who had his arm raised. who also was five under for day. so a win would be great. That gets her ability to continue performing Britain's most decorated world he got throughout, often trading from Buglioni continued to wreak Speaking to Sky Sports after With the morning starters benefit- me back to the Masters and effec- at the highest level. medallist due to Russian athlete with the Londoner in an action- havoc, but Summers regained a the fight, Buglioni said: "It was ing from the best of the conditions, tively a three-year exemption." The top two finishers this Anastasiya Kapachinskaya failing packed scrap. The fight started foothold, assaulting Buglioni on very tough and credit to Ricky, he Lingmerth rolled in a 15-foot bird- Daniel Summerhays lies four weekend will qualify automatical- a drugs test. with a fairly even first round, both the ropes as they traded leather. brought his A game. "It was a mas- ie at the second and drained a 25- strokes off the pace in the third ly for London providing they meet The announcement is likely to fighters having success, the cham- The challenger was giving it his sive occasion, a lot of pressure, but footer at the next. Lingmerth add- spot, one ahead of Sung Kang and the qualification time, with a third result in Ohuruogu being given re- pion landing a heavy right hand that all and soon began to get on top as I will excel from this and move on, ed another gain at the fifth to reach Arjun Atwal, with Nick Taylor and place granted at the discretion of lay bronze for both the 2009 and was quickly replied to by the game the fight reached its second half, come back stronger." the turn in 32 and posted a close- Ricky Barnes inside the top-10. the selectors. But Ohuruogu, also 2011 World Championships, en- challenger. The contest quickly defiantly landing a succession of Summers added: "Frank is a range birdie at the 10th, before slid- Two bogeys over his final three a former double world champion, abling her to move two clear of Mo went up a notch in the second as shots. As is often the case with great champion and can hold a shot ing in from eight feet at the last to holes saw Patrick Reed post a two- was so far adrift it would appear Farah with eight career world med- Summers proved he was definite- 'Wise Guy' he was being drawn very well. I would love to do it set the clubhouse target at 10 un- over 72 and slip nine strokes off her best chance of figuring in Lon- als to her name. ly at home on the big stage. De- into a gruelling battle by Summers again. der. Beginning on the back nine, the pace, while Justin Thomas don will be as part of the women's (BBC Sport) spite a positive few minutes and both men were taking a shot (Sky Sport) Ogilvy birdied three of his first missed the cut despite a closing four holes but missed an eight-foot- birdie. er to save par at the 15th. (Sky Sport) D en m a r k W om en 1-2 E n gla n d W om en : E llen W h ite dou ble gives L ion esses' wa r m -u p win Davey Lambert England geared up for the Women's European Championships with a 2- 1 friendly victory over Denmark as captain-for-the-night Ellen White marked the honour with a double. Mark Sampson's side were playing dies aged 48 their final warm-up match before the tournament in the Netherlands begins later this month, and emerged victorious thanks to White's 22nd and 23rd international goals. The Danes posed the Lionesses plenty of problems in Copenhagen and had gone level through the dangerous Per- after crashing nille Harder's free-kick, before White capitalised on a defensive mix-up to claim the winner with 14 minutes to go. Way before Harder's set piece put them back on equal terms in the second period, Denmark were threatening from set-piece situations and during Isle of Mie Jans had a goal disallowed from a first-half corner when goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain was adjudged to have been fouled. Jans then blocked Nikita Parris' goal-bound effort at the other end. An unmarked Simone Boye Sorenson headed wide at the back post, Man TT race before the Lionesses went ahead on the stroke of half-time when Demi Stokes' pull back from the left flank was brilliantly hooked into the Davey Lambert has died aged 48 "He went out of this world in corner by White. The goal scorer then prevented an equaliser by clearing after crashing during the opening exactly the way he would have off the line prior to the break as Denmark once again asked questions of Superbike race of the Isle of Man wanted, doing what he loved. He England's defence from a corner. Harder levelled in the 66th minute with TT. Lambert suffered multiple in- was a big man with an even bigger her 46th international goal coming via a free kick on the edge of the box juries when his 1,000cc Kawasaki heart who will be sorely missed that Chamberlain could only help into the top corner. However, Samp- crashed on the third lap at Greeba by so many. "As a family we would Chris Froome is targeting another defensive tactics so often em- son's side claimed the victory thanks to White's persistence and preda- Castle on Sunday. The Gateshead like to thank everyone for their kind Tour de France title - but his fourth ployed at the world's biggest and tory finish 10 minutes later. Luna Gevitz's weak pass to Boye invited rider was treated at the scene be- words and support. "We would yellow jersey could be his tough- most important cycle race - is sure the lurking White to step in and apply the pressure, and when the fore being airlifted to Nobles Hos- like to thank all of the amazing est to win yet, writes Peter Smith. to provide some thrilling stages. Danish No 5's back pass was tipped on to the crossbar by Stina Lykke, pital. He was later transferred to doctors and nurses who tried so While the bookmakers have And Froome, of course, has the White collected the rebound and fired in the winner. Aintree University Hospital in hard to save Davey's life at the the Team Sky leader listed as potential to thrive on that uncer- It ensured the Lionesses will now head to the Netherlands having Liverpool, where he died on Tues- scene, Nobles Hospital and Ain- favourite - and his recent domi- tainty. After all, it was he in the won each of their last three fixtures. day evening. Lambert was making tree University Hospital. We know nance of the three-week race yellow jersey, perched on his top (Sky Sport) his TT debut but had previously you did everything you possibly should not be forgotten - even the tube and pedalling in bizarre fash- raced over the same course in the could to help him and for that we Briton himself has highlighted the ion as he attacked on the descent Manx Grand Prix since 2014. are eternally grateful. scale of the task he has on his hands. to Bagneres-de-Luchon, in last A statement on Lambert's Fa- "Ride Fast Lambo." "I genuinely think this year's Tour year's Tour. A few days later he cebook page read: "With a heavy In a statement the race organ- route presents the biggest challenge teamed up with green jersey wear- heart it saddens us to have to break isers said: "ACU Events Ltd wish- to me that I've faced in my career er Peter Sagan for a remarkable, un- the news that Davey lost his fight es to pass on their deepest sym- to date," he said this week. Four expected break on the flat. at 19.50pm this evening surround- pathy to his partner Tracey, his minutes separated Froome and his But Froome also lost any ed by his family and close friends. family and friends." nearest challenger in last year's chance he had of winning the 2016 edition but few expect him to en- Vuelta a Espana when he was am- joy such a comfortable advantage bushed by Quintana and Conta- over his rivals this time around. dor on a short, punchy stage to Jedd O'Keeffe continued his hot Johanna Konta hopes His opposition are numerous Formigal last September. run of form as Lord Yeats scored a and formidable - Nairo Quintana, It's that vulnerability his rivals notable Listed success in the Bet- to train on Sunday as Richie Porte, Romain Bardet, Fa- will target. Spaniard Contador, in way Fred Archer Stakes at New- bio Aru and Alberto Contador - but particular, is the master of such market. O'Keeffe sent out four Froome's main concerns will lie moves and knows unpredictabili- winners on Friday and jockey PJ she nurses back injury with the 3,540km route ahead of ty will be his most dangerous McDonald clearly fancied his him and his own form. Firstly, the weapon against the might of chances of adding to the tally as he course doesn't play to his Froome's Team Sky. was positive from the off aboard strengths. Froome has built his past There are just 36.5kms of time 9-1 shot Lord Yeats. He quickly Tour successes on stunning dis- trialling at the Tour de France this kicked into the lead, with favou- plays in the high mountains and year. Those assaults, though, only rite Midterm racing on his heels dominant time trial performances. stick when the rider has the form until the race began in earnest with But the 2017 Grande Boucle is to deliver them with the power around three furlongs to run. Mid- made up of just three summit fin- required to hold off a peloton of term was the first to wilt under ishes and fewer time trial kilome- pursuers in their prime. tres than ever before. In a bid to Froome, without a win in near- pressure as both Second Step and the post to record a neck victory, day and to win another in consec- Mount Logan made their respec- Johanna Konta is hoping to return to the court on Sunday as she contin- draw daring attacks and unexpect- ly 11 months, is yet to show that with Mount Logan in third. utive days is quite unbelievable. ed results, race director Christian condition this season. That's not tive bids for glory, with Red Ver- O'Keeffe claimed a first Listed suc- "We thought he (Lord Yeats) was ues to recover from a back injury sustained in fall at Eastbourne. The don also trying to get in on the act. British No 1 and potential Wimbledon title contender withdrew from her Prudhomme has got creative. to say the 32-year-old is going into cess in his career at Newcastle on up to it and we thought the style "I dream of an unpredictable the Tour a long way behind his However, despite being headed Friday night when More Mischief of race would suit him. semi-final at the Aegon International against Karolina Pliskova on Friday with around a furlong to run, Lord with a thoracic spine injury. Konta had fallen heavily the previous evening Tour de France, where the race can opposition - but how his form will won the Hoppings Stakes. He said: "We were looking at the Ebor be at stake on any given day," he be in the key moments in France Yeats battled back gamely for "The horses are in really good form but that has probably not helped on the brink of victory over world No 1 Angelique Kerber. A statement McDonald and just inched back up from Konta's representative said: "We are seeking medical advice and said at the course's unveiling. This is, at present, unclear. and I can't quite believe it. "To win his mark. novel approach - a rejection of the (BBC Sport) on Second Step in the shadow of our very first Listed race on Fri- (Sky Sport) monitoring the situation closely. (Sky Sport) MONDAY . JULY 03. 2017-Saratan 12, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 323 Price: Afs.20

akistan is scheduled to start registering an estimated one million undocumented Afghan refugees in AT Monitoring Desk the country by he Head of United Nation mid-July. High Commission for TRefugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan has emphasized on additional support to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) of Nangarhar as they are facing multiple problems. UNHCR’s country chief Fatema Abdullah made a visit to eastern Nangarhar province where she met with refugee and IDP families. According to the Nangarhar Press Club, the UNHCR head met Governor Gulab Mangal as well to 1st VP Gen. Dostum and and discussed refugees’ issues with Pakistan will begin the registration the country until December 31, voluntary repatriation program, ministers, and reinstatement of him. The provincial governor urged process of an estimated one million 2017. registered refugees get $200 USD CEO and his deputies’ authorities. national and international undocumented Afghan refugees on Around 35,000 Afghan per family when they return. Wadir Safi, a political expert, organizations to provide more July 15, Pakistan’s Dawn news refugees had returned voluntarily The report said that the Afghan believed the new alliance wouldn’t assistance to IDPs families in the reported. this year. Dawn stated the United ministry for refugees’ repatriation last long because what he said it province. Fatema said that she met Pakistani officials said that the Nations High Commissioner for would also be involved in the was formed for seeking power, refugee families and noticed their exercise would cover all Afghan Refugees (UNHCR) is not part of registration exercise, which would achieving personal, ethnical and problems and issues they are nationals living in the country the registration process as it only help establish the number of lingual benefits. “If these people’s facing. “During meeting, refugees without legal documents and that deals with issues related to Afghans living in Pakistan. pockets were filled with banknotes demanded shelter, health and registered Afghans could stay in registered refugees. As part of the (ToloNews) or their positions reassured, they education facilities.” Fatema would immediately shun the furthered the IDPs and refugee alliance. This is not the proper time problem would be shared with for such alliances; they should high-ranking authorities in a bid to come and help in ensuring security generate funds to resolve their of the country.” problems. She believed that He said preferring personal refugees and IDPs are still facing interests over national ones, many difficulties, and there is a dire particularly in the current need for more assistance to be situation, was actually destroying provided to them. KABUL: Some Wolesi Jirgainfo- Mohaqiq, who is leader of the the Afghanistan people. icon members and political Hezb-i-Wahdat Mardum, recently Mohammad Kabir Ranjbar, analysts on Saturday criticized the visited 1st VP Gen. Abdul Rashid another political expert and head new alliance among the Jamiat-i- Dostum in Ankara city of Turkey. of the Lawyers’ Association of Islamiinfo-icon Afghanistaninfo- Reports said the meeting had Afghanistan, about the alliance icon (JIA), Hezb-i-Wahdat agreed upon establishment of a new said: “They are part of the Mardum and Junbish-i-Milli political alliance named “High government while opposing it, Afghanistan parties, saying the Council of Coalition for Salvation their alliance has no legal basis.” move was aimed at serving personal of Afghanistan”. After their He said every step which was interests. meeting in Ankara, the three parties against people’s interest would not Wolesi Jirga’s 2nd deputy in a joint statement said the meeting unsucceed. speaker Mohammad Nazir discussed forming an alliance to Ranjbar, while recalling earlier Womenin northwestern Faryab Zaray called insecurity and the traditions and mistrust at the Ahmadzai told today’s session deal with illegal acts of the unity alliances of the same groups, said province acknowledge significant negative view of religious scholars family level were the main that any attempt at overthrowing government, prevent the system’s the coalition would also be unable progress in political, education and the main problems being challenges to women working the system would be thwarted. overthrow, political chaos and to to persist long. other fields over the past 15 years, encountered by Faryab women. alongside men in government Acting foreign minister JIA restore public confidence. The According to him, during the AT Monitoring Desk but view growing insecurity, Women could not work in offices. “Except in Andkhoi, CEO Salahuddin Rabbani, JIA’s parties identified as priorities full civil war after 1991 the same negative traditions and government offices and girls faced Qaramqol, Qorghan and Khan senior member Atta Mohammad implementation of the unity people used to switch allegiance, t least seventeen Islamic discrimination as main challenges. problems in attending schools in Charbagh, girls’ schools in all other Noor , first deputy Chief Executive government’s agreement, keeping in view their personnel State (IS), also known as Asila Gahryak, head of the districts due to insecurity, she districts of the province Officer (CEO) Mohammad restoration of legitimate authorities interest. (Pajhwok) ADaesh insurgents have state-controlled Faryab Magazine, grumbled, stressing the need for frequently remain shut and have been killed in air strikes carried told Pajhwok Afghan News women decisive steps to address the no female teachers. There are out by the Afghan security forces had made major achievements after issues. fewer job opportunities for in Achin, Kot and Pachir Agam an end to Talibaninfo-icon’s Women Affairs Director women, who are also subject to Son of Kam Air owner killed districts of eastern Nangarhar oppressive regime 16 years ago. Sharifa Azimi said insecurity, harassment,” she charged. province, an official said on “Many women and girls, gender discrimination, ossified (Pajhwok) Sunday. having done graduation and while hunting in Balkh Provincial Police masters, are working in Spokesperson, Hazrat Hussain government departments, Local police have confirmed the man’s Mashraqiwal, said that six Daesh educational institutes, cultural and death but said circumstances rebels were killed in the overnight civil society organisations in surrounding the incident are not yet clear. bombardment in the Torabora and Faryab. “They are also working in Alefkhelo areas of Pachir Agam the handicraft industry. Gender district. “Some weapons and a equality is also respected here to machinegun were also destroyed some extent, but the worsening during operation.” insecurity poses a serious hurdle He added that five more to women’s activities,” she said. militants were also killed in Peshai Gahryak said many girls and Tangi area of Achin district in a women had acquired higher education after going through a lot separate airstrike. of problems. Unfortunately, they Moreover, an airstrike AT Monitoring Desk have to stay at home due to conducted in Kot district was insecurity and social taboos, she KABUL: At least 13 anti-Taliban resulted into killing of six Daesh regretted. Women do not have local uprising fighters have been insurgents, a statement from protection mechanisms, with killed in a Taliban ambush in 201st Selab Military Corps said. schools shut for grown-up girls. northern Balkh province, officials The statement added that the A civil society activist in said on Sunday. airstrikes have been carried out in northern Balkh province, Zarmina “Uprising fighters were on Wach Lagad, Toor Pana, Zaray, also expressed concern over the way to join the Afghan The son of Zamarai Kamgar, the district. women’s situation. She said security forces, while faced Shaheedano and Bakri localities of owner of Afghanistan’s Kam Air According to police, the the district. women still did not enjoy their Taliban’s ambush in Masjed Safid circumstances surrounding airline, was killed on Sunday while According to statement, legitimate rights and were recruited area of Chamtal district on on a hunting trip. Kamgar’s death were unclear but civilians and security personnel symbolically to government Saturday around 1:30pm, which Local police confirmed the stated they have launched an offices. They are summarily has resulted into killing of 13 death of Parwiz Kamgar and said investigation into the incident. sustained no casualties during dismissed on the pretext of having uprisers,” Balkh Governor the incident happened in Khulm (ToloNews) attacks. no work experience. Spokesman, Munir Farhad said. Uprising group commander, Ghulam Sakhi was also among killed local fighters, he said, adding that the Taliban insurgents had also sustained casualties, but no exact figures of the casualties is currently at hand. He said that JALALABAD: Hundreds of Mohammad, a displaced currently clearing operation is families, who were ordered to person from Gurguri village, said underway in Chamtal district to vacate homes three days ahead of his family lacked shelter, food and clear the area of insurgents. Eidul Fitr prior to planned drinking water, urging the Taliban through media airstrikes against Daesh militants government to come to their rescue. statement claimed responsibility in Haska Mena district of eastern “These families reside in for the attack. Taliban claimed Nangarhar province, remain schools, clinics, near natural steams that three commander of uprising displaced. and some under trees and face a were also among 12 uprising The families numbering host of issues.” fighter had been killed in Chamtal around 400 told Pajhwok Afghan Ghulam Mohammad from district. News on Saturday that the Oghaz area who has taken refuge government had not assisted them in a ruined home near the district since ordering them to leave homes centre, said they had not been three days ahead of Eid as assisted so far. He said they had airstrikes were to be initiated been many times invited to the Kabul against Daesh militants. district headquarters but they were The families belonging to more never assisted and the aid in their Museum: than a dozen villages of Haska name was misappropriated.A local Mena district have been struggling resident, Obaidullah, a 14-year-old with numerous problems. student, said their school was Reminder Abdul Rahim, who was occupied by the displaced families. displaced from Gagra village, told “All the displaced families have of the Pajhwok Afghan News that the settled in schools, so there are government through helicopters- vacations.”An influential tribal borne security forces ordered local elder Haji Khalil also said the grim and residents to vacate homes and displaced families were in a dire move to safety. situation and needed urgent the glorious “When the district officials assistance. Haska Mena district told us to leave because airstrikes chief Sazwali Shinwari also are planned against Daesh in our acknowledged the displaced Page - 03 An Afghan boy rides a bicycle as he looks at murals on blast walls in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. area, we left without taking families needed assistance. anything from home.” (Pajhwok)