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Peace talks: Afghan Taliban s top representative to visit Pakistan soon AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Since peace talks be- better in last three decades than Bacha Khan didn t achieve the political stature equivalent to that of Nelson Mandela because his land tween the Afghan government and now. However he refused to give the Taliban have been resumed af- out more information as he said it (Afghanistan)and nation (Afghans)remained the least developed; All benefited from Afghan war except Afghans ter a longer period of stalemate, a might be detrimental for the pro- representative of Taliban s politi- cess. themselves: Karzai cal bureau at Doha Qatar, Qair Din At the same time, the Presi- Mohammad is going to visit Paki- dent have started consultation with stan as Islamabad s role in peace political parties, tribal elders, The govt is making all out efforts to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Peace does not mean compromise over dignity and prestige negotiations is crucial and much prominent figures, and promised sought. that the negotiations would not be of citizens or a group: Abdullah Abdullah The Express Tribune, an En- held behind closed doors. glish-language newspaper in Paki- stani, quoting a Taliban official on By willing to be buried in Jalalabad, Bacha Khan Baba wanted to make reminiscent Makkah-Madina love bond by the Prophet of Islam as he was condition of anonymity as saying 216 crime came across unspeakable troubles in Makkah but love in Madina. Similar is the tale of Bacha Khan: Ghulam Ahmad Bilour that Qari Din Mohammad will soon visit Pakistan. Din Moham- mad had also recently led delega- suspects held Terrorism has killed over 850 followers of Bacha Khan s non-violence movement in post-9/11 scenario. It looks Pakistan doesn t want to tion of Afghan Taliban to China. Taliban official went on say- in Nangarhar pursue strategic depth in Afghanistan as its own cities have caught fire of terrorism: Khattak ing that he had a better understand- ing and contacts with China on dif- AT Monitoring Desk ferent issues now. As compared Violence had increased manifold in the past few decades in the region and non-violence movement holds solutions to our to other countries, China looks KABUL: As many as 216 alleged more trust worthy as it sincerely criminals have been arrested in common challenges: Sinha wants to put a halt to the war in eastern Nangarhar province in past Afghanistan, he said. 11 months, said official on Sun- AT News Report He adds that a Taliban delega- day. Nangarhar police chief told a tion visited China last year. news conference in Jalalabad that KABUL: Since the region called Last week, Foreign Minister they have documented 167 crimi- Afghanistan, India and Pakistan of China visited Pakistan, and said nal incidents in which 216 alleged has been mired in a perpetual state that his country is ready to facili- criminals have been arrested in of conflict, terrorism and violence, tate talks between the Afghan gov- past 11 months. ernment and the Taliban. He said the arrested individu- therefore the tradition of non-vio- Soon after his revelations, the als were handed over to judiciaries lence movement of Mahatma Gan- Taliban spokesman denied any for further investigation. dhi and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan contacts with US or the Afghan He added that around 3,118 (Bacha Khan) the two allies in a government in Qatar. News fol- kilograms of different types of revolution of human spirit and pi- lowed by. Here is another report drugs, 855 liters of wine and 2,455 oneers in a culture of peace, will that says that peace talks have liters of chemicals used in heroin ever remain a source of guidance. been scheduled to take place be- were also recovered by the securi- To spread a message of peace and tween the United States officials ty forces during the period. At and Afghan Taliban in Qatar. As least 1,221 hectares of agricultural hope, non-violence, Rana Think soon as the report reached to me- land was cleared of poppy by the Tank in coloration with Indian Hamid Karzai, the CEO of National Saleh talked on non-violence, its about personalities of two great- The ex-President said that dia, officials at US White House security forces, he added. Embassy in Kabul, organized a Unity Government, Abdullah Ab- relevance in the current day world est paragons of non-violence in Gandhi and Bacha Khan wanted and Taliban s representatives de- He said that 39 different types one-day conference on the tradi- dullah, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour and politics. South Asia and their humanitarian independence and prosperity of nied any such likely happening. of weapons, ammunition and 65 tion of non-violence in the region: Senior Vice President Awami Na- Ex-President Karzai said that characters, who were the frontrun- their people, but through nonvio- It comes at a time when the vehicles were recovered during the Mahatma Gandhi and Bacha tional Party (ANP), Indian Am- the tradition of nonviolence in the ner for creating awareness about lence. Afghan government is making all past 11 months. Nearly 190 drug Khan two leading flag bearers of bassador Amar Sinha, Senator Afra- region is the most important and the tradition of nonviolence and He said that Gandhi was the out efforts to resumes talks. Pres- addicts were arrested in several non-violence , on Sunday. ident Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, parts of Nangarhar and were hand- siab Khattak, Central Leader of humanitarian subject particularly seeking independence from the pioneer of nonviolence movement, the other day told reporters that ed over to drug addicts treatment Ex-President of Afghanistan, ANP, and ex-spy chief Amrullah for Afghans. We are speaking British Empire, Karzai said. See P3 grounds for peace have never been centers. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Funds for Samangan flood-affected Several Daikundi media FAMILIES MISUSED: OFFICIALS outlets bite the dust NILI: No daily paper is actively tal departments must provide the tion and culture department, ac- AIBAK: Funds allocated for con- publishing in Daikundi as majori- required information to the media. knowledged that a number of me- struction of shelters for the flood- ty of the print media active for over The draft of the law took three dia outlets in the province had been affected families in northern Sa- a decade has stopped functioning years to be prepared by the minis- limited but said: It was not a mangan province have been embez- because of multiple reasons, activ- try of information and culture with source of concern. zled, officials said on Sunday. ists allege. the help of journalists and civil He added the main reason that Mohammad Karim Freedom of expression has society members. some newspapers had ceased pub- Mokremzada, an official of the been one of the main achievements Several journalists associa- lications were lack of budget. Even ministry of economy in Samangan, of the Afghan government over the tions welcomed the law and called the monthly newspapers like En- told Pajhwok Afghan News that last 13 years. it a major step towards providing vironment , Daikundi Youth and Afghan Aid was planning to build There were 17 government and better and accurate information to Daikundi that were being print- shelters for 166 families that were private weekly and monthly pa- public. ed by his department stopped affected by flash floods in Khuram pers in Daikundi which gradually Najia, women s rights activ- their publications because the min- Sarbagh district. vanished in the recent years. ists, said the publications did not istry of information and culture He added the NGO later found The first monthly paper have anything on women s issues could not fund them, he added. that only 142 shelters had been Daikundi View was launched by and only had their own political However, only recently a new constructed while the money with- the youth of the province that last- agenda. She also accused the wom- weekly newspaper Nili Voice drawn for construction of 166 shel- ed four years. Because of lack of en s affairs department for not hav- has started publication discussing ters. At least 24 houses have not budget the paper stopped publi- ing any publications for women issues from politics to socio-cul- been constructed. cations. despite having a lot of funds. tural issues. Cost of each shelter, he said, Weak governance, censorship, Hamid Wafaee, a journalist, Editor-in-chief of the weekly was $2500 and total embezzled lack of cooperation by the local said judicial organs were not co- Mohammad Qasim Ataee said he money was around $52,000. officials, insufficient budget, and operative with them. For instance, was printing the weekly from his Without naming anybody, load shedding caused the papers he said, a woman claimed that a own money. He said for the long- Mokremzada said five workers of shut down. justice department s employee run it was necessary for such pub- Afghan Aid NGO and 21 other lo- Light shadow was another asked for her daughter s marriage lications to be supported. cal council and governmental em- monthly paper that stopped work- in return of resolving her problems Private radio Aftab has also ployees have been accused of ing since one and half years. Mo- over land. been shut down since last month. anomalies. The case had been sent hammad Reja former editor-in- I tried to follow the issue and Hanif Rezaee head of the radio said to Attorney General s Office for chief of the paper said any gover- talk to the officials. They did not that restrictions by the local de- investigations, he said. nor appointed to the province cooperate and said they had sent partments have made him stop Rajab Ali Yosufi, head of emer- were not cooperative with them. the case to the court. When I en- broadcastings. gency response committee, ac- He told Pajhwok Afghan News quired with the court the judge told Two private radios of Nasim knowledged embezzlement had taken place and that they were in- vestigating the issue. (Pajhwok) Kabul needs embassy in Malaysia: Envoy KUALA LUMPUR : Afghan am- facilities, Jamshid said. He had encouraged Afghan embassy in Kabul therefore Afghan bassador in Malaysia has said that He said that a large number of business community to invest in students, traders and other Af- Afghan businessmen and students Afghan traders had their business- their own country but the traders ghans faced with problems. Af- are facing with acute problems as es in Malaysia, with one Afghan were concerned about security in ghans have to travel to India or Kuala Lumpur has no embassy in Dubai to get visa for onward trav- the capital Kabul. el to Malaysia, he added. In his exclusive interview with He said he had taken the issue Pajhwok Afghan News, Dr. Jam- with concerned Malaysian officials rad Jamshid, Afghanistan ambas- but any decision in that regard yet sador to Malaysia, said that 200 to be taken. Afghan refugees, 600 Afghan stu- He noted that Malaysia was dents and tens of traders were liv- one of the important countries in ing in Malaysia. the Islamic world and enhanced ties The students were pursuing with Kuala Lumpur would leave higher education and the Afghan far-reaching positive impact on embassy providing them with the Afghanistan s trade activities. needed facilities, he said, adding: (Pajhwok) I am in contact with our students and other Afghans living here. We have told all Afghans to contact 63 uplift projects the embassy when need be, Jam- shid added. completed in Most of the students had trav- eled to Malaysia on scholarships Wardak and the Afghan government pro- had established Momin Ghee Fac- their own country. that Information and Culture De- it is none of my business and did and Daikundi and national radio, vided them with all the available tory in that country. Jamshid said Malaysia had no MIDAN SHAHR: As many as partment did not have the vision not provide any information, he radio liberty, and voice of America 63 development projects have and ability for helping the local continued. Earlier, also media peo- are the radios that still air pro- of weight. The officials said the ba- been executed in central Maid- media to prosper. ple had complained that governor, grammes in the province. Woman gives birth to bies were born the other night and an Wardak province, which Mohammad Reja said every police chief, and information and Sayed Anwar Shahab said one they included four boys and two girls. would help benefit thousands time the journalists wanted to get culture department was pressur- of the reasons the media outlets six babies in Herat Three boys and one girl died due to of people, an official said on information from the officials they izing media for censorship. were shutting down was because oxygen problems but one girl and one Sunday. made excuses. This is the worst Journalists complain these they started work without strong AT Monitoring Desk boy are alive and are in good condi- The projects had been im- kind of restrictions that the offi- measures would cause media out- incentives only thinking they could tion. The mother who is 32 years old plemented at a cost of 176 mil- cials are committing against the lets and local radios to stop func- earn money out of it. KABUL: A woman has given birth cials on Sunday. Medical doctors is reportedly in good health condi- lion afghanis within two years press tioning. Residents also said that Rahmatullah Sharifi a civil so- to six babies in a public hospital in at Regional Hospital of Herat said tion. She is from western Farah prov- under the stability programme, Parliament last year passed governance in the province was ciety activist in Daikundi said they western Herat province, said offi- that every baby had one kilogram ince and is already the mother of one. in charge of the programme, access to information law in six weak and corruption was rampant. depend on the projects without Hazrat Gul Barakzai, told Pa- chapters and 32 articles which was But local officials believed things having proper plans for them- jhwok Afghan News. also ratified by the president. were improving. Khuda Bakhsh selves. That is why they lose au- The development schemes Based on this law all governmen- Seerat, acting director of informa- dience and finance. (Pajhwok) included construction of retain- ing walls, culverts, dames, playgrounds and digging of Protesters block Kabul-Kandahar highway wells, he said, adding that 38 KABUL: A number of residents traffic until the government arrests the killer of Eng. Sayyed Moham- more projects were underway of Paghman district in capital Kabul mad, said Ziauddin, relative of the slain man. which will be completed soon. on Sunday staged protest and He said district officials did not take any action to arrest the killers. Acting Governor Abdul blocked Kabul-Kandahar highway Hameed Khogyani expressed following the killing of a man the satisfaction over the develop- other day. ment schemes carried out un- Around 250 enraged protest- der the stability programme. ers carried the dead body of the He praised the officials for win- slain individual who was shot dead ning the hearts and minds of following a land dispute. The dem- locals. onstrators demanded the arrest of (Pajhwok) the killers. The road will be blocked for Baghlan energy revenue surges manifold PUL-I-KHUMRI: Electricity di- Afghan News the reason behind cials had assured to pay their debts in the near future, rector for northern Baghlan prov- hike in revenue was payments of Haidar said, adding the power would be cut again if it ince has said that the revenue gen- bills by the Ghori Cement Facto- failed to clear bills. erated from the electricity this year ry in Baghlan. Extending the electricity to 900 residential build- has been increased by 80 million He said power supply to the ings and shops had helped increase in the revenue, he afghanis. factory had to be cut because of said, adding that currently six megawatt of electricity During the last ten months, the 140 million unpaid bills by the fac- was provided from the second Ghori dam while 12 income has reached to 320 million tory. The electricity supply to the megawatt of that was imported from Tajikistan. afghanis while the amount last year factory had been restored after Sultan Aziz, a resident of Pul-i-Khumri, the pro- in the same time period was 250 payment of 20 million outstand- vincial capital, said that three months ago they had million afs. ing bills. access to electricity only three hours in 24 hours but Electricity Director Eng. Ghu- The cement factory is default- currently the facility is available 12 hours daily. lam Hussain Haidar told Pajhwok ed since last 10 years but its offi- (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Non-violence movement holds solutions to conflicts in the region: Speakers From P1 later joined by the larger-than- non-violence is not for cowards. It life Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. is for the brave and the courageous. The first meeting between Ma- And the Pathans are more brave hatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul and courageous than any other Ghaffar Khan took place in Luc- people in India. That is the reason know in 1929. Bacha Khan found why the Pathans were able to re- Gandhi s views and strategy much main non-violent. Khattak quot- important and the friendship be- ed of Bacha Khan as saying: tween the two grew rapidly. They Coming up with another quote remained friends till independence from Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan, of India, he recalled. Khattack said, Today s world is Karzai went on saying that traveling in some strange direction. Gandhi had travelled to North You see that the world is going to- West Frontier Province (now Khy- ward destruction and violence. And ber Pakhtunkhwa) where the two the specialty of violence is to cre- leaders conferred on culture and ate hatred among people and fear. history of this area. Bacha Khan I am a believer in nonviolence and also expressed his desire for inde- I say that no peace or tranquility pendence. will descend upon the people of In the quest for independence the world until nonviolence is prac- EMERGENCY of India, different conferences ticed, because nonviolence is love were held on nonviolence. Second and it stirs courage in people. CALLS World War, independence of India, He added that Bacha Khan emergence of the Soviet Union as modernized Pashtunwali (Pash- super power (in the bipolar sys- tun s culture). Terrorists killed Police tem) and re-emergence of China as some 850 members of Bcha Khan s a nation was counted as threats by movement, Awami National Party 100 - 119 the West, Karzai said. Thus Brit- (ANP). We haven t demanded the ain and the United States, (where- secession of Pakistan, didn t ini- as the latter replaced the former as tiate any rebellion. We accept the Hospitals an imperial power) held a session law, and democracy, but why are we still being attacked. Because, to explore ways to deal with the Birds of peace: Doves released in Kabul at the end of a one day conference on non-violence movement in the FMIC Hospital potential threats from global the war between the forces of vio- region, and its pioneers Gandhi and Bacha Khan, as a gesture of peace. Ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai and lence and non-violence is not fin- Behind Kabul Medical changes taking place on world s CEO of National Unity Government Abdullah Abdullah setting a pair of doves free. political pulpit. They decided to ished yet, he added. He said that University: use religion as a tool against the killing people in the world in the The message of Bacha Khan violence is love. In the same way of Islam. Mohammad (SAWS) was forces of violence are those who Soviet Union and communism. name of religion are earning bad Research Center at Kandahar Uni- Mahatama Gandhi said that non- born in Makkah but buried in tried in the last of 20th century to 0202500200-+93793275595 They used Islam as well as Chris- ruin Afghanistan. They laid par- image for Muslims and Islam. Ab- versity was also read on the occa- violence is the greatest force at the Madina. The Prophet of Islam ticular emphasis on connection tianity for this purpose. They de- dullah added that such people sion. disposal of mankind. It is mightier came across unspeakable troubles Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital cided to carve out a new country could not be called Muslims. Chairman of the center Sher than the mightiest weapons of de- in Makkah while in Madina he between Islam and Afghan culture. in the region to create buffer zone. Regarding the peace process he Shah Rishad said that his center is struction. Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, found love, compassion and re- Not because they loved Islam but Pule Bagh-e- Umomi They created Pakistan for this said the government is trying its trying to tell university and the Senior Vice President of Awa- spect. Same is the case of Bacha to undermine Afghan culture, he purpose, he said. best to bring peace and stability to schools students how to keep vio- mi National Party (ANP), called Khan Baba therefore he wanted to said. We witnessed in 1996 that 070263672 He added that Pakistan was Afghanistan. Peace does not mean lence at bay and use wisdom to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a be buried where he was showered how they entered Afghanistan and strengthen and made member of the compromise over dignity and pres- coexist peacefully. preacher and a practicing philoso- with love and respect. Another rea- banned Afghan national anthem, SEATO and CENTO. Karzai said tige of citizens or a group. Achieve- India s Ambassador to Kabul, pher. He recalled an incident. I son is he wanted to show to the and national flag. They renamed Khairkhana Hospital that like the US, Pakistan also used ments made in the past 13 years Amar Sinha, said that violence had went to Lahore with Bacha Khan world that these lines (Durand Radio Kabul with Shariat Ghag 0799-321007 religion as a tool against Afghani- will be safeguarded. increased manifold in the past few nearly 40 years back. We were sit- Line) render no meanings as peo- (the Voice of Sharia). Radio Islam- stan and India. War in Afghanistan Former Chief of the National decades in the region. ting at the house of our host that ple living in Pakhtunkhwa and Af- abad remained Radio Islamabad, 2401352 helped the United States as the Directorate of Security (NDS), He hoped the former president we caught sight of some Jamat-e- ghanistan are one people and one Radio Tehran remained Radio Te- Soviet Union disintegrated and the Amrullah Salih, also termed Gan- Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Ab- Islami activists. They came nearer nation. We are being called by hran, but Radio Kabul turned into US emerged as sole super power. dhi and Bacha Khan as epitomes dullah would continue working and asked Bacha Khan that he three names. Indians call us Shariat Ghag. They banned Indira Gandhi Children Europe also benefited from the of nonviolence who struggled for together to bring peace to Afghan- looked inspired of Gandhi. They Pathans. We call ourselves Pash- Nawroz, a cultural legacy of 5,000 war because Germany was reunit- years of Afghanistan. They termed Hospital, Wazir Akbar freedom but without firing a single istan. also told Bacha Khan that his ide- tuns. And British call us Afghans Jirga un-Islamic. They destroyed ed. Pakistan also benefited and bullet. He said: The unrelenting vio- ology or movement of non-violence so we are Afghans and Afghans Khan, Kabul 2301372 became nuclear power as well as He said that Gandhi and Bacha lence in the region is a growing is a fallible because Islam believes include all Pashtuns, Tajiks and the ancient statue of Buddha. strengthened its intelligence and They destroyed everything that Khan had leadership qualities and threat to the area that we collec- in Jahid. I wondered how Bacha Hazaras because of their collective was related to Afghan culture. All army institutions. However, it was the ability to practice nonviolence tively call home. The increasing Khan will respond. What he told rule in India for over 300 years. Ibn-e- Seena Afghanistan that witnessed a dark that s why they had many follow- acts of violence in one form or the them is remarkable and outstand- And British historians call it Af- these happenings were not acci- age. Afghans had rendered match- ers. However, he lamented over other, under one or the other name, ing. He told them that non-violence ghan period in history books, Bi- dental, but planed, Khattak re- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul less sacrifices. The US has handed growing violence in the region and under no matter what pretext, is a is not his movement or program lour said. Afrasiab Khattak quot- marked. Pakistan wanted strate- over authority of a weaker Afghan- said that nonviolence is now re- serious threat to humanity and rather it s his faith (aqeeda). He ed Bacha Khan as saying, There gic depth in Afghanistan. But now 2100359 istan to Pakistan. Pakistan as a re- stricted only to slogans and none peaceful coexistence of people told them that when you say that is nothing surprising in a Muslim terrorism has knocked at their sult destroyed our military insti- is ready to practice it as policy. from various faiths. Violence vio- non-violence is Gandhi s ideology or a Pathan like me subscribing to doors. The wave of terrorism has tutes and invaded our culture, he reached Karachi. It s this reason Wazir Akbar Khan EX-National Security Advisor lates basic human rights of the peo- or program, you should study the the creed of nonviolence. It is not that Pakistan has changed its mind- said. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta said ple and create a new insecure envi- life of Prophet Mohammad a new creed. It was followed 1,400 The ex-president said he laid a set now, he said. Another partic- Hospital Bacha Khan spent most of his life ronment, Sinha said, adding that in (SAWS). The JI activists respond- years ago by the Prophet all the ipant of the conference, Moham- particular stress on American behind bars for practicing nonvio- the region there is a strong tradi- ed that they know about the life of time when he was in Mecca. 2301741, 2301743 bombings on Afghan civilian hous- mad Qasim Jamdar, recalled how lence, but he never renounced the tion of spirituality and nonviolence. the Prophet of Islam. Bacha Khan Once again quoting Bacha he came across an incident that left es. Recalling his experience with policy of nonviolence. The two great epitomes, Mahat- responded in negation. He told Khan, Khattak said, I once asked Pakistan on war on terror, Karzai him in a state of sorrow. He said Criticizing the developed coun- ma Gandhi and his very close as- them they don t know about it Gandhi Jee, you have been preach- that once in Hamburg, a city in Ali Abad said that he urged Islamabad to tries he said that governments are sociate Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, because it is Mohammad (SAWS) ing non-violence in India for a long Germany, he was talking on the Shahrara, Kabul stop bombing public places in overthrown by powerful actors in I presumed that their relevance is who is the pioneer of this ideolo- time now, but I started teaching non-violence movement of Bacha Waziristan and Bajaur and instead order to impose their own agen- even more important and their gy. Bacha Khan told them that the the Pathans non-violence only a Khan and his troubles he encoun- 2100439 of doing so it should bring changes das. Citing Syria, Iraq, Egypt and message outgoes to the younger 13-year life of Prophet Moham- short time ago. Yet, in compari- tered in his struggle in a confer- in its policies and stop using ex- Libya the former security advisor generation who have grown up in mad in Makkah is a perfect exam- son, the Pathans seem to have ence. At the end of the conference tremism as a tool. to Karzai said that use of force to a period of continued violence for ple of non-violence. Bilour re- grasped the idea of non-violence I asked too many Europeans (par- Malalai Maternity The more violence is used and impose own agenda has sparked last 30 years, he said. Quoting called another incident. He said that much quicker and much better than ticipants) that since Bacha Khan innocent people s houses are violence in the world. He said that Bacha Khan he said, Today s when Bacha Khan was on his death the Indians. Just think how much had spent more years in prison Hospital bombed, the more extremism peace would not return unless gen- world is going in some strange di- bed, he willed that he should be violence there was in India during than any other international lead- 2201377/ 2301743 would threaten the region. uine democracy was practices and rection. You see that the world is buried in Afghanistan. We argued the war in 1942. Yet in the North ers ( such as Nelson Mandela and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) nonviolence policy of Gandhi and going towards destruction and vi- a lot about it. But he insisted. Even West Province, in spite the unprec- others) but despite that Bacha Abdullah Abdullah has called Ma- Bacha Khan was adopted. olence. The specialty of violence, now some people object at the edented cruelties and atrocities by Khan was not awarded Nobel Banks hatma Gandhi and Bacha Khan as Peace does not mean only is to create hatred among people decision that why he was buried the British inflicted upon them, Peace Prize. They told me that the two leading flag bearers of none putting down the guns, but pre- and to create fear. I am a believer in in Afghanistan. Bacha Khan had even a single Pathan didn t resort currently there 38 cultural commit- violence who inspired millions of paring ground for various groups nonviolence and I say that no peace two reasons behind this decision to violence, though they too pos- tees working for Mandela in entire Da Afghanistan Bank people. to live in harmony and peacefully and tranquility will descend upon and will. The first one is he want- sess the instruments of violence. Europe but there is even not single 2100302, 2100303 He said that Islam is strictly as Bacha Khan and Gandhi be- the people of the world until non- ed to follow the sunnah (act, do- How do you explain that? organization named after Bacha against violence and those who are lieved, he underlined. violence is practiced, because non- ings and sayings) of the Prophet Gandhi Jee replied me that Khan in Europe, Jamdar said. Kabul Bank Indian priest released after 222666, 070285285 12 people killed in Badakhshan avalanches Azizi Bank eight months captivity 0799 700900 AT Monitoring Desk Badakhshan is one of the country s should immediately deliver food, soul and body together during the most remote provinces where still medicine and blankets to Raghistan harsh winter, humanitarian groups AT Monitoring Desk Pashtany Bank KABUL: At least 12 people were dozens of homes are at risk of nat- and Yawan districts as it would be said. Each year avalanches kill more 2102908, 2103868 killed and two others wounded af- ural calamities. The government hard for the residents to keep their than 150 people globally. KABUL: Prime Minister of India on Sunday said that Alexis Prem ter avalanches hit their houses in Kumar, an Indian Christian priest who was abducted in Afghanistan, has northeastern Badakhshan prov- been freed. Air Services ince, official said on Sunday. Narendra Modi announced release of the abducted priest on his Spokesman to the provincial Twitter account. He tweeted, Delighted at securing the release of Indi- Safi Airways governor, Ahmad Naweed Firotan, an Jesuit priest Father Alexis Prem Kumar from captivity in Afghani- said that an avalanche killed 12 stan. 020 22 22 222 people after hitting eight houses The Indian premier said that he had informed the family of Kumar in Raghistan district of the prov- about his safe return after eight months in abduction. Ariana ince. Another four houses were Kumar was kidnapped by unknown men on June 2, 2014 in Sohadat also destroyed in Yawan district village of Herat province during his visit to a school supported by his 020-2100270 of the province where it had no organization, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). The 47-year old priest was civilian causalities, providentially, working as director of the JRS in Afghanistan. Kam Air he said. After the incident, emer- After his abduction, reports about his connection with Indian mis- gency humanitarian assistance was sion in Afghanistan has circulated, but were rejected soon by the external 0799974422 delivered to the affected families affairs ministry of India. in Raghistan district, Firotan said. Investigating the case to trace the kidnappers, Afghan authorities Hotels He further said that efforts had arrested three Taliban members. It is widely believed that the priest has been made to deliver required food- been freed after successful bargaining with the insurgent group. Howev- Safi Landmark stuffs to the vulnerable families in er, Afghan officials preferred to remain silent and avoid media. Afghan- Yawan district as well. istan Times several times tried to contact the spokesman of Interior 020-2203131 It s worth mentioning that Ministry but failed to get official version in this regard. SERENA Clash over land dispute 0799654000 claims 7 lives in Paktia New Rumi Restaurant GARZEZ: Seven people have been killed as a result of a clash between 0776351347 two tribes over a land dispute in the Zazi Aryub district of southeastern Paktia province, a senior official said on Sunday. Internet Services Deputy Governor Abdul Wali Sahi told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash between Hamzakhel and Mulla Babakhel tribesmen started on UA Telecom Saturday. Heading a delegation to the area, Sahi said seven people had 0796701701 / 0796702702 been killed and several others wounded during the firefight. On Saturday, he said, 18 people from both the sides were injured Exchange Rate and it was unknown as yet if the dead were from the injured. He said he had reached the area along with the delegation and was trying to secure Purchase: a ceasefire between the tribes. A day earlier, Paktia deputy police chief Mohammad Zaman told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash occurred in Rokyan village in the Zazi Aryub district near the border with Azra One US$ = district in central Logar province. He said the two tribes had a dispute 57.23Afs over a graveyard and a mountain and several people were injured in yesterday s clash. But a heath official in the district, declining to be One Pound Sterling= named, told Pajhwok that seven people had been killed and more than 87.18Afs 10 injured in the incident. Hamidullah, a resident, also confirmed the One Euro = clash and the casualties. Similar clashes on ownership of mountains, forests and land between tribes had claimed several lives in the past. 65.04Afs (Pajhwok) 1000 Pak Rs = 559Afs 5 rebels, policeman KILLED IN KUNDUZ KUNDUZ CITY/PUL-I-KHUMRI: Five militants have been killed Sale: during a clearing operation in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kun- One US$ = duz province, an official said on Sunday. 57.43Afs The town s administrative chief, Amanuddin Qurishi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that rebels attacked security forces in Taza Laqi locality One Pound Sterling= on Saturday night. Security forces repulsed the attack and the ensuing 87.98Afs battle left five insurgents dead, he added. Separately, Taliban killed an One Euro= official of public order police in the Khanabad district. The slain police- man was serving in northeastern Badakhshan province. Police spokes- 65.64 Afs man Sayyed Sarwar Hussaini said rebels pulled Abdul Wadood off the 1000 Pak Rs= 567Afs bus and shot him dead. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23 , 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES US assures continued support to Pakistan in Sixteen dead as Bangladesh ferry sinks PATURIA, BANGLADESH: Six- I was on the deck of the ferry of Bangladesh s remote rural areas, carrying some 200 passengers cap- after a passenger vessel sank in the teen people including a baby are and fell into the river. Those who especially in the south and north- sized in an estuary in the south of Meghna river in Munshiganj after war against terror confirmed dead and rescuers are were on the deck were able to come east. Boat capsizes are common in the country. About 50 people were colliding with a cargo ship. still searching for missing passen- out but none of the passengers in- Bangladesh, one of Asia s poorest killed in August last year when a At least 85 people drowned in WASHINGTON: US National ests and regional issues. They gers after a ferry collided with a side could get out, Rahman said. nations, which is criss-crossed by crowded ferry sank in rough 2009 when an overloaded triple- Security Adviser Susan Rice as- agreed to continue cooperation in cargo ship and sank Sunday in a Bangladeshi ferries do not nor- more than 230 rivers. weather in the Munshiganj district. decker ferry capsized off Bhola sured continued support to Paki- the wake of last ministerial ses- Bangladesh river, officials said. mally keep passenger lists, mak- Experts blame poorly main- Some 150 people were killed Island in the south. stan in eliminating terrorism from sion held on strategic dialogue in It was the second deadly boat ing it difficult to establish how tained vessels, flaws in design and in March 2012 after a overcrowd- Naval officials have said more the country, Radio Pakistan re- Islamabad. The reconciliation pro- accident in less than a fortnight in many are missing after an accident. overcrowding for most of the trag- ed ferry carrying about 200 pas- than 95 per cent of Bangladesh s ported. cess in Afghanistan was also dis- the country, which has a history The Padma river is one of the edies. Earlier this month at least sengers sank after being hit by an hundreds of thousands of small and Rice held a meeting with Inte- cussed during the meeting. of ferry tragedies. largest in the delta nation. Boats five people including a minor were oil barge in the dead of night. medium-sized boats do not meet rior Minister Chaudhry Nisar in Read: Obama s Pentagon nom- Rescue workers had recovered are the main form of travel in many killed when an overloaded ferry In 2011, 32 people were killed minimum safety regulations. Washington, during which she ap- inee willing to expand counter-ter- 16 bodies including an infant and preciated the sacrifices and com- rorism cooperation with Pakistan two women, local administrator mitment of the country s leader- On February 4, US President Rashida Ferdous told AFP, adding ship. Barack Obama s pick for defense that she did not know the exact Nisar spelled out the support secretary, Ashton Carter, was will- number of people missing. of the entire nation in implement- ing to expand US counter-terror- She said a salvage vessel was ing the National Action Plan. ism cooperation with Pakistan, on its way to raise the sunken ves- The two leaders exchanged according to an opening statement sel, adding that the master of the views on matters of bilateral inter- Carter is due to read to the Senate. cargo ship and two other crew had been arrested. Survivors said the twin-deck MV Mostofa was carrying be- tween 70-150 passengers when it capsized in the middle of the Pad- ma river, local police chief Rak- ibuz Zaman told AFP. Some 50 people swam ashore or were rescued by other vessels, he added. The vessel was reportedly heading to the town of Paturia in Manikganj district, some 70 kilo- metres (50 miles) from the capital Dhaka, from Rajbari district. Local newspaper Prothom Alo quoted one survivor, Hafizur Rah- man, as saying the cargo ship hit the boat 15 minutes after depar- ture causing it to overturn and trapping many passengers. APS attack: We should promise it CHINA SUMMONS INDIAN ENVOY OVER won t happen again, says Malala KARACHI: Young Nobel laureate Morial Shah, another CFD or- attack on children and to form a Narendra Modi s Arunachal visit and girls education campaigner ganiser, added: We wanted to get social plan that can complement BEIJING: Chinese vice-foreign Liu expressed the hope that the complicate the border issue and button at a function held in Indira Malala Yousafzai on Saturday said the conversation going about the the National Action Plan. minister Liu Zhenmin on Saturday Indian side would treasure the stick to the general orientation of Gandhi Park in Itanagar. The Prime called in India's ambassador to sound momentum in the growth resolving the issue through bilat- Minister hoped the boost in com- China, Ashok K Kantha, to lodge of bilateral relations, march toward eral negotiations to maintain the munications through the railway a "stern representation" over Prime the same goal with China and abide overall growth of bilateral relations. would propel growth and devel- Minister Narendra Modi's visit to by the important consensus on the Modi, who arrived in opment in Arunachal Pradesh and the northeastern Indian state of border issue. Arunachal Pradesh's capital on other parts of the northeast. Modi, Arunachal Pradesh, state-run Xin- Liu called on the Indian side Friday, flagged off the Naharlagun- who was accompanied by Union hua news agency reported. not to take any action that might New Delhi Express by pressing a railway minister Suresh Prabhu, Liu expressed "strong dissat- minister of state for railways isfaction and staunch opposition" Manoj Sinha and minister of state to the Indian side's insistence on for home Kiren Rijiju, also inaugu- arranging the visit by its leader to rated an intercity train between what he called "the disputed area" Naharlagun and Guwahati and laid on the China-India border. the foundation stone of a 132KV Modi visited Arunachal power transmission project and Pradesh on Friday to attend its another project to provide pure 23rd State Foundation Day. drinking water to the residents of The Chinese embassy in India the capital town. President Pranab lodged a representation with the Mukherjee's visit to the state last Indian authorities over the visit on year had also drawn sharp reac- Friday night. tions from China, which has often "The Chinese government has laid claim to the state. never recognized the so-called Arunachal Pradesh," Chinese for- eign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a news release Singapore FM to visit Sri Lanka, India on Friday. During the meeting with am- SINGAPORE: Minister for bassador Kantha, vice-foreign Foreign Affairs and Law K minister Liu pointed out that this Shanmugam will be visiting Sri act by the Indian side "undermined Lanka and India from Feb 23 to China's territorial sovereignty, right Feb 26, the Ministry of For- and interests", the Xinhua report eign Affairs (MFA) said on Sun- said. day (Feb 22). that Pakistan should promise the He said such an act by the In- MFA said in a statement survivors of the Army Public Indian pilgrims skip Shivratri dian side artificially amplified dif- that Mr Shanmugam's trip to School (APS) attack that such in- ferences between the two countries Sri Lanka is aimed at reaffirm- cidents will never happen again. festival amid security concerns on the border issue and thus went ing the strong and friendly rela- That is the only thing we can against the principles and consen- tions between Singapore and Sri CHAKWAL: Vulnerable security lishing peaceful and friendly rela- give to them, she said while ad- sus that the two sides reached on Lanka. He will visit Colombo, situation in the country has de- tions between the two countries dressing an event via video link on properly addressing the issue. where he will call on President terred the Indian pilgrims from at- as people of both countries were Saturday. The event, arranged by Liu reiterated China's "consis- Maithripala Sirisena and Prime tending their religious festival craving for peace. Citizens For Democracy (CFD) tent and clear-cut stance on the Minister Ranil Wickremesing- Shivratri at Katas Raj. When 83-year-old Ved was aimed at bringing together the China-India border issue", saying he. He will also meet Minister Though the Evacuee Trust Parkash Sethi from New Delhi victims of terrorism in Pakistan. the Chinese government "has nev- of External Affairs Mangala Sa- Property Board (ETPB) was ex- stepped on the land of his native Malala, who was loudly ap- er recognized the so-called maraweera and central bank pecting 60 to 70 Hindu pilgrims district after many years he could plauded by the audience, praised Arunachal Pradesh unilaterally set governor Arjuna Mahendran. In from India, only 21 turned up at not control his emotions and burst the bravery of the children of Pe- up by the Indian side". India, Mr Shanmugam will dis- Katas Raj on February 16, the day into tears. shawar as she talked about the It was "an universally recog- cuss how Singapore can when the three-day Maha Shivratri I was born in Gah village, importance of education and re- nized, unevadable fact that signif- strengthen bilateral cooperation celebrations were due to begin. which was also the village of plied many questions. icant disputes do exist on the east- with the states of Rajasthan and The board had made lodging former prime minister of India India s Kailash Satyarthi, who ern section of the China-India bor- Andra Pradesh in meetings with and boarding arrangements for 200 Manmohan Singh. I was in 8th class shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize der", Liu said. their chief ministers. pilgrims. at Aariya High School Chakwal with Malala, also spoke at the oc- He emphasised that China For the Rajasthan leg of the Besides India, 25 pilgrims from when the Partition took place, the casion and said: The tragedy that placed importance on developing trip, Mr Shanmugam will be ac- different areas of Pakistan came to old man said with watery eyes. happened with the children of Pe- relations with India. He said the companied by representatives Katas Raj and left on Feb 18. Veena Rani a middle-aged shawar should not happen to any two countries, as neighbours and from Singapore Cooperation Last year, 88 pilgrims from woman from Amritsar said she child in the world . the top two developing countries Enterprise (SCE), Temasek India and 40 from various districts would return with the message of I went to a programme be- in the world, shared broad pros- Foundation, ITE Education Ser- of Pakistan gathered here to cele- love and peace. fore this and the people here (in pects on cooperation at various vices (ITEES) and a business brate the festival. We were told so negative India) have sent the message that levels. delegation led by International their hearts are with the brothers Satish Kumar Goswami, the things about Pakistan but the love, Enterprise Singapore (IES). and sisters of Peshawar. leader of the group while talking the hospitality and the affection The programme was also at- to Dawn said due to fragile securi- we got from the people of Paki- tended by a Hazara girl, Mehreen ty situation in Pakistan only 21 stan and its government are match- Kausar, who lost her mother and pilgrims had applied for visa and less. I would convince my other Pak woman shoots dead three daughters, sister in a terror attack; Hangu s all of them got it. country fellows to visit Katas Raj brave martyr Aitzaz Hasan s elder The Wahga Border blast, the again and again, she said. brother Mujtaba Hasan and Mo- brutal attack on schoolchildren in Addressing to the pilgrims, the husband before killing herself, says police hammad Tufail Khattak father Peshawar and Shikarpur carnage ETPB chairman, Siddique-Ul-Fa- of a brave kid, who gave up his life have multiplied the security ap- rooq, assured them that they ISLAMABAD: A woman alleged- Awan added that the pistol used grader was hit in the shoulder, and Nimra, 5, were shot in the back in order to protect his younger prehensions of Indians, he add- would always be received with ly murdered her husband and three in the shooting was recovered from which is why he survived, said a of their necks, while Nida, 2, was brother and several other children ed. same care and love. daughters while also injuring her the scene. hospital official. shot in the chest, and the alleged in the APS attack. He said he even did not tell his Both countries badly need son before committing suicide in Speaking on the phone, a rela- Rafay is still in the hospital shooter, Shaheen, 40, had a single Mujtaba spoke about Aitzaz son about his visit to Katas Raj. peaceful relations with each other Islamabad on Saturday in the ju- tive from the family s hometown in a state of shock and keeps ask- gunshot wound on the side of her and said how his classmates joked The Punjab government par- for the progress and develop- risdiction of Aabpara Police Sta- of Bogara in Karak District said ing staff to take him back home, head. The doctor said the husband, that Aitzaz would be enough for ticularly the ETPB and district ment, he added. tion. that the couple had been arguing a said Mohammad Atif, a relative of aged between 40 and 45 years, had one suicide bomber because of his administration of Chakwal have The pilgrims paid obeisance to Aabpara SHO Khalid Awan lot and their differences had the victims. been shot in the chest. built. He said nobody knew that chalked out a foolproof security Lord Shiva and prayed for the ful- said, I was informed by a mobile reached the point where they had It is impossible for us to ac- He said the evidence showed this joke will turn into a macabre arrangements for the pilgrims and filment of their long standing de- unit about the incident immediate- been thinking about divorcing each cept that the family is no longer that all of the victims were shot at reality. during three days stay we felt as sires. ly [after] it happened and [we] other. with us or that they died this close range less than one metre Mohammad Tufail Khattak if we have been at our home, Mr The pilgrims and their Paki- rushed to the site, he said. Neigh- The family was planning to way, he said. and possibly point-blank, while urged the audience never to forget Goswami added. stani hosts jointly prayed for the bours had also reported hearing go on an outing, but before leaving Polyclinic medico-legal offic- Shaheen s injury suggested a con- the 16 December incident. He He urged the governments of peaceful and cordial relations be- gunshots, Awan added. the house, the couple had a brawl er Dr Tanveer Malik said Rania, 7, tact shot. talked about Ishaq Amin, an APS both countries to work for estab- tween the two countries. He said that when they entered that led to the incident, said In- student who passed away on Sat- the house in Sector G-6/3, they spector General of the Islamabad urday morning. Consider this saw six people including three Police Tahir Alam Khan, who also country to be your own soil, he young girls and a boy in a bloodied inspected the crime scene. said. room. Farooq worked at a private Naziha Syed Ali, one of the Awan said that all six were petroleum company and was fi- organisers from the CFD, while rushed to Polyclinic Hospital. The nancially sound, according to the discussing the purpose of this woman, who was identified as police and his relatives. event, said, The purpose of get- Kausar Shaheen, her husband Meanwhile, Rafay, the eldest ting Malala on the video link was Muhammad Farooq Khattak and child and only survivor, told The because she was a precursor to their daughters Rania, Aiza, and Express Tribune, My mother and what happened to the APS kids. Raheela, were declared dead on father were fighting and later she The point of this event was arrival . took out a pistol and started shoot- to reach out to people and bring Their son, Abdul Rafay, was ing at us. people together in Pakistan a severely injured. Awan, while quot- He said she shot at the chil- platform where people can join ing neighbours, said that the cou- dren, then her husband, and then us, he said. ple used to quarrel frequently. turned the gun on herself. The fifth- This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23 , 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES US and Iran to resume Yemen's Hadi nuclear talks in Geneva declares Houthi power grab US Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry stressed on Saturday is set to resume talks with his Ira- that there was "absolutely no di- illegal nian counterpart on Tehran's nu- vergence whatsoever in what we clear programme, after warning [the P5+1] believe is necessary for BEIRUT: Turkish soldiers nationalistic images of three Turk- The tomb belonged to Suley- an imperial identity for Turks. Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu "significant gaps" remain ahead of Iran to prove that its nuclear pro- launched an overnight raid into ish soldiers raising the country's man Shah, the grandfather of Os- Turkey has wanted Syrian Mansour Hadi has declared as in- a key deadline. gram is going to be peaceful". neighboring Syria, evacuating doz- flag at the new site. man I, founder of the Ottoman President Bashar Assad over- valid and unconstitutional all ac- Six world powers Britain, As a sign that efforts were in- ens of besieged troops guarding an "Before the Turkish flag was Empire. The site along the Euph- thrown and has backed some rebels tions taken by the Shia Houthis China, France, Russia, the US and tensifying, US Energy Secretary after September 21 when the group Ottoman tomb and moving the lowered at (the tomb), the Turk- rates River is revered by Turkey, a fighting against him. Earlier this moved into Sanaa. Germany are trying to strike a Ernest Moniz flew in to snow- crypt Sunday back to Turkey af- ish flag started to be waved at an- strongly nationalist country whose week, Turkey signed an agreement deal with Iran that would prevent covered Geneva on Saturday to In a statement issued to Al ter ceremonially planting the coun- other location in Syria," Davuto- rights there stem from a 1921 trea- with the U.S. to train and arm Syr- Jazeera late on Saturday, Hadi said it from developing nuclear weap- take part in the talks for the first try's crescent-and-star flag. glu said. He said troops destroyed ty with France, then the colonial ian rebels fighting the Islamic State that he was upholding decisions ons in return for an easing of sanc- time. In a one-line report on the in- the complex once housing the power in Syria. The Ottoman group. adopted by the national dialogue tions. Ali Akbar Salehi, the director cident, Syria's state news agency tomb. Empire collapsed in the early 20th With its 1,200-kilometer (750- and the agreement reached by Gulf Kerry will be arriving in Gene- of the Iranian Atomic Energy Or- denounced what it called a "bla- The U.S.-led coalition forces century after World War I. mile) border with Syria, Turkey Arab states for a political solution va on Sunday morning for two days ganisation, was also participating tant aggression" by Turkey. were informed of the Turkish op- In the 1970s, Turkey moved could be a major player in the fight in the Arabian Peninsula nation. of talks with Iranian Foreign Min- in the negotiations. He called on the international ister Mohammad Javad Zarif, The two officials and their del- The mission, saving Turkish eration after its launch to prevent the mausoleum to its last location against the Islamic State group. But community to protect the politi- whose country denies its nuclear egations spent five hours at the soldiers reportedly stuck for any casualties, Davutoglu said. because the old site at a castle fur- negotiations with the U.S. over cal process. programme has military objec- negotiating table on Saturday, Ira- months at the tomb of the grand- U.S. officials offered no immedi- ther south in Syria was to be inun- what to do about the Islamic mili- The statement was signed by tives. nian media reported. father of the founder of the Otto- ate comment. dated by the waters of a new dam. tants have been fraught with dis- Hadi "as president of the repub- "There are still significant Observers said Moniz and man Empire, saw hundreds of There had been rumors for Continue reading the main sto- agreement with Turkey insist- lic". gaps, there is still a distance to trav- Salehi's participation was a prom- troops backed by tanks cross the months that the soldiers stationed ryContinue reading the main sto- ing that the coalition needs to also An aide to Hadi told AFP news border near the border town of at the tomb had been besieged by ry target the Assad government. agency that he will call on parlia- el," Kerry said in London on Sat- ising sign that a deal could be within ment to meet in Aden, as powerful urday. reach. Kelsey Davenport, head of Kobani once besieged by the Is- militants from the Islamic State Shah, a Turkic leader, is be- Turkey also has had concerns tribes in the southern provinces of There is a heightened sense of the Nonproliferation Policy Arms lamic State group. group, which hold a third of Syria lieved to have drowned in the Eu- over some of the Kurdish fighters Marib, Jawaf and Baida urged him urgency as the clock ticks down Control Association in Washing- Turkey was widely criticized and neighboring Iraq in their self- phrates in the 13th century. His battling the Islamic State group in to declare Sanaa an "occupied towards a March 31 deadline to ton, pointed out in an email to AFP for not intervening for months in declared caliphate. Some 40 Turk- followers headed north into what Kobani. It views the Kurds fight- city". agree on a political framework for that Moniz with his technical ex- the Kobani battle, which finally ish soldiers once guarded the tomb, is today Turkey, where they ing in Syria as an extension of the The aide said Hadi "remains the deal. pertise would "be a key validator saw Kurdish fighters backed by making them a target for the Is- launched the Ottoman Empire. Kurdistan Worker's Party, which the legitimate president and that "President Obama has no in- when a deal is concluded". U.S.-led airstrikes push out the lamic State group and other mili- Some historians question official has waged a 30-year insurgency he resigned under pressure from clination whatsoever to extend Salehi, who plays a similar role, extremists. tants in Syria's long-running civil accounts about the Shah's tomb, against the Turkish government Houthis". Earlier on Saturday, Hadi man- these talks beyond the period that would "likely be instrumental in "We had given the Turkish war, though the overnight opera- saying they might have been ret- and is designated as a terrorist has been set out," Kerry said. selling the agreement in Tehran," aged to slip house arrest in Sanaa, armed forces a directive to protect tion apparently saw no fighting. rospectively concocted to enrich group by the U.S. and NATO. the capital, and is now in his home US and Iranian diplomats have he added. our spiritual values and the safety town of Aden. been meeting in Geneva since Fri- But Kerry played down any of our armed forces personnel," Hadi arrived in his power base day, and senior negotiators from suggestion that their participation Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in the south on Saturday afternoon, the so-called P5+1 group a refer- meant the talks were on the verge said in televised remarks. after he left his home in Sanaa, ence to the permanent Security of a breakthrough, adding that Nearly 600 Turkish soldiers on which was under siege from the Council members and Germany - Moniz was present because of the Houthis, Al Jazeera's Mohamed were also expected to meet on Sun- "technical" nature of the discus- some 100 tanks and armored per- Vall, reporting from Aden, said. day to help drive the talks forward. sions. sonnel carriers crossed into Syria Following his return, Hadi held on Saturday night, as drones and a meeting with the security coun- airplanes flew reconnaissance mis- cil of Aden province to discuss the sions overhead, Davutoglu said situation in the country. Sunday. Our correspondent also said One group traveled to the that security forces were on alert tomb, some 35 kilometers (22 in Aden, where Hadi has strong loyalty among Sunni Muslims. miles) from Turkey on the banks Talks between the country's of the Euphrates River in Syria's warring factions were immediate- embattled Aleppo province, Da- ly suspended after Hadi escaped vutoglu said. Another group seized house arrest, sources told Al an area only 200 meters (yards) Jazeera. Al Jazeera has learned that from the Turkish border in Syria's Jamal Benomar, the UN special en- Ashma region, according to a state- voy to Yemen, held an emergency meeting with Houthi leaders in ment from President Recep Tayy- Sanaa to discuss possible with- ip Erdogan's office. drawal of their fighters from the One soldier was killed in an city to normalise the political sit- "accident" during the operation, uation. The news came as Houthi Turkey's military said, without fighters opened fire on protesters elaborating. in the central Yemeni city of Ibb Turkish media later showed on Saturday, killing one person and wounding another, activists said. The crowd had gathered in a public square in Ibb after a new power-sharing deal was reached on Ukraine army and separatists prepare weapons withdrawal Friday to demonstrate against the Houthis' role in the overthrow of Ukraine's army and separatist Nigerian forces Hadi's government last month. rebels appeared to be complying Following the shooting, thou- at least partially with their truce retake border town sands more people took to the accord, saying they will start pull- streets in protest. Witnesses said ing back heavy weapons from the of Baga from Boko the Houthis were deploying more frontline after carrying out a pris- security forces in response. South- oner exchange. Haram ern Yemen separatists continue to A senior pro-Russian rebel NIAMEY: Nigerian forces backed demand independence Yemen's commander said on Sunday sepa- by air strikes seized the northeast- feuding political parties agreed on ratist forces were due to begin with- ern border town of Baga from Is- Friday to create a transitional drawing heavy weapons from the lamist group Boko Haram on Sat- council to help govern the country urday, the military said, a signifi- and allow a government to contin- front line in east Ukraine. ue operating with input from rival "The plan was signed last night cant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four Afri- factions after the effective Houthi ... Starting from today there are takeover. Western countries are two weeks to withdraw heavy can states. worried that unrest in Yemen could weapons," Interfax news agency "We have secured Baga. We are create opportunities for al-Qaeda quoted Eduard Basurin, a com- now in full control. There are only in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) mander, as saying. mopping up exercises left to do," to plot more attacks against inter- Ukrainian General Olexander Defence Spokesman Major-Gen- national targets. Late on Friday, a Rozmaznin told the AFP news eral Chris Olukolade said by tele- drone destroyed a car carrying sus- agency: "The papers have been phone. pected members of AQAP in Sha- signed to begin withdrawing heavy In a statement minutes earlier bwa province, a bastion of the weapons all along the frontline." Olukolade said that "a large num- armed group in the rugged moun- ber of terrorists had drowned in tains of southern Yemen, killing at The planned withdrawal is a least three people, residents said. sign rebels and government forces Lake Chad" as troops advanced on Baga. The US has acknowledged it car- may be prepared to halt hostilities ries out drone strikes against tar- as part of an internationally bro- Baga is at Nigeria`s border with gets in Yemen but does not com- kered peace deal. Chad, Niger and Cameroon and it ment on specific attacks. The Fighting has eased in many ar- was the headquarters of a multina- strikes, which have sometimes eas since a ceasefire came into ef- tional force comprising troops killed civilians, have angered many fect a week ago, but the truce was from all four countries. Its recap- people in the country. Hadi was shaken by the rebel capture on ture was an important victory, one seen as a supporter of the use of Wednesday of the town of Debalt- of several in the past two weeks. drone strikes against AQAP. seve, forcing a retreat by thou- sands of Ukrainian troops. Russian news agency TASS Maldives arrests ex-leader on terrorism charges quoted Basurin as saying the pull- Police in the Maldives Sunday ar- edly ordering the arrest of the then- approaching a fair trial," it said in ISIS seizes U.S.-made arms back was still being organised and rested former president Moham- criminal court chief judge Abdul- a statement. that the actual withdrawal of weap- ed Nasheed under an anti-terror lah Mohamed in January 2012. Nasheed's Maldivian Demo- ons would begin on Tuesday. law for the alleged illegal detention However he was charged again cratic Party urged the internation- IN IRAQ S ANBAR Ukrainian military spokesman of a judge when he was in power Sunday under tougher anti-terror- al community to press the govern- Andriy Lysenko said by telephone Islamic State of Iraq and Syria The arms seized by the group In June, the group gained ac- more than three years ago. ism laws with the same allegation ment of President Abdulla Yameen there was no confirmation yet as (ISIS) militants have reportedly included M-16s and heavy machine cess to military arsenals in north- Nasheed, the country's first --- ordering the arrest and deten- to order his release. to whether the rebels had started seized armored vehicles and Amer- guns, according to the CNN. Info- ern Iraq, which were filled with democratically elected president tion of Abdullah Mohamed, who The local Minivan news web- pulling back their weapons. ican-made weapons from Iraq s graphic: ISIS seizes U.S.-made U.S.-supplied assault rifles, heavy who now leads the main opposi- had been accused of corruption. site said four others -- including A Reuters witness saw a 20- western Anbar province, CNN re- arms in Iraq s Anbar The authen- weapons and ammunition. In Oc- tion party, was taken into custo- Nasheed's office accused the the current Defence Minister vehicle convoy of separatist mili- ported. According to an online vid- ticity of the video could not be in- tober, ISIS said it had taken weap- dy in the capital island of Male, government of "re-prosecuting... Moosa Ali Jaleel, who in 2012 was tary trucks with anti-aircraft mis- eo, which emerged this week, the dependently verified. But if con- ons and ammunition from an police said. under trumped-up charges of ter- chief of defence forces under sile systems and howitzers leav- extremists attacked an Iraqi mili- firmed, it would not be the first American airdrop that was intend- As he was being taken to the rorism". Nasheed -- also faced terrorism ing Debaltseve in the direction of tary post before seizing dozens of time ISIS gets its hands on U.S.- ed for Kurdish forces near the bor- nearby Dhoonidhoo prison islet, "There is little hope President charges along with the opposition Donetsk. weapons. made equipment. der between Syria and Turkey. hundreds of his supporters clashed Nasheed can be afforded anything leader. Donetsk and Luhansk are the with police who used pepper The case is due to be heard on two major cities in eastern Ukraine spray to keep them at bay. Monday afternoon, Minivan said. controlled by the pro-Russia sep- Former Maldivian president In February 2013 Nasheed aratists and where much of the speaks to the press in Male on took refuge at the Indian High Com- fighting has taken place. November 10, 2013 mission (embassy) in Male to On Saturday, government forc- Nasheed came to power in avoid being arrested in connection es and rebels exchanged nearly 200 2008 and stepped down four years with the same case. prisoners, one of the first moves later following a police and mili- He lost the controversial No- to implement the peace deal tary mutiny. vember 2013 presidential election reached on February 12 in the Be- An arrest warrant for Nasheed, to Yameen, the half-brother of larusian capital Minsk after the seen by AFP, described him as a former strongman Maumoon Ab- French, German, Russian and flight risk. dul Gayoom who had ruled the Ukrainian leaders met. Last week the state prosecu- Indian Ocean atoll nation of Both sides continue to accuse tor dropped charges of abuse of 330,000 Sunni Muslims for three each other of violating the cease- power against Nasheed for alleg- decades. fire. The Ukrainian military said rebels had launched 12 attacks on government troop positions over- Mubarak-era tycoon Ahmed Ezz barred night, using artillery and mortar fire. from parliamentary elections The town of Pesky near Do- netsk had seen the most intense Egyptian steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz he will appeal Ezz's elimination to have engineered widespread fighting, while separatist groups has been barred from running in before the Administrative Court. fraud during the 2010 parliamen- had attempted to "storm" Ukrai- parliamentary elections, Egypt's Al He had announced his candi- tary elections, securing an unprec- nian positions in Shyrokyne, east Ahram reported Sunday. dacy earlier this month in Menou- edented majority for the National of the port city of Mariupol on Ezz, who was recently freed fia, north of Cairo. Democratic Party of Egypt (NDP) the Sea of Azov, the military said from jail over corruption charges Ezz, the former owner of Ezz in the chamber. on Facebook. following the Jan. 25, 2011 upris- Steel - Egypt s largest steel manu- Mubarak was the leader of the ing, was barred for failing to pro- facturer - was jailed within days NDP. The upcoming parliamenta- Kiev accuses the separatists of vide the necessary documents to after a popular uprising that oust- ry elections are scheduled to begin building up forces and weapons in the Supreme Electoral Commis- ed former longtime President Hos- in March, with the first phase tak- Ukraine's southeast and has said it sion (SEC). ni Mubarak in February 2011. ing place on March 22 and 23 and is braced for the possibility of a Mohamed Hamouda, Ezz's The former Mubarak-era re- the second phase running from rebel attack on Mariupol. lawyer told Aswat Masriya that gime magnate was widely believed April 26 to 27. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . FEBRUARY 23 , 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion The Transformer: Sabotage for peace AFGHANISTAN TIMES By William T. Hathaway Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir A former student of mine It s the corporate majority America, and as the de- snational corporations. The Phone No: +93-772364666 works as a janitor. After that rules, not the citizens. struction of the middle class World Bank and Internation- E-mail: [email protected] graduating from college he That s the democracy we in the industrial nations. It s al Monetary Fund are eco- worked as a market re- have. When business lead- the same system operating nomic weapons in this con- Email: [email protected] searcher and an advertising ers turn against the war, then in different environments. quest. Countries that resist salesperson, but both jobs it will end. Rather than sheepishly face other weapons, from www.afghanistantimes.af soured him on the corporate What would make them obeying in hopes of avoid- CIA subversion to outright Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi world. He hated being a jun- turn against it? When they ing more punishment, he invasion. Feudalism has been ior suit, and the thought of stop making a profit from it, feels we must actively rebel revived and globalized. The Advisory editorial board becoming a senior suit was he concluded. and seize the power that has nobility are the corporate Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, even worse. Finally feeling glad to be been usurped from us. This rulers, the yeomen are their Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal He finds being a janitor part of the corporate world, struggle won t be comfort- declining ranks of employ- a much better job. He s left he decided to stage a surge able, but it will be meaning- ees, and the serfs are the Graphic-Designers: alone, it s low pressure, and for peace. He bought a 10- ful. By taking charge of our rest of us worldwide the Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari what he does improves the amp step-up transformer at history, we ll earn the grati- huge majority. Marketing & Advertising: world rather than worsens an electronics flea market, tude of future generations. He s certain that we re it. The pay s lousy but that s the kind used to increase Otherwise our and their lives not going to change this sys- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 standard these days. He voltage from 110 to 220. will be continually constrict- tem without a fight, and we d Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan loves music, so he loads up Next time he was scheduled ed by the rule of capital. better start now while we Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 his MP3 and grooves to the to work at the defense con- He s convinced the time is still have some freedoms. Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press sounds. Although the work tractor and the weatherman ripe for change, and it needs Hoping to make basic is routine, it s brightened by predicted a thunder storm, to be fundamental, not su- changes through liberal re- occasional bits of human in- he brought the transformer perficial. form is a delusion. We cling The constitution says terest: used condoms in ex- along in his dinner box. At He grew up in a small to that hope because we ve ecutive wastebaskets, mar- the first flash of lightning, he town where his family been raised with the com- Article 85: ijuana butts in the emergen- took it to the data process- owned the local hardware forting myth that we live in The individual who becomes a candidate or appointed to the membership of the National cy stairwell, a twenty-dollar ing center. First he un- store. When he was in high a democracy. But behind the Assembly, in addition to the completion of the conditions of the election, shall have the following bill under a desk. His shift is plugged all the computers school, Wal-Mart moved to we, the people rhetoric lies qualifications: 3. Shall have completed twenty-five years of age on candidacy day for the House of People, and from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., and and auxiliaries from the town. Their family store entrenched power deter- thirty-five years on candidacy day or appointment for the House of Elders. afterwards he hits the late- surge protectors and zapped couldn t compete with Wal- mined to maintain itself. The night clubs, where he can them with 220. Then he Mart and went broke. His rulers are willing to change enjoy the scene with the ad- plugged them back in and father became a clerk in the only in ways that make Editorial vantage of being sober. He zapped the surge protectors. Wal-Mart hardware depart- more profit, such as expand- works for a janitorial service A clear case of surge-pro- ment at a wage less that ing the labor pool to include company, and one of their tector failure: the damned what he had paid his lowest women and blacks, thus en- clients is a defense contrac- things must ve let the surge employee. Soon he was abling them to reduce wag- Non violence sole remedy tor not secret weapons, through before they shut joined there by the former es. just ordinary supplies. down. owners of the local clothing, The have a nice life The man is a pacifist. The stench of sizzled appliance, sporting goods, days are over in the USA. of existing terror Originally he felt that rallies, electronics gave him a head- and toy stores, all of which Conditions are getting inex- petitions, marches, and pick- ache, but other than that he had gone broke. Despite their orably worse. Americans are Though the philosophy of non violence was originated during the independence eting would help turn public felt fine. He figured the lost expertise, none was hired as beginning to get the same movement in Indo-Pak Sub Continent in early 20th century, by All India Congress opinion against the war, and work and ruined equipment a department manager, all treatment as people in the leader Mahatama Gandhi, but in fact the philosophy of non violence is as old as the when the majority of Amer- put a hefty dent in profits. clerks, because they might client states. As protest to human being history. Whenever, violence and disturbance reached to its peak in the icans opposed it, our politi- The company will try to pass harbor resentment. The this grows, the power elite world Almighty Allah through his messengers brought an end to the miseries. Proph- cal representatives would those costs on to the govern- managers were long-term will try to crush it. They ll et Muhammad (PBUH) has consumed 23 years of his precious life with conveying vote to stop it. That s what ment, but with budget defi- Wal-Mart employees scapegoat the radicals, blam- message of humanity, peace, love and tranquility to the human beings. His 13 out of democracy means. The first cits and taxes already crip- brought in from outside. ing them for the problems, part turned out to be true. plingly high, congress will fi- But it wasn t just Wal- trying to make them the tar- 23 years of Risalaat is the best example of non violence. The non believers have not Polls showed a clear major- nally have to admit they Mart that used economics of get of rising populist anger. only opposed him and his message but even they resorted to violence and aggres- ity of Americans wanted the don t have enough money to scale to destroy home- But dissidents aren t caus- sion against him but Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had demonstrated unprecedent- war ended and our troops conquer Iraq and Afghani- grown businesses. Many ing these conditions, they re ed patience. As a result of patience and Husn-e-Khulq, he (PBUH) succeeded in brought home. In 2006 they stan. The lost work also cuts farmers in the area had to resisting them. The condi- fulfilling of the task, assigned to him by Almighty Allah for the better future of human elected Democratic majori- into the military supply line. sell out to corporate agricul- tions are caused by the pred- being. In Sub Continent, the peace loving have established All India Congress for ties in the House and Sen- If supplies are reduced, war ture. Local restaurants were atory nature of capitalism. getting liberation in 1886 and its members and leaders have initiated an organized ate who said they would do operations have to be re- replaced by cheaper chains. In opposing this process, political struggle for the purpose. In early 20th century Karam Chan Gandhi com- this. But rather than bring- duced. Soldiers can t fight The real estate office was he s a pacifist but not a pas- ing the soldiers home, our without logistics. Both eco- driven out by a discount fran- sivist. He fights, but only in monly known as Mahatama Gandhi adopted the policy of non violence. For the representatives voted more nomically and tactically, de- chise. And all the workers ways that don t injure living purposes, he went for creating awareness and motivation amongst the Indians. Khan money for the war so more stroying war supplies helps were making much less than creatures. Currently his Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a young feudal from Charsada had also initiated a struggle for soldiers could be sent to to end war. before. The whole town, transformer is stowed away, independence but in the beginning his struggle was different. He for the purpose had Iraq, a surge of troops for He s aware that direct except for a few big new awaiting the next weather focused attentions on reforming and education of Pakhtoons and established Tehrik- another attempt to crush the action like this is unpopular. houses, became bleak. report when he can trans- e-Islah-e- Afghania (Reforms Movement for Afghans). Under the auspices of this resistance there. Several Many people are afraid of His parents had enough form more war computers organization, he established schools and asked the Pakhtoons to send their children months later they voted ad- government repression that money saved so he could go into peaceful scrap. ditional billions for a US will make their already dif- to college with the help of Note: The piece has been to schools. In the meantime, he went to India and met Gandhi, he formally estab- troop surge to Afghanistan. ficult situation even more student loans and part-time taken from The Transform- lished his Khudayee Khidmatgar Tehrik, with prime objective of reforming, educat- In 2008 the people elect- unpleasant. But he s con- jobs. But his younger broth- er , a chapter from Radical ing and making united the whole Indians for getting rid of clutches of British Colonial ed Barack Obama on a vinced that their difficult sit- er and sister couldn t. The Peace: People Refusing rulers. He became an ally of All India Congress and he along with his confidential pledge to bring peace. But uation working long hours brother went into the navy, War, which presents the ex- companion Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai joined hands with and succeeded not only the war still continues with for low pay, living in a dete- where he wouldn t have to periences of peace activists in creating awareness amongst the Indians but also motivating the Pakhtoons to- thousands dying, despite the riorating society, raising chil- actually fight, and the sister who have moved beyond wards education and unity. Bacha Khan s Khudayee Khidmatgar Tehrik was based will of the voters to end it. dren amid fear and hostility worked at Wal-Mart. protest into direct action: on the philosophy of non violence. He went from door to door, imploring the people He began to realize the is caused by the same What s happening to helping soldiers to desert, politicians aren t represent- forces that drove us to war. small businesses in the USA destroying computer sys- for avoiding violence and armed confrontation against each others, resolving dis- ing us but what he calls the Capitalism manifests now as is happening to small coun- tems, trashing recruiting of- putes and problems through dialogues and joining hands with each others for a bet- corpses, short for corpora- invasion in Iraq and Afghan- tries overseas. Their econ- fices, burning military equip- ter future. His Khudayee Khidmatgar Tehrik was not confined to Afghans or Pakh- tions. The majority of those istan, as privatization and omies are getting taken over, ment, and sabotaging de- toons but his followers were in all over Sub-Continent. Even people from other want the war to continue. impoverishment in Latin sucked into the maw of tran- fense contractors. religions like Hinduism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and even Christian com- munities were part of the Khudayee Khidtmatgar Tehrik. Whereas Mahatama Gan- dhi s political struggle doesn t mean for Hindu s or other Non-Muslim communities but it was meant for the independence and better future of the people from all over the Sub-Continent. Though they succeeded in getting liberation but due to colonial ruler s intrigues, they had failed in making united India. Now not only the Sub-Con- Air pollution tinent or South Asia but the entire region in particular and rest of the world in general are ahead with worst kind of violence, terror and extremism. Afghanistan is facing violence, bloodshed, extremism and terrorism from last four decades. The country was badly suffered. Now, when not only the Afghan government but almost all of its people especially politico-religious leaders are striving for an end to violence and bloodshed and return of peace, therefore, these peace-mongers could easily get their objectives by utilizing the non violence political philosophy of the great Asian leaders Mahatama Gandhi and Bacha Khan. Think-tanks like Rana that are striv- ing for return of peace deserves encouragement for arranging conferences and sem- inars for highlighting benefits of non violence political philosophies. Subscription Rates Categories Fee Afghanistan Times Kabul Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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MONDAY . FEBRUARY 23 , 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Sisi s new, old war in Libya By Omar Ashour the civil war. All attempts were led by Haftar - having more clout. diplomatic failures. Domestical- The latter believes in the Sisi This man is an opportunity, sir. ly, the air strikes were popular model of takeover, including us- He is speaking about the timing among regime supporters. But the ing Salafi figures to issue support- they are planning something there hysteria promoted by the local ive fatwas for repressing rivals. [in Libya]. Yes, he is speaking media and the Egyptian regime s The western-backed UN strategy about a form of secret cooperation hyper-nationalist propaganda di- has an alternative route - with less unannounced to anyone no verted the public from asking im- bloody prospects and a potential- one will hear or know about it portant questions. For example, ly higher chance of defeating ISIL he will come to you, said General having intelligence and security and like-minded organisations Abbas Kamel, the chief aide of presence in Libya and local allies, without empowering a ruthless Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the latest what was the regime doing for 50 dictator in the process. The imme- of a series of leaks. The man was days since the hostages were kid- diate objective of the strategy is to Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, Muammar napped? Dismal record Histori- build a unity government and Lib- Gaddafi s cousin and chief aide, cally, Egypt has had a dismal ya s security and military forces. who was pursued by Libyan au- record in hostage situations. Un- Quick response But the situation thorities after the revolution as well fortunately, the February crisis has in Sirte needs a quick response. as by Interpol for alleged crimes been the norm, rather than the ex- Libya Dawn, a military force op- against humanity. He was also re- ception. Failures in negotiating the erating under Libya s chief of staff cently interviewed on a local pro- safe release of hostages have start- loyal to the Tripoli government has authorities Egyptian TV channel ed from the 1970s, with its blood- deployed the 166th Battalion to publicly declare his support for iest result in 1985. Back then, an around Sirte, in an attempt to take the Islamic State of Iraq and the Egypt airplane was hijacked by over the city centre, the universi- Levant (ISIL). The exact date of Abu Nidal s organisation and the ty, and other areas from ISIL loy- the leak is unknown. But it was tragic episode ended in the death alists. ISIL forces there are esti- certainly after Sisi s military of 60 hostages mainly by Egyp- mated to be somewhere between coup on July 3, 2013, and before tian Special Forces, after they 100-150 armed vehicles [pick-up Khalifa Haftar s first television stormed the airplane in an attempt trucks and four-by-four SUVs], coup on February 14, 2014. The to get to the three hijackers. No said Mohammed Abdullah, a Gen- leak revealed no secrets; just fur- public revisions were done to the eral National Congress (Tripoli ther embarrassment. Sisi s military scorched-earth approach; an ap- government) member and the lead- involvement in Libya became com- proach that the institutional cul- er of the National Front Party. The mon knowledge in official and ex- ture within the military and secu- ground troops of Libya Dawn are pert circles around November rity establishments sustain to this not enough for a quick, decisive By Luke Coffey National Assembly, the precursor fence. Attack on NATO? Last year cure a unanimous vote from all 28 to the Republic of Turkey, was ISIL threatened to attack the tomb members of the alliance. Ultimate- The favour of Egypt day. Prestige of the state and its victory though. The force is com- 2013. In Au- Many are wondering what it will keen to keep Suleyman Shah's if Turkey did not remove its forc- ly, invoking Article 5 of the North gust 2014, US officials armed institutions are assigned posed of around 300 armed vehi- take to convince Turkey that the tomb under Turkish control. Tur- es but never carried it out in the Atlantic Treaty is a political deci- exposed secret Egyptian-Emirati high value, whereas lower values cles, said Abdullah. Regardless of threat posed by ISIL is real and key was granted the tomb and the end. However, this threat posed sion taken by the elected leaders air strikes in Tripoli, an unprece- are assigned to civilian lives with- how the confrontation between that action by Ankara is required land surrounding it in the 1921 an interesting question for west- of each member state. Turkey is dented bombing raid by an Arab in that culture. This is especially the Tripoli government and ISIL as Syria enters its fourth year of Treaty of Ankara, which ended the ern policy makers: Would NATO viewed by many in NATO as more civil war. As things stand, Turkey's brief Franco-Turkish war. In re- be obligated to intervene on behalf of a hindrance than a partner un- Gulf state on an Arab North Afri- the case when the hostages come goes, the strategy preferred by the policy towards Syria has been to turn, Turkey agreed to recognise of Ankara, if attacked, since Tur- der Erdogan's leadership. Many in can capital. More details were ex- from impoverished social back- Sisi regime can have disastrous balance its desire to see regime French sovereignty over the new- key is a member of the alliance? NATO are puzzled as to why posed recently, and they clearly grounds, marginalised regions, and consequences on Libya s already change in Damascus against the ly established French Mandate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Turkey has not played a bigger role violated the arms embargo on Lib- religious minorities. Sisi doesn t precarious situation, not to men- regional threat posed by ISIL. Syria and Lebanon. Turkey is Erdogan seems to think so. Er- in taking on ISIL. They have also However, this policy is unsustain- viewed by many in NATO as more dogan has claimed that an attack been put off by Erdogan's crack- have credibility with, and he is in tion the rest of the region. The ya, and the Security Council s able in the long term. One event of a hindrance than a partner un- on the tomb would be an attack on down on political dissent, limita- 1970 resolution. We should not fact an opponent of, the moderate objective of that strategy is not that could forcibly trigger Turkey's der Erdogan's leadership. Many in Turkey, and by extension of its tions on press freedom, and his forget the favour of Egypt. Our Islamists and they are already look- about national reconciliation, so- entry into the war would be an at- NATO are puzzled as to why membership, an attack on NATO. drive to bring a more conservative ammo came from Egypt - 400 con- ing to use his bombings as a pre- cial cohesion, democratisation, tack on the Tomb of Suleyman Turkey has not played a bigger role In reality, NATO's commitment is brand of Islam into what is still a tainers from there, said Saqr al- tence to abandon the talks, a Eu- military and security profession- Shah - the grandfather of Osman I, in taking on ISIL. Article 9 of the not as black and white as Erdogan largely secular society. Conse- the founder of the Ottoman Em- Treaty of Ankara states: "The might think. The security alliance quently, in the current political cli- Joroushi, the commander of the air ropean diplomat told the Wall alism, and democratic control of pire. Today, the tomb is a Turkish Tomb of Suleyman Shah, the is based on the idea of collective mate it would be inconceivable to forces loyal to Haftar and the To- Street Journal on Thursday. That armed actors. It is more about erad- exclave located inside Syria's Alep- grandfather of the Sultan Osman, defence. For NATO and its mem- believe that all 28 NATO mem- bruk government, in a YouTube may be an oversimplification on ication of political rivals, empow- po governorate only 25km from founder of the Ottoman dynasty bers, an attack on one is consid- bers would vote to invoke Article video, while the cheering crowd several levels. Whereas they are ering like-minded/loyal military the Syrian-Turkish border. Even [the tomb known under the name ered to be an attack on all. This 5 to defend what many outside though the tomb is located inside of Turk Mezari], situated at Jab- commitment to collective defence Turkey might consider to be a part of it, the Tripoli government generals, and installing another re- chanted Allah akbar . In Febru- Syria, it is sovereign Turkish terri- er-Kalesi, shall remain, with its is made explicitly clear in Article 5 post-imperial anomaly. One thing ary 2014, Sisi s air force struck is not exactly run by moderate pressive authoritarian regime on tory. To complicate matters fur- appurtenances, the property of of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty is clear: If Turkey is serious about again. This time in Derna after a Islamists but by a multilayered the borders of Egypt, and - where ther, the road from Turkey to the Turkey, who may appoint guard- - the alliance's founding document. protecting its small patch of terri- horrific ending of the hostage cri- coalition in which pro-revolution most of the other sides intersect - tomb passes through the besieged ians for it and may hoist the Turk- Article 6 of the treaty specifically tory inside Syria, then it had bet- sis in Sirte, in which ISIL militants regionalists are a very influential defeating ISIL. But the tactics em- town of Kobane. Imperial legacy ish flag there." Almost a century states that NATO's defence guar- ter be drawing up contingency Turkey finds itself possessing a later, Turkey still claims sovereign- antee applies to "the territory of plans to act alone. Luke Coffey is brutally slaughtered 21 Egyptian faction. The Tobruk government ployed to attain that last objective tiny piece of territory inside Syria ty over this tiny piece of land - no Turkey". But Erdogan should not a research fellow specialising in citizens. After the strike, the re- is not exactly secular either. It is are more likely to prolong the civil after Suleyman Shah drowned in bigger than two football pitches. get his hopes up. Inside Story - transatlantic and Eurasian securi- gime sought United Nations ap- also composed of a non-homoge- war in Libya and destroy any po- the Euphrates River in 1236 and Today, the tomb is defended by Turkey's ISIL dilemma Invoking ty at a Washington DC based proval for a military intervention, neous coalition of military fac- tential for reconciliation. And with his tomb remained under the con- Turkish infantry and Special Forc- Article 5 of the North Atlantic think-tank. He previously served trol of the Ottoman Empire. When es. Even after years of deadly fight- Treaty is not automatic. Any coun- as a special adviser to the British tions, regionalist forces, pro-Gad- these consequences, a stronger then for a naval blockade of the the British and the French carved ing inside Syria, which at times try which feels it has been the vic- defence secretary and was a com- Tripoli government, while lifting dafi elements, and pro-revolution North African version of ISIL is a up the Middle East after World War occurs close to the tomb, Turkey tim of an attack and wants missioned officer in the United the embargo on the other side of ones; with the military faction - more likely outcome. I, the Government of the Grand has remained committed to its de- NATO's assistance must first se- States army. by the United States, France, Ita- ly, Germany, Spain and Britain, that emphasises how the current forces of disruption will not be Germany, EU owe Greece allowed to condemn Libya to cha- os and extremism . In what seems By Binoy Kampmark poli, generally consisting of a coa- the UK, Nasser Kamel, has also to be mere diplomatic piffle, the signatories insist that such forces a measure of respect lition of militias termed Libya done his best to rattle nerves with If ever there was a brutalised poster Dawn. Saudi Arabia, the United suggestions that the increased will be held accountable by the boy for the failure of humanitarian Arab Emirates, and Egypt, have number of refugees from north Libyan people and the internation- By Clive Crook any newly elected government to then vastly expanding the Eu- intervention, then bloodied, aligned themselves with the Liby- Africa pose a threat to European al community for their actions claim that their new electoral man- ropean Union (EU) in the first wounded Libya would be it. In an National Army, led by Khalifa security, which is another way of (The Washington Post, Feb 17). date trumps everything else. One place. Electorates all over the EU Britain s Prime Minister, David How much does it matter, if at all, 2011, the morally indignant, the Haftar. Haftar, who only last year suggesting that if you don t assist more thing: Plain facts (as opposed are fed up with the union s devel- ethically charged, and the general- left his home in northern Virginia, such questionable regimes as those Cameron, added a good dose of that Greece s demand for a new ly outraged powers of the UK, is adopting the tactic of secular in Cairo, your own security is set sauce to the cant with his state- bailout programme with softer to political choices) don t lend oping system of governance. Fix- France and to a lesser extent, the stomping: bashing extremism by for the chop. Those boat people ment that the world was clearly terms was being pressed by a new themselves to adjudication by ing that will be difficult, and may better off without Qaddafi at the US, did a patchwork job under being a touch extremist in his own who go for immigration purposes government, elected for that very popular vote. The mathematical require strengthening the lines of what, on the surface, was given a techniques. This is fitting, provid- and try to cross the Mediterra- helm. The reason? Qaddafi had legal deep finish. It was executed ing a sense of redux perversity: it nean in the next few weeks, if been a key figure in arming the IRA purpose a government that re- requirements of national solvency, accountability that run from na- under the guidance supposedly was Haftar who, as an army cadet, we do not act together, they will with explosives during the period tains solid support even as its for instance, cannot be repealed tional governments to their respec- of a UN Security Council reso- participated in Qaddafi s coup be boats full of terrorists also. of the troubles. Instead, what Brit- standoff with other European because voters do not like them. tive national voters. Nonetheless, ain was doing was giving Libya lution. It has the cri de coeur flour- against the Libyan monarchy in Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al- Union governments dragged on? Voting that the moon is made of in a well-run EU, governments act- ish of a scatterbrained French phi- 1969. But Qaddafi s flattery of the Sissi, in an interview with a French support through our aid budget. losopher promising stains on the cadet s skills was nowhere to be radio station, has also called for a We gave a major training project How much does democracy mat- cheese won t make it so. All these ing in concert would strive to rep- French flag if French missiles were seen when he was disavowed as a UN-backed military operation in for the Libyan security forces ter in a situation like this? objections to what Stiglitz said are resent the collective interests of all not deployed. The current Libyan prisoner of war, captured in disas- light of the beheading of 21 Egyp- (The Telegraph, Feb 17). Such sanc- In a column for Project Syndi- correct. The rest of the euro area is the members citizens. Otherwise, timonious attitudes have been typ- state, if it even deserves to be called trous encounters with the troops tian Christians by associates of the cate earlier this month, Joseph within its rights to say no to Greece, what s the point? Europe s collec- that name, sees escalating food of Chad in 1987. There are now Islamic State. The Egyptian pres- ical for powers in the aftermath of prices, electricity cuts, and the dis- suggestions that Libya is poised ident is also acutely aware of the regime change: we are doing our Stiglitz, Nobel laureate and pro- and that wouldn t constitute a re- tive response to Greece s terrible appearance of critical media up to become the next gateway in large population of Egyptian very best to stem the slide into fessor of economics at Columbia, pudiation of democratic princi- economic plight has been unsym- to 14 journalists were assassinat- terms of ISIL s campaign, a possi- workers stationed in Libya. Ka- vicious oblivion with training said it mattered a lot: If Europe ples. Even so, a crucial point is pathetic, even punitive. Dismiss- budgets and aid. The latest con- ed last year and an overall sense ble means of threatening Europe mel, despite stoking the interven- says no to Greek voters demand being missed: A minimum require- ing the protests of Greek voters of institutional collapse. The edu- from the south. The British anti- tionist flames, did make a valid tribution by Jon Lee Anderson for cation system has all but vanished, extremist group Quilliam is pos- point about the chaos in Libya. I The New Yorker (Feb 23) simply for a change of course, it is saying ment for a well-functioning democ- out of hand the prevailing sen- with parents attempting to school ing the greatest of nightmares for think after toppling Qaddafi, while affirms what we already knew in that democracy is of no impor- racy is that its leaders respect the timent of late undermines the their children at home. Internation- advocates of security and refugees no one is questioning that he was a accounts of the immediate after- tance, at least when it comes to people they represent. Suppose solidarity that the union must have al powers, as they have been do- the promise that fighters may dictator, we as an international math of post-Qaddafi Libya. It is economics. The Economist dis- for the moment that Greece s de- to survive and prosper. Greece s ing since 2011, have been dirtying use people trafficking vessels, community, especially those that a description of a state that is not agreed. Greek voters may want mands are unreasonable or impos- proposals, as it happens, are most- their noses in backing the assort- thereby gaining access to Europe- intervened militarily, did not put so much failing as failed, crumbling ment of militias that proliferated an states. (The idea is daft in its enough resources (in) for develop- over claims made by two compet- debt restructuring and fiscal relax- sible to grant, so that it does make ly reasonable. [On Friday night, like fungi after the dictatorship futile dangerousness, but the very ing a modern, democratic, Libyan ing governments, rampant militias, ation, it said but what about sense for the other countries to say Greece secured a four-month ex- collapsed. Qatar is providing back- fact that it is being floated is worth state. To that end, it all seems rath- the dwindling of oil revenues, and voters in Germany and the rest of no. In that case, the manner of the tension to euro zone funding]. Ac- ing for self-declared rulers in Tri- nothing.) Egypt s ambassador to er rich to see the statement, issued the deaths of some three thousand the euro area? Their opinions refusal would still matter. A well- ceding to most of them would ac- people in the last year. What has count too and there are more of founded rejection would indeed be tually serve Europe s broader eco- followed the downfall of a tyrant ETTER TO THE EDITOR a downfall encouraged by NATO them. If democracy matters, may- a repudiation of democratic prin- nomic interests. But even if that L airstrikes is the tyranny of a dan- be majority opinion across the EU ciples if it expressed contempt for weren t the case, and Germany and gerous and pervasive instability. ought to decide. Jacob Funk Greek voters. And that is what we its supporters were right not to Peace parleys It is not an instability that will tol- Kirkegaard of the Peterson Insti- have witnessed. Developing sys- budge, their refusal should be erate an occupation regime, or an The war-weary Afghanistan is need of lasting peace and stability more than any other country in the intervention force based upon the tute agreed and went further. Pool- tem of governance The German cleansed of disdain for a nation that world, as Afghans have bore the brunt of war and conflicts for past several years and there is no room for principles of humanitarian resto- ing of economic sovereignty with- government has shown scant re- has already suffered inordinately conflicts and unrest in this country. To achieve peace and to bring anti-government elements to the table of ration. That, after all, had been at- in the euro area isn t consistent gard for Greek citizens. But isn t and is being asked to suffer some negotiations, the High Peace Council was founded by the former President Hamid Karzai more than five tempted with calamitous results. with the notion of an overriding the other side of pooling of sover- more. The Greek election did mat- years back. The council struggled a lot to bring the Taliban to the table of negotiations but was failed in some Europe, the United States, and Lib- cases. ya s neighbours, are now reaping national mandate: It is unrealistic eignty that Germany s leaders ter. Conveying the impression that Recently the peace parleys have turned into another phase the phase that gives hope to every Afghan the whirlwind. Binoy Kampmark for Greece to claim that its voters should have a duty of care and re- it did not was a gross misjudge- that yes the militants would come to the table of negotiations and would soon join the Afghan government. was a Commonwealth Scholar at trump voters in other countries. spect to non-Germans? Countries ment. (Gulf News) Clive Crook Though there are a number of doubts about insincerity of the Taliban and their mediators Pakistani Selwyn College, Cambridge. He Indeed, inside a currency union, that are uncomfortable with that is a Bloomberg View columnist and military, towards the process, but there are still hopes in this regard. lectures at RMIT University, The responsibility of the Afghan government in this sensitive and important phase of the peace Melbourne. This article was seen where no member is fully sover- requirement should perhaps have a member of the Bloomberg View process is to remain cautious about its attempts regarding the process. It means that this time the oppor- at Eurasia Review. eign, it is inherently impossible for thought twice about building editorial board. tunity should not be missed and the Afghan citizens should see the day for which they dream for past four decades. 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Brahimi said: I believe that inter- national interest in Syria is coming back, but the responsibility to sort out the problem lies mainly in the region. The break-up of Syria is in nobody s interest and it is to be feared that this is a possibility. try to find a solution to the prob- That s why it is hugely important lem. He continued: Western gov- that the regional powers wake up ernments, and the United States in and do something about it. Brahi- particular, are responsible for the mi said the situation in both Iraq rise of ISIS. There is no doubt and Syria was a catastrophe that that the original sin which led to concerns us all in the region and in the emergence of ISIS is the US- the world. Speaking about the cat- led invasion of Iraq. There was no aclysmic situation in Syria, Brahi- justification for the war in Iraq, and mi said: The Syrian people are we all suffer the consequences. deeply unhappy and they do not Daesh or ISIS will be defeated - deserve what is happening to them. not just through bombardment Syria is a particularly desperate from the air, but through a politi- case and the U.N. has a responsi- cal process in Iraq, Syria and Lib- bility there. The Syrian government ya which is now at the forefront has not changed its initial position. of the new War on Terror. The As far as they re concerned what former Algerian diplomat ad- is happening in Syria is a foreign dressed the Conference, attended conspiracy. There are more than by 1500 people and broadcast live 1,200 armed groups in the coun- to universities, about the difficul- try. There is certainly external ty of his U.N. peace missions to interference in Syria from both countries such Afghanistan, Iraq, neighbouring countries and great Lebanon, and Syria. Brahimi powers who have interests to pro- stepped down from his role in tect. Brahimi said Syrians were Damascus last year, failing to find first and foremost the victims of a peaceful solution to the Syrian a family government that has been civil war which has now claimed in place for more than 40 years some 210,000 lives. His resigna- and are also the victims of foreign tion was largely prompted by frus- interference. In regards to the Unit- tration at Syrian President Bashar ed Nations which is being asked al-Assad's plans to hold an elec- by Libya to lift an arms embargo tion last June. International inter- Brahimi said: There is no doubt est in Syria Addressing the media that the role of the U.N. needs to at the U.N., Brahimi expressed his be strengthened. Referring to the In this photo provided by the United Nations, Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United regrets saying: Apologies once Elders, an independent group of more that we haven't been able to global leaders working together for Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, announces his resignation on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. help [the Syrian people] as much peace and human rights, Brahimi as they deserve, as much as we added: During a meeting of the Lakhdar Brahimi, one of the most Nations and Arab League peace Speaking at the prominent Fikra and Algeria has a moral responsi- beheaded in Libya last week. Bra- should have, and also to tell them Elders in Munich last week, I influential Algerians in the world envoy s strong words will have (Idea) Conference in Algiers this bility to help end the violence in himi told the Algiers Conference, that the tragedy in their country called for the U.N. and the Securi- today, has insisted that his coun- huge international repercussions, week, Brahimi said: Algeria has a the country . Islamic State of Iraq which focused on inspiring young should be solved... they have ty Council to be reformed. It is a try has a moral responsibility to especially as it goes against the role to play in North Africa and and Syria (ISIS) militants pro- people to succeed: Muslim ma- shown incredible resilience and necessary reform. The U.N. is an help solve the growing security grain of Algeria s famously non- especially towards Libya. The duced a deeply disturbing video of jority countries have to ask them- dignity. Back at the Fikra confer- indispensable body but sometimes crisis in Libya. The former United interventionist foreign policy. Libyan people are our neighbours Egyptian Christian workers being selves what leads to terrorism, and ence in Algiers at the weekend, unsatisfactory. Al Arabiya News Former UK nightclub bouncer A year after fleeing Ukraine, joins fight against ISIS in Iraq Yanukovich speaks of return

Locks told the Daily Mail. Al- though not religious, Locks said that he did not have a problem fighting alongside a group with Christian values. I had no specific wishes to join a specific group. I just want- ed to help people out here. Any society which kills people, cuts people's heads off needs to be chal- lenged, he said. After spending months selling his house and plan- ning his departure, Locks left to Iraq in the middle of February with a friend he met online, flying to the southern Iraqi Kurdish city of Su- laymaniyah, then making his way to the Iraqi province of Nineveh. Locks said he joined the little- known group Dwekh Nawsha group because of rumors he had heard that some groups make for- eign fighters hand over their pass- ports as a condition of membership. The group also has a rigorous re- cruitment process, only taking on veterans or people with valued skills such as construction mean- ing Locks fit the bill. I have a big construction background and that MOSCOW: Ousted Ukrainian Pres- denied any involvement in corrup- ings. "They prepared for the is a massive skill out here for build- ident Viktor Yanukovich, who fled tion, said in a TV interview aired shooting together in advance," Po- ing bases and repairing homes, he to Russia a year ago after being top- on Saturday he regretted that he roshenko was quoted as saying by A former British nightclub bouncer and construction firm owner quit his job and joined a militia to fight Islamic said. Locks told the Daily Mail that pled by months of street protests, could not return to his country. Interfax, adding that a top aide of State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rebels in Iraq, UK-based newspaper the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. After he has no immediate plans to re- said he was ready to return to "God has left me alive, so it looks Russian President Vladimir Putin selling his house and quitting his work positions, Tim Locks travelled to Iraq to join a Christian militant group turn to his homeland. But when ISIS Ukraine if the opportunity arose. like I'm needed for something ... had directed "foreign sniper called Dwekh Nawsha, meaning in Assyrian the self-sacrificers. Locks, 38, decided to fight against ISIS in is eradicated from the earth, then The pro-Russian leader was over- As soon as there is a possibility groups". Russia said that sugges- August last year, after seeing the desperate fate of members of the Yazidi minority forced to flee to Mount I will return to the UK. thrown by the "Maidan" uprising for me to return, I will return and tions a Kremlin aide was behind Sinjar. I just thought I have a great life, job, beautiful house and I thought it is time to help someone else, (Al Arabiya News) in Kiev against his decision to back will do everything I can to make some of the sniper killings was away from a deal that would have life better in Ukraine. And today, "nonsense". A peace deal was bro- taken the country towards integra- the main task is to stop the war," kered by Germany and France this tion with Europe and instead tight- he told Russian First channel month in a bid to end the conflict Saja al-Dulaimi, Baghdadi s en economic ties with Russia, Yanukovich fled from Kiev by he- in eastern Ukraine, but a ceasefire Ukraine's old Soviet master. Just licopter after three days of that came into force a week ago weeks after his departure, Moscow shootings in which more than 100 has already been breached. On Sat- annexed the Crimea peninsula, a civilians were killed. He later said urday, pro-Kremlin organizations ex-wife and ISIS s prima militant? base for Russia's Black Sea fleet, and he had fled because he feared for staged a rally on Moscow to con- pro-Russian separatists seized key his life. He is still a hate figure in demn the overthrow of Yanukov- buildings in the east of the country the capital and parts of central and ich in the uprising known as Maid- leading to a conflict in which more western Ukraine where he is held an, the local name for Kiev's Inde- than 5,000 people have been killed. responsible for the shootings. If pendence Square which was the Interpol has put Yanukovich on the he did suddenly return, it seems center of the revolt. Organizers international wanted list at the be- likely he would be arrested and put said that around 20,000 took to hest of Kiev authorities on charges on trial. Ukrainian President Petro the streets in the so-called "Anti- of embezzlement and financial Poroshenko said on Friday that Maidan" march to show their sup- wrongdoing. But Russia is likely to phone records showed there was port for the rebels in eastern turn down any request to extradite evidence of regular conversations Ukraine and condemn the uprising him, Interfax news agency said last between Yanukovich and Russia's against Yanukovich in Kiev. Small- month, citing a source familiar with security services which revealed a er rallies were staged in other Rus- the situation. Yanukovich, who has "clear Russian link" to the shoot- sian cities and in Crimea. Myanmar says more than 130 dead in fighting near China border Naypyidaw: Myanmar's army Because of serious fighting, our he- omy, have denied attacking the Saturday said more than 130 peo- licopters are helping," he told re- convoy. It is unclear how many ple had died in a deepening battle porters in the capital Naypyidaw. people remain trapped in the con- As more women abandon the safe- ranking extremist militant believed which is unusual for the wives of money to militants operating along with rebels in the northeast, de- "We will not retreat until we get flict zone, but while the majority ty of their homes to join the Is- to have facilitated her marriage to extremist militants. Her marriage Lebanon s border with Syria. She claring it would not rest until sta- stability." He did not provide fig- of fleeing civilians appear to have lamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Baghdadi to solidify an alliance. to Baghdadi six years ago was reportedly received more than bility was restored to the border ures on civilian deaths in and around crossed into southwest China tens new details have emerged on one While she has denied her marriage short-lived, lasting only three $200,000 in wire-transfers and area which tens of thousands have Laukkai town, where the conflict of thousands more are believed to of the militant group s most im- to the militant chief during ques- months, Sheikh Hassan al-Dulai- through charity organizations, a fled. Fighting raged in the remote has centred, as efforts to evacuate have been displaced on the Myan- portant female affiliate, Saja al- tioning by Lebanese officers, DNA mi, a prominent elder from the sum she then distributed to fight- Kokang region of Shan state where remaining communities have been mar side of the border. Since the Dulaimi. Dulaimi, believed to have tests show her 5-year-old daugh- same tribe as Saja, told the Wash- ers, a senior military intelligence conflict erupted on February 9 hampered by an attack Tuesday on conflict began several thousand been married to elusive ISIS chief ter, who was with her when she ington Post in January. Before official said. Dulaimi used her gen- with insurgent attacks on soldiers a local Red Cross convoy which have passed through a monastery Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at a point was captured, is Baghdadi s child. wedding the ISIS chief, she was der to her advantage as conserva- that triggered a military onslaught, wounded two aid workers -- lead- in the town of Lashio, some 140 in time, was detained by Lebanese The two have disclosed little in- married to another Iraqi with whom tive Lebanese traditions make sol- prompting at least 30,000 civilians ing relief groups to officially sus- kilometres (85 miles) south of authorities last year and has since formation since their capture, she had two sons. Upon her cap- diers at checkpoints hesitant of to escape into bordering China. In pend rescue missions. The defence Laukkai, taking refuge as they trav- been held in a jail near Beirut. The suggesting that they had been ture, Dulaimi was charged in a Leb- searching women and girls at bor- the first press conference since spokesman blamed the convoy at- el to other parts of the country. - Daily Mail reported that the Ira- trained not to crack under intense anese military court with financ- der crossings, helping her conceal clashes began, defence ministry tack on the rebels, saying: "Our Myanmar journalists attacked - qi-born woman is well-connected interrogation, the British daily re- ing and aiding terrorist activity, she money meant for militants. Along spokesman Lieutenant General military only provides protection Late Saturday a vehicle ferrying to the group and has been linked ported. Military officials have de- has been denied access to a law- with her daughter, Dulaimi is still Mya Htun Oo said the conflict to civilian convoys... We are going Myanmar national journalists to several prominent militants, by scribed her as strong-willed and yer. She was reportedly based in detained, but unlike other militants had killed 61 military and police to take action against Kokang rebels' from Laukkai was attacked by un- marriage and family relations, in independent, the Washington Post the Lebanese town of Arsal, which whose families had been captured officers, and around 72 insurgents. offence." The ethnically Chinese known assailants, a local govern- Iraq and Syria. The striking beau- reported. Dulaimi is of special in- saw clashes between Islamist by authorities, Baghdadi has not More than 100 military members Kokang rebels or National Demo- ment official in the nearby town ty, as described by a Lebanese terest considering her activity and groups and Lebanese forces last issued any threats demanding her have been injured since fighting cratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), of Chinshwehal told AFP, leaving official, is the daughter of a high- affiliation to Islamist groups, year, and is suspected of moving release. (Al Arabiya News) broke out. "The fighting is strong... who are fighting for regional auton- the driver and one reporter injured. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . FEBRUARY 23, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Decision-making: Pak Saudi Aramco extends bidding for PM says no to gas tariff increase unconventional gas work State energy firm Saudi Aramco has extended the deadline for compa- nies to bid for work on its uncon- ventional gas facilities in the north of the country, signalling it remains committed to developing shale gas deposits, industry sources said. The project, known as System A, will involve building processing facilities, wellheads and pipelines for gas in Turaif, where a big min- ing project called Waad al-Shamal is under development. No estimate for the total value of the contracts was given. They extended - the bid closing date now is in March, said a source, adding that Saudi Aramco had sent companies addi- tional requirements that would need their study. Bids were origi- nally due to close in early Decem- ber and the deadline has been ex- tended several times, most recent- ly to March 15. There was no im- ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister propriate that the increase in tariff mediate comment from Saudi Nawaz Sharif has refused to give was deferred to the time of low Aramco. Meanwhile, several com- the nod to the proposed increase in utilisation by the domestic con- panies have prequalified for anoth- gas tariff by 10% to 65% and de- sumers. Along with this, he said er unconventional gas project in- ferred the plan until April 2015, that no change should be made in volving pipelines, also in northern despite warnings of the financial the tariff for the slabs that covered Saudi Arabia. That project, known collapse of gas utilities. Since the people from the low-income as System B, is five times as big as government faced stiff opposition groups. It was pointed out that the System A, according to one source. transformed from the world's largest gas importer to an exporter. Saudi Aramco's chief executive Khalid al-Falih told a conference in Riyadh last from political parties to the increase proposal suggested revision for The search for natural gas is a pri- month that Aramcon had invested $3 billion in developing unconventional gas resources and had earmarked an additional $7 billion for it. He did not in tariff, Sharif refused to agree to other categories as well including ority for Saudi Arabia as it strug- reveal detailed plans, but said: Saudi Arabia will be the next frontier after the U.S., where shale and unconventional will make a significant the proposed increase. However, he captive power plants and the fer- gles to keep pace with rapidly ris- contribution to our energy mix, especially gas. So far, a mining project and a power plant for Saudi mining company Ma'aden is projected to take decided that in case of the increase tiliser sector. After a detailed dis- ing domestic demand for power 200 million cubic feet per day of unconventional gas by 2018. The kingdom has made appraisals of unconventional gas potential in its northwest, in gas tariff, the price hike would cussion, the formal decision of in- and its strategically important pet- Eastern Province and Empty Quarter. It holds the world's fifth-largest proven reserves of natural gas, and expects domestic demand to almost not apply to the first two slabs of creasing gas prices was deferred. rochemicals industry. It has been double by 2030 from 2011 levels of 3.5 trillion cubic feet per year. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi has estimated the country's unconventional gas domestic consumers. In January, However, it was agreed, in princi- inspired by the shale gas surge in reserves - those held in reservoirs that have not traditionally been exploited - at over 600 trillion cubic feet, more than double its proven conventional the petroleum ministry had planned ple, that the tariff would be raised the United States, which has been reserves. to increase gas prices but the cur- with effect from April 1, 2015. It rent administration faced a strong was also decided that the first two resistance in the Senate from op- slabs of domestic users will not be position senators, who warned of changed and will remain at the cur- staging a sit-in if the plan went rent levels. A revised proposal ahead. Officials said that Minister would be submitted by the Minis- for Petroleum and Natural Resourc- try of Petroleum after consulting es Shahid Khaqan Abbasi informed the stakeholders. The Oil and Gas the Cabinet Committee on Energy Regulatory Authority (Ogra) had (CCE) on February 12 that Sui on July 3, 2014 approved for the Northern Gas Pipelines Limited ongoing financial year a tariff in- A group of Qatari state-linked in- would delay its planned invest- of lignite power plants, but it was (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas crease of Rs58.29 per million Brit- vestors and three Japanese power ment amid difficult financing con- yet to reach any agreement over Company (SSGC) could not sus- ish thermal units (mmbtu) for firms have signed an agreement to ditions at a time of currency vola- projects with the Turkish govern- tain losses of billions of rupees due SNGPL and Rs22.90 per mmbtu study the possibility of develop- tility in emerging markets includ- ment, the statement said. The po- to the low tariff and may collapse for SSGC. Under that arrange- ing projects in Turkey s Afsin El- ing Turkey. This decision forced tential development is the latest in financially any time. Therefore, ment, the former was to collect bistan region, one of the Qatari Turkey into talks with other po- a string of business deals involv- the government would have to re- Rs37 billion from the gas consum- firms said in a statement on Sun- tential investors including Qatari ing Qatari and Japanese entities. view the tariff for all the consum- ers in one year to cater to its reve- day. The Afsin-Elbistan region and Chinese parties. A consortium Mitsubishi is set to be named pre- ers including domestic, industrial nue requirement and the latter was holds up to 45 percent of Turkey s of Mitsubishi Corporation, ferred bidder to construct the 2,400 and commercial, an official quoted to collect Rs30 billion. Under reserves of lignite, or brown coal, Marubeni and Chubu Electric megawatt Facility D gas power the ministry as saying. The petro- Clause 8 of Ogra ordinance, the and Turkish authorities have been Power on the Japanese side and plant in Qatar, Project Finance In- leum minister also proposed a small Ministry of Petroleum is bound keen to attract investment into the Qatar Holding and Nebras Power ternational, a Thomson Reuters tariff increase for the first two slabs to issue advice to Ogra for the in- region to help meet growing elec- from the Gulf state signed an agree- company, said on Feb. 17. Last kkei) newspaper. The newspaper also reported last week that Marube- of domestic consumers consisting crease in gas tariff. But due to po- tricity demand. A $12 billion deal ment on Friday to study projects week, a consortium headed by ni and Nebras Power had signed an agreement to build a gas power plant of the low-income groups, and sug- litical considerations, the prime with Abu Dhabi National Energy in the region, Nebras said in a state- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kenya. Nebras Power is an internationally focused infrastructure gested higher price rise for the rest minister refused to approve the Co to develop several power ment. The group will evaluate agreed a $3.33 billion contract for investment firm 60-percent owned by Qatar Electricity and Water Com- of the categories. The prime minis- rise in gas price and deferred it to plants in the region collapsed in projects including the develop- a subway system in Doha, accord- pany, with the remainder split between Qatar Petroleum and Qatar ter said that it would be more ap- April 2015. August 2013 after TAQA said it ment, operation and maintenance ing to Japan s Nihon Keizai (Ni- Holding. New rule on Nitaqat employment keeps falling, the ket economies such as Brazil, laws of supply and demand have Mexico and Russia has deteriorat- not been repealed, we will get in- ed but the meaningful tailwinds of calculation for Saudi workers flation out of this," said Jim lower energy prices and global O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at policy easing are likely to persist," High Frequency Economics in Val- wrote Gustavo Reis, global econ- halla, New York. "In terms of go- omist at BofA-ML. Much will ing to the next step, does that mean depend on whether the euro zone, they're tightening in June? Not where some signs of economic re- necessarily," he said. O'Sullivan vival have drawn stock markets to expects Yellen to sound optimis- multi-year peaks, can sail through tic on the full employment part of the latest bout of wrangling over the Fed's dual mandate when she its future without too much dam- delivers her twice-annual testimo- age. The European Central Bank's ny to Congress on monetary poli- bond purchase program announced cy, starting with the Senate Bank- at its January meeting, worth 60 LONDON : Greece's struggles data for the euro zone in February ing Committee on Tuesday. The billion euros ($68 billion) a month, with its euro zone creditors may are pointing in the right direction, majority of forecasters still expect will begin in March, many years have grabbed much of the world's Europe is still struggling to create June for lift-off on U.S. rates, and behind its peers. But it may have attention, but U.S. Federal Reserve meaningful growth that would gen- the latest Reuters poll suggested arrived at a particularly good time. Chair Janet Yellen is likely to re- erate the kind of strong hiring that that about two-thirds of them had Any risk of investor flight over the claim the spotlight this week with might in turn push up wage infla- held to the same conviction over outcome of heated negotiations testimony on a long-anticipated tion. China is grappling with a prop- the timing over the course of the over Greece's debt burden and the shift in policy. If the Fed sticks to erty market and debt overhang as it past month. What hasn't been future of the euro now will at least mid-year for its first interest rate tries to rebalance its slowing econo- working in the Fed's favor is evi- have one of the world's largest cen- rise in a decade, it will be perceived my and a purchasing managers' in- dence that inflation is picking up. tral banks acting as a backstop as a reflection of the world econo- dex due on Wednesday is expected Core inflation, which strips out scooping up sovereign debt. And my's growing resilience. U.S. core to show persistent stagnation in its food and energy prices, is expect- the economic news is not all bad. Minister of Labor Adel Fakeih announced that Saudi jobseekers hired by the private sector will be counted CPI inflation data due next week once-booming manufacturing indus- ed to hold steady at 1.6 percent The German Ifo business climate under the Nitaqat Saudization program immediately after their registration with the General Organization for will also give some idea of just how try. Much of Latin America, partic- when data are due Thursday, ac- index, due at the start of the week, Social Insurance (GOSI) effective from Sunday. Until Saturday, a Saudi was counted for Nitaqat point in the much the collapse in oil prices ularly Brazil, has slipped back even cording to a Reuters poll. With a is expected to rise for a fourth employment registry of each firm only 13 weeks after their registration with GOSI. The minister s decision which has tamped down inflation further from a past position of few notable exceptions, like Bra- straight month in February. Ger- will boost Saudization further by ending the long wait of Saudis to be counted for Nitaqat. With the new globally will work as a counter- strength and has very little to offer zil, inflation has been far too low man gross domestic product directive, the GOSI registration will come into effect immediately after making payment of the insurance weight to the Fed's apparent com- a world economy that the World for comfort, and continues to fall, (GDP) is also expected to be con- premium fixed for all types and categories of companies and establishments. These firms also include smaller fort so far with higher rates in June. Bank warns is now running on one triggering surprise central bank firmed as growing a solid 0.7 per- establishments with nine or less workers. Investors in various sectors have called on the Ministry of Labor to But the fretting over Greece -- engine, made in America. Minutes monetary easings from Canada to cent quarter-on-quarter in the fi- start implementing a Nitaqat system for Saudis working in the private sector. Accordingly, employment and which makes up less than half of to the Fed's latest policy-setting Sweden to Australia to Indonesia nal months of last year. "Europe's the reason for leaving job of each Saudi can be tracked. And like all companies, Saudi employees will be one percent of world GDP -- has meeting suggested to some analysts over the past several weeks. To biggest economy is clearly enter- categorized on different zones on their commitment and periods they stayed in each job. The idea was first underscored the impression that that policymakers might be backing many, that makes the Fed's con- ing 2015 with more momentum mooted by the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) but has not been implemented. Bringing Saudi for all of the piles of monetary off a June rate rise. But the stron- tinued focus on soon doing the than we and the consensus had employees in the private sector under the ambit of the extended Nitaqat system is the only possible way to stimulus over the past few years, gest set of jobs data in many years opposite seem out of step. But expected," wrote analysts at Mor- protect companies from the high rate of turnover in their businesses, Amal Shira, a member of the human much of the troubles remain the were published after that late Janu- perhaps not for long. "The out- gan Stanley, who expect first quar- resource committee of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) said. This article was first same. While purchasing managers' ary Fed meeting took place. "If un- look for some large emerging mar- ter growth of 0.5 percent. published in the Saudi Gazette on Feb. 22, 2015. US refinery strike widens to include nation's largest plant HOUSTON: The U.S. refinery Convent, Louisiana and 238,000 man Ray Fisher. "We remain com- refinery's largest CDU, which has ies and chemical plants were a together account for two-thirds of domestic capacity. strike widened on its 20th day, bpd Norco, Louisiana refineries mitted to continued safe operations a rated capacity of 325,000, bpd sticking point in the talks. Anoth- with workers at the nation's larg- and the Shell Oil Co chemical plant and productive negotiations." The is running at about 200,000 bpd, er point of contention is the ab- est refinery walking off jobs and in Norco, the union said. "The in- strike that began Feb. 1 was last the sources said, because a 60,000 sence of "no retrogression" lan- joining picket lines on Saturday as dustry s refusal to meaningfully expanded Feb. 6, when workers at bpd hydrocracking unit is shut due guage, which preserves agreements the United Steelworkers union address safety issues through good BP Plc-operated refineries in Indi- to a malfunction. The hydrocrack- from previous contracts not ad- (USW) pushes for a new contract faith bargaining gave us no other ana and Ohio were told to begin a er produces motor fuel, primarily dressed in negotiations this year. that improves wages and safety. option but to expand our work work stoppage the following day. diesel, which has become a lucra- In addition to the two BP-operat- Strikes are underway or have been stoppage," USW International Workers were already on strike at tive export for U.S. refiners. Mo- ed plants, workers are striking at called at 15 plants, including 12 President Leo Gerard said in a Shell's 327,000 bpd joint-venture tiva also shut a 92,000 bpd gaso- refineries and plants owned by Ly- refineries with a fifth of U.S. crude statement. Both sides indicated fur- refinery in Deer Park, Texas, and line-producing fluidic catalytic ondell Basell, Marathon Petroleum processing capacity. The stoppag- ther negotiations this weekend had an adjoining chemical plant. The cracking unit at the refinery in ear- Corp, and Tesoro Corp in Califor- es, which have forced companies not been scheduled. Motiva is a Deer Park workforce walked out ly January for an overhaul. It is nia, Kentucky, Texas and Wash- to rely on trained temporary work- 50-50 joint venture of Royal Dutch when the strike began on Feb. 1. scheduled to restart in the first half ington state. Only one refinery has ers to keep plants running close to Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco The strike may complicate opera- of March. Shell and the union had shut down due to the strike. Teso- normal, are the largest in the refin- [SDABO.UL]. Shell's U.S. arm tions at the Port Arthur refinery, been meeting continuously since ro's 166,000-bpd plant in Martin- ing sector since 1980. Shortly af- Shell Oil Co is the lead oil compa- which failed to restore its second talks resumed on Wednesday fol- ez, California, was scheduled pri- ter talks between union and oil ny negotiator in talks with the largest crude distillation unit lowing a week-long break for the or to the strike for a partial shut- company representatives ended USW for a national agreement on (CDU) to full production after re- company to reply to an informa- down to perform a planned multi- on Friday night, the union notified safety, pay and benefits. A Shell starting on Friday following a tion request and a counterpropos- unit overhaul. Company officials Motiva Enterprises [MOTIV.UL] spokesman said the company was three-day shutdown to fix leaking al from the USW. Union negotia- decided to idle the entire plant af- of a strike by its members at the disappointed by the Port Arthur piping, sources told Reuters. The tors rejected the seventh contract ter the walkout began and said pro- company's 600,250 barrel per day walkout and strike notices to the 195,000 bpd CDU is one of three offer from Shell on Thursday night. duction would not resume during (bpd) refinery in Port Arthur, Tex- Louisiana plants. "We believe this at the refinery that do the initial Earlier this week, the USW's lead the work stoppage. The USW is as. The USW also gave notices on move sets the wrong tone for both refining of crude oil coming into negotiator, International Vice Pres- seeking a three-year, industrywide Friday of strikes to begin in 24 parties to move forward and reach the plant and provide feedstock ident Gary Beevers, told Reuters pact that would cover 30,000 hours at Motiva's 235,000 bpd an agreement," said Shell spokes- for all other production units. The that safe staffing levels at refiner- workers at 63 U.S. refineries that This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . FEBRUARY 23 , 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Are Emma Watson and Prince Harry an item?

I m open for TV shows: Anushka Sharma After featuring in hit films like "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi", "Band We may soon find that Emma Watson's bagged a prince, not a wizard. Baaja Baaraat" and "PK" among Mere hours ago international media started speculating that Emma Wat- others, actress Anushka Sharma is son, of Harry Potter fame, was dating British royal Prince Harry. Web- now keen to do a television show. site Woman's Day revealed that: " the pair are having secret dates with Anushka was present on the set each other and are getting to know each other quite well." Woman's Day of crime-based show "Savdhaan claims that Harry called on mutual friends to set the two up late last India" to promote her upcoming year, after Emma had split from her British rugby player boyfriend film "NH10" when she was asked Matthew Janney. Harry is said to have then sent Emma an email saying about her plans to make an entry that he would like to get to know her and invited her out with friends. into small screen. To that she said: "Although 12 other friends went along too to make Emma feel a little "No, actually I haven't thought more comfortable, the pair hit it off!" says Woman's Daily. The rumour about it. But, I always be open for quickly set tongues wagging and the internet descended into a tizzy. every kind of creative opportuni- Watson has recently been very vocal about feminism and the impor- ty that might come my way. So, in tance of women taking their place as leaders in today's world. She was named feminist celebrity of the year in a 2014 poll and is a respected ne of the oldest names in of talent in Pakistan over the years ma, Karachi, to the newly launched product has relevance. In India near future if a show that has a figure in celebrity circles -- in somewhat of a contrast to Harry, who has fashion industry Lala tex to introduce a new aesthetic and Kaju, Battla is no stranger to re- alone, we have taken part in multi- good story comes my way , so I a bad-boy reputation. Otiles is all set to launch its vision in a structured format tail. We are very fortunate to team ple showcases and exhibitions would be open for sure. first collaborative platform in part- whilst innovating within our indus- up with the design talent and retail throughout 2014, marks Lala. nership with Sonya Battla the try. The textile company wants force that is Sonya Battla to create They have also been socially ac- first designer in their roster for to build key company pillars and the first ever series under this plat- tive collaborating with Samarpan Badlapur continues to get a many more. We have worked with innovate within the industry. The form, says Pervez Lala. Her Foundation, a non-profit charita- various designers before but never one-off seasonal lawn collabora- work has an unmistakable signa- ble trust that supports orphaned brought it to the limelight. This time tion format is therefore not some- ture, grace and elegance and with girls. The images feature Lala s thumbs up from the film fraternity we wanted to develop something thing they want to champion as a the Lala Signature Series-Sonya 2014 collection and not Sonya more meaningful, as opposed to a pillar and instead, are looking to- Battla collaboration, we are delight- Battla s signature series. PHO- Director Sriram Raghavan's dark one off lawn collection collabora- wards building an entire collabora- ed to bring her design vision to our TOS: ATHAR SHAHZAD With thriller, Badlapur that released tion which has been the industry tive brand with the Signature Se- retail sensibility, he adds. Battla the new partnership, the duo aims worldwide on February 20th has format, Pervez Lala, the CEO of ries. That is why more sets of col- on the other hand believed that the to revitalise the brand so it stands been an instant hit already. The Lala textiles, elaborates on the laboration will follow as they find lawn available in the market looks out amongst the hordes of lawn Bollywood film fraternity have brands designer preference. They more inspirational designers. Once very similar so it was a conscious collections that grace Pakistani accepted and loved the twisted are planning to launch an entire this platform is in full swing, he decision to design something markets every summer. Further- genre of the film and the stellar Signature Series about which Per- hopes that it will give their patrons unique for the 2015 collection. Lala more, Pervez is confident of Batt- performances of the entire star vez optimistically says, It is an excellent quality paired with high added that the law and order situ- la s design, saying, She has a dis- cast. Celebrities took to the mi- exciting step in a new direction for fashion aesthetic. Battla s designs ation in Pakistan affected them but tinct vision that has its own de- cro-blogging site to express their us, as we build our brand are known to be minimalist and they won t let that hold them back. fined identity. Their S/S 15 col- appreciation for the film. Here's associations.We are looking for- adamant in maintaining quality. We are committed to creating glo- lection priced at 3500 to 4500 will what they had to say: Bejoy Nam- ward to working with a plethora From her flagship store in Zamza- bal brand accessibility where our be retailing this March 2015. biar. 2015 Oscars prompt more soul-searching Sonam Kapoor was recently hos- pitalized for a respiratory infec- tion , was back on her feet in no time and travelled to Karjat to shoot a special Rajasthani song for Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. The ac- tress who has been shooting for the special puppet themed song for 3 nights in Karjat ,happened to meet with a bad injury last night , as she slipped and fell and ended up hurting her legs and bruising her ankles. What's more is that the song sees Sonam in a typically vo- luminous Rajasthani lehenga, with heavy silver jewellery which was exhausting in itself - Despite the injury, the actress decided to con- tinue shooting for the song so that the cast and crew could wrap up on time. Now that she is in Mum- bai, Sonam will tend to her injury - The crew couldn't help but com- LOS ANGELES: To the outside rector Clint Eastwood s gritty por- mend her for pulling the song off, world, Hollywood might ooze ef- trayal of late Navy SEAL Chris without an ounce of discomfort fortless glamour, but just about Kyle, the US military s most le- showing on her face anyone who makes movies will thal sharpshooter after his four say the process is a long grind, and tours in the Iraq war. It has earned a continual blow to the ego and $307 million at the domestic box bank account. That might explain office, more than the other seven Hope, courage, love define Emmy Awards to reflect why two films that embody the best picture nominees combined, inherent struggle of show business and gathered strength in recent changing TV landscape Birdman and Boyhood are top weeks amidst a heated debate contenders for best picture at Sun- about war and snipers. Selma, the day one of fashion weekend LOS ANGELES: New rules will day s 87th Academy Awards. The Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, expand the number of contenders strength of Birdman lies not only drew early support but lost steam for top honours in the comedy and in its nine Oscar nominations but after it earned only two nods and drama categories in television s also in a story the appeals to the became the symbol of the lack of annual Emmy Awards this year, Academy s largest voting bloc: ac- diversity among this year s nomi- organisers said on Friday. The Tele- tors. Director Alejando G. Inarritu nees. With one of the smallest col- vision Academy said it was mak- presents a washed up, former su- lective box office showings for best ing numerous revisions to the perhero actor trying to make a picture nominees in recent times, awards in order to reflect a chang- comeback, portrayed by Michael the Academy faces a challenging ing TV landscape. Both the come- Keaton, whose own career sagged year for its telecast. It is betting dy and drama series categories will after his Batman heydey. I think on big music acts and first-time now include seven nominees, up Television Academy is going back everybody in the Academy can host Neil Patrick Harris to bring in from six in previous years. Come- to its late September weekend slot relate to that because that s the the young audience. Amid the en- dy series will be defined by shows with this year s awards scheduled state of normalcy for the film in- tire Oscar hullabaloo, a bomb scare that are 30 minutes or shorter per for September 20. The mini-series dustry, that you spend a lot of time triggered by an erratic motorist episode, while drama series will be category will be renamed limited unemployed, he added. Keaton brandishing a propane tank at a for shows over 30 minutes. That series , and will reflect any shows could therefore win best actor over shopping strip near the Holly- means shows, such as Netflix s that have two or more episodes Eddie Redmayne, who has won a wood venue for the upcoming Os- LAHORE: Some of the country s fusion in pattern and design. In her the front followed by a more casu- Orange Is the New Black, will be running for at least two-and-a-half slew of awards for his portrayal cars show proved to be a false leading fashion brands and emerg- segment titled Medallion Dusk, de- al line, and closing with all the male no longer considered in the come- hours, that tell a complete, non- of physicist Stephen Hawking in alarm on Thursday, but the man ing and established labels are show- signer Erum Khan made liberal use models wearing bright yellow tees dy series category. Producers will recurring story and will not con- The Theory of Everything. Boy- was detained, Los Angeles police casing their pret collections during of matte gold and silks in crocheted with Be Brave written across be able to petition for eligibility in tinue the story or characters in fol- hood is a more simple story of a said. Bomb squad investigators the two-day Telenor Fashion vests, sequined outfits and experi- them in bold letters. Telenor s Karo an alternative category, the Televi- lowing seasons. boy of divorced parents coming of cordoned off a row of storefronts Weekend presented by Hum TV mental cuts. The same could be said Mumkin segment featuring the sion Academy said. Our over This will mean shows, such as age, but director Richard Linklater and the front entrance of a hotel and partnered by ChenOne. The for the next designer Faika Karim s works of Pakistan Institute of Fash- 17,000 voting members represents BBC America s Luther and PBS earned respect from the industry across the street after a man who first day was opened by Overload Lahore Pret with her net and lace ion and Design students saw var- a dramatically changing television Masterpiece s Sherlock will not be for a marathon undertaking never was driving recklessly in the area with their hits Batti aaye ya na collection in shirts and skirts. Eden ied themes. HangTen s checkered industry and we want to continue eligible in this category, as both before attempted: making the film emerged from his car with the pro- aaye and Neray aa zalima , which Robe put kids on the ramp who shirt with paisley lining for cuffs to make sure we honour their cre- feature same characters in ongoing over 12 years with the same ac- pane cannister. The man told po- set the pace for the evening. stole hearts with the confidence, and collars stood out in their seg- ativity in the most relevant and seasons. Other changes include tors. And he did it on a shoestring lice who stopped him that he also ChenOne transformed its pret into poise and grace while walking the ment. Rang Ja showed a bling-in- fairways possible, Bruce Rosen- splitting the variety series catego- budget. It could be that the top had two canisters of nitrous oxide, resort wear quite a few notches up, ramp. Breakout dedicated its show spired collection with two-toned blum, chairman of the Television ry into Outstanding Variety Talk , contenders split best picture and a non-flammable gas also known putting up more vibrant, colourful to the victims of the Peshawar trag- shirts with bold truck art floral Academy, said in a statement. to be awarded during the live best director, as 12 Years a Slave as laughing gas. He was taken into and fun and funky apparel in wom- edy and dubbed it For the Brave. motifs, neon sequined shirts, After switching the Primetime Primetime Emmy telecast, and and Gravity did last year. The film custody while the bomb squad was en s wear while the menswear The opening saw men s statement loose-fitted brocade tops and a fig- Emmy awards show from a Sun- Outstanding Variety Sketch , that has been most popular with called to investigate the situation, comprised separates thrown to- T-shirts with We Care and We Will ure-hugging jumpsuit of the same day in late September to a Mon- which will be awarded at the sep- audiences is American Sniper, di- police said. gether with a sense of remarkable and Begin Again! sprawled across with silk thread embroidery. day in late August last year, the arate Creative Arts Emmy awards.

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The pair finished off what Mahela DUNEDIN: Afghanistan believe a It was the first time in their Jayawardene (100) and Angelo lack of experience cost them the short 47-match ODI history that Mathews (44) had started after Sri chance of a major World Cup up- the top eight batsmen posted dou- Lanka had been reduced to 51 for set Sunday when Sri Lanka es- ble figures in one match but only four by the World Cup debutants caped with a four-wicket win in Stanikzai (54) reached a half cen- as they chased 233 for victory. their Pool A clash. tury with Shenwari s 38 the only Visit Al Jazeera's 2015 Cricket A century by Mahela other score above 30. World Cup page for news, updates, Jayawardene, who featured in a We need some more matches features and comment pieces 126-run stand with Angelo with Asian teams to get more ex- Jayawardene had appeared to have Mathews, rescued Sri Lanka from perience. We need some time from the outcome in control for Sri Lan- a disastrous start when they were the ICC to give us more matches ka with his 19th ODI century and 51-4 chasing 233 to win. against Test nations so maybe we a 126-run partnership with When the Sri Lankan top or- get more used to it, Shenwari said. Mathews but when he became der collapsed Afghanistan felt they Today was a good game but Hamid Hassan's third wicket with were in with a chance but they in the middle me and Asghar 55 runs needed, the momentum eventually lost by four wickets played an 80 partnership but we shifted back towards Afghanistan. with 10 balls remaining. (Jayawar- didn t make the 30-40 runs miss- Perera, an aggressive lower-order dene Century Floors Afghanistan) ing in this match (Mathews De- batsmen, then took the game away It was very disappointing mands Improvement from Sri Lan- with some big hitting and finished because we took four early wick- ka) Our bowlers did very well. on 47 as his side made 236-6 with ets and Mahela, very experienced Fifty runs, four wickets, it was a 10 balls to spare. Afghanistan had player, and Mathews, also very good chance to beat Sri Lanka but been dismissed for 232 in 49.4 experienced, took the match from Mahela and Mathews took the overs, which was not considered us, Afghanistan batsman Samiul- match away. enough of a target to defend on the lah Shenwari said. It was a much improved show- small University Oval ground and Shenwari featured in an 88-run ing by Afghanistan who lost to good pitch that tends to get easier partnership with Asghar Stanikzai Bangladesh by 105 runs in the first to bat on as the day progresses. for the third wicket in an innings game in Canberra four days ago. Their bowlers, however, started golden ducks, while Kumar Sangakkara was bowled by Hassan for seven. Hassan struck again in the 12th over when Dimuth Karunaratne was well he believed was 30-40 runs short Their third match is against like they felt it would be sufficient caught by Nawroz Mangal at first slip for 23, which reduced the 1996 World Cup champions to 51-4. However, Jayawaardene's effort ensured Sri and exposed Afghanistan s raw- Scotland in Dunedin next Thurs- with both Lahiru Thirimanne and Lanka registered their first points at the 2015 World Cup. Scorecard: Afghanistan 232 all out in 49.4 overs (Stanikzai 54, Malinga 3-41) Sri Lanka ness at the top international level. day. Tillakaratne Dilshan dismissed for 236-6 in 48.2 overs (Jayawardene 100, Hassan 3-45) Burst into joy: Hamid Hassan Martin Murray halted by WBA champion does crazy cartwheel celebration LET S call it The Rambo Roll. St Helens man continually climbed Afghanistan bowler Hamid Hassan gave cricket fans another reason Gennady Golovkin in Monte Carlo off the canvas, despite sustained to fall in love with him after pulling off an hilariously awkward cart- punishment from the heavy-hitting wheel when celebrating a wicket against Sri Lanka. Kazakh, and was eventually res- Hassan, dubbed on social media as Rambo thanks to his colourful cued by referee Luis Pabon in headband and national flags painted on both cheeks, is known for play- Monte Carlo. But Murray can ing with plenty of passion and that was on full display in Dunedin. take pride from his battling effort, The fired up paceman celebrated in style after dismissing Kumar enjoying sporadic success with Sangakkara, one of the greatest batsmen of this generation. crisp counters, and he extended Hassan knocked back the veteran Sri Lankan s middle stump before Golovkin to the 11th round for the breaking out a dodgy cartwheel that had the commentators in hysterics. first time in his destructive career. His follow up effort wasn t bad either, with Hassan banging the turf In the opening rounds, the British with his hands after dismissing Dimuth Karunaratne. challenger fought off the back foot, · Unfortunately Afghanistan fell short of a miracle win, but fending off punches with a tight with bowling figures of 3-45 - and a memorable celebration to boot - guard as Golovkin marauded for- Hassan ensured his burgeoning reputation continued to grow. (FOX ward with early menace. But this SPORTS) tactic appeared unwise when Mur- ray was floored twice in a disas- trous fourth round. After backing his foe onto the ropes, Golovkin dropped him with a crunching body punch. Murray swiftly rose, but was sent down by another spiteful shot to the ribs and somehow survived until the bell. Showing stubborn defiance, Murray withstood fur- ther punishment as the fight con- tinued and was left with a blood- ied face after stinging uppercuts in the sixth. Golovkin was throwing punches at his opponent from all angles, but began to show signs of fatigue and Murray pounced on a slip in the ninth, unleashing a crisp combination. But this was only a brief spell of success for the Brit, who was sent crashing to the can- vas by a huge right in the 10th, and clung on to hear the bell. There was little respite for Murray and he appeared ready to wilt on the ropes, with Golovkin piling on more punches, when Pabon sig- Martin Murray suffered a courageous defeat as Gennady Golovkin defended his WBA middleweight title with an 11th round stoppage win. The nalled the finish. Jason Kenny knocked out of sprint in first Rafa Nadal beaten by Fabio round at Track World Championships Fognini in Rio Open semi-finals Great Britain will look to Laura The disappointment continued a looking like an idiot and looking timate goal: to get on it and turn Trott to save them from their nightmare week for the 26-year- like a hero." Kenny admitted he around those margins and stick our worst performance at a UCI Track old, who finished eighth in the was 'caught napping' by Canelon nose back in front. Kenny's early Cycling World Championships men s team sprint on Wednesday Despite the defeat, Kenny was exit means Britain will go into the since 2001 after Jason Kenny suf- and was then knocked out of the adamant he can get back to his best final day of the championships fered an early exit in the men's keirin in the first round on Thurs- form in time for the 2016 Olym- having won only two silver med- sprint on Saturday. Kenny, the day. He admitted afterwards: "I pic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He als so far, both in the team pur- reigning Olympic sprint champi- just fluffed it up. I just got caught added: "We can turn it around in suits. The last time they failed to on, qualified only 10th fastest and napping. The margins are so fine. 18 months. It's not like we are 100 win a gold medal at a World Cham- was then beaten by 0.043 seconds It's not concentration. Perhaps you miles away. There is all the time in pionships was in 2001 in Antw- by the unfancied Venezuelan Her- could say a little bit of confidence. the world. There's quite a long way erp, but Trott could still rescue sony Canelon in the first round. It's such a fine margin between to go and obviously that is our ul- them from a repeat of that on Sun- day in the six-race omnium. Laura Trott lies third overnight in the omnium after winning two of the first three events The 22-year-old started the event poorly, finishing only 13th in the opening race, the scratch race, but she bounced back brilliantly by winning both of the next two events, the individual pursuit and elimination race. That leaves her third overall at the half- way stage on 96 points, two be- hind second-placed Annette Ed- Rafa Nadal lost his first semi-final court." Fognini, aiming to win a Sweden's Johanna Larsson 7-5 6- mondson and six adrift of leader on clay for 12 years as Fabio Fog- fifth ATP Tour title, will now face 3. The Italian, who had not Kirsten Wild. Britain's only other nini booked a place in the final of Nadal's compatriot David Ferrer dropped a set in five previous chances of medals on the final day the Rio Open. The Spaniard, who in Sunday's final. "I'm super hap- meetings with Larsson, was in are in the women's keirin and men's was the reigning champion at Jock- py, and obviously I will have to trouble at 3-0 down in the second Madison. Elsewhere on the fourth ey Club Brasileiro, looked to be battle David, who has always beat- set, but she reeled off six games in day of the championships, Colom- cruising to victory as he won the en me. I will obviously be happy a row to claim the win. "I think I bia's Fernando Gaviria, who twice opening set, but Italian No 1 Fog- if I win. If I lose, I will also leave was just a little bit more consis- beat Mark Cavendish on the road nini came storming back to tri- with the good memories from this tent and a little bit more aggressive in January won gold in the men's umph 1-6 6-2 7-5. The fourth seed week in Rio," added the Italian. today," Errani said. omnium. Australia's Glenn O'Shea wrapped up the victory in two Second-seed Ferrer came through "It was a much different match took silver and Italy's Elia Viviani hours and 17 minutes with his a comfortable last-four clash than the one I played yesterday - bronze, while Britain's Jon Dibben third match point to record his first against Austrian Andreas Haider- but I was still fighting for every finished 12th. Switzerland's Ste- win in five matches against world Maurer 7-5 6-1. Errani into final point and trying my best, and I'm fan Keung won gold in the men's No 3 Nadal. "I'm really happy Sara Errani: Through to the wom- glad I could make it through to the individual pursuit after mounting about this match. I beat the best en's final and a date with Anna final here in Rio." Slovakian a late fightback to beat Australia's player on this surface." Fabio Fog- Schmiedlova The women's final Schmiedlova, 20, upset second- Jack Bobridge into silver. France's nini "I'm really happy about this will be contested by top-seed Sara seed Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 4-6 Julien Morice took the bronze, match. I beat the best player on Errani and rising star Anna 6-2 after two hours and 43 min- while Andy Tennant was Britain's this surface," said world No 28 Schmiedlova after they won their utes. "I was playing well in the highest finisher in fifth. Mean- Fognini. "Rafa is always difficult. respective semi-finals on Saturday. first set. The second set was tough, while, Germany's Kristina Vogel From the second set I played real- Errani, who has only dropped one but I'm glad I was able to start retained her world title in the wom- ly well, and I tried to change a lit- set in Brazil this week, needed just playing better again in the third set en's individual sprint. tle bit to be more positive on under 90 minutes to overcome and win the match," she said. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23 . 2015 -Hoot 04, 1393 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:201 Price: Afs.15

Support for Iraq HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON RISE SCHOLARSHIP BOND: mission trumps Afghanistan inks agreement Afghanistan war, IN AFGHANISTAN: IOM poll says OTTAWA: Canada s military mis- AT News Report to send students to Pakistan sion battling Islamic State militants in Iraq enjoys more public sup- KABUL: Terming insecurity and at a 3-day workshop of fight ing to human rights, he added. of human trafficking which some- AT Monitoring Desk port than this country s costly increasing unemployment as main against human trafficking in Kabul Sediqi said that four human times they are sexually harassed engagement in the Afghanistan war reasons behind human trafficking where tens of Afghan Border Po- trafficking groups were arrested by human traffickers. KABUL: Afghan ambassador to dor hoping for a LUMS-like insti- ever did, veteran Ipsos Reid poll- in Afghanistan, the International lice (ABP) participated. last year which a number of them Afghan critics believe that the Pakistan, Janan Mosazai, signed a tute eventually in Afghanistan. ster Darrell Bricker says. Organization for Migration (IOM) This comes as daily tens of were foreign nationals. government should increase pub- The Harper government has said Sunday that human traffick- Afghans illegally travel to neigh- Afghan officials said that in a lic awareness to overcome human memorandum of understanding broadly signalled that it wants to ing has surged in the country which boring Iran and a number of Euro- number of cases Afghanistan is trafficking in the country. They with a prestigious Pakistani uni- Men who robbed extend the six-month mission is a major concern for the associa- pean countries and Australia while used as a route of human traffick- also suggest that concrete measures versity to accommodate Afghan which is supported by a parlia- tion. most of them are faced with death ing from South Asian countries. should be taken in airports as well students to study in Lahore, said Afs76m from state mentary endorsement that runs out This makes me concerned, threat. According to reports, there are as in borders to prevent human traf- media reports the other day. at the end of March while insist- said Richard Danziger, IOM s In the meantime, the Interior children and women among victims ficking in Afghanistan. Speaking at a ceremony in ing a decision has not been made. chief, adding that the organization Ministry said that it would strug- banks branch Mr. Bricker says judging from has always helped victims of hu- gle in collaboration with neighbor- Lahore city of Pakistan, Mosazai public opinion today, Canadians man trafficking in Afghanistan. He ing countries to fight against the said the Afghan president is eager would support a longer fight did not provide more details in this phenomenon. to broaden the new relationship to identified against Islamic State jihadis. Ipsos Reid released a poll last regard. We have found an increase Spokesman for Ministry of other areas. AT Monitoring Desk in number of human trafficking vic- Interior (MoI), Sediq Sediqi, said We want to use the scholar- week that found 76 per cent of tims identified by the organization. the Afghan police have the capac- Canadians surveyed strongly The IOM helped 108 of the vic- ity to combat against human traf- ship program as another bridge KABUL: Officials in the Central backed or somewhat backed Can- tims, and around 1,300 victims of fickers. This is a serious problem between Afghanistan and Paki- Bank said Sunday that those be- ada s jet fighters participating in human trafficking have been iden- but the national police have the stan, he said, adding that the hope hind allegedly robbing of Afs76 airstrikes against Islamic State forc- tified and helped by the organiza- capability and commitment to is that it will lead to closer, mean- million from a branch of the state es. That s up 12 percentage points tion since 2002, he opined. struggle against such groups. Hu- ingful, deeper people-to-people bank in southern Kandahar prov- from September. Richard shared the information man trafficking is a crime accord- One key difference between relations between the two coun- ince have been identified, and the Iraq mission and Canada s tries. would be arrested in near future. combat operations in Afghanistan 4 security men The $1 million pledged by the Azadi Radio quoted the sec- is no Canadians have been killed Operation Zulfiqar: Security forces head Afghan government to send stu- ond deputy chief of Da Afghani- or seriously wounded in Iraq. This killed in Kapisa dents to the Lahore University of stan Bank, Isa Turab, as saying that country s aviators and soldiers the primary investigations reveal aren t engaged in direct combat to Helmand s Khanshin district Management Sciences, or LUMS, with Islamic State, except on a ambush will be added to $2 million con- that Sayid Ahmad Agha with two of his colleagues has found access handful of occasions when special MAHMOOD RAQAI: Four se- AT Monitoring Desk The deputy of Helmand po- ince. No civilian has been killed or tributed by the Pakistani govern- forces troops have fought back af- lice chief, Pacha Gul Bakhtiyar, told injured so far, he said. to keys of the bank s treasury and curity personnel lost their lives to KABUL: In the series of the secu- ment. A focus of the student pro- ter being fired upon while training reporters in Lashkargah city that According to him, the securi- allegedly robbed the money. He Kurdish fighters. The riskier Can- a gun and bomb attack by insur- rity forces large-scale military op- gram, along with building contacts around six Pakistani nationals were ty forces were supported by Af- said investigations are going on to ada s mission in Iraq becomes, the gents in the Tagab district of cen- eration codenamed Zulfiqar Oper- between people, is to facilitate held with a number of documents ghan Air Force in the operation that know how they succeeded to take more support would drop, Mr. tral Kapisa province on Sunday ation, the Afghan troops have ex- during the operation in Khanshin. kicked off in Sangin district around business development in Afghani- away the money. Bricker notes. But even if it drops noon, an official said. tended the operation to Khanshin by five or six or seven points, that s The operation is going on well in one week back. stan. LUMS is considered one of Security cameras show that A convoy of security forces district to clear the area of mili- still way higher than public sup- compare with past operations in He said the provincial capital the premier business management three employees led by Sayid Ah- was transferring logistic supplies tants and maintain law-and-order port for the Canadian Armed Forc- the southern districts of the prov- Lashkargah, Nad Ali, Marja and training institutes in the region. mad Agha, head of the Spin Bold- es deployment to Afghanistan. to the Alasai district when insur- there, said officials on Sunday. The first group of five to 10 gents ambushed it in Tagab, Kapisa Nawa districts have been cleared ak branch have opened the trea- Canada s soldiers spent more than police chief, Brig. Gen. Khwaja of militants as a result of the oper- Afghan students is expected to ar- sury. At first, it was believed that a decade in Afghanistan, including ation. He added that militants have rive in Lahore as early as this sum- all the money was robbed but af- five years on a combat mission, Faqir Ahmad Seddique, told Pajh- and more than 160 Canadian lives wok Afghan News. suffered heavy losses in Operation mer. They will get acclimated to ter opening the three doors of the treasury, we found that only were lost. Mr. Bricker says poll- He said the attackers also det- Zulfiqar. Dozens of landmines their new surroundings and the ing shows Canadians place a high- onated some bombs they had were defused in Sangin. Around weather, Lahore being much hot- Afs76 million was taken away er priority on military missions planted on the route, killing four 159 militants were killed and 93 ter than Afghanistan in general, from the branch, he added. that deliver a benefit back home, security personnel and injuring others wounded in the district. before starting their first semester He said that Sayid Ahmad whether it s responding to natural two police. The dead included two Two civilians and a dozen police- in fall. Agha has escaped to Pakistan and disasters in this country or fight- men were injured so far, he add- the security forces were trying to ing an enemy, such as the Islamic Afghan National Army (ANA) Mosazai expects as many State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), service members, one national po- ed. bring him back to the country. women as men to be part of the According to the Da Afghani- that threaten attacks on Canadian liceman and one rapid reaction He also said that two police- group. soil. There s something different force personnel. men and 22 insurgents, most of stan Bank, more than Afs81 mil- about this mission, he said. Peo- Vice chancellor of LUMS, So- lion was kept in Spin Boldak Seddique said a search opera- them commanders, were killed dur- hail Naqvi, did not expect such an ple have decided that ISIL repre- tion was underway in the area and ing the operation in a number of branch. A number of critics sug- sents an existential, real threat at Sangin s areas. eventuality to have a negative im- gest that money in banks should home and abroad. This has been the convoy had resumed its jour- pact on the education program. driven home by deadly attacks on ney towards Alasai district. He said other areas would be be changed into credit card sys- Both sides said they hoped for tem. They said that this would save Canadian soldiers in October, ap- A Taliban s spokesman Zabi- soon cleared and security posts parently inspired by jihadi groups, would be established. increased funding in the future to the government s budget from any hullah Mujahid claimed more than include more students and eventu- as well as the mass shooting at the 10 government security personnel The Taliban militants have not threat and also it would increase Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, the were either killed or wounded in commented regarding the report ally maybe even midcareer profes- the trust of people on state and Sydney hostage crisis and murders private banks in the country. the ambush. (Pajhwok) yet. sionals, with the Afghan ambassa- in Copenhagen.(The Globe and Mail) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.