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major differences in stances of the KABUL : The UN mission’s in- security in Afghanistan had High Peace Council and Hezb-e- coming head has promised serving worsened after most internation- Islami. We hope to overcome the as a neutral peace mediator to as- al troops departed in 2014. differences soon and reach a deal,” certain the measures that could Set to take up his assignment a member of the High Peace Coun- bring peaceto Afghanistan. in June, the UNAMA’s new head cil told Afghanistan Times. The Japanese diplomat Tadamichi called for sending a clear message HIA member said they have taken Yamamoto pledged in an interview to the Taliban that they could not initial steps as goodwill and re- on Friday to make untiring efforts score a military victory. duced armed attacks in Afghani- to create an enabling climate for The Afghan security person- stan and the delegation condemned frank talks between the Afghan nel must cope with the situation AT News Report all terrorist attacks that kill “inno- government and the Taliban. with the assistance of the inter- cent Afghans” whether it is by Yamamoto, the third Japanese national community, said the dip- KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami Par- Taliban, HIA, government or for- to serve as the secretary-general's lomat, who will replace Nicho- ty of Afghanistan, led by Gulbud- eign troops. The HIA delegation special representative, told NHK las Haysom of South Africa. din Hekmatyar, on Saturday said hoped that Afghan government as that it has been “fully committed” initial steps will also release de- to women’s rights and achieve- tainees of the HIA, who had not ments of the government which committed crimes and are detained were made over the past 14 years only for having membership of the after collapse of the Taliban regime party. “We also hope the govern- in the country. “All those achieve- ment will allow members of the ments, particularly women’s rights party to conduct their political which are gained so far under the activities without fearing deten- tion,” he said. The HIA claims that constitution and are not contrary KABUL : German Foreign Min- to Islam are acceptable for the a big part of the Taliban fighters are originally members of the ister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has Hezb-e-Islami Party,” chief nego- supported early peace parleys tiator of the party, Karim Amin, Hezb-e-Islami and they will shun violence once the HIA reached between the Afghan government told a press conference in Kabul. and the Taliban to the end the 15- “Women can work as ministers, peace deal with government and this fact will have a big impact on year-old conflict in the landlocked parliamentarians and on other country. "We support negotia- posts. According to the Islamic Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. “Mullah Rasoul is among those tions between the Afghan govern- principles, we are committed to ment and the Taliban, as the situ- those rights,” he said. Karim said Taliban who will join peace talks if the HIA and the government ation in the region depends on that women’s empowerment is still their results," Steinmeier told a “symbolic” and the HIA wants reached a peace deal,” Amin said. tivities or life.” The HIA delega- points, but the negotiations are “We are optimistic and hopeful to The party believes that no group joint conference with his Kyrgyz Asia emanated from Afghanistan, increased participation of women counterpart Erlan Abdydalyev in he claimed. He identified the threats in the government. “Women still tion which is in Kabul since March continued over some issues which soon reach a peace agreement with would be able to establish a better has reached agreement on some had not been disclosed to media. the HIA delegation. There are no government, neither...P2 Bishkek. AKI press quoted the as terrorism, extremism, drug traf- have less involvement in social ac- visiting German minister as say- ficking and weapons smuggling. ing that recent terrorist attacks The proposed research centre had highlighted the need for all- would provide information about At least 3 killed as floods wreak havoc in Uruzgan out cooperation among nations in the situation in Afghanistan to all the international war on terrorism OSCE states, he said. "I think the TIRINKOT : Flash floods killed the floods caused financial and Gizab districts and Tirinkot, the dreds of families were obliged to drowned and another was missing and extremism. Speaking on the proposed initiative will be one con- three people and forced hundreds human losses in various areas of provincial capital, were the worst leave their houses because of in Gizab district in floods. occasion, Abdydalyev suggested crete contribution to the strength- of families into leaving their homes the province, the provincial coun- hit areas. floods. He asked welfare societies Another two persons were the creation of the Afghanistan ening of our cooperation and will in central Uruzgan province, offi- cil head told Pajhwok Afghan He said at least three men were to help the victims. Uruzgan di- killed as the roof of their home fell Studies Centre at the OSCE Acad- find the support of all members of cials said on Saturday. News. Abdul Karim Khadimzai killed and hundreds of acres of ag- sasters department head, Asmat- on Friday night in Darafshan lo- emy in Bishkek. The most seri- the organisation,"Abdydalyev be- Triggered by continuous rains, said Dehrawud, Shaheed Hisas, ricultural land destroyed and hun- ullah Fayz, said one person was cality of the capital, Fayz said. ous security threats to Central lieved. India provides $1m for treatment of Education,the Gateway to Success children with Every individual in the community should have access to education in order to ensure the development of their country. The acquisition of knowledge, particularly in Afghanistan whose educational system has severely been heart affected in the past years of civil strife, is a prerequisite for everybody, residing either in rural or urban areas across disease the country. AT News Report Due to lack of proper school buildings, most of Afghan rural communities found it difficult to send their children KABUL: India has committed to to schools and attain knowledge. As other communities, the residents of Aramkot village, Kohband district of provide annual financial assistance Kapisa province have always struggled hard to get rid of this difficulty as their children and youngsters were of one million US dollars over a period of five years for the treat- deprived of education that is a key to success in terms of deciding their destiny. ment of children suffering from Located in a remote area of Kohband district, the Aramkotvillage is consisted of 300 families most of which Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), earn their living from agricultural and livestock activities.Considering their weak economy condition, a number of the Indian embassy in Kabul said on Saturday in a media statement. youngsters of this community travel to neighboring provinces and districts for work to support their families. AT News Report locate the hostages and release According to the statement the Once covered by the National Solidarity Programme of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development them. Meanwhile the local police assistance would be provided to (MRRD/NSP), the inhabitants of this community had an opportunity to establish anindependent Community De- KABUL: A group of unidentified spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi the Afghan Red Crescent Society velopment Council (CDC) composed, like others, of both male and female members. Having had in depth discus- gunmen have abducted 15 de- said the police chief and detectives (ARCS), the first installment of miners of Halo Trust organiza- had reached the area. “We are hope- $1 million was disbursed to ARCS sions about their community priority needs, the CDC members gave top priority to the construction of a much- tion in Kohsan district of west- ful of rescuing the de-miners in August 2015. “With the assis- needed school building within the village. ern Herat province, officials said soon.” tance, about 214 Afghan children on Saturday. covering age group from as young Muhammad Bahram, a resident of Aramkot village recounted: “In the past, we did not have a school building So far no group has claimed as four months to nineteen years, The de-miners and the four responsibility for the abduction. in our village. Taking the community weak economic condition into account, the villagers were unable to construct vehicles they were travelling in have been treated at various hos- This is worth mentioning that pitals in India,” the statement said. the school building on their own.Fortunately, our CDC could manage to construct the school building with financial were seized by unknown gunmen in January, the Taliban insurgents In addition, India is the largest re- assistance of the MRRD/NSP. A number of parents did not dare to send their children out for learning as they were in Shabash area of Kohsan dis- in an attack killed four de-miners in gional provider of humanitarian trict late on Friday afternoon. southern Helmand province. The and reconstruction aid to Afghan- obliged to learn under blazing log sun that would cause numerous diseases including sunstroke, itching, etc. Lack Spokesman for the provin- Taliban militants attacked the de- istan and also provides financial, of a proper building in our village indeed kept our children deprived of education. On sad and happy occasions, cial governor, Jailani Farhad, said miners in Greshk district of the technical and training support to we hardly ever found a person who could simply list down the expenditures. Thanks to the MRRD/NSP, our that security agencies are coordi- province when the de-miners were the Indira Gandhi Institute of nating efforts with local elders to clearing landmines. Child Health in Kabul. village now has a proper school building where our children learn eagerly.” “The overall villagers including women, men, children and the elderly are content with the construction of the school building. It is enough that we have been left deprived of education; however, we do not want our next generation inherit certain adversity and misfortune. All we want is to provide a learned and literate generation to the society in future.Our children developed new habits such as showing more respect for their parents and elders once they have started to attend the school,” added Muhammad Shafiq one of the Aramkot CDC members. The school project commenced in December 2013 and completed in August 2015 at a sum of AFN 3,000,000 funded by the MRRD/NSP including 10% community contribution (financial, labor or in-kind) has facilitated grounds for the community children and youngsters to learn in an appropriate environment.

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SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES THEPROMISEOF CRICKET’S AFGHANSPRING Afghan refugees can’t stay in Europe, but they face considerable uncertainty upon returning home.

dives into why many Afghan re- turnees remain landless, despite several laws and initiatives that aim to provide or return land to them. There has never been a calm mo- ment in the past several decades to sort out ownership of land and during that time laws and norms have changed, resulting in a con- fused mess. For example, Bjelica writes “Although the recovery of property was recognized as a right [by the 2001 Decree on the Digni- fied Return of Refugees], in prac- tice, many returnees found they could not just walk in and reclaim their original houses and farms. When they returned home from the ter signing a Memorandum of Un- New occupants often held docu- ICC World T20 on Tuesday, Af- derstanding (MoU) with the Board ments supporting their own claim ghanistan’s cricketers were wel- of Control for Cricket in India to the property.” In fact, the 2001 comed like heroes. In Kabul, large (BCCI). The Shaheed Vijay Singh decree “revoked all land rights peo- crowds gathered at the airport and Pathik Sports Complex is the ple had gained through the land along the city’s streets, waving team’s ‘home ground’ now; Prab- reforms in the 1970s and 1980s.” flags, cheering and dancing. “The hakar believes it is the start of some- Lack of documentation and con- whole country has united behind thing good. One of the International flicting claims is one problem; an- these players,” says former India Cricket Council (ICC)’s 38 asso- other is that many refugees never all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar, now ciate members, Afghanistan has had land to begin with. Afghanistan’s bowling coach. “Ev- done well to get this far, but more Subsequent decrees included a eryone has been swept up in the games against the ICC’s 10 Full system to allocate land to return- excitement.After three narrow loss- Member (Test-playing) teams are ees, but the Ministry of Refugees es in the Super 10 stage of the World essential if it has to grow further. and Repatriation has been mired T20, Afghanistan defeated the West How this will be achieved is the by corruption and incompetence Indies by six runs in Nagpur on big question. It is a question that and as Bjelica writes “The imple- Easter Sunday. It was the nation’s hangs over Associate cricket as a mentation of the land allocation first victory in international crick- whole. Since its first limited-overs scheme was far from smooth.” et over a major team, a Test-play- international in April 2009, Af- (Check out the full report for just ing side other than Zimbabwe and ghanistan has played only 18 more Afghan refugees have returned to ugees wanting to return to Afghan- Afghanistan.” But shortly after pects to stay in Germany.” Ger- how badly mismanaged this Bangladesh. Cricket has been pop- against the “top eight”. And only the headlines as European coun- istan–having either found Europe those who were hopeful returned, many’s embassy in Kabul last year scheme has been.) ular for some time in Afghanistan. six of those games have come out- tries pursue avenues to send many not quite what they expected or new conflicts arose. For example, began a campaign to stem the tide By 2014, of the estimated 2 Its captain Asghar Stanikzai re- side World Cups and World T20s. of those waiting for asylum back the limbo of migration centers a when the Soviet Union withdrew of new refugees which the Human million Afghan returnees eligible, marked two weeks ago in Kolkata “They haven’t got that many op- to Afghanistan. A larger number dead end–the Post says “Only in 1989 and the Afghan commu- Rights Watch germany director only 266,000 had applied for land that cricket is the number one sport portunities to play against big reside in Pakistan and Iran, where about 1,000 Afghans in Germany nist government fell in 1992, called “unusually stupid.” The and only 57,500 plots had been in his country. In Second XI: Cricket teams,” Inzamam said in Nagpur. they are stuck in the limbo of ref- have said they are willing to go “more than 2 million Afghan refu- embassy reportedly erected bill- allocated (fewer still had received In Its Outposts, published last year, “But they have talent, passion… ugee camps. Meanwhile, many of back to Afghanistan.” gees voluntarily repatriated from boards asking ”Leaving Afghani- deeds or actual occupied the land Tim Wigmore writes of the cele- everything.” Indeed, the format of those who have already returned Until the Syrian crisis, Af- Pakistan and Iran.” But then the stan? Thought it granted). Notably, Bjelica points brations following Afghanistan’s the World T20 itself was not kind remain in a difficult situation, left ghanistan had spent three decades civil war crushed any realistic through?” Germany views Afghan out that the Afghan government qualification for the 2015 World to Associate teams, who, after hav- landless despite laws a decade old as the world’s top producer of hopes for stability, and a new wave refugees as primarily economic has never considered a public Cup. “One of the army command- ing played six matches in the Qual- geared to helping returnees reclaim refugees. M. Ashraf Haidari of refugees fled. migrants, rather than categorizing housing option in urban areas–the ers came to congratulate the team,” ifier tournament last year, had to their land and schemes designed to commented in January in a piece In February, German Interior them as fleeing conflict, meaning land offered through the allocation he quotes Dr. Noor Muhammad, compete in the ‘First Round’ here allocate land to those who return. for The Diplomat that “over the Minister Thomas de Maiziere con- most will be denied refugee status. scheme is all in rural areas, often the then chief executive of the Af- for the two spots in the Super 10. According to the Washington course of the past 36 years, Af- firmed that a planeload of Afghans Unfortunately, those that re- without access to basic services, ghan Cricket Board, as saying. “He In the case of the Netherlands, a Post, in 2015 more than 180,000 ghan refugees have never hesitated had been sent back to Afghanistan turn to Afghanistan are still in for let alone jobs. Returning to Af- told me that it was the first time year’s hard work was rendered Afghans applied for asylum in to return home as soon as condi- after volunteering to return. Ac- considerable uncertainty. In a re- ghanistan and restarting life there that both the Taliban side and our meaningless after an eight-run de- Europe. While there have been tions have given them hope for the cording to Deutsche Welle, he em- cent report for the Afghanistan is not easy, even for those who side were shooting, but not at each feat to Bangladesh and the aban- several articles about Afghan ref- restoration of peace and justice in phasized that they “had no pros- Analysts Network, Jelena Bjelica wish to do so. other. There was shooting in the air donment of its second fixture. to celebrate the success of the Af- “We’ve got two more one-day ghanistan national team.” But Af- games against Nepal in the World ghanistan’s performance at the Cricket League and one more four- 2016 World T20 is more than just a day game against Afghanistan,” a heart-warming tale of plucky men crestfallen captain, Peter Borren, from a troubled land; nor is it just said later. “That is pretty much about the win over the West In- the schedule for the rest of the dies, an opponent that may be ac- year. It’s three more games this cused of having taken its foot off year, which is Associate cricket in the gas at that stage. Stanikzai’s side a nutshell.” Preston Mommsen, ran Sri Lanka and England close — the Scotland captain, made a simi- of his family members were killed cannot be brought to justice in this and with a little more refinement lar plea for more exposure. “Since in the bombardment and others world. We exhibited patience and could have beaten both — and de- the 2015 World Cup I have played survived to lead a miserable life. left everthing to Allah because Al- livered South Africa a brief but def- in one ODI match… in 12 months,” Demands Family members of the lah helps those who exhibit great inite scare. For a cricket team that he said after defeat to Zimbabwe. slain civilians asked the govern- patience. Mohammad Younus Ra- played its first international tour- “So, you tell me how I’m going to ment to bring to a halt operations souli said US forces bombarded the nament only in 2004 (the ACC Tro- improve my skills and develop as by foreign forces in the country Gerani village after Taliban mili- phy in Malaysia), this is develop- a cricketer.” There are commercial and offensives that threatened the tants sought refuge in people’s ment at breakneck speed. Last considerations here, and it is not lives of innocent people. Nizam homes. He said the government month in India, the Afghans played easy to get the world’s top sides, said they became unhappy when had provided compensation mon- cricket that was at times brilliant groaning under the weight of too they heard about the loss of civil- ey to families of the victims and — Stanikzai’s half-century against much cricket already, to squeeze ians in military operations. Recall- had sent one person from each Sri Lanka and Mohammad more into their calendars. It is also ing the Gerani airstrike, he said: family for Umra in Saudi Arabia. Shahzad’s unrestrained assault on worthwhile to ask how much pub- “Powerful individuals or countries Rasouli was deputy.shared with South Africa — but there was a lic interest there would be in a full- method, a plan to things, even if fledged series between, say, Aus- the fielding was a little shabby. tralia and Scotland. Associate teams “Earlier, they used to play for fun,” are expected to dominate compe- HIA assures to respect ... says Prabhakar. “They were not titions at their level first as Afghan- answerable for their performances. istan did this last winter, winning ...P1Taliban and nor HIA, until all of them join hands for prosperity of Now they have become answer- 10 of 14 limited-overs encounters Afghan people. The HIA said that the United Nations need to be guar- able. Inzy bhai [Inzamam-ul-Haq, with Zimbabwe. (The failure to antor of the peace deal between government and HIA if they reach any the coach] and I wanted to ensure qualify for the main draw of the agreement. Amin said that the party would not accept Pakistan and Iran that.” Late last year, the Afghani- Asia Cup may be regarded as a even as mediators in the peace process. stan team shifted base to Noida af- blip.) The Hindu

FARAH CITY : Family members Nightmarish memories homes.” “The US jets bombarded of a 2009 NATO airstrike victims Syed Nizam Agha, who lost the village mosque and houses in in the Bala Buluk district of west- his 15 family members in the Ge- which innocent people, including ern Farah province on Wednesday rani airstrike, told Pajhwok Afghan children and women, were killed,” demanded an immediate end to the News he could not forget that night he recalled. Nizam Agha said he war in Afghanistan to avoid a rep- when innocent people shouted for was terrified after the airstrike. utation of the deadly incident that help while bleeding. The dead bodies were collected claimed innocent lives in the dark With tears running down his with the help of a tractor. It was of night. cheeks, Nizam said he lost his wife, the year they voted to elect the The airstrike by a US Air three sons, as many daughters, a country’s president. He said many Force B-1 Bomber on May 4, bride daughter-in-law, six grand charred bodies which were beyond 2009 struck the village of Gerani daughters, and mother-in-law. recognition were buried in a mass from evening till 9:15pm. Follow- The 57-year-old said only grave, but others were recognized ing the airstrike, the Ministry of three members of his family sur- and buried in single graves. He said Defence (MoD) announced that vived the airstrike. He said he was most of the houses were destroyed 140 civilians had been killed and struggling with multiple problems and damaged in the incident that 25 others wounded in the incident. including economic hardships. rendered many family members of But at the time, the US claimed He said it was the worst day the victims psychologically ill. it fighter jet targeted insurgents and of his life and of the entire villag- Syed Nizam said the government the airstrike was aimed at disman- ers, who still lived with horror and paid 100,000 afghanis for each tling rebel infrastructure. stayed indoors fearing fighting be- dead, but he received the compen- The attack was considered the tween security forces and insur- sation money for his 12 family deadliest as far as civilian causali- gents. The day the airstrike took members out of 15 who were killed. ties were concerned in the history place there had been fighting be- He said no one could forget their of Afghanistan. tween the Taliban and Afghan forc- family members’ bodies which After the lost of innocent peo- es, he said. But at the end of the were in terrible condition. Abdul ple in the air raid, then president day, the fighting came to a close Malik, a member of the Ishaqzai Hamid Karzai had asked the US to and the Taliban went out of their tribe in Gerani village, said the en- bring to a halt airstrikes which tar- village. “But hours later, the for- tire village was turned into a hell geted civilians. But the US ignored eign forces carried out the airstrike by the airstrike. He said 54 people his call and similar incidents fol- and hit the village with bombs kill- from the Ishaqzai village alone were lowed. ing people and destroying their killed in the airstrike. He said some SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES HELMAND CHILD CONTRACTS POLIO DESPITE RECEIVING DROPS A number of civil society activists political analyst in Nangarhar. LASHKARGAH : Despite receiv- and residents of Nangarhar have Meanwhile, another political ing polio drops seven times, a child raised concerns over the use of analyst in Nangarhar, Matiullah has contracted polio in the Naw- Pakistani Rupees instead of Afgha- Ahmadzai, said: "Most of the res- zad district of southern Helmand nis in the province's markets and idents and businessmen are trying province, an official said on Satur- have criticized local government for to prevent the use of Pakistani ru- EMERGENCY day. not putting a stop to this. They pees in Nangarhar markets." Public Health Department of- said more than 90 percent of Nan- Nangarhar Governor Salim CALLS ficial Dr. Abdul Ahad Hazim told garhar residents use Pakistani Ru- Khan Kunduzi however said the reporters in Lashkargah that the pees in their daily business trans- problem is countrywide and that Police polio case had been registered in actions and that the main reason is it should be tackled. Barang Karez area of Nawzad dis- political pressure from Pakistan, "This is not an issue just in trict. which has resulted in the prolific Nangarhar; I think it is a national 100 - 119 “The child had been adminis- use of the currency in the eastern issue. A way should be found to tered polio drops seven times, but Afghan province. "All business is push people to use Afghani cur- Hospitals still he contracted the disease,” he done with Pakistani Rupees; even rency in their daily business trans- said, adding the child was above a driver takes Pakistani Rupees actions, not Pakistani Rupees," he FMIC Hospital the age of five years. “We are try- when we want to go somewhere," said. A number of analysts in eco- ing to know how the virus remains said a resident of Nangarhar. nomic affairs meanwhile said the Behind Kabul Medical in his body.” According to other Nangarhar use of foreign currencies, particu- University: He said it was possible the in- residents, millions of Rupees are larly Pakistani Rupees, in parts of fected child had a weak immune used in the province but the local the country has had a negative im- 0202500200-+93793275595 system. Dr. Hazim said anti-polio government has failed to stop the "Sometimes, Pakistani Rupees and in some government projects of the currency in Nangarhar mar- pact on the value of the Afghani in vaccination campaigns were under- practice. are used by a number of officials it paves the ground for further use kets," said Noor Agha Zwak, a local markets. (ToloNews) Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital way in various districts of Hel- mand. However, he said the vacci- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi nation had been suspended in ar- 070263672 eas where clashes were underway Impressed Afghan prisoner and would be resumed once the clashes came to a end. Khairkhana Hospital To a question, Hazim ruled out sculpts Hillary Clinton corruption in the anti-polio cam- 0799-321007 paign because the process was be- An Afghan prisoner has been im- 2401352 ing monitored by the government, pressed by Hillary Clinton’s the Taliban and health workers. He hopes-giving speeches and state- acknowledged the conflict had ments during her presidential cam- Indira Gandhi Children somehow affected the anti-polio paign. Shir Hussain Hoaida, a 34- struggle. year-old man who has been serv- Hospital, Wazir Akbar Sardar Mohammad, a resident ing third year of his six-year sen- Khan, Kabul 2301372 of Nawzad district, told Pajhwok tence in central Afghanistan told KABUL : The residents of cen- Afghan News that vaccination Voice of America (VOA) that the tral capital Kabul face several prob- took place in their area, but he did Democratic presidential front-run- lems after days of raining turn roads Ibn-e- Seena not if all the areas were being cov- ner’s plea for friendship and broth- and streets into ponds amid the Pul-e-Artan, Kabul ered. He said the Taliban were not erhood between Christians and for those who reside in U.S. in all lack of drainage system. Shukria, creating problems for polio vacci- Muslims moved him to make the her speeches, and that’s why I love 50, a resident of Lab-i-Jar locality, 2100359 nators in Nawzad. The Taliban sculpture. “Hillary Clinton has de- her,” he said. It took Hoaida 30 was busy taking out rainwater currently rule the town. Last year, fended the values of human rights, days to make the sculpture with from her house using a bucket. a positive polio case surfaced in freedom of speech, equal rights for stucco and steel from inside the She told Pajhwok Afghan Wazir Akbar Khan Garamsir district. (Pajhwok) humankind and freedom of religion Dikundi province jail. News the rainwater accumulating Hospital on roads, streets and people’s hous- es created many problems for res- 2301741, 2301743 idents while going from one area to another. “Whom to complain, Ali Abad there is no canal or drain in these areas, the rainwater enters houses Shahrara, Kabul of people,” she said, adding if the The loyalists of the Islamic State government built drains, people 2100439 of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist would not face such problems in group in Afghanistan have claimed rainy season. Malalai Maternity to have shot down a drone air- She asked the president and craft in eastern Nangarhar prov- the Kabul municipality to con- Hospital ince. According to the photo- struct the canalization system of 2201377/ 2301743 graphs posted by the loyalists of the city to protect people from the terror group in social media, collapsing in dirty water. Another resident of Thaima- too much rainwater had accumu- the drone seems to be of surveil- A resident of Taimany town- ny locality, Faridullah, said peo- lated in Lab-i-Jar locality, we went Banks lance type. ship project, Faisal, said five fam- ple had to take off shoes before there with three firefighter vehi- However, the authenticity of ilies in his neighborhood had left crossing a road. “Kabul is a city cles having four water pumps in Da Afghanistan Bank the photographs could not be in- their houses due to the accumula- with no responsible leader. There each vehicle. Six police vehicles dependently verified as the terror tion of water inside their houses. are no drains.” with one water pump in each also 2100302, 2100303 group claims the drone belongs to “From the Khairkhana area to “Unfortunately, elderly peo- reached there to push the water US forces in Afghanistan. Lab-i-Jar square, an excessive ple, women, youth, girls and chil- from streets into sewers and save Bakhtar Bank They have also claimed that amount to water accumulates in dren all suffer a lot due to water houses and shops of people,” he 0776777000 the drone was downed in Achin which vehicles cannot pass,” he accumulation. The government said. district of Nangarhar which was said. Too much water is generally and the municipality just watch However, a resident of the area, Azizi Bank once a stronghold of the terror accumulated in Taimany, Wazira- the roads of Kabul turning into said the efforts of the department group in east. airstrikes followed shortly after the forts to consolidate operations bad, Fruit Market, Sarsabzai, Sa- oceans, but they don’t take ac- were useless because they pushed 0799 700900 This comes as the US forces Obama administration granted with the militants in Syria and Iraq. rai-i-Shamali, Dehmazang and Kar- tion,” he said. water from one area to another. Pashtany Bank in Afghanistan have intensified air more authority to the US forces to The coalition officials had ear- ta-i-Naw localities of Kabul dur- The operations head of the “There is need for canalization campaign against the terror group target the loyalists of the terror lier estimated around 1,000 to ing rainy season. natural disaster management de- system in the country.” 2102908, 2103868 in Afghanistan with reports sug- group in Afghanistan. 3,000 Islamic State fighters in east- People of these areas could not partment at the Ministry of Inte- Municipality officials said gesting the US Air Force dropped The move by Obama adminis- ern Afghanistan are trying to es- pass roads and the accumonated rior (MoI), Sayed Shafiq, said they they would construct more canals Air Services 251 bombs and missiles during tration followed amid concerns tablish a base of operations in the water causes great inconvenience used water pumps to run rainwa- this year when the problem of lack the months of January and Feb- that the terror group was gaining rugged mountains of Nangahar as taxies could not pass through ter from streets into drains. of canalization system would also ruary this year. 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APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES TIESWITH IRAN: NISAR VOWSTO DETERFOES FROM SOWING MALICE ISLAMABAD: A day after Is- lamabad formally requested Te- WASHINGTON: Just a day af- hran for assistance in uncovering ter the show of solidarity with In- India’s subversive activities against dia's Prime Minister at the White Pakistan, Interior Minister House Dinner, US President Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Barack Obama said India and Pa- nothing can come between Paki- kistan both need to reduce the sub- stan and Iran’s ‘brotherly’ relation- continent's serious nuclear threat. ship. At the Nuclear Security Sum- “Pakistan and Iran are tied by mit in Washington, President decades-long religious, social, cul- Obama said "we need to see tural and political bonds. Nothing progress in Pakistan and India" and can come in the way of our broth- "make sure that as they develop erly relations,” he said in a meet- military doctrines that they are not ing with Iran’s Ambassador to Pa- continually moving in the wrong kistan Mehdi Honardoost at the direction." Punjab House on Friday. Mr Obama expressed serious Pakistan asks Iran to nail Indi- concerns about "nuclear arsenals" an spy’s accomplice expanding in some countries, "es- According to an official state- pecially those with small tactical ment, the minister and the envoy nuclear weapons that could be at discussed matters pertaining to greater risk of theft." His remarks Islamabad and Tehran’s bilateral are being seen as a direct reference relationship, Iranian President to Pakistan, which has been aggres- Hassan Rowhani’s recent visit to sively accumulating small, tactical Pakistan and the assistance the in- nuclear weapons ostensibly as terior ministry has sought regard- what it sees as a defence to India's ing the recent arrest of Indian spy Cold Start doctrine. The Obama Kulbhushan Yadav in Balochistan. administration and the larger inter- On Thursday, the interior min- national community however istry sent a communiqué to the Ira- clearly see these weapons as high- nian ambassador, requesting Te- ly vulnerable to theft from terror- hran to arrest and hand over Ya- ist networks such as ISIS. dav’s accomplice who, like him, Sources have told NDTV that also works for India’s Research and the hypothetical case of terrorist Analysis Wing, and to provide theft was discussed by world lead- detailed information about the ers at the Nuclear Security Sum- spy’s visits to Iran and people he mit in the afternoon session. The and his partner contacted there. session focused on the global re- During the meeting, Nisar and sponse to a terrorist getting access Honardoost expressed satisfaction to Pakistan's tactical nuclear weap- over President Rowhani’s recent ons, through a breach in security visit, the statement said. protocols or compromise. Paki- Iran’s help sought to stop stan, however, has not agreed to RAW-backed terror reduce its tactical nuclear weapon “The momentum created by arsenal and maintains its security the recent high level visit should procedures are adequate. be fully utilised for further deep- NDTV has learnt that the Pa- Fatemi, wanted to meet the Indian delegation but decided to call off the effort to reach out after PM Modi's strong interventions against Pakistan's policy of "selective terrorism" at the ening of Pakistan-Iran relations in kistani delegation, represented by White House dinner on March 31. "President Obama should not club the two (India and Pakistan). India is far more mature," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said in New Delhi. all possible areas,” it quoted the Foreign Affairs Advisor Tariq The US President made the remarks during a press conference at the conclusion of the two day Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, attended by more than 50 global leaders. interior minister as saying. “We need to build on the gains of the past and work hand in hand to overcome our shared challenges and Bangladesh's autism achieve common objectives for the mutual benefit of the people of the two countries.” tackling model is Nisar added that Pakistan and Iran’s joint stance on various is- sues in the region at international unique,says Saima forums “will deter our foes from any malice against the two coun- tries.” Wazed Putul 34-year-old Mayairan, from Sri he told DW, showing scars on his er prisoners," Kalairajan told DW. will be successful. Like almost 60 The Iranian ambassador as- Bangladesh’s model in responding “We take our international Lanka's north-eastern district of head and body he said were inflict- "Sexual torture" percent of cases, their initial ap- sured the minister that the govern- to those suffering from autism is a commitments very seriously.” Mullaitivu was studying in Ma- ed during the torture. While it's When he wouldn't admit to plications were rejected. Kalaira- ment of Iran will extend full coop- ‘unique, multi-faceted and multi- Better known in Bangladesh laysia when his country's 26-year- claimed that numerous Tamils have being an LTTE fighter, the officers jan's case is being appealed, while eration on all issues that ensure sectoral’ one, says Saima Wazed by her nickname, Putul, the daugh- long civil war ended in May 2009. been held for years without charge put a polythene bag over his head Mayairan is making a fresh appli- security and development in Paki- Hossain. ter of Prime Minister Sheikh Ha- The Liberation Tigers of Tamil and that many never got out of and dowsed it with petrol, Kalair- cation, after initially receiving bad stan and Iran. He said that good “Bangladesh can take pride in sina told the UN panel discussion Eelam (LTTE), which had fought detention alive, Mayairan's fami- ajan said. He struggled to breathe legal advice. relations between the two coun- the kind of national awareness and that the Bangladesh government ferociously for an independent ly pulled strings to help clear his for several minutes due to the Wider investigation stopped tries should result in tangible im- planning as well as international had as part of its plans the inclu- Tamil homeland in the north and name. "My parents, who were ac- fumes. They eventually took off Sri Lanka has pledged to in- provement in bilateral trade and advocacy that it has invested in sion and integration of those with east, was overwhelmed by govern- tually looking for my brother-in- the bag, before again ordering him vestigate the disappearance of developmental projects. tackling this problem for the last autism in national development ment forces in the last months of law, by chance found me in custo- to admit he was a member of the Tamils, and other alleged atrocities Some elements spreading ‘un- seven years. efforts. the conflict. The government final- dy and paid a bribe to the army to LTTE. in the final months of the war. But dignified’ rumours about Indian “It has become evident that “It has been made mandatory ly defeated the notorious group get me out," he said. He later paid "During one torture session, the Colombo government has ruled spy to undermine Pak-Iran rela- mass awareness, backed by polit- for all early childhood centres to known as the Tamil Tigers. an agent to arrange a UK student one of the guards grabbed my pe- out allowing United Nations war tions: Tehran ical will, can make a difference in include at least two children with In the months following the visa and flew to London. nis and pulled the skin back. Then crimes teams to visit. “We have to remove the im- the lives of those with autism and disabilities each. The Ministry of war, thousands of Tamils went Another torture survivor, 39- he took a needle-like instrument, a The government continues to pediments in way of further other challenges,” she said in her Education has also set up a Na- missing, including Mayairan's par- year-old Kalairajan from the north- long mental piece and then insert- deny accusations of severe torture strengthening of our bilateral rela- keynote speech at a panel discus- tional Autism and NDD Acade- ents. Witnesses described how se- ern town of Vavuniya described ed it into the top of my penis," and sexual violence at the end and tions,” he was quoted as saying in sion at the UN in New York on my.” curity forces rounded up Tamils what happened after he and his Kalairajan explained. after the war. But Freedom From the official statement. Friday. “The National Theatre has tak- in white vans for interrogation, family surrendered to authorities Branding marks on Tamil tor- Torture's joint head of psychiatric The envoy deplored attempts The event, co-hosted by the en a decision to allow and encour- never to be return. Fearing his par- in May 2009. He was separated ture survivors: Photo by Will Bax- services, William Hopkins, told in some sections of the media to UN missions of Bangladesh and age youth with autism to partici- ents could have been taken, May- from his loved ones and lined up ter, for Tainted Peace: Torture in DW he's seen plenty of evidence. negatively impact relations be- Qatar and Autism Speaks and co- pate in their regular productions.” airan flew home and went looking in front of a van. Sri Lanka since May 2009, Free- "Sexual violation is very com- tween the two countries in spite sponsored by the missions of In- At the beginning of her 12- for them, but was arrested himself Inside the vehicle was a Tamil dom from Torture mon, many people have been of greatly successful visit of Pres- dia, South Korea and the US, was minute speech, Putul, who also when he reached the former war informer, working for the govern- Branding marks on the back of raped or humiliated. Another form ident of Iran. organised to mark this year’s chairs the National Advisory Com- zone. "I was taken to an army ment. Kalairajan explained how the a Tamil torture survivor, photo- of torture is asphyxiation, and one The interior minister said that World Autism Awareness Day ob- mittee on Autism and Neurodevel- camp and they told me I had to informer would press the car horn graphed for Freedom From Tor- of the things we can successfully the media in Pakistan is indepen- served on Saturday. opment Disorders, spoke of sign a document admitting to be- if he recognized you as a member ture's report, Tainted Peace: Tor- document medically/legally is dent of the government but that However, Hossain, a member Sheikh Hasina’s commitment in ing an LTTE member. I said I of the Tamil Tigers, and you would ture in Sri Lanka since May 2009 branding. The victims have been does not mean to allow anybody of the World Health Organisation’s ensuring the rights and well-being wasn't even living in Sri Lanka, but be separated from others and tak- The other guards started burned with iron rods." to affect bilateral relations between Expert Advisory Panel on Mental of persons with disabilities. they didn't believe me," he told en away. laughing as the metal strip was re- Both men told DW they hope the two countries. He said that all Health, noted that Bangladesh still 'Don’t just call anyone autis- DW. Mayairan says he was beat- "When the horn sounded for moved and then reinserted, while the Sri Lankan government will sections of Pakistani society are faced ‘significant challenges’ de- tic' en and tortured for several weeks. me, my heart stopped, I started Kalairajan bled and screamed in properly investigate the many cas- unanimous in their support for spite its ‘innovative approach and In a video message beamed to At one point, the pain was so bad sweating and shivering and thought pain. es of torture and disappearance stronger Pakistan-Iran relations. international leadership in the area a programme marking World Au- he passed out. Despite having no I was going to pass out," he said. After more than five months from the Tamil community follow- Interior ministers’ meeting: of tackling autism’. tism Awareness Day in Dhaka, direct association with the LTTE, He was stripped naked, beat- in detention, he escaped and fled ing the nearly three decade-long Pakistan, Iran to boost security She said Bangladesh was also Putul said not all those with phys- he eventually signed the confes- en and sent to a "rehabilitation cen- to India and then the UK, where conflict. cooperation working with the WHO to pro- ical or psychological impairment sion. Trauma and scars "Sometimes ter" for ex-Tamil fighters. he and Mayairan are being helped "Truth will come out" The Iranian embassy had on vide a template for a global strate- should be called autistic. they'd bring you into the room "The room they took me to by the London-based NGO Free- Other Sri Lankan torture sur- Thursday denounced ‘rumours’ it gy to address the neurodevelop- “The term ‘autism’ has be- twice a day trying to get you to would make you faint. Inside were dom From Torture. vivors that Freedom From Torture said were circulated by some sec- ment disorder (NDD) in the con- come so familiar that we use it in- confess. They broke my nose and rods and iron bars and you see More they six years after the has treated are equally disappoint- tions of the Pakistani media to text of the Sustainable Develop- discriminately. I request you not I lost several teeth. I'd get hit on blood everywhere. You could also war ended, both men are waiting ed at a lack of justice for what's undermine ties between Islamabad ment Goals (SDGs). to call anyone autistic that easily.” my head, my back and my legs," see the injuries to some of the oth- to hear if their UK asylum claims been done to Sri Lankan Tamils. and Tehran. Pathankot probe: India to request Pakistan for NIA access An NIA team could soon visit Pa- legal basis of its probePathankot NIA DG Sharad Kumar on handlers of the terrorists kistan to investigate the conspira- attack: Pak JIT to record state- Friday said the dates for the visit who facilitated and guid- cy behind the Pathankot attack and ments of witnesses from tomor- will be be worked out later. “We ed them. “NIA also sought get access to crucial witnesses, ac- rowPak probe team heads to said that a team of NIA could be voice samples of some se- cused and spots connected to the Pathankot today, political storm sent to Pakistan for a probe since nior office-bearers of case, much the same way as Paki- erupts in DelhiPathankot attack: the conspiracy was hatched there. JeM,” he said without stan’s Joint Investigation Team Pakistan probe team denied per- They welcomed the idea. The dates naming anyone. NIA (JIT) was given in the past five mission to go near air basePa- will be worked out later,” he said sources said they had days. thankot attack probe: India, Paki- at the end of the five-day visit of sought voice samples of India will send a request to stan start talksPathankot attack: the JIT. “A request will be sent Masood Azhar, his broth- Pakistan to allow the National In- Pakistan probe team gets visa, SP through MEA for the purpose,” er Abdul Rauf and vestigation Agency (NIA) to ex- Salwinder Singh quizzed- said a senior NIA officer. Sources Khayyam Babbar, moth- tend its probe into Punjab and Pathankot attack: Pakistan team to said the NIA would seek access to er of one of the slain Jaish Sindh and extend help to the agen- visit this weekend, but no legal known hideouts of the Jaish-e- terrorists identified as cy. basis of its probePathankot attack: Mohammed (JeM), families of the Nasir Hussain, as he had Pathankot attack: Pak JIT to Pak JIT to record statements of four terrorists killed during the at- called her before launch- record statements of witnesses witnesses from tomorrowPak tack and documentary evidence ing the attack in from tomorrowPak probe team probe team heads to Pathankot collected by JIT against JeM’s in- Pathankot. Kumar also heads to Pathankot today, politi- today, political storm erupts in volvement in the attack. “We will said it had asked for a cal storm erupts in Del- DelhiPathankot attack: Pakistan also demand access to Jaish chief DNA sample of the moth- hiPathankot attack: Pakistan probe probe team denied permission to Maulana Masood Azhar, Shahid er of the terrorist. team denied permission to go near go near air basePathankot attack Latif, Abdul Rauf and Khayyam The NIA briefed the air basePathankot attack probe: probe: India, Pakistan start talks- Babbar, who acted as handlers of JIT on investigations. The India, Pakistan start talks- Pathankot attack: Pakistan probe the terrorists,” said the officer. terror attack on January 2 Pathankot attack: Pakistan probe team gets visa, SP Salwinder Singh Kumar said NIA presented the JIT in Pathankot left seven se- team gets visa, SP Salwinder Singh quizzedPathankot attack: Pakistan with “concrete evidence” against curity personnel dead. quizzedPathankot attack: Pakistan team to visit this weekend, but no the office-bearers of JeM, who Four terrorists were also team to visit this weekend, but no legal basis of its probe conspired in the attack, and the killed. SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Russia Al-Qaeda, other accuses insurgents capture Syrian village Turkey of

Activists say al-Qaeda’s Syri- arming an branch and other insurgents have captured a strategic over- look from government forces The United Nations says violence extremists south of Aleppo after weeks of killed at least 1,119 Iraqis in government air raids, in fighting March, a sharp increase from the in Syria that could unravel a month-old previous month, as ISIS stepped ceasefire. up attacks on civilians despite suf- Russia is accusing three Turkish The Britain-based Syrian fering battlefield setbacks. foundations of supplying weap- Observatory for Human Rights Another 1,561 Iraqis were ons and military equipment to says the al-Qaeda-affiliated wounded last month, the U.N. ISIS extremists in Syria and says Nusra Front, along with other mission to Iraq said in a statement $1.9 million worth of explosives militants as well as more mod- Friday. The figures include 575 ci- and industrial chemicals were erate factions, captured the vil- vilians killed and another 1,196 smuggled across Turkey’s border lage of Tel el-Ais early Satur- wounded. The other casualties to extremist groups. day. were Iraqi security forces, includ- Russia’s U.N. Ambassador The village overlooks a vi- ing Kurdish forces known as the Vitaly Churkin said in a letter to tal highway connecting Aleppo peshmerga and government-allied the U.N. Security Council circu- with the capital, Damascus. militiamen. The worst-hit area was lated Friday that Turkey is the The Nusra Front boasted the capital, Baghdad, with 259 ci- main supplier of weapons and of its offensive on social media, vilians killed and 770 wounded, posting videos showing mortars ammunition to ISIS fighters. He followed by the northern Ninevah said the transfers are overseen by and tanks firing on what is said province, which is almost entirely to be government positions. controlled by IS, with 133 killed the country’s National Intelligence Syria’[s state news agency ac- and 89 wounded. Organization and are delivered knowledged fierce clashes in the The U.N. said it could not ver- mainly by vehicles, “including as area. ify reports of large numbers of ca- part of humanitarian convoys.” Both the Nusra Front and sualties from secondary effects of In an email, a spokesman for ISIS are excluded from the cease- violence, including those who died Turkey’s U.N. Mission said the fire that began in late February. after fleeing their homes from ex- Russian letter “obviously contains posure to the elements or lack of baseless allegations which we to- food, water or health care. tally reject.” He pointed out that The U.N. envoy to Iraq, Jan many Turkish citizens have been Turkey detains Kubis, said he’s “extremely dis- violence and armed conflict.” “It is totally unacceptable that civilians should bear the brunt of violence,” Kubis said in the statement. killed in attacks by ISIS, which he Kurdish city car turbed at the continuing loss of life The ISIS group seized much of northern and western in Iraq in the summer of 2014 and established a self-styled Islamic caliphate in the areas called a national security threat. and injury as a result of terrorism, of Iraq and Syria under its control, imposing a violent version of Islamic law. Russia’s air campaign that be- bomber gan on Sept. 30 has helped close ally Syria make broad advances on Turkish authorities on Satur- day detained the suspected North Korea the ground in the five-year-old war perpetrator of a car bomb at- that has killed over 250,000 peo- tack in its main Kurdish-ma- to pursue ple. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and oth- jority city that killed seven er regional players have backed police, as a new bombing hit more 'nuclear opponents of Syrian President the troubled southeast. The Bashar Assad and are loath to see suspect, named as A.C., was deterrence' him strengthen his grip on power. detained in the Kocakoy dis- The Turkish spokesman said trict of Diyarbakir, where the North Korea pledged to pursue its Russia’s letter was “an attempt to seven police were killed and nuclear and ballistic missile pro- overshadow the civilian deaths, 27 others wounded by Thurs- grammes in defiance of the United havoc and destruction in Syria day’s massive car bomb attack States and its allies with a top en- caused by the military operations on a police bus, the Dogan voy saying there is now a state of of the Russian Federation, the re- news agency reported. The "semi-war" on the divided penin- gime’s staunchest ally.” attack was claimed on Friday sula. ISIS is on the back foot in Iraq by the military wing of the So Se Pyong, North Korea's and Syria, where forces on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers ambassador to the United Nations ground supported by U.S.-led air- Party (PKK) which had been in Geneva, made the statement on strikes have targeted the extrem- battling the security forces Friday as the US and South Korea ists. Russian aircraft are also tar- since a truce broke down last held military exercises, which he geting ISIS positions. The U.S.-led summer. The bombing - unlike said were aimed at the "decapita- international coalition estimates previous recent attacks in Tur- tion of the supreme leadership of that the militant group has lost 40 key - was not a suicide attack the DPRK [Democratic People's but remotely detonated, offi- percent of the territory it once held Republic of Korea]". in Iraq and around 20 percent of cials said at the time. Dogan "If the United States contin- said A.C. is believed to be the its territory in Syria. ues, then we have to make the Churkin’s letter gave details of man recorded on security cam- counter-measures also. So we have convoys with military equipment era footage walking away just to develop and we have to make before the attack from a parked more deterrence - nuclear deter- and munitions for ISIS fighters, and white car which would later rence," So said in an interview with of funding allegedly arranged by explode when the police bus Reuters news agency. the three foundations. It said one passed. The Dogan report said The ambassador's statement foundation has sent 7,500 vehicles nine others suspected of links came as North Korea fired a new with various supplies to ISIS-con- to the attacks had been de- short-range missile into the sea on trolled territory since 2011. tained on Friday prior to Friday and tried to jam GPS navi- The letter said that among the A.C.’s arrest. In new violence gation signals in South Korea, ac- supplies delivered to ISIS were blamed on the PKK overnight, cording to Seoul officials. ammunition for TOW anti-tank one civilian was killed and 18 The latest missile firing took missile systems, RPG-7 grenade people wounded in an attack place just hours after US, South launchers and small arms, M-60 on a military sub-station in the Korean and Japanese leaders agreed recoilless rifles, 82mm mortar Kiziltepe district of the south- shells, hand grenades, communica- eastern Mardin province, the to work together to counter North Korea's nuclear threat. tion tools and equipment from the army said. The civilian killed Turkish intelligence services. was reportedly a Syrian who US President Barack Obama joined South Korean President The letter also said “smuggling had been working on a build- explosives and industrial chemicals ing site project. The PKK for- Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime to terrorist groups operating in mally took up arms against the Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday Turkish state in 1984 in an in- in vowing to ramp up pressure on Syria is also usually organized surgency that initially sought North Korea in response to its re- from Turkish territory” through an independent Kurdish state cent nuclear and missile tests. The the border crossings. “In order to for Turkey’s largest ethnic mi- three leaders warned they could pass through the border controls nority but which now focuses The State Department warned US to avoid travelling near the Libyan napping, the warning said. June 22. take further steps to counter unimpeded, effectively with the on autonomy and greater citizens on Friday against travel- border or the mountainous areas Dozens of foreigners were “Travelers contemplating trips threats from Pyongyang. 'Slap in complicity of the Turkish author- rights. ling to southeastern Tunisia near of western Tunisia and to exercise killed in two major attacks by ex- to the interior of Tunisia should Xi Jinping's face' ities, products are processed for the Libyan border because groups caution in all places in Tunisia fre- tremist militants in Tunisia last assess local conditions and routes In January, North Korea con- companies that are purportedly affiliated with ISIS militants have quented by tourists. The country’s year. when making travel plans,” the ducted its fourth nuclear test and registered in Jordan and Iraq,” it Syrian opposi- targeted Tunisian security forces tourism revenue has plummeted. On March 22, President Beji State Department warned. “In par- in February launched a long-range said. and tourist sites in the region. US citizens are urged to avoid Caid Essebsi renewed Tunisia’s ticular, all travel south of the des- rocket, angering even its closest Churkin said large consign- tion not hopeful The warning, which is more Tunisian political gatherings, large state of emergency, which was put ignated military zone in the south ally, China, and prompting the UN ments of explosives are often serious than the travel alert issued crowds and demonstrations and to into effect after last year’s attacks, must be coordinated in advance Security Council to impose more transported by water, especially on Geneva talks a month ago, calls for US citizens be alert to the possibility of kid- extending it three months until with Tunisian authorities.” sanctions on the reclusive state. the Euphrates River. The Syrian opposition is not optimistic about upcoming peace talks in Geneva because there is no international will for a political transition, op- position member Riad Hijab told Al Araby Al Jadid televi- sion late on Friday. The Syrian opposition has consistently said that it wants a halt in attacks on civilians and for the Geneva talks to result in a transitional govern- ing body for Syria that does Turkey has begun work on two processing points from which the first outside the south and east of on hand to escort the migrants on spending a small fortune just to land on the Greek islands on a dai- not include President Bashar centers to process Syrian and oth- migrants will be sent elsewhere as the country -- to accommodate the a one-to-one basis. reach Europe. ly basis, despite the EU deal, which al-Assad. er migrants after they return from soon as possible. new influx. Government officials have A Greek government source was approved by the Greek par- “There is no international Greece under a deal with the EU “Once the health checks and Turkish and EU leaders earlier been tight-lipped on the scheme, told AFP this week that some 400 liament in a vote Friday. will, especially from the US which comes into force next week, registration is done for the mi- this month agreed the deal for curb- which has attracted strong criti- Frontex police officers were ex- Amnesty International this side, and I do not expect any- local officials and reports said Sat- grants, they will be sent on to ing the influx of migrants that has cism on ethical grounds from the pected to arrive over the weekend week said there were “fatal flaws” thing to come of the negotia- urday. Under the controversial camps,” Dalgic was quoted as say- plunged Europe into its biggest United Nations refugee agency and to participate in the operation. in the EU’s migrant deal. tions,” said Hijab, the coordi- agreement, Turkey is due to start ing. “We intend to complete this refugee crisis since the end of World aid groups. Over 52,000 refugees and mi- The rights group said its re- nator for the Saudi-backed receiving migrants who crossed the work with them staying for as War II. Critics have warned that the grants seeking to reach northern search in the south of Turkey sug- Higher Negotiation Commit- Aegean Sea for EU member Greece short a time as possible,” he add- Turkey, which is hosting some Greek registration sites would be- Europe are already stuck in Greece gested the country was forcing tee (HNC), the main opposi- from Monday but so far details ed. There have been fears in Tur- 2.7 million Syrian refugees, will come de facto detention centers for after Balkan states sealed their around a hundred Syrians includ- tion bloc. have been vague over how the key’s fashionable Aegean resorts allow one Syrian to migrate to Eu- people slated to be sent back to borders. ing women and children to return The HNC will attend the transfer will be implemented. that a sudden influx of migrants rope in exchange for everyone it Turkey after risking their lives and Hundreds more continue to home on a daily basis. next round of talks, scheduled Also read: Austria wants to could prompt a backlash from lo- takes back. 750 migrants back to to start around April 9 in deploy soldiers on Italy border, cals and put off tourists. Turkey Meanwhile, Greek offi- Geneva, Hijab said, but “I will says minister. Local officials in Dikili, also in cials on Saturday declined to com- be clear to our people: we have Work has now started on a cen- Izmir province on the Aegean and ment on a report it will send some no optimism concerning the ter in the major Aegean tourist re- facing the Greek island of Lesbos - 750 migrants back to Turkey from negotiations process.” sort of Cesme in Izmir province, - have said a readmission center is Monday to kick off a controver- Assad has said he thinks which faces the Greek island of being established in the region for sial EU readmissions deal. the Geneva talks can produce Chios that has been a major target migrants being sent back from The report by state news agen- a new Syrian government that for migrants, the town’s mayor Greece. cy ANA said the operation would includes opposition, indepen- said. It remains to be seen how the take migrants from the island of dents and loyalists, but has Water pipes and electricity initial transfers will proceed and if Lesbos to the Turkish port of explicitly rejected the idea of cables are now being laid for the the Dikili and Cesme centers will Dikili between Monday and a transitional authority. 500 square-meter area by the Ulu- be involved. Wednesday. Russia and the United soy harbor in Cesme, mayor Mu- Pictures broadcast by NTV “Planning is in progress,” Yior- States disagree on Assad's fu- hittin Dalgic was quoted as saying television Friday showed only a gos Kyritsis, spokesman for ture but have jointly pressed by the Anatolia news agency. barren space at the site of the pro- Greece’s refugee coordination unit, the Syrian government and the The center will have tents for posed Dikili centre. told AFP, while declining to com- opposition to attend the indi- finger-printing migrants, register- Turkish media reports mean- ment further. rect peace talks in Geneva, ing them as well as sanitation fa- while have said the Turkish Red ANA said EU border agency which are being mediated by a cilities, he said. Crescent is preparing to open a Frontex had chartered two Turk- United Nations envoy. But Turkish officials said such new refugee camp further inland ish leisure vessels for the purpose, centers are not refugee camps but in Manisa in western Turkey -- its and that Frontex police would be SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 7 The state shall observe the United Nations Charter, inter-state agreements, as well as international treaties to which Afghanistan has joined, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The state shall prevent all kinds of terrorist activities, cultivation and smuggling of narcotics, and production and use of intoxicants. By Mike Ludwig of aging refineries that process are offshore, and analysts director of energy policy at Gulf crude and emit toxic pollu- agree that the majority of US Environment America and co- The Obama administration’s tion. All of the demonstrators reserves must stay in the author of the white paper. recent auction of offshore drill- seemed to agree on a simple ground to avoid a rise in global Sargent said renewables ing leases in the Gulf of Mexi- message: “Keep it in ground,” temperature that would have enjoy widespread support near- co was not going so well to or, in terms of the Gulf, deep disastrous effects. “Any areas ly everywhere except Con- begin with. beneath the seafloor. being opened up for leasing gress, which may explain why Oil and gas companies bid Offshore Leasing Is a “Cor- now will not even begin pro- political advocates have target- on only about 1.6 percent of porate Giveaway” ducing oil and gas for at least ed the Obama administration the 44 million acres worth of On Tuesday, March 29, 45 five years,” said Marc Yaggi, instead. So far, the administra- Gulf waters up for auction. environmental and Indigenous executive director of Water- tion has focused on coal, but High bids for plots in the Gulf’s organizations filed a legal peti- keeper Alliance. “By then, we its plan to replace aging coal- central district totaled $156 tion demanding that President should be well on our way to- burning power plants with new million, one of the lowest to- Obama use his authority to put ward ending destructive fossil generators that run on gas and No one in this country is feeling safe, even those who are living and tals in two decades. Plots in an end to the leasing of federal fuel extraction, not adding new other fuels is currently tied up the eastern portion of the Gulf waters to offshore drilling. The rigs.” Is a Renewable Future a by legal challenges. working in highly fortified compounds where scores of bodyguards did not receive any bids at all. groups estimate that halting Political Reality? Environmentalists point stand on high alert to avoid any untoward situation. But, they are Then dozens of protesters new offshore leases would It was not the chanting out that the Obama administra- arrived, filling the auction with keep 62 billion tons of carbon demonstrators or the threat of tion recently suspended new few in numbers and called the elite class. What about those who color and noise. The sound of pollution out of the atmo- ecological meltdown that kept leases for coal production on have no protection at all? Their voices cannot reach to those who their chants drowned out offi- sphere. energy companies from gob- public lands while regulators cials from the US Interior De- The petition echoes an un- bling up millions of acres of the review the program, so why not are at the helm of power. Teachers, students, elders, children, wom- partment, who announced the precedented letter sent from Gulf of Mexico at the auction do the same for offshore drill- en, religious scholars, soldiers, cops, journalists, judges, rights ac- results of the auction as repre- 400 organizations to the White last week. Global oil prices have ing? The federal government sentatives from the oil and gas House in September 2015, re- hit rock bottom due to a vari- controls all waters in US terri- tivists, traders, drivers and passengers are killed or kidnapped in industry stared down at their questing an end to fossil fuel ety of factors, including the tory beyond three miles from broad daylight. Arrest of culprits and delivery of quick justice has notes, apparently unim- leasing on all public lands and domestic energy boom fueled the coast, so a moratorium on pressed. waters. In November 2015, pro- by fracking that has contribut- exploration could halt future become an elusive dream. Speedy justice and public safety cannot The public owns — and the gressives in Congress, includ- ed to a worldwide glut. offshore drilling in large swaths be ensured because parasite of corruption is eating every depart- federal government controls ing Democratic presidential The result is low prices at of ocean. — millions of acres of land and candidate Bernie Sanders, in- the pump and little interest in The Obama administration ment and writ of the government is too weak. billions of acres of ocean with troduced legislation that would new exploration, especially in has less than a year to finalize These are the factors eroding public trust. The trust deficit is fossil fuels beneath them. do just that, but the bill has the deep waters under federal its offshore drilling plan and These reserves account for failed to make it out of commit- control. For environmentalists, cement its climate legacy. All of becoming a wide gulf with each passing day. The authorities can- nearly half of the carbon po- tee. this is the perfect time to push the remaining Republican pres- tential of all the remaining fos- The latest petition comes for clean energy. idential candidates have prom- not placate the situation through statements and promises because sil fuels in the United States, just weeks after dozens of The US has the ability to ised to expand drilling and gut the government had not been successful in fulfilling a single prom- according to a recent report groups criticized the Obama transition to 100 percent renew- environmental regulations. Hil- sponsored by environmental administration’s proposed off- able energy by as early as 2050 lary Clinton has said she op- ise till date. It is also very strange that those who had no public groups. shore drilling plan for 2017 due to advances in technolo- poses drilling in the Arctic and support and were unknown till recent are part of the government. The US Interior Depart- through 2022. In light of wide- gy, according to a panel of sci- would “reform” leasing pro- ment regularly leases portions spread opposition on the East entists who presented a white grams, but only Sanders op- They have no mandate but yet convene and attend seminars on of this land and water out to Coast, the plan scraps a con- paper on the subject on March poses leasing out public lands issues of national importance. This mismanagement, misuse of au- private developers, a practice troversial proposal to allow 29. The cost of producing wind and waters to oil and gas com- that advocates say must end drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, and solar energy has dropped panies outright. thority and lack of coherent policy is putting lives of Afghans at if the United States is to meet but would continue leasing by 58 and 78 percent, respec- Can we replace future off- great risk. its international obligations programs in Gulf and Arctic tively, from 2009 to 2014, and shore drilling platforms with set by the Paris climate accord waters. An executive action many investors are already en- solar panels and windmills, and The maladministration which is responsible for insecurity across to avoid the worst conse- halting the “corporate give- joying the benefits of advanced still have enough energy to the country had put lives of 15 de-miners at risk in western Herat quences of climate disruption. away” of public lands and wa- energy conservation tech- keep the lights on and get to Some of the protesters in ters to oil and gas developers niques. work in the morning? Accord- province. These saviors were kidnapped by unidentified men. It is New Orleans also fear that off- would cut the nation’s carbon “As more cities and more ing to scientists and environ- shore drilling could cause an- emissions by 25 percent and companies and more people mentalists, the answer is a re- not the first incident nor will it be the last one if the government was other catastrophe like the oil encourage a transition to clean- recognize the environmental sounding “yes,” but first the confined only to the capital city. Herat is ripe for drug addiction spill that followed the 2010 er energy, according to the pe- benefits [of renewables], it’s government must stop auction- Deepwater Horizon disaster, titioners. About 72 percent of going to be harder to stall mo- ing off our oceans to the high- and militancy. Two rival groups of the Taliban have killed and in- and others live in the shadows federally controlled oil reserves mentum,” said Robert Sargent, est bidder.—(Truthout) jured over 100 fighters in the infighting. If government has writ in the province, the militant factions would have not dared to roam freely and target each other and cause panic. Security situation in southern, northern and eastern provinces is beyond argument because there had been much debate over the issue in the parliament and media. Fall of Kunduz City to the Tali- ban in late September last year, presence of Daesh and the Taliban in Nangarhar, Uruzgan, Helmand and other provinces are the clear signs that policymakers have no plan to improve law and order situation. In a country where scores of civilians are killed by land- mines, kidnapping of the de-miners is shocking and a matter of grave concern for public. They are putting their lives in danger to save innocent people. If they were not allowed to work then civilian casualties caused by landmines would increase to a level beyond n imagination. Therefore, the government should leave no stone un- t a is turned to rescue the de-miners. There is need for a security strategy n a h to ensure safety of the de-miners. g f A Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times 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. SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Dame Diva Zaha Hadid will build no more By Hamid Dabashi around the globe. Hadid took a tect Zaha Hadid [Danita Deli- fistful of everything that was mont/Getty Images] Sober and savvy; perfection- good and beautiful in her home- She literally occupied every ist and flamboyant; command- land when she left, and with it territory she conquered with ing respect and oozing author- she signed her signature on her architectural designs. Her ity: Zaha Hadid was the soul of every corner of the globe she art was neither Arab, nor Euro- an Arab poet in the spirit of a visited pean, but both; neither Orien- European artist. She lent the Baghdad of her tal, nor Occidental, but both: her The verb "to be" does not birth to the Beirut of her youth signature curvatures con- quite yet fit into the past tense to pave her way to the London quered both sides of any divide of "was" in a sentence with of her mature life. that laid a singularly false claim Hadid. Nor indeed do the birth Hadid was the embodiment on her. and death dates (1950-2016) we of the cosmopolitan culture of She has left us with a mon- are now required to place in her homeland, a living testimo- umental body of work that re- front of her iconic name. ny of what, where, how and fuses cliché categorisations She had become immortal why that culture was - precise- that demand a false split duali- before her death, her name more ly at the moment when its in- ty from us: Islam and the West, a soaring citation than the sign frastructure was falling to piec- the West and the Rest. of a biography. The sudden es. Her work was a dream to news of Hadid's death just a She made, built and marked behold - and yet the nightmare day before April Fools' Day where the combined banality of of Orientalists and Islamo- was so incredulous that there Saddam Hussein and George phobes, were they to be even were indications on newsfeeds W Bush unmade, destroyed, aware of her monuments. that it might be an Internet and tore to pieces. Builder of On every corner of this hoax. Except it was not. numerous iconic buildings planet, Hadid left a monument Journalists and profession- around the world and recipient as a testimony to the beautiful, al architects soon scrambled for of countless prestigious priz- defiant and true soul of human- the right words to capture the es, including the Pritzker Prize, ity that conquered both sides moment when the world was she was a product of Baghdad, of any false cultural divide. robbed of one of its finest, Beirut and London, and from Where did that world go, most spectacular architects - that triangulated base she could the world that was alive and the queen of curvy designs, as go anywhere around the globe well in Hadid, and on display she was dubbed, the powerful and do anything to make a in everything she built? How metaphysician of physical building sing like an Abu Nu- did it disappear? forms defying laws of gravity was poem. Hadid left Iraq when Hus- to declare a rebellious soul, to Her lifetime achievement sein's banality took over and claim pride of place on an un- speaks of a different era; when she died when, in the aftermath suspecting piece of land. visionary artists easily crossed of Bush's campaign of "shock Eaghdad was reborn in her borders and were at home in and awe", the monster called soul Baghdad, Beirut, Rome, Lon- Daesh (the Arabic acronym for Hadid was born into a don, New York and Tokyo; the Islamic State of Iraq and the By Mehmet Metiner to hold their government hos- these Kurdish demands were terrorism to Turkey because prominent family in Baghdad when the emergence of an ugly Levant) had torn it to pieces. tage. Turkey's Kurdish popu- met in the most comprehensive Turkey interfered in Syria's in- during the last years of the and false ethnic nationalism or Magnificent monuments in Iraq The recent increase in terrorist lation now have an opportuni- and powerful way. ternal affairs, but this thinking Hashemite monarchy. religious sectarianism had not and Syria were hammered to incidents in Turkey is a ploy ty to see more clearly who the Turkey no longer denies is erroneous. On the contrary, She grew up in the after- yet given rise to yet another ruins by Daesh, and museums by global and regional powers PKK is really working for. the Kurdish identity. Kurds live it was the Syrian regime that math of the military coup led vicious cycle of civilisational of antiquity were raided and that are concerned about Tur- Public support for the PKK as equal citizens. It is no secret used and supported terrorist by Brigadier General Abdul divides. plundered while witnessed by key's emergence as a powerful and the predominantly Kurdi- that since its founding, the PKK groups hostile to Turkey, es- Karim Qassim, and left for Take a look at some of her a frightened humanity. actor on the stage of history sh Peoples' Democratic Party has been used against Turkey pecially the PKK, starting in the Beirut to continue with her col- extraordinary buildings: Heydar Hadid took a fistful of ev- under the leadership of Presi- (HDP) is in decline. If an elec- as an organisation with foreign 1980s. lege education in mathematics Aliyev Center in Baku, Azer- erything that was good and dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan. tion were held now, it appears ties. Therefore, Turkey expects as Saddam Hussein staged yet baijan; Messner Mountain beautiful in her homeland when Clearly, their objective is to that the HDP would not even When the PKK leader Ab- that its US and EU friends will another coup to seize power, Museum in Plan de Corones, she left, and with it she signed undermine Erdogan's leader- meet the 10 percent electoral dullah Ocalan was captured in provide principled and strong before finally moving to Lon- Italy; BMW Central Building in her signature on every corner ship and weaken Turkey. threshold, and would garner 1999, he described how they support on the issue of terror- don to study architecture. Leipzig, Germany; London of the globe she visited to build These global and regional only 4-5 percent of the vote - a had received support from Syr- ism. Just as the devastating Aquatics Centre; Jockey Club a magnificent building: so that powers would like to see Tur- dramatic political defeat. In line ia, but also from Russia, Greece, Turkey's war on terror is pri- Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) was Innovation Tower at Hong through one of her most pre- key reduced to a weak country with rights and freedoms Iran, Germany and France. Even marily focused on protecting about to start, she had already Kong Polytechnic University; cious children, Baghdad would without influence, self-ab- The Turkish government's today, the PKK is fighting democracy and ensuring the established her own company, Guangzhou Opera House, Chi- leave a mark on every corner of sorbed and overwhelmed with war on terror is no longer based against Turkey with support safety of the lives and proper- Zaha Hadid Architects, in 1979. na; the Phæno Science Center this globe, a monument to be- internal problems. on the old security approach from foreign powers. ty of the Turkish people. As her homeland collapsed in Wolfsburg, Germany; Galaxy hold of the glory that it once The endgame is to divide of the past, because those pol- The PKK's connection with Depicting the fight against into chaos and mayhem, Hadid Soho in Beijing; Nordpark Rail- was. Turkey, and failing that, to icies violated the very defini- Syria, Iran and Russia is no se- the PKK terrorist group as a soared in fame and achieve- way Stations in Innsbruck, The Guangzhou Opera plunge the country into politi- tion of democracy, and result- cret. Various media have report- war on the Kurds, who are our ments. Austria; Chanel Mobile Art House, in China, designed by cal turmoil so that it is once ed in the suspension of demo- ed how the US provides indi- brothers and fellow citizens, History had placed her sin- Container in New York City ... Dame Diva Zaha Hadid [Ian again dependent on foreign cratic rights. rect support to the PKK and labelling the PKK terror glehandedly to build in the an almost endless constellation Trower/Getty Images] Hamid powers. Therefore, they want In contrast, the anti-terror- through the Democratic Union bosses as "freedom fighters" name and memory of her home- of elegant shapes, welcoming Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian the old Turkey back, the one ism policies of the current Turk- Party (PYD), which is the PKK's is a psychological perception land what destructive forces of sites, dazzling designs, spec- Professor of Iranian Studies that could be easily manipulat- ish government aim to affiliate in Syria. operation based on lies and in- power and violence destroyed tacular urban landscapes that and Comparative Literature at ed. Inside Story - Is the West strengthen democracy. Everyone knows that the consistent with friendship. in her birthplace. mark a territory and grace it Columbia University in New too soft on the PKK? Using Depicting the fight against United States dropped aid sup- We hope and pray that our As tall and iconic buildings with the name of Zaha Hadid. York. proxies the PKK terrorist group as a plies in northern Iraq during friends, who are also under the were falling down after the US- The Heydar Aliyev Center The views expressed in this The Kurdistan Workers' war on the Kurds, who are our Operation Provide Comfort in threat of terrorism, will finally led invasion and destruction of is a 619, 000-square-foot build- article are the author's own and Party (PKK) is nothing more brothers and fellow citizens, the 1990s - these would have gain a proper perspective on Iraq, Hadid built ever taller and ing complex in Baku, Azerbaijan do not necessarily reflect Al than a pawn in this game. The and labelling the PKK terror easily fallen into the hands of just how sensitive and justified more magnificent buildings designed by Iraqi-British archi- Jazeera's editorial policy. PKK is merely the terrorist bosses as 'freedom fighters' is the PKK. It is a well-document- the Turkish government has branch of this project, which a psychological perception ed fact that some EU countries, been in this regard. has its sights set on Erdogan's operation based on lies and in- notably Belgium, have aided Now is the time for solidar- leadership and consistent with friendship. and abetted the PKK. ity against all terrorist groups. Turkey itself. The goal is to eliminate the Disturbing reality Turkish democracy is threat- PKK and other terrorist or- PKK's despotic oppression of What most disturbs Turkey ened by terror and peace be- ganisations want to turn Tur- Turkey's Kurdish population is the fact that the US and the longs to Turkey. Now is the key into the next Iraq or Syria, through force of arms, and re- European Union - an organisa- time for an all-out defence of a thereby paving the way for for- store the public order neces- tion Turkey wants to be a mem- safe democracy. eign intervention. The goal of sary for everyone to live free. ber of - renders assistance to Mehmet Metiner is an AK their attacks is to weaken the In the process, the government the PKK, sometimes openly party member of parliament and government by inspiring fear will not compromise in any way but usually covertly, even a columnist with Star newspa- and public unrest. the fundamentals of democra- though they have listed it as a per. Metiner By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh would not be successful when it ligence pointed out that the Islam- The people of Turkey un- cy and the rule of law. terrorist group. comes from the Kurdish comes to military confrontation ic Republic was behind the derstand the intrigues of those The Kurdish people have The PKK is not a product political movement in Turkey Although, when it comes to cy- with some powerful regional and “Shamoon” virus which targeted who control the terrorist been demanding democracy of the new Turkey that began and has published books on berattack capabilities, some the international nation-states. The computers of Saudi Arabia’s Aram- groups, which is why they con- from their own state for decades when the AK party came to the subject. most advanced (the top three coun- alternative to a physical war is a co oil corporation. And more re- tinue to fully support their gov- and asking for the recognition power, but of the old Turkey The views expressed in this tries) are reported to be the Unit- virtual one where it is almost im- cently, last week, the Justice De- ernment. of their Kurdish identity. Dur- before the AK party. article are the author's own and ed States, China, and Russia, how- possible to hold Iranian leaders partment indicted seven Iranian They believe that terrorist ing the term of the Justice and Some pundits have sur- do not necessarily reflect Al ever, the Islamic Republic of Iran accountable. As Abdollah Araqi, citizens for distributed denial of groups should not be allowed Development Party (AK party), mised that Syria has exported Jazeera's editorial policy. is also considered one of the top deputy commander of ground forc- service (DDoS) attacks in against countries in conducting cyberat- es in the Islamic Revolutionary 46 companies mainly in the bank- tacks and utilizing cyber technol- Guard Corps (IRGC) pointed out, ing and financial sector. Iran also ogy. according to the Iranian Students' began reportedly exporting its cy- The speedy advancement of News Agency (ISNA), “We have ber capabilities to its proxies and Iran’s cyber program is crucial, as armed ourselves with new tools, allies such as the Syrian govern- it only began few years ago. The because a cyber war is more dan- ment in order to suppress the op- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Islamic Republic began heavily in- gerous than a physical war.” A few position and popular uprising. vesting on its social media, Inter- years after initiation, Iran’s cyber Iran’s objectives and intentions net and cyber welfare capabilities capabilities became the world’s Iran’s cyber warfare capabilities after the protests which erupted fourth biggest cyber army accord- have not reached those of China, in the 2009 contested election of ing to an official of the Islamic the US or Russia yet. But it is ad- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. vancing at a pace that needs to be Absence of updated curriculum leaders became cognizant of the Even Israeli major think-tanks ac- addressed adequately by regional significance of social media in gal- knowledged Iran as a major cyber and global powers. From Khame- vanizing people and advancing power. Iran’s cyber warfare capa- nei’s perspective, the future of I am glad that the editorial of your newspaper was written on very important issue on March 30. political interests. bilities have not reached those of Iran’s cyber program is a matter of Exactly there are many problems in the public and private universities of Afghanistan. One of those Outlets such as Halal Internet, China, the US or Russia yet. But national security. Iranian leaders national Internet, mehr (used in- it is advancing at a pace that needs can accomplish several objectives problems is absence of updated curriculum based on needs of the society and employment market. stead of Youtube), and surveillance to be addressed adequately by re- by advancing their cyber welfare After updating the curriculum, teaching materials especially textbooks should be available in order programs were increased. Report- gional and global powers The Is- capabilities. First of all, domesti- edly, Iran obtained advanced sur- raeli-based Institute for National cally speaking, IRGC leaders can for teachers and students to use them in teaching-learning process. Since curriculum makes the plan veillance software to monitor the Security Studies stated that more easily control the opposition and framework of teaching better, there should be textbooks in the native language of lecturers and population, mainly from China. “IRGC clearly makes the country and dissidents. Secondly, as an of- The Islamic Republic invested one of the best and most advanced fensive tool, Iran can advance its students for its implementation. more than $1 billion in cyber in- nation when it comes to cyberwar- ideological, geopolitical, and stra- Dr. Yahya Wardak frastructure and technology, as fare. In a case of escalation between tegic ambitions by sending a strong well as recruiting more than Iran and the West, Iran will likely message to other nations about Ministry of Higher Education, Kabul 100,000 personnel. aim to launch a cyberattack against their vulnerabilities vis-à-vis Iran. Soon after, in 2012, Iran’s su- critical infrastructures in the Unit- Tehran can also warn its rivals by Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and preme leader, Ayatollah Ali ed States and its allies, including inflicting damage on their major address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] Khamenei ordered the establish- energy infrastructure, financial in- state institutions and infrastruc- ment of the Supreme Council on stitutions, transportation systems, tures. Finally, Iran needs the ad- Cyberspace in order to form cy- and other.” In 2013, the United vanced cyber program in order to ber policies. This Council became States banking systems were at- protect its nuclear sites in case of an indispensable pillar of Iran’s tacked at an unprecedented level. foreign cyberattacks. In the new Revolutionary Guard Cops and The online banking sites of insti- age of globalization, the Islamic Disclaimer: Iran’s foreign and domestic poli- tutions such as Bank of America, Republic is adapting fast to the cies. Offensive or defensive? JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, modern cyber technology in order The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) Iran’s cyber program was de- and Citigroup were affected. US to complement its IRGC military signed, from the outset, to be of- officials stated that the level of so- prowess in order to achieve its re- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. fensive and proactive in nature. phistication pointed to the Iranian gional hegemonic and ideological Iranian leaders are aware that they government. In addition, US intel- ambitions. SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES JORDAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VOW TO CONTINUE PROTESTS port real-life sexual violence. Tougher penalties According to the Students are holding out for Thailand Institute of Justice, be- further concessions after tween the years 2008-2013, an administrators partially rolled average of 4,000 rape cases were back a controversial fee hike. reported to the police and 2,400 arrests were made. But most rape Amman - Students at the Univer- cases go unreported with an esti- sity of Jordan say they will con- mated 30,000 cases a year. tinue their round-the-clock, sit-in "This is in part cultural, and in protest after the school's adminis- large part because the police are tration failed to meet all of their not really well positioned to help demands. women, due to lack of women of- Hundreds have been protest- ficers, inability to use rape kits, ing against fee increases at the uni- and also the legal system's bias versity in the capital, Amman, against pursuing cases of sexual since the end of February, galva- assault by partners," says Saman nising student and youth activists Zia-Zarifi, the Regional Director throughout Jordan. The protest for Asia and the Pacific for the In- was temporarily suspended last ternational Commission of Jurists month when university adminis- (ICJ). In 2014, thousands of citi- trators agreed to partially roll back zens began to ask for tougher pen- previously implemented fee in- alties for sex offenders after the creases, but students now say they brutal rape and murder of a 13- will continue their sit-in until fur- year-old girl on a crowded train ther concessions are granted. travelling to Bangkok. Thai celeb- "Twenty days, 40 days, 100 rity Boom Panadda started a cam- days - we don't care. We will stay," paign calling for the death penalty protest organiser Samir Mashoor for rapists, which collected told Al Jazeera. 130,000 names. Thailand only has In a country where rocketing the death penalty for people found costs and depleted postgraduate guilty of crimes related to drug traf- opportunities have left many ficking and murder. Sex offenders young people with little hope, the can receive jail sentences between University of Jordan has been a four and 20 years, and fines rang- focal point for student activism for ing from 8,000 baht ($229) to several years. In 2014, the univer- 40,000 ($1,145). "There are real sity dramatically increased fees for problems in the implementation of postgraduate courses and for an the laws and providing women alternative payment stream called with protection and justice," says Moazi, which allows students - Zia-Zarifi. In some cases, jail sen- even those with lower grades - to Nitipan Wiprawit was watching the 38-year-old architect. when depicting violence against these stories found a wide audi- of feminine virtues in soap op- tences have been reduced if the pay a higher rate to secure admis- television with his family when the Wiprawit took his complaint women, advise against showing ence, according to Thai media and eras," he says. The traditional con- convict cooperates with the po- sion. soap opera plotline that he detests to Thailand's National Broadcast- women as victims and include con- sexuality scholar Jaray Singha- struction of a "good Thai woman lice and exhibits good behaviour. Thabahtoona, an organisation appeared once again on screen: a ing and Telecommunications Com- tent that addresses men's sexual kowinta. "I think [in the 1970s] is the adaptation of the Victorian Following the campaign launched that campaigns for affordable edu- man bribes a hotel clerk to trick mission (NBTC) with a responsibilities. they captured the Thai mentality. value of women: pure, virginal, by Wiprawit, the debate about cation, says an increasing propor- the woman he loves into thinking Change.org online petition. He The NBTC will unveil the fin- People enjoy watching them and submissive, desexualised, good sexism in soap operas has grown. tion of university spots in Jordan that there's only one vacant room. wanted to stop the depiction of alised codes in a seminar on wom- they guarantee high ratings. Pro- daughter and mother," says Lak- Wiprawit has been invited as a rep- are being allocated to the Moazi In the hotel room, the man tries rape as something normal and his en in media on Friday. Many tele- ducers like this kind of marketing kana Punwichai, a social critic, resentative of the audience to stream at increasingly high rates, to force her to have sex. Comical petition garnered more than 59,000 vision soap operas are adapted recipe," Singhakowinta says. weekly columnist and host of a roundtables organised by NBTC as a means of generating funding music plays in the background signatures. Wiprawit was the first from old, popular Thai novels with In these soap operas, "good" weekly show about her take on the where directors, writers and ex- for universities. It estimates that making light of the situation. By viewer to publicly campaign for storylines where the rape of fe- women or female protagonists are news as a woman, called "In Her perts discuss the messages they between 30 and 50 percent of all the series' end, they fall in love. change, says Chanettee Tinnam, a male protagonists is commonplace. portrayed as sexually naïve and it's View". In Wiprawit's opinion, a are conveying to the viewers, and undergraduate places are now ac- Thailand's prime-time soap media lecturer at Bangkok's Mahi- Traditional construction of expected that the men must ini- soap opera would not "incite di- especially to children. "One brick cessible only through Moazi. operas often depict sexual harass- dol University, who was tasked 'good' Thai woman tiate a liaison, explains Singhakow- rectly a person to rape someone, in the foundation is not a house, We stayed 20 days in the uni- ment and rape as a way to seduce with writing the first ethical guide- Some novels are so popular, inta. "The patriarchal notion of ide- but reflects many things in Thai but it could make the house stron- versity, sleeping in the university or woo a woman, or as punish- lines for television programmes to such as Koo Kam, which is the al womanhood is probably to society or in the attitude of the ger. To stop this attitude in media without going to our homes. This ment for bad behaviour. In June address the "dignity of women". source material for six melodramas blame for this repetitious portray- police towards a person who has we have to take care of the first made our community and people 2014, after watching that scene, The new guidelines are extensive, and four films made as recently as al of rape in Thai TV soaps. Al- been raped". But he believes plot- brick," Wiprawit says. "Maybe I and Jordan raise their voices to Wiprawit decided he'd had enough. Tinnam says. 2013, that they've been adapted though female virginity isn't taken lines that reinforce rape as normal am not doing a big thing, but [it] is stand up with us. Samir Mashoor, "How can we tell our children A brief draft provided by Tin- into movies and television soap seriously by Generation Y men or romantic and where perpetra- a first step to change the social protest organiser to respect each other while we still nam suggests the regulations will operas multiple times since the and women, it is still being em- tors don't get punished may indi- wrong attitude which [is] still sup- When prices for the Moazi agree to have these plots?" asks encourage directors to be cautious 1970s. That was the decade when ployed as a symbolic measurement rectly influence people not to re- porting the culture of rape." system were increased, Thabah- toona was one of several organisa- tions that campaigned against the rise. At the University of Jordan, students from across the political spectrum held regular, short pro- tests - but this year, frustrated by the continuing lack of action, they decided to escalate their campaign. "First they came for a few hours, stood in front of the dem- onstration building, and then went home. The leader of the university would give promises, but the prom- ises were never done, so they KERIO : James Rotich's parents that had been an energy outlier in a ruption and ethnic rivalries, was massive black ants march in for- says Johana Chepkonga, a farmer Wanguhu, a coordinator with the would come back," Abdelrahman struggled to send him to school. resource-rich continent. In 2014, predisposed to the resource curse? mation towards anthills two me- in Keturwo, a village neighbouring Kenya Civil Society Platform on Wahid, a third-year architecture Only during the good years, when Tullow contributed $162.5m to Worlds apart tres high. Life moves along every- Muchukwo in Baringo County. Oil and Gas (KCSPOG). student who has participated in the there was enough rain and the Kenyan coffers in tax revenue and Today in Turkana, tensions where, except for a large section of "But now, we have not been get- "When Tullow came here, they protests, told Al Jazeera. "After maize grew high, would they investments. The same year, Ken- have tempered as the price of oil James Rotich's land where noth- ting anything because the land has came with the permission of the two years, the students decided to choose a goat from the herd to sell ya's Institute of Economic Affairs has plummeted. Despite the pres- ing grows. been destroyed, and we can't grow politicians," says Nuluki Komen come to the university and never to cover his fees. Decades later, estimated that the country stood sure the global downturn has placed When Tullow arrived, he says, a thing." Cherogony, an 80-year-old farmer go back home until they met all when the oil company arrived, it to earn at least $650m a year from on Tullow - reporting a $1bn af- he gave them permission to build a Tullow acknowledged that the in Kerturwo, Baringo County. their needs." occurred to him that life could be oil exports. But as Tullow's ex- ter-tax loss for 2015 - the firm con- road through the few acres of land 500km of roads laid for seismic "The chief told us Tullow would On February 28, about 70 stu- different for his own children. ploratory aircraft flew over James' tinues to explore for oil in Turka- he owns to bring in the heavy surveillance exacerbated environ- work here and to please facilitate; dents began sleeping at the univer- He had heard of Tullow Oil, plot, trouble was brewing around na and the Kerio Valley. equipment needed in the seismic mental challenges that have long we were told to comply. You could sity's Amman campus each night. the Anglo-Irish oil exploration firm Tullow's projects in Turkana. In some ways, Turkana and surveillance part of their explora- plagued the Kerio Valley. Tullow's not interfere because you would After two weeks of protests, the whose lorries barrelled down the One of the poorest regions in the Kerio Valley are worlds apart. tion. They promised to leave his environmental manager, Alex Mut- be against the government." school announced that university winding, unpaved road towards Kenya, the arid Turkana County Economically marginalised with crops, James' sole source of in- iso, told Al Jazeera that the com- Tullow says local politicians president Ekhlief Tarawneh's term his small village. The company had in northwestern Kenya was in a few resources (before the discov- come, in the same shape as before. pany tried to rehabilitate the land helped in "rallying the community would not be renewed - news the made headlines a year earlier when precarious state before Tullow ar- ery of oil) and neglected by the The local politicians who facilitat- by planting grass along the eroded in support of our activities, because students, but not the administra- they discovered a billion barrels of rived. national government, Turkana has ed Tullow's introduction to the gullies, but that "nature won over". at the end of the day, it looks good tion, credited to student action. oil in Kenya's impoverished Tur- Traditional inter-ethnic con- long existed on the periphery of community encouraged James to However, the grass didn't grow on their part". Mutiso added that Then, after nearly three weeks kana County, some 350 kilometres flict between the Pokot and Tur- Kenyan politics. In contrast, the cooperate. James says he was because it was planted during the it was not Tullow's responsibility of the continuous sit-in, the uni- north of the rural farm James calls kana people stretched back for cen- Kerio Valley and the Kalenjin clans drawn to Tullow's talk of oil-fund- dry season. to ensure that local representatives versity agreed to reduce the initial home. That day in 2013, as the turies. Communities fought over within it are considered to hold ed jobs, schools and roads for his A small farm in Keturwo, Bar- were giving their constituents ac- fee increase - which raised fees by trucks drove deeper into the val- access to scarce water resources greater political and social influ- community. ingo County. Farmers across Bar- curate information. "If they choose between 100 and 180 percent - by ley towards him, James couldn't and grazing land, tensions that ence in the region. James angrily recalls what en- ingo and Elgayo-Marakwet coun- to twist the information, that's on 50 percent. help but hope that there was oil were exacerbated by climate change Poverty is especially pro- sued: Tullow subcontracted the ties say that Tullow's exploration them; we expect everyone to op- Students greeted this an- under the land he had been grow- and small arms that flowed in from nounced in Baringo and Elgayo- seismic testing to a company that for oil has exacerbated soil erosion erate with integrity, honesty and nouncement as a victory, with ing maize and beans on for his en- bordering Uganda, Ethiopia and Marakwet. The main causes in- James says diverged from the [Lisa Laventure/Al Jazeera] openness." hours of chanting, singing and tire life. South Sudan. clude inadequate rainfall leading to agreed paths when the ground, soft- In Muchukwo, James says Tullow Oil started its first ex- speeches. But the celebrations "I was proud," says James, The area faced extreme pover- crop failure and a lack of job op- ened by rain, proved impassable. that his annual harvest has been ploratory well in December 2015 were short-lived, and just a week now 53, standing in the middle of ty, high unemployment and an 80 portunities [Lisa Laventure/Al When a bulldozer sank deep into reduced by 25 percent since seis- in Cheptuket. The exploratory after the initial concessions were his plot in Muchukwo, Baringo percent illiteracy rate, and expec- Jazeera] the earth, the contractor brought mic surveillance was completed. drilling will give clues as to how granted, students announced that County. "I thought to myself that tations that Tullow would imme- But even in the Valley, some in truckloads of rocks to firm up Tullow's internal grievance mech- much oil there is in the Kerio Val- they would continue their sit-in if there is oil in our area, we are diately bring the jobs and devel- worry that lives will be lost as the soil and extract the machine. anism, using rates set by Kenya's ley [Lisa Laventure/Al Jazeera] until the fee increases were entire- going to be rich. We are going to be opment the region needed perme- communities are caught between a James says his plot was ravaged: Ministry of Agriculture, deter- Today, Tullow says their relation- ly reversed. Organisers told Al the next Iraq." ated local communities. Competi- desire for development and an oil his fence broken and heaps of mined James was owed a mere $20 ship with communities in Baringo Jazeera that they had met the uni- Trouble brewing in Turkana tion over land, suddenly more valu- company operating alongside a rocks scattered throughout. Worst for his damaged crops and $50 for remains positive. But a sense of versity's new president and were Muchukwo is a small village able than ever, heated up. national government eager to facil- of all, there was no more water. his broken fence - an amount that distrust has set in among farmers, committed to continue negotiating. on the eastern bank of the Kerio Conflict between the Turkana itate, and benefit from, their work. "This is very important land does not come close to making up who believe Tullow and local pol- "We understand that they need River, a narrow stretch of water and Pokot escalated. Reports of Like Turkana, though to a lesser for me," says James, pointing to for the loss in productivity over iticians - set to gain politically and to balance between what we want connecting the northern and south- armed cattle raids and dozens of extent, the Kerio Valley is also af- brown, dried-up banana trees ly- the years. As a result, he's had to financially if oil is struck - only and the situation in the country," ern points of the Kerio Valley. deaths were reported by the local fected by environmental stresses ing dead on the ground. James re- resort to finding odd jobs and man- informed them about the "good Mashoor said. "But we're in a In the heart of the greater Rift media. Meanwhile, thousands of brought on by climate change that lies on the money he gets from farm- ual labour to ensure his children's side of oil". In Kenya, communal- strong situation when we sleep at Valley, the Kerio is home to herd- people, angry that Tullow's search have exacerbated violent competi- ing to support his family of 10. school fees are paid. ly held land is not covered by law, the university. We won't end this ing and farming subclans of the for oil had yet to generate jobs and tion for land. Literacy and educa- "I used to be able to depend Many more farmers complain meaning there is no legal frame- until we have an agreement that's Kalenjin ethnic group. The river, money, stormed the company's tion rates are low, poverty wide- on this land, even in a drought. We that they received no compensa- work by which communities can signed by them." vital for their livestock, divides the drilling sites. spread and development desper- thought life was going to improve. tion whatsoever. Tullow says 70 seek compensation in the case of University officials told Al valley in two: Baringo County to The community accused ately craved. But it's as if they burned my land. complaints have been registered damages. A Community Land Bill Jazeera that the fee increases were the east and Elgeyo-Marakwet Tullow of colluding with national As Kenya races to be the first Now, how do I live? How do I eat?" from the Kerio Valley through their meant to address this issue has yet the only option in the face of an County to the west. politicians, bribing local officials, East African country to export oil, James' story mirrors the expe- grievance mechanism. They would to be passed - a delay that has been immense funding deficit. Tarawneh In partnership with the Cana- and failing to compensate them for international experts say that pat- rience of farmers in at least three not say how many have been re- described as "ominous" in a report has stated publicly in the past that dian company Africa Oil, Tullow damage to communally owned terns are emerging in the Kerio other communities in the Baringo solved. Critics say the mechanism by the KCSPOG. Baringo commu- students' admission fees did not had been doing aerial surveillance lands. Operations were temporari- Valley that mirror those witnessed and Elgeyo-Marakwet counties, is intimidating for farmers, who see nities are demanding that the gov- cover the full cost of their educa- in search of hydrocarbons - which ly halted and Tullow employees in Turkana, pointing to trouble in all of whom confirmed that the di- the company as an arm of a na- ernment issue them with individu- tion, and that raising the costs of indicate the presence of oil - in the whisked away to safety. the future: complaints of damage rection of roads built across their tional government eager to sell oil. al title deeds for the lands they Moazi was a "last resort". area for months. The company decided to to communally held lands, lack of land by Tullow were laid running Kenyan President Uhuru farm. That legal protection, they One University of Jordan of- James Rotich, 53, says seis- change tack, promising more local compensation and collusion with downwards towards the Kerio Kenyatta announced in December say, is the only way they can pro- ficial, who spoke to Al Jazeera on mic surveillance by Tullow Oil re- investment and the creation of a political elites. Rights abuses have River, causing the soil to erode and 2015 that the administration tect themselves against the future condition of anonymity, said the duced the yields of his farmland formal grievance mechanism for already taken place, say commu- rainwater to flow away rather than planned to sell crude from Turka- risks of drilling for oil. Their big- 50 percent rollback already grant- by 25 percent. He received $20 in communities to seek compensation nities within the Kerio, and ten- sink into the ground. In an area na by September 2016, a full four gest fear: a spill. Their concerns ed would be a serious stretch on compensation for his damaged for damages. Local groups criti- sions might rise as exploration predisposed to drought and ero- years before most industry experts have precedent. In 2008, oil spills the school's budget, noting: "This crops [Lisa Laventure/Al Jazeera] cised the move as a quick fix with ramps up. sion, hundreds of acres of land, believe the oilfields can be com- in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil pro- is what happens when the govern- Billing itself as Africa's lead- no enforcement mechanism. Was 'We can't grow a thing' carefully groomed over generations mercially exploited. That rush for ducer, destroyed thousands of ment does not support the univer- ing independent oil firm, Tullow the violence that Tullow's explo- In the sleepy Kerio communi- to retain rainfall using specialised profit trickles down to local gov- hectares of mangroves and the live- sities. state of Jordan's economy has been exploring for oil in Ugan- ration for oil inflamed a case of ty of Muchukwo, green buds terraces, could no longer grow ernment representatives in the vil- lihoods of fishing communities in In recent decades, demand for high- da and Ghana for a decade. The badly managed expectations in a sprout in neatly planted lines on crops. lages, creating a "temptation to be Ogoniland. The company respon- er education in Jordan has explod- discovery of oil in Kenya seemed desperate community? Or was it a half-hectare plots of land. It's the "Normally, we would get overzealous in pushing the national sible, Royal Dutch Shell, original- ed, while funding has significantly like a stroke of luck for a country sign that Kenya, plagued with cor- rainy season, hot and humid, and about 20 bags of maize per acre," government agenda", says Charles ly offered the villagers . dropped. SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

At a time when conversations A fuel storage tank at the Sau- about energy markets were focused di Aramco Shell oil refinery in on crude oil production freezes, Jubail, Saudi Arabia. (File Photo: pricing and bloated global inven- AP) Just how much would sale of tories, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince shares for five percent of Saudi Mohammed bin Salman grabbed Aramco bring on the market? the attention of oil industry Seznec said at a value of $10 per watchers with news of a Saudi barrel of oil in the ground special- Aramco IPO of up to 5 percent. ists put the figure at $2.5 trillion The plan to sell shares in the which would yield about $125 bil- oil giant, considered to have the lion. He added: “It’s going to be world’s highest market capitaliza- many years if they are going to tion, was discussed during a five- float only five percent.” hour interview with Bloomberg. Dr. Karen E. Young, Senior Prince Mohammed also talked Scholar at the Arab Gulf States about prospects for boosting the Institute, explained how the wealth Public Investment Fund to more fund and Aramco’s IPO are largely than $2 trillion to spur expansion dependent on each other. and reform of the energy resource- “If the sovereign wealth fund reliant Saudi economy. will be funded by a sale of Aramco In January, the prince sur- shares, then the post-oil recovery prised observers with news that depends on the resilience of oil Saudi Aramco was among state prices and Aramco’s – Saudi – oil properties being eyed for privati- production and efficiency.” zation. He told interviewers from The spotlight on the landmark The Economist he was enthusias- public offering also offers insights tic about the prospects. He said, into the importance attached to “I believe it is in the interest of the economic reforms and to the im- Saudi market, and it is in the inter- pact of generational change on de- est of Aramco, and it is for the in- cision making. Policy Government terest of more transparency, and institutions are now expected to to counter corruption, if any, that make policy decisions quickly and may be circling around Aramco.” resolutely according to Fahad Naz- Transparency er, a senior political analyst at the That transparency is a key to Washington-based data analysis privatization efforts, according to organization JTG, Inc. There is a Gulf business and finance special- high premium on cutting bureau- ist Professor Jean-François Seznec cratic "red tape.” He said: “Those of the Johns Hopkins School for who have heard Prince Moham- Advanced International Studies, mad Bin Salman speak about his who said people will come to vision for the future of Saudi Ara- know where the revenues are go- bia and who have taken part in the ing. “Once Saudi Aramco is float- workshops that have debated the ed on the exchange they have to soon to be unveiled National Trans- Economic and Development Af- ous economic and external chal- to modernize where the large fering may well be an example of promotion of a younger generation produce audited statements be- formation Plan, have all maintained fairs as well as Defense Minister, lenges. Seznec said: “He wants to sources of money of the state are change being successful solely due of technocrats and bureaucrats who cause that’s the law in Saudi Ara- that the emphasis will be on per- the powerful, young Deputy show that he’s really meaning busi- transparent; people can have con- to the urgency of the economic have distinguished themselves has bia.” Seznec said, adding: “All of a formance, accountability and re- Crown Prince has been under great ness in terms of reforms.” There is trol of it and it can really be used challenges. However, according to garnered support from many Sau- sudden, the company would be sults.” With just over a year as head pressure to produce results at a a new emphasis on bureaucracy, for the development of the coun- Nazer, “Given that some 70 per- di youths and is seen as a trend in transparent.” of the newly formed Council of time when Saudi Arabia faces seri- he said. “It shows they really want try.” The Saudi Aramco public of- cent of Saudis are under 30, the the right direction.” Firming US jobs market lures discouraged workers WASHINGTON U.S. employ- velopments. Yellen said this week as a 0.9 percent annualized pace ment increased strongly in March, that slowing world growth and from as high as a 2.0 percent rate. underscoring the economy's resil- lower oil prices posed a downside The economy grew at a 1.4 per- ISLAMABAD: National Iranian ience, but an influx of Americans risk to the U.S. economic outlook, cent rate in the fourth quarter. Gas Exporting Company Manag- into the labor market could tem- adding that she considered it ap- Other data on Friday showed ing Director Ali Reza Kameli has per nascent wage growth and keep propriate for policymakers to manufacturing activity expanded in announced that a Pakistani delega- the Federal Reserve cautious about "proceed cautiously in adjusting March for the first time in six tion will come to Tehran soon in a further interest rate increases. policy." months as new orders surged, sug- bid to finalise a gas agreement Nonfarm payrolls rose by Fed officials last month down- gesting the worst of the factory reached between the two countries 215,000 last month and the unem- graded their economic growth ex- rout was over. The Institute for during President Hassan Rou- ployment rate edged up to 5.0 per- pectations and forecast only two Supply Management said its in- hani’s recent visit to Islamabad. cent from an eight-year low of 4.9 rate hikes this year. The U.S. cen- dex of national factory activity According to Iranian News percent, the Labor Department tral bank raised its benchmark over- rose 2.3 points to a reading of 51.8 Agency (Irna), Kameli highlighted said on Friday. The jobless rate night interest rate in December for in March. the achievements of Rouhani’s increased as more people contin- the first time in nearly a decade. Separately, auto sales slowed visit, saying during parleys Irani- ued to enter or re-enter the labor Financial markets see a 27 per- sharply in March to a 16.57 mil- an Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zan- market, a sign of confidence in the cent chance of a hike at the Fed's lion-unit rate from a 17.54 million- ganeh discussed different economic job market. June policy meeting, a 52 percent unit pace in February, according issues as well as how to address Average hourly earnings gained chance of such a move in Septem- to Autodata. the problems related to contracts seven cents after slipping in Feb- ber and a 65 percent probability at "The economy is not great, but for gas export to Pakistan, which ruary. The labor market has large- the December meeting, according it's not falling off a cliff either," resulted in a tacit agreement be- ly shrugged off slowing global eco- to CME FedWatch. said Michael Feroli, an economist tween the two neighbours. nomic growth, a robust U.S. dollar Economists polled by Reuters at JPMorgan in New York. Ties with Iran: Nisar vows to that has hurt manufacturing ex- had forecast nonfarm payrolls in- Wages increased last month, deter foes from sowing malice ports and the drag on energy sec- creasing 205,000 in March and the with average hourly earnings ris- “The two sides agreed to fina- tor profits from cheap oil. unemployment rate holding steady ing 0.3 percent. That lifted the lise the agreement during the up- Economists see a limited im- at 4.9 percent. The economy cre- year-on-year earnings gain to 2.3 coming trip of a Pakistani delega- pact on monetary policy in the ated 1,000 fewer jobs in January percent from 2.2 percent in Feb- tion to Iran in order to start gas near-term from the strong jobs re- and February than previously re- ruary, a welcome development af- exports to Pakistan,” he said. “We port, as the growing number of ported. ter the recent wobble in consumer believe that gas contracts can con- people entering the labor market Prices for longer-dated U.S. sentiment. solidate economic and cultural re- supported government bonds initially fell af- Economists say wage growth lations given the emphasis laid by Fed Chair Janet Yellen's view ter the data, but later marginally of between 3.0 percent and 3.5 Rouhani on cooperation in gas sup- that hidden slack remained in the rose. The dollar (.DXY) gave up percent is needed to lift inflation ply to neighbouring countries, es- jobs market. earlier gains against a basket of to the Fed's 2.0 percent target. pecially Pakistan.” Quoting Cen- "This is an ideal situation for currencies, while U.S. stocks end- Though the Fed's preferred infla- tral Bank of Iran Director General the Fed. The strong pace of job ed higher. tion measure is currently at 1.7 for International Affairs Hossein growth is being offset by the in- The jobs report came on the percent, Yellen has expressed skep- Yaqobi Miab, Irna said Bank Mel- comprehensive plan of action, Iran kistan, Iran’s entry into the Asian the ATM system for transactions. crease in entrants into the labor heels of recent data showing slug- ticism over the sustainability of li Iran would win permission in the and Pakistan had kicked off talks Clearing Union and setting up a Pakistan asks Iran to nail Indi- force, which will reduce any con- gish consumer spending and weak gains, citing transitory factors. next few days for opening its about forging banking cooperation joint banking committee compris- an spy’s accomplice cerns about labor market tightness business investment on capital in The labor force participation branches in Pakistan. keeping in view the fresh develop- ing Iranian and Pakistani banks. A group of IT experts from the fostering outsized wage inflation," the first two months of the year, rate, or the share of working-age Miab revealed that Pakistani ments, which led to the finalisa- According to Miab, the Central Bank of Iran is due to go said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief as well as deterioration in the trade Americans who officials had promised that they tion of an agreement between the SWIFT system has been put in on a trip to Pakistan to prepare economist at TD Securities in New balance. are employed or at least look- would give the go-ahead as soon two sides. Articles of the agree- place and now Iran and Pakistan the groundwork for sorting out York. Those reports prompted econ- ing for a job, rose a tenth of a per- as they received a request from ment are being applied, including will use their national systems to technical details. “Four Pakistani The Fed also appears to be omists to slash their first-quarter centage point to a two-year high Bank Melli. He told Irna that in the opening of Iranian central bank support bank credit cards, enabling banks are also eager to open more focused on international de- GDP growth estimates to as low of 63 percent in March. the wake of implementation of a accounts in the State Bank of Pa- citizens of both countries to use branches in Iran,” he said.

GCC stock markets were mixed on 100 million pound ($144 million) tory said it had Wednesday as money flowed into deal to become an anchor partner raised the maxi- bourses in the United Arab Emir- in a central London property de- mum foreign own- ates but many markets dropped in velopment. It said this would re- ership percentage shrinking volumes, suggesting flect positively on its financial re- for its shares to 49 some investors were pulling out. sults in the first or second quar- percent of capital. The Saudi index rose 0.6 per- ters of this year, but did not elab- Egypt’s index cent to 6,216 points, but falling orate. fell 1.1 percent as trading volume indicated that after Shuaa Capital, the most heavi- real estate firm Ta- the bourse jumped earlier this ly traded stock, jumped its 15 per- laat Mostafa month in response to the rebound cent daily limit. It has been re- dropped 3.7 per- of oil prices to near $40 a barrel, bounding from a record low hit cent after declaring some investors believe the uptrend earlier this year and has seen un- cash dividends is ending. usually heavy volumes this week. worth a combined Much of the index’s gain was Abu Dhabi’s index gained 1.8 0.145 Egyptian due to heavyweight Saudi Basic percent as Abu Dhabi National pound per share. Industries, which rose 1.7 percent. Energy (TAQA), the most active But Telecom Hospital operator Middle East stock, jumped 12.2 percent before Egypt jumped 4.5 Healthcare, which listed on Tues- the release of its fourth-quarter percent after a day, jumped its 10 percent daily earnings, expected early on Thurs- ministry of com- limit for a second straight day. day. One market source said an Abu m u n i c a t i o n s Many Saudi stocks are priced Dhabi institutional investor was source told Reu- cheaply in their initial public of- buying the stock actively. ters that Vodafone fers and rise by their daily limits Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Egypt owed Tele- for several days after listing. rose 2.7 percent to 6.57 dirhams com Egypt 4.5 bil- Elsewhere, Dubai’s index after Citigroup raised its target lion Egyptian climbed 1.5 percent to 3,325 price for the stock to 8.2 dirhams pounds ($506.8 points, bouncing from near tech- from 7.5 dirhams. Qatar edged million) in deferred nical support on its mid-March down 0.04 percent as Gulf Ware- profit payments low of 3,253 points. housing retreated 2.3 percent, af- payment would be GFH Financial rose 3.0 per- ter soaring last week when the made in two in- cent after saying it had signed a Qatar Central Securities Deposi- stallments. SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Fashion mogul accuses designers of SRK, Anushka ‘enslaving women’with Islamic styles Sharma to star in Imtiaz Ali’s next

reat news for SRK and named. The main crux of the film Anushka fans! The popu will revolve around his character’s lar on screen pairing is set interactions with people there and tGo return for the third time in his adventurous return to his Imtiaz Ali’s next film, reports Pink homeland. Villa. It’s settled! Anushka Sharma Virat Kohli defends Anushka joins Salman Khan in Sultan Sharma against Twitter trolls The shooting will carry out in It was already known that London and Punjab reportedly. Imtiaz had roped in Shah Rukh for While this will be Anushka’s his film, and now reports suggest first film with Imtiaz, it’s her third that Anushka will be starring op- with SRK — after Rab Ne Bana posite the megastar. It is said that Di Jodi and Jab Tak Hai Jaan. she loves the role and is keen to do Shah Rukh Khan is currently it. busy shooting Raees and Gauri King Khan will be playing a Shinde’s next film while Anushka turbaned Sikh tourist in London in is busy with Ae Dil Hai Mushkil PARIS: Former fashion mogul ers are there to make women more Her office later told AFP she "Renounce the money and varyingly "modest" collections to the comedy film which is yet to be and other commitments. Pierre Berge lashed out on Wednes- beautiful, to give them their free- had not intended to cause offence have some principles," he declared, coincide with the holy Muslim day at designers creating Islamic dom, not to collaborate with this but was referring to an abolitionist lashing the new fashion for "mod- month of Ramadan, picking up on clothing and headscarves, accusing dictatorship which imposes this tract by the French philosopher est" Muslim-friendly lines. the success of a small DKNY line them of taking part in the "enslave- abominable thing by which we hide Montesquieu, "De l'esclavage des The Swedish giant H&M fol- the previous year. But Berge, 85, Mein Sitara: Serial on ment of women". women and make them live a hid- nègres" ("On the Enslavement of lowed their lead, using a veiled who ran the Yves Saint Laurent The French businessman, part- den life." Negroes"). Muslim women in its advertising fashion house for four decades, Lollywood's golden era a dark ner of the late fashion legend Yves "Renounce the money and Earlier this year Dolce & Gab- campaign, with the Japanese brand decried their "opportunism". Saint Laurent, took aim at the wave have some principles," he declared, bana became the first major west- Uniqlo earlier this month announc- "These creators who are taking horse among Pakistani dramas of big fashion chains that have fol- lashing the new fashion for "mod- ern brand to openly aim at captur- ing it would begin selling hijabs in part in the enslavement of women lowed the Italian designers Dolce est" Muslim-friendly lines. ing a corner of the Islamic fashion its London stores. The British should ask themselves some ques- & Gabbana in catering specifically His comments came as the market - estimated to be worth brand Marks & Spencer has also tions,” he added. to the Muslim market. French families minister, Laurence $260 billion - with its Abaya range. put its toe in the water, marketing "I am scandalised," he told Rossignol, sparked outrage on so- It included 14 abayas or an- full-body "burqini" swimming "In one way they are complic- Europe 1 French radio. cial media as she compared wom- kle-length dresses, which it costumes in its online store. Last it, and all this to make make mon- "Creators should have nothing en who followed this trend with matched with embroidered head- year Zara, Tommy Hilfiger, Oscar ey. Principles should come before to do with Islamic fashion. Design- "negroes who supported slavery". scarves and hijabs. de la Renta and Mango all launched money," Berge argued. Has Kareena Kung Fu Panda 3 review:It’s bear-ly funny Kapoor let is decidedly lightweight compared to the first two films in the series. her fans Meanwhile our unlikely hero is reunited with his long-lost biolog- ical father (Cranston). Embarking down in new on a quest of self-discovery, Po trains an army of fellow dumpling- film Ki &Ka? obsessed fighter bears. With its colourful landscapes and karate moves, it’s a treat for Originally titled NigarKhana the dead of the night while Soraya the kids but will likely prove a lit- (meaning studio), Mein Sitara is is left behind watching Mughal e tle wearying for their adult com- set in Lollywood’s golden era. The Azam. panions. Watch: Kung Fu Panda 3 TV drama follows the fortunes of In any other drama, we would trailer is heart-warmingly hilarious characters from the mid-sixties and then see a tale of abject misery in In terms of story line and humour their tremulous journey till the turn which the servant girl is beaten and …Panda 3 is decidedly lightweight of this century. tortured — or worse — for her compared to the first two films in A rather interesting aspect of parent’s sins. The surprising twist the series. The emotional compo- its plot is how the storyline draws in Mein Sitara however, is that al- nent, which arrives when Po dis- parallels to the ‘revived’ Pakistani though Farhad is naturally angry covers the truth about his long- film industry of today. Written by and interrogates Soraya, she is pit- dead mother, is glossed over in acclaimed scriptwriter Faiza Ift- ied more than blamed, and even favour of incessant pratfalls and ikhar and directed by Seema Tahir taken under Jharna Begum’s wing. slapstick shenanigans. Watch the Khan, Mein Sitara provides a fas- So begins Soraya’s long jour- trailer here Many of the returning cinating insight into all those fa- ney from being a maid to becom- characters, such as the diminutive miliar faces we think we know as ing a star. Here lies Mein Sitara’s Though Ki & Ka isn't exactly mentor (Dustin Hoffman), the ti- well as our family, simply because greatest strength – despite the pro- Kareena Kapoor's comeback it's gress (Angelina Jolie) and the adop- we see them on our screens every tagonist’s involvement in the ‘big, This time around, the furry critter (voiced once again by funnyman Black) tive father goose (James Hong), are definitely a departure from the safe must hone his martial arts skills to vanquish an enemy from the spirit world. other day . bad’ world of the film industry, the roles she's accepted in the recent given little to do and come across Once you’re past your prime, audience is not asked to judge them. past, like her brief appearance in as ciphers. you’re nobody: Bahar Begum Instead, each character is written Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Po, the portly panda protagonist, funnyman Black) must hone his Whiplash Oscar-winner JK Sim- New characters like the flirta- The story begins with Jharna as an individual with all the human So critics and fans have one is back for another bout of kung- martial arts skills to vanquish an mons) who steals the chi (life force, tious ribbon dancer (Kate Hudson) Begum (Aisha Gul) who is famous frailties, desires, and dreams. question on their minds after the fu related antics in this third in- enemy from the spirit world. Read for those not familiar with the fare marginally better. for her beautiful voice but at the Too many of our serials make film opened: will Ki & Ka make stalment (after the 2008 and 2011 other movie reviews here Chinese lexicon) of legendary war- This could be it; we doubt view- peak of her career stepped down crude, simplistic distinctions be- Kareena cool again? editions) of the action-oriented The jeopardy now comes riors in order to wreak vengeance ers will want to be subjected to and married Farhad Sethi (Mikaal tween ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people to Her fans, for starters, seemed franchise. This time around, the from a megalomaniacal yak on panda-kind. In terms of story the further exploits of …Panda Zulfikaar), an actor and TV pro- comfort the audience’s prejudices to love her performance: furry critter (voiced once again by (dubbed in fearsome tones by the line and humour Kung Fu Panda 3 any time soon. ducer. Farhad is very ambitious instead of writing authentically. So do these celebs: and wants to make movies. Jharna Thus, Mein Sitara gives a refresh- Critics are more cautious in on the other hand, is heavily preg- ing insight to the human psyche. their praise: nant with their third child and tired According to the writer, Faiza Some say that the lack of chem- Why Charlize Theron was Furiosa at Tom Hardy on Mad Max of her ‘filmy’ lifestyle – she just Iftikhar, the characters are not istry between Kareena and Arjun wants to catch up on family life based on any particular person but is quite the downer: It’s a known fact that Charlize that he had good experiences. she has missed while she pursued on the composites of many Indian According to Indian Express' Theron and Tom Hardy weren’t She added that maybe the her career. Won’t marry Imran and Pakistani film stars. Even in Shubhra Gupta, "...Kareena’s char- too fond of each other while they movie is what it is because they Khan because he’s as old as my the first two episodes, we catch acter is spot on. She plays it fa- were filming for Mad Max: Fury struggled so much with each other father: Meera So far, the story re- reflections of many Bollywood miliar but is svelte and lively Road and now, the Oscar winner and those characters had to volves around the inevitable fric- and Lollywood celebrities. enough." but points out that has opened up further on her is- struggle so much with each other. tion building up between a couple For example, similar to Sor- "Arjun and Kareena give off pre- sues with the British actor. The “Maybe the movie is what it with competing priorities. Thrown aya, film star Rani’s father was a cious little steam, despite all the 40-year-old actor spent nine is because we struggled so much into the mix is a little girl called driver and she was adopted by sing- canoodling on display." months making the hit film and her with each other, and those charac- Soraya, who is obsessed with er Mukhtar Begum. Also, the dys- NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee also relationship with Hardy did not ters had to struggle so much with movies and dancing. The daughter functional married couple motif has notes the lack of chemistry: "The run smoothly, reports each other. If we were chum-chum, of a good for nothing drug addict been played out many times off two leads smooch a great deal and News.com.au. Mad Max review: maybe the movie would have been and a maid, Soraya finds a friend screen, by couples like Amitabh are pretty active between the Bold and izarre, this film is pulse- 10 times worse.” The Monster star in Jharna when her family is hired and Jaya Bachchan or Guru and sheets. But somehow, owing to the pounding fun In an interview, has spoken about her onset clashes to help the heavily pregnant star. Geeta Dutt. This serial has two lack of chemistry between Arjun Theron said that from what she with Hardy previously as well. When her parents decides to seasons, so many more recognis- and Kareena, they do not set the hears, Hardy is not like that on George Miller, director of Mad relationship between Theron and other, they’re trying to kill each steal from the disorganised Sethi able figures will inevitably come screen on fire." every movie, adding that he hears Max: Fury Road spoke about the Hardy, “When they first meet each other. family, they are forced to leave in to the fore. Filmfare's Rachit Gupta chimed in with the same: "Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan look like they're giving it their best shot. He's striking a fine balance Sicario 2 is on! Emily Blunt, Josh And the controversy continues… between being intense and charm- ing. She's looking absolutely gor- officer is patently illegal, as no geous and even managing streaks Brolin, Benicio Del Toro returning woman can ever be called to the of brilliance in acting. They don't police station to record their state- ever convince you of being a great er .com. Sicario review: One of the ments as per the provisions of law,” couple." best movies of the year “We’re in Ranaut’s advocate Rizwan Sid- Hindustan Times' Rohit Vas full development with the studio. diquee said in a statement on Thurs- holds that Kareena may have been I just got a draft and we’re really day. According to media reports, let down by the script: excited,” Smith said. Sicario 2 will Mumbai police’s cybercrime police "Kareena Kapoor’s best comes be written by Taylor Sheridan, the station summoned Ranaut and her out in the scene where she delivers writer of the first film. Confirming sister, following Roshan’s FIR. The a long monologue on being manipu- the returning cast, Luckinbill said: summons said that both have to ap- lative. Only if the dialogues could “We can’t reveal the plot, but pear before the police and record have been as natural as her." you’ll see (Blunt, Del Toro and their statements within a week. The Times of India's Meena Iyer Brolin) all come back. You have controversy between the two ac- agrees: "Kareena is terrific, Arjun, such a great character with Beni- tors – who are rumoured to have endearing. But Balki's writing is cio, who was as dark as he was dated in the past – took another ugly inconsistent. " and still so loved. turn after they slapped legal notic- Huffington Post India's That character resonates so well MUMBAI: Responding to re- lice station to record statements, es against each other last month. Suprateek Chatterjee didn't let with audiences. People want to ports of Kangana Ranaut and her as per Indian law. “No police of- Several reports also suggest that the Kareena off the hook: know what happened to him, so sister being summoned on account ficer can summon my client or her cyber police station recently regis- "Kareena is somewhat more Actors Emily Blunt, Benicio Del confirmed. The film’s producers - it’s a perfect foray for us to ex- of a complaint issued by Hrithik sister to any police station to tered an FIR against an unknown bearable to watch, even though she Toro and Josh Brolin will reprise Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and plore.” However, Luckinbill, said Roshan, the former’s lawyer has record their statement as a witness person for allegedly impersonating seems to be channeling an older, their roles in the upcoming sequel Thad Luckinbill - have confirmed Denis Villeneuve, who directed the claimed that the summons is pa- under Section 160 of CRPC. The Roshan through a fake email ID and more cynical version of her char- to the 2015 film Sicario, the pro- that a sequel is in “full develop- first instalment, was not yet at- tently illegal. According to him, no witness summons sent to my cli- using it to chat with the actor’s fans acter from Jab We Met (2007)." ducers of the crime-thriller have ment”, reports hollywood report- tached to return. woman can be called in to the po- ent and her sister by the police (referring to Kangana). SUNDAY . APRIL 03, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Shahid Afridi’s only fault

IAMI: In-form Victoria Azarenka battled past an ailing but determined Angelique Kerber yesterday to set up a Miami Open final showdown against Svetlana Kuznetsova. With the 6-2, 7-5 victory, the 13th-seeded Belarusian gained re- venge for a quarter-final loss to the second-seeded German at the Aus- tralian Open, her only defeat of the season, but had to fight tooth and nail to earn it in a 94-minute tussle. Kerber, who had her upper left leg covered in heavy strapping, looked dead and buried on several occasions in the second set but was able to stay alive with a gutsy t’s Afridi’s fault. But not how the swashbuckling batsman to slay break when Azarenka served for you think. his demon of inconsistency. If the match at 5-4. A large chunk of the T20 captain’s there was a proper system in Miami Open: Djoka refuses to fan, observers and critics blame his place, someone would have helped be held back countless appearances in adver- him control the urge to hit every Parity was short-lived, how- tisements. But really are his over- bowler out of the park from the ever, as Kerber handed back the acted commercials for everything word go. Even if we imagine that break in the next game and from shampoo to chewing gum the without his uncontrolled hitting Azarenka did not waste another problem? Can’t be. That can’t be sprees, Shahid would not have opportunity and sealed the deal to Shahid Afridi’s biggest fault. been this famous; someone could move within a win from a third Where does that leave us? The have just helped him become bet- Miami title and second straight second, and more judicious, school ter at hitting the short ball into the tournament triumph. of thought targets our favourite on- stands rather than making the cam- “I am very happy I stayed re- field hit-man for failing time and eramen play ‘find the ball’ as he ally strong in the end and actually again to play “sensible” cricket. skied them. started really well,” Azarenka, who But wait, isn’t Chris Gayle Current and former teammates beat Serena Williams to claim the also carved out of the same rock? reiterate that Shahid never listened Indian Wells title on March 20, said Both players are often given the to anyone when he was in the mid- in a courtside interview. “I started tremendous burden of leading their dle. They believe he was inherent- to dictate [early] and I think the teams single-handedly past the fin- ly programmed to ignore the re- beginning was really important.” ishing line. We hail the West Indi- peated instructions of his fellows Miami Open: Murray wins, an giant’s cricketing grandeur but to not go after the bowler; but, then Nadal exits after health scare still feel comfortable peddling an again, why should he listen to any- Next up for the 26-year-old is Russian held off a strong challenge Bacsinszky to win 7-5, 6-3 in the happy that I could hang in there Kuznetsova, who won the Miami from Switzerland’s Timea searing afternoon heat. “I am and never let my hands down,” title in 2006, said courtside. argument that our very own hero one? Did they score the fastest Kuznetsova in the final, after the never played sensibly – quite dia- century on their debut? He did. He bolical. never learned the art from anyone; Loved by Indian crowds more thus, no one was in the right posi- than ones back home, says Afridi tion to tell him what to do. The Another group scorns Shahid best possible way to handle a Eric Dier says Tottenham now have for his outspoken nature. Can you boundary-greedy batsman should really blame the guy? Maybe his have been to tell him to go out and approach has roots in his Pashtun play his natural game but here’s ambitions of winning Premier League title upbringing. The “not a penny the twist: during trainings and con- more, not a penny less” approach ditioning camps, his natural game is a trademark characteristic for should have been improved with Pashtuns. One can argue that Sha- the help of special techniques. hid is not only programmed to be- If I had debuted in 2006, I have the way he does, but does so wouldn’t have lasted 20 years: with pride. Afridi Others claim Shahid is a “use- One fine example is the intro- less” captain and a “confused” duction of ear plugs. The world cricketer whose decision-making saw a different Shahid when he skills start flailing when the scene drowned the crowd out and fo- presents a pressure situation. Nay- cused on his batting during the five- sayers assert he is driven by emo- match ODI series against New tions and quote the locution which Zealand in October 2014. Pakistan proclaims that Pashtuns are the lost the series 3-2 even after being Westra masters of this trait. If that is so, 2-1 up at one point but what was warriors have been historically different was Shahid’s consisten- lured into battles larger than life cy. He scored 51 off 61 balls in the snatches win using persuasion through emo- first ODI, 27 off 14 in second, 55 tions. Plato, in fact, refers to war- off 26 in third, 49 off 25 in the in Belgium riors as the “spirit and courage of fourth and 13 off 9 balls in the fifth society” in his masterpiece The match. One might undoubtedly call Lieuwe Westra snatched overall Republic. This makes Shahid a it the most consistent performance victory from Alexander Kristoff in combatant in the battlefield with in a series from Shahid in two de- the final stage of the Three Days bats and balls as weapons. cades as he had an average of 41.00 of De Panne race in Belgium. Afridi issues clarification for – the highest for him in any five- Katusha rider Kristoff lead the ‘loved more in India than Pakistan’ match series he has ever played. general classification heading into statement the final 14.2km time trial on One statistically flagrant group Prima facie the Pakistani do- Thursday but could not hold off says a player like Shahid wouldn’t mestic structure or even the man- the 33 year-old Dutchman, who have survived in any other coun- agement of the national team nev- finished 25 seconds quicker than try’s cricket structure with such er provides individual attention to the defending champion. performances and numbers. Per- players, and Shahid was one of the The final stage was won by haps, they failed to recall the roar many players who demanded that. Polish racer Maciej Bodnar of the crowd when he walks out If Pakistan need to rise from the (Tinkoff), who beat Tony Martin onto the pitch, even after 19 years ashes of their recent limited-overs (Etixx-QuickStep) and Tom Bohli of “failing the team and the sup- debacle, they need to start invest- Eric Dier says Tottenham have come," he said in an exclusive in- play for England Dier says he al- Dier told Soccer Saturday that Tot- (BMC Racing) by a hundredth of porters”. If he ever played for ing in individuals. The world has adjusted their ambitions and have terview with Soccer Saturday. "It's ways wanted to play for England tenham have now set their sights a second. now set their sights on winning the the first of seven finals. We're look- Dier scored his first interna- on winning the Premier League Marcel Kittel won the road Premier League this season. ing forward to it and we'll go game- tional goal last weekend, heading "We spoke a little bit about it, race stage earlier in the day Spurs are five points behind by-game, like we have all season. home the winner for England in but not too much to be honest," he Marcel Kittel won the road Leicester with seven games to play It's going to be a very tough match Germany, during his fourth ap- added. "We had some jokes about race stage earlier in the day and will begin their assault on win- and great match for the neutral pearance for his country. He was it. It was all light-hearted and a bit Aarlier in the day, Marcel ning the club's first top-flight title fans. "If you'd said to us at the joined in the squad by Spurs team- of fun. We just spoke about how Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step) avoided since 1961 with a trip to Liver- beginning of the season you'd fin- mates Harry Kane, Danny Rose, they were doing, how we were a late crash to take the third stage pool on Saturday Night Football. ish second in the Premier League, I Kyle Walker and Dele Alli - as well doing, what they were feeling like of the race, ahead of Kristoff and Dier admits second place think everyone would be very as Leicester duo Jamie Vardy and and how we were feeling. It was Bora-Argon 18's Phil Bauhaus. would have been seen as a success happy. "But now with the situa- Danny Drinkwater. And he admit- just normal causal conversation Kittel, who was narrowly at the start of the season, but Mau- tion we're in, we are an ambitious ted the players couldn't help but about it. Nothing too serious. "It's beaten by Team Sky rider Elia ricio Pochettino and the players group, with an ambitious manag- discuss the excitement of their Pre- a very exciting title race. The fans Viviani in the 211.1km second are now aiming higher. Bet now£10 er, and we want to do as well as mier League title battle. Eric Dier that don't support Tottenham, Le- stage of the race yesterday, made completely free "There have al- we can. "If that's finishing first then told Soccer Saturday that Totten- icester, Arsenal or Man City, no mistake after a large section of ready been some big weekends and that's what we are going to go for." ham have now set their sights on they're enjoying it because it's a the peloton was taken out heading there will be big weekends to Dier says he always wanted to winning the Premier League Eric different title race to the norm. into the final straight. Alex H a m m o n d b lo g : Callum Sm ith vs Hadillah Mohoum adi: Fa ir y ho u se r eflect io n s a n d Preview of the w orld title elim inator numbers then instead of hitting a moved 20 years forward, but Sha- a guide to the Lincoln lower full-toss into the hands of hid is still the teenager who scored the deep midwicket fielder on 49, a quick-fire ton. Give him five more he would have steered it for a sin- years and he will still play like he gle against Bangladesh in Paki- always does because the cricket stan’s 2016 World T20 campaign board never invested in him to aug- opener. ment his ability to destroy bowl- So, what is Shahid’s actual ing attacks. fault? The answer is simple: he was We didn’t force Afridi to an- born in Pakistan, a country which nounce his retirement after World has failed to invest efficiently in T20: Shaharyar The story of Sha- its domestic structure. hid’s ‘failure’ is not that of a fallen Batsmen must play responsi- hero; instead it is the rhetoric of a bly in World T20: Afridi systemic collapse. The cricket The word is that Pakistan has board is looking at yet another always been rich in raw talent. overhaul. A new coach and man- Pakistan cricket legends never came agement might come and tell the through a proper domestic struc- players to do something different ture where their abilities were pol- as a unit. Its high time we realise ished to make them world beaters. that one stick cannot be used to Likewise, when Shahid made his regulate all individuals. Each crick- Alex Hammond reflects on Kerry has really shaped up and when he international debut, he didn’t have eter demands a different regiment Lee's Fairyhouse success and looks returns to the all-weather next win- much experience with the bat or of training: some might need work ahead to Doncaster's high-profile ter he'll be the one to beat. As for Your one-stop preview of Callum 1-36/1 Bet now£10 completely free centive doesn't get much bigger. the ball – after all, a 16-year-old on their concentration, others meeting on Saturday. the performance that caught my Smith's WBC world super-middle- Mohoumadi, who took IBF Mohoumadi is well prepared with barely knows what he is going to might need counseling and some Was there any performance eye with a view to the coming weight title eliminator against world champion James DeGale the plenty of people with him. Callum do during the day. might even be fighting anxiety. that caught your eye - in victory months, I tipped up Ballynanty Hadillah Mohoumadi in Liverpool. distance in 2012 and has since is prepared for a tough fight and Since the day a young Shahid It is important that we stop or defeat - on All-Weather Cham- in the Marathon and he wasn't dis- Callum Smith has been her- strung together six straight victo- that's what we expect on the night. scored a 37-ball ton on his debut, blaming Shahid for being the Afri- pionships Finals Day at Lingfield graced by any means in finishing alded as British boxing's brightest ries - including five knockouts - is In my book, Callum is more he was laden with a responsibility di that we have come to know and that made you think the horse will third. young thing and he now finds him- expected to provide Smith with the than ready to go in against Badou to repeat those heroics whenever start blaming the system which, in be worth following during the turf Andrew Balding holds the grey self just one step away from a shot toughest opposition of his fledg- Jack if he comes through Saturday's he wielded the willow. Shahid was 20 years, could not condition a season? It was fabulous to see in some regard and his performanc- at WBC world champion Badou ling career. It's a tough test. It's the test against Hadillah Mohoumadi. not up for it and why should he player to perform consistently. We Grendisar confirm himself as the es over the winter have given us Jack. European title and I'm looking for- Then, a possible future fight with be? No one ever told him he could need to stop asking Shahid why leading middle-distance horse with hope for this turf season and he Last time out, the Liverpudlian ward to becoming European cham- George Groves would be even big- or should do that. He was just a he didn’t do this or that and start his win in the Easter Classic to cap can only improve over Friday's blasted aside Rocky Fielding in a pion but it's also a final eliminator. ger. kid who walked in that day and hit asking the concerned authorities off a magnificent winter for Mar- two mile trip and further. single round to snatch the British I believe I can become world cham- Would I go for the potential of everything out of the park. that why didn’t we make more co Botti's six-year-old. The winner, Moonrise Land- title - and Hadillah Mohoumadi's pion. It was a very good training an unbeaten Smith or an experi- I’m not fit to be Pakistan skip- Afridis, Abdul Razzaqs and Azhar He has really fallen in love ing, is smart and Balding has the European crown is an extra incen- camp and sparring. I respect enced but past-his-best Groves? I per: Afridi Mahmoods in an age where the T20 with Lingfield and seems to have Chester Cup as one of Ballynan- tive here. SmithvMohoumadi Liverpool and my prediction is a think I'll put my neck on the line If Pakistan had a proper leash- mind-set is dominating ODIs and found an extra leg this winter. He ty's early-season targets. Callum Smith To Win In Rounds good fight for the people. The in- and say Smith would win. ing system, it could have helped even Tests. SUNDAY . APRIL 03. 2016-Hamal 15, 1395 H.S Vol:X Issue No:243 Price: Afs.15

SHARAN : Hundreds of children issue with Afghan officials but of Barmal district in southeastern nothing could be practically Paktika province are still attend- done.“All education materials in ing Pakistani schools across the schools across the border are in border, residents said on Saturday. Pashto language, the curriculum is Mirajan Wazir, a resident of the Pakistani. Pakistani officials who district, told Pajhwok Afghan attend important meetings at these AT News Report News around 700 students from schools promise Afghan children KABUL: Ministry of Public Barmal district attended Pakistani of providing them all education Works has signed two construc- schools. He said people were send- facilities,” he said. A number of tion agreements with private com- ing their children to Pakistani other residents of the district held panies to build a bridge in Baghlan schools because the Afghan gov- similar views. Barmal district edu- province and a ring road 15 kilo- ernment was not providing educa- cation officer, Mohammad Hanif, meter long in Jawzjan. “The min- tion facilities to them. confirmed more than 600 local chil- istry has signed contract of 15 ki- Wazir said local officials, who dren were attending Pakistani lometer long ring road which will visited Barmal district last year, schools. “I have already shared the be constructed in Sheberghan city had promised to build schools in issue with the education depart- of Jawzjan province. According border areas to prevent children ment. I opened schools in border to the second contract a bridge from attending Pakistani schools, areas for our children, but the edu- will be constructed in Fring dis- but their promises were yet to be cation department did not deploy trict of Baghlan province,” said honoured. teachers there,” he said. He said Minister of Public Works Mah- “We are happy that our chil- children from Barmal district at- mood Baleegh. Speaking at a dren are learning. Pakistan has pro- tending Pakistani schools were press conference here he said that construction of the road will take ince within five months at a total pleasure over announcement of the He also asked the companies to vided this facility to our children learning Pakistan education curric- the ring road will be constructed four months. He said that con- cost of Afs16 million. By construc- projects in Baghlan and Jawzjan hire local people to complete the while our own government just ulum and wore their special uni- at a total cost of Afs1.165 billion. struction of this road would solve tion of this bridge 5,000 people provinces, member of the Wolesi projects without any let or hin- makes promises and do nothing in form. International and national stan- the congestion and traffic jam prob- will be provided transportation fa- Jirga, Obaidullah Ramin, urged the drance. practical,” he said. He said stu- Provincial education director, dards would be followed to en- lems in the city of Sheberghan. cilities,” he elaborated. He asked construction firms to complete The deputy chief of Chicago Con- dents attending Pakistani schools Kochai Zazai, also confirmed the sure high quality of the project. “Transport trucks will use this the construction firms to imple- construction of the ring road and struction Company, Saifur Rah- were learning all about Pakistan and issue and said they had provided The construction projects will be road. The bridge will be construct- ment the projects according to the the bridge according to the dead- man, pledged to complete the ring they sang the national anthem of all education facilities to Barmal funded by the government. The ed over Fring road in Baghlan prov- agreements on time. Voicing his line mentioned in the agreements. road project on time. that country. Hashim Khan, a tribal children, but the children volun- elder, also said they had shared the tary chose Pakistani schools. 4 KIDNAPPERS DETAINED IN NANGARHAR Afghan spokesmanHazrat Hussain handicrafts on OPERATION, POLICE CLAIM Mashraqiwal told Pajhwok Afghan News the kidnappers were de- display in Saudi tained during an operation in Surkhrod district. The operation Arabia was jointly conducted on Friday KABUL : Different kinds of night by police and special forces Afghan handicrafts have been in the ShiekhMisri area of the dis- put on display at a cultural ex- trict, he said. “Thedetainees kid- hibition involving 60 countries napped people from Jalalabad and in Medina city of Saudi Arabia. KUNDUZ CITY : Joblessness, from the Kunduz University have He said the government was work- areas on the outskirts of the pro- The five-day cultural expo or- vincial capital and shifted them to ganized at the Islamic Universi- poverty and government’s inatten- joined Taliban militants,” he said, ing to provide jobs to people. unknown locations,” Mashraqiw- ty is being participated by stu- tion has left the youth in northeast- adding three of the youth joining “There is no doubt that the graph al added. He did not provide de- dents from 60 countries. The ern Kunduz province with no op- rebels were now commanders. Hot- of joblessness has increased, but tails about the identities of the de- students have put on display tion but to join the militancy, offi- tak continued the three commanders the Ministry of Labour and Social tainees, saying they were under their country’s cultural objects cials said on Saturday. Abdul Ghafor were currently operating in Dasht-i- Affairs is trying to provide jobs to investigation.About two weeks at the exhibition, Afghan stu- Hottak, youth affairs director at the Archi district, expressing his concern people, particularly to the educat- back, the father of the Chief Jus- dents’ association chairman, Information and Culture Depart- that more youth could join militan- ed ones,” he said. Zarghon Mul- tice was kidnapped from Jalalabad Sheikh Wazir Gul, told Pajhwok ment, said hundreds of educated cy if the government paid no atten- zim, editor in chief of Kunduz and transferred to an unknown lo- Afghan News. Up to 160 Af- youth despite efforts had been un- tion to creating job opportunities. Gazette and a civil society activ- cation. But he was rescued during ghan students were taking part able to get jobs in government of- However, provincial Labour and So- ist, said the youth were asset of a an operation. Haji Yasin, a shop- in the expo, he said, adding Af- fices because they had no connec- cial Affairs Director, Mohammad Za- country, who could lead a state in keeper in Jalalabad, said people JALALABAD : A group of four ern Nangarhar province, security ghan diplomats had also been tions there. “A majority of these hir Azimi, said he was unaware if the future, but the Afghan government were concerned about the increas- invited to the show. young men with bachelor’s degrees jobless youth had joined the Taliban. had ignored them. kidnappers has been busted in east- officials said on Saturday. Police ing kidnapping cases.