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AT News Report KABUL: Officials in the independent election commission say that 11,000 voting centers AT News Report the army is very cautious about had been allocated for women civilian lives in the airstrikes. voters, but 1,450 of the centers KABUL: The human rights and Mohammad Rahim, a resident of lack female workers. Mohammad justice entities call on the war Wardak province said HanifDaneshyar, a member of the parties to pay serious attention Wednesday that his wife and kid commission, said on Wednesday to the civilian lives, saying that were injured in an army shootout that these centers are in 21 increasing in civilian casualties is There was no fighting. The army provinces, but did not identify a matter of great concern. But soldiers abruptly opened fire. A the provinces. Daneshyar said the ministry of defense says that bullet struck... that the...

AT News Report calling on Taliban to hold talks with a crime. Hamid Karzai, who emphasized on peace ahead their fellowAfghans. He stated Mohammad Esmael Khan, of election. “It is our obligation as KABUL: Former President, these remarks on Wednesday in a Mohammad YounusQanooni, politicians to put an end to this Hamid Karzai, said that the large gathering of political leaders, Atta Noor, Sayed Hamed Gilani war,” Karzai said, adding that ongoing war in Afghanistan had who unanimously said that and Sayed MansoorNaderi, were Taliban should hold talks with been imposed by foreigners, election would pave the ground for among tens of political figures, their fellow...

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KABUL: The NATOSenior KABUL: Talking at the United KABUL: The north of AT News Report Civilian Representative for Nations General Assembly on Afghanistan might transform into Afghanistan, Nicholas Kay has Tuesday in New York, US a new springboard for KABUL: An Afghan journalist once again announcedallies’ fully President Donald Trump once international terrorist died in hospital on Wednesday of support to the Afghan National again emphasized the US has organizations, and so the country wounds suffered from a planted Defense and Security Forces. never been fan of “Endless War” needs help from abroad to bomb blast that also killed four In a video clip at his twitter and that it seeks a “brilliantfuture” prevent the threats, Russian other civilians, including a child page, Kay said that he visited for Afghanistan. Trump said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in PD 14 of Kandahar city, NATO headquarters as his regular thatelimination of terrorism and said on Wednesday in his address officials said Wednesday. visit to consult ... “turning peace ... to the United... Afghanistan... THURSDAY . SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES IECFullyPreparedFor Election:Nuristani

The Independent Election security officials, said biometric that only votes verified by the remaining will be completed Commission, IEC, is fully devices and their servers have also biometric identification will be by Friday. “The transfer of prepared for the election on been prepared. She said that counted on the election day. “I election materials began a month September 28 now that all women’s photos on election day assure you that the Election ago and we completed this process employees have been hired and are a must, referring to the solution Commission is fully prepared to based on the schedule,” head of trained and election materials are recently provided for those women hold the presidential election. All the Election Commission’s being distributed, the head of the who do not want to submit to the required tasks have been secretariat, Habib-Ur-Rahman commission, Hawa Alam photographs for a biometric accomplished,” she said. IEC Nang said. According to IEC Nuristani, said. identity check. A woman who does officials said that election figures, 431 out of 5,373 centers Nuristani, who addressed a not want to be photographed may materials have been transferred will be closed on the election day news conference alongside bring a picture. Nuristani stressed to 187 provinces out of 375 and due to security issues. The Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Energy and Water (PCU/MoEW)intends to award the contract,GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND 16 TEST WELLS (BASELINE SURVEY, DRILLING, INSTALING OF CASINGS, COMPRESSOR TEST, PUMPING TEST) MEW Karzai says Afghan electio n threaten s peace (FARAH),under the contract No, MEW/ IRDP/ HQ/ IFB/ MIS/ W-56withM/ S Waheed Naweed Construction Co. Address:Cheknowri-Bazar, Kabul and Jalabad Main Road, ...P12 government who had been been killed since 2001, when a be allowed to stay,” he said. Besides threats from the Taliban, Jalalabad City, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, licenseNo.D-02-1030in the amount of shut out of negotiations. U.S.-led coalition drove from Holding elections is a gamble, many supporters of candidates are 15,679,800.00Afs (Fifteen million six hundred seventy nine thousand and eight Karzai also said the U.S. power Taliban leaders who with others echoing Karzai’s also heavily armed, adding to fears should bring Russia and China sheltered al-Qaida militants as warnings that a vote marred by that a deeply contested election hundred Afghanis).Bidders who want to appealfor reconsideration or have any objection, into the peace process, noting that they plotted the Sept. 11 terror violence and fraud allegations could result in violence. can submit their application within 7 days tothe Project Coordination Unit/ Ministry of Russia has had success getting the attacks. He reserved some of his could trigger a political crisis and The 2014 presidential election Energy and water (PCU/ MEW) Darul Aman Road Kabul Afghanistan from the date of Taliban and prominent Afghans harshest words for the United further disrupt chances of getting was so mired in fraud allegations announcement. to the same table. Last weekend, States, citing recent strikes that back to peace talks. that the United States decided a This notification does not constitute award of contract. The contract shall not be awarded Taliban top negotiator Mullah killed civilians. Last week, an Supporters of the election winner would not be declared and Abdul Ghani Baradar was in airstrike blamed on the U.S. killed argue that it can bestow the instead divided power between until the notice provided elapsed and complaints, if any received, is addressed in China pressing for renewed talks. 16 farmers harvesting fruit in the needed legitimacy on a new Ghani and his leading rival, compliance with appeal and review manual. “We should first come to eastern Nangarhar province. On government to claim a place at Abdullah Abdullah to form a unity peace in Afghanistan and then Monday, a raid by Afghan forces, the negotiating table. During government. Abdullah is conduct elections,” he said at his with support from U.S. air power, peace talks over the past year, challenging Ghani again this time. heavily fortified residential killed 45 members of a wedding the Taliban refused to negotiate The repercussions of a messy compound in the center of Kabul. party in the southern Helmand with the outgoing government, election could create a political “We cannot conduct elections in province. The U.S. military says which Washington cobbled crisis, said Andrew Wilder, vice a country that is going through a it is investigating last week’s together after massive fraud in the president of Asia Programs at the foreign-imposed conflict. We are attack, while the Afghan defense last presidential vote five years U.S. Institute of Peace. He also in a war of foreign objectives and ministry said forces in Helmand ago.Previous elections also were said discord could work against interests. It isn’t our conflict. We were targeting an al-Qaida cell deeply flawed, and in the run-up any chance at restarting the U.S.- are only dying in it.” operating in concert with the to Saturday’s vote, candidates led peace process with Taliban His comments put him at Taliban. Karzai, who said he spoke have alleged that Ghani is abusing insurgents, who have traveled to odds with President Ashraf with some of the victims of the his power by using government Russia, Iran and China seeking Ghani, who has pushed for Helmand attack, was furious. resources to help his campaign. support for renewed talks. elections Saturday. “The way they are killing us, Until two weeks ago, it “A deeply flawed election, Karzai said it would be better I don’t want them for a second in wasn’t certain there would be which seems quite likely, could for Ghani to stay on as president, my country, not for a second,” elections, as a peace deal between provide the justification for many without an election, until referring to about 14,000 U.S. the United States and Taliban of the losers and their supporters Afghanistan finds its way out of troops in Afghanistan. “I want the seemed imminent. In Kabul, only to join forces to protest the results, an increasingly ferocious war. whole of them gone when they a few election posters were resulting in a destabilizing political Then Afghans should approve have no regard for our life, when plastered on walls. Campaigning crisis,” Wilder said. The Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Energy and Water (PCU/MoEW)intends to award any peace deal and constitutional they have no respect for the life of began in earnest 10 days ago. “Unfortunately, just when the the contract,GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND 16 TEST WELLS (BASELINE SURVEY, changes in a traditional loyajirga, my children, when they kill our While 18 candidates for Afghan government and loyal DRILLING, INSTALING OF CASINGS, COMPRESSOR TEST, PUMPING TEST) MEW or grand council, he added. children so mercilessly.” president will be on the ballot, opposition need to be getting (KANDAHAR)under the contract No, MEW/IRDP/HQ/IFB/MIS/W-55withM/S Karzai said the killing of “The only way that the the majority are not campaigning, organized and finding consensus WaheedNaweed Construction Co. Address:Cheknowri-Bazar, Kabul and Jalabad Main Road, civilians must stop, blaming both Americans can stay in Afghanistan and some have thrown their to engage in a peace process with the Taliban and U.S. and Afghan is for them to respect our lives and support behind others, though the Taliban, the presidential Jalalabad City, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, licenseNo.D-02-1030in the amount of forces. Tens of thousands of the dignity of our lives and then none have officially withdrawn. elections could well have the 11,983,750.00Afs only (Eleven Million nine hundred eighty three thousand and seven hundred Afghan troops and civilians have ask the Afghan people if they will Security is a growing concern. opposite effect.” fifty Afghanis only).Bidders who want to appealfor reconsideration or have any objection, can submit their application within 7 days tothe Project Coordination Unit/ Ministry of Energy and water (PCU/ MEW)DarulAman Road Kabul Afghanistan from the date of announcement. Afghanistan’s election on Saturday could be bloodier than .... This notification does not constitute award of contract. The contract shall not be awarded until ...P12 Here’s why.The Taliban about the insurgents. That longer-term perspective than in the past. Election security the notice provided elapsed and complaints, if any received, is addressed in compliance with has avoided hurting voters for a But the Taliban’s incentives may have given them a reason to planning based on previous levels appeal and review manual. reason In a study published may have changed refrain from attacking civilians to of election day violence may leave in American Economic Review in Conditions in Afghanistan avoid stirring up significant civilians exposed to Taliban 2018, one of us, Andrew Shaver, have changed since then. public opposition. attacks. and his colleagues examined Combatants may no longer be But facing a potential In the 2014 election, a detailed Department of Defense trying to avoid killing civilians, agreement with the United coalition of Afghan media wartime records of the Taliban’s either collaterally or intentionally. States, this calculation likely outlets effectively boycotted violence shortly before and That’s for two reasons: changes. The Taliban may be reporting on Taliban attacks during elections between 2003 1. The Taliban may no longer more willing to harm civilians if during the second round of voting, and 2014. worry as much about the cost of it thinks that helps reach its goal. in an effort to minimize the Tracking insurgent activity harming civilians. Civilian tips During negotiations this month, Taliban’s influence on the vote. Of by the hour, the study found the may have hurt the Taliban when the Taliban reportedly intensified course, restricting reporting, even Taliban carried out an U.S.-backed Afghan government violence in an apparent effort v o l u n t a r i l y , extraordinary number of attacks forces could more readily act based to improve its negotiating involves difficulttrade-offs on election days — but that it on that information. But now, the position, in two ways. between the free flow of avoided hurting civilians in those United States has only First, doing all it can to information, on the one hand, and attacks. For instance, the Taliban about 14,000troops in the country disrupt elections can signal to national security, on the other. But tended to concentrate violence — far fewer than the U.S. negotiators that it is willing if the Taliban believes that it won’t during election days’ early roughly 100,000 it had in to destabilize the country — even get credit for destabilizing morning hours, before citizens 2010. What’s more, Afghanistan if that involves killing civilians. Afghanistan, it has one less traveled to the polls — which has suffered reductions in its own Here’s why the Taliban might incentive to attack civilians. If The Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Energy and Water (PCU/MoEW)intends to award the wasn’t the case with attacks on security forces. The Taliban may still want to negotiate with the Afghan media outlets even suggest non-election days. In other no longer fear civilian “tips” quite U.S. that it’s possible they won’t contract,Procurement of Works for Arghandab Chardeh River Bank Protection schemePanjwa-ee words, the Taliban wasn’t as much, which would enable them There’s another possibility. report on attacks in a timely way District of Kandahar Province under the contract No, MEW/PCU/QR-502/NCB/Lot-2withM/ significantly more likely to hurt to act with greater impunity With recent news coverage — whether or not they do SNational Gold Construction Company. address: Street # 1, Kart-e-4, Kabul, civilians during elections than on against civilians. focused on Afghanistan, the minimize or delay such coverage Afghanistan,,licenseNo.D-38645in the amount of 51,867,281.06 Afs (Fifty-one million and eight other days. Based on this and 2. Because a negotiated Taliban might use deadly violence — that might affect the Taliban’s hundred sixty seven thousand and two hundred eighty one point zero six Afghanis).Bidders who other evidence, they concluded settlement with the U.S. is on this highly publicized day to calculations. want to appealfor reconsideration or have any objection, can submit their application within 7 days that the Taliban tried to scare possible, the Taliban may try to increase American public Elise Burr is a graduate of tothe Project Coordination Unit/ Ministry of Energy and water (PCU/ MEW)DarulAman Road Kabul people away from voting — be more willing to harm opposition to keeping U.S. Dartmouth College and a former Afghanistan from the date of announcement. instead of harming them for doing civilians. The Taliban and the troops in Afghanistan — member of the Political Violence This notification does not constitute award of contract. The contract shall not be awarded until the notice so. United States may be closer to especially while the United Lab. provided elapsed and complaints, if any received, is addressed in compliance with appeal and review Here’s the logic they suspect reaching a settlement now than States is entering a highly Andrew Shaver manual. is behind this. Although the they have been over many years contested election season. (@AndrewCShaver) is an Taliban tried to disrupt elections, of fighting. Although the most What does this mean for assistant professor of political it also tried to avoid paying the recent negotiations ended without Afghanistan? science at the University of cost of harming civilians. a deal, the Taliban has indicated The Taliban may be using California, Merced and the Why? Separate research by that “doors [remain] open for violence to scare voters away founding director of the Political Shaver and his colleagues has negotiations” even as it pledges from the polls, but will try to Violence Lab. found evidence that when to ”continue its ‘jihad’ against avoid harming civilians on The views expressed in this i n s u r g e n t s foreign ‘occupation.’ “ election day, as in the past. But article are those of the authors and in Afghanistan and beyond harm In the past, the Taliban sought maybe not. If the Taliban’s logic do not reflect the official policy or civilians, civilians respond by to outlast international has shifted, voters may be position of the Department of informing government forces forces deployed to Afghanistan. walking into more risk of violence Defense or the U.S. government. 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The experts believe that of the citizens. and the governmental officials are historic moment of the country. objection, can submit their application within 7 days tothe Project Coordination Unit/ Ministry of Energy and water (PCU/ MEW) Darul Aman Road Kabul Afghanistan from the date of announcement. This notification does not constitute award of contract. The contract shall not be awarded until the notice provided elapsed and complaints, if any received, is addressed in compliance with appeal and DACAAR review manual. TENDER NOTICE DACAAR ITB 37 PRF 812 to 821/1713-02/VET5.3/09.2019 Date: September 25, 2019 Sealed offers are requested from qualified companies for supply of Solar Panels and Batteries for DACAAR Program in Laghman Province.

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The fourth presidential poll since the Taliban's fall in 2001 will be held amid security fears over spiralling violence. Afghans will head to the polls on candidates are running in Saturday to pick their next Saturday's election, seeking to president, even as the threat of secure a five-year term. The violence and concerns over president is both the head of electoral fraud could lead many state and the commander-in-chief to stay home. The vote, the of the Afghan armed forces. The fourth since the Taliban's removal president also appoints the from power by a United States- cabinet, which is approved by led coalition in 2001, comes as the lower house of parliament. heavy fighting between the group The national assembly consists and government forces has led to of Wolesi Jirga (House of the a spike in the number of civilians People), the 249-seat lower killed. house, and Meshrano Jirga The Taliban has already (House of Elders), the 102-seat threatened to target election rallies upper house. Wolesi Jirga, the and polling stations, while in most powerful of the houses, is A humanising and deeply moving portrait of a migrant recent weeks the US-backed responsible for passing and Afghan forces have stepped up amending legislation. Meshrano family traveling from Afghanistan is brought to the air and ground attacks, raising Jirga has an advisory role. A screen in an unusual, and striking, manner fears of further casualties. presidential candidate must Last week alone, more than secure 50 percent of the vote to n 2015, Hassan Fazili, an a home country is relegated from terrifying (vile anti-immigrant Premiere and exported”, said own family’s painful and 150 people were killed, according win outright. If, as expected, that Afghan film-maker, and his headline to the background. thugs in Bulgaria threatening to Mahdavian. It’s no small feat of vulnerable moments – grow into to Al Jazeera tally, in Taliban threshold is not crossed, a runoff family – his wife and fellow “There’s already so much punch Nargis), sometimes post-production to make phone one of Midnight Traveler’s attacks, US drone strikes and will be held between the top two film-maker Fatima Hussaini information out there in the press subdued (a pages-long list, tacked videos, with no external biggest, and most potent, themes. Afghan government raids. contenders - most likely on and their young daughters, Nargis that’s journalistic and valid; to a wall, of families waiting for microphone, both watchable In a pivotal, masterful scene (one Meanwhile, the prospects for November 23. Here's what you and Zahra – were running out of documentary films made by entry to Hungary). and audible. “The film is really that shouldn’t be spoiled), Hassan peace after almost two decades need to know about the top six time. They had fled Afghanistan outsiders who are trying to But a trove of home movies built on the editing and the recalls a particularly dramatic and of war were dealt another blow candidates. Ashraf Ghani: The for Tajikistan 14 months earlier document what’s happening,” do not make a film. Enter extensive post-production,” scary moment in the family’s earlier this month when the US incumbent is seeking a second after the Taliban targeted their Mahdavian told the Guardian. Mahdavian, who kept in touch said Su Kim, the film’s co- journey. The story is told in abruptly ended its year-long term, running under the slogan negotiations with the Taliban. of "Dawlat Saaz" or State Kabul arts cafe, and soon Tajikistan “What this film can offer is that with the family throughout their producer, who shepherded it voiceover, over peaceful footage Against this gloomy Builder. The ethnic Pashtun would send them back. As their other side of the story.” journey through Afghanistan, through sound editing and re- of the moon and birds. Hassan backdrop, voters in Afghanistan politician has picked Amrullah choices narrowed, the Fazilis Midnight Traveler is a film Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and the coloring. Ironically, while loves film-making, he says, “but appear to be divided on whether Saleh, a former spy chief who is consulted with Emelie Mahdavian, not only of the Fazili family’s film’s conclusion in Hungary, and Mahdavian cut the film to sometimes cinema is so dirty”. For to cast their ballots in Saturday's ethnic Tajik, the second-largest a California-based documentarian own words, but of their own who sorted through all 300 hours “unclean it up – to avoid editing one moment, he thinks not of his presidential election. ethnic group in the country, as they met in Tajikistan, on the creation – what one would record of their footage. (The Fazilis norms, and to make you aware family’s safety, but of the drama’s 1. Peace talks, government one of his two running mates. possibility of documenting their of a family trip, to remember its periodically delivered their that they were mobile phones”, potential on screen. “What a scene and the Taliban The other one is Sarwar Danish, journey with the only equipment highlights and mundanities later. phones’ memory cards to a the sound team worked to buffer you’re in!” he thinks. “This is the US officials and Taliban who is an ethnic Hazara and one available: their mobile phones. Under the Fazilis’ direction, messenger, who sent a hard drive up the audio enough to translate best scene in the film.” And in that representatives kicked off peace of Afghanistan's two vice Four years later, what began Midnight Traveler steers to Mahdavian, who speaks the experience of cell video to a moment, he says, he hates himself negotiations in Qatar in October presidents. Abdullah Abdullah: as a few cellphone videos has attention from the collar-grabbing Afghan Persian). bigger screen. so much. 2018 focusing on four main issues: Afghanistan's chief executive emerged as Midnight Traveler, a to the soft, nostalgic, logistical From there, she would watch The phone itself is a What happens when the a Taliban guarantee that it will not officer, a post created after the feature-length documentary on one and specific. “We wanted the and catalogue all the footage, constant presence within the processing of experience becomes allow foreign armed groups and 2014 presidential election, has family’s still unfinished journey to audience to be closer to our pulling out the most pivotal and film, its screen – showing maps inextricable from its recording, fighters to use Afghanistan as a emerged as Ghani's strongest safety and stability. The plight of happiness, unhappiness, dreams quietly characteristic scenes. of Turkish countryside, when living in the moment launchpad to conduct attacks challenger. He campaigns under Europe’s largest refugee crisis since and feelings,” Hassan Fazili told “What makes this film what it is WhatsApp, video of Nargis becomes simultaneous with outside the country; the complete the motto of Stability and the second world war – a million Filmmaker Magazine in January is not the dramatic things that dancing to Michael Jackson’s understanding how you can use withdrawal of US and NATO Integration. His first running refugees in 2015 alone – is well 2019. “We wanted the viewer to happen to them that we expect They Don’t Care About Us the moment in the story you will forces; an intra-Afghan dialogue; mate is Enayatullah Babur documented and gutting, on film feel that they are by our side to see,” she said of her editing played through another phone tell others? It’s the strange warping and a permanent ceasefire. Farahmand, an ethnic Uzbek and and in print. Countless headlines during the film, to laugh and cry process. “For me, it’s the small – shaping both the perception of reality familiar to many, Following the completion of an ally of Vice President Abdul on the risks of travel to Europe – with us, to feel homeless and things – the family fights, the kids and direction of their journey. whether you’re capturing a the ninth round of talks in late Rashid Dostum. His second downed boats, the photo of Alan confused with us so they would playing and dancing and crying.” “A lot of people have “candid” shot of your friends at August, both sides said an running mate is Asadullah Sadati, Kurdi, a two-year-old who not just watch us from a Thus the footage of running documented how central [the the bar for Instagram or in the agreement was near. a Hazara who is backed by a drowned, on the beach in Greece – distance.” through European fields at dawn mobile phone] is to the migrant vastly heightened stakes of a But in an sudden move in faction of the Hazara-dominated serve as shorthand for an His camera follows a range to avoid police is kept spare and experience,” said Mahdavian. migrant’s journey. early September, US President Hezb-e Wahdat party. experience many understand in of emotions, beyond fear. Nargis, unheralded; scenes in which “Whether you are or are not a For the Fazilis, the ethics of Donald Trump declared the peace Rahmatullah Nabil: The two- broad strokes, in unspecific the older daughter, revels next to Hassan and Fatima bicker and film-maker, it’s a lifeline for so autobiography remain fraught and talks "dead", citing a Taliban- time head of Afghanistan's spy sympathy for someone else’s the foaming sea in Turkey; later, laugh over his compliment to many people.” A lifeline, and a unresolved, as does the family’s claimed deadly attack in Kabul for agency, the National Directorate unfathomable pain and stress. a year into their journey, she another woman, or in which semblance of control; every immigration status. In his his decision. Trump also said he of Security, is a staunch Midnight Traveler is, bursts into tears from sheer Nargis discusses with her parents member of the Fazili family imagination, Hassan says, the film had called off separate secret opponent of the Taliban and a meetings planned with the Taliban critic of of Ghani's intentionally, not one of those boredom. Hassan films Zahra, the whether or not to cover her hair, takes their turn capturing the ends when they reach their and Afghan President Ashraf administration. He is an ethnic stories. The movie, shot entirely younger daughter, laughing in the are allowed to breathe. experience – Fatima films destination; in reality, the film ends Ghani at his Camp David Pashtun from Maidan Wardak. by Hassan and his family on three Serbian snow and developing But despite its DIY Hassan, Hassan films Zahra, in Hungary, with their case in presidential retreat. Following His running mates are Murad Samsung phones, is less a boils from the filthy conditions aesthetic, “a film like this doesn’t someone films Nargis filming her limbo. Trump's move, the Afghan Ali Murad, a Hazara former migration story than the story of a of a refugee camp. The trials of a become the film that you’re stuff bear, framed with barbed In April 2018, the Fazilis government issued a statement deputy interior minister, and family’s formative years; their prolonged migration emerge seeing if all it was is mobile- wire at a detention center on the arrived in Germany, where they praising the "sincere efforts of its Massouda Jalal, an ethnic Tajik liminal status as refugees without through details, sometimes phone footage cut together in Hungarian border. “This was a remain today, both girls in school, allies" and expressed its and former minister of women's family-generated portrait, not according to Mahdavian and Kim. commitment to work with the US affairs. Ahmad Wali Massoud: just a father-generated portrait,” But their asylum application was to "bring peace". The government, The younger brother of former Airstrikes kill 113... War im po sed o n us, Taliban sho uld... Mahdavian said. restarted, putting them back at which was sidelined in the US- anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban ...P12 Wednesday. Airstrike As such, the ethics of back square one, still in limbo. Taliban talks, had long asked the commander Ahmad Shah targeted Taliban insurgents’ ...P1 Afghans. Atta Noor, former from a crisis after the election.” filming – autobiography of your (THEGUARDIAN) group to come to the negotiating Massoud, Wali Massoud is hideout, killing 113 militants, governor of Balkh province, said He urged peace as the priority, table. It now says it will only ethnic Tajik and has served as the including scores of commander of that gaining peace would be saying that every political figure Jo urn alist am o n g fo ur civilian s kille d... consider holding talks with the Afghan ambassador to the United the group and wounding over 50 impossible without a practical backs peace, not election. mechanism. He urged that election Qanooni, also downplayed peace Taliban after the elections. Kingdom. Wali Massoud has others in Sar-e-Pul, Jawzjan and ...P1 Journalists Safety campaign office on Tuesday and "Legitimacy of peace cannot be chosen Farida Momand, a Faryab provinces, Shaheen was unacceptable in the current monopoly by the government, situation, and peace should be saying that Taliban also oppose Committee said Abdul Hamid he passed (away) due to severe achieved without elections," Pashtun who was a former higher Military Corps said in a statement. Hotaki from Hiwad radio injuries,” Reuters quoted According to the statement, the given priority.YounusQanooni, peace monopoly. He blamed the presidential spokesman Sediq education minister, and Latif former vice president, called US for stopping negotiations succumbs to injuries sustained SediqullahKhaliq, director of the Seddiqi told reporters earlier this Nazari, a Hazara, as his running terrorists were targeted in Darzab in mine blast in southern Hewad television station, where district of Jawzjan, central areas peace as a national necessity, with Taliban, calling on insurgents month. 2. Who is running? Sixteen mates. (AL Jazeera) saying that election would cause to hold talks with Afghans. Kandahar city. Hotaki worked, as saying. of Sar-e-Pul and Qaramqul districts According to safety No group has claimed of Faryab provinces. Some crisis. He said that politicians all Esmael Khan, a former jihadi Ove r 1,4 0 0 vo tin g ce n te rs lack fe m ale w o rke rs voice for peace and are against leader, expressed concern over the committee, Hotaki is the seventh responsibility for the bombing. amounts of ammunitions and journalist to be killed in An interior ministry weapons with 52 vehicle of the election. He said that Karzai’s post-election crisis, and ...P1 commission did its best to director of the election political allies were seeking denounced statements by some Afghanistan in 2019 spokesman blamed the attack on hire female workers for the centers commission, said that taking enemy were also terminated in the NasratRahimi, a spokesman the Taliban, which bombed a air operation, the statement added. solution ways for a likely post- candidates as a war even until the past day, but all photos by the biometric system election crisis. He accused a n n o u n c e m e n t . for the Ministry of Interior said Ghani campaign rally last week in efforts failed. on the election day was Afghan forces are committed to a bomb planted by Taliban the central city of Charikar, killing suppress Afghan people’s enemy presidential candidates of GubuddinHekmatyar, the leader He said that they hired older compulsory to prevent fraud. thinking of their tribes and of Hezb-e-Islami and one of 15 militants went off at around 26. With 13 deaths in 2018, men who are trustable to the She assured to prevent any in the country, underlined the 8:00 pm on Tuesday night. Afghanistan was the deadliest statement. ethnicities, so none of them presidential candidates, has lately villagers to replace women in the fraud and corruption on the would be able to save said that he would hold back gun Rahimi said four civilians, country in the world to be a centers. HawaAlamNooristani, presidential election. ADB do n ates $ 34 8 ... Afghanistan. “So, an outsider against the government if fraud including a child and Abdul journalist, the Committee to team is needed to save the country was not prevented in the election. Hamid Hotaki, a journalist of Protect Journalists has said. Pe o ple e xpe ct cre dible e le ctio n s ...P12 Kandahar. “Donation has Hiwad Radio was killed in the On a single day last year, nine been financed by the Civilian casualties a serious matter of concern blast. Moreover, six other journalists covering a blast were AsianDevelopment Bank and people, including women and killed in a suicide bombing in ...P12 violence, voters must be incumbent President Ashraf would be invested in agriculture, child received injuries. Kabul, and another reporter was given every opportunity to Ghani. Thirty civilians were natural sources and rural ...P1 my kid’s leg and my wife months mostly by the airstrikes. “Our reporter...was injured shot, in the deadliest day for the exercise their constitutional right killed in the attack and 51 were development,” he said. was injured by another bullet in Aziz Ahmad Tassal, head of the in the explosion at the Ghani Afghan media since 2001. to cast a ballot and elect political injured. On 28 July, 21 civilians Meanwhile, chief of the ADB in her chest,” he said. He added that organization said: “The only representatives in a peaceful were killed and 50 injured in an Afghanistan, NarindraSangro said civilian casualties by the Afghan dangerous incident in the past Afghan istan n eeds extern al help in ... manner,” said Tadamichi attack on the Green Trend’s main the aid has been donated to develop and foreign soldiers is a matter of three months was air raids and Yamamoto, the Secretary- office in Kabul. No party the underground resources in great concern. Several civilians night raids.” He called on the war ...P1 Nations Security Council, Afghanistan in order to overcome General’s Special Representative claimed responsibility for that Afghanistan. “Project will effect were killed and injured in multiple parties to change their war tactics TASS reported. those threats and challenges,” he for Afghanistan. attack. on the agriculture process in airstrikes by Afghan and foreign to save civilian lives. ZobairAref, “Both the CSTO [the added. The Russian foreign In a meeting in Doha on As polling day nears, there Afghanistan, water management, forces in Wardak province in the a spokesman for the defense Collective Security Treaty minister pointed out that the Tuesday, Yamamoto repeated the have been increased reports of energy supplying and economic recent weeks. A latest incident ministry, said that the air force Organization, a military bloc of experience gained in recent years United Nations’ call on the intimidation of eligible voters by development,” he added. The killed 14 civilians at a wedding launches 50 to 60 operations in post-Soviet republics] and the has convincingly proved that no Taliban to desist from any activity insurgents threatening retaliation Dehla hydro power dam was built reception in the Musa Qala 24 hours. He called the airstrikes SCO [the Shanghai Cooperation plans on development of Central that would interfere with the for persons involving themselves in 1952 with the capacity of 288 district of Helmand province this very useful for suppressing the Organization] have focused their Asia’s economic cooperation with elections, particularly with regard in the election. On 24 September, million cubic meters of water in week. Ministry of defense claims opposition. attention on the threats coming Afghanistan could not be to the safety of voters and all three civilians were killed in southern Kandahar province. The that terrorist groups were targeted “We do our best to avoid civilian from Afghanistan. Among them implemented without an other civilians engaged in the Kandahar when an improvised Afghan officials said the capacity in the air raids. casualties during the operations,” are threats for Central Asia. The appropriate response to the election. explosive device detonated at an of the dam would be increased to An organization focusing on Aref said. Earlier the United north of Afghanistan risks threats coming from that state. Yamamoto, who is also the election office of President 782 million cubic meters of water. justice and civilian protection in Nations had said that 403 becoming a new springboard for “In this context, I would like head of the UN Assistance Ghani. A journalist working for The government considers Afghanistan, said 3,000 civilians civilians were killed and 314 IS-led international terrorist to point out that this reality is the Mission in Afghanistan the local Hewad TV station was resolving the water management, were killed in the past three injured in the first half of this year. organizations [IS, an foundation for work of the SCO- (UNAMA), stressed that the killed, as were two children. agriculture and industries needs of abbreviation for the Islamic Afghanistan contact group, which election is a civilian undertaking. The United Nations the citizens through investing on State terror group, which is is implementing the road map, He highlighted that attacks condemns all deliberate attacks this project. “We seek a brilliant future banned in Russia - TASS],” approved this year, for the directed against polling centres on civilians and indiscriminate Lavrov said. development of cooperation and civilians participating in the attacks. Moreover, the United H ekm atyar w arn s ... for Afghanistan”: Trump “Certainly, it requires between the SCO members and electoral process are clear Nations calls on all parties to de- relevant external assistance to Kabul,” he said. violations of international law and escalate the conflict around the may amount to war crimes. He electoral period and to take ...P12 if he became ...P1 to a reality”are one of his early September. He has accused furthermore stressed that urgent measures to better protect disappointed with this process plans regarding Afghanistan. the Taliban of no willingness for NATO stan ds by Afghan sides perpetrators of such crimes must civilians from being harmed in over none-transparency of “Unfortunately, the Taliban peace and stability in be held accountable and urged the any military operations. elections. A day earlier, Hekmatyar have been continuing their cruel Afghanistan. ...P1 the allies regarding secure the presidential election. Taliban to retract any instructions UNAMA commends the had warned he would return to attacks. We continue our support At a press conference with Afghanistan. “We continue to He also called on the electoral which could disrupt elections. work performed by the security battlefield in the event the elections alongside to our Afghan allies to AustralianCounterpartPrime doing it (support) with our full teams and political parties to In the campaign period, there forces in supporting the were marred with fraud. However, demolish the terrorism,” he said, Minister, ScottMorison, Trump commitment and we continue to respect the election laws and have been two high-profile elections, safeguarding the security and fraud have adding, “our message is clear said that he has cancelled the do it to ensure Afghanistan is protect the rights of the Afghans election-related attacks that have distribution of sensitive election undermined credibility of the across the world. peace talks with the Taliban after not used as a base for the to vote in the next week election. caused heavy loss of civilian life. materials and ensuring the elections, as many politicians Our goals are not to get in to the militants rejected a ceasefire. international terrorist,” he In 2001, the NATO mission Last week, on 17 September, the security of the polling locations emphasizing that the country is the endless war.” Also the Afghan government has added. was established in Afghanistan to Taliban claimed responsibility for on and before election day so that going through a bad situation and US president has called off said that the peace had been Kay said that NATO had protect and assist the Afghan a suicide attack in Parwan at the all Afghans, including women, they favored peace process to be the peace talks with the Taliban postponed until the presidential important role to advise and government and ensure the site of an election rally for can participate. restored. group and termed it as dead in polls and next government. train the security forces to people’s rights in the country. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES News-in-Brief US air strike kills 11 Russian,Venezuelan militants in southern Libya: US military leadershold US forces said on Wednesday they had killed 11 suspected militants linked to ISIS in their talksinMoscow second air strike near the south- Russian President Vladimir Pu- day after U.S. ern Libyan town of Murzuq in tin has met with his Venezuelan President Donald Trump deliv- less than a week. The attack, car- counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, in ered a warning to Venezuela, de- ried out on Tuesday, followed a Sept. 19 strike that the US said Moscow amid the ongoing po- nouncing Maduro in his speech at had killed eight suspected mili- litical crisis in the South Ameri- the United Nations. Venezuela's tants. “This air strike was con- can country. opposition said earlier this month ducted to eliminate ISIS terror- Maduro arrived in Moscow on that a dialogue mediated by Nor- ists and deny them the ability to September 24. Russia has been way to try to resolve the crisis in conduct attacks on the Libyan one of Maduro's rare steadfast Venezuela had ended, six weeks people,” Major General William allies in the face of what it has after Maduro's government sus- Gayler, director of operations described as U.S. efforts to un- pended its participation. for US Africa Command, said in dermine him. Despite Venezue- Maduro's representatives walked a statement. Some ISIS militants la's extreme economic and po- away from the table in August to retreated south into Libya’s litical crisis, Moscow has kept protest against U.S. President desert as the group lost its stronghold in the coastal city of supporting Maduro with gen- Donald Trump's tightening of Sirte at the end of 2016. erous loans. sanctions on Caracas. Neither Putin nor Maduro spoke Meanwhile, diplomatic sources in ‘France can’t about any financial aid in their Brussels, speaking on condition of host everyone,’ opening remarks. But Putin said anonymity, said the European Russia has invested so far some Union had approved sanctions on says Macron in $4 billion in Venezuela. seven more Venezuelan officials new toughening of Putin told Maduro that Russia over torture and other human migration stance backed dialogue between the rights abuses, as the bloc seeks to government and opposition to keep up pressure on Maduro. French President Emmanuel find a way out of Venezuela's Ambassadors from the 28-mem- Macron on Wednesday said Arabs cannot accept for Leba- your wisdom and your national told Aoun that Egypt was fol- fice. On August 25, an Israeli political crisis. Separately, Rus- ber bloc gave their backing to the France “cannot host everyone”, sian news agency Interfax re- measures in a meeting on Septem- intensifying his tough rhetoric on non to face any new aggression, stance to deal with all these inci- lowing the recent skirmish be- drone entered Lebanese airspace immigration. Macron had last as happened in the July 2006 war dents,” Sisi told President Michel tween Hezbollah and Israel on and crashed in Beirut’s southern ported that Russia planned to ber 25, bringing to 25 the number week signaled a tougher line on with Israel, Egyptian President Aoun during a meeting on the side- Lebanon’s southern border, suburbs. Minutes later, a second supply up to 600,000 tons of of Venezuelan officials under EU immigration in the second half of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was quoted lines of the UN General Assembly “very closely,” Lebanon’s Daily drone followed and exploded, grain to Venezuela this year. travel bans and asset freezes. his mandate, arguing the govern- as saying. “We are counting on in New York on Tuesday. Sisi also Star reported, citing Aoun’s of- causing significant damage. Maduro's visit also comes the (AP) ment must stop voters drifting to the far-right. “France cannot host everyone if it wants to host people well,” Macron told Eu- rope 1 in an interview from the United Nations in New York MacronusesUNspeechtocall where he is attending the annual General Assembly. Nigeria’s battle for talksbetweenU.S.andIran French President Emmanuel tion of negotiations between the miracles, I believe in the courage over $9.6 billion Macron used his platform at the United States of America, Iran, the to build peace, and I know that United Nations climate summit signatories of the JCPOA [the Ira- the United States of America, lawsuit spreads to in New York to call for diplo- nian nuclear deal] and the powers Iran, all the signatories of this Ireland matic talks between the United of the region concerned primarily agreement have this courage,” he States and Iran. Addressing the with security and the stability of said. Since the G7 earlier this Nigerian prosecutors are seeking United Nations General Assem- it,” Macron said. He added that month in France, Macron and the information about funds sent to bly on Tuesday, President Ma- negotiations should be directed in French government have posi- a government lawyer that were cron called on the two nations to such a way that there is total cer- tioned themselves as mediators sent through Allied Irish Banks begin negotiations in order to tainty that Iran does not develop a between the United States and Two million Yemeni Plc, broadening an international mitigate the risk of conflict in the nuclear weapon and said negotia- Iran, inviting Iran’s foreign min- legal dispute between the Afri- Arabian Gulf region, BFMTV tions could also find a “way out” ister Mohammad Javad Zarif to children out of can country and a company reports. “More than ever, the of the conflict in Yemen. “I have the G7 in a surprise visit. claiming $9.6 billion for a failed contract. Nigeria is embroiled in time has come for the resump- no naivety and I do not believe in (AP) a fight with Process & Industrial school: UNICEF Developments over a failed 2010 The United Nations Children’s million children is at risk as ploitation including being forced deal to develop a gas processing Fund (UNICEF) estimates that teachers have not received their to join the fighting, child labor and plant. Nigeria now alleges the Algeria’s army chief urges two million children are out of salaries for over two years, add- early marriage." "They lose the contract was won corruptly and school in Yemen, which has been ing that one fifth of schools in opportunity to develop and grow the project was never meant to succeed. P&ID denies any wrong- the subject of a destructive Sau- Yemen can no longer be used as in a caring and stimulating envi- doing. The Nigerian anti-corrup- holding elections on time di-led military campaign for more a direct result of the conflict. ronment, ultimately becoming tion agency has expanded its than four years. In a statement "Violence, displacement and at- trapped in a life of poverty and probe into the deal by making. Algeria’s Army Chief of Staff released on Wednesday, UNICEF tacks on schools are preventing hardship," she added. UNICEF Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed representative in Yemen Sara many children from accessing says Yemen’s education sector has Facebook won’t Salah again denied having any Beysolow Nyanti said that a school," Nyanti said. The been damaged due to ongoing war political ambitions to take office. fourth of the two million Yemeni UNICEF representative further as millions of children go without delete posts from He stressed that the presidential children have dropped out since raised concerns about the future education in the country. Saudi politicians even if elections will be held later this the beginning of the Saudi war in of Yemeni children out of Arabia and its allies launched a they break its rules year, as scheduled. “The army March 2015. She also warned school, saying they "face in- deadly military aggression against leadership has no political ambi- that the education of a further 3.7 creased risks of all forms of ex- Yemen in an attemp. Facebook has said it won't delete tions other than serving Algeria politicians' posts on its site, even and its people,” Salah said at a if the content of those posts break military base in the southwest- Turkish fighter its rules. Speaking at The Atlan- ern province of Bechar. He said US, South Korea seek tic Festival in Washington DC on this position was proved by the jets fly over east Tuesday, Facebook's most senior establishment of an independent ‘dynamic and new negotiating spokesman Nick Clegg talked election authority, which has be- of Euphrates, through the steps that Facebook gun preparing for this event. environment’ in cost-sharing Syria is taking to prepare for upcoming An independent election author- for the renewal of institutions. cused of receiving bribery during political elections and its attitude ity was set up last week to over- “This will allow the election of a the 2017 parliamentary elections talks, Seoul says Turkish fighter jets conducted a toward political speech on the see the vote and guarantee the new president with full legitimacy and secretly funding former pres- flight Wednesday east of the Eu- platform. Clegg was once a se- integrity of elections instead of With a Dec. 31 deadline looming, yses in Seoul to discuss the 11th phrates River in northern Syria, that will enable him to meet the ident's fifth term campaign. How- the United States and South Ko- Special Measures Agreement. nior politician himself, as the the interior ministry, which had people’s aspirations.” Meanwhile, ever, Bouteflika decided to can- according to the country’s Nation- former leader of the Liberal Dem- been in charge of elections in the rea agreed to work toward a “rea- “South Korea and the United al Defense Ministry. "As part of a parliament session will be held cel the elections late March be- sonable and fair” military cost- States agreed to continue the ocrat party in the UK and as the past. “What we noticed in recent today (Wednesday) to lift immu- fore deciding to resign on April 2 the Operation Inherent Resolve, country's deputy prime minister. days is the intransigence of some sharing deal as negotiators negotiations for sharing the cost two F-16s of Turkey’s Air Forces nity off two deputies belonging to under pressure from his people. wrapped up the first round of at a reasonable and fair level His speech was shared in a blog parties and their insistence on two parties affiliated with power, Tliba wrote to his colleagues in Command carried out flight be- post online. Clegg explained that chanting some tendentious slo- talks on Wednesday, the foreign based on mutual respect and tween 10 a.m.-12 p.m. over Syri- one of which was a prominent parliament a letter saying that he ministry said.U.S. demands that trust as allies in a dynamic and while Facebook will continue to gans,” Salah said. Salah, 79, urged supporter of former President Ab- was “the victim of the gang and an airspace, east of the Euphrates," crack down on fake accounts. citizens to mobilize massively to Seoul pay more for stationing new negotiating environment,” the ministry said on Twitter. Tur- delaziz Bouteflika. Baha-Eddine its members,” referring to the some 28,500 American troops on the foreign ministry said. “Both make this vote a starting point Tliba and Smail Benhamadi are ac- former president. key has long decried the threat PM Johnson to the divided peninsula have raised sides shared the view that the from terrorists east of the Euph- pressure on the longtime alliance [South Korean]-U.S. alliance is rates in northern Syria, pledging face the music in as the two sides are trying to get stronger than ever.” The next military action to prevent the for- parliament after Seven dead nuclear talks with North Korea round of talks is to be held next mation of a "terrorist corridor" UN head urges back on track. Teams led by State month in the United States. there. The Combined Joint Task Supreme Court blow after boat Department official James De- The two sides missed last year’s Force - Operation Inherent Re- British Prime Minister Boris Hart and veteran South Korean deadline after months of fraught solve (CJTF-OIR) -- led by the Johnson returned home from a a 'decade of sinks in negotiator Chang Won-sam met bargaining but agreed in Febru- U.S. -- was launched by more than foreign trip on Wednesday to face Tuesday and Wednesday at the ary on a stopgap measure that 70 countries in 2014 to eliminate parliament in what is likely to be Korea Institute for Defense Anal- required South Korea. the Daesh terrorist group. a stormy session after a humili- central ating Supreme Court ruling that action' to address he had unlawfully suspended the Philippines assembly. Having lost his major- Seven people drowned after a Philippines risks polio problem as ity and a series of votes about world crises boat of a local dragon boat team Brexit in the House of Commons, sank off Boracay island-beach Johnson had shut down the leg- resort in the central Philippines parents skip child vaccines: WHO islature for five weeks. But the Wednesday morning, Xinhua court said on Tuesday he had done news agency quoted the Philip- The Philippines risks having three countries - Afghanistan, reporters. Immunisation coverage so without justification and the pine Coast Guard (PCG). The more cases of polio unless it Nigeria and Pakistan. The con- in the Philippines for oral polio closure was null and void. Cut- PCG said 14 others were rescued ting short a visit to New York, sharply steps up its vaccinations firmed cases in the Philippines vaccines is 66%, but needs to be from the boat that sank around of children under 5 years of age, were caused by “vaccine-de- at 95%, Abeyasinghe said. Just Johnson flew back to London. 7.40am (local time), some 300 meters off the coast of the island. the World Health Organization rived” polio rather than the wild 40% of children under 5 have re- Vietnam jails former The 21-member "dragon force" said on Wednesday. The South- type of the virus, which had been ceived a polio vaccine by injec- team was training for an interna- east Asian country is dealing with eradicated in the country nearly tion. deputy labor minister tional competition when the trag- an outbreak of the infectious dis- two decades ago. “The WHO is “If we do the vaccination the way for economic edy happened, the PCG added. ease. A wider outbreak of polio gravely concerned about the sit- we normally did, and that 30% are The PCG said an investigation is could set back global efforts to uation in the Philippines,” not vaccinated, you are seeing an- mismanagement underway to determine the cause eradicate the crippling disease, Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO other outbreak in another couple A court in Vietnam on Wednes- of the accident. which remains endemic in only Philippines representative, told of years”, he said. day sentenced a former deputy labor minister to six years in pris- on after finding him guilty of eco- nomic mismanagement, state Sweeping goals to end poverty, agreed by the 193 U.N. member media reported. Le Bach Hong, inequality and other global ills are states set out an ambitious "to-do" Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ who had been deputy minister being derailed by climate change, list tackling conflict, hunger, land of labor, invalids and social af- conflicts and violence, the head degradation, gender inequality and fairs, and a former head of Viet- of the United Nations told world climate change by 2030. But as- accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism nam Social Security, was also leaders in New York on Tues- sessments of their progress have day, calling for a "decade of ac- been bleak. "Let us be clear: we are Egypt’s foreign ministry spokes- man, Ahmed Hafez, said that Er- violations against the friendly of thousands of universities and ordered by the People’s Court man, Ahmed Hafez, slammed dogan “claimed to defend the val- Turkish people where he tries educational institutions. of Hanoi to pay a cash fine of tion". Sustainable development far from where we need to be. We 150 billion dong ($6.47 million), needs more financing, investment are off track," Guterres said. "Dead- Turkish President Recep Tayy- ues of justice in his speech, but to hold them hostage to a fake Erdogan had blamed Morsi’s reported An Ninh Thu Do news- in health and education, and ly conflicts, the climate crisis, gen- ip Erdogan’s statements at the at the core showed feelings of freedom and alleged justice.” death on current President Abdel paper, which is run by the Ha- broader access to technology to der-based violence and persistent UN General Assembly this week hatred and spite toward Egypt He went on to list ongoing Fattah al-Sisi, stating that “Sisi is noi Police Department. Reuters succeed, U.N. Secretary-Gener- inequalities are undermining efforts where he urged the UN to “han- and its people who have nothing human rights violations in Tur- a tyrant, not a democrat.” “They was unable to reach Hong’s law- al Antonio Guterres said at the to achieve the goals. "Uneven dle the suspicious death of Mor- but appreciation for the people key under Erdogan’s leadership, didn’t make the slightest interven- yer for comments. The trial first high-level review of the glo- growth, rising debt levels, height- si,” referring to the deceased of Turkey.” Hafez added that it including the thousands of po- tion as the country’s first demo- comes amid a corruption crack- bal goals adopted in 2015. ened global trade tensions are cre- former president of Egypt, and was “ironic” for Erdogan to make litical prisoners, the suspicious cratically elected president suf- down in the Southeast Asian Launched with great fanfare and ating new obstacles to implemen- member of the Muslim Brother- these allegations “in light of his deaths of dozens of prisoners fered for more than 20 minutes. country that has seen several se- optimism, the 17 Sustainable tation. Another assessment came hood. In an official statement, sponsorship of terrorism in the due to torture or inhuman pris- They didn’t deliver his remains to nior government officials. Development Goals (SDGs) on Tuesday. Egypt’s foreign ministry spokes- region due to his regime’s flagrant on conditions, and the closure his family or let him be buried. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES News-in-Brief US air strike kills 11 Russian,Venezuelan militants in southern Libya: US military leadershold US forces said on Wednesday they had killed 11 suspected militants linked to ISIS in their talksinMoscow second air strike near the south- Russian President Vladimir Pu- day after U.S. ern Libyan town of Murzuq in tin has met with his Venezuelan President Donald Trump deliv- less than a week. The attack, car- counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, in ered a warning to Venezuela, de- ried out on Tuesday, followed a Sept. 19 strike that the US said Moscow amid the ongoing po- nouncing Maduro in his speech at had killed eight suspected mili- litical crisis in the South Ameri- the United Nations. Venezuela's tants. “This air strike was con- can country. opposition said earlier this month ducted to eliminate ISIS terror- Maduro arrived in Moscow on that a dialogue mediated by Nor- ists and deny them the ability to September 24. Russia has been way to try to resolve the crisis in conduct attacks on the Libyan one of Maduro's rare steadfast Venezuela had ended, six weeks people,” Major General William allies in the face of what it has after Maduro's government sus- Gayler, director of operations described as U.S. efforts to un- pended its participation. for US Africa Command, said in dermine him. Despite Venezue- Maduro's representatives walked a statement. Some ISIS militants la's extreme economic and po- away from the table in August to retreated south into Libya’s litical crisis, Moscow has kept protest against U.S. President desert as the group lost its stronghold in the coastal city of supporting Maduro with gen- Donald Trump's tightening of Sirte at the end of 2016. erous loans. sanctions on Caracas. Neither Putin nor Maduro spoke Meanwhile, diplomatic sources in ‘France can’t about any financial aid in their Brussels, speaking on condition of host everyone,’ opening remarks. But Putin said anonymity, said the European Russia has invested so far some Union had approved sanctions on says Macron in $4 billion in Venezuela. seven more Venezuelan officials new toughening of Putin told Maduro that Russia over torture and other human migration stance backed dialogue between the rights abuses, as the bloc seeks to government and opposition to keep up pressure on Maduro. French President Emmanuel find a way out of Venezuela's Ambassadors from the 28-mem- Macron on Wednesday said Arabs cannot accept for Leba- your wisdom and your national told Aoun that Egypt was fol- fice. On August 25, an Israeli political crisis. Separately, Rus- ber bloc gave their backing to the France “cannot host everyone”, sian news agency Interfax re- measures in a meeting on Septem- intensifying his tough rhetoric on non to face any new aggression, stance to deal with all these inci- lowing the recent skirmish be- drone entered Lebanese airspace immigration. Macron had last as happened in the July 2006 war dents,” Sisi told President Michel tween Hezbollah and Israel on and crashed in Beirut’s southern ported that Russia planned to ber 25, bringing to 25 the number week signaled a tougher line on with Israel, Egyptian President Aoun during a meeting on the side- Lebanon’s southern border, suburbs. Minutes later, a second supply up to 600,000 tons of of Venezuelan officials under EU immigration in the second half of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was quoted lines of the UN General Assembly “very closely,” Lebanon’s Daily drone followed and exploded, grain to Venezuela this year. travel bans and asset freezes. his mandate, arguing the govern- as saying. “We are counting on in New York on Tuesday. Sisi also Star reported, citing Aoun’s of- causing significant damage. Maduro's visit also comes the (AP) ment must stop voters drifting to the far-right. “France cannot host everyone if it wants to host people well,” Macron told Eu- rope 1 in an interview from the United Nations in New York MacronusesUNspeechtocall where he is attending the annual General Assembly. Nigeria’s battle for talksbetweenU.S.andIran French President Emmanuel tion of negotiations between the miracles, I believe in the courage over $9.6 billion Macron used his platform at the United States of America, Iran, the to build peace, and I know that United Nations climate summit signatories of the JCPOA [the Ira- the United States of America, lawsuit spreads to in New York to call for diplo- nian nuclear deal] and the powers Iran, all the signatories of this Ireland matic talks between the United of the region concerned primarily agreement have this courage,” he States and Iran. Addressing the with security and the stability of said. Since the G7 earlier this Nigerian prosecutors are seeking United Nations General Assem- it,” Macron said. He added that month in France, Macron and the information about funds sent to bly on Tuesday, President Ma- negotiations should be directed in French government have posi- a government lawyer that were cron called on the two nations to such a way that there is total cer- tioned themselves as mediators sent through Allied Irish Banks begin negotiations in order to tainty that Iran does not develop a between the United States and Two million Yemeni Plc, broadening an international mitigate the risk of conflict in the nuclear weapon and said negotia- Iran, inviting Iran’s foreign min- legal dispute between the Afri- Arabian Gulf region, BFMTV tions could also find a “way out” ister Mohammad Javad Zarif to children out of can country and a company reports. “More than ever, the of the conflict in Yemen. “I have the G7 in a surprise visit. claiming $9.6 billion for a failed contract. Nigeria is embroiled in time has come for the resump- no naivety and I do not believe in (AP) a fight with Process & Industrial school: UNICEF Developments over a failed 2010 The United Nations Children’s million children is at risk as ploitation including being forced deal to develop a gas processing Fund (UNICEF) estimates that teachers have not received their to join the fighting, child labor and plant. Nigeria now alleges the Algeria’s army chief urges two million children are out of salaries for over two years, add- early marriage." "They lose the contract was won corruptly and school in Yemen, which has been ing that one fifth of schools in opportunity to develop and grow the project was never meant to succeed. P&ID denies any wrong- the subject of a destructive Sau- Yemen can no longer be used as in a caring and stimulating envi- doing. The Nigerian anti-corrup- holding elections on time di-led military campaign for more a direct result of the conflict. ronment, ultimately becoming tion agency has expanded its than four years. In a statement "Violence, displacement and at- trapped in a life of poverty and probe into the deal by making. Algeria’s Army Chief of Staff released on Wednesday, UNICEF tacks on schools are preventing hardship," she added. UNICEF Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed representative in Yemen Sara many children from accessing says Yemen’s education sector has Facebook won’t Salah again denied having any Beysolow Nyanti said that a school," Nyanti said. The been damaged due to ongoing war political ambitions to take office. fourth of the two million Yemeni UNICEF representative further as millions of children go without delete posts from He stressed that the presidential children have dropped out since raised concerns about the future education in the country. Saudi politicians even if elections will be held later this the beginning of the Saudi war in of Yemeni children out of Arabia and its allies launched a they break its rules year, as scheduled. “The army March 2015. She also warned school, saying they "face in- deadly military aggression against leadership has no political ambi- that the education of a further 3.7 creased risks of all forms of ex- Yemen in an attemp. Facebook has said it won't delete tions other than serving Algeria politicians' posts on its site, even and its people,” Salah said at a if the content of those posts break military base in the southwest- Turkish fighter its rules. Speaking at The Atlan- ern province of Bechar. He said US, South Korea seek tic Festival in Washington DC on this position was proved by the jets fly over east Tuesday, Facebook's most senior establishment of an independent ‘dynamic and new negotiating spokesman Nick Clegg talked election authority, which has be- of Euphrates, through the steps that Facebook gun preparing for this event. environment’ in cost-sharing Syria is taking to prepare for upcoming An independent election author- for the renewal of institutions. cused of receiving bribery during political elections and its attitude ity was set up last week to over- “This will allow the election of a the 2017 parliamentary elections talks, Seoul says Turkish fighter jets conducted a toward political speech on the see the vote and guarantee the new president with full legitimacy and secretly funding former pres- flight Wednesday east of the Eu- platform. Clegg was once a se- integrity of elections instead of With a Dec. 31 deadline looming, yses in Seoul to discuss the 11th phrates River in northern Syria, that will enable him to meet the ident's fifth term campaign. How- the United States and South Ko- Special Measures Agreement. nior politician himself, as the the interior ministry, which had people’s aspirations.” Meanwhile, ever, Bouteflika decided to can- according to the country’s Nation- former leader of the Liberal Dem- been in charge of elections in the rea agreed to work toward a “rea- “South Korea and the United al Defense Ministry. "As part of a parliament session will be held cel the elections late March be- sonable and fair” military cost- States agreed to continue the ocrat party in the UK and as the past. “What we noticed in recent today (Wednesday) to lift immu- fore deciding to resign on April 2 the Operation Inherent Resolve, country's deputy prime minister. days is the intransigence of some sharing deal as negotiators negotiations for sharing the cost two F-16s of Turkey’s Air Forces nity off two deputies belonging to under pressure from his people. wrapped up the first round of at a reasonable and fair level His speech was shared in a blog parties and their insistence on two parties affiliated with power, Tliba wrote to his colleagues in Command carried out flight be- post online. Clegg explained that chanting some tendentious slo- talks on Wednesday, the foreign based on mutual respect and tween 10 a.m.-12 p.m. over Syri- one of which was a prominent parliament a letter saying that he ministry said.U.S. demands that trust as allies in a dynamic and while Facebook will continue to gans,” Salah said. Salah, 79, urged supporter of former President Ab- was “the victim of the gang and an airspace, east of the Euphrates," crack down on fake accounts. citizens to mobilize massively to Seoul pay more for stationing new negotiating environment,” the ministry said on Twitter. Tur- delaziz Bouteflika. Baha-Eddine its members,” referring to the some 28,500 American troops on the foreign ministry said. “Both make this vote a starting point Tliba and Smail Benhamadi are ac- former president. key has long decried the threat PM Johnson to the divided peninsula have raised sides shared the view that the from terrorists east of the Euph- pressure on the longtime alliance [South Korean]-U.S. alliance is rates in northern Syria, pledging face the music in as the two sides are trying to get stronger than ever.” The next military action to prevent the for- parliament after Seven dead nuclear talks with North Korea round of talks is to be held next mation of a "terrorist corridor" UN head urges back on track. Teams led by State month in the United States. there. The Combined Joint Task Supreme Court blow after boat Department official James De- The two sides missed last year’s Force - Operation Inherent Re- British Prime Minister Boris Hart and veteran South Korean deadline after months of fraught solve (CJTF-OIR) -- led by the Johnson returned home from a a 'decade of sinks in negotiator Chang Won-sam met bargaining but agreed in Febru- U.S. -- was launched by more than foreign trip on Wednesday to face Tuesday and Wednesday at the ary on a stopgap measure that 70 countries in 2014 to eliminate parliament in what is likely to be Korea Institute for Defense Anal- required South Korea. the Daesh terrorist group. a stormy session after a humili- central ating Supreme Court ruling that action' to address he had unlawfully suspended the Philippines assembly. Having lost his major- Seven people drowned after a Philippines risks polio problem as ity and a series of votes about world crises boat of a local dragon boat team Brexit in the House of Commons, sank off Boracay island-beach Johnson had shut down the leg- resort in the central Philippines parents skip child vaccines: WHO islature for five weeks. But the Wednesday morning, Xinhua court said on Tuesday he had done news agency quoted the Philip- The Philippines risks having three countries - Afghanistan, reporters. Immunisation coverage so without justification and the pine Coast Guard (PCG). The more cases of polio unless it Nigeria and Pakistan. The con- in the Philippines for oral polio closure was null and void. Cut- PCG said 14 others were rescued ting short a visit to New York, sharply steps up its vaccinations firmed cases in the Philippines vaccines is 66%, but needs to be from the boat that sank around of children under 5 years of age, were caused by “vaccine-de- at 95%, Abeyasinghe said. Just Johnson flew back to London. 7.40am (local time), some 300 meters off the coast of the island. the World Health Organization rived” polio rather than the wild 40% of children under 5 have re- Vietnam jails former The 21-member "dragon force" said on Wednesday. The South- type of the virus, which had been ceived a polio vaccine by injec- team was training for an interna- east Asian country is dealing with eradicated in the country nearly tion. deputy labor minister tional competition when the trag- an outbreak of the infectious dis- two decades ago. “The WHO is “If we do the vaccination the way for economic edy happened, the PCG added. ease. A wider outbreak of polio gravely concerned about the sit- we normally did, and that 30% are The PCG said an investigation is could set back global efforts to uation in the Philippines,” not vaccinated, you are seeing an- mismanagement underway to determine the cause eradicate the crippling disease, Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO other outbreak in another couple A court in Vietnam on Wednes- of the accident. which remains endemic in only Philippines representative, told of years”, he said. day sentenced a former deputy labor minister to six years in pris- on after finding him guilty of eco- nomic mismanagement, state Sweeping goals to end poverty, agreed by the 193 U.N. member media reported. Le Bach Hong, inequality and other global ills are states set out an ambitious "to-do" Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ who had been deputy minister being derailed by climate change, list tackling conflict, hunger, land of labor, invalids and social af- conflicts and violence, the head degradation, gender inequality and fairs, and a former head of Viet- of the United Nations told world climate change by 2030. But as- accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism nam Social Security, was also leaders in New York on Tues- sessments of their progress have day, calling for a "decade of ac- been bleak. "Let us be clear: we are Egypt’s foreign ministry spokes- man, Ahmed Hafez, said that Er- violations against the friendly of thousands of universities and ordered by the People’s Court man, Ahmed Hafez, slammed dogan “claimed to defend the val- Turkish people where he tries educational institutions. of Hanoi to pay a cash fine of tion". Sustainable development far from where we need to be. We 150 billion dong ($6.47 million), needs more financing, investment are off track," Guterres said. "Dead- Turkish President Recep Tayy- ues of justice in his speech, but to hold them hostage to a fake Erdogan had blamed Morsi’s reported An Ninh Thu Do news- in health and education, and ly conflicts, the climate crisis, gen- ip Erdogan’s statements at the at the core showed feelings of freedom and alleged justice.” death on current President Abdel paper, which is run by the Ha- broader access to technology to der-based violence and persistent UN General Assembly this week hatred and spite toward Egypt He went on to list ongoing Fattah al-Sisi, stating that “Sisi is noi Police Department. Reuters succeed, U.N. Secretary-Gener- inequalities are undermining efforts where he urged the UN to “han- and its people who have nothing human rights violations in Tur- a tyrant, not a democrat.” “They was unable to reach Hong’s law- al Antonio Guterres said at the to achieve the goals. "Uneven dle the suspicious death of Mor- but appreciation for the people key under Erdogan’s leadership, didn’t make the slightest interven- yer for comments. The trial first high-level review of the glo- growth, rising debt levels, height- si,” referring to the deceased of Turkey.” Hafez added that it including the thousands of po- tion as the country’s first demo- comes amid a corruption crack- bal goals adopted in 2015. ened global trade tensions are cre- former president of Egypt, and was “ironic” for Erdogan to make litical prisoners, the suspicious cratically elected president suf- down in the Southeast Asian Launched with great fanfare and ating new obstacles to implemen- member of the Muslim Brother- these allegations “in light of his deaths of dozens of prisoners fered for more than 20 minutes. country that has seen several se- optimism, the 17 Sustainable tation. Another assessment came hood. In an official statement, sponsorship of terrorism in the due to torture or inhuman pris- They didn’t deliver his remains to nior government officials. Development Goals (SDGs) on Tuesday. Egypt’s foreign ministry spokes- region due to his regime’s flagrant on conditions, and the closure his family or let him be buried. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] W a s h in gt on 's p r ior ity s h ou ld b e e n d in g Am e r ica 's r ole in t h is figh t . Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir Graphic-Designers: Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0782344728, 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 119: Members of the Supreme Court shall take the following oath of office in the presence of the President: “In the of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, I swear in the name of God Almighty to By BONNIE KRISTIAN ton's meddling has utterly failed alistic war goals," Jarrett Blanc, objectives—terrorism sup- attain justice and righteousness in accordance with tenets of the Holy religion of Islam, provisions of to end the country's civil war, formerly the United States' prin- pressed, stable governance this Constitution as well as other laws of Afghanistan, and to execute the judicial duty with utmost which is not relevant to Ameri- cipal deputy special representa- achieved, women's rights protect- honesty, righteousness and impartiality.” The last week has seen two grim can security and predates U.S. tive for Afghanistan and Pakistan, ed, and so on—are accomplished. additions to the panoply of civil- involvement—if anything, as argues at The Washington Post. It would be reckless and unfair, ian suffering in Afghanistan's de- these two tragedies show, it's "After a messy but basically suc- so the thinking goes, to leave Af- cades of war. First, a U.S. drone making matters worse for a pop- cessful counterterrorism effort, ghanistan as we see it now. The strike intended to take out forces ulation that has endured too we expanded our objectives in trouble with that approach—oth- of the Islamic State instead killed much. It is long past time to ways that were bound to fail. We er than the fact that Afghanistan 30 pine nut farmers. Another 40 abandon the pretense that mili- mortgaged our counterterrorism has been in a civil war for 40 civilians were injured in the attack tary intervention has any plau- objectives to more maximalist years—is its demonstrably false in Nangarhar province, where the sible path to any metric of suc- aims, making our original ambi- assumption that any of these ad- farmers were resting after a long cess. It is long past time for U.S. tion harder to secure." Obstinate- mirable goals can be achieved by day of work. Four days later, troops to come home. There is a ly maintaining those maximalist U.S. military intervention. The across the country in Helmand common assumption in Washing- aims in the face of all evidence reality is they cannot, as nearly province, 40 innocents were killed ton that the war in Afghanistan and basic prudence will not mag- two decades of fighting has more and 18 wounded in a mistargeted needs only a few tactical tweaks ically summon a different result than shown. Try as it might, attack by U.S.-supported Afghan to succeed. Maybe you fiddle than the present painful mix of Washington cannot bomb Afghan- special forces. The target was a with the troop numbers a bit— stagnation and chaos. Tactical istan into Western-style democ- Crisis on the horizon Taliban hideout house, but most If 15,000 isn't working, how tweaks cannot fix a fundamen- racy. Nor can it end Afghanistan's of the dead were women and chil- about 100,000? If not 100,000, tally, strategically flawed exer- civil war. This is where a word of dren, local authorities reported, what about 15,000?—or get a cise in remaking a foreign soci- caution is needed regarding the who were assembled for a wed- new mission commander…18 ety by force. Furthermore, as U.S.-Taliban and intra-Afghan ne- According to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), the ding ceremony. times. Maybe you do more drone Blanc notes, "U.S. security re- gotiations now underway. Afghan- By the time this article is pub- strikes, or fewer, or conduct quirements and national interests istan's troubles are ultimately po- two-month-long electoral campaign period for Saturday’s pres- lished, these 70 deaths won't even them under more permissive rules cannot begin to justify the hu- litical, and in that sense diploma- idential election came to an end on Wednesday and until Satur- be the most recent additions to of engagement. Maybe you fo- man, strategic, and financial costs cy—particularly among various Afghanistan's spiking civilian ca- cus on nation building, counter- of a continued, large-scale U.S. Afghan parties—is invaluable. day a silence period will be observed. The government as- sualty count for 2019, which by insurgency, or "train, advise, and military presence in Afghani- But predicating American exit on July had nearly caught up with assist." Maybe you give the stan." Withdrawal is overdue. the realization of a comprehen- sures of full preparation to conduct the polls. However, having the tally for all of 2018. Still, they "mother of all bombs" a try. The common objection is a sive deal with the Taliban and illustrate an uncomfortable but But none of it succeeds, nor sort of "you broke it, you bought Kabul guarantees that exit will been suspended for several times, the election faces many chal- increasingly inescapable reality: will it. "We are not losing [in Af- it" argument: American interven- never come. Though negotiations lenges before its way. This is while just days ahead of the dem- After 18 years of U.S. military ghanistan] because of tactics or tion is responsible for the state should certainly continue, ending intervention, Afghanistan is not troop numbers but because of a of Afghanistan today, so we must America's role in this fight must ocratic exercise, the government opposition and Afghanistan’s growing more peaceful. Washing- catastrophic failure to define re- stay until Washington's various be Washington's priority. political elites, who recently held a gathering, said that it should be postponed. They alleged that the vote poses a serious threat to the process of peace negotiations, saying that peace should PeaceMakingInAfghanistan:FuturePathways be given priority. By Dr. Shanthie Mariet terrorists on Afghan soil. Accord- finalization of the draft deal. more likely. Unverified reports D Souza ing to various sources in the This, however, did not deter the have indicated that the U.S. offi- There is fear that conducting election in a country that is U.S., the National Security Ad- insurgents from carrying out in- cials are still preparing for the next The much-awaited peace deal visor (NSA) John R. Bolton, cessant violence. The US had lost round of negotiations with the in- going through an uncertainty and the Taliban warned people with the Taliban by the U.S. col- before his unceremonious sack- 17 soldiers since the commence- surgents. The Taliban have also lapsed before its final approval by ing by President Trump, had re- ment of peace negotiations in indicated that they are still ame- against to vote, the polling stations might likely be triggered by President Trump. This was hard- fused to sign off the deal. The Doha in 2018. In 2018 and 2019, nable to peace talks with the U.S.. Taliban attacks that not only undermine credibility of the elec- ly surprising given the roadblocks Taliban too had refused to be a there has been a spate of major Given President Trump’s past that existed to such deal making. part of the secret meeting at attacks in Kabul and other plac- failed negotiations with North tion, but also many lives could be risked. It is not the time for This calls for the rationale behind Camp David before a deal has es against public targets and Korea, he might want to extract a the now-derailed peace talks, been signed. “We accepted the events including attack on an am- better deal with the Taliban be- election due to many challenges, insecurity, and fraud on its which had overlooked the fact of invitation but said we would bulance (January 2018), voter fore the election campaign of 2020. centrality of Afghans in an exter- come soon after the signing cere- registration centres (April 2018), However, it is entirely possible top. Meanwhile, the leader of Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) nally mediated peace deal, to be mony of the agreement,” a Tali- two back-to-back suicide attacks that any renewed attempt by the and presidential runner Gulbuddin Hekmatyar threatened and reviewed. A series of necessary ban official told.[3] The venue (April 2018) that killed 11 jour- U.S. will merely be a replica of its conditions need to be met before and the timing led to consider- nalists, Nowroz festivities past efforts and will continue to said he would stand against fraud and foreign meddling in the another attempt is made to make able consternation in the U.S. The (March 2019), and on humani- face the grim reality of a fractured peace with the Taliban. Till such President ‘faced a backlash from tarian NGOs (May 2019). In political opinion in Afghanistan ballot. Do not make us regret going to the polls; do not force us conditions are met, hasty attempts lawmakers on both sides of the 2018, civilian deaths jumped to and increased external interfer- at negotiations will only lead to aisle — as well as from some 3804 people killed, an 11 per- ence. to adopt other routes since we have such experience. He was increase in violence, insecurity, and members of his administra- cent increase compared to the Political Stalemate: Elections vs chaos in the conflict-ridden coun- tion’[4]. Inside Afghanistan, ex- year before. On 4 September ‘Peace deal’ implicitly and in a way signifying that in the event of disap- try. clusion of the National Unity 2019, Afghanistan Independent More challenging than the securi- pointing election results, he would revert to adopting insurgen- Deal Breakers Government (NUG) was prob- Human Rights Commission con- ty situation, the delay in the con- Peace talks with the Taliban ‘as lematic. An ‘externally mediated firmed that its acting leader in duct of the presidential elections cy. far as I am concerned are dead’, deal’ had brought to the fore is- Ghor province, Abdul Samad and political challenges that the declared U.S. President Trump on sues of legitimacy of the incum- Amiri, had been kidnapped by NUG is facing, is a cause of con- While the election hasn’t been carried out yet, the presiden- 9 September. Two days earlier, he bent government and challenges the Taliban while traveling and cern. The delay in holding presi- had called off the plan to host the of implementation. The Afghan shot dead. In addition, continu- dential elections (originally sched- tial runners and opposition through their remarks suggest that Taliban representatives and the government was opposed to the ing its strategy of delivering in- uled to be held in April 2019) in they beforehand know the polls would be fraud-tainted and un- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at deal that had not taken it on tense violence along with a pro- pursuit of a peace deal has led to Camp David for signing the peace board. Till the finalization of the claimed commitment to negotia- opposition groups reaching out to acceptable to them. Furthermore, according to influential fig- deal. Just a few days before the deal was announced by Kha- tion, the group is likely to ex- the Taliban as part of bargaining commemoration of 9/11 attacks lilzad, the Ashraf Ghani admin- plore possibilities of seeking strategy. Powerful ethnic leaders ures and elites, peace takes precedence over the election. How- and the election campaign of 2020, istration had not even been giv- favours from countries that are like Vice President Dostum and the Trump ostensibly didn’t think a en a copy.[5] After Trump’s an- not in tandem with the U.S. goals governor of Balkh province, Atta ever, the problem is that such pessimistic views regarding elec- peace deal would go down well nouncement, Ghani’s office as- in Afghanistan. These could in- Mohammad Noor are in open re- tion symbolize that a disorder is on the horizon. If the election with the voters. The Taliban, in serted that peace in Afghanistan clude Russia, China, Iran and volt with the Ghani administra- response, promised more blood- will prevail only after Talban Pakistan. On 14 September, af- tion. Moreover, the delay in elec- results aren’t satisfactory to the opposition, it would most cer- shed in the days to come. The U.S. enter direct negotiations with the ter the collapse of the deal, a ne- tions and anxieties around the reciprocated by unveiling plans to Afghan government, announce a gotiating team of the group visit- peace deal has also caused polari- tainly give rise to imminent upheaval – something that we have hit the insurgents harder. Afghan- ceasefire and end to violence. ed Moscow and held consulta- sation along ethnic lines and fray- istan has witnessed bloodshed for Further, the ‘deal’ had remained tions with President Vladimir Pu- ing of the post-Bonn consensus. experienced in the last presidential election. Such trouble might the past decade and the future, mostly ambiguous (lexicon var- tin’s envoy for Afghanistan.[7] Internal power reconfigurations in sans settlement, will remain equal- ied from road map, peace agree- Russia has made outreach and Afghanistan are further com- either plunge the country into further chaos or warrant foreign ly violent. This paper takes stock ment, peace settlement) as it had held such dialogues with the Tal- pounded by political ambitions intervention to resolve it. Amid such apprehensions, all the re- of how the ‘post-no deal’ scenar- not addressed contentious issues iban which have gained momen- and political outlooks of elites. io may unveil in Afghanistan and like the number and timeline for tum last year. The Talban also Notwithstanding the fact that sponsibility lies on the shoulders of the government and elec- the conditions which must be ful- U.S. troop withdrawal, counter- wants to explain its position on Presidential elections scheduled filled before another effort at ar- terrorism guarantees that the the peace process to countries for 28 September would be held toral bodies to take preemptive measures, seek a solution and riving at a peace settlement is made Taliban was supposed to have around the world in “face-to-face amidst intense violence and irreg- with the Taliban-led insurgen- provided about keeping Afghan- meetings”. Great power compe- ularities, politicking has brought devise a back-up plan. They should make all-out efforts to pre- cy[1]. istan free from the presence of tition as well as rivalry is a real- out fissures and competitions vent an impending crisis and make the election as transparent The Divisions: Lack of ‘unity of groups like al Qaeda, formation ity in Afghanistan and such out- among the political heavy weights. effort’ of an interim government in the reach moves by the Taliban may Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah and and fair as possible whereby they could satisfy the nation and The reason cited by President face of a delayed presidential elec- add pressure on the Trump ad- foreign minister Salauddin Rab- Trump for his abrupt decision to tions (now scheduled to be held ministration to restart a fresh bani are now in President Ghani’s politico. cancel the deal, which had gener- on 28 September), power-shar- process of dialogue. opposition camp. Amrullah Saleh ated much speculation regarding ing arrangement with the Taliban, Renewed Attempts at Peace (Green Trend Movement), a firm the future of the war-ravaged coun- constitutional and political re- Continuing violence and the Tal- opponent to the Taliban, is the first try, is the death of an American form; and the type of state that iban reaching out to other coun- vice presidential running mate with soldier in a Taliban attack on Kab- Afghanistan would emerge as— tries, would make the U.S. goal Ghani. Former President Hamid ul’s Green Village on 5 Septem- Islamic Republic or Islamic Emir- of exiting Afghanistan almost im- Karzai, who has turned a firm vo- Subscription Rates ber.[2] However, the real reasons ate — after the deal. possible to accomplish in near tary of a peace process with the could be a plethora of new and Internal and External Realign- term. That could possibly push Taliban, is bound to pose challeng- persisting differences over the ‘end ments: Shifting sands the Trump administration to in- es to scenarios that reaffirm the Categories Fee game’ in Afghanistan among the The net outcome of Trump’s de- creasing military pressure on the position of Ghani and his co- Afghanistan Times many stakeholders inside and out- cision is a mixture of the obvi- insurgents or to make another try horts.[9] side of Afghanistan. Within the ous and also, internal realignment at reviving peace talks with the Lessons Learnt Six Months $120 at your door step Trump administration, divisions and geopolitical reconfiguration. Taliban.[8] Since 14000 remain- In the long run, insurgencies pre- For fast delivery service and opposition had mounted to That the Taliban would contin- ing US forces and 17000 NATO dominantly have ended through One Year the U.S. Special Envoy for Af- ue with its campaign of indis- forces on non-combat roles are negotiated settlements. According $240 Afghanistan Times seeks the ghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad-nego- criminate violence was on ex- unlikely to swing the directions to a study by RAND, “Military names, addresses of your tiated deal that hinged mostly on pected lines.[6] The U.S. and the of the war with the Taliban deci- force has rarely been the primary organizations and the number of a promise made by the Talban that Taliban held nine rounds of talks sively in America’s favour, an- reason for the end of terrorist copies you want. it will deny space to international in the past ten months before the other attempt at a peace deal is groups. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES Afghanistan:18FruitlessYears, TimetoPullOut NowMr.Trump fter 18 years of US military occupation in Afghani stan, Taliban militants currently control more terri tory than at any time since the post-9/11 invasion." By David Unsworth

David Unsworth is a Boston na- tive. He received degrees in His- tory and Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis, and subsequently spent five years working in real estate development in New York City. Currently he resides in Bogota, Soviet Communism did not take that they have no interest in ex- Colombia, where he is involved root there, and neither did any- porting terrorism overseas, or at- in the tourism industry. In his thing resembling Western liber- tacking American or European tar- free time he enjoys singing in al democracy, even with an 18 gets. They are largely influenced rock bands, travelling through- year military occupation. by Deobandi nationalism, and sug- out Latin America, and study- Trump promised during the gest (probably correctly) that their ing Portuguese. 2016 campaign that he would focus is only within the borders bring our troops home, and let’s of Afghanistan. Here is what Pres- “The militants now control more see if he keeps his word. The ident Trump should do: Pull our territory than at any time since withdrawal of 5,400 troops troops out of Afghanistan. Let the the 2001 US invasion.” That is would be a good start, but this Afghan government stand on its the most salient fact from a BBC would still leave 10,000 troops own for now. And tell the Taliban article earlier this month, which there. It would be nice to think that if they ever allow the nation goes a long way towards illumi- that the Afghan people are go- to be used as a base for interna- By DON HARVEL powers for air support, salaries East and South Asia, suggested that based terrorist groups would be nating everything that is wrong ing to rise up against the Tali- tional terrorism again, that we will and logistical assistance, have the U.S. air campaign will acceler- worth the political cost of reen- with American foreign policy. As ban and turn their country into bomb them into the Stone Age. sustained tens of thousands of ate in the interim. The end result tering negotiations. Ron Paul, the only honest man a stable and prosperous democ- Yes, the Taliban may once again President Donald Trump’s can- casualties over the last five years. will be a high body count and a lot After 18 years of heartache, a in Washington DC, has said, “The racy. Unfortunately, that ap- take over the nation of Afghani- cellation of talks with the Taliban The Taliban, despite their pro- of munitions expended. But, in the counterterrorism-for-withdrawal best thing that we can do for the pears highly unlikely, and it is stan. Hopefully that will not hap- on Sept. 9 was a surprising re- paganda of continuing the jihad end, the balance of power on the transaction is likely to be the best Middle East is to stay as far away hardly the responsibility of the pen, but it is entirely possible. If sponse to what has been a sadly until the last foreign boot leaves ground will fundamentally remain deal the United States can get. The from it as possible.” Yes, so after United States government or 18 years of current strategy has predictable pattern of violence in Afghan soil, wouldn’t have unchanged. U.S. and Taliban nego- intricate details of a comprehen- Afghanistan. In Trump’s own trillions of dollars spent on our military to police Afghanistan. not worked, however, what would agreed to enter negotiations with tiators have a critical choice to sive political agreement — such wondrous military-industrial Our continued presence there possibly lead us to believe that 36 words, negotiations with the in- the U.S. in the first place if they make. They can both walk away as how Afghanistan’s political surgents are now “dead,” which complex, and thousands of Amer- will do more harm than good. Is or 54 years would turn things also weren’t feeling the heat. from diplomacy completely and structure is organized; how much ican lives lost (the vast majority the American presence wel- around? This is not a war, where can only mean one thing: The war Washington, meanwhile, has far press their luck in gaining a mea- power the Taliban will be given will get much worse before it gets of whom would say we shouldn’t comed in Afghanistan? Is it ap- two parties fight, one side loses more significant national securi- surable advantage on the battlefield. in a potential national unity gov- have been in Afghanistan in the preciated? Is it worth spending definitively, and then everyone better. While the president’s move ty priorities on its plate than re- Or they can return to the table as ernment; how best to integrate to postpone a meeting with Tali- first place), the end result is that trillions of dollars and risking moves on. Islamic fundamentalism maining bogged down indefinite- soon as possible in order to finish Taliban fighters into the main- the Taliban is more powerful than tens of thousands of American as manifested in the Taliban will ban officials at Camp David, Md., ly in a conflict with no apparent the work that was started nearly a stream of Afghan society; when before, and is running more lives to try to force this isolated be difficult to eradicate and clear- was justified, dissolving the year- end on the horizon. year ago. The first option may al- and where a ceasefire will occur long talks altogether would be a The collapse of U.S.-Taliban ne- low both sides to change the battle and how it will be enforced — towns, villages, provinces, and and impoverished nation to ac- ly the US military is not the in- significant mistake. As hard-head- gotiations will only exacerbate geometry over the short term, but should be left to the Afghans to vast agricultural production net- cept a political and economic strument to do so. Contrast the ed as the Taliban have been in their the stalemate at a more violent at the cost of causing more misery resolve on their own. works, than it was before. system that is completely alien situation in Afghanistan with the negotiating positions, there is no level. We have already seen an to the people of Afghanistan and Trump finds himself at an inflec- Now, why exactly would that be? to them? The Taliban clearly has situation in Hong Kong, Venezue- substitute for diplomacy. If the increase in U.S. bombing of stra- delaying the inevitable dialogue tion point. The road he chooses It doesn’t take a PhD in foreign widespread support in rural Af- la, and Nicaragua today, where United States is to extricate itself tegic Taliban targets. Both par- Afghans must have with each oth- to take will be the difference be- relations or Asian history to ghanistan, across the country, people are rising up against Com- militarily in a way that will not ties will increase the pace of their er if they are able to turn the page tween continuing an aimless, ex- quickly determine that the Tali- and even in major cities, and munist dictatorships. I would far produce a full rupture in Afghan- tactical operations, hoping that on 40 years of war. The longer it pensive and senseless war the ban enjoys widespread support there is no indication that that rather use the resources in Afghan- istan’s security situation, Wash- inflicting more pain on the other takes to return to a diplomatic pro- American people no longer be- from the Afghan people. The is going to change any time soon. istan to support the people of ington has no choice but to push side will enhance their leverage cess, the harder it will be to re- lieve in and a pragmatic accord Afghan people are not rising up If the Afghan people want to Hong Kong, Venezuela, and Nica- forward and find a way to resur- in the event talks restart. After solve grievances. The second op- that will finally allow the United against what they perceive to be build a successful country, in ragua; places where people share rect negotiations from the dead. Trump decided to walk away, the tion, however, will provide Wash- States to end the longest conflict the oppressive yoke of the Tali- whatever form that may take, our values and praise our free-mar- We should all remember why Taliban have threatened to con- ington and the Taliban with a sec- in its history. One hopes the pres- ban, clamoring for womens’ and they will have to do it them- ket democratic system, and our these talks began. All combatants duct more attacks across the ond bite at the apple. Assuming ident makes the right choice. Re- gay rights, liberal democracy, selves. We’ve been propping up Constitution which is its founda- in the conflict are exhausted from country, a promise that will sure- the Trump administration can ver- tired Brig. Gen. Don Harvel is a prosecuting a war that has been capitalism, rule of law, separa- a series of pathetic governments tion. ly be fulfilled as millions of Af- ify and monitor any counterterror- former deputy commander of the tion of powers, and freedom of for 18 years, and enough is Time to withdraw our troops from stuck in a muddled stalemate for ghans travel to the polls this ism assurances the Taliban pro- Texas Air National Guard and a at least the last two years. The religion. Cities may contain small enough. Afghanistan once and for all. It is month to cast their ballots. Gen. vides, an arrangement trading a fellow at the American College of groups of people that support I am hardly an isolationist or a not our battle to fight, and we can Afghan national security forces, Kenneth McKenzie, command- U.S. troop withdrawal in return for National Security Leaders. still heavily dependent on foreign some of these ideas, but as the categorical opponent of using not possibly use our military er of U.S. forces in the Middle a sincere break with Afghanistan- (stripes) Soviets found out 30 years ago American military force over- power to ensure good governance when they tried to import Com- seas. I also would be delighted in all of the world’s 190-odd coun- munism to Afghanistan, it has to eradicate the Taliban from Af- tries. We must pick and choose long been a country that vehe- ghanistan. Unfortunately, that is our battles, and Afghanistan is a mently rejects ideology per- not going to happen. lost cause. ceived as “foreign.” The Taliban largely claims now (forces.net) T r u m p’s Ukr ain e Call R aises Q u estion s Abou t Cam paign Fin an ce R u les BY Mohammad Stanekzai BY Anna Massoglia say there may already be evi- foreign national in connection with dence of a campaign finance vi- a U.S. election,” FEC chair Ellen Hundreds of Afghans marched on President Donald Trump ac- olation. Weintraub cautioned in a June Tuesday in protest against the knowledged this weekend that he Richard Hasen, a professor at statement. “This is not a novel deaths of at least 40 wedding par- discussed former Vice President the University of California Ir- concept. Electoral intervention ty guests who were caught in the Joe Biden and his son during a vine School of Law, wrote in from foreign governments has been crossfire of a clash between U.S.- July phone call with Ukraine’s Slate Monday that Trump may considered unacceptable since the backed government forces and Is- president, leading critics to ques- have violated campaign finance beginnings of our nation.” lamist militants. With presiden- tion whether Trump is courting law with the call, given the val- Unlawful in-kind contributions tial elections due this coming Sat- foreign interference ahead of the ue that an investigation into have landed Trump associates in urday, the killings and the many 2020 presidential election. Trump Biden and his son could bring hot water before. Former Trump reportedly urged Ukrainian Pres- the Trump campaign in the lawyer Michael Cohen is serving more before them threaten to ident Volodymyr Zelensky to event of a 2020 clash. Under fed- a three-year sentence in federal alienate Afghanistan’s people investigate his potential 2020 eral law, campaigns are barred prison after pleading guilty to an from elites in the capital Kabul. opponent over an unsubstanti- from accepting or soliciting a array of charges, including one that “The government is busy with its ated claim that Biden blocked a “thing of value” from foreign he violated campaign finance law election campaigns, they have no Ukrainian investigation into his nationals or governments in con- by paying two women to keep plan for the protection of the peo- son’s business dealings in the nection with an election. “Cer- their stories of alleged affairs with ple and that is why civilians get former Soviet country. A whistle- tainly, the Ukrainian govern- Trump from going public. Still, the killed and bombed every day,” blower in the intelligence com- ment spending money to inves- federal agency tasked with enforc- munity reportedly said Trump tigate the family of Trump’s po- ing campaign finance law is cur- said Mullah Amir Mohammad urged Zelensky to work with tential challenger would be of im- rently unable to do its job and it is Akhundzada, a tribal elder who Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy mense value to Trump’s reelec- up to Trump and Congress to fix took part in the demonstration in Giuliani, to investigate Biden’s tion campaign, and requesting that. Lashkargah, the capital of Hel- son in exchange for “promises.” such a probe would bring the Giuliani’s Foreign Influence Op- mand province. “In such a situa- The exact contents of Trump’s foreign national solicitation ban erations tion people will boycott the elec- call with Zelensky remain hid- into play,” Brendan Fischer, di- Just before Zelensky’s win in tions and nobody will vote,” he den from the public since the rector of federal reform at Cam- Ukraine’s 2019 presidential elec- said. Civilians have paid a heavy White House has not released a paign Legal Center, told tion, a delegation of Zelensky cam- transcript of the call, citing con- OpenSecrets in an email. paign representatives orchestrat- price in a war that has intensified cerns that it could set a “bad pre- “But ultimately, whether the ed a secretive influence campaign since U.S.-Taliban peace talks col- cedent,” though Trump himself president might face liability for during which they reportedly paid lapsed two weeks ago. The wed- told reporters that he hopes campaign finance violations is Trump International Hotel’s BLT ding deaths occurred days after a “they release” the transcript. separate from whether the un- restaurant $1,912 to dine with U.S. drone strike killed 32 pine Giuliani joined Trump’s person- derlying conduct is an appro- “around a dozen unknown oth- nut harvesters but which officials expressed fatigue at the frequen- cated next to the bride’s home that Pakistanis and a Bangladeshi na- al legal team in April 2018 as spe- priate use of power,” he added. ers.” Giuliani was one of the po- said was aimed at militants. cy of such events. came under fire during Sunday tional, the defence ministry said cial counsel Robert Mueller’s in- This is not the first time the litical players introduced to On Sunday night, members of the “These incidents happen in ev- night’s commando assault in the separately. vestigation of Russian interfer- Trump campaign has come un- Zelensky’s rival in Ukraine’s pres- wedding party were caught in the ery corner of the country every Musa Qala area of Helmand. When U.S. President Donald ence in the 2016 election heated der investigation for soliciting idential election, Yulia Tymoshen- up. Last week, Giuliani admitted help from a foreign government. ko, as part of another secretive crossfire of explosions and bul- day, yet there is no responsible Colonel Sonny Leggett, a spokes- Trump’s tweet two weeks ago he had asked Ukrainian officials Mueller probed the Trump cam- lobbying operation funded by lets during a U.S.-backed Afghan agency to ask to investigate man for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, abruptly ended Washington’s to investigate Biden, simply stat- paign’s meeting with Russian opaque shell companies and off- government force raid on a near- them,” said Abdul Wali. said on Monday most of these peace talks with the Taliban, the ing, “Of course I did” after ini- lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya shore accounts. Some question by Islamist hideout, officials in Last week President Ashraf killed were struck by the gunfire hopes of many Afghans after al- tially denying the allegation. over promised “dirt” about Hil- Giuliani’s work for foreign clients Helmand said. Ghani promised measures to re- of militants or from detonations of most 18 years of war were shat- Today Giuliani couldn’t confirm lary Clinton. Mueller declined while simultaneously serving as Tuesday’s marchers demanded an duce civilian casualties. On Mon- their explosives caches or suicide tered. They fear the war will not whether or not Trump threatened to prosecute members of the Trump’s personal attorney, say- investigation into the deaths and day, he called for “extra caution” vests. end and civilians will continue to to withhold $250 million in mili- Trump campaign, arguing in his ing it raises potential ethics issues justice for the victims. Though the in military operations and or- A Taliban spokesman said the U.S. be killed. “People have no op- tary aid for Ukraine during the report that he couldn’t prove and conflicts of interests. In 2018, protest was peaceful as it wound dered investigations. and government forces killed the tion but to stand against these in- call with Zelensky. But Trump the information shared at the Senate Democrats asked the Jus- himself alluded to the claim Mon- meeting had any value, and that tice Department to investigate through the city’s main bazaar, THE RAID wedding guests. cidents and those who oppose day, asking “why would you give he couldn’t prove the Trump whether Giuliani’s work conduct- anger was palpable as demonstra- It was not immediately clear who On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s intelli- peace,” said Wali, the marcher. money to a country that you team acted with “general knowl- ing “a number of political and pub- tors chanted a call for death to the was responsible for each of the gence service said that Afghan forc- “Peace is our priority and the think is corrupt?” “The conver- edge of the illegality of their con- lic relations activities on behalf of civilians’ killers, a Reuters report- deaths. Afghan officials said a es killed six al Qaeda and 17 Tali- warring sides should listen to the sation I had was largely congrat- duct.” Campaign finance experts foreign” interests may have trig- er said. Some said civilians had house being used by the Taliban ban members and arrested 14 oth- people.” ulatory, with largely corruption, are concerned that Mueller’s gered disclosure requirements un- been deliberately targeted, others to train suicide bombers was lo- ers. Among the captured were five (Reuters) all of the corruption taking place reasoning could embolden der the Foreign Agents Registra- and largely the fact that we don’t Trump to solicit help from for- tion Act. In August 2018, a leaked want our people like Vice Presi- eign powers. Trump created a letter from Giuliani’s global con- dent Biden and his son creating media firestorm in June when sulting firm to the president of Disclaimer: to the corruption already in the he said he would accept damag- Romania revealed that he was paid Ukraine,” Trump told reporters ing information about his 2020 to “lobby” a foreign government The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) Sunday. Although the incident opponent from a foreign gov- for policies contradicting U.S. has some critics alleging a quid- ernment. “It is illegal for any State Department policy. Giuliani and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. pro-quo between Trump and Ze- person to solicit, accept, or re- confirmed the payment’s exist- lensky, campaign finance experts ceive anything of value from a ence to Politico. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

What if Ukraine's Iranproxiesescalating?Overnight rocket army finally became strong enough to fight attackhitsUSembassycompoundinBaghdad Russia on its own? Several rockets were fired at Bagh- "limited" retaliation for the Ukraine and the Russian-backed, force. The same, however, can- dad's fortified Green Zone over- Aramco attacks, would result in separatist forces of Donetsk and not be said of Ukraine’s difficult night, and landed near the sprawl- "all-out war" — with American Luhansk remain locked in a path to military hardware mod- ing US embassy in Iraq, accord- troops and assets in the region shooting war that, since 2014, ernization. Congress has so far ap- ing to defense officials cited in the first in the cross hairs. has claimed around thirteen thou- proved two lethal aid packages to international reports, in the sec- The US coalition in Iraq issued a sand Ukrainian lives and dis- Ukraine, with Ukrainian Presi- ond such attack since May. statement Tuesday saying it At least two Katyusha rockets "would not tolerate" any attacks placed over two million more. dent Volodymyr Zelensky expect- landed near the embassy shortly on the fortified Green Zone - an Ukraine’s Armed Forces entered ed to request further military aid before midnight, according to the area which houses western dip- the Donbass conflict in a decrep- at his upcoming summit with AFP, which further cited a secu- lomatic buildings and internation- it state; in the words of Ukraini- President Donald Trump. rity source which described, "One al institutions. an General Viktor Muzhenko, as What does Ukraine need, what is hit about three metres [10 feet] Scene after a previous rocket at- “an army in ruins.” Kiev was it asking for, and what has it got- inside a gate on the embassy com- tack near the Green Zone in Bagh- confronted with two principal ten thus far? Prodigious price tags pound." During the attack "sev- dad, via Al Jazeera. challenges: Ukraine sold or de- and congratulatory news head- eral rockets" had been reported, The overnight Monday attack commissioned a great swathe of lines belie an altogether unsettling which appeared clearly intent on also comes as the UK, France its vast, but aging, Soviet mili- reality: U.S. military aid to hitting the American compound, and Germany joined the United tary inheritance over the 1990s Ukraine has been strategically, though there were no casualties States in condemning Iran for the and 2000s; and the Ukrainian and even tactically, inconsequen- or significant damage as a result. Sept. 14 twin aerial strikes on army suffered from poor train- tial. The bulk of previous mili- The US embassy compound in Saudi Aramco facilities. ing, rampant corruption, and flag- tary aid shipments consisted of Baghdad's Green Zone, via AFP. Currently there's also a move- ging morale. With the assistance small arms, anti-ECM (electronic Over the past months occasional ment gaining ground in Iraq's par- of U.S. and NATO military ad- countermeasures) technology, and rocket attacks on or near the em- liament to expel the American visors, Ukraine has made signif- miscellaneous personnel gear such bassy compound have under- 'anti-ISIL' coalition from the icant strides in addressing the lat- as night-vision goggles. These are scored soaring tensions between been accused of turning a blind eye rocket attack, but US officials wherein Iran has claimed itself ca- country, given the Islamic State's ter problem over the past sever- all important tools in their own US coalition forces and pro-Iran following a series of alleged Israeli have pointed the finger at mili- pable of striking any regional US recent demise as well as contro- al years; though much remains right, but not nearly enough to Iraqi Shia paramilitary groups airstrikes on 'Iran-backed' bases in tants backed by Iran after previ- base or aircraft carrier. The IRGC versial attacks on weapons de- to be done, Ukraine’s army is guarantee Ukrainian success in (Popular Mobilization Forces, or Iraq. There was no immediate ous similar events, especially giv- has lately vowed that any US mil- pots widely blamed on Israel. slowly taking the shape of a cen- retaking the separatist-held re- PMF). This after US forces have claim of responsibility for the en broader regional tensions itary action against Iran, even if (zerohedge) tralized professional fighting gions of Donbass. ImmigrationcontroversyinGermany NorthKoreahas200,000special forces Horst Seehofer, the conservative (CSU), stirred dismay among long- "We can manage" or "We can han- interior minister in German Chan- time allies when he said Germany dle it," stirred outrage protests cellor Angela Merkel's coalition might be willing to accept 25 per- from critics who said the influx soldiersandtheyarereadyfor war government, has long criticized cent of the migrants who have threatened to destabilize German her willingness to open the coun- reached Italy after perilous jour- society. Last week, CSU leader One of the most vital parts of tillery, airborne forces and spe- try maintains twenty-five spe- Of North Korea’s two hundred try's borders to migrants fleeing neys across the Mediterranean. Thomas Kreuzer expressed alarm North Korea’s war machine is one cial forces. The country’s con- cial-forces and special-purpose thousand “commandos,” approx- troubled regions in the Middle The controversy highlighted the at Seehofer's willingness to re- that relies the most on so-called ventional forces, facing a long brigades, and five special-forces imately 150,000 belong to light East and Africa. Last year he dilemma of Seehofer's effort to ceive migrants who are now in “soldier power” skills. North Ko- slide after the end of the Cold battalions, designed to undertake infantry units. Foot mobile, their threatened to resign rather than implement an immigration-policy Italy, where immigration has also rea has likely the largest special- War, have faced equipment ob- missions from frontline DMZ frontline mission is to infiltrate disavow his position that Ger- triad of "humanity, integration, and stirred angry debate and political forces organization in the world, solescence and supply shortag- assault to parachute and assassi- or flank enemy lines to envelop many must be willing to turn limitation" in a country whose im- division. Kreuzer said the move numbering two hundred thousand es—for example, North Korea nation missions. The Light In- or mount rear attacks on enemy away asylum-seekers. He fa- migration debate became particu- would incentivize more such mi- men—and women—trained in has very few tanks based on the fantry Training Guidance Bureau, forces. North Korea’s hilly ter- mously called migration "the larly fraught with Merkel's 2015 grations. "That is something we unconventional warfare. Pyongy- 1970s Soviet T-72, and most are part of the Korean People’s rain lends itself to such tactics, as mother of all problems" in Ger- decision to open the borders to don't want," he warned. An edi- ang’s commandos are trained to still derivatives of the 1960s-era Army, functions as a kind of an- does the network of tunnels that man politics. So last week See- hundreds of thousands of migrants. torial in the Suddeutsche Zeitung, operate throughout the Korean T-62. The rest of Pyongyang’s alog to U.S. Special Operations the country has dug that cross the hofer, a leader of the conserva- Her confident declaration, "Wir one of Germany's most promi- Peninsula, and possibly beyond, armored corps are in a similar pre- Command, coordinating the spe- DMZ in a number of places. Elev- tive Christian Social Union schaffen das," often translated as nent newspapers. to present an asymmetric threat dicament, making them decided- cial forces of the Army, Army en of North Korea’s special forc- to its enemies. For decades North ly inferior to U.S. and South Ko- Air Force and Korean People’s es brigades are light-infantry bri- Korea maintained an impressive rean forces. In response, North Navy. What a War Between gades, and there are smaller light- Nancy Pelosi all-arms force of everything from Korea has upped the importance NATO and Russia Would Look infantry units embedded within announces Trump tanks to mechanized infantry, ar- of its special forces. The coun- Like. individual NK combat divisions. impeachment inquiry over Ukraine scandal Saudi Arabia will not go to war with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D– Calif.) has announced a formal Iran, but it may pay others to do so impeachment inquiry into Presi- dent Donald Trump, after accu- Saudi AramcoEver since a barrage foreign military involvement in planes to attack the predomi- tion. The answer is simple, she sations swelled that Trump le- veraged his political power to of drone and missile attacks struck that war, Saudi Arabia is sup- nantly Shiite Houthi rebels. That says: the Saudi regime purchases pressure Ukrainian President Saudi Arabia on September 14, plying almost no ground troops largely explains the high civilian weapons, not to use them, but to Volodymyr Zelensky into inves- many have wondered whether the in that war. There are only Saudi toll in that war. Meanwhile, the make Wester defense industries tigating former Vice President Joe oil kingdom will go to war with commanders who are managing United States government an- dependent on its purchasing Biden—the current Democratic Iran. Riyadh has directly accused groups of mercenaries from nounced last week that it will be power. In other words, the Saudi AzeriSoldier KilledInKarabakh frontrunner in the 2020 presiden- the Islamic Republic of being be- Morocco, Jordan and Egypt. A sending several hundred troops monarchy buys Western weap- tial election. "The actions taken hind the attacks. But the specula- large portion of the Saudi-led to the oil kingdom and will be ons for political reasons. These STEPANAKERT — An Azerbaijani soldier was killed in Nagorno- to date by the president have se- tion about a possible war is baf- force consists of Sudanese child beefing up its air defense sys- purchases enable it to get away Karabakh at the weekend in what Karabakh Defense army described riously violated the Constitu- fling, argues Nesrine Malik in a soldiers, whose families are paid tems. But Malik wonders why with its abysmal human-rights as a failed incursion on its frontline positions. A statement by the tion," she said. As Reason's Pe- well-argued article published last handsomely for supplying the oil it is that Saudi Arabia, which has record at home, as well as its kid- Defense Army said an Azerbaijani commando squad “left behind one ter Suderman has pointed out, Sunday in Britain’s Guardian kingdom’s force in Yemen with been the world’s largest weap- nappings and assassinations corpse in the no man’s land” after being repelled by its frontline while the allegations have yet to newspaper. Saudi Arabia does not what Malik describes as “can- ons importer since 2014, and abroad. In the meantime, says troops deployed southeast of Karabakh on Sunday afternoon. “The be fully substantiated, the “go to war”, she says —it pays non fodder”. The Saudi com- whose 2018 arms purchases ac- Malik, if Saudi Arabia goes to war mounting evidence appears to be Defense Army suffered no losses. Details of the incident are being others to do so on its behalf. manders communicate their bat- counted for 12 percent of global against Iran, it will do so the way unfavorable to the president. The war in Yemen is a perfect ex- tle orders to their hired troops defense spending last year, re- it always does: it will hire proxies clarified,” the statement said, adding that the “sabotage incursion Rudy Giuliani, Trump's person- attempt” was filmed by the army’s surveillance cameras installed ample, argues Malik. Even though via satellite phones and use un- quires the presence of American —including the United States— al lawyer, flip-flopped on nation- the Saudi monarchy is leading the manned drones and high-flying troops on its soil for its protec- to fight on its behalf. along the Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact” around Karabakh. al television, initially denying, but The Azerbaijani military on Monday confirmed a combat death with- then admitting to urging Zelen- in its ranks but denied launching any commando raids. According to sky to carry out the opposition the Trend news agency, the Defense Ministry in Baku said that an research on Biden and his family. Solving climate What's more, Trump reportedly Azerbaijani soldier, identified as Ramin Abdulrahmanov, was shot brought up the request eight times crisis may begin dead in front of Karabakh Armenian positions after accidentally “los- on a July call with the Ukranian Biglossesfor regimein ing his way.” The ministry said it has asked the International Com- president. And just days prior to with smallest of mittee of the Red Cross to help recover his body. The deadly incident that conversation, Acting White occurred one day before a fresh meeting Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s House Chief of Staff Mick Mul- steps foreign ministers due to be held in New York. The two ministers most vaney withheld $400 million in Idlibsoutherncountryside recently met in Washington on June 20 in the presence of the U.S., military aid from the Ukraine at Trump's behest. The president Hayat Tahrir Sham announced the The recent student strikes and Russian and French mediators co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group. has no lawful power to refuse destruction of a military regime mass protests have reduced my The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry described that meeting as “posi- funds that Congress has allocat- bulldozer on Mdayaya axis in the fear that we will let global warm- tive.” ed. Yet it seems that Trump may southern countryside of Idlib. ing get out of control. Demonstra- have moved to cut off support According to Iba news, the oppo- tions are often inefficient. The for Ukraine—illegally—in hopes sition fighters were able to destroy time, effort, and money spent or- that he could prompt that coun- the bulldozer by an anti-armor ganizing demonstrations could Belarus,Kyrgyzstandiscuss try to look into a political oppo- missile during its attempt to lift often have been better invested in nent. Trump said Monday that earth mounds. This morning, grass roots organizing, electing he withheld the funds because of clashes broke out between oppo- better leaders, and educating pub- bilateral trade prospects "corruption" in the country. He sition factions and regime militia, lic opinion. But well-planned contradicted that messaging on when the latter attempted to ad- demonstrations, like the Aug. 28, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kyr- Tuesday, telling the United Na- vance on Tal Jafar axis east of 1963 March on Washington for gyzstan Andrei Strachko met with Kyrgyzstan Deputy Prime Minis- tions that he kept the money over Khan Sheikhoun town leading to Jobs and Freedom, can sometimes ter, Chairman of the Kyrgyzstan's part of the intergovernmental Be- frustrations with Europe's lack death and injure many of them, of monetary support. Pelosi's be very effective. It was here that larus-Kyrgyzstan commission for trade and economic cooperation about-face on impeachment rep- according to field activists. On the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ener- Zhenish Razakov, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belaru- resents a major shift for the con- other hand, the Syrian Observa- gized the civil rights movement sian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties talked over the pros- gresswoman, who up until this tory for Human Rights said that to shelling Kabina axis with ex- and southern countryside of with his famous "I Have a Dream" pects for bilateral trade, including possibilities to expand production point has maintained that such regime targeted Rakaya, Sejnah plosive bombs According to ac- Aleppo, in addition to targeting speech. The current student pro- cooperation. Photo courtesy of Belarus' Embassy in Kyrgyzstan The proceedings would have disas- and Hayesh towns in the south- tivists, regime militia carried out eastern countryside of Idlib with tests, too, are probably an excel- rocket shelling on the western heavy artillery bombardment. parties confirmed readiness to hold the 10th meeting of the intergov- trous political consequences. ern Idlib countryside, in addition lent idea. The demonstrators' sin- ernmental Belarus-Kyrgyzstan commission for trade and economic cerity is obvious, since today's cooperation in Minsk in December 2019. young will have to live (if they can) in tomorrow's climate. The J oh n son flies b a ck t o fa ce U K young are confronting a frighten- ing possibility: Darwin's biologi- Kazakhstan continues to push cal concept of "survival of the fit- p a r lia m en t a s B r exit ch a os d eep en s test" may also apply to entire for a nuclear-free world planetary civilizations. If so, the A defiant Prime Minister Boris sign. The main opposition Labour human race may be facing its ulti- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made the appeal in his first speech mate test: will it survive, perhaps to the UN General Assembly’s annual general debate. Johnson was flying home early Party is itself deeply split over on Wednesday after the Supreme Brexit, and appears to be vacillat- to develop into a mature civiliza- Seventy years ago, during the Soviet era, Kazakhstan was the site of tion, or will it destroy the climate the first atomic bomb test when more than 450 nuclear devices were Court ruled he had unlawfully ing about whether to launch a suspended parliament, with no motion of no-confidence to try conditions which make human life exploded near Semipalantinsk, today known as Semey. Mr. Tokayev possible? No one knows whether stated that achieving a nuclear-free world has become an essential part end in sight to Britain's deep po- and bring Johnson down. Johnson litical crisis over Brexit. Johnson has repeatedly said his preferred life exists elsewhere. It seems im- of national identity. “We stem from the firm conviction that nuclear plausible that life exists only on weapons are no longer an asset but a danger to global peace and stabil- is determined to lead Britain out Brexit outcome would be to agree of the European Union on Oct. an exit deal with the EU's 27 other planet earth. But the universe is ity,” he said. “Unfortunately, some countries still rely in their strate- very old, and has many planets. gic defense calculations on nuclear arsenals, prompting their rivals to 31, with or without an exit agree- members before the Oct. 31 dead- ment, but most members of par- line, and that he was hopeful he If intelligent life has developed consider acquiring asymmetric responses but equally deadly types of liament are equally determined to would achieve that. However, EU elsewhere there should be plan- WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). Leading by example, Kaza- prevent a so-called "no-deal Brex- negotiators say he has made no ets where technology has devel- khstan works hard to alter these misperceptions.” Along with re- it" scenario. The House of Com- new proposals capable of break- oped far beyond what we have nouncing nuclear weapons, Kazakhstan has established a nuclear weap- mons, where Johnson has no ing the deadlock over the issue of achieved so far. That technology on-free zone in Central Asia. The country is also behind the adoption majority, will on Tuesday that how to manage the border between likely would enable its creators of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on his decision to suspend it for five Ireland, an EU member, and to zoom around the universe, vis- 29 August, the anniversary of the Semipalatinsk tests. “Kazakhstan weeks was unlawful and there- Northern Ireland, which is part of iting backward places like Earth, believes that the current issues on Iran’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of fore null and void. It is unclear the United Kingdom, after Brexit. or at least communicating with us. Action (JCPOA) and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula should exactly what will happen next. Against that backdrop, reactions Yet we have seen no sign of be settled only by political means, with due respect to each other’s Johnson has rejected calls from to the Supreme Court's blistering this. As Fermi's Paradox asks, interests and concerns,” Mr. Tokayev said. some political opponents to re- ruling among British politicians "Where is everybody?" THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

IMF expects Chinesedelegation positive arrivesinLithuaniato growth in discusseconomicties Turkish Xu Shaoshi, chairman of the Fi- gress usually rubber-stamps the economy nancial and Economic Affairs government's decisions. Lithua- Committee of the National Peo- nia's economic ties with China The International Monetary Fund ple's Congress, and Wang have been rather limited so far as (IMF) announced Monday that it Huizhong, a member of its Over- the government is cautious about did not expect Turkey to go into seas Chinese Committee, came to potential Chinese investments recession in 2019. The IMF pre- Lithuania on Tuesday evening to into strategic facilities, such as dicted positive growth this year at discuss evenomic relations. As the seaport of Klaipeda and the roughly 0.25%, it said in a con- part of their visit, which will end state railway company Lietuvos cluding statement of the 2019 Ar- on Friday, they are scheduled to Geležinkeliai, because of con- ticle IV Mission after monitoring meet with the Lithuanian parlia- cerns that they could also bring of economic developments in the ment's group for interparliamen- unwanted political influence. country. "Buoyed by expansion- tary relations with China, Gedi- There has been an increasingly ary fiscal policy, rapid state bank minas Kirkilas, the vice-speaker heated debate over the use of credit provision, a strong contri- of Seimas, and Deputy Foreign Huawei technologies in the de- bution of net exports, and more Minister Neris Germanas. "They velopment of Lithuania's fifth favorable market sentiment, the are the guests; they will raise the generation, or 5G, network. A economy registered positive issues. But I think we will most- few political incidents between growth in the first half of 2019," it ly focus on financial matters in Lithuania and China have oc- said. Current positive market sen- our discussion," Kestutis Glavec- curred recently, too. In late Au- timent provides "good opportuni- kas, the head of the interparlia- gust, a minor scuffle broke out ty" to enact a set of reforms that mentary relations group, told after a group of pro-Beijing ac- would address vulnerabilities, BNS. "A huge crisis is brewing in tivists turned up at a rally in strengthen policy credibility and Asia. I'm interested in these Vilnius in support of pro-democ- set the economy on a higher and things – South Korea, China, Ja- racy protesters in Hong Kong. more sustainable growth path, it pan," he said. "The trade turmoil The Lithuanian Foreign Minis- added. The report also stressed that is going to affect Lithuania, too." try handed a protest note to the Turkish lira had recovered and Kirkilas told BNS he would Beijing's ambassador over Chi- that the current account had seen discuss Lithuanian agricultural nese diplomats' role in the inci- remarkable adjustment following a product exports to China and the dent. On Monday, Vilnius May- sharp depreciation in the currency in late 2018. Import compression, Asian giant's investments in or Remigijus Šimašius said the In his third speech to the United la. I have told Kim Jong Un what ed last week to be a "new meth- U.S. launched fresh negotiations Lithuania with the Chinese MPs. city's administration would not a strong tourism season, improved market sentiment and geopolitical Nations as leader of the free I truly believe. That like Iran, his od" that could provide a break- in Seoul to renew their defense The Communist Party-con- grant a permit to organise a fire- world, President Trump said country is full of untapped po- through in the stalled talks. Pres- cost-sharing deal. He also said his trolled National People's Con- works display. developments have taken the pres- sure off the lira. wise world leaders put their own tential. But that to realize its ident Trump also urged Wash- administration will continue to people and countries first. Ad- promise, North Korea must de- ington's allies to pay their fair pressure the Iranian regime, high- dressing the General Assembly nuclearize. " Amid high expecta- share for the cost of their de- lighting that the highest level of on Tuesday, Trump delivered a tions for the resumption of work- fense. "We are also revitalizing sanctions have been imposed speech focused on sovereignty, ing-level talks between Pyeongy- our alliances by making it very against Iran following its recent Vietnam’s$5billionplanto but he spoke briefly about North ang and Washington, President clear that all of our partners are attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facil- Korea. He called on the regime to Trump added the North will en- expected to pay their fair share ities. On trade, President Trump denuclearize if it wishes to reach joy a brighter future once it aban- of the tremendous defense bur- lashed out at China for not em- neutralizeTrump’stariff threats its tremendous economic poten- dons its nuclear weapons. How- den which the United States has bracing the reforms it promised to tial. "We have pursued bold di- ever, the U.S. leader did not pro- born in the past." His remark make when it joined the World Follow Bloomberg on LINE mes- and eventually import billions of Vietnam, which is leading a con- plomacy on the Korean Peninsu- vide details on what he suggest- comes as South Korea and the Trade Organization in 2001. senger for all the business news dollars of U.S. fuel into the coun- sortium of companies backing the and analysis you need. And sub- try. It’s being fast-tracked with development on salt beds in south- scribe to Terms of Trade, our dai- the blessing of Prime Minister ern Binh Thuan province. “I think ly newsletter that untangles a Nguyen Xuan Phuc as part of a they see LNG as a way of lower- world embroiled in trade wars. push to buy American products ing the trade deficit the U.S. has India’s economic Vietnam’s campaign to tamp in Vietnam, where the Commu- with Vietnam. There is a lot of pres- IndonesianCentralBankwarns down the Trump administration’s nist government has embarked on sure from the White House right growth could trade gap ire has come to a coastal a crash course in modern U.S. now.” Indeed, the nation’s leaders commune better known for grow- politics. “I’ve never seen the are doing all they can to avoid Chi- ing dragon fruit along one-lane Vietnamese government move so na’s fate after President Donald ofeconomicriskfromwildfires rebound to potholed roads. The community quickly,” said John Rockhold, an Trump in June described Vietnam Wildfires that have been raging in skies blood red in some parts, are been disrupted, and environmen- could soon be home to a $5 bil- engineer with 28 years experi- as “almost the single worst abuser Indonesia may hurt economic damaging agriculture in the coun- tal damage caused,” he said. lion liquefied natural gas project ence shepherding infrastructure of everybody” when asked if he growth if the problem persists, try. Along with a longer than usual While it’s still too early to mea- above 7pc next that would include an import ter- projects in Vietnam. He is coun- wanted to impose tariffs on the Bank Indonesia Deputy Gover- dry season and drought in some sure the effect on growth, a minal and gas-fired power plant try director of Energy Capital nation. U.S. Trade Representative. nor Dody Budi Waluyo said. parts of Indonesia, they have World Bank report published af- year, ADB says “The impact of forest and land curbed palm oil and rice produc- ter deadly wildfires in 2015 put fires that cause smoke disruption, tion. Waluyo said the central the cost of that haze crisis at India’s economic growth may be if prolonged, will certainly have bank is sticking to its forecast for $16 billion. That price tag was slowing down, but the country an impact on economic and busi- growth to be in the lower half of at the time equivalent to 1.9% could stage a turnaround to expand SouthKoreanpresident callsfor ness activities,” Waluyo said via the 5%-5.4% range in 2019, be- of GDP and twice the amount it by more than 7% next year, ac- text message on Wednesday, with- fore picking up toward the mid- took to rebuild the country af- cording to the latest forecasts by out quantifying the effect. “For point of the 5.1%-5.5% range in ter a tsunami devastated parts the Asian Development Bank. In economicengagement withNorthKorea this reason, we fully support the 2020. “Impacts that are more dif- of Indonesia back in 2004. The the April-to-June quarter, Asia’s steps taken by the government ficult to quantify are social and wildfires are another potential third-largest economy grew 5% to overcome this.” The fires, environmental impacts that are hit to an economy already feel- year-over-year — a six-year low which have caused a thick haze more long-term, including im- ing the effects of a global slow- pace. That prompted several econ- across Indonesia, Malaysia and pacts on public health, impacts down and escalating trade war omists to warn that the country’s Singapore for weeks, turning on educational activities that have between the U.S. and China. growth rate could fall below 6% this year. ADB also downgraded its growth projections for India. In a report released Wednesday, the Manila-based development Colombian bank said India is expected to grow by 6.5% in the current fiscal year — down from its previous fore- president cast of 7.2%. For the next fiscal year, that growth rate could re- bound to 7.2%, slightly lower credits US than the earlier forecast of 7.3%, saidADB. “This year’s downward revision seems to be mainly driv- trade deal for en by overall broader slowing South Korean President Moon for economic relations with the South Korean president, who was down of domestic consumption, Jae-in, speaking in front of the rival nation came one day after a major proponent of the first investments, manufacturing pro- 74th United Nations General As- President Trump announced that Trump-Kim summit in 2017. Nu- economic boost duction and service sector produc- sembly Tuesday, called for eco- a fourth summit with North Ko- clear talks have been stalled for tion,” Yasuyuki Sawada, ADB’s nomic engagement with North rean leader Kim Jong-Un “could months after a February summit Colombia is emerging as one of Baritromo, while noting the U.S. States' industrial and consumer chief economist, told CNBC’s Korea in exchange for progress on happen soon,” after nuclear talks in which the U.S. rejected a deal to Latin America's key economies is a strategic partner. "We com- product exports to Colombia. “Street Signs Asia.” But several nuclear disarmament. Moon told have remained at an impasse for lift sanctions on the nation for only thanks in part to a 2012 trade pared it to Latin America that is Fox Business reports that the government measures, such as the leaders on Tuesday that his na- months. On Sept. 9, North Ko- partial disarmament. agreement reached with the Unit- going to grow by 0.5%. Colom- U.S. trade balance with Colom- recent corporate tax cuts, could tion “will guarantee the security rea announced via state media Since the breakdown of talks, ed States, the country's President bia is going to grow above 3%, bia has shifted from a goods def- help stem the slowdown in the of North Korea. I hope North that it was open to nuclear talks however, North Korea has avoid- Ivan Duque said. "The rise of for- which is above the region on the icit of $244 million in 2017 to a Indian economy, Sawada added. Korea will do the same for South with the U.S. leader "at an agreed ed direct criticism of President eign direct investment in the last world average. So we have to keep surplus of $1.2 billion in 2018, “These policy measures Korea.” He called for a peace zone time and place in late Septem- Trump and demanded that Secre- semester, which was above 24%, the investment going." The Unit- according to data from the Of- (would) really play a key role in between the two nations' borders ber." North Korea did not send a tary of State Mike Pompeo be re- is one of the triggers of Colom- ed States-Colombia Trade Pro- fice of the United States Trade bouncing back the India economy to house U.N. offices and other diplomat to the assembly. Trump moved from negotiations, accus- bia's high growth this year," Du- motion Agreement eliminated Representative. next year,” said the economist. international groups. Moon’s call met later Monday with the ing him of maintaining. que told Fox Business' Maria duties on 80% of the United (BBC) (AP) Saudi central bank governor says IMFreachesstaff levelagreement onsixth attack on Aramco reviewof SriLanka’sExtendedFundFacility had no monetary International Monetary Fund Full Statement view of the EFF-supported pro- as tourist arrivals and related ac- impact (IMF) says that the Sri Lankan A staff team from the Inter- gram. The authorities are taking tivities gradually recover. Inflation he Asian Development Bank cuts its growth outlook authorities are taking steps to national Monetary Fund (IMF) steps to complete all the pend- is expected to remain stable at for the Philippines to 6% in 2019, just clinging on to The September 14 attacks on Sau- complete all the pending actions led by Manuela Goretti visited ing actions and structural bench- around 4.5 percent during 2019- the lower end of the government's target band di Aramco facilities had no mone- and structural benchmarks for the Colombo during September 10- marks for this review over the 20. Despite the recent fall in tour- tary impact on Saudi Arabia, the sixth review of Sri Lanka’s Ex- 25, 2019 to conduct the sixth re- next few weeks. “The team wel- ist arrivals and remittances, the Kingdom’s central bank governor tended Fund Facility (EFF) over view under Sri Lanka’s economic comed the authorities’ efforts to current account balance is project- the next few weeks. A staff team reform program supported by a normalize the security situation ed to improve to 2.6 percent of MANILA, Philippines – The Bird noted that the slower said in an advance copy of an in- terview provided by Kuwait’s Al from the IMF led by Manuela four-year Extended Fund Facili- in the country after the tragic GDP in 2019 on the back of lower Asian Development Bank (ADB) growth may be due to the Phil- Goretti visited Colombo during ty (EFF) arrangement. At the end terrorist attacks in April and imports and stronger exports sup- slashed its growth outlook for the ippine economy entering a phase Rai newspaper that will be pub- lished on Wednesday. Governor September 10-25, 2019 to con- of the visit, Ms. Goretti made mitigate the impact of the shock ported by the exchange rate cor- Philippines again, but maintained in its business cycle when growth Ahmed al-Kholifey was echoing duct the sixth review and the team the following statement: “The on the economy. Real GDP rection in late 2018. “Sustaining that it will likely remain within is expected to temporarily ease. comments made by the country’s had reached understandings at the team reached understandings at growth was revised to 2.7 per- prudent policies and implement- the government's target band. In a "Although private consump- finance minister last week, who staff level with the Sri Lankan the staff level with the Sri Lan- cent in 2019 and is projected to ing institutional reforms remain press briefing on Wednesday, Sep- tion continued to expand robust- said the attacks had no impact on authorities. kan authorities on the sixth re- improve to 3.5 percent in 2020, critical to preserve. tember 25, ADB country manag- ly, it was more than offset by a government revenue. Kholifey add- er for the Philippines Kelly Bird slowdown in domestic invest- ed that Saudi banks have not seen said the multilateral lender ment and weakening exports," the any unusual movement on money US-Japan trade deal to be a model of 'fair' ties: White House projects that gross domestic prod- ADB said in its report. withdrawals after the attacks uct (GDP) would grow at 6% in Moderating economic which initially knocked out half the U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pected to officially agree on the bilateral economic ties, while the revised Trans-Pacific Partner- 2019 and 6.2% in 2020. growth is also seen to be accom- kingdom’s oil production and dam- and Japanese Deputy Prime deal. further reinforcing their bilater- ship free trade pact that entered This is lower than the previ- panied by lower inflation and aged the world’s biggest crude oil Minister Taro Aso affirmed Tues- The White House said in a al security alliance, according to into force in December after the ous forecast of 6.2% and 6.4% in narrower current account defi- processing plant. The governor said day that the upcoming bilateral statement that the two discussed the Japanese Foreign Ministry. abrupt U.S. pullout in 2017. 2019 and 2020, respectively. Year- cits. last week that Saudi economic trade pact will serve as a model the "positive progress being The Trump administration The United States, however, growth this year will not be far off to-date, GDP growth is still be- The ADB likewise lowered for "fair and reciprocal economic made towards a finalized bilater- has been seeking a deal to re- is seen as unlikely to reduce its IMF forecasts. The IMF expects relations," according to the White al trade agreement" and that duce its trade deficit with Ja- existing tariffs on imported Japa- low target at 5.5%. To hit the low- its growth prospects for 2019 in the Saudi economy to grow 1.9%, House. The two met on the side- "such a full agreement will lead pan, demanding greater market nese vehicles and auto parts. er end of the target of 6% to 7%, East Asia (5.5% from 5.7%), slower than the 2.2% in 2018, but lines of the U.N. General Assem- to greater prosperity in both access for American beef, pork, Japan's top negotiator GDP growth has to hit at least Southeast Asia (4.5% from some economists are more bearish bly in New York prior to the countries and will serve as a mod- wheat and dairy products. Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday 6.5% in the 3rd and 4th quarters. 5.9%), and South Asia (6.2% due to oil output cuts. He also planned meeting between U.S. el for fair and reciprocal econom- Under the envisaged deal, after meeting U.S. Trade Repre- The projection takes into ac- from 6.8%), amid the lingering said last week the central bank did President Donald Trump and ic relations among nations." Japan would cut tariffs on U.S. sentative Robert Lighthizer in count the global economic slow- trade war between the United not expect any shortage in Saudi Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Aso and Pence also agreed to farm produce such as beef and New York that their negotiations down and domestic investments. States and China. – Rappler.com banks’ liquidity but was prepared. Abe, during which they are ex- continue to "stably" develop the pork, setting them on par with had "completely finished." THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. car worthy, and attacked as irre- became part of the gun safety sponsible by others because it debate again on Tuesday when drapes the character in heroic im- relatives and friends of those agery. “When we learned that killed during the 2012 movie the- Warner Bros. was releasing a ater shooting in Aurora, Colo., movie called ‘Joker’ that presents sent a letter to the studio express- the character as a protagonist with ing disquiet over its coming R- a sympathetic origin story, it gave rated film “Joker.” The 2012 us pause,” the letter said. “We shooting occurred during a mid- want to be clear that we support night showing of the Warner su- your right to free speech and free perhero movie “The Dark Knight expression,” it continued. “But as EXCLUSIVE: For Jurassic World tion in the film, as well as Neill’s beasts finding their way off the Jurassic World 3 screenplay with lion globally, and broadened into Rises.” “Joker,” which will ar- anyone who has ever seen a com- 3, Universal Pictures will bring and Goldblum’s returns, at a fan island and into civilization, so it Trevorrow. They worked off a video games, toys, novels, ani- rive in theaters on Oct. 4, is a ic book movie can tell you: back original Jurassic Park stars screening tonight of Battle at Big might well be where the next in- story by Derek Connolly and mated LEGO series and theme gritty character study of the title With great power comes great re- Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Rock, an eight-minute short film stallment of the film goes. Steven Trevorrow, who together co-wrote park attractions. Dern reprised comic-book villain directed by sponsibility. Goldblum to star alongside Chris that Trevorrow directed and Spielberg and Trevorrow return Jurassic World and Jurassic World: her role as Dr. Ellie Sattler and Todd Phillips and starring That’s why we’re calling on you Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, showed tonight, featuring dino- to be executive producers, while Fallen Kingdom. Dern, Neill and Neill reprised his Dr. Alan Grant Joaquin Phoenix. to use your massive platform and sources said. Colin Trevorrow is saurs running amuck after they’ve Frank Marshall and Pat Crow- Goldblum all originated their roles role in 2001’s Jurassic Park III. The film has been celebrated by influence to join us in our fight to back to direct and production escaped to the real world. The last ley are producing. Emily Car- in the 1993 blockbuster that start- Goldblum reprised his role as Ian some critics, with Mr. Phoenix’s build safer communities with starts early next year. Dern mo- Jurassic World, directed by J.A. michael (Pacific Rim Uprising, ed a series that has grossed a cu- Malcolm in 1997’s The Lost performance as a violent, men- fewer guns.” ments ago revealed her participa- Bayona, ended with the revived The Black Hole), has written the mulative total in excess of $5 bil- World: Jurassic Park. tally ill loner singled out as Os- (BBC) Sye Raa Narasimha Aishwarya Reddy Producer Ram Charan congratulates Salman Khan Rai Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan may have on being honoured with Dadasaheb gets death threat a double Phalke Award role in Mani on Facebook, Ratnam’s Ponniyin police on alert Selvan Bollywood actor Salman Khan Sopu’s court. Salaam sahid da nu; in front of policemen. After the Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is has been threatened with dire Respect girls; Save animals; threat from Bishnoi, Salman’s fa- said to be excited about her consequences in a social media Avoid drugs & help poors; Sukha ther Salim Khan had said in a con- upcoming film Ponniyin post, written on the Facebook kahlon Garry”, it added. The post versation with Mid-Day, “There Selvan with Mani Ratnam. wall of Student Organisation of has appeared before Salman is added security for Salman, who She will reportedly be seen Punjab University (Sopu), on Khan’s scheduled hearing on has, in any case, always had a good in a double role in the film. September 16. The police have September 27 in the blackbuck team of security personnel de- initiated investigation after the killing case. “The police are on ployed for him. It (threat) is not Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, ty when she was offered the film. Mani sir’s next, and will be shoot- post went viral. The post, by alert. We also gave proper secu- much of a concern (for the fami- who has confirmed that she has Lyca Productions is bank- ing for the project from early next Gairi Shooter has a picture of rity to the celebrity when he ly). We are only worried about signed Mani Ratnam’s upcoming rolling the project on a lavish scale. year.” Vikram and Ratnam have Salman Khan and reads: “Sal- came here for hearing previous- his safety, and that is being taken film adaptation of Tamil epic nov- The principal shooting will begin previously worked together in man, think, you can save your- ly. An investigation has been ini- care of.” He also said that the el Ponniyin Selvan, is likely to be from next year. The makers are yet Aayutha Ezhuthu and Raavan- Earlier this week, the nominees for self from Indian law, however, tiated,” said DCP Dharmendra police were doing their job well. seen playing dual roles in the high- to officially announce the cast and an. This will be the third time the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Vishnoi Samaj and Sopu Party Yadav. A few months ago, gang- Khan has been sentenced to five- ly anticipated project, according crew. It is being speculated that they’ll join forces for a project. Award were announced and Am- has announced death sentence ster Laurence Bishnoi had threat- year imprisonment in the black- to sources. In the film, Aishwarya the film also stars Karthi, Jayam The pre-production work on itabh Bachchan will be felicitated for you. You are an accused in ened Khan of dire consequences buck killing case. is expected to be seen as Nandini, Ravi, Amitabh Bachchan, Anush- Ponniyin Selvan has already at a grand ceremony in the nation- the wife of Periya Pazhuvettarai- ka Shetty, Keerthy Suresh, Aish- commenced. The makers are in al capital during the national films yar (a role played by Telugu ac- warya Lekshmi and Amala Paul the process of erecting huge sets awards ceremony. On the account tor Mohan Babu), and her mute among others. Even Vikram recent- to shoot crucial portions of the of the occasion, producer of 'Sye Kriti Sanon is a royal princess in mother, Queen Mandakini Devi. ly confirmed he’s part of the film. Ponniyin Selvan tells the Raa Narasimha Reddy', Ram Cha- Aishwarya is said to be excited project. At a press interaction story of Arulmozhivarman, one ran took to social media to con- about the double roles and imme- ahead of Kadaram Kondan’s re- of the kings of the Chola dynas- her Housefull 4 character poster diately jumped at the opportuni- lease, Vikram said: “I am part of ty during the 10th. gratulate the living legend for get- ting selected as the recipient of the Akshay Kumar has shared Kriti Sanon’s character poster from Housefull 4. Dada Saheb Phalke Award. He previously shared posters of Bobby Deol and Riteish Deshmukh as well. Wishing Amitabh Bachchan on Tiger Shroff compares rivalry with his recent victory, Ram Charan September 27. In her posters, wrote, "Congratulations on the Kriti can be seen in a regal avatar, Dada Saheb Phalke Award @am- decked out in a fancy lehenga and Hrithik Roshan in War to Ethan Hunt vs itabhbachchan sir! Truly well de- ornate jewellery. Her modern day served!! Thank you for being the avatar looks a lot like herself. Pre- James Bond, Batman vs Superman entertainer that you are!!" Recent- viously, Akshay had shared the ly, the pre-release event of Sye first looks of his character, who Raa took place which saw thou- is called Rajkumar Bala, and also sands of fans witness the grandeur of Riteish’s effeminate character, of the grand event and were hyped and Bobby’s warrior. Describing about the film's release. Sye Raa his character, Akshay wrote, Narasimha Reddy is a period dra- “Miliye 1419 ke Rajkumar Bala ma based on the life of freedom aur 2019 ke London return Harry fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha se! Witness how they embark Reddy who fought in what is upon this journey of ultimate cha- known to be the first war of Inde- os, confusion and madness.” Akshay Kumar has shared his in two timelines -- 1419 and 2019 About Riteish’s character, he pendence against the British Rule Housefull 4 co-star Kriti Sanon’s -- which means a portion of the in India. The movie features an wrote, “Dekhiye ek kahani jo shu- character poster on Twitter. Ak- film will be a period comedy. ru hui thi 1419 mein, magar ensemble cast of Shri Amitabh shay on Wednesday has been Akshay tweeted, “Miliye Sita- khatam hogi in 2019. Meet Bachchan, Dr. Chiranjeevi, Kich- sharing posters from the film one mgarh ki Rajkumari Madhu aur Bangdu and Roy who’re all set to cha Sudeep, Vijay Sethupathi, Ja- by one, beginning with himself, London ki Kriti se. Ek ne kahani take you on the crazy, chaotic ride gapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan, Nay- and following up with Riteish shuru ki aur doosri usse khatam of #Housefull4.” And about Bob- anthara, Tamannaah and Niharika Deshmukh and Bobby Deol’s karegi.” Akshay added that the by’s character he wrote, “Miliye which makes the movie unmiss- posters. Housefull 4 will be set film’s trailer will be released on bahaduri aur sahas ki misaal. Actor Tiger Shroff is thrilled Heropanti. He says War is differ- IANS. Ethan Hunt is played by able. Produced by Ram Charan, about joining forces with his idol ent for him even though it it’s an Tom Cruise in the Mission: Im- Excel Entertainment and AA Films Hrithik Roshan in War. The ac- action movie. "There are very dif- possible films, while Daniel Craig in association with Konidela Pro- China is among leading markets for global film tors are pitted against each other ferent styles of action, location and currently plays James Bond. Di- ductions, SyeRaa Narasimha Red- in the action extravaganza, and get-up. It's more on the lines of rected by Siddharth Anand and dy stars the GREATEST Indian industry: Egyptian film festival organizer Tiger sees their characters as be- Mission Impossible. It's like Ethan produced by Yash Raj Films, the loved superheroes Superman and Hunt versus James Bond and Su- high-octane film will release in ensemble cast of all times. The film is directed by Surender Red- China has become one of the Batman, and famed spies Ethan perman vs Batman... on this bat- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on Oc- most important markets in the Hunt and James Bond. Tiger has tlefield. We are fighting in air, on tober 2. "I am both nervous and dy and is slated to release on 2nd global film industry, not only for made a mark as an action hero, land. It is a visual spectacle. It is a excited. I am very excited because October 2019. the number of cinemas, but also thanks to films like Baaghi and great action entertainer," Tiger told I got an opportunity.” (Hindustan times) for importing foreign films, said Intishal al-Tamimi, manager of Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival (GFF). "China constitutes 14 Iran finnish film week announces lineup percent of the international cin- ema market. This is one of the TEHRAN – A lineup of 16 short vice. He fails to commit suicide, reasons why it is so important," and feature movies from Finnish so he hires a contract killer to mur- al-Tamimi said in a recent inter- filmmakers will go on screen dur- der him at some unspecified time view with Xinhua. The third edi- ing Finnish Film Week, which will in the future. But almost immedi- tion of the week-long GFF kicked be held in three Iranian cities from ately he meets and falls in love with off on Sept. 19 in Egypt's Red September 28 to October 4, the a young girl. He decides to cancel Sea resort town of El Gouna, organizers announced. World-re- the contract but he cannot find the hosting hundreds of film celebri- nowned Finnish filmmaker Aki killer. “The Bohemian Life” is ties and filmmakers. It will screen is very important," he said. "It is has a great cinema industry, great Kaurismaki’s films “I Hired a about three poor, struggling art- over 80 movies from various a very new film that was screened cinema professionals," he added. Contract Killer”, “The Bohemi- ists who try to make living in Par- countries, including China. Al- in Venice and Toronto festivals "Saturday Fiction," which is an Life”, “The Man Without a is tolerable despite setbacks and Tamimi highly applauded the and the GFF is the third festival set in Shanghai during the Japa- Past” and “Le Havre” are the high- tragedies. “The Man Without a Chinese movies' participation in to screen it." The GFF manager nese occupation in 1941, compet- lights of the lineup. “I Hired a Past” follows a man who arrives the festival, especially "Saturday said he is very proud to have the ed for the Golden Lion award along Contract Killer” is about Henri in Helsinki and gets beaten up so Fiction," which is directed by film in the program of the festi- with 20 other films at the 76th Boulanger, who is laid off from severely he develops amnesia. Lou Ye and starring Chinese ac- val. "We are always looking for Venice Film Festival. It is to be his job after fifteen years of ser- (BBC) tress Gong Li. "This Chinese film films from China because China released in China on Dec. 7, 2019. THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES England look to future with Tom Banton, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson and Pat Brown in T20 squad

Arsenal should name David Luiz as the club's new captain, accord- ing to former Gunners star Paul Merson. Unai Emery is set to name his captains for the season after Arsenal's Carabao Cup third-round tie against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. Granit Xhaka has worn the armband for the Gunners so far this season but with his perfor- mances coming under intense scru- tiny, Merson thinks Arsenal's head coach should hand former Chelsea defender Luiz the captain's arm- band. "The worrying thing for me After all the drama, to put it mild- rested following their summer is I heard the manager say he's go- ly, of the World Cup final, it exploits while Liam Plunkett and ing to have five captains, which seemed only right that there would David Willey, neither of whom tells me he has no idea what his be no more international white- was given an ECB contract for team is," Merson told The Debate. ball cricket in England over the 2019-20, miss out and appear to "Unai Emery's been there a year- summer. But with the summer be facing an uphill battle to try and-a-half, he's got to have five drawing to a close and a thrilling and force their way back in. In- captains because he doesn't have a Ashes series over, it is time for stead, the selectors are looking clue what his best team is. He hasn't England to start thinking about to the future with four players got a clue. The good teams are the limited-overs cricket again. The receiving their first international ones who play virtually the same opponents? New Zealand, it just call-ups and a fifth uncapped team every week, but with Arse- had to be. There will be no repeat player in Lewis Gregory, who nal you don't know who it'll be of that Lord's final though, not has been included in squads in from week to week. "David Luiz least because with two T20 World the past but is yet to make his has got to be captain, he's a serial Cups scheduled in the next two international debut. Perhaps the winner. People have a go at him years, there will be no 50-over least surprising of the four new- because one week he'll be a 2/10 to play every week. "I'm not the the captain, but [Pierre-Emerick] Those front three should pick you go from there - they'll play cricket played on the tour and in- comers is Gregory's Somerset and the next a 9/10, but he's going greatest lover of a forward being Aubameyang's another one. themselves straight away and every week, if they're fit." stead, the sides will be competing teammate, Tom Banton. The 20- in five T20 internationals prior to year-old was in blistering form the Tests. Then there is the fact during the Vitality Blast, scoring that only three of the World Cup 549 runs in the competition, sec- Patrick Mouratoglou final XI, plus Tom Curran and ond only to his opening partner Russia could miss Tokyo 2020 hopes for evolution James Vince who were in the and the world No 1 T20 bats- squad, will actually be involved man Babar Azam, with his spec- from tennis in the white-ball leg of the tour. tacular hundred against Kent a authorities ahead Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Joe Root real standout. Olympics over latest doping allegations and Ben Stokes are among those (BBC Sport) of new decade of Russian law enforcement. Turning over the data was a key requirement for the reinstate- ment of Russia's anti-doping Martin Brundle on the agency, with WADA formally opening a compliance procedure twists andturns of an that could now lead to a new ban if the data has been manip- ulated. These latest allegations unusual Singapore GP have already led Russia to being banned from the World Athlet- ics Championships for the sec- ond time in a row. The IAAF confirmed the decision four days before the start of the com- petition in Qatar after hearing a report from its Task Force (TF) overseeing Russia's reinstate- ment efforts. "We are aware of "Tennis can and should do much the allegations of manipulation better." The statement refers to of the data and that an investi- the onerous task of attracting gation is ongoing," said Rune youngsters to the game amid fierce Andersen, head of the IAAF competition from other sports Task Force. "In the light of that, and broadening its audience. Russia could be set to miss next were critical in prosecuting cases tee meeting in Tokyo. The data TF recommended that RUSAF Patrick Mouratoglou has been year's Olympics after the World against athletes alleged to have was handed over to WADA in not be reinstated and the IAAF coaching for more than 20 years Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) cheated at the 2014 Olympics and January after Russia breached an council unanimously agreed." and since June 2012 has led Sere- gave them three weeks to explain other events, with WADA hear- earlier deadline of December 31, Russia was already required to na Williams, widely regarded as alleged data tampering in their dop- ing about the possible tampering 2018. It had been stored in a send an officially neutral, small- the greatest female tennis player ing laboratory. The computer files at Monday's executive commit- sealed-off area under the control er-than-usual squad. of all time, to 10 Grand Slam sin- gles titles. The Frenchman, who moved his prestigious academy from Paris to the French Riviera in 2016, believes his state-of-the- Spence Jr vs Porter: art site, which also welcomes around 4,000 people on camps Ferrari score their first one-two won him the race… In the first every year, offers the ideal path since 2017 and their first hat-trick phase of the race, pole-sitter Shawn Porter's sole for would-be-champions. There of victories since 2008 yet both Charles Leclerc dutifully backed are 180 full-time student athletes drivers were subdued, and Max the pack up at a pace which who are permanently based on Verstappen took the final podi- largely prevented those behind focus is ruling at site, where the tennis and school um spot just 3.8 seconds behind him finding a window in the traf- programme offers academic and the winner after two hours, beat- fic to pit early and 'undercut' him sports tuition and provides the ing both Mercedes, but expected with faster pace on fresh tyres. I welterweight and springboard to entry into a US much more from this event and say largely because the only driv- university further down the line. so leaving him concerned about er who achieved such a feat was But there are no guarantees of the rest of the season. That the his own team-mate, Vettel. It not Kell Brook or forging a successful professional driver who delivered the fastest confuses me as to why Mercedes career. There are plenty of stories lap, for the second year in suc- and Red Bull didn't apply pres- of players struggling to make a cession Kevin Magnussen, fin- sure on Leclerc with at least one Amir Khan profit on tour despite the un- ished as the last runner having also car to take away his ability to Shawn Porter tells Sky Sports Sheffield man who got the ver- bly should've won, but that night and probably should've won, doubted wealth on offer at the top collected a plastic bag in his aero suppress their options. It doesn't about distancing himself from the dict as Porter's brief reign came belonged to Kell Brook and I had but that night belonged to Kell echelons. Mouratoglou is well furniture rather sums it all up. As wash that you can't follow or Kell Brook defeat, evaluating an to an end. Now WBC world to go back and start again. Brook and I had to go back and placed to give an insight into the does the fact that the safety car overtake because behind them Amir Khan fight, and a blockbust- champion, the gutsy Ohioan goes Shawn Porter start again. Would I want to fight state of the sport as we reach the was four laps away from running for the full two hours half the er battle with Errol Spence Jr. Por- into this weekend's unification "Listen, that was a result that Brook again? I don't think so. end of another decade. "I think the out of fuel and needing the back- pack were lunging past and tak- ter was not prepared to let his with Errol Spence Jr aiming to hurt for a little while afterwards," "His career has gone off in a future is bright," Mouratoglou told up, such was its usage. And the ing bites out of each other on a 2014 defeat to Kell Brook be the become the best welterweight in revealed Porter when speaking to totally different direction to Sky Sports last week at the launch great irony is that Seb Vettel's regular basis. They were nose- end of his top-level career. Their the world, but any chances of him Sky Sports ahead of his mouth- mine after he beat me, and I don't of Asics being named official foot- small errors in final qualifying to-tail, side-by-side and indeed summer showdown on America's wanting to avenge the Brook set- watering clash with Spence in the think me beating him now and wear and apparel partner of the confining him to a very disap- wearing each other's cars on west coast five years ago was con- back are non-existent. It was a early hours of Sunday morning. levelling things up would bring Mouratoglou Academy. Yet, be- pointing third on the grid actually many occasions. sidered a tight affair, but it was the fight I thought I won, and proba- "It was a fight I thought I won, a whole lot of credit. hind that confidence. BMW PGA Championship: Why Wentworth event had a major feel to it Nick Dougherty reviews another Andrea Atzeni expects Pierre a lot of speed in the first part of memorable week at the BMW Lapin to follow in the hoofprints the race "He might get seven fur- PGA Championship and looks of his Group One-winning half- longs, but there are more options ahead to an exciting finish on the brother Harry Angel and develop over six and I think they could be European Tour season. For me, into a top-class sprinter next sea- the target, plus there is big mon- this tournament has always had a son. The Roger Varian-trained ju- ey involved in the sprint races. major feel to it. The European Tour venile overcame a near four- "I don't think the boss has have created the eight premier month absence on Saturday to had a really good sprinter, so it is Rolex Series events, but this one maintain his unbeaten record and nice to find one." The Classic- always stands out as the most follow up his debut success in winning rider believes the pa- prestigious. The players still view May in the Group Two Mill Reef tience shown by both Varian and this as the flagship event of the Stakes at Newbury. With one owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Tour, and it's always been viewed Pattern race triumph already in Al Maktoum was key to allow- that way ever since I've been in- the locker, Atzeni feels the son ing Pierre Lapin to take a step up volved with it, either as a young of Cappella Sansevero will be a in class in his stride. spectator, a player, or a broad- more potent force next year with He added: "He is a horse that caster. And they always deliver. another winter on his back. won first time out at Haydock, Every year they put on a great of tweaks, and the rich history have been very few multiple win- Atzeni said: "He is a quite winning quite impressively and show for the fans, and the crowds of this tournament is certain to ners here. lightly-framed horse, so another after he won that, the plan was are fantastic all the time, no mat- continue for many years to come. Since Monty won three in a winter on his back will only do Ascot. "We thought he was a ter what the weather. The change I was delighted to hear Justin row at the turn of the century, only him good. He is a half-brother to Coventry horse, but for some of dates has been massive, and Rose describe this as a "bucket Luke Donald has won twice at Harry Angel who was a very good reason he started to grow and was having the whole summer to pre- list" event. When someone of his Wentworth, and that trend could three-year-old. a bit light and he wasn't quite him- pare the course has resulted in the stature says that, you stand up continue just purely because of the "He has won a Group Two, self. "Roger and my boss made and take notice, because Justin wealth and depth of talent in the West Course being in better con- but the aim will be able to turn the brave decision to give him Andrea Atzeni riding Pierre Lapin wins the Dubai dition than I've seen it before for has won just about everything game at the moment. There seems him into a Group One horse, time and it has paid off in the the BMW PGA Championship. else! That tells you all you need to be a lengthy list of genuine con- which hopefully we can do. "It end. "We all know how impor- Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes I don't think anyone in the to know about the championship. tenders before the start of every looked like he only got going the tant Royal Ascot is, especially field has had a bad word to say It's our equivalent of The Play- tournament now, and especially last 100 yards in the Mill Reef, to my boss, and we know how "He could have easily said 'I want to see my horse in the Coven- about the course, which I think is ers Championship on the PGA here when you have such a vast but that was down to greenness important it is to have winners try' and we would have run him, but he made a brave call to put him mesmerising now after a number Tour, and in recent years there array of quality in the field. more than anything. He showed there. away and give him time and that has been rewarded." THURSDAY . SEPTEMBER 26. 2019 -Mizan 04, 1398 H.S Vol:XIV Issue No:59 Price: Afs.20

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presidential KABUL:At least 113 Taliban election that is days fighters have been killed and over away in Afghanistan 50 others wounded during threatens the troubled airstrikes in three northern nation’s best chance of making provinces of Afghanistan carried peace with the Taliban and ending out on Tuesday night, security 18 years of war, former President official said... Hamid Karzai told The Associated Press on Tuesday, comparing the vote to asking a heart patient to run a marathon. Karzai, still one of the most important political figures in Afghanistan, said a contested vote marked by violence could destabilize the country, warning that holding an election as scheduled Saturday “has all the potential and possibilities to lead the country further down to the abyss of crisis AT News Report and insecurity and divisions.” Previous elections in Afghanistan have been plagued by violence and KABUL: In the run-up to voting allegations of corruption and on 28 September in presidential massive fraud. The Taliban, with elections, the United Nations in whom the U.S. abruptly ended Afghanistan urges all yearlong peace talks this month, Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai during interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, stakeholders to play their part in Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) creating conditions for citizens to are opposed to elections and have By Elise Burr and Andrew Shaver threatened Afghans who go to the vote in safety and for the polls. In a wide-ranging interview, only be held after Afghans have an immediate resumption of peace between the insurgent group and credibility of the electoral Karzai laid out a roadmap for the reached a peace deal and updated talks not only between the United Afghan leaders, including those process to be safeguarded. “Free This weekend, Afghanistan will 2018, as you can see in the figure nation, saying elections should their constitution. He called for States and the Taliban, but also from the... from fear, intimidation and hold its fourth presidential below. The Taliban has killed at threats of... election since the Taliban least 58 civilians in the last eight government’s fall in 2001. Since days alone. And that may be about the U.S. and Taliban’s recent to get worse. In earlier presidential breakdown in negotiations, the elections, the Taliban has tried not Taliban have killed more Afghan to kill civilians when they go to civilians than at almost any other vote. That may change this point since the beginning of weekend. ...

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KABUL: Undoubtedly, the youths are considered as the keen and active part of a society, and are the most sensitive against any AT News Report move or phenomenon that can bring any change in their KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e- circumstance. The youth wants to Islami and presidential runner know about the secrets of the vital Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on moves and changes in the country, Wednesday warned of dire and is eager to play an important consequences if the forthcoming Afghan citizens believe that the gatherings and described their role in regards. Election is one of Presidential Election salted for presidential candidates are programs for the future of the the vital phenomenon and national 28th September being rigged or promising non-practical country. However, residents of process, in which the youths want interfered by foreign countries. commitments during the campaign different provinces emphasize to be involved and play a proper Speaking during an election period in order to attract the that the candidates are trying to role. Indeed, through these latest rally in Kabul, Hekmatyar said attention of voters. deceive people by giving non- years, the youths had appeared as he warned to resist against fraud elections. Don’t force us to adopt During the 60 days of practical promises. “They the influential figures in the vital sensitive, inexperienced and naïve guided and abuse by the alliance. and foreign meddling in the another way since we have its campaign period, candidates should fulfill what they national process, and played their like before to follow the foreigners One of the honors of the current elections. “Do make us regret of experience,” he told his gathering. traveled to provinces across the promise,” said Sayed Mumtaz, important role in every time. It and let themselves, their moment is that we have a reintegration into Afghan He indirectly showed to regain country where they held a resident of Kabul. (ATN) means that now’s youths are not thoughts, ideas and power be generation,... society, and going towards insurgency...

AT News Report hydro power dam welfare Afghanistan signed the agreement project, located in southern of the donated aids on Wednesday he Asian Development Kandahar province. The acting in Kabul. Qayumi said that the aid Bank (ADB) has donated minister of finance, Mohammad would be invested on the country’s an amount of 348,7 million Hamayon Qayumi and chief of second biggest hydro power UTS dollar to develop the Dehla the Asian Development Bank for dam(Dehla)in...

The Afghan forces foiled militants bid to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device in Kabul, the Kabul Police Headquarters said. According to a statement released by Kabul Police, the security forces discovered the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from a fghan women’s rights roadside at around 9:00 am on activists have demanded Tuesday. The statement further the authorities lift a added that the militants had Arequirement that all voters be The International Cricket 757. Pakistan’s Imad Wasim and planted the IED in Tara Khel photographed at polling stations Council (ICC) named Afghan Shadab Khan have secured the 2nd Village of Deh Sabz district. in Saturday’s presidential spin sensation Rashid Khan as and 3rd position in T20I bowling election, arguing that it could No. 1 bowler in Twenty20 rankings. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s prevent hundreds of thousands of International (T20I) formation. Babar Azam has secured the 1st women from voting. According to the latest position in T20I batting rankings, Afghanistan’s electoral Player Rankings of ICC, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell 2nd authorities have decided to Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has position and New Zealand’s Colin photograph all voters using facial secured the first position in T20I Munro has secured the 3rd recognition software as an anti- bowling rankings with a rating of position. (KP) fraud measure, after elections in 2009 and 2014 ended in disputes Torkham. Sarhad Chamber of over rampant ballot stuffing. Commerce and Industry (SCCI) The Afghan forces repulsed a But the photo requirement representatives and Pakistan Taliban attack on security posts could be particularly difficult for Railways officials agreed on in South-eastern Paktika province women, especially in conservative Tuesday to finalise modalities of inflicting heavy casualties on areas, where most adult women boosting bilateral trade. The group’s fighters. and older girls cover their faces agreement came at a meeting, The 203rd Thunder Corps outside the home and do not show chaired by Transit Trade Director said in a statement a group of themselves to men who are not PESHAWAR: Officials have Faiz Ali, in Peshawar on Tuesday. Taliban militants attempted to their relatives. The election discussed modalities of Operational issues regarding attack the security posts in Mata commission says that women strengthening the Pakistan- Transit trade through the Pakistan Khan district but the Afghan voters can have their pictures Afghanistan trade, including a Railways came up for discussion. forces effectively responded to taken by female election staff. train service from Karachi to The proposed. the attack.