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Dr. Abdullah Abdullah investigation department for Kab- ul police. The blast took place at around 7:20 am in the Microrayon area in Hamid Karzai, the former president met Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the which two other men were also wounded, he added. leader of Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan in Hekmatyar’s residence. A witness in the scene said that the vehicle belonged to the water supply department, but this Three haqqani is unclear if the victims were em- 6 rebels eliminated,10 ployees of the department. commanders All the victims were water supply department staffs injured in Farah clashes killed in Paktia Nobody has yet claimed re- sponsibility for the attack, but the FARAH CITY : At least 16 Tali- in Parchaman district of the prov- drone strike Taliban and the Daesh terrorist ban insurgents have been killed and ince. A military official, Noor-ul- networks often target government wounded during clashes with gov- Haq Khaliqi, told Pajhwok Afghan At least three Haqqani network institutions and employees. ernment forces in western Farah News rebels conducted coordinat- commanders were killed during a Eight civilians were martyred province, where a prosecutor was ed attacks on some security check drone strike by foreign forces in also assassinated by unidentified points in Tajgo and Barfishar ar- Paktia province last week, said 303 AIZABAD : Chief Executive AT News Report “Three civilians including two and over 20 more injured in a sui- Spinghar Police Corps on Satur- women and a child were killed af- cide attack that targeted the armed men, officials said on Satur- eas of the district at around 3pm Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah day. Police spokesman Iqbal Ba- today. The rebels faced stiff resis- day. Abdul Hai Mateen, Qari Abdullah during his trip to KABUL: Three civilians were ter a magnetic bomb attached to a NATO-led international troops’ Mustafa and Qare Sor were the F martyred in bomb blast took place vehicle went off in the Police Dis- convoy last month in Kabul close hir told Pajhwok Afghan News tance from security forces, and as northeastern Badakhshan province Haqqani commanders killed in the Saturday in Kabul city, police said. trict 9,” said Salem Almas, head of to the US embassy building. Ghulam Yahya Alizai, the public a result of retaliatory firing, six in- on Saturday said the government security prosecutor in Khak-I-Sa- surgents were killed and 10 others strike, 303 Spinghar Police Corps would utilize all its resources for fid district, who had traveled to were wounded, he said, adding no said. The drone strike was carried maintaining security across the Farah city, a few days back was security personnel suffered casu- out in the Dandpatan district of country. Talking to a crowd of peo- Paktia province, officials said. shot dead by unknown gunmen on alties in the clashes. However, the Meanwhile Paktia police said that ple in Baharak district of Badakhs- Saturday at around 2pm in the lim- Taliban have alleged capturing three han, Abdullah said Afghanistan was a military operation to clear inse- its of 2nd municipal district of the villages--Guana, Wal and Lar Ghar- cure parts of the province will be faced with international terrorism provincial capital. He said no one -and a military centre of the gov- from four corners of the world. launched soon. Local residents had been so far detained in con- ernment forces during the attack, have also raised their voices and The global terrorism mostly fo- nection with the assassination. saying they have also inflicted cused on Badakhshan province. appealed to government to rid their However, he said, the Afghan Based on another report, insur- heavy casualties on government province of insurgents. government had a strong will for gents attacked some security posts forces. (Pajhwok) (ToloNews) maintaining security and eliminat- ERAT CITY : Six people Police spokesman Abdul Ahad ing terrorism. “There should be no have been killed and 18 Walizada said six people were doubts about the government for defending the country,” he added. Hothers wounded as a result killed and 17 wounded -- six of CEO said the government of a gas cylinder explosion in west- them critically who would be sent would use all-out resources for ern Herat province, officials said abroad for better treatment. Eye- improving security in all parts of on Saturday. Mohammad Rafiq witnesses said the explosion was the country. The chief of army Sherzai, local hospital’s spokes- so powerful that it shattered win- staff has assessed security situa- man told Pajhwok Afghan News dowpanes in nearby houses and tion of Badakhshan and would the incident happened in the lim- shops in the area. Faroz, one shop- share his plan for improving secu- its of the ninth police district in keeper in the neighbourhood, said: rity with the National Security Haji Abbas area on Friday night. “I saw with my own eyes some Council (NSC) and needed deci- He said six people were killed and bakers trying to get out of their sions would be taken considering 18 others wounded. The injured bakery but flames didn’t let them effective suggestions, he said. Ab- are said to be in critical condition. run away.” (Pajhwok) dullah said the government want- ed people to support their securi- ty forces for stability in Afghani- stan. The CEO also inaugurated construction of Baharak-Ash- kasham highway during his trip to Parliamentarians Badakhshan province. Public works minister, Mahmod Baligh, criticize procurement said the construction of 108 kilo- meters Baharak-Ashkasham high- way would take four years to committee for complete. (Pajhwok)

3,500 Hezb-e-Islami projects delay armed men to join Afghan military forces ver 2000 projects heaped up As many as 3,500 Hesb-e-Islami in National Procurement (HIG) armed men to join Afghan Committee military forces within two weeks, a senior member of HIG, Amin Karim told Ariana News Saturday. By Farhad Naibkhel saying that “the country econom- According to Karim, these armed ic is in a throbbing condition.” men have been identified from five KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Concerning the issue of going of provinces and 80 to 100 of them Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament all projects to president for ap- previously served as military of- expressed deepest concerns over proval, the ministries would not ficers. The Defense Ministry said heaping up of projects in procure- able to spent over 10 percent bud- Hezb-e-Islami has the right to join ment committee and asked govern- get, he added. He said that delay Afghan army but should put aside ment to take measure for solution. in projects will lead the country their political activities. “Hezb-e- “Based on reports, 2,291 projects toward poverty and latter it will Islami has every right to join Af- have been heaped up by procure- be difficult to the government to ghan government but when they ment committee,” said member of eliminate poverty across the coun- joining army should lay down their the Wlesi Jirga, Ghulam Farooq try. Coming up with an example, arms and not be part of a political Majroh. He said that will not suc- he said that the project of Herat party or a group,” the Defense ceed to finalize all mentioned University is in procurement com- Ministry Spokesman, Dawlat projects within one year even if it mittee for one year. Speaker of the Waziri said. Following the mat- works to assess every day. “Un- Wolesi Jirga Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi ter, a number of parliament mem- der pretext of reformation nearly said that “considering people’s bers considered the move effective. 2,300 projects are delayed and the poverty, Wolesi Jirga approved fis- “It is difficult to say whether these work has been stopped in differ- cal budget.” people will be useful for ensuring ent ministries,” he claimed. Con- National budget should not be tak- security in Afghanistan but it is sidering mentioned issues, this en as monopoly, he insisted. While important when these anti-govern- year ministries will failed to spent ment armed men join government, urging all governmental organs to over 10 percent budget, he added. implement the projects, he said it will create rifts within other anti- Another lawmaker, Qazi Nazir government fighters,” said a par- that each organ will be account- liament member, Hafiz Mansour. Ahmad Hanafi, criticized procure- able for delay in the projects and (ATN) ment committee for slow process, spending of budget. Af-Pak policy after NATO summit, hints White House

WASHINGTON : The much-an- on the North Korea problem set, do so at the G-7,” McMaster said. ticipated Af-Pak policy of Presi- for example, is we've consulted “So, what we we'll have at the end dent Donald Trump is likely to be broadly across our government and this next few weeks here, is an announced after the NATO sum- with allies,” National Security opportunity for a much more ef- mit in Brussels later this month Advisor Lt Gen HR McMaster fective strategy for the problem set when he would consult allies, the said. “The president wants to hear in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the White House hinted on Friday. from our allies as well. This is a region broadly,” he added. At the “The president has not made President who listens to his allies same time, McMaster said, the US a decision yet on a course of ac- and partners. He'll have an oppor- was committed to achieving its tion. What we have done, which is tunity to do so at the NATO sum- fundamental objectives in Afghan- what we have done in many cases, mit. He'll have an opportunity to istan. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES A mission to Mali is already a lost opportunity, so let’s refocus on Afghanistan’s ‘forgotten war’

sualities were the result of fire from the US helicopters, some were caused by NZ SAS snipers on the ground. They claim NZ forces did nothing to help the wounded civil- ians or stop the helicopters attack- ing them. The book lays the responsi- bility with the NZ SAS — which “planned, lobbied for, and execut- ed” the attack — and then-NZ Prime Minister John Key, who gave the decisive authorisation for The last Canadians involved in the NATO training mission in Afghanistan board an the raid. The book says: “Ethical- American Chinook helicopter, on March 12, 2014, as they leave the International ly, the actions of the NZDF, the Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. SAS, and the former Prime Minis- ter are surely the moral equivalent Canada’s chastened defence min- torn country, rather than join an- have overrun the districts and vil- of a hit and run driver who hears ister, Harjit Sajjan, should refocus other UN operation on a different lages that our forces secured and the bang, knows children could be peacekeeping missions on Afghan- continent in a primarily French- rebuilt. Nowadays, it is a common hurt, looks around to check if any- istan, rather than Mali. speaking milieu. scene to witness Canadian taxpay- one has seen them and then drives Instead of sending soldiers In Mali,Canadian forces er-funded school projects in Pan- away.” Hager and Stephenson under the United Nations to de- would be expected to join with jwaii district operate as madrasas make a strong case for an indepen- stroy ISIS in Mali, he should send France, which has a permanent — colleges for Islamic instruction dent investigation of the events professional, combat-capable forc- 3,000-strong anti-insurgent oper- — administered by the Taliban. surrounding the attacks of August es and reservists to help train Af- ation in Africa’s Sahel region. Pock- While Afghanistan has been 22. The April 4 Otago Daily Times ghan soldiers and police forces so ets of extremist militants do exist dubbed “the Forgotten War” by reported that their call has been that humanitarian and security in the desert and northern prov- academics and journalists, Sajjan echoed by the leader of the NZ operations in that war-torn nation inces of Mali, but these groups surely has not forgotten the situa- Labour Party, Andrew Little, as successfully continue. have neither targeted nor threat- tion will only get worse so long as well as the NZ Green Party, New Canada’s elite Joint Task Force ened specific Canadian interests. the Taliban and ISIS are allowed to Zealand First and United Future. 2 went to Afghanistan in 2001, Canada’s goal these days operate with nearly complete im- However, NZ Prime Minister followed by other Canadian sol- should be to attain a seat on the punity. The withdrawal of NATO Bill English has ruled out an inde- diers based in Kandahar. They UN’s Security Council, therefore coalition forces from Afghanistan pendent inquiry. Based on infor- joined American and British troops we need to commit UN peacekeep- has further deteriorated the secu- mation received from Lieutenant already fighting to topple the Tal- ing troops somewhere, and soon. rity situation over the last three General Tim Keating, Chief of the iban regime, eliminate terrorist UN diplomats expected Sajjan years so that the current adminis- NZDF, English said there was no operations and establish schools to commit to Mali. Instead the tration of President Ashraf Ghani evidence of civilian casualties to and institutions bent on creating Department of National Defence only controls 57 per cent of Af- warrant an investigation. lasting peace in the troubled coun- sought to delay the decision until ghanistan’s territory. According to an April 3 New- try. it had a chance to consult the new The Canadian government has shub report, English said that Keat- The UN authorized the Trump administration. “We will not completely abandoned Afghan- ing is independent, as “he wasn’t NATO-led International Security ensure that our troops have the istan from a humanitarian perspec- involved in the operation”. En- Assistance Force (ISAF) in 2003 right mission, mandate, training tive. But given the dire security glish’s claim is unlikely to convince and Canada initially contributed and equipment in order to mitigate situation and declining morale of many, given Keating is a former more than 700 Canadian Forces risk and maximize our impact,” said Afghan National Security Forces, commander of the SAS. members stationed in Kabul and spokesperson Jordan Owens. providing the Afghan government Hager and Stephenson also the surrounding area. In 2005, Can- Despite reports that the UN with a mere $165 million for eco- explicitly include Keating, who ada went back to the Kandahar re- is disappointed by the Trudeau nomic development and reinvigo- was Deputy Chief of Army in gion, coinciding with a resurgence government’s decision to postpone ration of the education sector is a 2010, in the list of senior army in Taliban activity, and the num- a decision on Mali, Canada can still misplaced use of meagre funds. officers who should be required to ber of Canadian soldiers increased take the initiative on UN peace- Sajjan’s approach to Mali present evidence to the proposed to approximately 2,300 taking keeping. should waive the option of mili- independent inquiry. part in large-scale offensives against The UN put out requests to a tary intervention and take a more Since the publication of Hit Taliban forces. handful of top-tier countries in humanitarian and advisory ap- and Run in March, much has been Sajjan has apologized for glo- mid-December as the term of the proach. made of a small error in the map rifying his role in one of those of- Mali mission’s previous com- But returning to Afghanistan included in the book, in which the fensives. By all accounts, he per- mander, Danish Maj.-Gen. Micha- in order to ensure long-term sta- villages of Naik and Khak Khuday formed admirably in Afghanistan, el Lollesgaard, came to an end. Sa- bility will require more direct in- Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan & the Meaning of Honour Dad are mislocated by around two and although he was not the “ar- jjan said he wanted to talk to his volvement using Canadian person- By Nicky Hager & Jon Stephenson Potton & Burton, 2017 159 pages kilometres. In an April 5 interview chitect” of Operation Medusa, as American counterpart, Defence nel, and possibly increased num- with Vice.Com, Hager said this he claimed, among Trudeau’s choic- Secretary James Mattis, before bers of reservists, to help train In this well-written and powerful Most of those from the NZDF Tirgiran Valley in Baghlan Prov- minor inaccuracy was due to the es for cabinet he remains the one Canada sent peacekeepers to Afri- Afghan soldiers and police. book, Nicky Hager and Jon and Afghan forces participated di- ince, where the insurgents thought “untracked, roadless and mapless” with the most impressive wartime, ca because co-ordination with the If the defence minister takes Stephenson present a barrage of rectly in the events described in to be responsible for O’Donnell’s nature of the terrain and that it does boots-on-the-ground experience. U.S. was essential. According to the initiative and recommits to evidence that “New Zealanders the book. For obvious reasons, death were believed to be staying. nothing to undermine the central As the war in Afghanistan be- reports from the Canadian Press, Afghanistan, Canada won’t have and their United States allies were they are not identified by name. But according to the book, the in- allegations made in the book about came increasingly unpopular, Can- it now looks like Canada may have dissipated 13 years of taxpayers’ involved in war crimes” in Afghan- On August 3, 2010, Lieuten- telligence on which the mission attacks on unarmed civilians. Look- ada’s combat role ended in 2011 missed a chance to provide the money. In the name of the lives of istan in 2010. ant Tim O’Donnell became the first was based was flawed: the insur- ing at the wealth of eyewitness and the focus shifted to training commanding officer for the Unit- 158 members of the Canadian The evidence is gleaned from NZ military fatality in Afghanistan gents were elsewhere and only testimony Hager and Stephenson Afghanistan’s army and police ed Nations peacekeeping mission Forces who were killed serving in interviews with over three dozen when he was killed by a roadside unarmed civilians were present in provide, it is hard to disagree that force. But Canada’s participation in Mali because Canada wanted to the Afghan war, Canada should people. These include the victims bomb while on patrol. Hager and the villages. an independent inquiry is neces- in the UN peacekeeping operation talk first to the Trump adminis- retake the lead in protecting Af- of the alleged war crimes, serving Stephenson allege that 19 days lat- In the attack, six civilians were sary. And the stakes are high. As was abruptly abandoned in 2014, tration. Rather than belabour the ghanistan’s nascent schools and and former members of the New er, on August 22, the NZ Special killed (including a three-year-old one former military officer quoted under Stephen Harper’s govern- missed Mali opportunity, Sajjan institutions. Erika Simpson is an Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), Air Services (SAS), backed by US girl), and 15 further unarmed civil- in the book puts it: “Unless war ment, due to domestic pressures should refocus on finishing the associate professor of internation- serving and former members of the Apache helicopters, carried out a ians, mainly women, children and crimes that occur in secret are in- and political expediency. The last UN’s job in Afghanistan. The Tal- al relations in the department of Afghan army and intelligence ser- in a “revenge” mission. old men, were wounded, in some vestigated properly, they are like- of our service members left the iban’s resiliency and the emergence political science at Western Uni- vices, as well as civilian officials, They attacked the villages of cases badly. Hager and Stephen- ly to recur again and again.” country in March 2014. of ISIS are resulting in significant versity in London. Sakhi Naimpoor NGO workers, and medical staff. Naik and Khak Khuday Dad in the son allege that although many ca- (GREENLEFT.ORG.) For more than 13 years, the territorial losses and casualties is a PhD candidate in the depart- Canadian Forces operated in and among Afghan National Security ment and a business executive were well-equipped for a theatre Forces. Since the Canadian with- member of Asia-Pacific Economic 10 workers of war in Afghanistan. Now Cana- drawal from Kandahar province, Co-operation. da should re-engage with that war- the Taliban and affiliated groups (stthomastimesjournal) linked to Chinese project killed in Pakistan Women should be Gunmen shot dead 10 laborers and injured two others who were work- ing on a road project linked to the multi-billion-dollar China Pakistan trained how to save Economic Corridor (CPEC) in southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday, power energy, Mostafavi according to a provincial minister. The latest attack coincides with the signing of several agree- ments aimed at boosting coopera- KABUL: In the third week of sus- tainable energy exhibition held by tion in different sectors between the ministry of water and power, Pakistan and China on the side- here in Kabul, the women were lines of the Road and Belt Forum emphasized to be taught how to currently being held in the Chinese save power at homes, BNA report- capital, Beijing, on Saturday. ed the other day. Balochistan Home Minister The show which was held at Sarfraz Bugti told reporters that a the Kabul Poly Technic Universi- group of gunmen on motorcycles ty, Eng. Ali Ahmad Usmani, min- had opened fire on the workers at ister of water and power said man- a construction site on the outskirts aging energy sources were one of of Gawadar city, killing eight of the challenges, resulting in spend- them on the spot while another two ing more energy and women could succumbed to their wounds at a partially overcome it at their hous- nearby hospital. es. Gawadar with its 600-kilome- He called the role of women ter long coastline hosts a key deep important in renewable energy and seaport operated by China, which added the women can produce en- aims to get direct access to the In- ergy from natural resources, said KABUL : The prices of ghee, sug- same amount of petrol stood sta- grams of Pakistani sugar’s rate in- dian Ocean in line with its over the agency. ar and Arabian gold have increased ble at 44 afghanis. He linked the creased from 2,220afs to 2,250afs $51 billion USD CPEC mega- Meanwhile, Assistant Prof. while that of diesel and Russian decline in diesel prices to a hike in and 16 litre of Shahista ghee from project. Sayeda Mojgan Mostafavi, Dep- gold dipped during the outgoing imports. 1,100afs to 1,140afs. The much-publicized project uty Minister of Information and Culture is committed to work with People member said if women have week in the capital Kabul, market Ahmad Javed, a gas seller in He said low imports of ghee agreed in 2014 aims to connect Culture for Finance, Administra- the ministry of water and power the feeling of possession on the sources said Saturday. the Sixth Taimani Road area, said and sugar was the reason of high China's strategically-important tive and Tourism Affairs said the on how to save power energy power energy, they will avoid us- Abdul Hadi, a worker at the price of a kilogram of gas was prices. However, he said 50kg of northwestern Xinxiang province to culture of saving energy was not through media, masjids, universi- ing extra power, said the agency. Wazirabad Fuel Station, told Pajh- 47afs. In food, the prices of only Kazakhistani flour cost 1,180afs Gawadar port through a network institutionalized among the wom- ties, schools and providing bro- Abbas Rezayee who exhibit- wok Afghan News the price of one ghee and sugar increased. and 24kg of Pakistani rice of roads, railways and pipelines en and that they should be trained chures,” said Mostafavi as quoted ed his electric goods asked the gov- litre of diesel decreased from 42 Food Traders’ Union head, 1,850afs, the same prices of last to transport cargo, oil and gas. how to save power energy. by the agency. Attended the exhi- ernment for contracting domestic afghanis to 41 afghanis while the Fazal Rahman, said that 49 kilo- week’s. (Pajhwok) (ToloNews) “Ministry of Information and bition, Fauzia Kofi, a House of electricity. (HEKABULTIMES) SUNDAY . MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

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ban on all games in Deh Yak, Giro, Police Zana Khan, Rashidan, Ajiristan, Gilan, Qarabagh and Andar dis- tricts and some other areas of the 100 - 119 province. Mohammadullah, who hails from Ghazni City, said youths’ interest in playing cricket Hospitals had increased. “Parents of youths had complained to Taliban to ban FMIC Hospital the game so their children attend Behind Kabul Medical schools regularly.”But Afghanistan University: Cricket Board (ACB) head for Ghazni Ezatullah Mominyar said 0202500200-+93793275595 they had teams in Andar, Gilan, In recent days, with Afghanistan's savagery of ISIS. All of this increas- Qarabagh, Deh Yak, Zana Khan, Taliban insurgency continuing to es the Taliban's appeal and helps Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Maqur, Aab Band districts, as well gain steam and America's longest boost recruitment. The Taliban, as other areas of the province. war staggering through its 16th like all effective insurgent groups, Pule Bagh-e- Umomi “The Taliban may have banned year, analysts have started invok- knows how to win hearts and 070263672 the game in some areas under their ing the v-word (and it's not "victo- minds. control, but no one has so far com- ry"). The takeaway is that the war plained to us,” he said, adding the Vietnam is a sadly apt analo- in Afghanistan can't be won. But it Khairkhana Hospital board planned to build a stadium gy. Indeed, just as they did in Viet- need not be lost either, so long as 0799-321007 in Ghazni in near future. nam 50 years ago, US troops in the option remains of pursuing a Fahim Amarkhel, the provin- Afghanistan are fighting a costly, negotiated end to the war. Admit- 2401352 cial police spokesman, said all intractable, and unending conflict tedly, this makes for the tallest of types of games were played in ar- against a relentlessly resilient orders; the Taliban's battlefield eas under government control. Po- asymmetric foe. successes give it little incentive to Indira Gandhi Children lice would try to resolve the prob- However, it's not a perfect stop fighting. lem, he promised. analogy. The Vietnam War pro- And yet, pursuing reconcilia- Hospital, Wazir Akbar GHAZNI CITY : Taliban militants rebels had slapped restrictions on Abdur Rahman, a resident of the On the other hand, the Taliban voked impassioned debate back tion is the only option, short of a Khan, Kabul 2301372 have banned all sports, including all types of games. Sulaimanzi area of Deh Yak dis- denied banning sports in Ghazni. home, but Americans are hardly complete US military withdrawal cricket, in southern Ghazni prov- “Some days ago, the Taliban trict, said volleyball was a popu- The group’s spokesman, Zabihul- discussing the war in Afghanistan. from Afghanistan -- a drastic move ince, residents complained on Sat- came and took away all our sports lar sport in their village but the lah Mujahid, said they had banned It's completely off the radar. that would fulfill one of the Tali- Ibn-e- Seena urday. But the insurgent move- gear while we were playing crick- Taliban recently prohibited them cricket in some villages after re- It's high time we talk about this ban's preconditions for peace ment, which barred girls from go- et. They warned us no one can from playing it. “We had a strong ceiving complaints from residents. forgotten war, and especially with talks, but could also lead to spec- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul ing to school during its rule, said it play the game here in future,” he volleyball squad and competed “People complained to us that the Trump administration consid- tacular Taliban battlefield gains and 2100359 had banned cricket in rural areas alleged. Now youngsters cannot with other teams, but the militants youths play cricket in the middle ering a new policy that would es- increase the possibility that inter- only on the basis of public play cricket, football, volleyball or no longer allow any sporting ac- of the village. Subsequently, we calate US military involvement. national terrorists would once again complaints.Sahib Khan, a resident other sports in areas under Tali- tivity in our neighbourhood,” he told them to play the game in an Escalation would be a mistake, and use Afghanistan as a base to plan Wazir Akbar Khan of the volatile Andar district, told ban control, according to Khan, lamented. According to Rahman, open area outside the village,” he it would further prolong a conflict attacks. This is why withdrawal Hospital Pajhwok Afghan News that the who voiced concern at the curbs. the militant group has imposed a said. (Pajhwok) that can't be won. is likely a non-starter for Wash- Vietnam War: How they saw ington. Reconciliation must be Plan 2301741, 2301743 it from both sides of the divide A, B, and C. The proposed strategy, ac- Big battlefield triumphs cording to the Washington Post, against the Taliban, despite what Ali Abad would deploy more military force the White House suggests, aren't Shahrara, Kabul against the Taliban to pressure it prerequisites for launching a rec- to come to the negotiating table. onciliation process. What's need- 2100439 The problem with the White ed instead is a patient, sustained House plan is that we've tried it diplomatic strategy that address- before, during the troop surge in es key questions: What will it take Malalai Maternity 2010 and 2011, and it didn't work to get the Taliban talking to Kab- Hospital -- even with the withering firepow- ul? What type of concessions er of 100,000 soldiers unleashed would Kabul be willing to make? 2201377/ 2301743 on the Taliban. Should Washington negotiate di- KABUL: The privatization of the location of GTR office with no One may reasonably argue that rectly with the Taliban? Who else consular service department by the facility for visitors, the company’s the warfighting capacities of Af- should be involved? Banks Ministry of Foreign Affairs staffers do not work from 11:0am ghan security forces have improved Unfortunately, such a strate- (MoFA) has caused inordinate de- to 2:0pm. Applicants have to wait considerably in recent years, and gy is best led by a State Depart- Da Afghanistan Bank lays in verification of important for three hours. that these better-trained service- ment sidelined by an administra- 2100302, 2100303 documents, creating more chances Fatima, one of the visitors, men, aided by US troops, will have tion seemingly bent on outsourc- of corruption. grumbled: “In the past, our rela- more success tackling the Taliban ing Afghanistan policy to the mil- Bakhtar Bank Instead of curtailing fraud or tives would get their certificates this time around. itary (the White House reported- accelerating the provision of con- stamped at the ministry in two And yet, to assume that more ly wants the Pentagon to make fi- 0776777000 sular services, the privatization has days for 200 afghanis. But ever robust military force alone will put nal troop number decisions). The spelled more trouble for the gener- since it has been entrusted with the Taliban on the defensive is to risk of a securitized Afghanistan Azizi Bank al public, show findings of Pajh- the task, GTR has been charging badly underestimate the group's policy is that military strategy will 0799 700900 wok Afghan News. each applicant 500 afghanis.” strength and to underappreciate dominate policy discussions and Recently, MoFA handed over She claimed extra money was the many different sources of that leave critical considerations about Pashtany Bank the consular service department to charged to give applicants facili- strength. reconciliation in the lurch. 2102908, 2103868 a private-sector company named ties and accelerate the attestation The Taliban leadership has President Trump says he GTR, which collects documents of the documents, but GTR em- safe havens in neighboring Paki- wants to start winning again in like tazkira, marriage certificates, ployees, guards and other staff stan, and insurgencies never die so Afghanistan. However, he's better Air Services degrees, etc. for verification by misbehaved with them. long as they enjoy cross-border off thinking about negotiating than MoFA and hand them back to ap- All applicants are confused the documents even on April 10. not processed just because he had sanctuaries. The Taliban has also winning. As a businessman who Safi Airways plicants. and have to go up and down stairs received periodic military support relishes the art of the deal, that “I live in the Khushal Khal area no relative or friend in GTR. Peo- 020 22 22 222 MoFA says it has awarded the to get their documents stamped, of Kabul. Apart from leaving work, ple with the right connections were from Tehran. With U.S.-Iran rela- shouldn't be a hard sell. Accord- consular service contract to GRT according to Fatima, who said ref- I have to pay 100 to 150 afghanis taken inside and their documents tions having taken a tumble since ingly, the president should ensure due to security concerns and to erees were told to come back after in transport fare to reach this place processed quickly, he protested. President Trump took office, such that his Afghanistan policy in- Ariana facilitate citizens. On the other three days. to ask about my documents. But Extra financial burden Currently support could intensify. Moscow, cludes a reconciliation strategy, 020-2100270 hand, applicants claim the process She alleged the documents re- still I have not received my docu- the GTR collects 24 types of doc- according to the US military, is overseen by diplomats, that maps has become more complicated and mained unprocessed for days. “We ments,” he regretted. uments and returns them after ver- now funneling aid to the Taliban out a political plan for how Kabul their problems have multiplied. came after five day and had to wait Anger among applicants ification. Previously, the compa- as well. Additionally, the Afghan -- with US assistance -- can pur- Kam Air GTR office is housed in an in sizzling heat to receive our doc- Syed Zahir, another applicant ny charged an applicant 100 to government is an unwitting source sue a deal with the Taliban. 0799974422 improper building in the Taimani uments. However, our problem who visited the GTR office to get 2,000 afghanis but currently it col- of strength for the Taliban. The Reconciliation won't come eas- neighbourhood of Kabul. The lo- remained unaddressed.” his brother’s tazkira verified, hit lects 400 to 2,300 afghanis. Ali weak and dysfunctional adminis- ily or quickly, but it's still worth cation is not safe and suitable for Mumtaz, 70, another appli- out at the culture of nepotism. He Raza, one of the applicants, com- tration in Kabul is hampered by pursuing. Recall how Colombia, Hotels applicants. cant, also resented the complicat- accused employees of the compa- plained against the hike tazkira fee corruption and personal animosi- after decades of insurgency and a Safi Landmark The Pajhwok reporter, who ed and lengthy process of docu- ny of violating merit and teasing from 200 afghanis to 500 afs. He ties and is hard-pressed to carry difficult negotiation process, final- visited the office, said many ap- ment verification. He submitted referees. “In the past, we would said most people of Afghanistan out even the most basic of tasks - ly reached a deal last year (albeit a plicants from different provinces identity cards of his own and fam- bring our documents for verifica- were poor and could not pay 500 - much less craft a formal counter- fragile one) to end its long-running 020-2203131 were there to process their docu- ily members along with other doc- insurgency policy. conflict. tion to the MoFA, where the pa- afghanis. Forcing visitors to pay ERENA ments. They had to wait in severe uments on March 30 for verifica- pers were stamped in a day or two. bribes Saleema Siddiqui, a civil so- Meanwhile, the arrival of ISIS The Colombia model offers S heat for their turns to submit or tion. Tazkiras of his relatives were But now it takes five days (at ciety activist, complained of prob- in Afghanistan has enabled the Tal- inspiration for Afghanistan -- and receive documents. supposed to be returned on April least),” he remarked. lems and difficulties in the GTR iban to project itself as a softer, a more hopeful analogy than Viet- 0799654000 In addition to the improper 3, but he was unable to get back Zahir explained his documents process. (Pajhwok) more palatable alternative to the nam .(CNN) New Rumi Restaurant 0776351347 China to extend 'silk road' plan to Afghanistan Internet Services UA Telecom 0796701701 / 0796702702 China is extending its Belt and an adviser to President Donald its $50 billion project in Pakistan. thor and an Indian diplomat. He improve relations between Paki- offering economic benefits. Road Initiative to include Afghan- Trump and a National Security He says the effort will bring “more said that extending the Belt and stan and Afghanistan. But, they However, this policy has been Exchange Rate istan. Council official for East Asia. Pakistani and Chinese economic Road project to Afghanistan will wrote, “there may be prospects proven wrong in the past, he said. The development plan refers China welcomed the move, interests into Afghanistan.” help China in those efforts. for this over the medium to long Saibal Dasgupta reported this 1.00 USD to the historic Silk Road between which was first planned when "If there is insecurity in Af- "One trillion dollars’ worth of term.” story for VOA News. Ashley Th- China and the West. It aims to link Trump met with Xi last month in ghanistan, (it) can also affect CPEC mineral resources are available in David Kelly with China Poli- ompson adapted it for Learning 67.60AFN more than 60 countries from Asia Florida. and One Belt, One Road,” Khalil Afghanistan,” he said. cy said China believes it can re- English. Mario Ritter was the edi- to Europe, through land and mari- China expanding its Belt and said. One Belt, One Road is an- Some observers note that Chi- duce religious extremism through tor. (VOANEWS) time trade routes. Road project other name for the Belt and Road na also may aim to be involved in 1000.00 IRR Chinese President Xi Jinping The decision to include Af- Initiative. Afghanistan’s building industry in 17.90AFN introduced the plan in 2013. ghanistan has caused some observ- David Kelly is with China the future. The extension plan would in- ers to question whether China is Policy, a consulting company But China’s main goal, some volve extending the China Pakistan trying to expand its influence in based in Beijing. He said that Chi- experts say, is to improve regional Economic Corridor, known as this area of Asia. na hopes its investments in Af- security through development and 1.00 UAE CPEC, to neighboring Afghanistan. Ahmad Bilal Khalil is a re- ghanistan will reduce tensions economic cooperation. 18.40AFN The CPEC is a program within the searcher with the Center for Stra- there. That is a difficult task. Recent larger Belt and Road Initiative. tegic and Regional Studies in Kab- However, he said that reduc- clashes on the border between Pa- 1.00 EUR China is now preparing for the ul, Afghanistan. He recently spoke ing the religious and ethnic con- kistan and Afghanistan killed more first Belt and Road Forum, a meet- with VOA about China’s develop- flict in the country has been, in his than 50 people in two days. 74.20AFN ing of countries involved in the ment plans. words, “something that the Amer- Ahmad Bilal Khalil said, development project. The two-day He said that the aim is to cre- icans and before them the Soviets “There is also a huge possibility event begins Sunday in Beijing. ate a road linking Pakistan’s Pe- were unable to do.” that terrorism and extremism will 1000.00 INR More than 25 heads of state will shawar to the Afghan capital of China has invested in the cop- also be exported to central Asia.” 1030.00AFN attend the meeting. Kabul and to Kunduz, and then per mines of Afghanistan. It wants Researchers at the Stockholm The Unites States also is send- deeper into Central Asia. to improve access to the country’s International Peace Research Insti- 1000.00 PKR ing a delegation to the meeting. It Khalil said having projects in mineral resources. tute noted in a recent report that will be led by Matthew Pottinger, Afghanistan will help China with M.K. Bhadrakumar is an au- the Belt initiative can do little to 635.00AFN SUNDAY . MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

QUETTA: Gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on construction work- ers, killing 10 in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Bangladesh: Police Balochistan, officials said Satur- day. Mineral-rich Balochistan has arrests 7 members of been plagued for decades by a sep- aratist insurgency and sectarian killings and gunmen have previous- JMB from Chapain- ly targeted labourers seen as out- siders in the region. "Two gunmen riding on mo- torbikes opened fire on a group of awabganj, seize 22 construction workers in Peshukan Ganz neighbourhood of Gwadar," local administration official Mu- jihadi books nir Zamari told AFP. "One worker sustained injuries The police arrested seven members of the terror organisation Jamaat- and he is being treated at a local ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Chapainawabganj in the last hospital," he added. three days and seized 22 jihadi books from them. The incident was confirmed by another administration official Naeem Bazai, who said that all the workers were from Sindh province. A spokesman for the separat- ist Baluch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the in- cident in a telephone call to AFP. Balochistan is the largest of Pakistan's four provinces, but its roughly seven million inhabitants have long complained they do not receive a fair share of its gas and mineral wealth. A greater push towards peace and development by Pakistani au- PM Narendra Modi inaugurated thorities has reduced the violence considerably in recent years. The push includes starting work on a massive Chinese infra- a digital system to enable The police in Bangladesh have ar- sadar upazila. structure project -- the China-Pa- rested seven members of the Mojahidul added that the sev- kistan Economic Corridor -- which banned militant organisation en accused will be charged under gives Beijing a route to the Arabi- Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen of the anti-terrorism law. an Sea through Balochistan's deep Supreme Court to go paperless Bangaldesh(JMB) from Chapain- On Thursday, five militants sea port of Gwadar. awabganj district in the last three and a firefighter were killed in sui- (Newindianexpress) Given the role technology has days. cide blasts during a security raid played in changing our lives, in Addressing a press conference on a suspected militant hideout in terms of both transparency and today, the Chapainawabganj Po- Bangladesh's Rajshahi district. A speed or convenience, the slow lice super MM Mozahidul Islam family of five blew themselves up Nepalese President pace of adopting it in the coun- said, "The police recovered 22 ki- in the Godgari hideout when they try’s legal system is nothing short lograms of power gel, 22 jihadi learned about a raid. of surprising. Prime minister books and detained seven JMB On April 26 and 27, four mili- Narendra Modi has inaugurated a members from different parts of tants were killed in Operation Ea- arrives in Sri Lanka digital system that will allow the the district." gle Hunt at a militant den in Shib- Supreme Court to go paperless, The accused have been identi- ganj upazila of Chapainawabganj keep in mind that 21,790 cases were fied as Harun-Or-Rashid (25), district. e-filed in the Delhi High Court till Kamal Uddin(32), from Guthail In March, 26 people, includ- December FY17—that is up sig- village under Nachole upzila, ing women and children, were nificantly, compared with the 609 Nasim Reza Sahin(20), of Baracha- killed in a militant hideout raid at ki village, Firoz (22) of Srirampur seven houses of Chittagong and filed in 2013—and this is more than village, Babu (22) of Kaithapara Sylhet areas. Large amount of ex- half the 43,026 cases filed in 2016. village under Shibganj upazila, plosives were also recently recov- Much of the discourse on courts Azizul Haque (38) of Raghbpur ered from a house in Jhenaidah going paperless, not surprisingly, village and Abdul Hakim (20) of Sadar upazila. has been on the transparency and village Debinagar Fatapara under (Indiatoday) the saving this will result in. The prime minister spoke of the amount of water that goes into the Bangladeshi immigrants: making of a single A4 sheet at the event, and a report by NCAER PPP, PTI in Senate Five granted bail documents time-savings—the fact that everyone will be able to track Belagavi: While a hunt for more Sources said that at least 30 cases online is another huge bene- oppose probe row Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari arrived at the Bandaranayke illegal immigrants from Bangladesh residents of Bangladesh were fit. On average, NCAER says, the International Airport (BIA), today to participate in the closing ceremo- continues in Belagavi after the ar- brought to Belagavi by agents, in- time required in the delivery of ny of the 14th UN International Vesak celebration. rest of 12 a few days ago, a local cluding the arrested local resident summons, decrees and the issue of settlement Buddhasasana and Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe received court granted conditional bail to Mohammad Bepari. The agents a copy of a judgment/order can be her at the airport. The Nepalese President is expected to attend a cultural five people arrested for giving shel- collected money from all illegal reduced 18-fold, 16-fold and 20- pageant at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre today and close the UN Vesak ter and jobs to the arrested immi- immigrants to provide shelter, gov- fold, respectively. So, it found, for celebrations at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy tomorrow. She is also grants in Belagavi city. ernment identity cards and jobs in instance, that just a fourth of the expected to meet President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Those who got bail are Javed Belagavi. Most of the illegal immi- scrutiny of all plaints was done Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga during her four-day visit to the Inamdar, Mohammad Hussain grants are being brought in differ- using a computer in courts across country. Bhandari will leave the country on May 16 afternoon. (AP) Barfwala, Imrankhan Pathan, ent groups from Bangla border the country right now. The num- Nawazkhan Pathan and Mubin over the last five years, sources ber was as low as 10% in the case Bepari. They admitted that they added. Within the next few days, offered jobs to illegal immigrants the police are expected to arrest of preparing of summons and a CA order on Geetha has only after verifying their Aadhaar some government officials based mere 20% when it came to tran- cards and getting information that on information from the arrested scribing evidence. The time-sav- they are local residents. The five immigrants that they were able to ings, naturally, are large. So, while no effect on UPFA list: were unaware of the actual nation- get government identity cards the time taken to prepare daily ality of immigrants even as they through officials from different de- cause-lists can be reduced to 6.1 worked for more than a year in partments. minutes from the present average SP Chief Minister slaughterhouses owned by them. (Deccanchronicle) of 46.4 minutes, it falls from 50.9 minutes to 12.9 minutes for tran- scription of evidence and from ISLAMABAD: Two mainstream he described as a confession by 163.6 minutes for issuing judg- political parties — the Pakistan Sindh Governor Muhammad ments/orders to a mere 8.5 min- Peoples Party and Pakistan Te- Zubair that meetings at the Prime utes. Multiply this across courts hreek-i-Insaf — on Friday op- Minister’s House were bugged by and the savings are an obvious way posed the settlement between the the PML-N’s media centre. He re- to speed up courts by going pa- government and the Army over the called that during a talk show, the perless. But imagine what could row over the Dawn story on pro- PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi happen if this process is taken up ceedings of a high-profile security drew his attention to stories in another level. If married to a larger meeting and called for bringing the media which attributed to him judicial database with a level of matter before parliament. some remarks allegedly made at the “The matter has been settled All Parties Conference convened Even if former Galle District Par- artificial intelligence or good search/ en a ruling concerning the legality retrieval functions, as soon as a but between whom. Where is par- by the Prime Minister. Mr Zubair liamentarian Geetha Kumarasing- of Geetha Kumarasinghe’s election liament? We do not accept that any was adamant that he (Aitzaz) did he was disqualified to be a Mem- as a Parliament member. Hence, due case is filed, the judge gets details of similar cases filed across differ- of the two parties is above parlia- say it. Asked how he came to know ber of Parliament owing to her dual to the Court order given in respect ment,” Leader of the Opposition about it, Mr Zubair said: “We were citizenship in both Sri Lanka and of an individual candidate in a list, ent courts, the major legal points in the Senate, Barrister Aitzaz listening to it from the media cen- Switzerland as per the Court of the respective entire list of candi- made along with the rulings. In the Ahsan, said. Both parties to the tre.” Senator Ahsan also raised ob- Appeal order of May 3, the same dates would not be null and void, event, a case can be dismissed at settlement were accountable to jections over the Joint Investiga- disqualification could not be ap- he further asserted. In response to Mishra’s hunger strike is the first stage itself; or if, for in- parliament and their representa- tion Team (JIT) formed by the plied to determine the legal validi- a question by the media about ru- stance, a larger bench or a superior tives should appear before it, he Supreme Court to probe the off- ty of the entire list of candidates mours of a change in the ministeri- ‘BJP sponsored’: Sisodia court has already ruled on it, the added. “Neither Prime Minister shore assets of Nawaz Sharif, in- who contested the 2015 Parlia- al portfolios of the Council’s Board judge knows his limits. For the Nawaz Sharif nor Chief of the sisting that the ISI chief was a mentary Election under the Unit- of Ministers, the Chief Minister one could only laugh at his charg- lawyers, though it is early days on Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Ba- “close relative” of Maryam ed People’s Freedom Alliance said that similar gossip were spread Kapil Mishra's hunger strike is es. However, Delhi Police ex- the usage of such databases, it jwa is above parliament,” the sen- Nawaz. He said: “The Army has (UPFA) ticket, Southern Province on several occasions, while there sponsored by the Bharatiya Jana- plained the reasons of Jha's arrest would throw up valuable informa- ator remarked. He said there was surrendered before the civilian au- Chief Minister Shan Wijayalal De was no truth in such stories. How- ta Party (BJP), alleged Delhi Dep- and said he was detained as he tion on precedents/arguments that no doubt that the Army was sub- thority and we are satisfied.” The Silva asserted. ever, change of ministerial portfo- uty Chief Minister Manish Siso- didn't obtain the permission to hold could be used as well as how courts ordinate to the government, but the opposition staged a walkout after The Chief Minister was ad- lios, expulsions and resignations dia here today. He levelled the a hunger strike outside Kapil have ruled on them in the past. settlement was surprising in the Mr Ahsan’s speech without for- dressing a press conference held at are not a new experience to Pro- charge when asked that why Delhi Mishra's residence. Sacked Delhi None of this, as feared by most, wake of the rhetoric of national mally calling it a mark of protest Dhakshina Paya, the Southern vincial Councils. Earlier too, there Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Minister Mishra is on an indefi- makes either the judges or the law- security for seven months. He also against absence of the interior min- Province Ministry complex , La- had been many such incidents. was not coming forth with a clari- nite hunger strike demanding the yers redundant since the case still referred to Article 243 (1) of the ister from the house. buduwa, Galle, yesterday. There Article 154-E-4 of the Constitu- fication on the charges levelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has to be heard and tried, but the Constitution, which reads; “The Two parties are some basic qualifications in re- tion distinctively prescribes the against him by Mishra. "We have Arvind Kejriwal to make public the Federal Government shall have Senate Chai-rman Mian Raza just got the information that Aam information makes the decision- spect of candidates that are con- constitutional provisions with re- details of foreign tours of five AAP making that much more precise— control and command of the Armed Rabbani asked Sheikh Aftab, the sidered at the time of receiving gard to the appointment of Chief Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Sanjeev leaders- Satyendra Jain, Ashish Forces.” He referred to remarks minister for parliamentary affairs, nominations stipulated under the Jha has been detained who also think of it as a scan for a doctor Minister and the Board of Minis- Khetan, Raghav Chaddha, Sanjay going in for an operation or a ro- made by Interior Minister to explain what is meant by “two Election Law. Among such basic ters, he said. wanted to sit on a hunger strike Singh and Durgesh Pathak. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on parties” in the press release on the qualifications there are no issues The Chief Minister further demanding Mishra to provide botic hand that makes accessing After Mishra was sacked from different parts of the body easier. Thursday that the inquiry report matter. The latter replied, “the gov- such as dual citizenship and relat- said that according to his knowl- proof of his allegations against Delhi Cabinet, he has waged an had been delayed due to a lack of ernment and the Army”. Mr Rab- ed concerns as basic qualifications. edge, there would be no change in Kejriwal," said Sisodia. "This Even those who believe artificial consensus. He said it was a bani’s retort was terse. “This means open war against the AAP and intelligence can be a disaster would Any matter other than basic qual- ministerial posts in the Southern shows that one hunger strike (of Kejriwal. He also created ripples “strange condition” reportedly set the government does not believe ifications regarding the legal valid- Provincial Council, adding that he Kapil Mishra) has been the back- when he claimed that he had seen agree with the prime minister when by Justice Aamer Raza Khan, head in Article 243 of the Constitution.” ity of a candidate should be chal- too did not wish such adjustments ing of the BJP and police protec- Kejriwal accepting Rs 2 crore in he said, at the function, that we of the inquiry committee, that he He advised the government not to lenged at the judiciary according in the Board of Ministers of the tion," alleged Sisodia. He added cash from Delhi Minister Satyen- are far behind in the application of would sign the report only after a make a mockery of theConstitu- to the Election Law. On the other Council. that if Mishra couldn't provide dra Jain. technology in our daily lives. consensus was reached. Mr Ah- tion. He said Article 90 had de- hand, the Court Of Appeal has giv- (Dailynews) proof to back his allegations then (ANI) (Financialexpress) san linked the probe saga to what fined the term “government”. SUNDAY . MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief At least 74 countries Turkey detains affected in ‘biggest online editor in-chief of ever’cyberattack opposition daily Cumhuriyet

Turkish authorities detained the North Korea has said it will hold editor-in-chief of the online edi- talks with the US "if the condi- tion of opposition daily Cumhu- tions were right", South Korean riyet on Friday, the latest in a media reports. A senior North Ko- string of arrests targeting the pa- rean diplomat said dialogue with per. Oguz Guven was detained the Trump administration was by police in Istanbul and taken possible following a meeting with to the city's police headquarters ex-US government officials in Nor- for questioning, the Anadolu way. Earlier this month US Presi- news agency said. He had been dent Donald Trump said he would detained "due to a news story" be "honoured" to meet Kim Jong- Dozens of countries were hit with from malware, but would not say about the death of senior Turk- un. The comments follow months ish prosecutor Mustafa Alper in a huge cyberextortion attack at a if it had been hit by ransomware. of rising tensions over North Ko- multitude of hospitals, companies Mikko Hypponen, chief research a traffic accident this week. Alp- rea's ballistic missile and nuclear er was a leading figure in the pros- and government agencies. The at- officer at the Helsinki-based cy- programme. tack, that saw computers locked bersecurity company F-Secure, ecutions of suspects detained Choe Son-hui, an official in the over the failed July 15 coup Gu- and users' files held for ransom, called the attack "the biggest ran- North Korean foreign ministry re- was believed to the biggest ever somware outbreak in history". Se- ven had also said in a tweet that sponsible for North American af- he was being detained. One of recorded. The malicious software curity experts said the attack ap- fairs, told reporters in Beijing that behind the onslaught appeared to peared to be caused by a self-rep- Turkey's oldest newspapers, bilateral talks between Pyongyang Cumhuriyet has been a leading exploit a vulnerability in Mi- licating piece of software that en- and Washington would be consid- crosoft Windows that was suppos- ters companies and organisations critic of Turkish President Re- ered. Media captionWhy does cep Tayyip Erdogan but it has edly identified by the US National when employees click on email Trump admire strongmen leaders? Security Agency for its own intel- attachments, then spreads quick- seen 19 staff members charged The BBC's Korea correspon- under the state of emergency im- ligence-gathering purposes and was ly internally from computer to dent Stephen Evans says North later leaked to the internet. The computer when employees share posed after the failed coup. Most Korea would probably have to are in jail and those held under UK's National Health Service fell documents and other files. Its ran- agree to at least discuss relinquish- victim, its hospitals forced to close som demands start at 300 dollars arrest include some of the big- ing or limiting its nuclear weapons gest names in Turkish journal- wards and emergency rooms and and increase after two hours to for the US to participate. turn away patients. Russia ap- 400, 500 and then 600 dollars, said ism, including the paper's current Ms Choe, who has been in- editor in chief, Murat Sabuncu; peared to be the hardest hit, ac- Kurt Baumgartner, a security re- volved in nuclear negotiations in cording to security experts, with searcher at Kaspersky Lab. Affect- commentator Kadri Gursel; writ- UN calls for probe into the past, made the comments dur- er Ahmet Sik; and cartoonist the country's Interior Ministry ed users can restore their files from ing a stop-over on her return to confirming it was struck. All told, backups, if they have them, or pay Musa Kart. Pyongyang following a meeting in (BBC) several cybersecurity firms said the ransom; otherwise they risk violence against transgender Oslo. North Korea's missile pro- they had identified the malicious losing their data entirely. Chris gramme Could Trump's foreign software, which so far has been Wysopal of the software security policy work? Mr Trump has pre- responsible for tens of thousands firm Veracode said criminal organ- Houthis women in El Salvador viously said that he would like to of attacks, in more than 60 coun- isations were probably behind the solve the North Korea crisis dip- An uptick in deadly violence tries. That includes the United attack, given how quickly the mal- capture lomatically, but that a "major, ma- States, although its effects there ware spread. "For so many organ- against transgender women in El jor conflict" is possible. The coun- Salvador prompted the United did not appear to be widespread, isations in the same day to be hit, try has engaged in several military at least initially. The attack infect- this is unprecedented," he said. military base Nations on Friday to call for an shows of strength in recent weeks investigation into crimes against ed computers with what is known The security holes it exploits were including missile tests. The US has as "ransomware", software that disclosed several weeks ago by in Saudi sexual minorities in the conserva- responded by sending warships to tive Central American country. locks up the user's data and flash- TheShadowBrokers, a group that the region to install a controversial es a message demanding payment has published what it says are Arabia So far this year, seven trans- anti-missile system in South Ko- gender women have been killed in to release it. In the US, FedEx re- hacking tools used by the NSA as rea. ported its Windows computers part of its intelligence-gathering. The Iranian-backed Houthi group El Salvador, according to the Gene- (BBC) has captured a Saudi military va-based Office of the U.N. High were "experiencing interference" Shortly after that disclosure, Mi- base in Raboah, Asir province, Commissioner for Human Rights crosoft announced it had already reported Al-Masdar News. The (OHCHR). Local LGBT organiza- issued software "patches" for Houthis entered the base after tions put the death toll at 17 those holes. But many companies missiles were executed by Ye- through the first four months of Gunman kills police and individuals have not installed men’s national army loyal to the year. the fixes yet or are using older ver- former President Ali Abdullah In 2016, at least 25 transgen- sions of Windows that Microsoft Saleh. Al-Masadar News report- der women were killed over the chief and nursing no longer supports and did not fix. ed that several Saudi Arabian sol- course of the entire year, accord- By Kaspersky Lab's count, the diers were killed and wounded in ing to the local organizations. malware struck at least 74 coun- the attack. Yemen’s Houthis re- Leading transgender activist your security to these institu- government of El Salvador to take home workers in tries. In addition to Russia, the big- cruit women to fight. Karla Avelar said local gang mem- tions?" said Avelar. Avelar, 40, is a urgent measures to ensure the pro- gest targets appeared to be Ukraine Saudi Arabia responded with bers have demanded money and finalist for the 2017 Martin En- tection of Ms. Avelar and other and India, nations where it is com- targeted airstrikes in the Asir made threats that forced her to flee nals Award, an international prize (LGBT) activists and individuals shooting spree mon to find older, unpatched ver- province, and sent surveillance her home six times in the past two for human rights activists, but said who are under threat," said sions of Windows in use, accord- aircrafts to gather locational in- years. the gang members have already OHCHR spokeswoman Ravina ing to the security firm. Spain, telligence of the Houthi group. Avelar, who leads a local trans- sought to extort some of the fu- Shamdasani, adding that authori- meanwhile, took steps to protect Saudi officials have not comment- rights organisation, said in an in- ture prize money if she wins. "I ties should investigate what she critical infrastructure in response ed on the incident. terview she has no faith that local won't wait for them to kill me," described as "hate crimes." The to the attack. Authorities said they Yesterday, a Houthi com- authorities can protect her from said Avelar. "And how am I going Salvadoran attorney general's of- were communicating with more mander was killed alongside two gangs who routinely demand ex- to give them something I don't even fice did not immediately respond than 100 energy, transportation, other soldiers in a fierce battle tortion payments from residents have?" to a request for comment. telecommunications and financial with the Popular Resistance Par- and businesses. The Salvadoran activist de- Last year, El Salvador regis- services providers about the attack. ty, Al-Arabiya reported. "Criminals operate within the clined to identify the names or gang tered 81.7 homicides per 100,000 Spain's Telefonica, a global broad- (Middleeastmonitor) same institutions of government. affiliation of the men who threat- residents, one of the highest mur- band and telecommunications com- So how can you entrust your life ened her, or where she now lives, der rates anywhere in the world. pany, was among the companies to them? How can you entrust for fear of retaliation. "We urge the (Reuters) hit. Ransomware attacks are on the rise around the world. In 2016, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Centre in California said it had paid Ten gunned down near China ‘Belt a 17,000 dollars ransom to regain An armed man gunned down a new cated less than a block from the control of its computers from hack- village police chief and then killed site of the shooting. Mr Thorp ers. and Road’projects in Pakistan two employees in a nearby nurs- called it a hard day for all. "We've (AP) ing home, where he later was found lost a police officer. It's just a trag- dead, a sheriff in Ohio said. No ic event," he said. "I guess the only nursing home residents were in- peace of mind is that the threat is Italy expels jured, nor were two hostages brief- over." Mr Thorp gave the follow- ly held by the alleged gunman. The ing timeline of events in the village Terrorists Tunisian murdered police chief, Steven Eric of about 500 residents, roughly 25 Disario, had headed the Kirkers- miles east of Columbus. The gun- kill child, connected to ville Police Department for only man was in a wooded area behind Ten labourers were gunned down about three weeks, Licking Coun- the nursing home when he encoun- in southwestern Pakistan on Sat- ty Sheriff Randy Thorp said. Mr tered two passers-by, whom he man in Berlin market urday while working on link roads Disario was shot on a street near temporarily took hostage. Mr Dis- to connect outlying towns to the the Pine Kirk Care Centre, and the ario, responding to a report of a eastern attacker country's $57-billion Chinese two female employees and the gun- man with a gun, apparently en- "Belt and Road" initiative, securi- man were found dead inside, Mr countered the gunman in that area. Italy has expelled a Tunisian cit- ty officials confirmed. Thorp said. The chief's last radio communica- Saudi izen suspected of having been in The attack on the Pakistani la- Authorities identified the gunman tion said he had the man in sight. contact with the man who killed bourers took place some 20 kilo- as Thomas Hartless, 43, of the When a shot was fired at the chief, 12 people by driving a truck metres from the emerging port city nearby village of Utica. The em- the hostages escaped unharmed. Arabia through a Christmas market in of Gwadar in Baluchistan province ployees were Marlina Medrano, a "We don't know the cause or the A Saudi child and a Pakistani man Berlin last year, the interior min- that forms the southern hub of the nurse, and 48-year-old Cindy purpose or what drove this indi- were killed while 10 others, includ- istry said on Saturday. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Krantz, a nurse's aide. Mr Disar- vidual to do this," Mr Thorp said. ing a woman, were injured on The 36 year-old had been liv- (CPEC). "All the labourers were io, 36, was a father of six children, Responding officers found Mr Wednesday when terrorist gunmen ing on the southern island of Sic- shot at close range," said senior lev- with a seventh on the way, the Disario on the street and then in- arbitrarily shot at workers and ily, where Berlin attacker Anis ies official Muhammad Zareef, sheriff said. Flowers and flags ap- vestigated a report of a gunman at passersby in Al-Masourah district Amri spent time in jail and a de- adding that the shooters were trav- peared in an impromptu memorial the nursing home, Mr Thorp said. of Al-Awamiyah with an aim to portation centre, the ministry elling on a motorcycle. The levies outside the village police hall, lo- (AFP) deactivate a development project said in a statement. are a paramilitary force that over- site, which terrorist militias use as He gave Amri a telephone and sees security in Baluchistan where their nest, the Saudi Interior Min- the two stayed in contact after police jurisdiction is limited to istry announced on Friday. Maj. the latter moved to Germany. major urban centres. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, security Amri returned to Italy after the Gwadar's deep-water port spokesman at the Ministry of In- Dec. 19 attack, and was shot dead South Africa to sign new nuclear is the exit point for a planned route terior, said that workers of a con- by Milan police. from China's far-western Xinjiang tracting company were at the site Investigators tapped the tele- region to the Arabian Sea. of the project when they came phone of the other Tunisian and Nadeem Javaid, who advises under attack by terrorists, who discovered he had been in con- power pacts after court ruling Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's also targeted the machinery used tact with extremist suspects and government and works closely on for work. “Workers were shot at was planning to cross illegally to the CPEC programme, told Reu- South Africa plans to sign new, more transparent nuclear power agree- by terrorist elements from the France, the ministry said. ters earlier in the week that the ments with five foreign countries after a high court blocked a deal with neighborhood to obstruct the They tracked him down in Gwadar-Xinjiang corridor should Russia due to a lack of oversight, the energy ministry said on Saturday. project and protect abandoned the northern city of Turin on be operational from June next year. South Africa signed intergovernmental agreements with Russia, France, houses used as their hideout to kid- May 2 and held him in a repatri- He said Pakistan expects up China, South Korea and the United States in 2014 as part of plans to nap citizens and religious men,” ation centre before accompany- to 4 percent of global trade to pass build a fleet of nuclear power plants at a cost of between $30 billion and Al-Turki said. He added that the ing him on a flight to Tunisia. through it by 2020. Baluchistan, $70 billion. Many investors view the scale of the nuclear plan as unaf- security forces launched an opera- The ministry said Italy had however, has long faced security fordable and a major risk to South Africa's financial stability, while tion to track down the terrorists, now expelled 174 people sus- concerns. Separatist militants in the opponents of President Jacob Zuma say the deal will be used as a asserting that the security appara- pected of religious extremism province have waged a campaign conduit for corruption. Zuma denies allegations of wrongdoing. State tus would exert all efforts to im- since January 2015. against the central government for energy firm Eskom says nuclear power should play a role in South pose order at the development (BBC) decades, demanding a greater share Africa's energy mix and will help reduce reliance on coal. project site. A two-year-old Saudi of the gas-rich region's resources. The Western Cape High Court found last month that the agreement infant and a Pakistani expatriate Security officials have said with Russia lacked transparency and offered Moscow favourable tax were killed while 10 others, includ- previously that militants trying to rules while placing heavy financial obligations on South Africa. The ing four security persons, were in- disrupt construction on the "eco- energy ministry said it had "major concerns" about the court judgement jured by the terrorists attack to nomic corridor" have killed 44 but would not appeal the ruling. It will continue with nuclear energy disrupt construction of a develop- workers since 2014, all of whom plans adhering to stricter procedural guidelines, including consulting ment project in Al-Masourah. were Pakistani. (CNN) parliament. (CNN) (Thegurdin) SUNDAY. MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi By Sonia Sodha parison to healthcare: it is means- lation ages, the number of people ing place within extended families, tested and basic. The system relies getting state help with the costs of such as the Japanese. But scratch Advisory editorial board heavily on the informal caring done their care has fallen by a quarter in beneath the stereotype, and a more Few of us are immune from the anx- by family members, estimated at the past five years. Age UK esti- complex picture emerges. The Jap- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, iety that can quickly set in when we 7.6bn hours in 2010. Without this, mates there are now more than a anese word kaigo-jigoku translates contemplate our own ageing. Who it would collapse. There are signs, million older people who struggle to “care-giving hell”. One survey in Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir will be there for us when us can no though, of a growing disjunction without the support they need with the 1990s suggested one in two fam- longer physically take care of our- between what we implicitly assume everyday tasks such as getting out ily carers in Japan had subjected old- Graphic-Designers: selves? Who will be around to re- families will do, and what actually of bed, preparing and eating meals, er relatives to some form of abuse, mind us of who we were in our mo- happens. Older people without chil- and going to the toilet. The NHS is with one in three acknowledging Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada ments of lucidity when our minds dren barely feature in policy discus- also increasingly stretched. Like so feelings of “hatred”. Such findings have started slipping away? For sion or planning for local provision. many in his generation, my grand- hint at the consequences of expect- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: those of us who don’t have chil- Yet their numbers are set to grow: father spent the last weeks of his ing families to do too much, espe- dren, these questions take on a par- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 the proportion of women not hav- life in hospital. He wouldn’t have cially when the conditions involved ticular significance. I had mixed feel- ing children has increased from one been assigned a mattress designed to include advanced dementia, which Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan ings after watching Still Alice, an in nine to one in five in a genera- prevent bedsores had my mother requires skilled professional care. Oscar-winning depiction of early- tion. It’s been estimated that by and uncle not repeatedly asked for Resolving the question of what the Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 onset dementia. It made for grim 2030, there will be more than a mil- it – not because the staff on the state can and ought to do is rela- viewing. But it was easy to imagine lion adults aged 65 to 74 without ward didn’t care, but because even a tively easy compared with the much Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press the ways it could have been even children, almost double the number few years ago resources were thinly knottier problem of how to create a grimmer: what if the protagonist, in 2012. Some groups, such as older spread. The more rationing there society that has an abundance of the Alice, had no children, a partner long LGBT people and adults with learn- is, the more older people have to things – love, companionship, emo- departed or divorced, or friends who ing disabilities, are particularly af- rely on family members pushing on tional support – that the state can The constitution says had drifted away? Why should older fected. ‘Age UK estimates there are their behalf. The worrying thing is never hope to provide. people rely on their families for now more than a million older peo- that this retraction is happening by Mice benefit from research into care? Increasing life expectancy is ple who struggle without the sup- stealth. It has serious implications cannabis. Why not us? Look to civ- Article 141 one of the great markers of human port they need with everyday tasks.’ for what we expect families to do. il society, and there are important progress. But the flipside of our Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo But to the extent that ministers have clues. North London Cares is a char- Article One Hundred Forty-One: To administer city affairs, municipalities shall be stretched lifespans is that we are established. The mayor and members of municipal councils shall be elected through But in any case, having adult off- addressed it, it’s been simply to make ity that matches older people and more likely to experience longer spring has never been a guarantee vague allusions about the importance younger professionals to provide free, general, secret and direct elections. Matters related to municipalities shall be periods of significant physical and they’ll be around. The scattered of personal responsibility and famil- each other with companionship. regulated by law. mental decline at the end of our lives. nature of modern life may further ial duty, without being upfront about HomeShare schemes connect peo- And there’s a strong, unwritten as- erode this likelihood. What happens the tradeoffs involved, and what ple who might benefit from low-cost sumption about how we as a society when ageing parents and their adult they might mean for older people accommodation with older people accommodate this shift: it’s that the children live at different ends of the without family in their lives who who have a spare room and need generational tables will eventually country, or on different continents, can pick up the pieces. We need a light-touch support to stay in their turn so that you will eventually come and where families have drifted more explicit debate about where the own home. The schemes may look to depend on your children, who apart over time? Then there are the responsibilities of the state and different, but the fundamentals are were once so utterly dependent on financial pressures that might make families start and stop. The state common. They are not about set- you. But the medical advances of it impossible for many to give up has a critical but limited role to play. ting up the sorts of transactional recent decades have been accompa- jobs to care full-time for their par- It can’t provide love and compan- relationships more associated with nied by profound and positive so- ents, no matter how much they want ionship. It can’t fight tooth and nail professional care; they explicitly cial shifts as women have moved en to. Informal caring usually falls to against itself for you to get a limit- seek to build mutually-beneficial re- masse into the workplace, reducing women, who are also more likely to ed slice of rationed resources. But it lationships that create bonds of the capacity for caring within fam- be low paid and to have insufficient can and should provide a basic stan- love, care and commitment. They ilies. This increase in numbers has pension provision. Since women live dard of professional personal care offer a glimpse of what a kinder so- prompted a debate about how we care longer than men, on average, and as a critical safety net. This requires ciety might look like; a kernel of What does Pakistan benefit for children, and where the role of are more likely than men to have an honest conversation about how transformative potential. But it’s a the state in providing childcare be- partners older than them, they are much this will cost and how to pay long way off being realised. As much gins and ends. In contrast, the bal- also more likely to end up alone. for it. This is not just important for as such schemes might be part of ance that has been struck between Despite these trends, the state is older people without children. While the solution, they are a rarity. And from supporting militants? the role of the state and families in retracting further, thanks to spend- the state can’t replace loving fami- this takes us to the fundamental truth caring for older people is uneasy and ing cuts that have seen funding for ly relationships, it can profoundly that all questions about ageing even- implicit. State provision of profes- social care fall by as much as 30% in affect them. We tend to fetishise tually point towards: if we want to sional care for older people has some areas since 2010. Little sur- Asian cultures that have a greater create a better world in which to he recent remark of the US officials regarding Pakistan-based terror grown, but remains limited in com- prise, then, that even as the popu- tradition of care of older people tak- grow old, it’s down to us. (WP) ists is at somehow projecting America’s interest in bringing peace in Afghanistan by eliminating their (militants) hideouts in Pakistan soil. A top US spymaster has said that Pakistan-based terrorists groups are “plan- ning to attack” both India and Afghanistan. Islamabad has failed to curb mil- itants and terrorists in Pakistan, Daniel Coats, Director of the US National Intelligence told members of the United States Senate Select Committee of Intelligence during a Congressional hearing on Worldwide threats. These terrorists would defiantly sustained threat to the United States’ interest in has been defined by a lot of give and the region. This remark by high-ranking US military official has sent a clear By Michelle Maltais take. You may have stolen my sleep, message to the two time-tested friends—Afghanistan and India, aimed at but you have given me my dreams. What do I really want for Mother's taking actions against these militants in international level— a move which Day? To be more than 'mom.' surly benefits Afghanistan. Since long time Pakistan-based terrorists have You’ve made a memory of the free- dom of my pre-parenting days, but killed and wounded a large numbers of Afghans. But this time this should be you’ve replaced that with a renewed taken seriously. The government of Afghanistan and the people knows that permission to play. And let’s face it, I may have to turn in my member- you have taken my body, but you Pakistan our neighbor is becoming jellies when sees Kabul and New Delhi ship to "the motherhood," but I have given me my heart. You have enjoying good relations. Afghanistan once was known for its functioning as must admit Mother’s Day is not for shown me I now have weaknesses me. This will be my fourth one as a and fears I never knew one person the economic corridor for the Silk Road and other ancient trade routes in mom. But even four years and two could function with, but you have the region; still we are on that position, but since Pakistan supporting mili- kids into motherhood, Mother’s Day inspired in me unending wells of still doesn’t feel like "my day." For strength and fearlessness I didn’t tants to have bullets in their weapons to continue their irrational war, Af- a day that’s supposed to be all about even think possible. At times you ghanistan has less opportunity to focus on economy, and use this golden me, none of it is actually about me. do trample the shreds of my sanity, In fact, Mother’s Day isn’t really but you have taught me I can sum- opportunity. Though, Afghanistan is a landlocked country, but located in a for mothers. Moms aren't being cel- mon patience from nowhere. strategic location, connecting Central Asia to South Asia and East Asia to ebrated for who we are as individu- You’ve forced me to somewhat re- als, rather who we are to someone luctantly grow up, but you’ve re- West Asia. The dark side is that militants are at large in Afghanistan. Paki- else. Instead, it is a day for the moth- leased my long-napping inner child. stan is the main reason behind their presence, as they (militants) are being ered -- for the children of mothers. Moms aren't being celebrated for supporting by the Pakistan covertly and overtly. The country can’t deny the That said, I absolutely soak up who we are as individuals, rather who and savor every handmade Moth- we are to someone else. You ask fact of harboring and supporting militants. What Pakistan really looking for- er’s Day trinket, egg-shell omelet questions -- often repeatedly -- that ward to gain via militancy. Why the country is supporting Taliban, al-Qaeda, and silly special moment. But when I sometimes can’t answer, but you my kids read this -- when they actu- teach me to again stoke my own on so tight you can’t breathe, but too soon I will learn to let go and just hold Islamic State (IS) and i.e. Afghanistan always had positive intention toward ally learn to read -- I want them to curiosity. (My knowledge of dino- my breath. You’ve stolen the identity I’ve worked my whole life to hone Pakistan, and tried best to mend the rusting ties. President Ashraf Ghani understand why. So I decided to write saurs and "Star Wars" is now vast -- I’m now known simply as your mom -- but you have given me a new a note to them about why Mother’s and ever-expanding.) You both al- name with purpose and superhero status. You have taken and changed my visited Pakistan soon after assuming office, but he frustrated as Pakistan Day isn’t really my day. ways crash my personal potty time, "me," but you have created and given me "us." Being your mom has given have never renounced supporting militants. The Afghan government and the My dearest babies (know that making it party time instead, but me the reason to celebrate Mother's Day, and that's the most amazing gift no matter how old you get, you will you’ve ensured I never feel alone. I will forever cherish. people are very much eager to know why Pakistan is hell-being in destroy- always be my babies): Being a mom You’ve taught me what it is to hold (LATIMES) ing Afghanistan via supporting insurgents. If Pakistan dreaming to have con- trol on Afghanistan in the interest of spreading its political, economic, and ideological hegemony in the region—it is better for her to wake up form a dream which never come true. If this is what Pakistan wants, so it’s impossi- ble? It is time for Pakistan to put an end to its security dilemma with Kabul and New Delhi, instead destroy militant’s safe havens in its soil. Pakistan has to think that what the country has benefited from supporting militancy. Nothing at all, but has earned bad name of supporting militancy. Since it is cleared that Pakistan-based terrorist are at eyes of carrying out attacks in two friendly countries, US, India, and Afghanistan should officially send warning letters to Pakistan, asking its high-profile military officials to take serious action against militants, or in case of negligent, serious action would be taken against Pakistan itself. In view of the fact that Pakistan is taking India as its enemy, here is worth mentioning that Indo-Afghan relations are among the few bilateral ties that include elements of civilizational, emo- tional and strategic imperatives and bonds. 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By Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia is a journalist and a PhD candidate in Human Rights at the Uni- versity of Deusto in Spain. By Dr. Theodore Karasik safe zones along the Israeli and Leb- Moscow’s means and objectives dif- anese borders. US and Russian offi- fering from the Americans. Trump’s In June 2013, at a time when Brazil Braga suggested that the police tam- cials are making guarantees to Isra- move, of course, is to gain conces- was shaken by mass protests against pered with evidence to secure his In the wake of the meeting between el that Russian soldiers will be near sions later on the battlefield between government spending, a homeless conviction. But their reasoning had US President Donald Trump and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Turkey and Russia on the Iran file. young man called Rafael Braga Vie- little effect. Braga, who continues Russian Foreign Minister Sergei not Hezbollah forces. US Joint Chief Although Ankara, Moscow, and Te- ira was arrested in Rio de Janerio for to deny any involvement in the pro- Lavrov, Kremlin spokesman Dmi- of Staff General Joseph Dunford is hran signed an agreement in Astana carrying two bottles of cleaning tests, remained in jail for more than tri Peskov noted that “it’s too ear- involved in negotiating with his to establish safe havens and work products. Among several other ar- two years. Eventually, in December ly to draw” conclusions from the counterparts including Russian Chief towards a political solution in Syria, rests that occurred during this peri- 2015, a court allowed him to serve dialogue between America and Rus- of Staff General Valery Gerasimov Turkey is already looking to upset od, Braga's was one of the most the rest of his term at home in Rio, sia. The Trump-Russia relationship and Israeli Chief of Staff Lieuten- the division of labor on safe zones shocking and unjust. First of all, wearing an electronic tag. But Bra- over Syria is not rocky. Although ant General Gady Eisenkott via being worked on between Trump, Braga was not even participating in ga's problems with Brazil's justice there is a political firestorm ongo- multiple meetings related to not only Russia and other key Arab stakehold- the demonstrations at the time of system did not come to an end after ing in Washington D.C. over safe zones but also keeping de-con- er countries such as Jordan and the his arrest. He was just unlucky he was released from prison. Only a Brazil has the world's fourth largest prison population. The latest official Trump’s firing of FBI Director James fliction lines of communication GCC states. Ankara, is certainly a enough to be carrying a bottle of month later, he was arrested again data indicates that black people are significantly over represented in Bra- Comey, Trump and Secretary of open at all times. There is no doubt spoiler in the current Syrian trajec- Pinho Sol - a common cleaning as he walked towards a bakery in zil's prisons and 95 percent of the country's inmates are poor. Two-thirds State Rex Tillerson are driving that military operations conducted tory given Turkish President Er- product - and a bottle of bleach near Vila Cruzeiro, a favela in the Penha have not even completed primary education. Due to poverty, lack of America’s foreign policy straight by both US and Russian forces may dogan’s new found power following a large demonstration. Carrying neighborhood, north of Rio, where education and their place at the margins of society, Brazil's prison inmates, forward on the Syria question. What lead to unintended consequences so last month’s constitutional reform plastic bottles was not out of the his family lives. such as Braga, have little political influence and as a result have little a contrast from last month when cross-coordination is necessary de- referendum. ordinary for a man who was trying A second arrest chance of putting an end to the injustices that they are facing. Braga Tillerson went to Moscow for a spite politics and firestorms. Signif- A final solution? to make a living by collecting tin Police officers announced that believes that he was framed and victimised by the police only because he iss closed-door meeting with Putin and icantly, Jordan plays an important Still to be decided is a final solu- cans and other discarded objects from they had found 0.6 grams of mari- a poor favelado - someone who lives in a shantytown. In spite of the emerged deploring the “low level of role in the America-Russia plan. tion to the Syrian conflict. Trump the streets. But on that day, he was juana and 9.3 grams of cocaine on intense support he received from the Brazilian public, Braga continues to trust” between the two powers. Both Trump and Putin have excel- and Russia are trying to converge in the wrong place at the wrong time, his person at the time of the arrest. be the victim of repeated injustices and irregularities on the part of the Tillerson added, “The world’s two lent ties with King Abdullah and the their plans on Syria’s political fu- and his fate was suddenly sealed They said that they confiscated a police authorities and the Brazilian judicial system. Since his initial arrest foremost nuclear powers cannot three leaders and their immediate ture. Holding up the gap between when plain-clothed police officers firework during the arrest - an item in June 2013, Braga lives a saga that, to many, symbolises injustice, insti- have this kind of relationship.” In subordinates are in contact with each the two sides is, naturally, Iran. Giv- approached him. After his arrest, commonly used by drug traffickers tutionalised racism and the criminalisation of poverty in Brazil. And it does contrast to the joyful pictures pub- other regarding the safeguarding of en the Trump Administration’s Braga was swiftly tried and sen- to alert each other about security not look like Braga, and thousands of other people like him, are going to lished in Russia’s press of the Trump- Jordan’s Syrian border, especially sharp turn against Tehran, the White tenced to five years in prison for forces approaching a favela. Braga find any real justice in their country's courtrooms any time soon. Lavrov meeting, US President from the threat of multiple battles House is looking to Putin to make carrying "bottles of flammable ma- claims that the police forged the (Aljazeera) Donald Trump appealed to Moscow between SAA and fighters of vari- Iran budge before crippling Ameri- terials that can be use to commit evidence against him, a claim cor- to “rein in” the regime of Syrian ous affiliations. According to a Jor- can sanctions and other pressure acts of vandalism". The harsh sen- roborated by the fact that the pros- President Bashar al-Assad and its danian official, senior diplomats comes to the Islamic Republic. Mak- tence imposed on Braga by a Rio de ecution's five witnesses, all police key ally Iran. Yet Trump described from Amman are meeting with coun- ing matters more interesting is the Janeiro court on December 3, 2013 officers, gave conflicting testimo- Protests against removing the Oval Office meeting with terparts in both Washington and upcoming Iranian presidential elec- was based on the statute of disarma- nies during the hearings. The court Lavrov as “very, very good”, urg- Moscow to work out a solid plan for tion where a potential swing to the ment which prohibits the carrying threw out the only witness called in ing that the horrible killing in Syria a safe zone north of the Jordanian Principalists and the IRGC will com- of or use of an "explosive or incen- Braga's defence - a neighbour who Confederate monuments must stop. To boot, Trump claimed border in which to safeguard the plicate the Trump-Putin solution to diary device, without authorisation backed his version of events - on progress on ending the conflict in Hashemite Kingdom from any ref- Syria. We will find out when Trump or in breach of legal or regulatory the grounds that the he had a "fam- helpfully illustrated, those protest- Syria: “We had a very, very good ugee flows from central northern and Putin are expected to be at the determination". Anyone following ily relationship" with Braga. During are not really ing the monuments’ removal aren’t meeting” Trump said soon after the Syria as multiple forces fight their G20 summit in Germany in July but Braga's case was surprised to learn the hearings, requests by the defence exactly avid historians; many meeting. “We're going to stop the way to Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. Jor- given the rapidity of international that carrying cleaning products was to access data from Braga's electron- couldn’t tell one Confederate gen- killing and the death (in Syria).” This dan cannot handle much more refu- events, a meeting could come earli- an offence serious enough to land ic tag and the police patrol car's cam- about history eral from the next. And despite what rhetorical game is part of a desire to gee influx. Deconfliction is also a er. Next week Saudi Arabia is host- someone in prison in Brazil. Braga eras were denied. On April 20, 2017, some indignant statue supporters obfuscate a specific, behind the major part of Amman’s effort. ing Trump for three historic sum- was the first and only person con- Braga was sentenced to 11 years and might claim, moving memorials scenes process to finding military There are a number of immediate mits that will address Syria’s plight. victed in relation to the June 2013 3 months in prison on charges of By Christine Emba from the city center to a dedicated and political solutions to the Syrian boogeymen in this story. First, is The level of criticism toward Iran demonstrations. At the time, sever- drug trafficking and association with museum is nothing like leveling the civil war. Former US Secretary of the YPG-led Syrian Democratic will be loud with the kingdom and al other people - most of them white drug trafficking. He was also ordered “When will they storm Washing- Egyptian pyramids or tearing down State Henry Kissinger met with Forces. These Kurdish and Arab forc- its allies offering America all the and middle-class - were arrested for to pay $530. Whether the evidence ton’s Monticello?” Laura Ingraham the Roman Colosseum; it’s not de- Trump the same time around the es are anathema to Turkey who sees support it needs to get Iran out of similar offences, but they were quick- against Braga was forged or not, asked ominously this last week. The struction, it’s adding needed context. Lavrov meeting. Clearly, the US and the YPG as terrorists. Damascus sees the Levant. With the new founda- ly released, in most cases on the Brazilian activists denounce the dis- conservative commentator’s tweet As for honoring the memories of Russia are dividing Syria into spheres the YPG as an enemy too with the tion between the US and Saudi Ara- same day. But Braga was poor, black proportionality of the sentence he linked to news that a statue of Jef- honorable men, here’s what Robert of influence for safe haven opera- Trump Administration raising the bia, Riyadh brings an additional ele- and he did not know anyone power- received. On social media, activists ferson Davis, one of four contested E. Lee himself said about undue rev- tions. US Secretary of Defense stakes by giving YPG forces more ment to the Syrian table that is go- ful - so the police and the justice compared Braga's case with the fa- monuments in New Orleans, was erence for conflicts past: “I think it James Mattis is working on a Pen- assistance. ing to challenge Putin via Trump. system decided to make an example mous case of the Perrella family he- slated to come down Wednesday wisest not to keep open the sores of tagon plan to establish those safe The Damascus-YPG relationship is The American president is likely to of him. His conviction was designed licopter. In December 2013, the night. The question was met with war, but to follow the example of havens in Syria’s east, more or less, those nations who endeavored to complicated as the region and this delight in the ability to tantalize to serve as a deterrent to others. Brazilian Federal Police seized a he- well-deserved derision, and a subse- to be buttressed by local forces, and force do give each other breathing Putin with his Saudi partners. This Questions about impartiality licopter loaded with 440kg of co- quent correction from Ingraham — obliterate the marks of civil strife, with an additional mission to en- and to commit to oblivion the feel- room. Of course, they have con- triangle – Trump, Riyadh, and Mos- In his testimony, Braga said that caine. The helicopter in question be- George Washington lived at Mount force border security between Syria flicting interests but common cause cow – will be the one to watch in the bottles in his possession were longed to Gustavo Perrella, a state Vernon, Monticello was Thomas ings it engendered.” To be clear, and Iraq, finally. Russia, Iran, and these monuments were raised to against fighting Salafi-Jihadists. Rus- the coming weeks. sealed and full. But the bottles were representative in Minas Gerais, who Jefferson’s estate, and neither of Turkey are setting up at least four sia supports the YPG too but with (Alarabiya) open and only half full when they is the son of Senator Zeze Perrella. those Founding Fathers ever inter- commemorate a time of unques- were presented to the judge as evi- Despite strong indications of in- acted with Davis, the president of tioned white supremacy, when black dence - they looked like they were volvement, both Gustavo and Zeze the Confederacy. But it did serve to people “knew their place” as sec- about to be used as Molotov cock- Perrella claimed to know nothing illuminate an important fact about ond-class citizens and could be pun- tails. Since his initial arrest in June about the drugs. Police arrested the most pro-statue protests and dem- ished with impunity when they Bail keeps these moms in jail 2013, Braga lives a saga that, to helicopter pilot, an employee of the onstrations: They aren’t really about stepped out of line. The Civil War many, symbolises injustice, institu- Perrella family, and charged him the history. Whenever it’s asked was fought to preserve the antebel- tionalised racism and the criminali- with drug trafficking, but the Per- why Confederate memorials should lum South. It and the post-Recon- sation of poverty in Brazil. We do rellas were not prosecuted. Council- be kept in place, a predictable raft struction era were a time and place on Mother’s Day. So strangers not know whether Braga's claims man David Miranda was among of arguments is brought forth. in which those in one segment of about the condition of those bottles those who made a comparison be- “You’re trying to erase the past!” the population could live in the ab- are true, but even if those bottles tween the cases of Braga and the “We’re honoring the memory of solute certainty that they were bet- are posting it for them. were already open, there is not Perrella family and questioned the valorous men!” “How will we learn ter than the rest — that they should enough evidence to suggest that Bra- impartiality of the Brazilian justice from history!?” These claims don’t and always would remain on top. ga was going to use them as "explo- system. "Free Rafael Braga," he stand up. The truth is that the des- That place sounds comfortable, if By Jocelyn Simonson sive devices". A technical report by tweeted. Many other lawyers, poli- peration to preserve this particular you’re on the winning side of things. I can understand why one might want Rio de Janeiro state's bomb squad ticians and activists commenting on “heritage” and “past” is a facade for “Money kept them in. Black love concluded that the cleaning prod- Braga's conviction argued that the something more malignant. It’s priv- to keep that feeling alive, especial- ly today. In the current moment, got them out.” That is the slogan of ucts Braga was carrying at the time structural racism in Brazil played an ileged status, not history, that’s be- Mama’s Bail Out Day, an effort of of his arrest had "minimum explo- important role in his conviction. ing protected. Whether or not many Americans find themselves gripped by what some have termed grass-roots organizations from sive capacity", partly because the Pedro Abramovay, a former nation- they’re able to acknowledge it, the across the country to bail out moth- bottles were made of plastic, while al secretary of justice, for example, thing that all these indignant com- “cultural anxiety.” Nearly two- thirds of white working-class Amer- ers and other caretakers who are sit- Molotov cocktails are normally said in a Facebook post that if "Rafa- mentators rush to preserve is a tox- ting in jail simply because they can- made using glass bottles. Activists el was white he would be free". Bra- ic nostalgia for the time and place icans believe that the country’s cul- ture and way of life have deteriorat- not afford to pay bail. From Oak- tried to argue that these discrepan- ga "is a political prisoner of a racist that Confederate monuments rep- land, Calif., to Montgomery, Ala., cies in the prosecution's case against justice [system]", he added. Today resent. In most cases, as Ingraham ed in recent decades. Nearly half say that things have changed so much to New York City, nearly two dozen that they feel like strangers in their organizations affiliated with public own country. Most hesitate to call defenders, local Black Lives Matter this “racism” — after all, you don’t chapters and other activists for ra- have to dislike people of other rac- cial justice are raising money to post es to want to maintain your own bail for strangers so they can spend LETTER TO THE EDITOR status, and few see themselves as Mother’s Day at home with their deserving of what is now viewed as families. the worst possible epithet. But Mama’s Bail Out Day brings there’s no escaping that it’s still a together two critical frontiers in the question of roles, standing and hier- fight of racial justice movements to archy, a wish to maintain a social end mass incarceration. The first is structure that prefers one group over the rise of community bail funds, Education is key to success whereby grass-roots groups have the rest. It’s discomfiting to feel that increasingly begun to use revolving you have lost power as others have certain amount of the defendant’s country. These activists are making gained equal footing, even if you pools of money to post bail on be- When it comes to development of Afghanistan, we still have a long way ahead where half of strangers. Second, Mama’s personal money was necessary for a powerful statement about the abil- were never entitled to dominance the defendant’s release. They pur- ity of marginalized communities to reaching this goal of development is not possible without educated youth. Education is in the first place. Maybe this is why Bail Out Day is part of a critical effort to include the experiences of chase a stranger’s freedom. It re- support each other, build power and our key to success. In most cases, uneducated and illiterate youth are being deceived by the far right has taken up Old South sembles the practice of jury nullifi- resist the status quo of money bail. preservation as a pet cause, and why women in the narrative surrounding the Taliban militants to use them for destruction of their country. It is said that youth as the fight against mass incarceration. cation, in which jurors can find an By engaging in this mass action in some conservative politicians base accused not guilty for reasons other celebration of Mother’s Day, these a force can steer a country towards either right or wrong directions. However, the their campaigns on their support of In particular, the effort concentrates this power on the plight of women than legal guilt, including racial or groups are destabilizing more than government should take all necessary measures to provide youth with opportunities of symbols that glorify the Confeder- system injustice. And, as the Ma- the concept of community: They acy (Virginia gubernatorial candidate of color, especially African Ameri- better education. can women and trans women, who ma’s Bail Out Day organizers have will be recasting our image of who Corey Stewart recently donned pe- noted, it also echoes the historic the “mothers” we celebrate on The government should devise a special plan to improve the education system in the riod costume to attend an “Old South are far more likely to be arrested, held on bail and sexually abused in practice of African Americans using Mother’s Day are and should be. country. It should seek support of tribal elders and local people in volatile areas in order Ball” and heralded the first New money to free themselves and oth- Mama’s Bail Out Day celebrates Orleans statue removal as evidence jail than their white and cisgender not to let the Taliban insurgent torch schools and deprive children from education. counterparts. Taken together, this ers from slavery. By using the bail mothers who are marginalized in any Mozamil Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan that “ISIS has won.”) For some, system against itself, collective ef- number of ways — shackled during Making America Great Again means unprecedented coordination of ef- forts to bail out poor people of col- forts to post bail can change how pregnancy, targeted as immigrants, keeping alive the memory of a time we think about the institution of bail unfairly labeled unfit by child-wel- when the country seemed more set- or exemplifies the kind of mass acts of resistance that can disrupt the itself. The modern conception of fare agencies — but who are of course tled in their favor. But there is no setting bail is that a judge or a mag- full of love and deserving of sup- way to satisfy this longing for status quo in the criminal-justice sys- tem. My work studying community istrate must weigh the interests of port. Through the act of posting “America as it used to be” in the an individual defendant against those bail, these activists will also be shift- context of what America is becom- bail funds has shown that the com- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must munal act of posting bail is incredi- of a larger community. When a judge ing the narrative around the cele- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: ing and should have always been: a sets bail, he or she does so on behalf bration of black motherhood. The democracy in which all citizens are bly powerful. At any given moment, [email protected] approximately 450,000 poor peo- of the “community” and for the United States is in the midst of a of equal value. There will always be protection of the “community.” new wave of bail reform — the past space for remembering our history, ple across the United States are de- tained in jails because they cannot Speaking as part of the “communi- few years have seen a growing na- but remembering isn’t the end of it: ty,” bail funds tell judges: Do not set tional push to reduce America’s re- We must also decide which parts of afford their bail, sometimes as little as $500 or $100. With community bail in our name. The national, co- liance on money bail and pretrial it are worthy of continued celebra- ordinated effort of the grass-roots detention. Disclaimer: tion and which are not. Those at- bail funds, literal action — the post- ing of bail — itself becomes a form groups participating in Mama’s Bail But efforts such as Mama’s Bail tempting to keep the past alive un- Out Day are bringing these funds to Out Day bring something unique to The views and opinions expressed in the articles are der the guise of protecting Confed- of on-the-ground resistance by the very people most affected by mass an unprecedented scale. By the end the table by contesting the public erate memorials need to recognize of the day Friday, organizers expect meaning of not only money bail, those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or that this is the case, as uncomfort- incarceration. Each time a commu- nity bail fund pays bail for a strang- to have bailed out more than 100 but also the criminal-justice system opinions of the Afghanistan Times. able as that might be. women and caretakers in nearly two itself. (WP) er, the people in control of the fund reject a judge’s determination that a dozen locations throughout the (Truthout) SUNDAY. MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

appear to be a Y-8J or Y-8X are also visible. The March 24th im- age, provided recently to Defense RUSSIAN MILITARYTO Iraqi Forces Make News, document the first time China has deployed the KJ-500 to the Hainan island. The KJ-500 is a LAUNCH DRILLS THAT Gains in Recapturing spy plane that is equipped with a “dorsal radar dish mounting an in- COULD DEFEAT NATO digenous phased array radar with Mosul three fixed arrays angled at 120 Iraqi government soldiers have in the western flank of Mosul. The degrees relative to each other for FORCES IN LESS THAN managed to regain control over a slain high-profile Daesh figures all-round coverage.” As Defense district in the western part of were identified as Abu Ali al-Bas- News notes, these are all signs that Mosul as government forces, rawi and Abu Youssef al-Masri. these aircraft could be permanent- TWO DAYS backed by fighters from allied Pop- Meanwhile, the media bureau ly stationed in Hainan rather than on a temporary deployment. ular Mobilization Units, are in- of the Popular Mobilization Units, Here is more on the KJ-500's volved in multi-pronged opera- commonly known by the Arabic deployment: A satellite communi- tions to expel Daesh militants from name Hashd al-Sha’abi, stated that cations dome is mounted on top their last urban stronghold in the the pro-government fighters had of the KJ-500’s radar dish along country. captured Sadkhan and Sepaya The South China Sea is arguably the most disputed body of water in the The commander of the Nin- Haroush villages east of Qirwan world, with China, the Philippines, and Taiwan all vying for influence with side-looking electronic intel- ligence panels on both sides of the eveh Liberation Operation, Lieu- region and west of Mosul. over this strategically important area. Now China is taking further steps fuselage for intelligence, surveil- tenant General Abdul Amir Yaral- An Iraqi military aircraft also to bolster its position there by deploying airborne early warning and lah, announced on Friday that destroyed a car rigged with bombs control aircraft to the Jialaishi Air Base in China’s Hainan island—and lance and reconnaissance missions. The type entered service with the that makes smaller nations in the region who already feel the country is Chinese People’s Liberation Army stealing its territory even more nervous. And at the same time, in a big shift from previous statements, the current U.S. presidential administra- Air Force in late 2014 or early 2015, with six KJ-500s known to tion appears to be warming up to China more and more, as it ostensibly have been delivered as of January sees the need for help dealing with an increasingly belligerent North Korea. Satellite imagery generated by DigitalGlobe show several Shaanxi 2017, including at least two for the PLAN. Unverified photos of the KJ-500 turboprop AEW&C aircraft, a KJ-200 AEW&C aircraft; what PLAN’s KJ-500s have indicated that they are carrying serial num- bers belonging to the Hainan-based 9th Naval Air Division, which if Canada is preparing to deploy vote its resources. In addition to true would represent a departure troops to Latvia as part of a Latvia, the groups also include fel- from the previous PLAN practice NATO plan to bolster the West- low Baltic states Estonia and of assigning AEW&C aircraft to ern military alliance's borders with Lithuania as well as Poland. Cana- special-mission naval aviation rival power Russia, but Moscow da is set to send the first of 450 units. This isn’t the first time Chi- has plans for a show of might that soldiers to Latvia next month and na has made the news for its mili- will likely dwarf NATO's efforts. will be joined by forces from tary spy planes. Back in 2015, new Latvian ambassador to Canada NATO allies Albania, Italy, Poland, photos of China’s KJ-500 airborne Karlis Eihenbaums said Friday that Slovenia and Spain. About 1,200 early-warning and control plane his nation, which has previously troops in all will be stationed in emerged. It was a pretty big deal expressed concern about Russian Latvia, with an additional 800 more members of the Counter-Terrorism as it was driving towards a unit of because any modern air force with military activity in Europe's Bal- in Estonia, 1,200 in Lithuania and Service (CTS) had liberated al-Is- the Popular Mobilization Units such planes have the advantage of tic region, was particularly on edge 4,000 in Poland. Despite this es- lah al-Zarayeh al-Oula neighbor- north of Qirwan. Hashd al-Sha’abi seeing far more and for longer rang- ahead of its neighbor's quadrennial calation, however, NATO's moves hood in western Mosul, Arabic- forces also besieged al-Boutha vil- es than air forces that don’t have defense maneuvers called Zapad, have been described as merely a language al-Sumaria television net- lage, tightening the noose around Armenians break ceasefire them. Obviously, China’s move to or "West," due to be held in Au- "tripwire" to Russia. Russia al- work reported. Daesh extremists. position these planes in the con- gust and September. Eihenbaums ready maintains a force numbering Federal Police Forces Com- Iraqi army soldiers and popu- tested waters of the South China said the drills, which date back to tens of thousands of troops at stra- mander Lieutenant General Raed lar fighters from the Popular Mo- 140 times in 24 hours Sea have other nations, many of the Soviet period, have left Latvia tegic border points in the region. Shaker Jawdat also said his forces bilization Units have made sweep- Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s Aygepar villages of the Berd dis- whom are U.S. allies, concerned uneasy in past years, but that this In 2016, the Rand Corporation ran had retaken al-Nour hospital as ing gains against the Takfiri ele- armed forces have 140 times vio- trict of Armenia. The Azerbaijani more so than they have been in the year's exercise would be especial- an analysis of multiple conflict well as a school used by Daesh ments since launching the opera- lated the ceasefire along the line of army positions on nameless heights past. Foxtrot Alpha has reported ly concerning given the dueling scenarios and found that "across extremists as a bomb-making fac- tion to retake Mosul last October. contact between Azerbaijani and of the Gadabay district underwent extensively on Beijing’s building of military buildup that has occurred multiple plays of the game, Rus- tory south of the strategic and mil- The Iraqi forces took control Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani fire from the Armenian army posi- artificial islands in waters that be- between NATO and Russia in the sian forces eliminated or bypassed itant-held Old City of Mosul. of eastern Mosul in January after Defense Ministry said May 13. tions located on nameless heights long to other countries in the re- past few years. "You cannot feel all resistance and were at the gates Jawdat added that security 100 days of fighting, and launched The Azerbaijani army positions in of the Krasnoselsk district of Ar- gion. Though, the deployment of safe," Eihenbaums told CBC of or actually entering Riga, troops also killed the self-pro- the battle in the west on February the Kohnegishlag village of the menia. Moreover, the Azerbaijani highly sophisticated spy planes in News. Servicemen take part in the Tallinn, or both, between 36 and claimed Daesh judiciary and sus- 19. Aghstafa district, and Farahli, army positions were shelled from the South China Sea and the cur- joint war games Zapad-2013 60 hours after the start of hostili- tenance directors during operations (ALBAWABA) Gaymagli, and Kamarli villages of the Armenian positions located rent U.S. presidential administra- (West-2013), attended by Russian ties." Russia has since announced the Gazakh district underwent fire near the Armenian-occupied Ga- tion’s inconsistent statements (or, President Vladimir Putin and Pres- wide-ranging initiatives to expand arguably, a flat out lack of a clear ident of Belarus Alexander Lukash- and modernize its defense capa- from the Armenian army positions ragashli, Marzili, Yusifjanli villag- China policy at all) have American located in the Paravakar village of es of the Aghdam district, Kuro- enko, at the Khmelevka range on bilities, including more powerful Myanmar army chief allies in the region worried that Russia's Baltic Sea in the Kalinin- submarines, more sophisticated the Ijevan district, in the Shavar- patkino village of the Khojavand Washington will forsake their shavan village and on nameless district, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli, grad Region, September 26, 2013. missile defense systems and the compares Rohingya claims of territorial integrity. The The quadrennial games were set to creation of a service branch dedi- heights of the Noyemberyan dis- Horadiz, Ashagi Veysalli and Asha- previous White House was very trict of Armenia. Meanwhile, the gi Seyidahmadli villages of the Fu- critical of China’s encroachment of be held again in 2017 amid height- cated specifically to electronic Azerbaijani army positions in the zuli district, as well as from the the South China Sea, but the ened geopolitical tensions between warfare. This year's Zapad drills crackdown to N-Ireland Aghbulag, Kokhanabi, and Alibayli positions on nameless heights in Trump administration is taking a Moscow and NATO. Canada has were set to see from 70,000 to villages of the Tovuz district were the Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam, much more dovish approach with already begun sending vehicles and 100,000 Russian troops join their shelled from the Armenian army Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil China. Recently, the White House equipment to Latvia, which was Belarussian allies for a simulated positions located in the Chinari and districts of Azerbaijan. (Trend) suspended patrols of islands and designated by NATO last year as battle with NATO forces, accord- reefs claimed by that nation. Ana- one of four battle groups to which ing to Russia's state-run Sputnik lysts and diplomats told the New the multinational force would de- News. (Spuntink) York Times that Trump may be Turkmenistan sanctions trying to loosen its criticisms of Beijing in order to gain its support large-scale detentions of to convince North Korea to sus- Trump is getting closer pend its nuclear weapons program. government officials, law At the same time, this narrow fo- cus on North Korea may very well to collusion with enforcers over corruption risk longtime economic and secu- rity alliances. It’s quite a change Dozens of officials of prosecuto- tained officials included workers from previous developments, like Russia – in Syria rial authorioties, Interior Ministry, of the prosecutorial authorities, when Trump in November com- several government officials were Interior Ministry, officials in oil municated directly with Taiwan’s detained in Turkmenistan on sus- and gas companies, managers of the president in violation of the “One picion of corruption, reports CA- company building facilities for the China Policy,” or how during the News citing local media. At the ex- Turkmengas concern, managers of campaign, he railed against China Myanmar's army chief defended Northern Ireland. After the "ter- tended government meeting on the Bairamali branch of the Asso- for what he considered to be its his military's violent crackdown on rorist attack... the Tatmadaw May 12, Supreme Court Chairman ciation of Food Industry, manage- one-sided trade advantage and ma- Rohingya Muslims by comparing (Myanmar military) helped the Begench Charyev announced the ment of the Baharli cement facto- nipulation of its currency, or how it to Britain's campaign to tackle police take security measures," the results of anti-corruption investi- ry. All money and property ob- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sectarian conflict in Northern Ire- army commander said, according gation within law enforcement and tained illegally were nationalized, said during his confirmation hear- land, according to a statement re- to a statement released on Friday. government agencies. The film de- says the report. ing that China’s building of islands leased by his office Friday. UN in- "Such occurrence was similar to scribing the results of the check Ex-prosecutor general Amanmyrat in the South China Sea was similar vestigators believe Myanmar's se- that of Northern Ireland." He also was screened at the meeting. The Hallyev was not detained. He was to Russia annexing Crimea. Tiller- curity forces may have carried out used the meeting to denounce any film showed luxury villas and fired by the President of Turkmen- son also went as far as saying that ethnic cleansing of the persecuted claim to citizenship by the more apartments, packs of money, gold istan on May 4. President Ber- China should be blocked from ac- minority during a months-long than one million Rohingya Mus- jewelry, gold bars belonging to the dymuhamedov said Hallyev failed cessing its own man-made islands. operation in the north of Rakhine lims who live in Rakhine. Stripped detainees, which were found dur- to prevent bribery in prosecutori- Officials in Taipei have to be State. The military campaign has of citizenship by Myanmar's ing the search. The detained offi- al authorities. scratching their heads over the ex- left hundreds of Rohingya dead and former military leaders in 1982, the cials admitted their guilt. The de- (Akpress) treme reversal from Washington. President Donald Trump’s been acting as a back channel be- forced some 75,000 to flee across Rohingya, who have lived in Ra- One minute, its newly-elected Wednesday meeting with Russian tween Trump and the Russian lead- the border to Bangladesh, bringing khine for generations, are loathed president is breaching protocol to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at ership, Trump seemed to rave harrowing accounts of rape, tor- by many in the Buddhist-majori- recognize its leadership. The next the White House was not primari- about the cease-fire agreement that ture and mass killings by soldiers. ty country who claim they are il- Kyrgyzstan outlaws lotteries minute, it is suspending patrols in ly about sanctions or Crimea or Russia, Iran and Turkey struck Myanmar has repeatedly rebuffed legal immigrants from Bangladesh the South China Sea, which Tai- even Russian interference in the through what’s known as the As- the allegations, saying troops were and refer to them as "Bengalis". other than state lotteries wan has claims to and China has 2016 election. According to Trump, tana process. “We’re talking about carrying out necessary counter-in- Deadly communal violence in 2012 ignored. Meanwhile, the Philip- surgency operations after Ro- forced more than 120,000 Ro- President Almazbek Atambayev ganization and prohibits other lot- pines, historically a U.S. ally, has the U.S. government now looks Syria, and I think that we’re going has signed the law of the Kyrgyz teries than state lotteries. The law favorably on the Russian-Iranian- to do very well with respect to hingya militants attacked police hingya into squalid displacement been forming closer relations with border posts in October. On camps where they live in apart- Republic on lotteries, the presi- enters into force 30 days after its Beijing while distancing itself away Turkish plan for Syria. The prob- Syria and things are happening that dent's press service said. The giv- official publication. Enactment of lem is that plan is highly likely to are really, really, really positive,” Thursday Myanmar's army chief heid-like conditions with little ac- from Washington. President of the Min Aung Hlaing compared the cess to food, healthcare or educa- en law was earlier adopted by the the latest law will invalidate the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has fail and result in the continued, if Trump added. “We’re going to Parliament of Kyrgyzstan on 30 previous law of the Kyrgyz Re- not increased, slaughter of Syrian stop the killing and the death.” The crackdown to Britain's operations tion. "First, they must accept them- also considered joint military ex- in Northern Ireland in a meeting selves Bengalis, not Rohingya," March 2017. The law governs lot- public on lotteries of 30 April ercises with China despite its sov- civilians — only this time the Unit- memorandum that Russia, Iran and tery activities, including their 2009. When the law enters into ed States will be directly complic- Turkey signed in Astana last week with Jonathan Powell, a former top Min Aung Hlaing said. "Then, ereignty claims against Beijing over British negotiator in the peace pro- those who reside in that region types and kinds, defines goals, re- force, licenses issued for lotteries sections of the South China Sea. it. Trump said he had a “very, very calls for the establishment of “de- quirements and order of their or- earlier will become ineffective. good meeting” with Lavrov, telling escalation areas” inside Syria that cess. Powell, who was chief of need to accept enumeration, regis- And Duterte is sending troops staff to former British prime min- tration, and citizenship scrutiny (AP) there now as well. Currently, Viet- reporters that both sides want to would provide for a reduction in end “the horrible killing in Syria as violence, improvements in human- ister Tony Blair, helped broker the under the law." Powell was Brit- nam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Good Friday agreement in 1998 ain's chief government negotiator Malaysia and Brunei all have soon as possible, and everybody itarian conditions and an environ- is working toward that end.” Sit- ment that might lead to a resump- that ended decades of violence be- on Northern Ireland from 1997 to claims to the region along with tween Catholic Irish nationalists 2007 and now heads conflict reso- Uzbekistan ties reap complex relationships with China. ting next to former Secretary of tion of a political process. While no one will argue that Wash- State Henry Kissinger, who has (BBC) and Protestant British unionists in lution NGO Inter Mediate. harvest, Xi says ington fostering stronger ties with (MIZZIMA) Beijing is a bad thing, there is a Chinese and Uzbekistani enterprises signed agreements and deals of concern that a lack of assertive- more than $10 billion, just days before the Belt and Road Forum for ness by the White House against International Cooperation. The deals were signed during Uzbekistani China’s sovereignty violations in PHILIPPINES SENDS TROOPS, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's first state visit to China, which began the South China Sea will give the on Thursday, Assistant Foreign Minister Li Huilai said on Friday. Mirz- impression that Washington no iyoyev will also attend the forum in Beijing on Sunday and Monday. In longer sees it as a priority. And if SUPPLIES TO DISPUTED ISLAND his meeting with Mirziyoyev on Friday, President Xi Jinping said U.S. allies think that Washington lion pesos ($32 million) has been Uzbekistan is a close and important neighbor of China. Xi said Uzbeki- no longer cares about the sea, then The Philippines has started trans- ing a dock, an official said Thurs- but which is also claimed by porting troops and supplies to a day. China has protested the visit Beijing. Lt. Gen. Raul del Rosario, earmarked for the construction that stan was among the first countries to support and participate in the they will likely assume it accepts will also include a fish port, solar building of the Belt and Road Initiative. The two countries have harvest- China’s claims to the waters and disputed island in the South China last month by the Philippine de- head of the Philippine military's Sea in preparation for construction fense and military chiefs to Pag- Western Command, said troops power, water desalination plant, ed achievements in their cooperation to build the initiative, and this has feel they have no major support refurbishment of housing for sol- created a mainstream that leads bilateral cooperation, he said. to protect their territory. work that includes reinforcing and asa Island, home to Filipino sol- and initial supplies arrived on Pag- lengthening an airstrip and build- diers and fishermen for decades, asa island last week. About 1.6 bil- diers and facilities for marine re- (Trend) (Foxtrotalpha) search and tourists. (AP) SUNDAY . MAY 14, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Japan’s Aso says global economy improving, but uncertainty over US policies

May 12 Japanese Finance Minis- ter Taro Aso said on Friday that the world economy was improv- The US and China have reached a ing and the outlook was brighten- 10-point trade deal that opens the ing, but that there was no room for Chinese market to US credit rating complacency because of uncertain- agencies and credit card companies. ty over U.S. economic policies. Under the deal, China will also Speaking to reporters after the lift its ban on US beef imports and first day of Group of Seven finan- accept US shipments of liquefied cial leaders' meeting, Aso said he natural gas. In return, Chinese told his counterparts about prob- cooked chicken will be allowed into lems with China's excessive credit the US market and Chinese banks and asked the International Mon- can enter the US market. US Com- etary Fund to monitor its capital merce Secretary Wilbur Ross said controls. the deal should reduce China's On the issue of inequality, Aso trade surplus with the US by the said he told G7 that countries must end of 2017. Ross told CNBC that not backpedal on free trade, which the US had agreed to treat Chinese he said has contributed to econom- financial institutions in the same ic prosperity. way as other foreign banks that (BBC) wanted to open up activities in the US. "Clearly China, whose banks are among the largest in the whole world, wants access to the US Putin to talk cost-effective banking market," he said. "As long as they can comply with the nor- mal rules, they will get access." transport routes at China’s Softer approach The deal marks the first tangi- ble results of trade talks that be- gan last month. The agreement is ‘Silk Road’ summit seen as an indication that US Pres- was announced, China's vice-min- That has been the rallying cry of the US. No longer do you hear the ident Donald Trump is adopting a ister of finance, Zhu Guangyao, President Trump on the campaign words "currency manipulator" or Russia’s President Vladimir Putin less confrontational approach with said economic issues should not trail, and he has promised to get "unfair trade partner" from will offer concrete initiatives to Beijing than he promised during be politicised. "On the connection China to play by the rules. This Trump's lips. Instead, the US in a build the shortest cost-effective last year's election campaign. between the North Korean nucle- agreement looks set to at least give statement recognised the impor- transport route at the upcoming Trump had threatened to label ar issue and our economic '100 the impression that he is doing tance of China's One Belt and One Belt and Road Forum in Beijing China a "currency manipulator" days' plan' negotiations, I can tell that. Road initiatives, and even says it (May 14-15), Russian Presiden- and impose trade tariffs on its you frankly that our economy It certainly benefits the US by will send representatives to attend tial Aide Yuri Ushakov told report- goods, but has since softened his team focused all their efforts on giving American financial services the summit - something previous ers. "Our president, together with position. He had also attempted economic issues," he told journal- and American beef exporters more administrations have thus far es- the Chinese leader and the UN Sec- to link US-China trade talks to ists. The criticism that foreign in- access to China's growing middle chewed. China also gets to sell its retary General will speak at the concerns over North Korea's nu- vestors usually have of doing busi- classes. But China isn't one to give cooked poultry products to the US opening ceremony of the forum clear ambitions, urging Beijing to ness with China is that typically away something for nothing. In - a market it has been keen to tap (May 14). Vladimir Putin will exert more pressure on Pyongy- it is China that benefits far more return, Beijing gets an important too. present Russia’s vision of the pros- ang. However, after the trade deal than the foreign business partner. reshaping of its global image from (Dailynews) pects for economic development in Eurasia and propose a number of concrete initiatives to build the shortest cost-effective and effi- cient transport routes through the Emirates airline Libya’s oil production territory of Russia and the Eur- asian Economic Union for the de- Russian presidential aide said. upon transport infrastructure de- above 800,000 bpd livery of goods from the Atlantic "In the context of promoting velopment during one the round profit falls for first to the Pacific," Ushakov said. the Russian initiative to strength- table sessions, the official said. "During the forum, our presi- en interconnection of the Asian "Our president will talk about for first time since dent will hold talks with Chinese Pacific countries in energy sector, large-scale programs for the mod- leader Xi Jinping. Besides, the this initiative was launched at the ernization of the Baikal-Amur, the time in 5 years president will also meet with Chi- Eastern Economic Forum in Vladi- Trans-Siberian main lines, expan- 2014: NOC nese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. vostok in 2016. The partners will sion of the ports' capacities in the Bilateral meetings with President be invited to implement a unique Far East, as well as what resourc- Libya’s oil production is running Resolution 270, which Sanalla said of the Czech Republic Milos Ze- joint project - that is, to create the es our country is investing in the at above 800,000 barrels per day had been “drafted with the assis- man and Greek Prime Minister Asian energy ring that could unite development of the Northern Sea (bpd) for the first time since 2014, tance of Wintershall to benefit Alexis Tsipras have been agreed the energy systems of Russia, Route, which in the future may the National Oil Corporation Wintershall”. “This is a very seri- upon. Several other meetings are China, the Republic of Korea, Ja- become a key link between the (NOC) said on Wednesday, but a ous matter,” Sanalla said. currently under consideration, in pan and, perhaps other countries European And the Asia-Pacific commercial dispute with German “We would be producing al- addition, there will be some so- as well," Ushakov said. markets," Ushakov said. oil firm Wintershall has shut in a most 1 million (bpd) if it were not called meetings ‘on foot’," the The Russian leader will touch (TASS) further 160,000 bpd. for Wintershall’s refusal to imple- National output could reach ment terms it agreed to in 2010.” between 1.1 million and 1.2 mil- Sanalla did not say what those lion bpd if political obstacles were terms were, but a Libyan oil in- removed, the NOC said in a state- dustry source said the NOC was Amazon sweeps US market ment. asking Wintershall to fulfill a com- “We are able produce an aver- mitment signed before the revolu- age of 1.1 mln-1.2 mln (bpd) over tion in 2011 to switch to a pro- for voice-controlled speakers the rest of this year, but for this to duction-sharing agreement, and happen our oil must flow freely. A that Wintershall was refusing to The Middle East’s largest airline, consultant John Strickland said he national effort is required,” NOC do so. reported a drop in annual profit expected Emirates “to keep a tight- Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in “I have asked the Presidency on Thursday for the first time in er rein on its capacity growth in the statement. Council to withdraw Resolution five years as it added more seats the short to medium term.” Last Sanalla said the dispute with 270 for this reason and because it than it could fill and stiff competi- December, Emirates deferred de- BASF’s oil and gas company Win- oversteps their authority. It has tion put pressure on ticket prices. liveries of 12 Airbus A380 super- tershall was linked to a decree is- declined, and has instead sided The Dubai-based company jumbos. The world’s biggest A380 sued by the Presidency Council of with Wintershall against said net profit at its airline busi- customer said profit for the wider the UN-backed government in Tri- NOC.” ness plunged 82 percent to 1.3 bil- Emirates Group, which includes poli giving it the power to negoti- No one at Wintershall in Ger- lion dirhams ($354 million) in the airport and travel services arm ate investment agreements with many could immediately be reached year to March 31. That is the first Dnata, fell 70 percent to 2.5 bil- foreign companies. for comment. time since its 2011-12 fiscal year lion dirhams. Emirates said it would The NOC opposes the decree, (Alarabya) that annual airline profit has fall- not pay a dividend to Investment en. Corporation of Dubai, the state in- Airlines around the world have vestment vehicle which owns the reported pressure on fares over the airline and stakes in other Dubai last couple of years due to volatile companies. It paid 2.6 billion demand and cut-throat competi- dirhams for the previous year. Amazon.com Inc is dominating the Echo sales figures but has said it tors. A survey by Mahaney found tion, though Europe’s major carri- (BBC) nascent market for voice-controlled had trouble keeping the product in the device’s brand awareness in the ers have recently noted signs of speakers, research firm eMarketer stock. Device sales and extra reve- United States already equaled 80 the pressure easing. said on Monday. The e-commerce nue from shoppers placing orders percent of Alexa’s, despite being Emirates also added more seats giant’s Amazon Echo and Echo via Alexa could generate $10 bil- on the market for fewer months. than it could fill, leading to a drop Trump Dot devices will claim a 70.6 per- lion for Amazon by 2020, RBC The statistics from eMarketer fo- in the average yield per passenger. cent share of the US market this Capital Markets analyst Mark cused on speakers and left out other The Middle Eastern carrier signs cyber year, the study found. The speak- Mahaney said in a recent note. And virtual assistants: notably, Apple said a series of “destabilizing ers feature Alexa, Amazon’s voice- that does not include potential rev- Inc’s Siri and Microsoft Corp’s events,” including Britain’s vote to controlled aide, which users can tell enue from others using Alexa as a Cortana. More than 60 million in leave the European Union and re- security to play music, order an Uber or platform. Google’s share is expect- the United States will use virtual strictions on travel to the United turn on the house lights. That puts ed to grow, though. Tests by ana- assistants at least once monthly in States from the Middle East, af- it far ahead of Alphabet Inc’s Goo- lysts have shown the technology 2017, the report said. That’s over fected demand for travel during the executive gle Home, a similar gadget that has underpinning the Google Home to a quarter of US smartphone users. year. a 23.8 percent share, and less suc- match or be superior to competi- (Alarabiya) Last month, Emirates signaled cessful offerings from other tech its US expansion plans were on order companies. The number of active hold after announcing flights to five US President Donald Trump on US users will more than double for US cites would be cut due to weak- Thursday signed an executive order the devices this year, to 35.6 mil- PSM agrees to give ened demand that it blamed on trav- to bolster government's cyber secu- lion, eMarketer said. The report el restrictions by President Donald rity and protecting the nation's crit- underscores Amazon’s progress in 1,500 acres for CPEC Trump’s administration. ical infrastructure from cyber at- making Alexa and its speech-rec- Emirates Chairman Sheikh tacks, the White House said, mark- ognition technology an integral Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said ing his first significant action to part of customers’ lives. More us- industrial zone address what he has called a top pri- ers means more data that can im- the company expected “the year ISLAMABAD: The board of directors of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) ahead to remain challenging”. Mid- ority. The order seeks to improve prove Alexa’s understanding and the network security of US govern- could make it a top platform for on Friday gave approval to giving 1,500 acres of its land on lease for the dle East carriers have seen slower construction of an industrial zone under the China-Pakistan Economic growth over the past two years as ment agencies, from which hackers voice, like Windows is for desk- have pilfered millions of personal top. Amazon does not disclose Corridor (CPEC), but left price decision on independent assessors. regional travel budgets tightened records and other forms of sensi- The board also agreed to give another 930 acres for building the due to lower oil prices and a wave tive data in recent years. It also aims National Industrial Park (NIP) at book value of Rs13 million per acre. of militant attacks in Europe and to better protect critical infrastruc- The book value is significantly lower than market rates, which go up to Turkey weakened east to west ture, such as the energy grid and fi- Rs20 million per acre. A committee will negotiate with NIP management traffic flows. nancial sector, from sophisticated China wary of mentioning Belt to settle the years-old issue. (Tribune) The airline’s revenue was flat attacks that officials have long at 85.1 billion dirhams. Emirates warned could pose a national securi- said the “relentless rise” of the ty threat or cripple parts of the and Road investments by country dollar in key markets cost the air- economy. The order additionally A Chinese official told local re- billion annually over the next five other countries uncomfortable,” line 2.1 billion dirhams in revenue. lays out goals to develop a more porters on Friday to focus on the years. A provincial official told a said the official from the eastern Its fuel bill increased 6 percent cogent cyber deterrence strategy, in inclusiveness of China’s Belt and group of Chinese reporters after a province of Fujian. on the year to 21 billion dirhams part by forging strong cooperation Road initiative and refrain from press briefing that they should not China has long used references to and made up 25 percent of its op- with US allies in cyberspace. White reporting the amount of Chinese report on China’s investment in countries along the Belt and Road erating costs compared with 26 House Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert said the order sought investment in specific countries countries along the Belt and Road routes in its official communiques percent last year. Emirates carried along the route. Leaders from 29 routes, an instruction that is dif- about the initiative. Two-day fo- 56.1 million passengers, up 8 per- to build on efforts undertaken by the Obama administration. “A lot nations will gather in Beijing this ferent from past practices, due to rum cent on the year, though its load weekend for China’s ambitious the sensitivity of the matter. “You Chinese media coverage of the factor - or number of seats filled - of progress was made in the last ad- ministration, but not nearly new Silk Road initiative that aims reporters should focus on the two-day Belt and Road Forum, declined 1.4 percentage points to to develop economic links between theme of developing together, not due to kick off on Sunday, has been 75.1 percent. Capacity increased enough,” Bossert told reporters dur- ing a White House briefing. Asia, Africa and Europe. Chinese what we (China) do with certain relentlessly upbeat. 10 percent. UK-based aviation (AP) investment could reach up to $130 countries, because that could make (CNN) SUNDAY. MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Mawra Hocane or Lack self-confidence, Shah Rukh Khan Parineeti Chopra: I am a ‘very awkward rubbishes reports Who wore this girl’, says Jessica that son AbRam is lace top better? Chastain Aryan’s “lovechild” Hollywood actor Jessica Chastain said she didn’t always feel confident and added that the film indus- try doesn’t create that kind of feeling.

Actor Jessica Chastain says she lacks self-confidence and believes that the entertainment industry is an occupation where feeling posi- tive about yourself is hard. “It’s not an industry that cre- If the content is ates confidence; it’s something you’ve really got to find within yourself. I don’t feel uber confi- Shah Rukh Khan has clarified that family were “disturbed” when the dent,” Chastain told good, the medium his three-year-old son Abram is rumours first started circulating. belfasttelegraph.co.uk. not the “lovechild” of his first son, “We were so disturbed as a family. Chastain calls herself a “very Aryan. Delivering his first TED My son, who is 19 now, even now awkward girl” and feels she can be Talk in Vancouver, on April 28, the when you say ‘hello’ to him, he unsociable at times. doesn’t matter: actor rubbished reports that sur- just turns around and says, ‘But Self-Portrait is the brand everyone’s raving about and we get it – sported “I’m actually normally a very faced four years ago, when AbRam bro, I didn’t even have a European by everyone from Chrissy Teigen to Paris Hilton to the Duchess of awkward girl and kind of shy, and was born. “Four years ago, my driving license,’” he said. In the 17- Cambridge, it’s become an instant celeb favourite. It’s not just Holly- I’m not very social and so much Nimrat Kaur lovely wife Gauri and me decided minute talk, SRK reflected on his wood divas though! has been going on. I’m talking to have a third child. It was claimed youth, growing up in Delhi, losing Mahira Khan, Alia Bhatt wore the exact same outfit, but who wore about gender politics and the wage Nimrat Kaur, who has joined the web-series bandwag- on the net that he was the love both his parents by the time he it first? Mawra Hocane and Parineeti Chopra have joined the style gap and women not asking for what child of our first child, who was was in his 20s, and then, moving bandwagon and one of them surely aced it while the other fell victim to they need,” she said. on, talks about the difference between working on 15 years old. Apparently, he had to the “sprawling metropolis of (Hindustan Times) different mediums. sown his wild oats with a girl while Mumbai”, to follow his dreams of trying too hard! driving her car in Romania. And becoming a movie star. He will soon Mawra Hocane yeah, there was a fake video to go host the Hindi version of the pop- The thing about separates is with it,” he said. The 51-year-old ular international show. that there’s no specific instruction actor said that he and the entire (Hindustan Times) set in stone to styling them and Mawra decided to create her own individual look by teaming her Self- Portrait top with skinny black jeans. Fine, you can go solid on Konkona Sen’sA solid but skinny jet jeans? Sorry, but we found this look too cliché and boring. Also, a piece of advice Death In The Gunj to the Sanam Re star: if you’re rock- ing a trendy, meticulously crafted top, hewn in floral guipure lace like to release on June 2 this one, go minimal on your make- up and hair. After all, 2017 is all A Death In The Gunj is an atmospheric thriller set about making statements – but in in 1979 at McCluskieganj, near Ranchi. It stars more subtle modes than last year! Parineeti Chopra Vikrant Massey, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, The Meri Pyaari Bindu beau- Ranvir Shorey, Tillotama Shome, J im Sarbh, ty has certainly upped her fashion Tanuja and the late Om Puri. quotient and we couldn’t be more ecstatic! Working her high-neck Self-Portrait top with utter élan, she teamed it with black, high waist, Lavish Alice trousers with After enthralling the small screen take on the show, says Nimrat. “If another international TV show, but a sultry wrap detail that amplified with international shows like the content is good, the medium she denies it. “That is incorrect the oomph of her ensemble. Homeland and Wayward Pines, doesn’t matter. Of course with the news. I haven’t signed anything Unlike Mawra, Parineeti kept Nimrat’s recently launched web- internet you have the advantage of more than what I am working on,” her look elegantly understated with series, where she plays an army being more life-like because TV is she says. While she has managed her hair pulled back in a spick-and- officer is being talked about. The a sanitised medium. There is no to shy away from doing the ‘con- span centre-parted high ponytail. Test Case, directed by Nagesh censorship on the internet but we ventional Bollywood potboilers’, Lightly lined eyes and nude pink Kukunoor is about a woman who are not exploiting that. It would be Nimrat says it is not a deliberate lips made her the effortlessly stun- plays a combat officer in the web childish to do that. It is just liber- attempt. “I take up whatever in- ning lass we’d definitely be watch- series. For Nimrat, it was a per- ating to operate at a level where terests me. It is not an effort and I ing out for! sonally fulfilling journey to play you can just be real- as far as your can’t specifically pick ‘unconven- (Tribune) an army officer because her father reactions and emotions are con- tional’ roles. I want to be able to served in the Indian Army. The cerned.” There was speculation play a dead body, a tree, an old subject was what intrigued her to that the Airlift actor has signed on man, a young woman – all of it. I After winning global acclaim and Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey, Tillota- want to do every role possible.” multiple awards at film festivals, ma Shome, Jim Sarbh, Tanuja and she says. Nirmat Kaur had in an Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial the late Om Puri. The movie, which earlier interview to us admitted that debut A Death In The Gunj will earlier this week won the Best Di- Hindi Medium: I have started she wanted to become an army hit the screens in India on June 2. rector honour for Konkona at the officer. How did acting happen to The film is an atmospheric New York Indian Film Festival, is her then? She says, “I wanted to thriller set in 1979 at McCluskie- jointly produced by MacGuffin join the army since I was a kid. ganj, near Ranchi. It stars Vikrant Pictures and Studioz IDrream. the process of producing But when I grew up, I realised that Massey, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki (Santa Banta) being in army required a lot of hard work. But since I am an army kid, films: Irrfan Khan I have moved a lot of cities but something that remained constant Shraddha sings a The comedy family entertainer was the urge to perform on stage. I Hindi Medium, starring Irrfan was always involved in perfor- Khan, will have a theatrical release mances in school and college but it heart-wrenching next week. Apparently, the film wasn’t until college that I admit- was offered to him a while ago. ted this to myself. After that I Talking about what appealed to knew that acting was what I en- reprise of ‘Phir Bhi him about the script, the actor joyed, I don’t think I had any says, “I heard some other star, who doubts left.” I don’t want to name, was inter- (Santa Banta) ested in the film. However, it came Tumko Chahunga’ to me. It worked for me due to its The makers of Half Girlfriend have unique subject, as well as the di- released a special track titled "Main rector’s profile. It made sense to Phir Bhi Tumko Chahungi' Shrad- be part of this film. I enjoyed the dha Kapoor's rendition to one of process.” Irrfan also considers the their most popular romantic tracks commercial viability of a project from the film "Phir Bhi Tumko while signing it. He says, “You Chahunga". The music of "Half have to look at it. But you can look Girlfriend" continues to remain one at it only up to a limit. It is not in of its biggest strengths and the your hands. You leave that thing makers have pleasantly surprised to the producer, who looks at the are getting something out of it – good or bad. I believe in one thing that their fans with Shraddha Kapoor's viability, rather than taking every- I should to be open to change. Otherwise, there is no point of being in rendition to one of their most pop- thing onto you. ” So has his ap- this job.” The actor, who has been in the industry for nearly three ular romantic tracks from the film proach to the craft changed over decades, plans to produce films as well. “As a producer, I would like to "Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga". the years? “It has to change. Even support stories which I like — whether I am part of it as an actor or not. Composed by Mithoon, the as a person you have to change. I have started the process already, though gradually. It is not just for the newly released track is titled "Phir You cannot be the same person, sake it. It will be only those films, which are viable — important and Bhi Tumko Chahungi" and the what you were a year or six months need to be told — and they have the potential of entertainment. So I’d lyrics have been revised for this ago, because every day you are like to bring those stories to the big screen.” The actor will next be seen special version of this song about confronting life and every day you in Hindi Medium, Doob: No Bed Of Roses and a Tanuja Chandra film. unconditional love. Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, Mohit Suri and Chetan Bhagat, Half Girlfriend is a cine- These latest pictures of Kareena Kapoor Khan prove she's the reigning begum of Bollywood matic adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's novel of the same name. Directed by Mohit Suri, the film Royal photohsoot, the one we temperatures with absolutely adored during Bebo’s is slated to release on 19th May. her royal beauty. (Santa Banta) pregnancy. Kareena Kapoor got On the work all dolled up like a royal princess front, Kareena has for an event in Goa. Kareena’s signed Veere Di manager uploaded the pictures Wedding where on her Instagram account and we she will be starring owe her eternal gratitude! The alongside Sonam Tashan actor looked drop dead Kapoor and Swara gorgeous in her royal blue attire Bhaskar. and her smokey-eyes and The film is nudepout took her beauty to produced by another level. Hot, dapper and Sonam’s sister elegant: Fawad hangs out with Rhea Kapoor. Kareena Kapoor Her navy blue Kareena, who is plain kurta with the brocade now a mother to lehenga skirt looked striking on Taimur Ali Khan, her newly slimmed down frame. has almost lost her The minimal styling with a neat baby fat with the mid part, a bindi and a low bun help of rigorous worked in complete favour of workouts and Kareena Kapoor Khan officially became the begum of Bollywood her. We also loved Kareena’s yoga. after tying the knot to Nawaab of Pataudi Saif Ali Khan. The couple ethereal jhumkas. Overall, the (Tribune) who recently embraced parenthood, previously made headlines for a yummy mummy raised the SUNDAY . MAY 14, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES West Indies close on 218-5 on day three of deciding Test against Pakistan Roston Chase struck an unbeaten half-century before retiring hurt as West Indies made slow progress on day three of the deciding Test against Pakistan in Dominica. The 25-year-old batsman, who compiled 63 in the first game of Yafai vs Muranaka: Kal Yafai can the series and 131 in the second, was continuing his fine form with 60 until he was hit on the elbow edge closer to a super fight against attempting to pull Mohammad Amir in the 84th over. Roman Gonzalez, says Eddie Hearn Replying to 376 all out, West Indies closed on 218 for five after 100 overs, still 158 runs behind, with Shane Dowrich (20 not out) and skipper Jason Holder (11 not Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard out) at the crease. and Jamie Redknapp were at The Chase and Shai Hope, who Hawthorns to see Chelsea beat made 29, rebuilt the innings with a West Brom and win the Premier fourth-wicket stand of 55 after League title. Yasir Shah (3-108) struck three Substitute Michy Batshuayi times to reduce the hosts to 97 for scored the winner in the 82nd three. It was Azhar Ali's part-time minute to ensure the Blues se- leg-spin which broke the stubborn cured a second league crown in partnership in mid-afternoon, three seasons and Antonio Conte when, having batted grittily for al- triumphed at the first attempt. The Players: Louis most three hours, Hope mistimed Afterwards, Chelsea legend a drive off the very last ball of the Lampard said he thinks Conte can afternoon session to be caught for "build a dynasty" at Stamford 29. And Chase walked off injured Bridge. Oosthuizen tied for four overs after Pakistan took the "I think so, if you are Chelsea new ball, which accounted for fan that's what you are hoping Vishaul Singh (8) as Mohammad for," he said. lead as Vijay Abbas swung one back in to trap Thierry Henry, Frank Lam- him lbw. But Dowrich and Hold- pard and Jamie Redknapp reflect er, who suffered a painful blow on on Chelsea winning the title. Singh stars his left shoulder, held firm in an "The way he has held himself unbroken partnership of 29. this year and the results have been Earlier, Shah raised Pakistan's different class. I think he will be hopes of dismissing the West In- backed and he does need backing. dies cheaply despite the placid It's a great squad but they maybe Kal Yafai could be just two fights just lost, but he's a huge name, [Car- against Gonzalez, or a unification pitch. He broke a 43-run opening need a freshen up. Don't lose your away from a "super-fight" with los] Cuadras, all these guys now clash against one of the other world partnership when Kieran Powell best players and then maybe add Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez, available for Kal Yafai to go and champions. "I think the 'Choco- (31) miscued a heave was well one or two at the top end to go says his promoter Eddie Hearn. fight - try and unify the division latito' fight is probably two fights caught by Ali running in off the into the Champions League." The unbeaten 27-year-old against other champions. Those away from Kal Yafai. Like I said, boundary. Shimron Hetmyer (17) (Sky Sport) makes the first defence of his WBA fights are within touching distance, it's a very tough fight, but in this sought to seize the initiative only super-flyweight title against Sug- because you have to move fast. I division you've got to move quick- for Shah to bring his enterprise to uru Muranaka in his home town feel that he has the ability to go on ly. The hometown hero has pre- an end when an original 'not out' Simona Halep of Birmingham this Saturday night, and challenge those guys. "But he dicted a destructive win over his verdict by umpire Bruce Oxenford live on Sky Sports. has to beat Muranaka. Those Japanese opponent after an appeal for a leg-side catch reaches And promoter Hearn is al- fights are within touching distance, The hometown hero has pre- by wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed ready planning an exciting future because you have to move fast. I dicted a destructive win over his was overturned on television re- Madrid Open for Yafai, which could include a feel that he has the ability to go on Japanese opponent view. There was no doubt about showdown with the highly rated and challenge those guys." "He's won the world title, he Ahmed's second dismissal of the final after Louis Oosthuizen fired a flawless time as outright leader in the club- Nicaraguan Gonzalez. "He's very Gonzalez is expected to re- will defend it on Saturday, proba- morning as Kraigg Brathwaite, who 66 to earn a share of the halfway house was brief as Stanley, play- lucky at the moment," Hearn told ceive an immediate rematch with bly have one more defence and had grafted his way to 29 off 123 lead with Kyle Stanley at The ing in the group behind, birdied two Sky Sports. "The super-flyweight Wisaksil Wangek after his 49-fight then look to unify and chase those deliveries through three-and-a-half beating Players Championship as Vijay of his last three holes to also re- division was never a division that unbeaten record was ended by a big names like 'Chocolatito' and hours, pushed forward to Shah in Singh rolled back the years at TPC turn a 66 featuring eight birdies you looked at as a lucrative divi- controversial points defeat in Cuadras, and all the guys that are the last over before the interval and Anastasija Sawgrass. including three in a row from the sion and one with big fights, or March. becoming household names in the edged a catch high to the wicket- Sawgrass leaderboard 15th. The pair have a two-shot ad- super-fight opportunities. Look at But Hearn is hopeful that Ya- States." keeper's right. Sevastova The Players Championship vantage over Ryder Cup star JB it now. "'Chocolatito' Gonzalez fai will stake his claim for a fight (Sky Sport) (Cricket News) Oosthuizen defied the tough Holmes, who covered the back Stadium Course to complete 36 nine in 35 and then made birdies at holes with just a single bogey on four of the first six holes on the his scorecard, and the former Open outward half but, in contrast to Caleb Ewan wins seventh champion is perfectly placed to Oosthuizen and Stanley, Holmes Cliffs of Moher won the challenge for his first victory in the bogeyed eight and nine to card a United States as he goes into the disappointing 69. But Singh pro- stage of Giro d’Italia, Dee Stakes at Chester weekend on nine under par. Fijian vided the best story of the second veteran Singh made a surprise ap- day following a flying start to his pearance near the top of the lead- round, with birdies at the second, Bob Jungels retains under Ryan Moore erboard with a five-birdie 68, al- fourth and fifth setting him up for though he three-putted the final an outward 33, and the 54-year- green for his only blemish of the old drained two huge putts at 11 overall lead day to slip three behind the lead- and 12 to get to eight under. ers, while Ian Poulter led the En- The three-time major champi- glish challenge as a late eagle at 16 on, whose last PGA Tour victory Simona Halep cruised into the lifted him to five under. Capture was at the Bridgestone Invitation- Madrid Open final for the third an unmissable summer of sport. al in 2008, missed great chances time in four years with a 6-2 6-3 More live football than ever, the from inside 10 feet at 16 and 17, success over Latvia's Anastasija British & Irish Lions tour and and his unfortunate finish took a Sevastova. more. Rory McIlroy defied pain little gloss off one of his best days But Halep could face a tough in his back to fire a battling 71 and in recent years at his home course. test in the final against in-form make it safely through to the week- Poulter, playing in the final group Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenov- end on level par, the same score as of the day, found his range with ic. After her match, Halep said: "I world No 1 Dustin Johnson and the putter and reeled off four bird- Aidan O'Brien strengthened his tween those two. "He just raced a heard that I am the first player who Masters champion Sergio Garcia, ies in six holes on the front nine grip on the Investec Derby when bit sleepy the whole way really," does three finals here. but Jordan Spieth's poor record in before giving a shot back when he Cliffs Of Moher ran out a work- said Moore. "He came out a little "I feel at home here. golf's "fifth major" continued as he pulled his tee shot into trouble at manlike winner of the Homeserve bit slow, the tempo wasn't strong "The crowd is supporting me missed the cut for the third year in the short eighth. Dee Stakes at Chester. After pro- and he was able to sit second, but all the time, the courts fit me. I feel a row. Oosthuizen plotted his way The Englishman then struggled viding the first three home in the he was always just having a look that the altitude is helping me also." expertly around the revamped lay- to threaten the pin as he settled Derrinstown Derby Trial on Sun- around. "It was his first run of the The Romanian reeled off five out, getting into his stride with two for a run of seven pars, which he day, the Ballydoyle handler repeat- year and he just felt a bit rusty, straight games to close out the birdies over his first four holes and broke when he holed from just off ed the feat in the Chester Vase on but I'd be very happy with him. opening set but Sevastova hinted adding another from 10 feet at the the green at the long 16th for an Thursday and Cliffs Of Moher had "It's loose ground and it's not ideal at a fightback early in the second, 17th - his eighth. The 2010 Open eagle, but he failed to convert a been well backed prior to his run for him, to be fair." Paul Smith, as she got out to a 3-0 lead. But winner then made a remarkable delightful approach to seven feet on the Roodee. While every other son of part-owner Derrick Smith, Halep bounced back in emphatic three at the first when he gouged at the last as he signed for a 67. stable in the land would be con- said: "Aidan said that he was just fashion to win the last six games his second from the trees to with- Spanish duo Rafa Cabrera Bello (- tent with six Derby hopefuls, ready to start today and he'd real- for the loss of just 14 points. in five feet, and he holed from dis- 5) and Jon Rahm (-4) continued O'Brien also won the 2000 Guin- ly come on a lot for the run. Ryan She next faces Mladenovic, tance for another gain at the fifth their impressive form along with eas with Churchill who is still in thought that too and he was very who beat Russia's Svetlana Kuz- before closing out a high-quality Alex Noren, who was within two the frame for Epsom, although the happy with him. "I think Aidan netsova 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) to reach her round of golf when he holed an- of the leaders until he bogeyed 17 likelihood is that he will be kept to and the boys will sit down next third final of the season. other 20-footer for his sixth birdie and 18 to post a 71. Australian rider Caleb Ewan won Irish Lions tour and more. a mile, and runs the touted Sir John week after the trials and make a (Fox News) of the day at nine. Oosthuizen's (BBC Sport) the seventh stage of the Giro Colombian Fernando Gaviria, Lavery at Lingfield on Saturday. plan and decide which way they're d'Italia in a sprint finish while Bob the winner of two stages on his Bookmakers were not too im- going to go." Charlie Appleby was Jungels held on to the pink jersey race debut with the Quick Step pressed with the Ryan Moore-rid- thrilled with Bay Of Poets and has on Friday. Ewan, who won a stage team, finished a close second with den winner, with many choosing not ruled out the possibility of him Sky Scholar and pole vaulter Holly on the Tour of Spain two years Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora) fin- to leave his price unchanged at being supplemented for Epsom. ago, came agonisingly close to ishing third. around the 6/1 mark. The 4/5 "I'm obviously delighted. It was a opening his Giro account for the Lotto sprinter Andre Greipel favourite needed to be niggled step forward again from Epsom. Bradshaw starts new season with Orica team in the opening days of finished fourth, with Jungels along from some way out to keep He' not in any of the Derbys, he's the 100th edition. among the peloton that arrived sec- tabs on the free-going Max Zorin, not got any big, lofty entries, but World Championships on horizon Pressure was growing on the onds later following a largely flat before staying out stoutly to claim he's a horse that's putting his pro- A new campaign is upon Holly 22-year-old's shoulders, but the 217 km ride from Castrovillari that a length and a half win from Bay file up now," he said. "We will have Bradshaw and she's been clocking Aussie sprint star known as the saw a two-man breakaway end Of Poets. Max Zorin just held off to discuss with His Highness up the miles. A training camp in 'Pocket Rocket' delivered in style, with 18 km to race. the fast-finishing Mirage Dancer (Sheikh Mohammed) and John Barcelona in April and the salubri- negotiating a technical finish to Jungels remains six seconds in for third, with the latter possibly Ferguson what we are going to do ous surroundings of Doha on May power his way to the slimmest of front of Welshman Geraint Tho- being the one to take out of the with him in the foreseeable future. 6 for the pole vaulter's first com- victories on the uphill finish line. mas (Sky), with British compatri- race given it was just his second "We'll probably all sit tight until petition. The 25-year-old Sky "It's been a little bit difficult ot Adam Yates (Orica) third, at run and he had nowhere to go at a the Dante is run next week and Academy Sports Scholar im- for us in the first part of the Giro 10secs behind. crucial stage. It is perhaps being a then we will start to get a clearer pressed with a leap of 4.55m in d'Italia. I came close and the guys Italy's defending champion bit churlish to be too critical of the picture. We all know there is only the Diamond League opener to just worked really hard, so I'm happy Vincenzo Nibali is fourth overall, winner given O'Brien had made it one Derby, but we will also have miss out on third spot, but her to finally win," said Ewan. three places ahead of Colombian public knowledge that both Cliffs in the back of our mind that we've health and form bodes well for a "It was a really close sprint. I race favourite Nairo Quintana, of Of Moher and Sir John Lavery had got Ascot coming up soon after- busy season. It was so nice being had to do some work with three Movistar. been held up in the spring and in wards. "I wouldn't say the Derby back competing - it has been eight kilometres to go so I was a little The eighth stage on Saturday fitness terms are some way behind was out of the question, but we months since I last competed so tired for the sprint. But Luka is an undulating 189 km ride from the others who had been running. will wait until after the Dante and to get back in the competitive en- (Mezgec) did a great lead out, so it Molfetta to Peschici that favours You get the impression, as long as then start to make some decisions." vironment was so exciting again! I the challenging windy conditions. Pole vault is super complicated as it is was perfect." Capture an unmiss- sprinters with uphill finishing abil- Sir John Lavery does the business Trainer Andrew Balding was de- had so much fun out there in Doha so when you add another tricky variable like a head wind, although it's able summer of sport. More live ities. at Lingfield, that Moore's choice lighted with the performance of with the rest of the girls despite not ideal, it makes it all the more interesting. (Sky Sport) football than ever, the British & (Sky Sport) of mount in the Derby will be be- Max Zorin. (Sky Sport) SUNDAY . MAY 14. 2017-Sawar 24, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 280 Price: Afs.20

H.R McMaster No decision yet by Trump on Hamid Karzai, the former president met Saturday with a number of the members of the New additional Begin social network,discussing cultural,social and the activities of the network. troops: Afghan wounded McMaster the entire Kunduz would be cleared warriors of the Taliban in one month.” ddressing a White House He said wound 2,000 families compete for press briefing on Saturday had been displaced as a result of spot in night, the U.S President’s recent fighting. The provincial gov- NAational Security Advisor H.R ernment in coordination with char- invictus games McMaster said that Donald ity organisation planned to pro- Trump has not yet made a deci- vide these families with aid and ABUL: Wounded warriors sion regarding the deployment of assistance. As many as 466 fami- from Afghanistan's Nation additional troops to Afghanistan. lies had already been provided with al Security Forces are com- assistance, he added. On the other K McMaster said that Trump peting for a spot in the Invictus will have the opportunity to hear hand the residents of Kunduz still Games to be held in Canada in Sep- from allies during his upcoming worried over the ongoing fighting tember. foreign trip, which will include and clashes. Mansour, the resident The NATO Resolute Support stops at the NATO summit and of Kunduz, said high ranking offi- mission hosted a selection event the gathering of G7 nations. cial often made pledged to elimi- Saturday for seven openings on the On the issue of additional nate the militants and improved the Afghan forces wounded warriors' troops, McMaster said: “The security of the province but never team that will compete against sol- president has not made a decision implemented their promises. diers and veterans from 17 coun- Faisal, another resident of yet on a course of action. What we KUNDUZ CITY : At least 55 Tal- ban purged of the highway after tries in Toronto. The Invictus have done which is what we have Kunduz, said, the government took Games are an international Para- iban have been killed and 49 oth- seven-day offensive while anoth- no effective step to press militants done in many cases on the North ers wounded in security forces er grand operation would be soon lympic-style multi-sport event Korea problems for example, is we and improve the security situa- created by Britain's Prince Harry. operation launched to get back the kicked off to eliminate the Taliban. tions. Earlier, the Taliban captured have consulted broadly across our Kunduz-Khanabad highway in He said: “I want to assure the Afghan soldiers and veterans are government and with allies. Qala-i-Zal district and Kunduz- taking part for the first time. About northern Kunduz province, an of- residents that the Taliban will nev- Khanabad highway. Security forc- “The president wants to hear ficial said on Saturday. er be able enter Kunduz City, the 40 athletes participated in Kabul from our allies as well. This is a es on Friday wrest back the Kun- on Saturday but only seven ath- Governor Asadullah Umarkhel provincial capital, because we have duz-Khanabad highway. president who listens to its allies told Pajhwok Afghan News Tali- chalked out a plan through which letes and several alternates will be and partners who have an oppor- (Pajhwok) chosen for the final team in indoor tunity to do this at the NATO rowing, seated volleyball and pow- summit, who have an opportuni- er lifting events. (AP) ty to do so at the G7 and so what we'll have at the end of this next Lawmakers few weeks here is an opportunity ZARANJ: Some residents of old survey. A fresh census has not for a much more effective strategy hit back at southwestern Nimroz province been conducted to figure out the for the problems set in Afghani- have to wait for 20 years for their existing number of Nimroz resi- Afghan boy stan, Pakistan and the region more turn to perform the Hajj ritual due dents. He claimed the population broadly." Saleh over to an inadequate quota, officials of Zaranj, the provincial capital, found at He said however that the U.S said on Saturday. had risen to 600,000. If a correct had engaged in “highly successful” controversial Hajj and Religious Affairs Di- survey was conducted, he assert- Heathrow operations in Afghanistan against rector Maulvi Hezbollah Maul- ed, the population of Nimroz Daesh in recent weeks. remarks The over-week long conflict in vizada told Pajhwok Afghan News could hit the one million mark. Airport "Recently we have been en- northern Kunduz city has caused the quota for Nimroz was very Maulvi Gul Ahmad Ahmadi, a gaged against ISIS (Daesh) in Af- ABUL : Some Wolesi Jirga serious damages to important elec- small compared to the large popu- provincial council member, said ghanistan with highly successful (WJ) members on Saturday tricity power lines imported from lation of the province. they had taken up the issue with 'should go to operations there that you'll hear Kcriticized recent comments Tajikistan and lead into power out- “Around one million people President Ashraf Ghani during his more about in a press conference of Amrullah Saleh, state minister age in capital Kabul. A number of live in Nimroz, whose Hajj quota recent trip to the province. council care' at the Department of Defense in in security affairs reforms and ap- Kabul residents have complained is 157. Of them 31 are rejected “The president pledged direct- the near future. pointments, and said recalling dark about the power blackout in the every year for different reasons, ing the religious affairs minister to n Afghan boy found alone “But what has happened in history was never in Afghanistan’s city and asked the relevant insti- with 126 travelling to Saudi Ara- increase the Hajj quota for Nim- at Heathrow Airport must Afghanistan is the Afghan army has interest and any harm to the peace tutions to ensure safety of the bia or Hajj,” he said. roz, but no positive action has been go into council care in En- process should be avoided. Saleh A taken the brunt of the fight against power lines and find lasting solu- Information from the depart- taken yet,” he lamented. gland, the High Court has ruled. these transnational terrorists and on Friday accused Gulbdin Hek- tion for the issue. “The recent ment shows 1,613 people applied Mohammad Nazar, 40, has The boy, aged about 12, said the the Taliban and so we are working matyar, Amir of the Hizb-i-Islami power blackout has caused lot of for Hajj this ongoing year. As per applied for Hajj this year, but he trip had been "planned and paid with our allies to figure out what Afghanistan (HIA), for having problems, the government should the provincial Hajj quota, some thinks he will have to wait for for" by his mother who thought more we can do to have a more hand in the killing of innocent peo- maintain security of the routes manage to offer Hajj and the rest years. Life is not trustworthy, ac- he would have a "better and saf- ple in the past 17 years and said where the power lines passing have to wait for years. cording to the man, who is mas- er" life in the UK. After his dis- effective strategy in Afghanistan. Hekmatyar did not say anything What are the options we can bring through,” A resident of Kabul, The director said the issue had sively interested in visiting the covery at the airport, the boy was about it in his recent public ap- Zamir said. However, the Da Af- till night all of Kabul will have elec- to the president to be more effec- pearance. The former head of the been shared with authorities con- holy land. “I don’t have much temporarily placed in foster care tive and meeting our objectives in ghanistan Breshna Sherkat tricity,” said DABS Spokesman, cerned and all stakeholders in- money to buy the turn of other by council social services staff. National Directorate of Security Wahidullah Tawhidi. Afghanistan Afghanistan and what more can we (NDS) said he was not against (DABS) officials said work is un- volved, but they were told the people.” In a clear departure from Mrs Justice Theis has now ruled ask our allies to do what we're ask- derway to repair the damaged depends heavily on electricity im- Central Statistic Organisation the quota, some residents of Nim- it would be impossible to return peace talks, but Hekmatyar’s wel- ports from its neighbors as it im- ing them now so this is going to be come by the government at the power lines. “At the moment work (CSO) dealt with the subject. roz purchase the turn of other peo- him as it is not known where his consistent with the president's is underway for repairing the two ports 70 percent of the electricity Maulvizada added the CSO ple to offer Hajj. The price, ac- mother is. Details of the case Presidential Palace was a mistake. from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and guidance to us." power circuits and the area is un- estimated the population of Nim- cording to them, is $5,000 to emerged in a ruling by Mrs Jus- Mohammad Iqbal Safi, a lawmak- Iran. (ATN) Previewing the trip at the dai- er from Kapisa province, said: der control of the security forces, roz at 103,000 based on a 30 years $6,000. (Pajhwok) tice Theis following a family court ly White House briefing, McMas- “When Mujahidin liberated Kapisa hearing in London. 'Impossible to ter said the visits to Saudi Arabia, province from occupation, Saleh return' Israel, the Vatican, Italy and Bel- was working in a showroom in Political parties boycott president's advisory meetings Social services bosses at Hill- gium will show the president's en- Kabul. Saleh by accusing Hekmat- ingdon Council had brought the gagement with leaders around the yar wants to promote himself and case before her. "There is some such comments may pave the world. He said the president will embers of some political symbolic and were about publici- ures also accused Ghani of being a Gailani said. In response to these uncertainty as to precisely how begin in Saudi Arabia. ground for clashes between differ- he arrived at Heathrow Airport, ent parties.” Obaidullah Barakzai, parties on Saturday said ty,” said Massoud Trishtwal, a dictator and exclusivist. remarks, Ghani’s deputy spokes- “He will encourage our Arab they are boycotting Pres- spokesman for the council. “President [Ashraf Ghani] has man Dawa Khan Minapal said and what methods of transport another lawmaker from Uruzgan M he had between Afghanistan and and Muslim partners to take bold province, also criticised Saleh’s ident Ashraf Ghani’s advisory The head of the New National turned himself into a dictator. He political parties that are unhappy new steps to promote peace and comment regarding Hekmatyar and meetings as most are “meaningless Front of Afghanistan, Anwar-ul- has grabbed all the power in his with government should clearly the United Kingdom," said the to confront those from ISIS to Al- said: “We will not allow anybody and their advice is not put into Haq Ahadi said the president is not hands. He has tightened his rela- state their reasons. judge. "The whereabouts of his Qaeda to Iran to the Assad regime to seek the trial of HIA head. Some practice”. honest and does not listen to ad- tions with the West and he does “They [political parties] mother are unknown and it would who perpetuate chaos and violence individuals in the government and The spokesman for the Coun- vice given to him by political par- not have any plans for national should explain the reasons behind be impossible to return [him] to that has inflicted so much suffer- outside the government involved cil for the Protection and Stability ties. He also said these meetings interests, for ending the war and their unhappiness. As a spokes- her care in Afghanistan at this ing throughout the Muslim world in huge crimes and even burned of Afghanistan said most of the are merely symbolic. for maintaining security in the man for the president I can say for time." The judge said she had been and beyond. hundreds of people inside a con- meetings were symbolic only and “We are extremely unhappy country,” said Fatana Ishq Gail- sure that decisions have been made asked to decide how the boy's He will lead the first steps to- tainer.” He warned recalling the lacked depth. with this government. I think it ani, chairperson of Afghanistan’s based on advice by political par- welfare interests could best be ward a stronger, more capable and past would pave the way for fu- “The leadership members of should be a conscience duty of Women’s Council. ties in all aspects, (advice) they met. She added it was up to Home more robust security partnership ture internal clashes and unrest, the Council for the Protection and government to resign and let a new “He [President Ghani] has not have given and discussed and con- Office officials to make decisions with our Gulf, Arab and Muslim stressing such comments should be Stability of Afghanistan avoid the government replace it,” Ahadi said. only distressed jihadi figures, but sulted [with the president],” Mi- about his immigration status. partners. (ToloNews) avoided in the future.(Pajhwok) meetings which lack content, were A number of other political fig- he has upset the Afghan people,” napal said. (ToloNews) (BBC)