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nationally televised press conference that his government has made a deal with the Taliban for the release of U.S. citizen Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, who were abducted in August 2016 as they traveled through Kabul where they taught at the American University of Afghanistan. In exchange, the Afghan government is to release Anas Haqqani and two other members of the Haqqani wing of the Taliban. It Afghan President Ashraf Ghani university professors who have was a "tough but important announced Tuesday the been held captive by the Islamic decision" influenced by the conditional release of three high- militant group since 2016. "critical" poor health of King and ranking Taliban members in The prisoners were released Weeks. "Our joint effort in tracing exchange for two American Tuesday. Ghani said during a the two professors... WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Not registering assets: 483 officials get salaries suspended KABUL : The vote recounting Daikundi, Takhar, Baghlan, underway. vote recount process and locked and so far votes of 10 polling process has been stopped in 12 Helmand and Fayarb provinces. Mohammad Nazir Nasrat, the door of IEC office. stations had been recounted. He KABUL: Pajhwok Afghan News Technical and Professional provinces but completed in two The Stability and Partnership deputy operational director for Similarly in Faryab, the said the process kicked off when findings show the government Training Authority and two provinces, Pajhwok Afghan News team leader for Sar-i-Pul province Ghor IEC office, said they started Stability and Partnership team election teams of Abdullah, Nabil has suspended salaries and deputies of the Ministry of reliably learned on Tuesday. said he had warned the local IEC the vote recount process on stopped the process of vote and Hekmatyar boycotted the privileges of its 483 workers for Education are among those who The presidential elections office against the vote recount. He Monday morning, but recount in the afternoon. The process and staged protest in not registering their assets and are yet to register their wealth. were held on September 28, said they will lock the IEC office supporters of the Stability and process started in the morning. front of their office. properties. However, Abdul Wadod featuring 14 candidates. gate if they dared to start the Partnership team obstructed the Provinces where vote recount In Khost, the vote recount Article 134 of the Bashiryar, head of Assets Earlier, the date for process. IEC head Murtaza process and locked the doors of process has been started process has been boycotted by Constitution says, “The wealth Registration Department of announcement of preliminary Alamizada said no delegation from the commission. According to Pajhwok Afghan the Stability and Partnership and of the President, Vice-Presidents, Office of Administrative Affairs, polls was set October 19, but the central IEC office has arrived Eng. Mohammad Din News reports, the vote recount and Hekmatyar’s teams. Ministers, members of the told Pajhwok that nine Wolesi later the Independent Election in the province so far. Khawani, foreign affairs in-charge audit process has been launched In Paktia, the Stability and Supreme Court as well as the Jirga and seven Meshrano Jirga Commission (IEC) set November Abdul Qahar Wahat, regional at IEC office in Badakhshan in 22 provinces and the process is Partnership and Hekmatyar’s Attorney General, shall be members recently registered their 14 new date for the IEC office head in Parwan, province, said the process of underway normally but some teams boycotted the vote recount registered, reviewed and wealth after the list was announcement. confirmed to Pajhwok that recounting votes was expected to presidential candidates have and audit process. published prior to and after their published. Sadiq Adib, Abdullah The IEC had said it would supporters of Stability and start and a delegation from central boycotted the process. IEC Head Hawa Alam term of office by an organ Big, Kamal Nasar Ausoli, Ziauddin start recount and audit process Partnership team locked their gate IEC office had also arrived in the The vote recount process is Nuristani told reporters in Kabul established by law.” Zia, Sayed Babar Jamal, Javid of over 8,000 polling stations on on Monday and the gate remained province but supporters of smoothly underway in Bamyan, that the vote recount and audit According to Article 5 of the Safi, Mohammad Rafi Mamozai, November 10th in its provincial locked. Abdullah, Nabil and Hekmatyar Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Farah, process had beeeen started in 20 dissemination and assets Ibrarullah Murad and Anisa offices. But the Stability and Ghulam Hussain Sharif, IEC halted the process. Badghis, Nimroz, Balkh, provinces but candidates created registration law, “Based on the Omrani were the Wolesi Jirga Partnership team led by Dr. head in Panjshir, said the Stability Amanullah Habibi, IEC head Nangarhar, Kapisa, Maidan hurdlers for the process in 14 article 154 of the constitution, members and Fazal Hadi Abdullah Abdullah demanded a and Partnership stopped the vote in Daikundi province, said the Wardak, Zabul, Kunduz, Paktika, provinces. senior government officials, Muslimyar, Gulmari Laghmani, halt to the recount process and recount and audit process and vote recount at 63 polling stations Laghman, Nuristan, Uruzgan, She said if candidates did not prosecutors and other Nawaz Sharif Hayat, Ghulam subsequently his supporters locked the office. was expected but the Stability Herat, Logar, Kunar and Kabul. cooperate, the announcement of government officers are Abbas Akhlaqi, Haji Mahmod stopped the recount process in Almas Aurang, IEC office head and Partnership team stopped In Badghis and Kapeia, the preliminary polls on November responsible to register their Khakrizwal, Mohammad Wali 12 provinces. Similarly, nine more in Jawzjan, said the Stability and the process and did not allow the recount and audit process of votes 14 will be difficult for them. wealth whether it is controlled Aliza and Mohammad Afzal were presidential candidates expressed Partnership team warned them of process to begin. has been completed. IEC Acting Spokesperson by them or by someone else, they the Meshrano Jirga members who opposition to the vote recount, staging a massive protest if they The IEC office gate in Takhar Mohammad Qasim Qaseem, Zabihullah Sadaat said that a also should register their father, registered their wealth in recent but the State Builder team led by started the vote recount. province has been locked by IEC office head in Bamyan, said formal letter has been sent to mother, spouse and children’s past. Bashiryar said salaries and Ashraf Ghani supported the “Therefore, we have not launched Abdullah’s supporters and is not they started the vote recount election candidates to cooperate wealth every year.” privileges of those refusing to move. the process. “ allowing the recount process to process on the directives of central with the Commission in the “Government departments register their wealth had been Provinces where vote From Samangan, Pajhwok be launched. IEC office but Dr. Abdullah, recount and audit process. cannot refer employment of suspended since a month. He said recount faced hurdles Afghan News reporters said In Baghlan, supporters of the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and He said if presidential people who refuse to register and Parliament members who had not The Stability and Partnership supporters of the Stability and Stability and Partnership team Nabil’s teams boycotted the candidates did not cooperate disseminate their wealth, to the registered their assets not only got team stopped the vote recount Partnership team stopped the vote stopped the vote recount process. with the IEC despite the formal Presidential Palace for their salaries suspended, but they and audit process in Sar-i-Pul, recount process in the afternoon process. Emal Abdullah, head of IEC letter sent to them, security approval,” the article says. were also barred from foreign Parwan, Panjshir, Jawzjan, and locked the IEC area where the In Helmand, the Stability and office in Kandahar, said they forces will facilitate IEC officials According to a list published by trips until they register their Samangan, Ghor, Badakhshan, vote recount process was Partnership team stopped the started the votes recount process in the recount process. the Office of Administrative wealth. The list of 16 former and Affairs, 17,000 government current senior officials of the officials have registered their government who did not register Post-presidential situation in Afghanistan discussed: EU assets this year while 483 of their wealth has also been 5 ALP personnel gunned them are yet to do so. Heads of published. Eklil Hakimi, former ...P12 soon between the “We might have the paradox process to be launched between 76 different organs, seven deputy finance minister, Mohammad government and the Taliban…” of having probably had the best a legitimate government ministers, a general director, Hamayon Rasa, former commerce The European Union (EU) elections ever in Afghan history following the elections. down by guest in Herat parliament members, advisors minister Sayed Sadat Mansoor high representative and vice- and still some doubt about some “In this, we see a role for the HERAT CITY: At least five Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel and workers of different Naderi, former urban and housing president also hoped the stalled obvious shortcomings and the long European Union. The Afghans have been shot dead by a guest in western Herat province, an official departments are yet to register minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, US-Taliban talks would resume time it takes to announce results.” see a role for the European Union, said on Tuesday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told their assets. According to the list, former defense minister, Faizullah soon to prepare the launch of a She said the important thing because we have no hidden Pajhwok Afghan News the guest had been invited to an ALP check- 224 DABS officials and workers, Zaki, former labor and social genuine intra-Afghan peace they discussed was when the agendas. We have an interest only post in Oba district on Monday night. After dinner, the guest opened 99 Wolesi Jirga members, 85 affairs minister, Najibullah process with direct negotiations preliminary election results would in peace, security and stability fire at the ALP personnel manning the post. At least five policemen, workers of the Ministry of Khwaja Omari, former higher between the government and be announced and hoped to see in and rights for the Afghan people.” including their commander, were killed. A security source, wishing Justice, 42 workers of Ministry education minister, Wais Ahmad Taliban. the Afghan political landscape a She said they had presented anonymity, said the checkpoint commander, named Saraf, had invited of Agriculture, Irrigation and Barmak, former interior minister, Mogherini said: “We would responsible attitude, accepting five-point plan a few months ago Livestock (MAIL), 14 workers Ali Ahmad Osmani, former water be more than ready to support results, uniting forces. that was still valid and was still the guest, who shot dead the ALP men. this process from the very “Because what we have on the table for Afghan people to He added the killer managed to flee the area after killing the security of the Ministry of Finance, 14 and energy minister, Salahuddin beginning, as well as an agreement discussed today is this know that the European Union personnel. There has been no claim so far of responsibility for the members of Wolesi Jirga, three Rabbani, former foreign affairs in case and when it is reached.” nervousness we have that if the was ready to accompany the incident. workers of Independent minister; When asked about political election results are not accepted peace process. vacuum in Afghanistan after or are questioned in a significant “We know very well that elections and NATO being a manner and this creates turmoil, even in case of a peace agreement Afghanistan exchanges Taliban members for abducted U.S. professors brain-dead alliance, the EU high this could only benefit those that signed between the government representative said: “I will not have been not investing in a and the Taliban – and we are very ...P1 gave no result and following President Donald prisoners in exchange for two humanitarian gesture with its own comment on NATO. I never democratic process in Afghanistan far from even initiating the formal information suggests that their Trump declaring the process university professors," he said. humanitarian gesture in the comment on other organisations, and weaken the perspective for a talks - we know that this would health and safety while being held "dead" in September. "The prisoners were arrested coming days by releasing Afghan you know that. And normally, I legitimate government to probably not even be enough, by the kidnapping terrorists have Ghani said the deal could outside the country with the security force prisoners," Bass am not nervous as a human being, participate to peace negotiations.” because different layers of the deteriorated," Ghani said. The prove as a launchpad for talks cooperation of our international said. The Taliban hasn't otherwise I cannot do this job. She said they would like to see Afghan society would need to be professors were captured in between his government and the allies and they were in custody commented. But indeed, we discussed the political forces joining efforts in involved in a very inclusive August 2016. Taliban, which has said it won't at Bagram (U.S. military base) In January 2017, the Taliban situation after the elections.” view of a proper formal peace process.” Ghani said they consulted negotiate with the Middles under the government of released a video in which King and with the United States and other Eastern government as they view Afghanistan," Ghani said. Weeks pleaded for Trump to allies before releasing the Haqqani it as a U.S. puppet regime. U.S. ambassador to Kabul secure their release. "I ask you, prisoners. "In order to pave the way John Bass said he supports the please, to negotiate with the 39 m ilitan ts killed in o ps The prisoner exchange comes for a face-to-face negotiations release of the Taliban prisoners. Taliban," Weeks said in the video. amid stalled peace talks between with the Taliban, the government "We hope that the Taliban "If you do not negotiate with ...P12 Police (ANP) and National and sanctuaries by artilleries and fighting positions, two the United States and the Taliban has decided to free Taliban will respond to this important them, we will be killed." Directorate of Security (NDS) air forces. motorbikes destroyed and some personal conducted joint During operations in the past amount of weapons and operations against insurgents in 24 hours, 20 insurgents were munitions confiscated in Nad Ali Women, children among 17 dead in Baghlan traffic accident different areas of Baghlan, Paktia, killed, three wounded and eight and Nahar Saraj districts of Nangarhar, Helmand and Maidan rounds of IEDs discovered and Helmand and two militants were ...P12 the provincial capital. According to him, five women and a number of children have lost their lives in the event. “The dead and wounded Wardak provinces, in which 39 defused in Dahana Ghori and killed in Sayed Abad district of had been evacuated to the district clinic,” he added. Lack of standardization and poor condition of highways and careless driving are said to militants were killed and five Baghalan-e Markazi districts of Maidan Warak province. be the main reason behind the traffic incidents in Afghanistan. others wounded. Baghlan, ten militants were killed In past 24 hours, 21 planed Afghan forces arrested seven in Achin district of Nangarhar and clearing operations, and Special suspects and handed them over four Taliban fighters were killed Forces operations conducted in Dozens of Daesh militants, including Pakistanis surrendered in Nangarhar related judicial organization for and seven suspects arrested in Jaji different provinces; also, Air further inquiry. Aryoub, Ahmad Khel and Sayed Forces conducted aerial ...P12 of the province. “17 women and children and over ten Pakistani nationals were among them (surrenders),” he added. However, the Afghan National Defense and Karam districts of Paktia operations supporting Afghan Defense Ministry said the militants have surrendered in operation conducted by the security forces in the district. The ministry has put the Security Forces shelled and province. Similarly, three rebels National Army including 12 number of women to 17 and children 28, who were among the militants. In addition to Taliban, the IS-K or so called Daesh has become the bombed the enemies’ positions were killed, two wounded, eight strikes on enemy’s sanctuaries. hardest challenge against the Afghan government to overcome in the wake of ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan. Preliminary election results may once again delay ...P12 a commissioner of the IEC halt briefing to media within next commissioners would Sherpao calls for revival of Afghan peace process has been criticized by UNAMA weeks. Meanwhile, deputy of IEC, complicated the election process. for his misbehaving conducts Ismatullah Mal said that Abdullah Moreover, the watchdog ...P12 inclusive negotiations based on input from all stakeholders to restore stability to the war-torn country. “Pakistan will face with an employee of the has expressed his personnel stand organizations have called on the consequences of the spillover of violence from Afghanistan if efforts are not made to end hostilities,” he warned. commission. and that the commission would IEC to announce the preliminary The QWP leader claimed his party had always worked for the restoration of peace in Afghanistan and it would continue to play an During the conference, soon make a decision in this regard. results on its due time. This effective role in bringing stability to the neighbouring country. He urged the government to help restart the Afghan peace negotiations as peace Abdullah has called the UN Nasir Nasirzada, a member of comes as a number of major was a prerequisite for regional development. Islamabad should promote people-to-people and government-to-government contacts with representative a low educated and Transparent Election Foundation presidential candidates including Kabul besides promoting trade ties, he suggested. lack of diplomatic knowledge. of Afghanistan has expressed chief executive Abdullah Abdullah He said the leadership of the concerns in regards, saying that the have boycotted the recounting commission has warned him to dispute among the electoral process of presidential votes. 8 members of a single family killed in Paktia airstrike ...P12 militants had lost their lives. However, a tribal elder, Hafizulla told Pajwok Afghan News that civilians have suffered casualties in Freed Taliban inmates granted 10-year long passports the attack. Meanwhile, another governmental source talking in condition of anonymity, said, “the dead includes brother of a Taliban ...P12 can freely travel overseas agreement. The agreement says were kidnapped in 2016 and are commander, his in-laws, and children.” Moreover, the US Forces has assured to launch serious investigation regarding civilian casualties in the and are not in wanted list for being that these Taliban officials would said to being kept by Taliban. The operation. Civilians have often suffered massive casualties in ongoing violence in Afghanistan. The human rights activists and UNAMA have in relations with the insurgents. not be handed over to a second or announcement sparked many earlier called on the war sides to prevent civilians’ casualties and halt further damages to the Afghan children. The agreement was signed by third state. President Ghani said reactions by the people and their the US envoy for Afghan peace, Tuesday that Anas Haqqani, a representatives in the parliament Zalmay Khalilzad last week in senior member of Haqqani who believe they are responsible Doha of Qatar. The government network would be released along for tens of deadly attacks in Election commission leads Afghanistan to crisis of Qatar has promised not to hand Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid, two different parts of the country and ...P12 over the vote recount brings its credibility under question. Sami Faisal, another member of senate, accused the commission of trampling them to anybody, KabulNews of Taliban high-ranking should go for trial. Ghani said domestic procedures in the vote recount. He added that separating of valid and invalid votes should be completed, but the commission ignores reported. Three senior Taliban commanders in exchange with two that the release would hopefully it in the recount process. “The commission should not play with the people’s fate, no, this will lead Afghanistan to a dangerous situation.” officials were released from professors of the American pave the ground of face to face Senator Lotfullah Baba asked the commissioners to maintain their independence and avoid parting this or that candidate and only pay respect Afghanistan prison based on the University of Afghanistani who negotiations with the Taliban. to the votes of the people. The independent election commission is to announce the preliminary results on Thursday, but sources inside the Senator criticizes Ghani for freeing Haqqani commission say that many problems still left unsolved to announce the result. ...P12 Tuesday that the release Verbal tensions between electoral commissioners of Haqqani would hopefully pave of senate said the government bitter cost. This is what we are the ground for the face to face decides to free the three senior paying this bitter cost today,” ...P12 is said to announce the day because of several unsolved commissioners on Monday The UNAMA blamed talks with the Taliban who have officials of Taliban while no Ghani said in a televised speech, preliminary result of September problems. wanted to read his letter written Abdullah for insulting another so far refused to sit with what negotiation had been held and no emphasizing that republic 28 presidential poll on Thursday The commission says that to answer the UNAMA letter, commissioner Bshir Ali, but he they call “US puppet”, referring ceasefire had been observed. system, rights of citizenship and November 14, but now sources in vote recount was going on in 20 but the head of commission and rejected the allegation, saying that to the internationally-recognized Monsef said that first Taliban other achievements would not be the commission say that it would provinces. other commissioners criticized other commissioners try to government. should have accepted a truce and dealt. Senator Monsef said that not be announced on announced Abdullah, one of the him that led to a verbal tension. marginalize him. The two other Taliban should have held direct talks with Haqqani and his colleagues were commanders expected to be the government, then the president responsible for tens of deadly released are Mali Khan and Hafiz could have release Haqqani and his attacks in different parts of FourAfghan soldiers killed in US airstrike in Logar Rashid, a paternal uncle of Anas. associates. “For a dignified and Afghanistan that claimed the lives lasting peace, we have to pay a of hundreds of innocent Afghans. Mohayyoddin Monsef, member ...P12 confirmed on Tuesday. militants in Padkhab Shana checkpoint, saying that it has that it “may have resulted in A security official, speaking village of Pul-e-Alam on Monday inflicted casualties on security Afghan National Army’s on condition of anonymity, told night,” he said adding, “the personnel. Provincial governor’s casualties.” Karzai condemns drone attack on Paktia Pajhwok Afghan News the US Afghan security forces have office has not stated anything at The military also said that ....P12 injured civilians including women and children. Karzai called the attack an inhumane act and called forces mistakenly targeted the asked for US air support.” this point. However the US efforts were underway to develop on Afghans to be Afghan security forces’ check Meanwhile, a resident of the military has confirmed the a shared understanding of the united through an intra-Afghan dialogue and put an end to such oppressions. point. “Clash took place between village, Hazratullah confirmed reports of conducting the incident and that a joint He wished paradise for the dead and recovery for injured. security forces and Taliban that airstrike has hit the security airstrike in the province, saying investigation was going on. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

KABUL: The first female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of facial recognition technology in elections amid concerns it stopped large numbers of women In a letter to the Indian government in April, Afghanistan had raised concerns from voting this year. Authorities photographed all over depictions of Afghans in films like Kabul Express, Padmavaat and Kesari. voters in September's presidential election and used facial recognition software, a measure designed to combat fraud that women's rights activists say deterred female voters from participating. "Women should be able to vote - it is their right. So anything that impedes that right is a problem," the politician and Only a quarter of eligible The roll-out of facial women's rights campaigner voters cast their ballots in recognition technology in airports, Fawzia Koofi told the Thomson September's election after metro stations and other public Reuters Foundation in Kabul. threats of violence by the places around the world poses a "Security and fraud are Taliban who considered it to be challenge to women who veil their serious issues, but perhaps there illegitimate and warned people face anywhere, said Areeq are alternatives like iris scans that not to take part. Chowdhury, founder of London- are more acceptable to women," The photo requirement is based think tank Future said Koofi, leader of the particularly difficult for women, Advocacy. Movement of Change for especially in conservative areas, He said governments must Afghanistan party and a former where most adult women and ensure this is done in a respectful deputy speaker of parliament. older girls cover their faces and culturally sensitive manner so "We have to find a way that outside the home and do not the rights and freedoms of is sensitive to their needs." A show themselves to men who minority groups are not impacted. spokesman for Afghanistan's are not their relatives. "If there is no suitable opt- Independent Election No official data for female out, and women are forced to show Commission (IEC) said biometric voter turnout in the September their face in public in order to images of women were taken by elections is available, but Sheila exercise their democratic right, female staff where possible and Qayumi at the non-profit then this is hugely problematic," the pictures were stored securely Equality for Peace and he said. "I would seriously in a digital database. Democracy in Kabul said question the need to have such "This was part of the election women made up only a fraction stringent voter ID requirements reforms we have undertaken to of voters. for any election in any country." curb fraud and for greater "They were not comfortable Women were already transparency. In the past, men showing their faces in public, or underrepresented in Afghanistan's were voting in the name of were not sure how their pictures election process, accounting for a women without any checks," said would be used," she said. third of more than 9.6 million IEC spokesman Abdul Aziz "These cultural sensitivities registered voters, according to the Ibrahimi. "Some women agreed must be taken into account, and IEC. During their strict Islamist to have their pictures taken, women informed properly. Or rule from 1996-2001, the Afghan others did not. Perhaps our we risk losing their say in the Taliban banned women from awareness campaign on the affairs of the country," said education, voting and most work. technology did not reach Qayumi, whose organisation Women were not allowed to leave everyone, but that can be works on raising women's their homes without permission addressed in future." participation in politics. and a male escort.

anipat is only the latest British Indian Army and 6,000– Certification (CBFC), said the Speaking to ThePrint on in a series of Bollywood 10,000 Afridi and Orakzai sources. According to an office condition of anonymity, an I&B films that have caused Pashtun tribesmen. It was memorandum from the Information ministry official said such issues concern in Afghanistan criticised for its inaccurate and Broadcasting Ministry dated have been flagged time and again over their depiction of Afghans. portrayal of the Afghans and 21 June, the CBFC told the by various communities in case In April this year, the Afghan their motivations. In the April government that it was committed of historical films. West Indies whitewashed embassy in a written letter, Afghanistan’s Ministry of to sensitising filmmakers on the “You never know whose Afghanistan with utter communication to the Indian Foreign Affairs brought to New concerns raised by Afghanistan. It sentiment will be hurt by what dominance in the three-match government had expressed Delhi’s notice that these films also shared the concerns with all piece of available history,” the ODI series. And, now both the concerns about the portrayal of had an “undesirable depiction” its regional officers who are official said, citing instances of teams will lock horns in the Afghans in other Bollywood films of the Afghans, highly-placed responsible for examining and Padmavaat and Jodha Akbar (a shorter format of the game such as Kabul Express (2006), sources in the government said. certifying films in different 2008 film by Gowariker based on starting on November 14. Padmavaat (2018) and Kesari Ashutosh Gowariker’s Panipat, languages across the country. the life of Mughal emperor Meanwhile, Sher Khan, an (2019), ThePrint has learnt. Kabir which created controversy last Sources in the CBFC said it also Akbar), which were embroiled in Afghani fan, had hogged the Khan’s Kabul Express centered week after the release of its trailer, communicated to the government massive controversies before limelight recently due to his on the characters of two Indian had prompted the letter from that it would discuss the issue at their release. Last week, ThePrint height and has come out with the journalists making their way Afghanistan. its next board meeting and reported the Afghanistan revelations on what all through war-torn Afghanistan. Slated for release on 6 suggested sharing Afghanistan’s embassy’s letter to the Ministry difficulties he has faced till now Based on the legend of Indian December, Panipat is based on concerns with film associations and of External Affairs over the in India. On Thursday, in the final queen Padmavati, the story of the Third Battle of Panipat the makers of Panipat. The depiction of Afghanistan founder, encounter of the 50-over series, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period- between the Maratha Empire and Embassy of Afghanistan declined king Ahmad Shah Abdali, in Afghanistan posted a decent total drama Padmaavat featured 13th the Ahmad Shah Abdali-led to comment. However, Panipat. The embassy said the of 247 runs in front of West century Afghan king Alauddin Durrani Empire in 1761. Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of film might provoke emotions of Indies. During, the chase, a slow Khilji as a scheming ruler. Based The concerns raised by Foreign Affairs H.E. Idrees Zaman Afghans which others may but a brilliant century coming on the Battle of Saragarhi, Anurag India’s strategic partner were reportedly met India’s ambassador exploit to harm the relations from the bat of Shai Hope helped The Afghani fan also recited that said. Singh’s period film Kesari was discussed nearly a month later to Kabul, Vinay Kumar Sunday between India and Afghanistan. the team to win the 3rd ODI that he is a bachelor and is into the The tall Afghan fan caught about the 1897 battle between 21 with India’s film certification over the issue. It also sought a meeting with I&B was played at Bharat Ratna Shri business of dry-fruit. Also, he many eyeballs when he was not soldiers of the 36th Sikhs of the body, the Central Board of Film ‘You never know’ Minister Prakash Javadekar. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana added that this is not his first getting the hotel to stay in Cricket Stadium. Also, this is the time in the subcontinent country. Lucknow because of his height. He first ODI series win of the “People here have came to India all the way from Caribbean team in last five years. portrayed me almost 10 inches Kabul to attend the ODI series Earlier, they defeated Bangladesh taller than my actual height. I between Afghanistan and West by 3-0 back in 2014. am not 8’2? as is being reported Indies but, he couldn’t find a In a telephonic conversation in the media. My height is 7’4?. proper roof to stay because of his with Deccan Chronicle, Sher I am a bachelor and no one in appearance and height. However, Khan said that the people in India my family is as tall as me. I am the police helped him in getting have portrayed him taller than his in the dry-fruit business in my proper accommodation, after actual height. As per him, his country and this is not my first verifying his documents and actual height is 7’4?, not 8’2?. visit to this country,” Sher Khan credentials.

and nobody could stay there because of the nasty stink there. “These addicts are behind robberies. When they find the door to a house open, they force their way inside and take away valuables. They even steal things from mosques,” he claimed. Ghulam Nabi, another resident of Zaranj, also spoke of the growing numbers of addicts. He added most of residents were worried about the situation. He feared the free movement of junkies around the city could result in addiction among other youth and children. Another dweller, Nazir Ahmad, also expressed concern over the rising number of drug ZARANJ: The number of drug addicts in Nimroz was recorded addicts in the city. addicts in southwestern Nimroz at 12,000, including 600 women He said: “Places where they province surged by 27.5 percent and children, reads a Pajhwok consume drugs are polluted. Heaps in 2019, compared with the Afghan News report. of garbage spawn dangerous insects previous year, officials said on Residents complain of the that move to other areas and pose Tuesday. Officials and residents problems created by drug addicts a serious public health risk.” Public complained of multiple problems on footpaths and in almost all Health Director Dr. Khesro being created by the increasing corners of the provincial capital, Yusufzai confirmed: “The addicts population of drug addicts in the resulting in disorder, robberies, cause problems for citizens and province. kidnappings and pollution. health officials. They contribute to The Department of Public Resident Abdul Hameed told pollution and disorder and are Health says 15,300 people, Pajhwok Afghan News drug involved in robberies.” He said including 1,000 women and addicts had flooded all parts of efforts were underway to set up children, are addicted to different the city, bothering the citizens. more clinics and rehabilitation kinds of drugs. Every place occupied by centres with higher capacity and Last year, the number of drug drug addicts becomes polluted greater facilities for drug addicts. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES AzadiMarch:Maulana Fazlhintsat executing ‘PlanBandPlanC’

PM Modi conducted the Cabinet meeting before leaving for Brazil for the BRICS summit.

Pawar to take the final call after the scheduled 5pm meeting with senior Congress leaders who are flying down to Mumbai. “Pawar Sahab will meet Con- gress leaders KC Venugopal, Mallkarjun Kharge and Ahmed Patel at 5 pm to have detailed discussions. The MLAs have Tens of thousands of opposition capital with Maulana Fazlur Re- authorised him to take the final supporters led by JUI-F’s Maul- hman in the chair. JUI-F’s central call,” NCP leader Nawab Malik ana Fazlur Rehman have gath- executive committee, all four pro- said in Mumbai after the NCP ered in Islamabad to demand the vincial chiefs of the party and top meeting. The state has been in ouster of Prime Minister Imran party leaders are attending the political turmoil since October Khan, warning of chaos if their meeting. According to sources, the 24 when Maharashtra assembly demands were not met. The pro- future of the protest is being de- results were announced giving test in the capital is the first con- cided in the meeting while con- 105 seats to the BJP, 56 to Shiv certed opposition challenge the sultations regarding the Plan B are Sena, 54 to NCP and 44 to the cricket star-turned-politician has being held. After final discussions Congress in the House of 288 faced since he won a general elec- on the future course of action, where the halfway mark is 145. tion last year promising to end new decisions regarding ‘Azadi While the BJP and Sena fought corruption. Security remains March’ are likely to be taken in the elections together they had tight in Islamabad with the gov- today’s meeting. trouble coming to an agreement ernment and diplomatic sector – line-945-1524832522November about portfolios and about a just a few kilometres from the 12, 11:00am Firdous urges Fazl shared Chief Minister deal with rally site – sealed off, and roads to shun negative politics both parties hardening their po- blocked from shipping contain- Special Assistant to PM on In- sitions over the issue. Koshyari ers. KEY DEVELOPMENTS formation and Broadcasting Fir- first invited the BJP to form the Government has rejected resig- dous Ashiq Awan has urged JUI- government on Saturday, but af- nation demand, PM rules out the F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ter the saffron party said it was possibility of an NRO for pro- to shun negative politics and not in position to show majori- test leaders Pakistan Army reaf- adopt a more democratic manner ty, he invited the Shiv Sena to firms continued support to state of protest. In a series of tweets The Union Cabinet on Tuesday tral rule in the state. After the recommended the President’s van. form government on Sunday. The institutions DG ISPR says the on Tuesday, she said the JUI-F recommended President’s rule in meeting, the prime minister left for rule. “Governor of Maharashtra This Cabinet decision came even Shiv Sena, however, could not army is an impartial institution should not undermine the system Maharashtra where no political Brazil to attend the BRICS sum- Bhagat Singh Koshyari having as the Nationalist Congress Party present required letters of sup- which supports legitimate gov- by making unconstitutional and party has been able to form a gov- mit. The Cabinet decision followed been satisfied that as Govt of was in a huddle and the Congress port while staking their claim and ernments; has no role in politics undemocratic demands. Firdous ernment after the assembly polls intense speculation for hours that Maharashtra cannot be carried on top leaders were on way to Mum- sought more time which was dis- Deadlock persists after the sec- said, “Maulana [Fazl] is worried last month. The Union cabinet, Governor Bhagar SIngh Koshiyari in accordance with the Constitu- bai to streamline the arrangement allowed. Subsequently, Koshy- ond round of negotiations live- about why the genuine public rule chaired by Prime Minister Naren- had recommended President’s rule tion, has today submitted a re- for the government formation in ari invited the NCP to form the updates-9451 has been established in Pakistan dra Modi, met in Delhi to discuss in the state and an initial denial by port as contemplated by the pro- the state. The move came as the government in the state on Mon- November 12, 2:36pm for the first time, instead of the the political impasse in Maha- the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. visions of Article 356 of Consti- NCP legislators discussed politi- day evening giving a deadline of Fazl chairs crucial meeting rule of a few families.” rashtra and decided to recommend Finally the Governor’s house re- tution (President’s Rule),” read a cal developments in the state and 8 pm Tuesday. But, even before An important meeting of the She asked the JUI-F chief not to to the president to impose Cen- leased a statement saying it has communique from the Raj Bha- authorised party chief Sharad the deadline could expire. JUI-F is being held in the federal exploit his workers. Nepal seeksearlymeeting toresolveKalapani dispute Upset with the inclusion of the the contesting territorial claims of its Darchula district. Kapalani disputed Kalapani area in India’s of India and Nepal over the Kal- is, at present, part of Pithoragarh Rescuers in Bangladesh were updated official map following apani region which lies on the district in Uttarakhand and the struggling on Tuesday to pull Jammu and Kashmir’s bifurca- north eastern tip of Uttarakhand, Indo-Tibetan Border Police passengers from mangled wreck- tion, Nepal is pressing India to close to the borders of Nepal and (ITBP) is stationed there since age after a head-on collision of have a meeting at the foreign sec- Tibet. Under pressure from the 1962, the year India fought a war two trains killed at least 16 peo- retary-level to resolve the issue. Opposition, Nepalese Prime with China. The Nepalese claim ple and injured more than 40, of- This is in keeping with an earlier Minister KP Sharma Oli said on India then “occupied” the Kala- ficials said. A train heading for the decision by the two countries to Monday that the government is pani area. The latest round of con- southern port city of Chittagong resolve boundary disputes working on a formal proposal to troversy began soon after India and one bound for Dhaka collid- through a mechanism at the level have bilateral talks with India on came out with an updated map ed at around 3 a.m. (2100 GMT) of foreign secretaries. Nepalese the Kalapani dispute. Stating following J&K’s reorganisation. in Brahmanbaria, about 100 km envoy Nilamber Acharya met this while meeting leaders of the In response, the foreign ministry (60 miles) east of the capital, foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale Nepal Communist Party (NCP), of Nepal issued a statement on crumpling three compartments of in New Delhi on November 8 Oli also told his party secretari- November 6 stating: “The Nepal the southbound train. “When I where he is learnt to have urged at that evidence to prove Nepal’s government firmly believes that came out of the train, I saw dead the latter to have an early meet- claims over Kalapani was being the Kalapani is a part of Nepal”. bodies without heads, without ing of the two foreign secretar- prepared. The Kalapani dispute The statement further said that legs, without hands,” Mohammad ies. Three days later, the Ne- has been festering for decades. the government of Nepal was ful- Moslem, 50, who was among the palese embassy tweeted, saying, The bone of contention is land ly committed towards protecting passengers, many of them asleep “Matters of bilateral relations measuring around 35 square ki- its international borders and that at the time, told Reuters by tele- were discussed, including bound- lometres that both neighbours any unilateral move to alter the phone. “We were so close to ary issue”. The reference was to stake claim to. Nepal calls it part border demarcation. death, but Allah saved us,” added Moslem, who was riding on the train headed for the port. “Sud- denly there was a big bang. I saw People gather at the site where two train collided in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, Novem- Post-Ayodhya verdict, UP government people were screaming,” one of ber 12, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES those on the train going to Dhaka reviews security of 59 people said in television footage. Televi- Dowlah Khan told Reuters by tele- tals,” Khan said, with some in port for the victims. It was not sion broadcast images of doctors phone, warning that the toll could critical condition. Prime Minis- immediately clear how the two hanced to Z plus while BJP MLA treating people for broken limbs rise during the rescue effort by fire, ter Sheikh Hasina expressed trains came to be on the same track, Sangeet Som, who has been in the and head injuries at hospitals. “So police, border guard and army of- shock and sorrow at the injuries and the government has ordered limelight for controversial state- far, 16 bodies have been recov- ficials. “More than 40 injured peo- and loss of lives, urging officials an investigation. ments, will also get Z plus securi- ered,” district official Hayat Ud ple have been admitted in hospi- and the public to provide sup- (Reuters) ty instead of the earlier Y plus security Former ministers Ram- veer Upadhyay and Naresh Agar- wal will get Y plus protection. No development in The security of Iqbal Ansari, a Sri Lankans sound alarm litigant in Ayodhya dispute case as well as that of the former law- eight districts maker Ram Vilas Vedanti, who is a senior member of Ramjanamb- over Facebook fake news SURKHET: Development activi- hoomi Nyas has also been ties has been nil in eight districts strengthened. The Y plus securi- of Karnali Province. According to ty given to mediators in Ayodhya sources at the Provincial Treasury dispute, including Sri Sri Ravi ahead of election Comptroller Office of Surkhet, no Shankar, Justice Kafiullah and Sri development activities have been Ram Panchu, has been with- Sri Lankan civil society groups has not launched in Sri Lanka all try have been raised by the chair- implemented in districts other than drawn. The landmark November are sounding alarms about Face- of the transparency tools for mon- man of the National Elections 9 order was preceded by appeals book’s policies in advance of the itoring election ads that it built for Commission (NEC) and People’s Surkhet and Rukum. Furthermore, as per data with the office, the for calm by top religious and po- country’s 16 November presi- other countries after the platform Action for Free and Fair Elections The Uttar Pradesh government the intelligence input, the securi- litical leaders and a nationwide dential election, with warnings was used to carry out a Russian (Paffrel), a civil society group that government has spent 10.1 mil- has revised the security of 59 ty of some people was revised”. lion rupees in Surkhet in the first security alert to prevent any at- that the company’s controversial interference campaign in the 2016 has long monitored Sri Lanka’s persons, including litigants and Keeping in mind the threat per- tempt by miscreants to inflame decision to allow politicians to US presidential election. The par- elections. They have questioned quarter, of the fiscal, while some religious leaders associated with ception, the security for those tempers in a case that has been advertise misinformation is “in- tial suite of tools is “both entirely whether and how Facebook will 222,387 rupees has been spent in Ayodhya title suit, days after the linked with the Ayodhya case has followed intently by the Hindu appropriate and incendiary to inadequate and unhelpful”, Hat- enforce the country’s law ban- Rukum. However, districts such Supreme Court decided the case been either strengthened or down- and Muslim community. boot”. Sanjana Hattotuwa, a se- totuwa wrote. “I see no valid rea- ning all political propaganda in as Humla, Mugu, Jumla, Kalikot, handing over the disputed land graded. The chairman of the Ut- Prime Minister Narendra nior researcher for the Centre for son for Facebook to treat Sri Lan- the 48 hours prior to an election Dailekh, Jajarkot, Salyan and Dol- to Hindus while ruling that Mus- tar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Modi welcomed the Supreme Policy Alternatives (CPA), on 7 ka’s presidential election any dif- – a so-called “cooling period”. “I pa have seen zero development lims must get a 5-acre alterna- Board, Wasim Rizvi and the Court’s verdict and said the deci- November published a letter he ferently than the Indian Lok Sab- don’t know how we can ensure activities run by the provincial tive plot. A Home Department chairman of UP Sunni Central sion taken ‘amicably’ will ‘fur- had sent to Facebook on 30 Sep- ha [parliamentary] election, and all sorts of Facebook political government so far this fiscal. officer said, “the security of the Waqf Board, Zufar Farooqi, will ther strengthen’ confidence in the tember seeking additional support thus, make available in Sri Lanka campaigning activities are A version of this article ap- litigants and religious leaders now get Y plus security, up from judicial system. “This decision of for civil society groups monitor- the same oversight and resources stopped after the ban on cam- was analyzed after the Supreme the previous Y category securi- pears in print on November 12, the Supreme Court is important ing the election because he said that were rapidly iterated for In- paigning from midnight on Court verdict on the Ayodhya ty. The security of cabinet min- for several reasons: It shows how he had received no response. In dia.” Other concerns about Face- Wednesday,” the NEC chairman, 2019 of The Himalayan Times. dispute. In view of the threat ister Suresh Rana and Nand Go- (AP) important is to follow the legal the letter, he noted that Facebook book’s responsibility to the coun- Mahinda Deshapriya. perception and on the basis of pal Gupta Nandi has been en- process in resolving a dispute. Gambia accuses Myanmar of PM faces resistance in PTI over Nawaz's exit For the last couple of days, a sec- on the same grounds which bad- political leader then how he the government in giving conces- Rohingya 'genocide' at top UN court tion of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-In- ly affected the PML-N govern- would end the impression of a sion to Nawaz as the Jamiat Ule- saf (PTI) is pressuring Prime ment as it could not come to deal. The PTI leader believed ma-e-Islam-Fazl’s ‘Azadi March’ Myanmar has been accused of breaching the 1948 UN Genocide military leaders to be put on trial Minister Imran Khan not to allow terms with the fact that the dic- that the party got majority of threat still loomed.Likewise, Fed- perpetrating genocide against its Convention through a military for genocide. Rohingya refugees former premier Nawaz Sharif to tator evaded punishment,” said the votes in the last general elec- eral Minister for Science and Tech- Rohingya Muslim minority in a campaign targeting Rohingya in in the Thangkhali refugee camp, go abroad for medical treatment, a senior PTI leader. “Even the tions on the basis of the narra- nology Fawad Chaudhry revealed landmark lawsuit filed at the Unit- Rakhine state. The 2017 crack- Bangladesh. Explainer: Who are saying it would be a complete de- PTI workers are texting the lead- tive of “accountability against that all the members of the feder- ed Nations’ top court. The law- down forced at least 740,000 Ro- the Rohingya Muslims? "Gam- feat of the government’s account- ership not to allow Nawaz to go corrupt political leaders” and al cabinet were not in the favour suit - filed by the small West Af- hingya to flee over the border into bia is taking this action to seek ability narrative. “We should learn abroad.” He also wondered that Nawaz’s departure would be a of removing former prime minis- rican country of the Gambia in sprawling camps in Bangladesh. justice and accountability for the a lesson from the departure of when the prime minister time and political lost for the party. The ter’s name from the Exit Control the International Court of Justice UN investigators last year genocide being committed by former military ruler Pervez again repeated that he would not PTI leader also wondered what List (ECL). Fawad told media- (ICJ) - accuses Myanmar of called for some of Myanmar's top Myanmar against the Rohingya." Musharraf as he left the country give an NRO-type deal to any would be the political benefit for persons that he also opposed. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES News-in-Brief Germany detains France, Germany, Britain'extremely Bolivia'sMorales three Islamic State suspects over concerned' after Iran's nuclear breaches fliestoMexico, attack plan German police have detained three people in the western city freshpollspossible of Offenbach on suspicion of planning an attack using explo- sives on behalf of the Islamic amidprotests State militant group, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Prosecutors Evo Morales, who has resigned the request had been granted. said the main suspect is a 24- as Bolivia's president, flew to Ebrard said Morales' life was in year-old German of Macedonian Mexico on Monday evening as danger and the decision to grant origin who had wanted to manu- facture explosives and had tried a senator expected to succeed him asylum was in Mexico's long to buy a weapon online. His two him in the interim pledged to call tradition of sheltering exiles. accomplices are Turkish nation- fresh elections. Morales' gov- Morales, who was the country's als aged 22 and 21. ernment collapsed on Sunday first indigenous president, board- after ruling party allies quit and ed a Mexican government plane the army urged him to step late on Monday night from the Merkel expects down in the wake of a disputed central Bolivian town of Chimore, British parliament election. Unrest on the streets a stronghold of his supporters to approve Brexit of Bolivia has continued in the where he retreated over the week- wake of his resignation. end after weeks of protests over a deal Why has Mexico offered asy- disputed election win loosened his lum? Mexico's Foreign Minis- grip on power. German Chancellor Angela Mer- kel said on Tuesday that she ex- ter Marcelo Ebrard said he had In a tweet, he confirmed he was pected Britain’s parliament to received a call from Morales "to departing for Mexico, but pledged approve British Prime Minister verbally and formally request to return with more "strength and Boris Johnson’s divorce deal asylum in our country" and that energy." (CGTN) with the European Union. The United Kingdom voted by France, Britain and Germany said they were extremely concerned by implementation of its JCPoA "We stand ready to continue our 52%-48% in 2016 to quit the EU, on Monday that they would its decision to resume uranium en- commitments." Iran is enriching diplomatic efforts to create the albeit without deciding how it consider a dispute resolution richment at the Fordow plant, uranium at its underground For- conditions for, and to facilitate, South Sudan, China would be done. Parliament, how- mechanism enshrined in the 2015 though stopped short of directly dow site and rapidly accelerating the de-escalation of tensions in ever, has been deadlocked since a Iran nuclear deal that could lead urging sanctions. enrichment more broadly, a report the Middle East," the E3 coun- 2017 snap election over how, to United Nations sanctions be- "Iran's action ... has potentially by the UN atomic watchdog tries said. ink deal to boost when and even whether to leave. ing re-imposed for recent breach- severe proliferation implications," found earlier on Monday. It is the "These efforts are however made Johnson, who had promised to es of the pact. In a joint state- the three countries said in the state- latest in a series of steps through increasingly difficult by Iran's lat- deliver Brexit on Oct. 31 “do or ment, the three countries, known ment. "We affirm our readiness to which it has overstepped the lim- est actions." France, Britain and health cooperation die”, demanded a Dec. 12 elec- as the E3, warned Iran that its consider all mechanisms in the its of the 2015 pact, in response Germany also called on Iran to A visiting delegation from Chi- tion agreements would enable the tion after parliament - where he latest actions were hindering JCPoA (nuclear deal), including the to the United States withdraw- comply fully with the interna- na’s Anhui Province has signed Chinese doctors working in South has no majority - frustrated. their efforts to defuse tensions dispute resolution mechanism, to ing from the accord and re-impos- tional atomic watchdog after one cooperation agreements with Sudan to continue providing free in the region. They added that resolve the issues related to Iran's ing sanctions. of its inspectors. (CGTN) South Sudan’s Ministry of medical care and capacity build- Three dead in Thai Health and a local university ing services. The Chinese delega- court shooting as aimed at strengthening health tion also signed a Memorandum Over 800,000 cooperation in areas that ad- of Understanding (MOU) for ca- ex-policeman fires vance health and well-being of pacity building and knowledge on accusers children die SixworkerskilledinOmanas communities. The five-member sharing agreement with the Uni- delegation led by Shan Xiang versity of Upper Nile, a leading An ex-policeman killed two peo- of pneumonia Qian, Party Chief of Anhui Pro- public institution in South Sudan. ple in a Thai court before being undergroundwater tunnelfloods vincial Health Commission, “The objective of this MOU is shot dead by police after he worldwide Six workers have died in the Omani tion of underground channelling ly saddened to learn about the inked an agreement with South for the training of medical doctors opened fire on two plaintiffs, and capital of Muscat when the under- used to transport water. It is un- incident involving [the] death of Sudan’s Ministry of Health on and for the Chinese also to benefit their lawyers, who had accused Pneumonia claimed the lives of ground water pipes they were lay- clear if the repair work was con- six workers, who are believed to Friday to enhance knowledge from our local environment in him of laying false charges and sharing, capacity building, and which they will be able to treat giving false testimony, police said more than 800,000 children un- ing flooded amid heavy rains. nected to the recent heavy rains be Indian nationals, in Seeb area der the age of five last year, or There was no official comment on or if the tunnels are to transport of Muscat, Oman, following the exchange programs. The Chi- some diseases which are not in on Tuesday. The shootings oc- nese team donated medicine to China,” said Marial Awou Yol, curred at a court in Chanthaburi one child every 39 seconds, ac- why the men were working on the rain or fresh-water. The Times of heavy rains on November 10,” province, east of Bangkok. The cording to the UN’s children agen- pipe 14 meters below ground giv- Oman reported that rescue teams the embassy said on Tuesday. South Sudan’s main referral hos- Vice-Chancellor of Upper Nile victims included one of the plain- cy. “Every day, nearly 2,200 chil- en the inclement weather that has used heavy-duty pumps to drain The General Federation of Oman pital, Juba Teaching Hospital, University. China has provided tiffs and one lawyer, a spokes- dren under the age of five die from brought flooding and road closures the water from the 295-meter Workers said they would closely where the seventh batch of the material and technical support to man for the Court of Justice said pneumonia, a curable and most- across the country. Rescue work- long concrete pipe where the men monitor the investigation into the China Medical team is stationed. South Sudan to help the world’s in a statement. The former po- ly preventable disease. Strong ers attempted to save the men but were working. The Indian Embas- men’s deaths. There was no con- “What we did in the past years youngest republic deal with lice officer, identified as Tharin global commitment and increased were unable to reach them in time. sy in Muscat said that all six men firmation on the nationalities of is not enough. There is still a lot health-related challenges. Phase Chantharathip, and his accusers investments are critical to the Their bodies were recovered from were believed to have been Indi- the six men. Elsewhere in Oman, to be done for the local people one of the China-aided project for had been locked in several. fight against this disease,” said the pipes around 12 hours after an nationals. the body of a man swept away according to the agreements be- modernization and expansion of French police Henrietta Fore, executive direc- the incident. The men were report- Did cloud seeding contribute by floodwater in the Rustaq area tween our two sides,” said Shan. health facilities in South Sudan is tor of UNICEF, in a report re- edly carrying out repairs on a sec- to Sunday's storm? “We are deep- was found by authorities. Shan said the new coopera- nearing conclusion. (CGTN) disperse protesters leased on Monday. Pneumonia blocking major is caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, and leaves children fight- Drought-hit Spain-France ing for breath as their lungs fill ErdogansaysTurkeywill keepdeportingDaesh road link with pus and fluid, according to UNICEF. “Just five countries Zimbabwe French riot police were dispers- were responsible for more than ing on Tuesday morning hun- fightersregardlessof whether countriesaccept them dreds of Catalan pro-indepen- half of child pneumonia deaths: to transfer dence demonstrators who had Nigeria (162,000), India The statement comes a week after don’t care. We will continue to Daesh prisoners in northeastern itants still in Turkish prisons. been blocking a major road link (127,000), Pakistan (58,000), the Turkish Interior Minister Suley- deport them”, Erdogan told re- Syria during its Operation Peace Late last month, James Jeffrey, that connects the Spanish region Democratic Republic of Congo man Soylu said that Ankara will porters in Ankara on Tuesday. Spring which started on 9 Octo- the US special representative thousands with France for nearly 24 hours. (40,000) and Ethiopia (32,000),” send the Daesh* prisoners it has The statement comes after ber and was suspended after a for Syria engagement and global Police on the French side of the the report said. Most of the chil- captured back to their home coun- Turkish Interior Minister Suley- ceasefire was clinched on 17 head of the coalition to defeat of animals border at La Jonquera were seen dren’s deaths took place under tries. Turkish President Recep man Soylu pledged earlier this Ocdtober. Ankara said the oper- Daesh, stated that about 100 pushing protesters to the Span- the age of two, while about Tayyip Erdogan has stated that month that Ankara would send ation was essential to oust Kur- Daesh prisoners have escaped Zimbabwe's wildlife agency said ish side, removing debris from the 153,000 of the children died dur- Ankara would go ahead with de- Daesh militants it has seized back dish militants and Daesh fighters detention since the beginning of on Monday that it would move AP-7 highway, a major route from ing their first month, it said. portation of Daesh terrorists re- to their home countries. He also from the border area and estab- Turkey’s military operation in hundreds of elephants and other France to southern Spain that was “The disease can be prevent- gardless of whether home countries said that Ankara won't tolerate lish a security zone for Syrian Syria’s northeast earlier this animals in a dramatic bid to save blocked in both directions. Trucks ed with vaccines, and easily treat- will accept them. “Who stayed on Europe's inaction on the issue of refugees there. Erdogan, for his month. “We would say that the them from a lethal drought. At and other traffic had been divert- ed with low-cost antibiotics if least 120 elephants have died over ed to another smaller road. the border there, which country did Daesh prisoners when Turkey is part, said that Turkey has thus number is now over 100. We do properly diagnosed,” the report receive their [Daesh] militants and left alone to deal with them. Tur- far deported a total of 7,500 not know where they are”, Jef- the past two months as the coun- added. which one did fail to do so - we key captured some escaped Daesh terrorists, with 1,149 mil- frey told Congress. try grapples with one of the worst 12 people including droughts in its history. "We are 2 journalists moving 600 elephants, two prides detained in Izmir of lion comprising between five Six people killed, 37 and 10 members, a pack of wild Police forces have raided several Democrats dogs, 50 buffalo, 40 giraffes and houses this morning in line with injured as bus plunges 2,000 impalas," parks and wild- an investigation launched by life authority spokesman Tinashe Izmir Public Prosecutor’s Office. release new Farawo said. 12 people were taken into custo- off cliff in Peru: Reports The animals will be moved dy following the house raids car- testimony from Save Conservancy, a major ried out in Izmir and Istanbul prov- park in southeastern Zimbabwe, inces. The detainees include two to three other game reserves. "This journalists; Mesopotamia Agen- from Trump will be the biggest translocation in cy (MA) reporter Ruken Demir our history," said Farawo. The and Jin News reporter Melike impeachment transfer will start "during the rain Aydin. The detainees have been season, when pastures and foliage taken to provincial police depart- start flourishing," he added. The ment and are not allowed access inquiry as rain season usually starts from to lawyers due to a 24-hour re- around the middle of November, striction imposed on them. during which the animals will have Mesopotamia Agency announced public hearing the names of the detainees as fol- lower risk of starving to death. The lows: Ruken Demir, Melike Ay- relocation was announced after the din, Selma Altan, Hediye Tekin, anticipation death of dozens of elephants in Mehmet Gergin, Sehmus Daghan, Hwange, Zimbabwe's biggest game reserve, located in the northwest Murat Tufan, Sait Bahadir, Ra- A passenger bus has plunged off airport being situated in Juliaca, mazan Tufan, Ismail Akbay, a cliff in Peru, killing at least six according to the RPP broadcaster. grows of the country. Hungry elephants Hayri Dikilitas and Mazlum Koç. people and injuring 37 more, Pe- The investigation is ongoing, have been breaking out of wildlife ruvian media reported, citing the and the number of casualties may A Pentagon official detailed con- Trump showed. Testimony by for Ukraine be withheld until areas and raiding human settle- Lebanese banks Prosecutor’s Office. The acci- later rise, RPP added. Fatal road fusion and concern in the U.S. Laura Cooper, deputy assistant the nation's President Volody- ments in search for food, posing a dent took place late on Monday accidents are frequent in Peru due national security apparatus after secretary of defense, is the latest myr Zelenskiy publicly threat to communities. Several close on security as the passenger bus was head- to speeding, poor road conditions the White House blocked aid to released in a series to be made launched an investigation into southern African countries are in fears amid talks on ing from Puno to Juliaca — one and dangerous turns. In early Oc- Ukraine without explanation, tes- public that reveals the internal one of Trump's top political ri- the grip of one of the worst of the most popular tourist des- tober, 23 people were killed in a timony released Monday by the machinations of the administra- vals. The panel also released droughts in decades, caused by new government tinations due to Lake Titikaka bus crash in the southern Cusco congressional impeachment pan- tion as Trump insisted that 400 testimony on Monday from months of above-average temper- el into U.S. President Donald million U.S. dollars in aid slated Catherine Croft. Lebanon’s banks and schools tours starting from Puno and the region. atures and erratic rainfall. were shut on Tuesday in a new wave of disruption as politicians struggled to agree on a new gov- ernment to steer the country out Two die during heavy of its worst economic crisis since Iraq's elite rallies around Iran-backed the 1975-90 civil war. President Michel Aoun said formal consul- rains in South Africa tations with MPs to nominate a plan to hang on to power new prime minister and form the Two people have died amid worst hit by the heavy rains that cabinet would be held soon. downpours in an eastern prov- killed over 70 people in April. Iraq’s ruling parties appear to been demanding the entire caste of politicians be swept Ahead of the formal discussions, ince of South Africa brought South Africa’s Weather Service have rallied behind a strategy, aside. Iran has been closely involved in formulating the politicians have been trying to down their house, a few months warned further downpours were blessed by Iran, to try to survive new strategy, with a number of meetings between po- agree on the composition of the after many were killed in anoth- expected. Local media showed im- a mass anti-government uprising litical groups and government figures attended by Qas- government to replace caretaker er torrential rain. “A man and a ages of flooded and damaged roads. by containing protests on the sem Soleimani, the general who commands the Quds Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s woman died when their house KwaZulu-Natal, where many outgoing cabinet. Bank branch- streets of Baghdad while offering Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that supervises collapsed,” Robert Mckenzie, live in flimsy houses without prop- a package of political reforms and Tehran’s clients across the Middle East. Two sources es, which were closed for nearly media liaison officer for KwaZu- er foundations or drainage systems, half of October, shut again on elections next year. But the pro- with knowledge of the talks said Soleimani had ap- lu-Natal Emergency Medical Ser- often gets heavy rain, but April’s posed solution involves keeping proved the reform plan, which would keep Prime Min- fears for the safety of staff who vices told Reuters by phone. death toll was rare. President Cyril have felt intimidated by custom- KwaZulu-Natal, a province that Ramaphosa said during a visit to in power a ruling elite that Iran ister Adel Abdul Mahdi in power until new elections ers demanding access to their sits on South Africa’s eastern affected communities at the time has cultivated for years - unlike- next year, as it would give Iran time to recalculate how money and protesters. coast, was already one of the that such events were partly down. ly to placate protesters who have to retain influence. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion OnVeteransDay,Americansshouldthinkless AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy about thewarriorsandmoreabout thewars Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir Graphic-Designers: Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0782344728, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 119: Members of the Supreme Court shall take the following oath of office in the presence of the President: “In the of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, I swear in the name of God Almighty to attain justice and righteousness in accordance with tenets of the Holy religion of Islam, provisions of this Constitution as well as other laws of Afghanistan, and to execute the judicial duty with utmost honesty, righteousness and impartiality.” By GIL BARNDOLLAR service. Their pride in the na- main, appear to not care enough and Iraqi soldiers. During the tion’s armed forces and in their to actually learn about our un- speech, Kelly blasted “those who This Veterans Day, Americans will own service is largely un- winnable wars and push our pol- claim to support [veterans] but roll out the thanks: parades, trib- dimmed. A January survey by iticians to end them. not the cause that takes their in- utes and enough free chain restau- Smithsonian magazine, Stars and The war in Afghanistan quietly nocence, their limbs and even their rant food to satiate the most glut- Stripes and George Mason Uni- marked its 18th year last month, lives.” He noted that even with tonous Marine for a week. Some versity found that 90% of U.S. occasioning a few grim jokes and our all-volunteer military, “as a U.S. veterans, particularly those veterans would make the choice what appeared to be a collective democracy, ‘we the people’ — and who have served overseas in com- to serve again and nearly as many national shrug. Amorphous terms that by definition is every one of bat, are increasingly skeptical of would want their son or daugh- like “security” and “terrorism” us — sent them away from home this cheap grace. Despite the of- ter to serve in the military. Yet, remain a major concern of vot- and hearth to fight our enemies. ten-genuine outpouring of affec- in spite of that justifiable pride, ers, but the actual wars are gen- We are all responsible.” Kelly had tion, thanks and “support” for this country’s veterans have erally ignored. With news con- it half right. We are all responsi- veterans, many Americans know come to grasp the futility and sumption mainly occurring on- ble. But unquestioning support Prisoner sw ap; progress little and seemingly care even less the hubris of the wars on which line, American journalists have or apathy for our wars is also a about the wars their veterans have most spent their youth. A Pew told me that reporting on the betrayal. We don’t care about our fought over the past two decades. Research Center survey over the wars receives little attention — veterans if we don’t care about t ow ard peace or false hope? A reminder: Veterans Day is for summer found that 64% of vet- stories about the conflict in Af- the wars those veterans fought, the living, not the dead. We have erans thought the war in Iraq was ghanistan get few clicks in 2019. wars that are still being fought, Memorial Day, half a year away, not worth fighting, and 58% said Even at the height of the Iraq war with no victory in sight. Stash the The government of Afghanistan has decided to release Anas to mourn those who made the ul- the same about the war in Af- in 2006, most young American free food and stifle the rote Haqqani, Haji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid, three Haqqani timate sacrifice for their comrades ghanistan. Despite being largely adults couldn’t find Iraq on a map “Thank you for your service.” If and their country. America now successful at the time the sur- of the Middle East. they truly support their veterans, Network commanders in exchange for the release of Kevin has nearly 3.5 million post-9/11 vey was taken, the campaign Nearly a decade ago, long before Americans should learn about the King, an American and Timothy Weeks, an Australian veterans, a little over 1% of the against Islamic State in Syria was he was President Trump’s em- wars being fought in their name, total U.S. population. The oldest also viewed as “not worth it” by battled chief of staff or a private with their taxes, by their fellow lecturers at the American University of Afghanistan who are now grandparents while the 55% of veterans. The rank of the citizen, Marine Gen. John F. citizens. This Veterans Day, were kidnapped in 2016. It is unclear how or when the youngest are barely of legal drink- respondents and whether they Kelly used to give a speech about Americans should think less ing age. More diverse and better served in combat made no sta- heroism and sacrifice. A combat about their warriors and more exchange of prisoners will take place. As the exchange educated than previous genera- tistical difference. These num- veteran and Gold Star father, about their wars. unfolded, which is a good omen, perhaps a first giant step to tions of American veterans, the bers on veterans’ views are vir- Kelly told the tale of two Ma- Gil Barndollar is the military fel- post-9/11 veterans are also far tually identical to those of the rines, Cpl. Jonathan Yale and low-in-residence at the Catholic peace has prompted hopes that the move would ultimately more likely to have some degree broader civilian population. Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter. In University of America’s Center of disability from their service. Americans are uneasy with end- April 2008, Yale and Haerter for the Study of Statesmanship lead to an inclusive and serious talks to find political Roughly two-thirds served in Iraq, less wars in the Middle East, as stood their ground in the face of and a senior fellow at Defense settlement in Afghanistan conflict. Some termed swap deal Afghanistan or both. the polling shows. Yet, despite a massive suicide truck bomb at- Priorities. He served as a Marine American veterans are profound- today’s outpouring of gratitude tack, giving their lives and saving infantry officer from 2009 to a pragmatic step which will add more trust and confidence ly shaped and changed by their to our veterans, Americans, in the dozens of their fellow Marines 2016. among the core parties to resume peace talks. Reduction in violence, trust building, complete ceasefire and public negotiations is what expecting from this deal. But the Taliban have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government, which announced in October that it would not take part in talks, By M Ashraf Haidari These harsh experiences and economic integration. More recently, high-powered Af- Western Europe’s resulting The Government of Afghanistan ghan delegations have met with putting at least one month ceasefire as precondition. Indeed adoption of a common econom- has done its part and continues the representatives of the Ceylon Regional economic integration re- ic market soon, began inspiring to do so. Despite the imposed Chamber of Commerce; the Co- this is a big deal if it works. President Ashraf Ghani said the mains the only option for address- other regions of the world to security challenges the nation is lombo Chamber of Commerce; the decision had been tough but important decision. Before, his ing the long-standing, protracted form such regional groupings as facing, Afghanistan has put forth National Chamber of Commerce interstate tensions in South Asia the SAARC, the Association of a strategic solution for adoption as well as the International Cham- spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi once said Anas Haqqani is the The South Asian Association for Southeast Asian Nations and implementation by its near ber of Commerce of Sri Lanka to Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (ASEAN), the Eurasian Eco- and far neighbours: The Heart of discuss the formation of an Af- red line of the Afghan government and the people. The people Chamber of Commerce recently nomic Community (EEC), the Asia–Istanbul Process (HOA- ghanistan-Sri Lanka Business of Afghanistan will not allow the government to release hosted a conference on “Regional North American Free Trade IP) on Regional Security and Council to promote exchange of Economic Integration: A Catalyst Agreement (NAFTA), the Afri- Cooperation for a Secure and Sta- trade teams, business-to-business Haqqani who is the killer of the Afghan people. But he has for Socioeconomic Prosperity in can Union (AU), and the Union ble Afghanistan and the Regional meetings and business match- South Asia.” of South American Nations Economic Cooperation Confer- making conferences, which should released now along with two other most notorious. The I welcomed this timely forum. (USAN), to name a few. ence on Afghanistan (RECCA). facilitate bilateral investment be- Haqqani terrorist network is known for carrying out deadly Afghanistan, a country-partici- As we know, however, not all These Afghanistan-led process- tween the two nations. To this pant and member-State of these regional groupings have es were established to help se- end, we look forward to finalising attacks in Afghanistan. In 2016 it carried a truck bombing SAARC, has long been advocat- achieved their dream of meaning- cure regional cooperation for Af- and signing with Sri Lanka an ing for an acceleration of region- ful economic integration on a par ghanistan’s stabilisation and sus- memorandum of understanding in Kabul that killed over 150 people, and many more were wide efforts to jump-start the pro- with Europe associations. tainable development, thereby (MoU) on trade and investment wounded. The terrorist group is believed to be based in cess of regional economic integra- SAARC stands out in having ensuring regionwide stability and promotion and protection. tion. Doing so can indeed be a cat- lagged far behind others because prosperity, which SAARC This step, together with our bi- Pakistan—a complicated neighbor, where top leaders of alyst for the sustainable develop- two of its key member-States strives to accomplish. lateral air services agreement, ment of all South Asian nations, remain hostile to each other. This Even though HOA-IP and REC- should facilitate the establishment militant group were killed there. In J uly when Pakistani which hold so much promise in continues to hinder efforts by the CA remain underutilised so far, of a direct passenger and cargo Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Washington, said he terms of both natural and human other member-States, including it is in the best short and long- flight between Kabul and Colom- resources that should be harnessed Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, to term interests of the countries bo. When this happens as one of would do his best to help release the American University for lifting the whole region out of make steady progress toward — including India and Pakistan the country’s key goals, Afghans poverty, disease, environmental regional economic integration, — that participate in the two and Sri Lankans should be able to processors. Moreover, on Monday, one day before prisoner degradation, and other challenges which underpinned the vision processes, to achieve the shared reconnect with their shared heri- exchange, a Pakistani delegation, including the chief of Inter- that directly feed terrorism, ex- and mission of SAARC when it goals of the two platforms. Of tage through tourism, trade, in- tremism and criminality in the re- was established in 1985. course, every tangible step they vestment, education and cultural Services Intelligence (ISI) visited Kabul, meeting Afghan gion. As we continue advocating for take to utilise these interconnect- exchange. At the same time, regional econom- cooperation against confronta- ed processes will help minimise Indeed, the achievement of this authorities, discussing the issue of prisoners exchange. ic integration remains the only tion among our neighbours, Af- their own and other nations’ se- bilateral goal will help South Asia Anyways, something is seriously cooking behind their release, option for addressing the long- ghanistan has consistently pur- curity and socioeconomic vulner- as a least connected region, make standing, protracted interstate sued a foreign policy that pro- abilities against the terrorist-ex- a giant leap forward towards re- but what is that – is it progress toward the peace process or tensions in South Asia. We know motes regional economic coop- tremist-criminal nexus that vic- gional economic integration — this from the bitter experiences of eration against zero-sum hedg- timises Afghanistan more than effectively connecting SAARC’s a false hope? Whatever it could be, but the Afghans blood Europe during the 18th, 19th, and ing strategies. any other country in the region. northernmost member-State, Af- that has been splitting during all these years is not worthless. early 20th centuries, where the We strongly believe that the re- This constructive thinking under- ghanistan, with its southernmost pursuit of zero-sum foreign poli- placement of confrontational pins our growing ties with the counterpart, Sri Lanka. If the move could bring peace, or at least help the Afghan- cies and militarism eventually led policies at the regional level, with friendly Government and peo- And this necessary connectivity to the utter destruction of the those of cooperative, win-win ple of Sri Lanka, with whom Af- will undoubtedly benefit the rest owned peace process, is much laudably, but the government whole continent in the two world partnerships would gradually ghanistan shares an ancient civil- of South Asia where the challeng- would be responsible if new cycle of violence reach peak. wars. But, in the wake of World minimise the existing interstate isation. es that face our nations and the War-II, Europeans realised that tensions in South Asia. And this Since I took up my assignment opportunities that we must ex- what unfortunately remains the would enable SAARC to realise as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to ploit to our shared advantage are status quo in South Asia would its vision, knowing that South Sri Lanka last year, we have increasingly intertwined. That is no longer serve their shared best, Asia is an extremely young and worked to further expand our bi- why others in the SAARC should long-term national security and naturally-endowed region where lateral relations with a focus on consider doing away with the pre- Subscription Rates economic interests. our youths demand jobs and a promoting full-spectrum con- vailing zero-sum approaches and That is why they gradually but secure future in a common, in- nectivity that builds deeper eco- join Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to Categories Fee steadily moved toward long-term terdependent neighbourhood. nomic, defence, cultural, and operationalise the vision of Afghanistan Times economic integration, which they Indeed, this won’t come to pass people-to-people ties between SAARC for the common econom- understood could help address unless South Asian Governments Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and the ic benefit of all of its member- Six Months $120 at your door step their short and long-term human learn relevant lessons from pre rest of South Asia. States with increased interdepen- and protective security needs, and post-war Europe, that In this light, we have met with dencies. For fast delivery service which were increasingly inter- One Year would encourage them to make numerous businesses, including (The writer is the Ambassador of $240 Afghanistan Times seeks the twined. Those needs could no tough but necessary policy members of Sri Lanka’s cham- Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, as well names, addresses of your longer be ensured by the pursuit choices against the status quo for bers of commerce, to discuss the as a Senior International Security organizations and the number of of the same zero-sum approaches achieving shared peace and pros- vast bilateral trade potential that Fellow at the New America in copies you want. that caused two devastating wars. perity across the region through needs to be realised. Washington-DC) WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion OnVeteransDay,Americansshouldthinkless AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy about thewarriorsandmoreabout thewars Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir Graphic-Designers: Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0782344728, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 119: Members of the Supreme Court shall take the following oath of office in the presence of the President: “In the of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, I swear in the name of God Almighty to attain justice and righteousness in accordance with tenets of the Holy religion of Islam, provisions of this Constitution as well as other laws of Afghanistan, and to execute the judicial duty with utmost honesty, righteousness and impartiality.” By GIL BARNDOLLAR service. Their pride in the na- main, appear to not care enough and Iraqi soldiers. During the tion’s armed forces and in their to actually learn about our un- speech, Kelly blasted “those who This Veterans Day, Americans will own service is largely un- winnable wars and push our pol- claim to support [veterans] but roll out the thanks: parades, trib- dimmed. A January survey by iticians to end them. not the cause that takes their in- utes and enough free chain restau- Smithsonian magazine, Stars and The war in Afghanistan quietly nocence, their limbs and even their rant food to satiate the most glut- Stripes and George Mason Uni- marked its 18th year last month, lives.” He noted that even with tonous Marine for a week. Some versity found that 90% of U.S. occasioning a few grim jokes and our all-volunteer military, “as a U.S. veterans, particularly those veterans would make the choice what appeared to be a collective democracy, ‘we the people’ — and who have served overseas in com- to serve again and nearly as many national shrug. Amorphous terms that by definition is every one of bat, are increasingly skeptical of would want their son or daugh- like “security” and “terrorism” us — sent them away from home this cheap grace. Despite the of- ter to serve in the military. Yet, remain a major concern of vot- and hearth to fight our enemies. ten-genuine outpouring of affec- in spite of that justifiable pride, ers, but the actual wars are gen- We are all responsible.” Kelly had tion, thanks and “support” for this country’s veterans have erally ignored. With news con- it half right. We are all responsi- veterans, many Americans know come to grasp the futility and sumption mainly occurring on- ble. But unquestioning support Prisoner sw ap; progress little and seemingly care even less the hubris of the wars on which line, American journalists have or apathy for our wars is also a about the wars their veterans have most spent their youth. A Pew told me that reporting on the betrayal. We don’t care about our fought over the past two decades. Research Center survey over the wars receives little attention — veterans if we don’t care about t ow ard peace or false hope? A reminder: Veterans Day is for summer found that 64% of vet- stories about the conflict in Af- the wars those veterans fought, the living, not the dead. We have erans thought the war in Iraq was ghanistan get few clicks in 2019. wars that are still being fought, Memorial Day, half a year away, not worth fighting, and 58% said Even at the height of the Iraq war with no victory in sight. Stash the The government of Afghanistan has decided to release Anas to mourn those who made the ul- the same about the war in Af- in 2006, most young American free food and stifle the rote Haqqani, Haji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid, three Haqqani timate sacrifice for their comrades ghanistan. Despite being largely adults couldn’t find Iraq on a map “Thank you for your service.” If and their country. America now successful at the time the sur- of the Middle East. they truly support their veterans, Network commanders in exchange for the release of Kevin has nearly 3.5 million post-9/11 vey was taken, the campaign Nearly a decade ago, long before Americans should learn about the King, an American and Timothy Weeks, an Australian veterans, a little over 1% of the against Islamic State in Syria was he was President Trump’s em- wars being fought in their name, total U.S. population. The oldest also viewed as “not worth it” by battled chief of staff or a private with their taxes, by their fellow lecturers at the American University of Afghanistan who are now grandparents while the 55% of veterans. The rank of the citizen, Marine Gen. John F. citizens. This Veterans Day, were kidnapped in 2016. It is unclear how or when the youngest are barely of legal drink- respondents and whether they Kelly used to give a speech about Americans should think less ing age. More diverse and better served in combat made no sta- heroism and sacrifice. A combat about their warriors and more exchange of prisoners will take place. As the exchange educated than previous genera- tistical difference. These num- veteran and Gold Star father, about their wars. unfolded, which is a good omen, perhaps a first giant step to tions of American veterans, the bers on veterans’ views are vir- Kelly told the tale of two Ma- Gil Barndollar is the military fel- post-9/11 veterans are also far tually identical to those of the rines, Cpl. Jonathan Yale and low-in-residence at the Catholic peace has prompted hopes that the move would ultimately more likely to have some degree broader civilian population. Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter. In University of America’s Center of disability from their service. Americans are uneasy with end- April 2008, Yale and Haerter for the Study of Statesmanship lead to an inclusive and serious talks to find political Roughly two-thirds served in Iraq, less wars in the Middle East, as stood their ground in the face of and a senior fellow at Defense settlement in Afghanistan conflict. Some termed swap deal Afghanistan or both. the polling shows. Yet, despite a massive suicide truck bomb at- Priorities. He served as a Marine American veterans are profound- today’s outpouring of gratitude tack, giving their lives and saving infantry officer from 2009 to a pragmatic step which will add more trust and confidence ly shaped and changed by their to our veterans, Americans, in the dozens of their fellow Marines 2016. among the core parties to resume peace talks. Reduction in violence, trust building, complete ceasefire and public negotiations is what expecting from this deal. But the Taliban have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government, which announced in October that it would not take part in talks, By M Ashraf Haidari These harsh experiences and economic integration. More recently, high-powered Af- Western Europe’s resulting The Government of Afghanistan ghan delegations have met with putting at least one month ceasefire as precondition. Indeed adoption of a common econom- has done its part and continues the representatives of the Ceylon Regional economic integration re- ic market soon, began inspiring to do so. Despite the imposed Chamber of Commerce; the Co- this is a big deal if it works. President Ashraf Ghani said the mains the only option for address- other regions of the world to security challenges the nation is lombo Chamber of Commerce; the decision had been tough but important decision. Before, his ing the long-standing, protracted form such regional groupings as facing, Afghanistan has put forth National Chamber of Commerce interstate tensions in South Asia the SAARC, the Association of a strategic solution for adoption as well as the International Cham- spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi once said Anas Haqqani is the The South Asian Association for Southeast Asian Nations and implementation by its near ber of Commerce of Sri Lanka to Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (ASEAN), the Eurasian Eco- and far neighbours: The Heart of discuss the formation of an Af- red line of the Afghan government and the people. The people Chamber of Commerce recently nomic Community (EEC), the Asia–Istanbul Process (HOA- ghanistan-Sri Lanka Business of Afghanistan will not allow the government to release hosted a conference on “Regional North American Free Trade IP) on Regional Security and Council to promote exchange of Economic Integration: A Catalyst Agreement (NAFTA), the Afri- Cooperation for a Secure and Sta- trade teams, business-to-business Haqqani who is the killer of the Afghan people. But he has for Socioeconomic Prosperity in can Union (AU), and the Union ble Afghanistan and the Regional meetings and business match- South Asia.” of South American Nations Economic Cooperation Confer- making conferences, which should released now along with two other most notorious. The I welcomed this timely forum. (USAN), to name a few. ence on Afghanistan (RECCA). facilitate bilateral investment be- Haqqani terrorist network is known for carrying out deadly Afghanistan, a country-partici- As we know, however, not all These Afghanistan-led process- tween the two nations. To this pant and member-State of these regional groupings have es were established to help se- end, we look forward to finalising attacks in Afghanistan. In 2016 it carried a truck bombing SAARC, has long been advocat- achieved their dream of meaning- cure regional cooperation for Af- and signing with Sri Lanka an ing for an acceleration of region- ful economic integration on a par ghanistan’s stabilisation and sus- memorandum of understanding in Kabul that killed over 150 people, and many more were wide efforts to jump-start the pro- with Europe associations. tainable development, thereby (MoU) on trade and investment wounded. The terrorist group is believed to be based in cess of regional economic integra- SAARC stands out in having ensuring regionwide stability and promotion and protection. tion. Doing so can indeed be a cat- lagged far behind others because prosperity, which SAARC This step, together with our bi- Pakistan—a complicated neighbor, where top leaders of alyst for the sustainable develop- two of its key member-States strives to accomplish. lateral air services agreement, ment of all South Asian nations, remain hostile to each other. This Even though HOA-IP and REC- should facilitate the establishment militant group were killed there. In J uly when Pakistani which hold so much promise in continues to hinder efforts by the CA remain underutilised so far, of a direct passenger and cargo Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Washington, said he terms of both natural and human other member-States, including it is in the best short and long- flight between Kabul and Colom- resources that should be harnessed Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, to term interests of the countries bo. When this happens as one of would do his best to help release the American University for lifting the whole region out of make steady progress toward — including India and Pakistan the country’s key goals, Afghans poverty, disease, environmental regional economic integration, — that participate in the two and Sri Lankans should be able to processors. Moreover, on Monday, one day before prisoner degradation, and other challenges which underpinned the vision processes, to achieve the shared reconnect with their shared heri- exchange, a Pakistani delegation, including the chief of Inter- that directly feed terrorism, ex- and mission of SAARC when it goals of the two platforms. Of tage through tourism, trade, in- tremism and criminality in the re- was established in 1985. course, every tangible step they vestment, education and cultural Services Intelligence (ISI) visited Kabul, meeting Afghan gion. As we continue advocating for take to utilise these interconnect- exchange. At the same time, regional econom- cooperation against confronta- ed processes will help minimise Indeed, the achievement of this authorities, discussing the issue of prisoners exchange. ic integration remains the only tion among our neighbours, Af- their own and other nations’ se- bilateral goal will help South Asia Anyways, something is seriously cooking behind their release, option for addressing the long- ghanistan has consistently pur- curity and socioeconomic vulner- as a least connected region, make standing, protracted interstate sued a foreign policy that pro- abilities against the terrorist-ex- a giant leap forward towards re- but what is that – is it progress toward the peace process or tensions in South Asia. We know motes regional economic coop- tremist-criminal nexus that vic- gional economic integration — this from the bitter experiences of eration against zero-sum hedg- timises Afghanistan more than effectively connecting SAARC’s a false hope? Whatever it could be, but the Afghans blood Europe during the 18th, 19th, and ing strategies. any other country in the region. northernmost member-State, Af- that has been splitting during all these years is not worthless. early 20th centuries, where the We strongly believe that the re- This constructive thinking under- ghanistan, with its southernmost pursuit of zero-sum foreign poli- placement of confrontational pins our growing ties with the counterpart, Sri Lanka. If the move could bring peace, or at least help the Afghan- cies and militarism eventually led policies at the regional level, with friendly Government and peo- And this necessary connectivity to the utter destruction of the those of cooperative, win-win ple of Sri Lanka, with whom Af- will undoubtedly benefit the rest owned peace process, is much laudably, but the government whole continent in the two world partnerships would gradually ghanistan shares an ancient civil- of South Asia where the challeng- would be responsible if new cycle of violence reach peak. wars. But, in the wake of World minimise the existing interstate isation. es that face our nations and the War-II, Europeans realised that tensions in South Asia. And this Since I took up my assignment opportunities that we must ex- what unfortunately remains the would enable SAARC to realise as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to ploit to our shared advantage are status quo in South Asia would its vision, knowing that South Sri Lanka last year, we have increasingly intertwined. That is no longer serve their shared best, Asia is an extremely young and worked to further expand our bi- why others in the SAARC should long-term national security and naturally-endowed region where lateral relations with a focus on consider doing away with the pre- Subscription Rates economic interests. our youths demand jobs and a promoting full-spectrum con- vailing zero-sum approaches and That is why they gradually but secure future in a common, in- nectivity that builds deeper eco- join Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to Categories Fee steadily moved toward long-term terdependent neighbourhood. nomic, defence, cultural, and operationalise the vision of Afghanistan Times economic integration, which they Indeed, this won’t come to pass people-to-people ties between SAARC for the common econom- understood could help address unless South Asian Governments Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and the ic benefit of all of its member- Six Months $120 at your door step their short and long-term human learn relevant lessons from pre rest of South Asia. States with increased interdepen- and protective security needs, and post-war Europe, that In this light, we have met with dencies. For fast delivery service which were increasingly inter- One Year would encourage them to make numerous businesses, including (The writer is the Ambassador of $240 Afghanistan Times seeks the twined. Those needs could no tough but necessary policy members of Sri Lanka’s cham- Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, as well names, addresses of your longer be ensured by the pursuit choices against the status quo for bers of commerce, to discuss the as a Senior International Security organizations and the number of of the same zero-sum approaches achieving shared peace and pros- vast bilateral trade potential that Fellow at the New America in copies you want. that caused two devastating wars. perity across the region through needs to be realised. Washington-DC) WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

September 28, of the mobility readiness of command and con- trol away from its Persian Gulf base in Qatar mistakenly added to Tehran’s belief in eventually gaining strategic superiority within the region. So has Mos- cow’s proposal for a new Gulf security plan. Iran’s society ranks 60/189, ahead of Turkey, Egypt and Iraq though below much-less populated and far wealthier neighbors on the Per- sian Gulf’s southern shores like the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Ara- bia, on the UNDP’s Human De- velopment Index. The UN Sus- tainable Development Solutions Network’s World Happiness Report places Iran’s people 117/ 156, again above Iraq and Egypt though below the Persian Gulf states. The World Economic Fo- North Korea's crop production admitted to "drawbacks" in agri- rum’s Inclusive Development is below average this year due to cultural production. At present, Index ranks Iran 27/76 among unfavourable weather conditions. one North Korean in ten already emerging nations, just after Chi- This is expected to worsen the suffers from hunger and needs na. For now, Iran is weathering country’s already serious food urgent food aid, the Food and President Donald Trump has at- Trump’s own words, a new pact stability and noninterference in sad, is well re-ensconced, and in US economic sanctions. The na- shortages. Agriculture Organisation (FAO) tempted to reach a new agreement would “make Iran great” without return for the US lifting sanctions. Yemen, the Houthis are causing tion has maintained export of oil “Overall, a below-average out- reports. Making matters worse, with the Islamic Republic of Iran seeking “leadership change.” Restricting the Islamic Republic’s Saudi Arabia major scares – with to China, and even to Syria and put is estimated for the 2019 this year’s crop production is ex- since withdrawing the United France, Germany, Britain, Russia, ballistic missiles was set aside for tactical and material support from India, through trade and trans- main season crops,” says the pected to be the worst of the last States of America from the Joint China, Iran and even the US dis- future discussion. Iran’s Foreign Islamic Revolutionary Guard port mechanisms that skirt US Crop Monitor Early Warning re- five, again mainly due to drought. Comprehensive Plan of Action in cussed a new framework at the UN Minister Mohammad Zarif dis- Corps. Iran remains self-assured regulations. China, in particular, port by GEOGLAM, a Switzer- In June, South Korea offered to May 2018. Tehran’s leaders have General Assembly in late Septem- puted these terms, however, that its ballistic missiles are well continues doing business with land-based crop monitoring or- provide North Korea with 50,000 a singular opportunity to craft a ber, according to French President upon returning to Tehran. Con- bunkered to withstand an Ameri- Iran in the energy, mining and ganisation, released on Friday. tonnes of rice to help reduce mal- new deal favorable to them due Emmanuel Macron. The proposed ditions within Iran prevent the can aerial onslaught. Iran’s confi- transportation sectors. Even As a consequence of North Ko- nutrition, which affects especial- to his eagerness. They could ar- new deal would have Iran perma- Rouhani administration from dence is boosted after missiles and Britain circumvented US sanc- rea’s drought, food production ly children and women of repro- range for the lifting of economic nently abjuring nuclear weapons, working with the Trump admin- drones evaded US-made air-de- tions in October to make a £1.25 in 2018 dropped considerably, ductive age; however, the North sanctions and pumping in of conforming to a long-term frame- istration to settle the nuclear is- fense systems during the alleged- ($1.54) billion settlement with a UN humanitarian agencies report. rejected the offer because South American and European finance, work of peaceful nuclear technol- sue. On the military front Te- Houthi attack on Saudi Aramco. partially state-owned Iranian This has put the lives of millions Korea took part in joint military technology and industry. In ogy, and contributing to regional hran’s Syrian ally, Bashar al-As- The US Air Force’s testing, on bank. at risk. North Korea eventually exercises with the United States. Channelmigrants:Pride Maduro'smilitarystandsinthe of Canterburyin wayof aBoliviarepeat inVenezuela scribed as fraudulent. Even though opposition leader Juan Guaido has U-turnrescue been recognised by more than 50 countries as Venezuela’s legitimate A migrant who tried to swim to grants who planned to cross the president, his efforts to court the the UK wearing a wetsuit was Channel that it was "one of the armed forces have not been enough rescued when a cross-Channel busiest areas in the world and to sway their allegiance to Ma- ferry made a U-turn to save him, therefore dangerous for human duro. Dozens of active military the authorities have said. The life". officers on April 30 joined Guaido Pas-de-Calais prefecture said the Three boats seen in the streets of Caracas to call on man in his 30s was spotted 11 The rescue took place after more Iran,Tajikistanhold nautical miles (20 km) north of than 50 migrants crossed the Chan- military commanders to disavow Calais. A rescue began at 10:40 nel in small boats on Sunday. Bor- Maduro, but the uprising fizzled GMT but the Pride of Canter- der Force vessels were sent to out as military top brass declared fourthjoint consular bury ferry turned around to re- meet one dinghy at about 07:00 loyalty to the president. A Reu- trieve the man who had severe GMT, with two further boats ters Special Report found that hypothermia, the prefecture said. spotted at about 23:30. The 53 Venezuelan opposition leaders Maduro: Venezuela’s armed forc- Venezuela’s armed forces have meetinginTehran The P&O crew spotted him and people onboard were taken to looking to oust their country’s es have consistently refused to been heavily influenced by the sent a fast rescue boat to retrieve Dover where they were medically socialist government can perhaps take the side of protesters as presence of Cuban intelligence The fourth joint consular meeting of the Islamic Republic of Iran and him. He was then hoisted up by assessed and passed to immigra- take some hope from the resig- Bolivia’s military did on Sunday. agents who closely monitor the Tajikistan was held on November 10 and 11 in the Iranian capital of a helicopter at 12:23 and flown tion officials for interview, the nation of its leftist ally in Boliv- Venezuela’s barracks have stood communications of officers sus- Tehran. During the talks, which were chaired by the Director-General back to Calais. "The casualty was Home Office said. Six boats car- ia, President Evo Morales, on by the ruling Socialist Party de- pected of dissent. In addition, late of the Iranian Foreign Ministry for Consular Affairs and the Tajik taken from the water alive and rying at least 74 migrants have Sunday after weeks of street spite a crippling economic melt- socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s Ambassador to Tehran, the two sides welcomed the growing trend of the French authorities sent a he- crossed the Channel since Friday, protests. But one key factor down, two waves of major pro- overhaul of the armed forces start- positive and constructive cooperation, especially consular collabora- licopter to attend to him from this while more than 1,500 people have makes the Bolivia playbook a tests in 2014 and 2017 and broad ing in the early 2000s fractured tions, between the two sides, and underlined the necessity for further point," a P&O spokesman said. successfully crossed to the UK in difficult one to carry out against condemnation of Maduro’s 2018 the chain of command and boost- promotion of such ties. The Iranian and Tajik officials welcomed the The prefecture warned any mi- small boats this year. Venezuelan President Nicolas re-election that was widely de- ed the political allegiance. clemency granted to and the release of the two countries’ prisoners and the positive trend of ties in this regard, stressing the importance of continued consular cooperation between the two sides. They also discussed the need for expansion of scientific and academic collabora- HardlessonsfromSpanish tions, the necessity of facilitating and accelerating the issuance of visa Russiaistryingtojamtheair for the two countries’ citizens, the importance of interaction to pre- vent the entry and illegal residence of Iranian and Tajik nationals in the liberals’ electoral collapse two countries’ territories, joint fight against human trafficking and Albert Rivera, the leader of in the process. But it is Brussels organized crimes cells, the necessity for legal and judicial cooperation force'sF-35radar inSyria Spain's liberal Ciudadanos Par- and the EU that could be left most and finalization of related documents. At the end of the meeting, the ty, soared to political celebrity exposed by the Spanish election proceedings of the talks were signed by the two sides with 15 articles. Russian forces have been jamming collected by a U.S.-based re- Breaking Defense reported. naked — posing nude for a 2006 results. Prime Minister Pedro GPS systems in the Middle East. searcher. “Moscow is trying to interfere campaign ad in which he prom- Sánchez and his center-left Span- The electronic-warfare campaign This interference to the Global with both Western airplanes — ised a refreshingly transparent ish Socialist Workers Party could affect U.S. forces gather- Positioning System reception does including cutting-edge stealthy political movement. "We don't (PSOE) still fell far short of a Uzbekistan delegation attends ing in the region in advance of not appear to be specifically di- F-22s and F-35s — and impro- care what clothes you wear," the workable majority, leaving Spain potential strikes on Iran. “Since rected at Israel, but rather the Jew- vised terrorist drones.” The U.S. ad declared. "We care about you." — the fourth-largest of the EU27 last spring, pilots flying through ish state is likely collateral dam- Air Force starting in April 2019 With his resignation on Monday countries — in continued politi- the discussion of the Draft the Middle East, specifically age in an effort by Moscow both has deployed F-22 and F-35 after a cataclysmic election re- cal gridlock, and Sánchez himself around Syria, have noted that to protect its troops from drone stealth fighters to Qatar and the sult, Rivera appeared to exit pol- in no position to claim much more their GPS systems have dis- attacks and to assert its dominance United Arab Emirates, respec- itics much as he appeared in that of a role on the broader EU stage Declarationof HumanRights played the wrong location or in the field of electronic warfare, tively, as part of a wider build- Saudi Arabia hosted the 3rd meeting of the intergovernmental working buzzy ad: stripped down and anytime soon. Meanwhile the ex- stopped working entirely,” The Todd Humphreys, a professor at up of forces as Washington clash- with little to show supporters tremist, right-wing Vox Party group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss Times of Israel reported in late the University of Texas, told The es with Tehran following U.S. after his 13-year effort to build a posted giant gains. It is now the and finalize the draft Human Rights Declaration, in Jeddah. The event June 2019. The signal that has Times of Israel. president Donald Trump’s deci- new liberal-centrist movement country's third-largest political was organized by the Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Coop- been disrupting satellite naviga- Israeli sources “are increasingly sion unilaterally to withdraw the except a strategically-placed faction with 52 seats in the Con- eration and the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commis- tion for planes flying through Is- convinced” that three weeks of United States from the agree- hand to preserve his modesty. In gress of Deputies, showing the sion. The event is aimed at preparing the final version of the text of the raeli airspace in recent weeks orig- GPS disruptions for civilian ment limiting Iran’s nuclear pro- Sunday's election, his party lost resilience of the Continent's na- declaration developed by the OIC Secretariat and the Independent inates inside a Russian air base flights are a side effect of Russian gram. 47 of its 57 seats, shedding more tionalist, xenophobic political Permanent Human Rights Commission. The draft document was pre- inside Syria, according to data jamming and spoofing in Syria, (BBC) than 2.5 million votes nationwide thread that continues. pared in accordance with the decision of the 42nd session of the OIC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held in 2015. The meeting was attended by Uzbekistan delegation led by the First Deputy Di- Information rector of the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbeki- Warfare: Russia stan Mirzatilla Tillabayev. The draft Human Rights Declaration em- bodied international norms and Islamic values. The new document Scams Iranian The beginning contains the most basic concepts of the Islamic religion for human Hackers rights. When discussing the draft OIC Human Rights Declaration, representatives of Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, British (GCHQ) and American of Trump’s Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Mauritania, Kuwait, Qatar and other coun- (NSA) intelligence agencies re- tries expressed their proposals and opinions. cently announced that they had discovered a Russian hacker group called Turla. This outfit impeachment worked for the successor to the Tajiksecurityforcesmistake KGB, called the FSB. Turla had secretly infiltrated the networks of Iranian hacker group APT34. inquiry:Analysis huntersfor militants Thus disguised, for the last 18 Security forces in Tajikistan, already spooked by a burst of violence months Turla carried out attacks The already turbulent presi- mesmerised as evidence of a than a civics lesson. They will the already sanctioned $400 mil- last week at a remote border outpost, were put on high alert over the in over twenty countries, most- dency of Donald Trump is set to break-in into the Democratic use the hearings to rouse lion in US military aid to Ukraine weekend after mistaking hunters for armed militants. ly in the Middle East. This en- enter an even more bumpy stretch Party offices in the Watergate Trump’s base, stoke the fires and as an incentive to cooperate. He The panic prompted the authorities to place the town of Tursunzoda, abled Turla to appear, if detect- as the impeachment process gets Hotel and the subsequent cover- channel the anger against the asked Zelensky to investigate Joe which is 50 kilometers west of the capital, Dushanbe, and a few ed, to be APT34. Apparently the underway in earnest. The public up piled up against Nixon, Democrats. The aim for both par- Biden, former vice president and minutes drive east of the Uzbek border, under lockdown for much of Iranians were not aware that the phase of the impeachment inqui- prompting him to resign before ties is the same – to use the pro- now a top Democratic presiden- November 9. Local residents reporting seeing helicopters hovering Russians had gained access to ry against Trump is set to begin he could be impeached in 1974. cess to muscle up for 2020 in tial candidate, and his son Hunter above the city, and the border crossing into Uzbekistan was closed their network of infected com- this week with Democrats in the But these are decidedly dif- what promises to be a sharper, who was on the board of a Ukrai- temporarily. Asia-Plus news website cited an unnamed security source puters. Turla used APT34 hack- House of Representatives trying ferent and more partisan times. more polarized and a more vi- nian natural gas company. The ing tools and went to great to establish that he abused his of- Political debates are conducted cious political contest — if that’s whistle blower’s complaint has as saying the alarm was raised when residents reported spotting sus- lengths to appear as another Ira- picious armed individuals wearing black outfits in the Shirkent na- fice for personal political gain. By at a much lower level. None of even imaginable after the bruis- since been corroborated by sev- nian hacker team belonging to televising the hearings, the Demo- the high-mindedness and bipar- ing 2016 race. The main charge eral State Department and White tional park, which is just north of Tursunzoda. In addition to the APT34. The Turla/APT34 link helicopters, armored vehicles and troops were dispatched to the area. crats want to build as much pub- tisanship of the 1970s is visible against Trump based on a whis- House officials who have already was first discovered by Estonian lic support as possible as they in the current process. Trump tle blower’s complaint is that he testified behind closed doors in Security checkpoints were erected along the Dushanbe-Tursunzoda and Czech internet security road and remained there from 10 a.m. until the evening. Cars passing proceed. They are looking back at and key Republicans have al- asked Ukraine’s president Vol- front of the House Intelligence teams. As members of NATO, the Watergate hearings, which sig- ready called the whole thing a odymyr Zelensky to interfere in Committee after House Speaker through were searched and passengers quizzed about their purpose of these two nations shared their travel. naled the end of Richard Nixon’s “witch-hunt.” It is likely they the 2020 US presidential elec- Nancy Pelosi launched a formal discovery with Britain. presidency. A nation watched will turn it into more of a circus tion. Trump allegedly dangled impeachment inquiry. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES Moldovareceived30 millioneurosasthe first trancheof theEU macro-financial assistance The Ministry of Finance an- reforms initiated by the govern- nounced this, noting that, in ment in the field of the Ministry particular, that the matter con- of Internal Affairs, the fight against cerns a grant totaling 10 million corruption and money laundering, euros received on November 8, as well as agriculture and rural de- which will be used to finance velopment. The Ministry of Fi- the budget deficit. The remain- nance noted that, thanks to EU ing 20 million euros were paid assistance, the Moldovan police to our country by the European is able to continue the moderniza- Union in the form of loans in tion and advanced training of its When conservative cleric Ebrahim Through his media team — which paign. Though corruption is a ma- volving billions of dollars.” Re- dia prior to his arrest — has re- October this year. The macro- structures. In addition, thanks to Raisi lost the presidential election followed him on his busy sched- jor concern for Iranians and Irani- ferring to the case of Babak Zan- fused to disclose the whereabouts financial assistance for Moldo- EU assistance, Moldova increased to incumbent Hassan Rouhani in ule to the outskirts of Mashhad an officials, it was only a matter of jani, who was tasked with selling of the money, likely fearing that va provided by the European the competitiveness of the agri- 2017, many Iran observers be- and smaller villages to show the time before Raisi’s selective pros- Iran’s oil while the country was he will be executed as soon as he Union is a financial transaction food sector by investing in agri- lieved he would return to his po- work Astan Quds Razavi was ecution of corruption would anger under international sanctions for does. Rouhani also divulged some worth up to 100 million euros, culture, creating groups of agricul- sition as custodian of Iran’s performing — it seemed Raisi other groups and cliques within the their nuclear program, Rouhani sensitive economic information in of which 60 million euros will tural producers and providing the wealthiest charitable institution, behaved as if he was still on the Islamic Republic, particularly his said, “After a number of years his speech, saying that some in- be allocated in a loan and 40 necessary assistance to agri-food the Astan Quds Razavi in eastern campaign trail. In March 2019, former rival in the presidential elec- they issued a death sentence for stitutions have acquired $964 mil- million euros - a grant. In addi- enterprises in trade with the EU. Iran, a position he was appointed when Khamenei appointed Rai- tion. On Nov. 11, during a public the case of the individual who lion and have no account of it tion, Moldova received on No- According to the State Chancel- to by Supreme Leader Ayatollah si to be Iran's chief justice, he speech in the city of Yazd, Rou- stole $2.8 billion from the trea- while other institutions are in vember 7 two tranches for a to- lery, the commission's working Ali Khamenei just a year prior to took office with the clear back- hani addressed the judiciary: “Now sury, but it’s not clear where this debt $700 million. He added, tal amount of 25 million euros group includes 20 members: 9 rep- the election. However, it became ing of the ruling establishment to that you are pursuing cases of cor- money went and who else had a “Taking a few people to court as budget support within the resentatives of business associa- clear Raisi was not interested in root out corruption — a cam- ruption involving millions and bil- role in this case.” Zanjani — a over corruption will not fool the framework of budget assistance tions and central authorities, a rep- leading a quiet administrative life paign he zealously embraced as lions of tomans, also explain to the flamboyant billionaire who people, and they must know provided to Moldova. The mon- resentative of the National Con- like the previous custodian. vigorously as the election cam- people the cases of corruption in- flaunted his wealth on social me- about the fate of the large. ey will be used to carry out key federation of Employers. Nigeria needs national Qatar, US arbitration policy discuss to boost economy enhancing trade relations The PHD Chamber of Commerce It aims to further foster trade and ceuticals, education and skills de- connection of the two economies and Industry (PHDCCI) of India investment collaboration between velopment, culture and tourism, will create a market of nearly 2 DOHA: H E Ali bin Ahmed Al is hosting the first India-ASEAN India and ASEAN, and offer an and agriculture and food pro- billion people with a total GDP Kuwari, Minister of Commerce Business Summit in New Delhi opportunity for the two sides’ cessing. In his opening speech, of over 5 trillion USD. Mean- and Industry, received yesterday from November 11-12 as part of enterprises to enhance partner- Ajay Poddar, Chairman of the while, Thai Ambassador to India Wilbur Ross, the US Secretary of efforts to enhance cooperation ships, expand markets and sign International Affairs Committee Chutintorn Gongsakdi said he is Commerce, who is currently visit- between the country and the cooperation agreements, thus for ASEAN, East Asia & Oce- optimistic about prospects for ing Doha. Discussions touched on Southeast Asian bloc. The sum- contributing to removing trade ania under PHDCCI, said economic growth in India and the promotion of joint coopera- mit has welcomed the participa- barriers. During working sessions ASEAN plays a vital role in In- ASEAN, saying that the two re- tion, particularly in the trade, in- tion of officials and policy mak- within the framework of the sum- dia’s foreign policy, and the gions are among the most dynam- vestment and industrial fields and ers from India and ASEAN mem- mit, participants have focused ASEAN-India cooperation is ic economies in the world. He said the prospects of bolstering bilat- ber nations, representatives of their discussions on the fields of extremely important in the con- the two sides need to change busi- Mr Olatunde Busari, Chairman, many contemporary issues are eral trade in light of the economic international organisations and IT, e-commerce and fintech, in- text of the global economic de- ness methods, enhance transport Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, coming to the fore and a confer- potential of both countries. The enterprises from the two sides. frastructure, health and pharma- pression. According to Ajay, the infrastructure connection. Nigeria, has said that there is the ence like this is required and also meeting also focused on the latest need for the Federal Government a good opportunity for us to have trade, investment and industrial to formulate a national arbitration an intellectual discuss o these is- developments as well as mecha- Ukraine policy to prevent judgement debts sues. “It is imperative to im- nisms to promote bilateral rela- and boost foreign exchange. He prove the capacity of dispute made the comment at the two-day resolvers in African countries as tions. Al Kuwari and Secretary Mexico'seconomicslump aims to cut annual conference of the body Africa embarks on the road to Ross discussed the growth story with the theme “Positioning Af- greater intra-Africa trade as well of Qatari economy, the investment state debt to rica: The Changing Landscape in as increase trade with countries opportunities that Qatar offers Alternative Dispute Resolution” outside the continent. “The in- across various sectors and the leg- 40 per cent islations that the state enacted, in- appearslikelytocontinue which took place at Landmark strument is regarded as a long- Hotels, Lagos. The conference sought mechanism to give cross- cluding the law on regulating the until they know where they of GDP had more than 600 delegates from border disputants the confidence investment of non-Qatari capital stand. So it may not be a shock 12 countries in five continents that, if they engage in mediation in economic activity, as well as in- that Mexico will barely grow in Ukraine’s finance minister, Oksa- across the world. He said that the of international commercial dis- itiatives aimed at supporting the 2019, the first year of Andres na Markarova, has said that the theme was focused on the num- putes, any resulting agreement private sector, attracting foreign Manuel López Obrador's pres- government wants to reduce ber of changes currently taking will be enforceable by its terms. direct investment and encouraging idency. But economists worry Ukraine’s state debt to 40 per cent place at the global and regional “As mediation takes centre-stage US companies to invest in Qatar. that the malaise might linger this of the country’s GDP and has set scenes, which would in no small in the new UN treaty on media- The two sides discussed the role time. López Obrador rode to a target for a “deficit-free budget” measure impact alternative dis- tion, it has become necessary to of US companies in implementing power on the back of popular in the near future, Open4Business pute resolution. “The theme is so undertake an in-depth study of Qatar’s infrastructure projects as outrage against the status quo. Ukraine has reported. Speaking in apt for this period because so the Singapore Convention. the country gears up. The left-leaning populist wants an interview with Ukraina TV, to centralize power, boost the Mrs Markarova said that the scope of the state and balance Ukrainian government’s goal for the books — all while hitting 2020 is to reduce public debt to New Zealand passes historic law annual GDP growth of 4%, "dou- 52 per cent of GDP and decrease ble the growth achieved in the it “below 40 per cent in two neoliberal period." The list of years.” “This will give us the op- to decarbonize economy by 2050 headaches is long. Consumer portunity of living like European confidence, which rocketed af- countries,” she continued, noting New Zealand on a path to entirely Mexican presidents tend not to on to enjoy growth of 3.5% in ter López Obrador's inaugura- that “debt itself is not bad” but decarbonizing its economy by get the economy off to a flying their sixth and final one. So like- tion, has slumped. Manufactur- that the country should borrow 2050. Key to this strategy is the start when they first take office. ly are governments to enrich their ers are struggling: In the past money only if there is a need to establishment of an independent The past six leaders saw the econ- allies at the expense of everyone year capital-goods imports are do so. She stressed that “Ukraine Climate Change Commission, omy shrink by an average of 0.4% else that each transfer of power down by 16% in dollar terms. has always been very unpredict- which will provide advice on the during their first year, but went causes investors to hang back (AP) able” when it came to state debt. best way to reach this target. Moving forward, future govern- ments of New Zealand will be re- quired to set new emissions bud- gets every five years, which will US, EU, Japan gradually losing serve as stepping stones toward the ultimate objective. The new legislation also requires govern- ments to both understand and act grip on world, says Russian official on the risks of climate change – for example, rising sea levels or the loss Secretary of Russia’s Security ters, their prospects are slowly about "emergence of new global count," he emphasized. of flora and fauna. “We have to Council Nikolai Patrushev recog- growing dimmer amid unfavor- and regional centers of econom- Patrushev noted that "Rus- start moving beyond targets, we nizes that the United States, the able demographic situation and ic and political influence whose sia’s 2035 Strategic Prognosis sets In what is being hailed as a histor- tics, and seeks to ensure future have to stop moving beyond aspi- European Union and Japan re- depletion of capabilities for in- share of the global trade volume out four scenarios of global devel- ic moment for the island nation of governments also do their bit to ration, we have to start moving main influential economic centers, tensive economic growth," Patru- and system of international po- opments. "First of them is a tran- five million people, New keep global warming to a maxi- beyond statements of hope and but claims that they are slowly shev wrote in an article entitled litical coordinates is steadily sition to a polycentric world or- Zealand’s parliament has passed mum of 1.5° C (2.7° F) above deliver signs of action," New losing ground. Therefore, a poly- Russia’s Security in the Modern surging." "Particularly, China is der. Second - the US continuing new legislation that commits the pre-industrial levels. First intro- Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda centric architecture of interna- World and published in the laying claims to a global power attempts to hold onto its domi- country to a carbon neutral econ- duced back in May and passed Ardern told parliament on Thurs- tional relations is forming in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper. status, while states such as In- nance. Third - forming of a bipo- omy by 2050. The bill garnered into law on Thursday, the Zero day. “That is what this government world. "Traditional poles of According to him, "G7 is losing dia, Brazil and South Africa have lar world order, while fourth is support from both sides of poli- Carbon Bill is designed to put is doing, and proudly so.” power are slowly ceding their its authority at the backdrop of cemented themselves as region- stronger regionalization process- ground - primarily in the west. the ever-expanding importance al leaders. Global issues can no es," he listed. At the same time, Even though the US, the EU and of G20 which can also be attrib- longer be effectively resolved if the Security Council secretary South Africa: Parliament passes promotion Japan are still holding on as the uted to these processes." The of- opinions of the aforementioned underlined that "it is important to of access to information bill and approves most significant economic cen- ficial believes that we are talking actors are not taken into ac- understand that given geopolitical. economic partnership agreement Turkey vows to continue Cyprus drilling The National Assembly at its sit- ordered Parliament to amend presentations before the commit- ting today passed the Promotion PAIA and take any measures it tee and the consultation process of Access to Information Amend- deemed appropriate to provide resulted in the insertion of a new activities despite EU sanctions ment Bill and also approved the for the recording and preserva- Section (52A) in the Act, aimed at economic partnership agreement tion of political parties' funding addressing the Constitutional In the wake of a decision from ra’s Oct. 9 incursion into Syria. between the Southern African information and had 18 months Court judgement. The amendment European Union foreign minis- “We have repeatedly and strong- Customs Union Member States within which to remedy the de- directs the Head of a political par- ters on Monday who agreed on ly emphasized that in the East- and Mozambique, as well as the fect in the Act, to allow for dis- ty to: a) Create and keep records economic sanctions due to Tur- ern Mediterranean, we will not United Kingdom of Great Britain closure of private funding for po- of any donations exceeding the pre- key’s drilling off the coast of cease to protect our rights stem- and Northern Ireland. The Pro- litical parties. To give effect to scribed threshold made to a politi- Cyprus, the Turkish Foreign ming from international law and motion of Access to Information the judgement, the National As- cal party in any given financial Ministry has said Turkey will rights and interests of the Turk- Amendment Bill addresses the sembly's Portfolio Committee on year and identity of the persons or never bow to threats and will con- ish Republic of Northern Cy- Constitutional Court judgement of Justice and Correctional Servic- entities who made such donations; 21 June 2018, which declared the es tabled a memorandum in the b) Make the records available quar- tinue exploration and drilling ac- prus, despite all of the unintelli- Promotion of Access to Informa- National Assembly on 24 July terly, as prescribed; and c) Keep tivities in the Eastern Mediterra- gible steps of the European tion Act (PAIA), Act No. 2 of 2019, requesting permission to the records for at least five years nean. The EU decision, reflecting Union,” the Foreign Ministry 2000 invalid, to the extent that it initiate a Bill. The committee un- The Promotion of Access to Infor- a broader deterioration in EU- said in a statement on Monday is inconsistent with the Consti- dertook a comprehensive public mation Amendment Bill will now Turkey ties, aims to punish An- evening. tution on the disclosure of infor- consultation process during the be referred to the National Council kara for violating Cyprus’ mari- Turkey, which is a candidate for mation about the private funding processing of the Bill, including of Provinces for consideration. At time economic zone by drilling EU membership, says it is oper- of political parties and indepen- calls for written submissions and the same sitting, the economic part- off the divided island. It follows ating in waters on its own conti- dent candidates. public hearings. A wide range of nership agreements between the a separate decision to halt new nental shelf or areas where Turk- The Constitutional Court further organisations and persons made Southern African Customs Union. arms sales to Turkey over Anka- ish Cypriots have rights. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES Weekend Box Office: Midway James Gunn calls one member of battles for the top spot and wins his ‘Suicide Squad’ the ‘best actor I’ve ever worked with’

James Gunn has collaborated doesn’t consider any of them to ing movies with the I, Tonya Os- with many fine actors over the be the finest actor he’s worked car nominee reprising her role as years: Elizabeth Banks, Nathan with. In response to a question Harley Quinn, the other being The Fillion, Ellen Page, and Kevin on Instagram about his thoughts Suicide Squad. Bacon, as well as his Guardian on Margot Robbie, The Suicide Gunn is currently “a little over of the Galaxy crew, including Squad writer and director replied, a third of the way through” Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Brad- “Yes. She might be the best actor through filming the Suicide Squad ley Cooper, Michael Rooker, I’ve ever worked with.” He add- relaunch, which also stars Viola Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, ed that he’s read the script for Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Court- John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabu- ney, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Benicio del Toro, and Kurt Rus- lous Emancipation of One Har- Davidson, Taika Waititi, and Pe- sell, among others. But Gunn ley Quinn), one of two upcom- ter Capaldi, who has a “big role.” World Famous Lover first Just below the surface of a quiet al fan base, Lionsgate instead man- ing weekend gross—a far cry guizamo, and Judy Greer, the gen- box office weekend, four major aged to pull a slight upset with from the earlier projected $25- eral curiosity is understandable. studio releases battled for the top Midway. The WWII flick roused 30 million—despite a generally Still… Emilia Clarke! Henry Gold- look: Vijay Deverakonda spot during what should have $17.5 million domestically in its favorable reception. In another, ing! Michelle freakin’ Yeoh! You’d been a lively Veterans Day week- premiere weekend—still a lot of small-scale upset: The lightly think that a Paul Feig-directed step end. While many may have been ground to cover before it recoups promoted John Cena family com- into the holidays after Mariah returns to basics looking towards the Stephen King its $100 million budget, but it can edy Playing With Fire managed Carey officially rang in the season adaptation Doctor Sleep—the at least boast a win over three stu- to outperform Last Christmas would lead to a much more nota- World Famous Lover first sequel to The Shining—to secure dio titans for at least one week- with a modest gross of $12.8 ble turnout. But an $11.6 million look: The poster suggests the number one spot with the help end. Doctor Sleep came in second million. With a cast like Cena, domestic grab isn’t going to ac- that Vijay Deverakonda is of the author’s cross-generation- place with a $14.1 million open- Keegan-Michael Key, John Le- complish. going back to playing a lover, who may not take heartbreaks lightly. He Mammootty’s Bala box office collection day 4: seems to be on his home Mamangam Ayushmann Khurrana scores a hat-trick ground here. postponed to December as film crosses Rs 50 cr mark ala box office collection day 4: The Ayushmann Khur rana-Yami Gautam-Bhumi Pednekar starrer has collected Rs 52.21 crore within four days of release.

Vijay Deverakonda unveiled the seems to be on his home ground Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Vijay first look poster of his upcom- here. World Famous Lover has Deverakonda has also bagged a ing film World Famous Lover. not one but four leading ladies, project with director Puri Jagan- The film is written and directed including Raashi Khanna, Aish- nadh. The announcement of the by Kranthi Madhav. The poster warya Rajesh, Catherine Tresa project was made in August after features an angry Deverakonda, and Izabella Leite. Billed as a ro- the director’s iSmart Shankar, star- who seems ready to throw a mantic entertainer, KA Vallabha ring Ram Pothineni, became a hit burning cigarette at someone. is producing the film while KS at the box office. The film has been The homicidal rage suggests that Rama Rao is presenting it under titled Fighter. And like all leading he might have drenched some- Creative Commercials banner. male actors in Puri Jagannadh’s one in fuel and is about to burn Composer Gopi Sundar, who film, Deverakonda is also expect- Fans of Malayalam superstar the person alive. scored music for Vijay Devera- ed to gain six-pack abs and show Mammootty have to wait a little The poster also suggests that konda’s hit romantic comedy them off on the big screen. The longer to watch their favourite Deverakonda is going back to Geetha Govindam, is also work- film will be co-produced by star’s upcoming magnum opus playing a lover, who may not ing on this film. The shooting of Charmme Kaur and it will go on Mamangam. The release of the take heartbreaks lightly. He the film is currently going on in the floors in January 2020. film, which was scheduled for November 21, has now been post- poned due to post-production Bala, starring Ayushmann Khur- the weekend with collections of ticket counters with the Guru Giorgia Andriani: reasons. Instead, the movie will rana, Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Rs 15.73 cr and Rs 18.07 on Sat- Nanak Jayanti holiday on Tues- open in theaters on December 12. Gautam, has hit the bull’s eye at urday and Sunday, respectively. day. The film’s collections are sim- ‘I faced rejection China box office: According to reports, the vi- the box office. The film has suc- Film trade analyst Taran ilar to Ayushmann’s previous re- sual effects work has forced the cessfully crossed the Rs 50 crore Adarsh shared the box office fig- lease, Dream Girl, which had also for being fair filmmakers to delay the release mark at the box office within four ures of the film on Twitter. He collected Rs 52 crore in four days. skinned and ‘Midway’ shot down by about three weeks. Earlier, the days of its release. wrote, “Bala crosses Rs 50 cr... Bala is the actor’s third hit of the filmmakers had noted that they The film is a hit with collec- Remarkable hold on Day 4... year after Dream Girl and Article for my Hindi’ will be using very little help of tions of Rs 8.26 crore on Mon- Trends better than Ayushmann’s 15. Bala is also Ayushmann’s first by local drama special effects to spruce up Ma- day. The film had already collect- last hit Dream Girl [Day 4: Rs movie to be released in Saudi Ara- mangam. “It will be visually big ed 43.95 crore in its first weekend 7.43 cr]... Holiday on Day 5 bia. Movie critic and analyst Ta- but we are not depending much and the Monday collections take [Guru Nanak Jayanti] should ran Adarsh shared the news on ‘Better Days’ on computer graphics. We are the total to Rs 52.21 crore. It had only boost biz... Fri 10.15 cr, Sat Twitter and mentioned that Bala using minimal VFX. We want the recorded the highest film opening 15.73 cr, Sun 18.07 cr, Mon 8.26 has cleared the standards of the film to look natural and real,” for Ayushmann at Rs 10.15 crore. cr. Total: Rs 52.21 cr. India biz.” censor board and will now be re- Mammootty said. It showed immense growth during Bala is expected to gain at the leased on November 14.

Making her acting debut in the Baahubali 2 trailer reaction: Prabhas, Rana entertainment world, Italian model and dancer Giorgia Andri- Daggubati film gets star rating from fans, celebs ani, who has been dating actor Arbaaz Khan from over a year now, is all gung ho about her new Baahubali 2 trailer: SS Rajamouli film trailer online leak journey. Whether it is her movie Welcome to Bajrangpur starring seems to have had no effect on the audience reaction. Shreyas Talpade, doing an item song in Sri Devi Bungalow or her The climax of Baahubali: The Tamil web series Karoline Ka- shown in 300 theatres in Andhra Roland Emmerich’s big-budget Beginning had all of us waiting to Pradesh and Telangana. Baahubali makshi, the actor has her hands profitable. Instead, “Better World War II film “Midway” was Days,” Hong Kong director Derek know why Kattappa killed 2’s trailer received a reception as full and hopes to soon make a no match for local drama “Better Kwok-Cheung Tsang’s melodra- Baahubali. Now the wait is al- grand as any full-fledged film. You mark in the industry. “Being a Days” at China’s box office, matic saga about schoolyard bul- most over as the trailer of Baahu- must have seen Shah Rukh Khan, foreigner, to get a good project is bringing in $3 million less than lying starring Zhou Dongyu and bali: The Conclusion has arrived Salman Khan and personalities very tough. I would go for audi- the top-earning Chinese title, TFBoys heartthrob Jackson Yee, on our screens this morning. like Rajinikanth being welcomed tions, sit for hours and have faced which is already in its third led the box office with $18.6 mil- While the trailer didn’t reveal on screen by the audience with rejection so many times because anything about what the nation money being showered on them I am too fair-skinned or because weekend in theaters. lion, according to consultancy they would think that I would One of the more expensive inde- Artisan Gateway. wants to know — why Kattap- but for the first time, a trailer got not be able to speak Hindi prop- pendent films ever made on a That tally even exceeded the $17.5 pa killed Baahubali — but has such an overwhelming response. erly,” says Giorgia adding, “I budget of $98 million, the Amer- million that “Midway” made in enough meat to keep you in- The audience has given thumbs up don’t believe in luck. How pre- ican blockbuster took in a mea- the U.S., where it led a lackluster trigued and waiting for the release to SS Rajamouli film’s trailer. One pared you are to do the hard ger $15.7 million during its open- domestic box office by beating out of the film on April 28. While the of the audience members said, work. In the beginning, I was ste- ing weekend in China, signaling “Doctor Sleep.” trailer played on your phone and “The trailer has very good visual reotyped as well but now peo- that it will likely struggle to be (BBC) computer screens, it was also effects and impactful fight. ple know me better than before.” Why Terminator: Dark Fate Virgin Bhasskar Trailer: This comedy of flopped at the box office errors will surely tickle your funny bone! Terminator: Dark Fate didn't get off to the best of starts Blazing a trail through audience's came a hit. This comedy of errors at the box office, but there was always the hope that it hearts with back-to-back, hit will see Anant Joshi and Rutpan- could improve with good word-of-mouth. The sequel original series, ALTBalaji and na Aishwarya in the lead roles has been the best-received outing of the Terminator se- ZEE5 drop the trailer of yet an- essaying the characters of Bhas- ries since Terminator 2: Judgment Day. So while fans other exciting drama, Virgin Bhas- skar and Vidhi respectively. Bhas- could have been put off seeing it on the opening weekend skar. With their previous shows skar is an erotica novelist and Vi- by the recent movies in the series, they might have been ruling the roost and trending on dhi is an aspiring IAS officer, who persuaded by decent reviews. Sadly, the movie seems IMDB, this rom-com too, is here makes one admire her for the pos- condemned to its own dark fate as it currently stands at to stay and promises to keep you itive attitude she carries. The trail- $199.2 million worldwide, having opened pretty much entertained. The series is a laugh er shows how Bhasskar Tripathi everywhere. It dropped 63% in the US over a slow week- riot about the faults of an erotica is furious about still being a virgin end of releases and looks set to end its run with under novelist, Bhasskar Tripathi, who in his 20's and later when he falls $300 million worldwide. But why did Terminator: Dark wants to lose his virginity with for a girl (Vidhi) how he fails at all Fate prove such a flop despite being a genuinely good the girl he loves but is unable to. the things he does to get his cher- Terminator outing? Arguably, the biggest factor is the As a gesture to express the things ry popped. Being a virgin is a di- franchise itself: even the most die-hard of Terminator happening in his life as well as saster for his social life, but it fans had been burned too many times already. Termina- other events surrounding him, he somehow helps him in his writ- tor 3: Rise of the Machines had a mixed response, but chooses to pen down his feel- ing. He understands the pain of that was positively glowing compared. ings through his novel which be- not getting lucky but somehow. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES Neil Robertson Liverpool 3-1 Man City: The edges Judd Trump in thrilling 15-minute spell which could Champion of end up deciding title race Tyrrell Hatton wins Turkish Champions final Airlines Open "The standard overall was incredible, there were a lot of centuries and a couple of frames on the black" after six-man play-off Tyrrell Hatton parred the fourth extra hole under the floodlights to emerge victorious after a dramatic six-man play-off at the Turkish Airlines Open. The 28-year-old Englishman edged out Matthias Schwab after Erik van Rooyen, Kurt Kitayama, Victor Perez and Benjamin Hebert had earlier fallen by the wayside. It is the first time in professional golf that a play- off has been finished under flood- lights after they were utilised on the 18th hole at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Antalya. Hatton, who has been troubled by a wrist injury in recent weeks, was claim- ing his fourth European Tour win and his second success in a Rolex Series event, and it ended a victo- ry drought of over two years after his last triumph came at the Ital- Neil Robertson won his second they've ever seen," Robertson ian Open in October 2017. He also Champion of Champions title told ITV 4. "The standard over- Two sucker-punch goals from Liv- provide a detailed blow-by-blow mates. It is a fevered atmosphere in as Andrew Robertson tries to picks up a first prize of $2m with a thrilling 10-9 final victory all was incredible, there were a (£1.57m) with the five joint-run- over Judd Trump in Coventry. lot of centuries and a couple of erpool. One controversial handball account of how City dominated and, once a respectfully observed find team-mate from a throw- ners-up collecting around Robertson's hopes seemed over frames on the black. "We never decision against Manchester City. the opening exchanges, how the minute's silence to mark Remem- in, and the ball is swiftly back $430,000 (£336,595). After the when he trailed 9-8 and needed a backed down, we kept playing Could the opening 15 minutes at key decision went against them, brance Day is over, the volume in their possession as they sextet all finished on 20-under 268 snooker to tie the 18th frame of a the shots, and that's the sort of Anfield on Sunday come to define and how their ruthless oppo- becomes even louder. Despite the probe on the opposite flank this they were split up into two high-calibre match. But the Aus- snooker people want to see. "You this year's Premier League title nents took full advantage... The hostility of the crowd, and the time. "They've started pretty groups of three for the play-off, tralian got his snooker and potted go into the decider and all you race? Liverpool's 3-1 win put them players emerge from the tunnel deafening whistles which well, City," says Gary Neville with Van Rooyen dropping out the respotted black to tie the want is one chance. "Judd was nine points clear of the reigning to a loud roar from around the soundtrack their early posses- as Sterling charges down a long first after driving into a bush on match at 9-9. Robertson then very brave going for the long red champions, and the crucial mo- stadium, and the usual pre-match sion, City start confidently. They pass from Trent Alexander-Ar- their first additional trip down the made a winning clearance of 137 - from my break-off, and if he pots ments all occurred in a breathless handshakes are followed by a are straight onto the front foot, nold. 558-yard, par-five 18th. his fifth century break of the it he probably wins the match." early spell during which Fabinho's belting rendition of You'll Never working the ball forward on the match - to take the £150,000 win- Trump made three consecutive stunning strike put the hosts in Walk Alone. In the City half, right-hand side, where De Bruyne ner's prize and immediately earn century breaks - 121, 127 and front shortly after City had been Kevin De Bruyne - who told Sky wins the first corner of the game a hug from his son Alexander. "It's 119 - in the opening session, but denied a spot-kick, with Moham- Sports he "loves" playing at An- off Fabinho in front of the Kop. the best match I've ever been in- still trailed 5-4 at the break as ed Salah then scoring a clinical sec- field in the build-up to the game - The corner comes to noth- HollieArnoldandJonathan volved in - and I'm sure a lot of Robertson ended with a flawless ond goal which came out of noth- can be seen clapping his hands ing, but Liverpool still can't get a people here would say it's the best run of 111. ing in the 13th minute. Here, we together and geeing up his team- foot on the ball. City pin the hosts Broom-Edwardswingold Warren Gatland rejects New at WorldPara-Athletics Zealand overtures DeontayWilder might changemindabout WBC's out of loyalty to Championships British and Irish 'Franchise' status,sayspromoter EddieHearn "You can't take anything Wilder Lions and Chiefs says seriously," The Matchroom Boxing boss told Sky Sports. "First of all he says 'one face, one name, one champion', and then we chase the undisputed fight for over a year, and he don't want to know, and Joshua loses and it's 'one face, one name, one champi- on' again. "Now he says he'll turn down a Franchise belt. If he gets the opportunity to duck Dillian Whyte or Anthony Joshua, or anybody by being elevated to Great Britain's Hollie Arnold Naibys Morillo. Broom-Edwards Warren Gatland says he rejected Franchise champion, he would do it in a heartbeat. "Don't take what and Jonathan Broom-Edwards and closest rival Temurbek Giya- the chance to apply to be the new Deontay Wilder says too seri- both won gold on day five of zov, from Uzbekistan, both failed New Zealand head coach as he is ously." Whyte was suspended of the World Para-Athletics Cham- to clear 2.02m at their first two committed to leading the British his status as WBC mandatory pionships in Dubai. Arnold set attempts, but the Briton, who and Irish Lions and the Chiefs. challenger, which he earned by a new championship record of ruptured his Achilles last season, Gatland stepped down from his defeating Oscar Rivas, in the 44.73 metres to defend her cleared it with his final attempt to role in charge of Wales after guid- wake of an "adverse finding" in a women's javelin F46 title, while take gold. British sprinters Kadee- Broom-Edwards cleared 2.02m na Cox and Thomas Young both ing them to the semi-finals of the UK Anti-Doping test He insist- at his third attempt to win the took silver after being edged out Rugby World Cup and will lead ed that Rivas was beaten 'fair and T64 high jump. Arnold broke in photo finishes in their respec- the British and Irish Lions on their Deontay Wilder would become WBC heavyweight title in a re- Hearn believes Wilder could be square', but a recent statement her own championship record tive events. Cox lost out to Rus- 2021 tour of South Africa. He will the WBC's 'Franchise' champi- match with Luis Ortiz in Las Ve- tempted to accept this new sta- from the WBC indicated that to take the lead halfway through sia's Margarita Goncharova in the also coach the Chiefs in Super on, if it meant he could avoid gas on November 23, live on Sky tus, which means a champion Whyte must wait 16 months for her event and that was enough women's 400m T38 and Young Rugby from next season. But de- fights with Anthony Joshua or Sports, and recently said the does not have to fulfil a manda- his first world title opportunity, to seal victory ahead of New was beaten by a thousandth of a with Tyson Fury replacing him spite the offer from his home na- Dillian Whyte, says promoter WBC's new title of 'Franchise' tory defence, if he was finally ob- Zealand's Holly Robinson and second by China's Zhu Dening in as mandatory challenger ahead. Venezuelan bronze medallist the men's 100m T38. tion to apply for the All Blacks Eddie Hearn. Wilder defends his champion would not 'fit me'. But ligated to face Joshua or Whyte. job, Gatland felt unable to let down the sides he had already agreed to Shane Sutton coach by applying to take over Roger Federer from Steve Hansen, who also left Dom Sibley, testimony in Dr his job after taking his side to the says he cannot last-four in Japan. Wales suffered Richard a heartbreaking 19-16 World Cup Zak Crawley Freeman lose another semi-final defeat against South tribunal delayed Africa in Warren Gatland's pen- score hundreds match atATP ultimate game in charge. "I was due to legal asked to apply for the position Finals in London now and I've gone back to them in first England arguments to say I won't be putting my name forward, because at this point I've Roger Federer has said "I'm not five-set defeat at the All England made a commitment to the Chiefs innings allowed to lose anymore" after Club if he is to reach the semi- and I've made a commitment to suffering a costly opening finals. The crowd were firmly on the Lions," Gatland told The Tele- Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley hit youngster Crawley made 103 from the second wicket after Burns round-robin loss to Dominic Federer's side that day, and Djok- graph. "They appreciated it, they hundreds in their first England 137. Crawley was seemingly se- (23) had been caught at slip in Thiem on Sunday night at Lon- ovic is likely to face more of the understood it. I just think it would innings on day one of the warm- lected on the tour as back-up open- the 16th over of a day that was don's O2. Federer would have same on the banks of the Thames. up game against a New Zealand er but pressed his claims for a spot shortened due to rain. Captain look poor me applying [for the expected a tougher test against "I understand why there is so XI in Whangarei. Warwickshire as No 3 batsman in the first Test Joe Root scored an unbeaten 41 Thiem, a five-time winner on the much support for Roger, he is All Blacks job]. It wouldn't sit batsman Sibley - who is expect- should county team-mate Joe Den- from 42 deliveries before stumps, well with me, having already made Tour this year, and so it proved. who he is, and what he has ed to make his Test debut against ly fail to recover from his ankle while Ollie Pope hit nine not out The six-time champion was achieved and the personality that those commitments to the other New Zealand next week as Rory injury in time. Sibley and Crawley from 16 as England closed on 285- two parties." beaten in straight sets, 7-5 7-5. he is, he deserves that," said Djok- Burns' opening partner - scored - who both retired out after reach- 3 from 66 overs after electing to It came after Novak Djokovic ovic. "Sometimes the crowd is on (Sky Sport) 100 from 161 balls, while Kent ing three figures - put on 154 for bat at Cobham Oval. Shane Sutton's public testimony flew out of the traps at the ATP your side, sometimes it's against at the fitness-to-practise tribu- Finals sweeping aside O2 debu- you. It's something throughout my nal for former British Cycling and tant Matteo Berrettini 6-2 6-1 career I've had to learn how to han- Team Sky medic Dr Richard Free- earlier in the day. Federer said: dle, how to accept, and how to QuelDestininGreatwoodHurdleframefor Nicholls man has been delayed. The Aus- "I thought the match was actu- deal with that. "It will not be any- tralian, a former head coach of ally pretty even for a long peri- thing particularly different in Prolific juvenile winner Quel Destin and 2017 County Hurdle scorer the same organisations and who od of time. I had my chances, I terms of my reaction if that hap- Mohaayed head the weights among 19 confirmations for the Unibet left British Cycling in 2016, was felt. I didn't feel like I was out- pens. I'm going to accept it and Greatwood Handicap Hurdle a Cheltenham. Quel Destin, trained by expected to give evidence at the played or anything. Just maybe respect it, and that's it. I'm going Paul Nicholls, won five times last term and got off to a good start this tribunal on Monday but the hear- that first-round hiccup. to try to focus on what needs to campaign with victory on this course last month. Nicholls also has Red ing was held up by legal argu- "It's a normal tournament from be done in order to win a tennis Force One in the reckoning as he looks to win Sunday's valuable event ment behind closed doors. The here on forward. I'm not allowed match." for a fourth time. The Dan Skelton-trained Mohaayed has been beaten tribunal is considering a legal ap- to lose anymore. That's how it Who will win the ATP Finals? in the Greatwood for the last two years, and was last of 10 in the Welsh plication and requested the rest is every week of the year for 'Zverev can get it together for Champion Hurdle on his return. Monsieur Lecoq, who won that Ffos of Monday afternoon to hear it. the last 20 years, so from that ATP Finals' Las feature, is among the possibles for Jane Williams - as is recent all Dr Freeman has admitted order- standpoint there is nothing new As for whether Federer's mindset the Ascot winner Gumball, from the Philip Hobbs stable. ing 30 sachets of a testosterone there." Highlights of Roger Fe- would be affected by that gut- Nicky Henderson has cut his entries down to just two - last sea- gel in May 2011 but has claimed derer's shock defeat at the hands wrenching defeat in July, Djokov- son's County Hurdle third Countister and Dame De Compagnie, who in his witness statement that they of Dominic Thiem at the ATP ic said: "Maybe, maybe not. I has been absent since winning a Listed mares' novices' hurdle at Chel- were ordered for Sutton. Freeman Finals don't know. But I will not expect tenham in April 2018. "They both worked very well on Saturday," said has claimed it was ordered to Federer's group-stage meeting that." Check our news, reports and Henderson. "They are both JP's (McManus, owner), but he is quite treat Sutton's erectile dysfunc- with Djokovic, their first since reaction at the ATP Finals in Lon- happy to run them both if that is the case. There are two Irish-trained tion. Simon Jackson, QC for the July's Wimbledon final, will don by following us on possibles - Tony Martin's Golden Spear and Hannon, from John Mc- General Medical Council (GMC) take place on Thursday. skysports.com/tennis, our app for Connell's stable. which brought the charges against The 38-year-old Swiss will mobile devices or our Twitter ac- (Sky Sport) Dr Freeman, said. probably need to avenge that count @skysportstennis. WEDNESDAY . NOVEMBER 13. 2019 -Aqrab 22, 1398 H.S Vol:XIV Issue No:106 Price: Afs.20

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AT News Report A governmental source in the vehicle, killing three children and KABUL: Sources close to AT Monitoring Desk province, who wished to go three women. But, a statement Taliban leadership say that those KABUL: At least eight members unnamed, told Pajowk Afghan from the provincial police chief militant inmates who have been of a single family have been killed News the incident occurred in Ali department said that a Taliban released based on an agreement KABUL: EU Foreign Policy in an airstrike conducted by the Sing village of Zazai Aryoub vehicle has been targeted as a result with the United States were Chief, Federica Mogherini said US forces in southern Paktia district. According to him, the of the airstrike, in which five granted 10-year long Afghan Tuesday they were awaiting province, sources said Tuesday. airstrike has targeted a civilian Taliban... passports and... preliminary results of Afghanistan’s presidential election to be announced. Addressing reporters after the EU Council of Foreign Affairs, she said the EU discussed post- for the preliminary results to be an Afghan-owned and an Afghan- presidential election situation in announced, but we are stressing led process for negotiation that we Afghanistan. “We are still waiting our determination to accompany hope can start...

AT News Report teams. Hawa Alam Nooristani, head of the IEC along with a KABUL: Due to blockage of number of electoral polling centers in some of the commissioners on Tuesday held provinces, the Independent a press conference in Kabul, Election Commission has said the where they briefed the media over preliminary results of the the recent activities of the presidential election may not be commission. However the announced on due time. The conference was disrupted due to commission said that its polling verbal dispute among the IEC’s centers were closed in 15 of the 34 commissioners. Moullana provinces by some certain electoral Abdullah,...

AT News Report announcement of preliminary results. Meanwhile, Abdullah, a KABUL: The independent commissioner verbally disputed election commission says that with other commissioners that supporters of some candidates disrupted the Tuesday meeting have closed offices of the and other commissioners left the commission in some provinces meeting to protest. The election which would affect the KABUL: A US military convoy commission... came under suicide attack in central Logar province on Tuesday but rojects worth nearly 30 information about casualties was billion afghanis are being not immediately available. The constructed in eastern incident happened on the the Nangarhar province, the Kabul-Paktia highway at around governor said on Tuesday. Shah 11am when a car bomb exploded Mahmood Miakhel told this to a near the convoy close to a military gathering marking ‘Official Work The Afghan cabinet on Tuesday as possible after its assessment. base . Police confirmed the Accountability” in Jalalabad, the approved the Finance Ministry- According to Masjidi, the bombing. Meanwhile, the US provincial capital. proposed draft budget for the next government’s income and military said: “A vehicle-borne IED A number of government fiscal year, announced Shamroz expenses were a major part of targeted a US convoy in Logar . officials were present at the Khan Masjidi, a Finance Ministry Tuesday’s cabinet meeting Only the VBIED driver was killed. gathering organized by the spokesman. Forty days remain in agenda. “The issues which No US or Coalition service National Citizen Charter program this fiscal year. should be discussed are whether members were wounded or killed. office and shared their annual The next step, Masjidi said, balanced development has been We are investigating the incident. performance reports and plans is for the draft to be sent to considered in the budget, and No group has so far claimed with the participants. parliament for approval. whether the prioritized projects responsibility for the blast, which Nangarhar National Citizen “It (the draft budget) will be are national projects. So far, we came the day the Afghan Charter program head Sayed sent to the parliament of do not have details on the government confirmed a prisoner Rahman Momand said the event Afghanistan this week,” Masjidi budget,” said Baktash Ishchi, exchange deal with the Taliban. was aimed at informing people said. The Financial and Budget member of the committee. Critics Three senior militant leaders would about their programs and to Committee of the Wolesi Jirga say the problems in this year’s be swapped for a US citizen and strengthen relationship between said efforts will be made to budget should not be repeated in an Australian, President Ashraf the people and government approve the draft budget as soon the next fiscal year. Ghani told reporters. officials.