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KABUL : National Security Ad- gion, he claimed, saying: “Daesh visor Mohammad Hanif Atmar is an enemy and a threat to all of said on Monday terrorist groups us.” based in Pakistan threatened Af- Atmar estimated up to 45000 ghanistan and other countries of terrorists were currently operat- Pakistan to the region. Addressing a security ing in Afghanistan. “Associating conference in New Delhi, the ad- Islam with terrorism is unhelpful.” visor said: “We must always re- The narrative of good and bad open Torkham member that we do not have any terrorists needed to be discouraged friend among terrorist groups.” and stopped. Atmar stressed. Vi- crossing for Terrorism was a generational olence in Afghanistan was not a struggle that could not be combat- civil war, it was terrorism and ex- two days ed in a year; he said, adding the tremism at its worst, he said scourge was a long and arduous “Separating economic objec- AT News Report process. “We must continue the tives from political objectives of struggle.” terrorist groups in Afghanistan is KABUL: Pakistan government is The advisor said there was no difficult,” he added. The outfits to open the Torkham cross-border substitute for state-to-state coop- also needed relationships with for two days (Tuesday and eration on fighting the menace. “We rogue state elements that provid- Wednesday, March 7 and 8) to help can either be collectively secure or ed them sanctuary. those Afghan passengers who have collectively insecure.” “We are no longer talking of a travelled to Pakistan to return Using a Frankenstein monster lone group. There is a symbiotic home, Afghan ambassador to Is- against another country was fool- relation between the economics lamabad announced Monday. ish as it would come back to haunt and geopolitics of the region,” the “This is for those passengers its master, Atmar remarked. advisor continued. who are holding Pakistan visas,” He said: “We do not have em- The NSA made clear success Omar Zakhilwal said in a statement, pirical evidence that Daesh and against terrorism in Afghanistan asking passengers to be prepared Taliban are enemies today. These was vitally important for the sta- for crossing border during these terrorist outfits are mutating. Our bility of the region and the world. two days. regional response thus far has been He said 20 out of 98 terrorist out- He emphasized that the two inadequate...” fits were operating within the Af- sides had not reached an agreement The terrorist groups based in ghan region. He also hailed India’s over the permanent reopen of the Pakistan were threatening Afghan- assistance worth a billion dollars Torkham and Spin Boldak cross- istan and other countries in the re- to Afghanistan. (Pajhwok) borders. Zakhilwal added that the pri- vate Safi airliner had expressed By Farhad Naibkhel future of Afghanistan through re- year.At the same time, he said that mitted to carry out fair and free readiness to launch special flights ceiving orders from their masters.” all efforts on table to downhill se- election nationwide. Beside that to Peshawar and Quetta if the bor- KABUL: President Mohammad “Afghan security forces would curity problems to a significant the president insisted that won’t Pakistan deports 262 ders were not reopened by Paki- Ashraf Ghanihas said that all ef- stand strong and committed level at the end of the year. He add- let anyone including himself to in- forts are on table to quell threat of stani authorities. against them,” president Ghani ed, “not only Islamic State, aka terfere in the election process. “These special flights are not insurgents in the upcoming year. said, referring in fight against all Daesh terrorists—also other for- Likewise, Speaker of the Wole- more Afghan President Ghani during inaugura- needed for now, but should be types of irregular warfare, terror- eign terrorist groups, who use our si Jirga or (Lower House) of the ready if needed.” tion of parliament session after ism and insurgency. He added, soil for inside and outside terrorist Parliament, Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi winter recess on Monday has “beside military operations, the activity, but those Taliban insur- expressed his deepest concern citizens via Torkham warned that those Taliban insur- Afghan government would also gents, who are hell-bent on de- over delay in parliamentary elec- gents who don’t want pace would keep open peace door for those stroying our country and still at tion, lamenting over growing of Corruption, suffer utter defeats. seduced youths who to sever ties business of curly killing our peo- insecurity across the country. He “Our message is clear for those with insurgent groups through join- ple are the enemies of Afghan called on the government to prop- insurgent outfits who don’t want ing the Afghan-led and Afghan- masses.”Fortunately, the Afghan erly stand ready to put down ene- narcotics peace, that there is a strong inten- owned peace and reconciliation masses have already defined their mies threat in the coming spring tion of victory against the ongoing process.” Moreover, the president friends and foes, he said. Pointing offensive. Moreover, he urged the war,” Ghani said. He added, “we hinted toward security challenges, toward delay in holding of parlia- government to take strong steps behind don’t let a number of unintention- and said that probably security mentary elections, the President to run free and fair elections al mercenaries to pose threat to the hurdles won’t be less than last said that the government is com- throughout the country. Helmand 5 Pakistani insecurity Balkh children to KASHKARGAH : Security offi- soldiers killed cials blame growing insecurity in southern Helmand province on in attack near administrative corruption and drug Taliban: Don’t fire at us trafficking. crossing point Brig. Gen. Abdul Rahim Cha- MAZAR-I-SHARIF : Children in khansouri, 505th Bust Zone po- KABUL : Five Pakistani soldiers northern Balkh province on Sun- lice commander, said besides mili- JALALABAD : Pakistani forces an action that comes as the Af- have been killed by Taliban insur- day urged militants not fire bullets tants, corruption in government have handed over 262 more Afghan ghanistan-Pakistan border re- gents during an attack in the tribal at them and the country leaders to departments also contributed to nationals, including patients, to mained shut for the 17th day. region of Mohmand close to the provide them better education fa- insecurity in Helmand. authorities at the Torkham border Attaullah Khogyani, the gov- Durand-Line, the army said on cilities. A large number of school- The police commander said crossing, an official said on Mon- ernor’s spokesman, confirmed the Monday. The media wing of the children were gathered in Mazar- this while addressing a graduation day. deportation via Torkham. He said Pakistan Army claimed the Tali- i-Sharif, the provincial capital by ceremony for hundreds of police- Ghulam Haidar Faqirzai, head the deportees had no documents ban militants crossed the Durand Nihad-i-Mardomi or People’s In- men who completed their course. of the provincial repatriation and of travel and residency in Pakistan. Line into Mohmand Agency and stitution to encourage them and Without going into details, refugees department, confirmed to Relations between the neigh- stormed three security posts. Five bring a smile on their faces. The Chakhansouri said drug trafficking, Pajhwok Afghan News over 250 bours hit a new low after a series Pakistani soldiers were killed in the gathering was also managed and led corruption and illegal activities Afghans had been deported by of bombings in the neighbouring attack and more than 10 Taliban by children. The children delivered were main factors behind insecuri- Pakistan. country. Islamabad closed all rebels were also eliminated in re- speeches, sang songs and appealed ty in the restive Helmand. Women, children and 90 de- crossing points on the Durand Line taliatory fire from the military per- to the government to provide edu- He said individuals who tainees were among the deportees, subsequently. (Pajhwok) sonnel. Some Taliban also suffered cation facilities and environment snatched police force privileges or injuries, it added. "Effective pres- to them. Nadim, a private school were involved in drug and weap- ence, vigilance and response re- student, in her speech urged mili- ons smuggling should shun the il- Taliban intelligence in charge dead, pulsed terrorists attempt," read the tants not to fire bullet at them. legal acts if they wished security statement said. The slain soldiers “We are children, spray on in the province. Chakhansouri said weapons recovered in Paktika raid were identified as Sanaullah, Saf- with flowers not bullets, do you domi Institute head, said they or- women. Mrs. Razam Dostyar, reforms had been launched to re- dar, Altaf, Nek Mohammad and think about our future when you ganized the event for happiness of who painted a portrait on the wall, solve corruption and smuggling SHARAN : Afghan security forc- ing centre Sunday night in the Spin Anwar. The attack comes at a time destroy our school.” children. He said the aim of the said they were spreading positivi- related issues. He informed around es have killed intelligence in charge Kalai area. Taliban intelligence in when relations between Afghani- Songs, bubble flying and other gathering to make it clear on all the ty about women in their society. 2,000 police were under training of the Taliban and destroyed the charge Ain-ul-Haq was killed in the stan and Pakistan are already tense. funny games were presented by warring sides that the Afghan chil- She painted a black image of a in Helmand and of them 233 com- group training centre in the Omani raid and security personnel cap- Following a spate of terror attacks, children on the occasion. dren supported and wanted peace. woman with a red hand writing: pleted their training on Monday. district of southeastern Paktika ture weapons and ammunition Pakistan sealed its border with Marjana, a six years-old girl at The children should be allowed to ‘No more violence.’ Residents of Acting Helmand Governor Ghu- province, a reliable security source from the training centre, the source Afghanistan. Last month, a suicide the event, said she was very hap- live a peaceful and lovely life, he Mazar-I-Sharif thanked women lam Muhauddin Sedique told the said on Monday. added. bomber targeted a governmental py today. “I want peace in my added. Many girls painted walls activists for their efforts at high- new police graduates to implement According to the sources se- A walkie-talkie, laptop, re- office in the agency headquarters, Afghanistan, I want to go to school of the Balkhtar High School in lighting the plight of women and justice and maintain law and order curity personnel from the Nation- cruitment list, remote control and inflicting casualties on several peo- and complete my learning,” she Mazar-i-Sharif city illustrating children in the war-torn country. in society with new skills and pro- al Directorate of Security (NDS) some weapons had been recovered ple. (Pajhwok) said. Najib Paikan, Nihad-i-Mar- elimination of violence against (Pajhwok) fessionalism. (Pajhwok) conducted raid on the Taliban train- during the raid. (Pajhwok) TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghanistan: The only gynaecologist for hundreds of miles

Fed up with what she felt was es related to pregnancy or child- mismanagement at her hospital, birth. gynaecologist Homa Amiri Kakar But according to the UN, this had walked out of her job in a re- has now fallen to 396 per 100,000 mote part of Afghanistan and re- women. By contrast, the UK rate turned to the capital. But just a is 9 per 100,000 women. week later she agreed to go back, There has been recent invest- guilt-stricken about the women she ment in midwifery care in Afghan- had deserted, as the BBC's Sarah istan The Afghan government says Buckley and Asif Maroof report. this success is due to a concerted "I am deeply unhappy that I training programme for midwives left behind patients, especially fe- - which have increased from 437 male patients in remote villages - in 2002 to 4,600 last year. KANDAHAR CITY : Despite the they are not in a condition to ex- However Dr Kakar says that increasing registration of cases of plain all types of their sickness to there is still insufficient midwife- violence against women, only one male doctors - so it would be very ry presence in the province she female prosecutor works in the difficult without a female doctor," works in because hospitals are not attorney office in southern Kan- she says. recruiting them - instead midwives dahar province. Religious and cultural mores are encouraged to make home vis- Kandahar’s Women Affairs Department and activists ex- mean that women rarely visit male its. pressed serious concern on the is- doctors for any condition, never But she says they need to be sue, saying it was difficult to ad- mind a gynaecological one, and Dr under the authority of a hospital dress a legal case relating to females. Kakar, 39, realised that leaving her where they can receive proper Women Affairs Director Ru- post in Paktika province left her mentoring by doctors. qia Achakzai, in an exclusive inter- patients dangerously vulnerable. She also said that all too often view with Pajhwok Afghan News, "Many times if there is not a unqualified unofficial midwives are said only one female prosecutor female doctor many symptoms operating in the community - of- and one defence lawyer were work- will remain untold by females and fering women medicine without ing in Kandahar. could cause a big problem, and even prescription, sometimes with fa- However, there is not even a lead to their deaths," she told the tal results. single female in the provincial ju- BBC. Elyas Wahdat, the governor of diciary. One prosecutor and law- If the patient's husband, father the province Dr Kakar has re- yer could not cope with too many or other male relative cannot or will turned to, says they need more cases, she argued, saying it was not find a way of transporting her women doctors. difficult to probe the cases fairly. to an area where there is a female "We have many facilities and Women could not reveal all doctor on hand, then she will sim- equipment but unfortunately the their secrets and sentiments to ply not receive treatment, says ex- female doctors are not coming to men, Achakzai said. On the other health minister Soraya Dalil, now Paktika," he said. Decades of un- hand, they can share straight up Afghan ambassador to Switzer- der-developed female education all information about their cases land. means there are not many women with women officials. "In Afghanistan the decisions doctors available in the country. Achakzai explained women are usually made by men... if they Media captionTraining mid- accused of different offences were are a female patient then it depends wives in Afghanistan not bad at heart but they were on the male member of the family "Now the residents are being somehow pushed into crimes by if they want to take the female to persuaded to send their girls to hard living conditions. A female the doctor, or to take her to anoth- school - this year is the first year prosecutor or a judge could better er area of the country where there we graduated girls from school, and appreciate the emotions of a wom- is a female," she said. they are due to sit their exam for an, she added. One woman on the other side entering the university - but still She asked the central govern- of Afghanistan - in Herat province we need another five years until ment to pay more attention to the - told the BBC a neighbour died in they graduate [from university]," problem and increase the number needed investigations by profes- workers is limited.” Kandahar civ- similarly needed female workers in organs were not alone having few- childbirth before her eyes because he said. of female workers the judicial or- sional female prosecutors and judg- il society’s female activists said judicial organs to address their cas- er women workers. There is a sim- she needed medical help and there Under the Taliban, girls were gans. As many as 23 women are es, she said, adding a number of men and women were equal mem- es, she argued. The government ilar situation other government or- were no female doctors available almost completely excluded from currently imprisoned in the prov- female workers in Kandahar lived bers of society and both should could resolve the problem and gans. “Unfortunately the number in her district. Her husband was school and university but accord- ince. They are in jail for different in Kabul, a problem the govern- have an equal share in serving peo- employ women to the justice sec- of women workers in Kandahar is too poor to arrange transport to a ing to the Afghan Ministry of Ed- crimes such as murder, elopement, ment should resolve. Achakzai also ple and having access to facilities. tor on reasonable salaries, she be- three percents. The problem is hospital which did have a female ucation today there are more than kidnapping, robberies, etc. The blamed families for not allowing Shahida, a civil society activist, said lieved. Pajhwok tried to to the only rooted in medieval traditions,” he doctor. 9 million students enrolled in director said 210 cases of violence girls to choose what they wanted harassment and torture of women female prosecutor in Kandahar on added. Khpalwak said some wom- BBC 100 Women names 100 schools, 40% of whom are girls. against women, including beatings, to study. “Many girls who want by males and decisions on such in- the issue, but she declined com- en were working in a few depart- influential and inspirational wom- Image caption denial of rights, child marriages and to continue professional studies are cidents by men were against all menting due to security problems. ments such as education, public en around the world every year. Many schoolchildren learn elopement, were filed this solar prevented by their families and principles of justice. When a wom- The governor’s spokesman, Samim health and labour and social We create documentaries, features outside in dangerous circumstanc- year. These complicated cases that is why the number of female an needed a female doctor, they Khpalwak, acknowledged judicial affairs. (Pajhwok) and interviews about their lives, es giving more space for stories that But according to the Brook- put women at the centre. ings Institute only 21% of girls fin- Other stories you might like: ish even primary education, due And in Paktia province a six- to factors such as cultural barriers, year-old girl narrowly escaped the early marriage, a lack of female Nangarhar education same fate, Dr Kakar says. The girl teachers and long and dangerous had been married by her family to routes to school. a 45-year-old man and sex with him In its annual report on Afghan- had caused her to bleed and devel- istan, the UN said that as a result op an infection. Because there was of ground fighting between mili- dept. hires more no female doctor in the area where tants and troops in civilian areas she lived no-one could examine her 3,498 civilians were killed and and work out what was the mat- 7,920 wounded in 2016, a 3% rise ter. It was only after severe bleed- on 2015. The number of children female teachers ing that her father eventually took killed or injured jumped by a quar- TEHRAN : In a move in violation mand river. her to a hospital some distance ter to its highest level to date. of a 1973 treaty with Iran, Afghan- In 1950, Iran and Afghanistan away that did have a female medic "The other element is provid- istan has refused to supply its created the Hirmand River Delta on hand. The authorities intervened ing sufficient equipment for their neighbor with share of water from Commission tasked with measur- and separated her from her hus- education so the family should re- the Hirmand River, which rises in ing and dividing river flow between band and she is now living in a shel- alise that if they send their girls to Afghanistan and flows through the two countries, and hammered ter. Whilst there is a lack of female schools there is good equipment eastern parts of Iran, according to out the treaty in 1973. doctors, there has been a major and teachers there so it's not a Iran’s Energy Ministry. However, political events such push in recent years by NGOs and waste of time," says Soraya Dalil. Sources in the Iranian Energy as a 1973 coup in Afghanistan, the health officials to train up more Dr Kakar is clear that Paktika Ministry said the Afghan govern- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in midwives. province needs her. ment has failed to meet its com- 1979, and subsequent civil war and A report by UNFPA and the "I strongly feel that it's better mitments under the 1973 treaty Taliban rule had a damaging impact US Centers for Disease Control and for a female doctor to be there, with Iran. on the fate of the Hamoon wet- Prevention (CDC) in 2002 found that's why I accepted the request During the water year 1395- lands. In the last two decades, the that for every 100,000 live births, by the minister to go back." 1396 (2016-2017), Iran has not fertile wetlands have substantial- some 1,600 women died from caus- (BBC) received the amount of water from ly dried up. The Taliban govern- the border river stipulated in the ment closed the sluices to the Ka- treaty, sources said. jaki dam on Hirmand until 2002. According to a treaty that was This compounded the impact of concluded in 1973, Afghanistan is the worst drought the region has committed to share waters of the experienced in many decades, Hirmand River with Iran and sup- caused in part by climate change ply it with 26 cubic meters of Hir- and warming temperatures. mand water per second or 850 mil- According to the World Bank, lion cubic meters per annum. Afghanistan has 57 billion cubic Afghanistan’s failure to abide meters of surface water flowing by the agreement has accelerated from its three large river basins; JALALABAD : The education Noor, Hesarak and Khogyani dis- named, believed the number of girl an environmental disaster in south- the Amu Darya Basin in the north, department in eastern Nangarhar tricts as professional female teach- students would significantly surge western Afghanistan and eastern the Kabul River Basin in the east, province has started recruiting ers don’t want to serve there due if certain issues were addressed. Iran. and the Helmand River Basin in more female teachers as the num- to insecurity.” Transport and other problems The annual 850 million cubic the south. Kabul government is ber of girl students in schools is on Last year, the spokesman re- need to be resolved to facilitate meters of water for Iran has been currently beginning the second the raise. called, 80 new teachers, including them, according to the teacher, who initially allocated for drinking and phase of the development on the The department says hun- 50 females, had been recruited with said: “Many educated women irrigation of farmlands, which falls Kajaki dam, the largest dam in Af- Afghanistan is set to receive a fur- objectives had been satisfactory dreds of new lady teachers have the help of a donor organisation. would like to work as teachers.” far short of the minimum flow re- ghanistan, which could aggravate ther £6m from the International and he commended authorities for been appointed this year. Priority Another welfare organisation Humaira Rafi, a provincial quired to feed Hamoon wetlands, the environmental situation in east Monetary Fund after being judged prudent macroeconomic manage- has been given to recruiting more helped with the appointment of council member, expressed happi- which straddle Iran-Afghan com- and southeastern Iran. to have made satisfactory progress ment. female teachers for the coming ac- 120 new teachers, mostly female. ness over the rising number of fe- mon border and are fed by Hir- (TASNIMNEWS) on its reform plan. “Afghanistan continues to face ademic year. Another 95 teachers would be ap- male teachers and students in Afghanistan has a three-year daunting challenges, with the per- Mohammad Asif Shinwari, pointed soon, the official indicat- schools. The increase was a posi- extended credit facility (ECF) ar- ilous security situation hurting spokesman for the education de- ed. tive step toward a brilliant future rangement with the IMF, which confidence and growth, while an partment, told Pajhwok Afghan Shinwari said more than for women, she remarked. mandates the introduction of fis- influx of returning Afghan refugees News during an exclusive interview 800,000 students, including In the past, she said, there was cal and financial reforms, and anti- from neighbouring countries is com- the total number of teachers in 350,000 girls (40 percent), were a small number of female teachers corruption measures. These are pounding these challenges,” he Nangarhar was 15,000, including currently enrolled in schools and most families did not allow among other reforms aimed at en- said. 1,500 female teachers. across Nangarhar. their daughters to study beyond couraging greater private sector “However, as demonstrated He said more female teachers Abidur Rahman, education the sixth grade. development and more inclusive by the successful Brussels and had been appointed to schools in head for Khogyani district, also The public representative la- growth. Warsaw meetings last year, the in- Shinwari, Hesarak and Khogyani verified an increase in the number mented no attention was being In the first review of the pro- ternational community continues districts, where the number of girl of girl students. Seven girls’ high paid to the education system in gramme, held in Dubai between 23 to stand by Afghanistan providing students had seen a consistent schools are functional in the dis- far-flung areas. But much progress February and 4 March, an IMF it with much needed development, spike. Shinwari explained female trict, where 40 percent of teachers had been made in secure and urban staff team and Afghani authorities security, and technical assistance teachers did not wish to discharge are female. areas, she said. Shinwari, howev- reached an agreement. Once this support.” Economic growth in Af- duties in some districts, where the In the past, he added, most of er, acknowledged insecurity ham- gains the approval of IMF man- ghanistan is set to reach 3% this graduate from 12th grade hailing girl students dropped out after pered the promotion of education agement and the executive board, a year, up from 2% in 2016, largely from those areas had been appoint- sixth class because their teachers in parts of the province. The de- further $6.1m will be unlocked to because of favourable agricultural ed as teachers. were male. But of late the number partment is considering alternative assist the country. output. Inflation is expected to “Girl students, having gradu- of girl student has been on the raise. measures to improve education in In a statement, IMF team lead- pick up to 6%. ated from 12th class, have been A schoolteacher in Khogyani volatile districts and remote areas er Christoph Duenwald said per- (PUBLICFINANCEINTERNA- hired as teachers in Rodat, Dara-i- district, who wished to go un- of the province. (Pajhwok) formance against the ECF’s reform TIONAL) TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Low wage raise outrage among labourers

to any sort of decision over FATA. It is also fact that the people of in Kabul FATA were kept in darkness and treated them as slaves by certain industrial power players. Democratic and fundamental human rights were not given to them. parks MERGENCY Keeping in view the concerns E against merger of FATA among the A number of labourers at Kabul CALLS By Sadiq Yousufi dition to that plenty of protests tional spirit in the FATA. south, and Afghanistan’s provinc- citizens, illegal and unauthorized industrial parks on Sunday said against the merger were being re- “Terrorism and promoting re- es of Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, decision of merger of Tribal Areas that only 200 Afs are paid as wage Police KABUL: It seems that high-rank- corded by the people of FATA. ligious extremism is a state policy Khost and Paktika to the north and into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has to them on daily basis despite they ing officials in Pakistan are look- Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami of Pakistan, where it supporting west. highly condemned and opposed by work 12 hours a day. ing toward anarchy, where despite Party (PKMAP) has summoned and harboring militants in settled How it was divided we all the majority of Pashtuns in Paki- They said that unemployment 100 - 119 to take bold steps to resolve the the Grand Jirga of tribal elders in districts of the country, including know, and who played key role in stan and Afghanistan. Many from has forced them to work for only already worsened situation, creat- Islamabad, where they rejected the the southern Punjab province.” this historic crimes is also known the Tribal Areas say, “We did not 5000 Afs a month. ed by the continued ignorance and reforms committee proposal to He added, the voiceless and to us all. It was an agreement of fought against the British Imperi- Meanwhile, some factory Hospitals providing sanctuaries to various integrate the Tribal Areas into helpless people of Tribal Areas Durand Line in 1893 which cuts alism to be slaves of the slaves owners have said that in the wake national and international terror- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The PK- have always been the victims of through the Pashtun Tribal Areas (Punjabis).” According to them, of growing unemployment, firms FMIC Hospital ists groups, but they are adding to MAP leadership termed the Trib- terrorism that imposed by Islama- and further south through the Bal- they have succeeded to force the and factories are hiring the labors Behind Kabul Medical that. At somehow it indicates that al Areas as a free and autonomous bad. “We want to welcome a pos- uchistan region, dividing the eth- Gora Sahib (Britain) to say good- for only few money and exploit University: time is not running with Pakistan. region as per its independent ori- itive change in almost aspect—a nic Pashtuns, as well as the Bal- bye to their land, but unfortunate- their genuine rights. The government of Pakistan has gin. demand that never would be fulfill uch and some other ethnic groups ly the Black Sahib (Punjabis) is still Alongside economic hard- 0202500200-+93793275595 come up to the fore with an idea They were deeply emphasized by the Punjab dominant govern- who live on both sides of the Du- alive and in command when the ships, unemployment is one of the totally against Pashtuns rights liv- on independent status of FATA to ment.” rand Line. Gora Sahib left their powers and key reasons which has been forc- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital ing in Tribal Areas. It is an act of be administered by the local Riwaj Jamil Tori, another political This line was signed with the affairs to the Kala sahibs of Paki- ing the labors to work for less nothing then discrimination, vio- (tradition). Some elders and young activist and poet from Kurram then government of British India, stan. money. Pule Bagh-e- Umomi lating its historical status-—indi- activists from Tribal Areas have Agency, while opposing and criti- and Pakistan did not exist in that The people of Tribal Areas Abdul Rahman is a labor who 070263672 cating nervous position of Islama- been saying that the disputed Pa- cizing the merger of FATA into time. So the age of Pakistan is less- have never taken the breath of se- returned from Pakistan with his bad. kistani administration had been Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that er than a grandfather living in Af- renity, and nothing was in their side thirteen member family. But now The cabinet of central govern- badly failed to run the business of the central government is taking ghanistan. The Pakistan should during the course of life under the he works for 12 a day in Kabul Khairkhana Hospital ment of Pakistan has recently ap- FATA. decision of the merger at a time bear in mind that it had been given inhuman administration of Paki- industrial park and the company proved merger of Tribal Areas- Elders and youths said that when the people of FATA are be- unduly birth by the British Em- stan, but war and turmoil imposed pays him only 5500 Afs a month. 0799-321007 commonly known as Federal Ad- looking deeply from origin and his- ing totally under control of Pak pire, occupying historic lands and on them. According to Abdul Rahman, 2401352 ministered Tribal Areas (FATA) toric perspective into the issue we Army. “It is worth mentioning people of Kabul and old Delhi, The suppressed people of currently he lives in his relative into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) would come to know that FATA that FATA as a whole has been re- aimed at creating a launching pad FATA have repeatedly staged dem- house over financial issues. province, recommended by the six- was never a regular part of Paki- sembled as a military cantonment against communism. However, the onstrations in districts Bannu, Pe- “There are some factories who Indira Gandhi Children member committee, headed by Sar- stan. that has been irked people living implementation of FATA merger shawar, D.I. Khan and capital city, hardly manage to hire labourers, taj Aziz, Prime Minister Adviser Giving legitimacy to this once there- and having no rights of free- would be another catastrophe if Islamabad- not only to give vent, therefore some labors are hired Hospital, Wazir Akbar on Foreign Affairs. should go back to the story where dom of expression and movement.” not prevented. This must be halt- but also demanded interference of with less money, up to fifteen peo- Khan, Kabul 2301372 The proposed merger would according to the Independence Act Malik Mahmood Khan, a res- ed through any ways and means. the United Nations to take serious ple consult us for work in a week, be carried out over a period of five of 1947, there is no legislation on ident of Momand Agency came The Tribal belt consists of seven notice against the ongoing viola- but we are unable to hire all of years. It was said by the Pakistani any forum regarding the Tribal hard on Pakistan at the same line. Tribal Agencies (districts) and six tion of human rights by the state them,” said Sherzad Yousufzai, a Ibn-e- Seena authorities that merger of Tribal Areas to be considered as part of “Merger of FATA at real sense is a Frontier Regions. The geographi- institutions of Pakistan in Tribal factory owner in Kabul industrial Areas would end its deprivation Pakistan. Rather they were being move which would be taken as cal arrangement of the seven Trib- Areas. Many analysts and politi- park. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul and promotion of Pakistaniat used as tools and fuels for the Af- “robbery policy” of Pakistan in al Agencies in order from south to cal people from FATA believe that “I came here for work from 2100359 among people in FATA would help ghan War and as well as significant order to have control over the nat- north are South Waziristan, North war on terror had been imposed Nangarhar, but now I am compel to combat terrorism successfully. elements to the ongoing war ural resources, laying in abundance Waziristan, Kurram, Orakzai, on them to change their loyalties to work in low wage despite I do It did not take a minute for the against terrorism. across the Tribal Areas.” Khyber, Momand and Bajaur. against Pakistanism and Mullaism. heavy works, I work twelve hours Wazir Akbar Khan Awami National Party (ANP) and Sajid Khan, a young activist Malik Haji Shawali Khan, a The geographical arrangement Since 9/11, the innocent majority a day and stay here day and night,” other federal parties mostly belong from Waziristan says “we are peace Bajaur Agency intellectual also of the six Frontier Regions in or- of FATA people are suffering said labor Ziaullah. Hospital from the Punjab and Sindh prov- loving people and wants to be a opposed the merger and raised his der from south to north is: Dera worst from these two sides. At the In the view of current unem- 2301741, 2301743 inces to welcome the merger of peaceful and civilized part of the voice for justice. While losing hope, Ismail Khan, Tank, Lakki Marwat, moment, they are searching and ployment in the country, labors FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. international community.” he gave vent to his anger, mean- Bannu, Kohat and Peshawar. Lat- demanding for a peaceful and de- union has blasted the government Indirectly, they were happy to- “We are not terrorists and reli- while seemed disappointed against er, the Tribal belt was created as a velopmental change to be brought for not implementing the labors Ali Abad ward integration of Pashtuns into gious extremists by origin and cul- the deep silence of the Afghan gov- buffer zone between Afghanistan by the international community. law to protect to the right of the Shahrara, Kabul Pakistan, and once again they ture. Terrorism and religious fun- ernment over the issue. and the British India. Installation of UN-led administra- labourers in the country. showed their real face and mindset damentalism are being imposed on Over the former President More than 20 million people tion in FATA would provide fun- According to labor unions, the 2100439 towards the suppressed and voice- us by Pakistan just to utilize them Hamid Karzai strongly stand with are living in the Tribal Areas and damental right to the local people employers are exploiting the legal less people in FATA. as its weapons, aimed at de-Pash- the people of FATA and called on Frontier Regions. The region was to decide their fate and as well it gaps and exploit the rights of the Similarly, some pad and op- tunization and achieving its stra- Pakistan to restrain from such dis- being governed by the federal gov- would be the most effective and labors. (Tolo News) Malalai Maternity portunist class from FATA has tegic goals of devastation in Af- crimination. ernment of Pakistan on behalf of result-oriented initiative to over- Hospital also forced by the state’s institu- ghanistan,” the young boy said. “The government of Pakistan the President, and then the Gover- come the burning flames of terror- tions to back merger of FATA into He furthered, “it was the fun- has no legal authority to dictate nor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa exer- ism and safe sanctuaries and ‘Peroozi 2201377/ 2301743 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The inter- damental reason that the Faqir of terms on the Durand Line. While cises the power of federal govern- launching pads of international ter- esting point is that the same class Ipi and his followers raised the flag wish freedom for the people of ment in the context of the Tribal rorist groups. of people, who lends weight be- of Pashtunistan after the sudden FATA from Frontier Crimes Reg- Areas. The existing constitution of Now the ball has been landed stadium Banks hind merger, was always stood creation of Pakistan.” Khan add- ulation,” the ex-president twitted. Pakistan governed the Tribal Ar- in the court of the world champi- against this whenever the central ed, we deserve peace, development He furthered, “and other repres- eas through the same rules and reg- ons of human rights and democra- construction Da Afghanistan Bank government and state of Pakistan and to have access to the funda- sive measures, we remind the gov- ulations which were framed by the cy to provide justice and indepen- 2100302, 2100303 were not willing to merger of the mental human rights in an atmo- ernment of Pakistan that Afghani- British in 1901, known as draco- dence to the 20 millions human to start soon’ Tribal belt. sphere where none feels insecure. stan hasn’t and will not recognize nian law of Frontier Crimes Regu- beings of FATA and Frontier Re- Bakhtar Bank On the other hand, Pashtunkh- “Pakistani administration from the the Durand Line.” However, Sha- lations (FCR). Same was the case gions. It has been clear since long- KABUL : A new football stadium wa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), very beginning was not only re- wali Khan called on Kabul admin- with FATA in government Act of time that human rights organiza- would be constructed in Qargha, a 0776777000 Jamiat-ulima-e-Islam (F) and ma- mained against us, but at the same istration to break the fast of si- India in 1935, Pakistan’s constitu- tions and activists had also raised tourist location in Kabul, at the Azizi Bank jority of FATA people have time very controversial.” lence and raise sound voice against tions of 1956 and 1962. voice to prevent human violation cost of $270 million, a statement strongly opposed merger of FATA “That’s why any merger or the one-sided integration of FATA. Through this, it unmasks real- across the globe—now the freedom from the Afghanistan Football Fed- 0799 700900 into any part of Pakistan. On Feb- Pak-made reforms are not accept- However, there is some disagree- ity that the government of Paki- of FATA people will test their bit- eration (AFF) said on Monday. ruary 11, FATA grand alliance held able and valid for the people of ment as some people have already stan holds no authority to any level ter. If there is strong will, these The construction of the stadi- Pashtany Bank a huge gathering in Bagh-e-Naran FATA.” Moreover, he demanded suggested deciding the fate of to decide over fate of the FATA problems would be resolved in a um at the beautiful recreation area 2102908, 2103868 in Hayatabad in Peshawar where the replacement of the failed Paki- FATA through referendum, while people. To be clearer, any parlia- day. However, the duplicity of in Kabul had been communicated they defied merger into strongest stan administration via installation others have conditionally accept- ment including Supreme Court and Pakistan would definitely creates with football fans long back, the possible terms. of UN-led administration in a bid ed the idea of referendum to be held High Court of Pakistan had zero problems, and through covert and statement said. Air Services The gathering was attended by to play a fundamental right to de- under the shelter of United Na- jurisdictions in Tribal Areas ac- double standard policy it could According to Mozhda Ja- elders and youths from all the Tribal cide over fate of Tribal Areas in a tions. cording to Article 247 of the exist- even restrain the United Nations malzada, an Afghan singer and civ- Safi Airways Agencies and Frontier regions. The free and independent environment. As a matter of fact and from ing 1973 constitution of Pakistan. and human rights commission il society activists based in foreign participants were said that merger Another elder, Malik Jabar historical sites, the land and peo- Now it has been proved that FATA from taking action against Pakistan. country, 100 acres of land for the 020 22 22 222 of FATA with KP or any other part from Khyber Agency said that ter- ple of FATA were a part of Af- is part of Afghanistan historically However, the international agen- Stadium has been bought by her of Pakistan would be a serious rorism cannot counter by promot- ghanistan—bordering Pakistan’s and lawfully. Taking this into cies should remain pure in every Foundation, and the fund was be- Ariana threat to their independent identi- ing Pakistaniat, waving flags with provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkh- count, the Afghan government is single issue, and deal with FATA ing accumulated to build Afghani- ty and international status. In ad- no strong intention, and the irra- wa and Baluchistan to the east and the reliable source to be included issue honestly and transparently. stan’s first standard Stadium, and 020-2100270 she wished to soon start construc- tion work. Mohammad Ali Klay, Kam Air the world’s boxing myth who 0799974422 passed away few months ago, was one the biggest and well-known Pakistan targets Afghan Pashtuns and supporters of the Stadium. Mr. Hotels Mohib, Afghanistan Ambassador Safi Landmark to the USA had announced his sup- port and cooperation for this in- refugees in anti-terrorism crackdown frastructural project in Afghanistan 020-2203131 in a meeting he had with Mr. Atta Amin. Likewise, Mr. Amin who SERENA RAWALPINDI: When the army rorist. We are being targeted, but rounding up and detaining Pashto- tweeted that it was inappropriate himself is a businessman, had so and police trucks prowl through we, too, suffer from these blasts,” speaking men for no reason. “They and did not “reflect police poli- far attracted supports and funds 0799654000 affluent areas in this sprawling gar- said Anwar Khan, 40, a fruit seller were really angry after these blasts. cy.” As reports continued to pour from several external trading orga- rison city, headlights flashing and in an open-air market who migrat- They took away my grandfather in, Pashtun legislators and other nizations for the construction of New Rumi Restaurant riflemen at the ready, residents ed from the northwest a decade and said he didn’t have his identi- leaders spoke up forcefully. On the Stadium. As said, Peroozi Sta- breathe a sigh of relief. But when ago. He pulled up his trouser cuff fication, but we have been here for Monday, the northwest Khyber dium will have the capacity of 35 0776351347 the trucks enter certain shabbier to reveal a row of metal pins in his many years,” said Jamal Khan, 16, Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly to 40 thousand spectators and it neighborhoods, home to a mix of leg, the result of a 2014 bombing who lives in a warren of alleys unanimously passed a resolution will be built in a standard way, and Internet Services Afghan refugees, migrants and eth- in the market that killed 23 peo- known as Army Village. “The el- condemning the “racial profiling” a well-equipped hospital may be UA Telecom nic Afghan Pashtuns, children scat- ple. “May God destroy those who ders had to rush over and get him of Pashtuns on the pretext of fight- erected besides the Stadium as well. ter and adults wonder who may be do this,” he said. After the recent out of the police station.” Like oth- ing terrorism. Social media was Qargha is a good place to host in- 0796701701 / 0796702702 taken away next. Since the Paki- bombings, police swept through er Pashtun neighborhoods near the flooded with even harsher criticism. ternal and external guests as it has stani security forces launched a many Pashtun communities in city’s vast fruit and vegetable mar- “Hundreds of Pashtuns are being standard roads leading to it and it Exchange Rate n a t i o n w i d e a n t i - t e r r o r i s t Punjab and elsewhere, combing ket, the narrow streets of Army arrested and harassed in the name has good places for sightseeing. operation in February after a spate markets and going house to house. Village were swarming with chil- of terrorism,” said Sayed Zaffer (Pajhwok) of suicide bombings, Pashtun lead- Nationwide, more than 100 peo- dren and lined with sidewalk Shah, a northwest legislator. “We Purchase: ers have complained vociferously ple were killed and hundreds de- stands. The street signs were in never said all Punjabis are terror- that their communities are being tained as terrorism suspects. Urdu, the dominant language of ists, though Punjabi Taliban were communities, though, some peo- Local police One US$ = targeted for harassment and racial Many were said to be Afghans, Pakistan, but the conversations involved in bombings. This dis- ple said the raids were almost rou- 66.75Afs profiling, especially here in Pun- including a man whom officials were all in Pashto. Many old men crimination will only spread ha- tine in areas where many people commander killed jab province. Traditionally based described as the “Afghan handler” had lengthy beards and wore tur- tred.” Some critics even raised the are refugees or have no government One Pound Sterling= in the northwest region bordering of the Lahore attacker. Meanwhile, bans; the few women on the streets specter of federal disintegration identification cards. They also sug- by gunmen shooting 80.87Afs Afghanistan, Pashtuns who mi- the army shelled suspected mili- were covered with billowing, mo- along ethnic lines, a highly sensi- gested that the new crackdown Commander Omar Gul was target- One Euro = grate or flee south to the Punjabi tant camps on both sides of the cha-colored burqas. Some residents tive subject in Pakistan. The coun- was mostly aimed at soliciting ed by gunmen shooting and mar- 70.05Afs heartland have often been viewed border, a rugged region inhabited complained that troops had entered try was violently dismembered in bribes. “This has been going on for tyred in Arghandab district. A se- as suspect outsiders, disdained by by Pashtun tribes that has long and searched their homes, an af- 1971 after the marginalized Ben- a long time; it only accelerated af- curity commander of Kandahar 1000 Pak Rs = some as backward tribal people or served as a shelter and staging front to the conservative Pashtun gali group seceded and the coun- ter the latest blasts,” said a fruit province told BNA, in the attack, 611Afs war refugees with a penchant for ground for Islamist militias fight- tradition in which women are kept try of Bangladesh was created. market worker named Atiqullah, Omar Gul local police commander crime and violence. Now they have ing both the Afghan and Pakistani secluded. Other complaints came Protests came from non-Pashtun 21. His parents were Afghan war was martyred and three others Sale: been further tarred by the Afghan governments. Last week, after the from the open-air markets and ba- groups, as well. At a protest rally refugees; he was born in Pakistan were injured. The assailants after One US$ = and Pashtun origins of the mili- military operation got underway, zaars where many Pashtun mi- in the northwest city of Peshawar but has no ID card. “Whenever shooting fled the site, security of- 66.95 Afs tants who claimed most of Pashtun leaders began receiving grants work. In one market, a cir- last week, Mushtaq Ahmad of the something happens, they pick me ficials of the province started in- the recent bombings, which took numerous complaints of harass- cular appeared urging people to Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party de- up. This time they asked me if I vestigation to identity and arrest One Pound Sterling= more than 125 lives; one blast ment, especially in Punjabi cities report anyone who wore Pashtun clared angrily that “Pashtuns don’t the culprits of the incident. So far, 81.67Afs was making bombs, but they were no individual or group has com- ripped through a crowded public such as Rawalpindi that are full of dress, spoke Pashto or sold items need any patriotic certificate from not serious,” he said. “After two mitted the responsibility of the One Euro= square in Lahore, Punjab’s capital. migrants and people displaced by such as dried fruit. A photo of the the Punjab and Sindh governments. days I gave them $20, and here I event but local officials of the prov- 70.65 Afs “The authorities think every Pa- fighting in the northwest. Resi- notice flooded the Internet, and Such hate campaigns must stop.” am.” Khan reported from Pesha- ince blamed Taliban for the inci- 1000 Pak Rs= 619 shto speaker is a refugee or a ter- dents said security forces were Punjab police officials finally In Army Village and other targeted war. (The Washington Post) dent. (BNA) TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Police deployment insufficient at time of

Sehwan Bangladesh on Sunday banned ex- tremist Islamist group Ansar Al- Islam blamed for the brutal mur- attack, ders of several secular activists and atheist bloggers in the Muslim- majority country. admits A home ministry spokesman said an order was issued banning Sindh CM the militant outfit as “the group is involved in anti-state activities Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad which are contrary to peace and Ali Shah on Monday briefed the order and a threat to public safety Sindh Assembly regarding the at- and security in the country.” tack at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz The radical group, which Qalandar in Sehwan last month claims links to Al-Qaeda in the In- that had claimed nearly 100 lives dian Subcontinent, has claimed re- and left hundreds other injured. sponsibility for a spate of grue- The chief minister informed some murders of secular activists the house that the deployment of and atheist bloggers in the country police at the shrine on the night of that sparked a security crackdown attack was insufficient and claimed on extremists. that a "VVIP" had taken the police The ban was enforced as mem- personnel deployed in the area bers of previously outlawed An- along with him about half an hour sarullah Bangla Team (ABT) re- before the attack took place. grouped under the banner of An- "I don't want to spell out... sar al-Islam, the Ministry said. It who had taken police [personnel] has become dangerous to be a blog- with him about half an hour earlier ger or a journalist in South Asia [before the bombing]," Murad said Five militants charged for sec- before the house. ular Bangladesh blogger’s murder Refusing to take names, the ABT was banned in May 2015 chief minister only specified that when one of its leaders was arrest- the person he was referring to was ed and two members were sen- not a politician, as he added "I tenced to death for the murder of don't want to blame anybody". an atheist blogger in February 2013. Murad said they did not had The group also claimed re- any "specific" security threat for sponsibility for the 2015 murder Sehwan and conceded that the pro- of Avijit Roy, an American atheist vincial authorities should have author of Bangladeshi origin, gay been extra vigilant after the blast activist Xulhaz Mannan, a maga- at the Shah Noorani shrine in zine editor and bloggers Niladri Balochistan's Khuzdar district last Chattopadhyay and Nazim Uddin It is the seventh radical extremist organisation, whose activities have so far been banned in Bangladesh. The six other groups already banned are Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh year that claimed 52 lives. Samad. (JMB), Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Harkat ul-Jehad al-Islami Bangladesh (HUJI-B), Hizb ut-Tahrir and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT). (HINDUSTANTIMES) He said the functionality of CCTV cameras at the shrine was hampered by loadshedding "which I am not responsible for". US Pacific Because the cameras were be- ing run on generators, he said, their Fleet,Sri Lanka resolution was affected. "Due to low voltage from the generators, Navy lead the CCTV footage had turned black and white from colour." Pacific "Despite that, we have identi- fied the suicide bomber after ex- Partnership amining the footage from the same cameras," he maintained. NEW DELHI: In response to the ing a specific UAE market in mind, said, would be made to see if joint goodwill Limited resources "Five hun- UAE addressing India's energy se- with dedicated logistics infrastruc- production of spares and compo- dred people were affected due to curity needs+ , India and the Emir- ture all the way to the port. The nents could be accomplished. mission in the blast but let's admit it that 500 ates are drawing up ambitious concept has been accepted by both Teams from both countries ambulances cannot be made avail- plan+ s for India to underwrite governments, he said. The chang- would be meeting soon to take this able in Sehwan, considering the lim- some of UAE's food security in- ing food security laws in India+ forward — it won't be easy, given Sri Lanka terests. After the recent visit of the may not apply to the produce the rigid offset rules in both coun- ited resources we have," the Sindh Hambanthota: The Embassy of chief minister said. Abu Dhabi crown prince, the two from these special food zones. If tries. On the security front, India countries are trying to fulfill the successful, it would create a whole and the UAE, he said are cooper- the United States of America to- In sehwan there is only a 50- day welcomed the U.S. Pacific bed hospital and a 20-bed trauma leadership's intent to show results new sector for agro-industries. ating to make sure that fugitives as articulated in the joint state- Addressing a think tank, Ananta are denied any safe havens in each Fleet and its transport ship centre which is still being devel- USNS Fall River for the first- oped, Shah added. ments signed in August 2015 when Centre, on the roadmap of coop- other's territory. ever Pacific Partnership goodwill "I can't have a thousand-bed the PM went to Abu Dhabi and eration between India and the Gulf India and the Gulf nations, hospital in Sehwan. We do not the second in January 2017. states, Sinha said the new focus Sinha said, are coordinating their mission to Sri Lanka March 6- have the resources, but whatever As a first step, India is work- area was defence and defence pro- websites and databases to protect 18. resources were available they were ing on what is called a "farm-to- duction. expat labour, so Indian workers Working side-by-side with mobilised," he told the house. port" project, said Amar Sinha, "We want to use our skills, travelling to the GCC countries the Sri Lanka Navy and local or- There were eight ambulances secretary in ministry of external capital, technology, and partner don't get duped by exploitative ganizations in the Hambantota available in Sehwan and they all affairs. with international companies for agents or employers, as has been region, this multinational effort reached the blast site within 15 This would be something sim- production opportunities in the the case in several countries, nota- includes free community health minutes of the attack. ilar to a special economic zone but region." An example, he said, was bly Saudi Arabia. the GCC region, India is exploring ways of helping big Indian hospitals clinics; school and hospital ren- Giving a breakdown of the ca- in the style of a corporatised farm, the Rafale, which has been bought Since Indian healthcare insti- set up overseas facilities in these countries, making healthcare an Indian ovations; learning exchanges for sualties from the attack, he said a where crops would be grown keep- by both countries. An effort, he tutions enjoy great popularity in export. (INDIATIMES) medical and disaster-relief re- total of 383 people were injured in sponders; seminars to promote the bombing, 10 of whom are still women's roles in peace and se- hospitalised. curity; and public performances Among the 81 people killed in MQM moves by the U.S. 7th Fleet Band. the attack 46 were men, 10 wom- "Through this Pacific Partner- en and 25 children under the age of apex court ship mission, the United States 15, he said. "Of the dead, only will continue to help Sri Lanka three people remain unidentified." against ' respond more quickly to human- He said Karachi was "definite- itarian challenges. At the same ly" on the radar of terrorists, add- time, our Sri Lankan partners ing that a meeting was scheduled pre-census will share with us their valuable to reassess the security arrange- lessons learned from past natu- ments of shrines in the province. rigging' ral disasters," said U.S. Ambas- "Sehwan is a very small town, If sador Atul Keshap. this incident had occurred in Kara- Pacific Partnership is the chi, a crisis situation would have The Muttahida Qaumi Movement largest multinational humanitar- emerged in the hospitals here as (MQM) on Monday moved the ian assistance and disaster relief well." (DAWN) Supreme Court (SC) over alleged preparedness mission conduct- Nepal's Ambassador to India Deep operation' jointly organised by nomic benefits. of the decision of the Indian gov- rigging in the procedure of the pop- ed each year in the Indo-Pacific Kumar Upadhyay has remarked Policy Research Foundation (NITI Acknowledging India's role in ernment to demonetize such notes. ulation census scheduled to begin region. Military and civilian ex- US assures that geographic location of China Foundation) Nepal, International reducing energy crisis in Nepal, he Foundation's Managing Direc- from March 15 in selected divi- perts from Australia and Japan and India as Nepal's neighbour is a Cooperation Council India and demanded easy access for Nepali tor Deepak Adhikari said there sions of the country, including will participate in the exercise India of speedy great opportunity for the country. Nepal India Cooperation Forum, products to the Indian markets. should always be dialogues and Karachi. After filing a petition in along with the United States and Addressing the concluding ses- Birgunj, Efforts were on to see an exchange communications to further the Karachi registry of the apex Sri Lanka. justice to sion of a three-day interaction pro- Ambassador Upadhyay said window for Indian currency notes strengthen the bilateral relations court, Dr Farooq Sattar — the The Pacific Partnership gramme on 'Nepal India relations: Nepal had already stepped into of 1,000 and 500 denomination existing between the two countries. leader of MQM in Pakistan — medical teams will join Sri Lan- Indian- Economic Development and Co- seizing such opportunity for eco- remaining in Nepal in the aftermath RSS. (KATHMANDUPOST) told reporters that there were se- kan doctors and nurses for train- vere anomalies in the pre-census ing at the General Hospital and American process of blocks count. Nurses Training School in Ham- He alleged that as part of "pre- bantota, the Tissamaharama Base victims census rigging", the blocks of ur- Hospital, as well as other local Slow progress on crucial justice and ban populace were decreased in the clinics and hospitals. Free pub- WASHINGTON: The US on Sun- upcoming 6th census — which is lic medical and dental clinics in day night assured India of work- being held after 18 years. select cities will also be conduct- ing with all agencies to ensure The blocks in urban areas of ed by mission doctors and nurs- "speedy justice" to the Indian- reconciliation in Sri Lanka: UN report Sindh were counted as 47.65 per es. American victims of bias-related cent during the last census but for "We are excited to be work- incidents+ . The slow pace of transitional jus- Sri Lankan history cannot be bodies, marking a discernible sitional justice mechanisms. Pub- the upcoming census, the blocks ing with our friends in Hamban- "State Department, on behalf tice in Sri Lanka and the lack of a missed. I urge the Government and change in policy. It also recogniz- lic messaging around transitional have been reduced to 45pc, he tota and throughout the greater of US government, expressed con- comprehensive strategy to address people of Sri Lanka to prioritize es some advances on crucial issues justice and reconciliation has been claimed. region during Pacific dolences+ and assured they are accountability for past crimes risk justice alongside reconciliation to like land restitution and symbolic generally confusing and at times He said they have raised the Partnership?s first visit to Sri working with all agencies con- derailing the momentum towards ensure that the horrors of the past gestures towards reconciliation, as contradictory,” the report states. point in the petition that Sindh's Lanka," said Captain Stanfield cerned to ensure speedy justice," lasting peace, reconciliation and are firmly dealt with, never to re- well as legal reforms and the de- The report makes a number of con- urban population must have in- Chien, Pacific Partnership mis- the Indian Embassy in the US said stability, according to a report is- cur.” The report acknowledges sign of an Office of Missing Per- crete recommendations, including creased during the past 18 years sion commander. "Our time in Sri in a series of tweets. sued by the UN Human Rights that there have been positive ad- sons. The laudable, inclusive work calling on the Government to em- due to urbanisation, yet the gov- Lanka is about building relation- India's Ambassador to the US Office. UN High Commissioner for vances on human rights and con- of the Consultation Task Force on brace the report of the Consulta- ernment has decreased the number ships and the capability and ca- Navtej Sarna reached out to the Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hus- stitutional reform. “The Govern- Reconciliation Mechanism, ap- tion Task Force, to formulate a of blocks so as to manipulate the pacity to work together for the State Department to convey his sein noted that in many ways, Sri ment has advanced on constitution- pointed by the Government, has communications campaign to in- census. future." "deep concerns" to US+ govern- Lanka appears to be turning a cor- al reforms and showcased some also resulted in an incisive report, form the public about details of As the blocks in Karachi, Hy- In addition, local Sri Lankan ment on recent tragic incidents in- ner on the promotion and protec- positive developments on the which was issued in January this the reconciliation agenda, to invite derabad and Sukkur have been re- organizations, working together volving Harnish Patel and Deep tion of human rights, but he broader human rights agenda.” year. However, the report by the the UN Human Rights Office to duced, houses and heads count in with U.S. Navy civil engineers, Rai. Sarna also "underlined" need stressed that hard-won gains could “The fulfillment of transitional jus- UN Human Rights Office notes establish a presence in Sri Lanka, those cities would also be counted will complete renovations of the to prevent such incidents and pro- prove illusory if they are not teth- tice commitments has, however, that the structures set up and mea- to give the highest priority to the less than their actual numbers, he Ambalantota Divisional Hospi- tect Indian community. Indian Em- ered to a comprehensive, robust been worryingly slow, and the sures taken until now have lacked restitution of all private land that maintained. tal, Wishaka Mahila Preschool, bassy officials are in constant com- strategy. structures set up and measures tak- coordination and a sense of urgen- has been occupied by the military, The MQM leader feared that Sri Gunananda Preschool, and munication with local police offi- “Seventeen months ago, when en during the period under review cy. “Party politics, including the and to adopt legislation establish- contrary to facts, the government multiple Maternity and Child cials in both the cases. In the case we published a detailed report on were inadequate to ensure real balancing of power between the ing a hybrid court. The report also is going to show increased rural and Clinic Centers. of Patel+ , the County Sheriff has the grave human rights violations progress,” the report states. The different constituencies of the co- highlights a number of serious hu- decreased urban populace in the The U.S. 7th Fleet Band will pointed out that this may not be a committed during the conflict in report, which was mandated by the alition in the run-up to constitu- man rights violations that are re- census. He accused the government also hold joint public concerts at hate crime. "We will remain in touch Sri Lanka, I urged the Government UN Human Rights Council to as- tional reforms, have contributed to portedly continuing to occur in Sri of manipulating the census to com- the Galle Fort (March 9), Tan- with them," an Indian Embassy and all the people of Sri Lanka to sess progress made in tackling the a reluctance to address difficult is- Lanka, including the harassment or pile flawed voter lists, doctored in galle City Center (March 10), source said. The Consulate Gen- ensure that this historic opportu- legacy of grave violations in Sri sues regarding accountability or to surveillance of human rights de- the ruling party's favour. He was Hambantota Beach Park (March eral of India in Atlanta has deput- nity for truly fundamental change Lanka between 2002 and 2011, clearly articulate a unified position fenders and victims of violations, of the view that the procedure be- 11), Bata Atha Agro Park (March ed a consular official to meet the should not be squandered,” High commends the constructive en- by all parts of Government. Un- police abuse and excessive use of ing used in this census was in con- 13), Matara Beach Park (March family and offer condolences and Commissioner Zeid said. gagement of the Government of Sri clear and often contradictory mes- force, and the use of torture. tradiction with the law and the 14), and several area schools. any required assistance. “This critical opportunity in Lanka with the UN’s human rights sages have been delivered on tran- (LANKABUSINESSONLINE) Constitution. (DAWN) (COLOMBOPAGE) TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Retired Iran indicts officer nuclear links negotiator, holds Duterte to Iranian- almost 200 American on killings fraud charges A retired Philippine police officer has linked President Rodrigo Du- Iran has indicted a member of terte - during his time as a mayor its nuclear negotiating team who of Davao - and his men to nearly was arrested last year on suspi- 200 killings that the officer and cion of spying, and detained an other members of a "death squad" Iranian-American on charges of More than 40,000 people have allegedly carried out. defrauding people under the been displaced in the last week Arturo Lascanas made the al- guise of helping them emigrate, from the Iraqi city of Mosul, where legations at the start of a national- the Iranian judiciary said on U.S.-backed forces launched a ly televised Senate inquiry on Sunday. Several Iranian dual na- fresh push towards the ISIS-held Monday after he admitted to ly- tionals from the United States, old city center on Sunday and ing in October during another Sen- Britain, Austria, Canada and closed in on the main government ate inquiry into alleged extrajudi- France have been detained in the complex. The pace of displace- cial killings linked to Duterte. past year and are being kept be- ment has accelerated in recent days Lascanas said that he had per- hind bars on charges including as fighting approaches the most sonally killed 300 people, about espionage and collaborating with densely populated parts of west- 200 as a member of a "Davao death hostile governments Authorities ern Mosul, and aid agencies have squad", with his last in 2015. He have formally charged a dual expressed concern that camps to also detailed two cases where he national who had been a mem- accommodate people fleeing the had murdered critics of Duterte, ber of the negotiating team that city are almost full. under the instruction of the then- reached a landmark nuclear deal The International Organization mayor's bodyguard. with world powers before being for Migration's Mosul Displace- Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte arrested last year, said judiciary ment Tracking Matrix showed the vows daily executions spokesman Gholam-hossein number of people uprooted since Lascanas, who broke down in Mohseni Ejei, quoted by the ju- the start of the offensive in Octo- tears before the media when he re- diciary’s website, Mizan. ber exceeded 206,000 on Sunday, vealed his story two weeks ago, is Announcing the arrest in up from 164,000 on Feb. 26. the second person to testify be- August, Mohseni Ejei said the That number may still rise fore politicians to Duterte's alleged unidentified individual was a sharply. The United Nations last links to a clandestine hit squad. “spy who had infiltrated the month warned that more than "I feared for the life of my nuclear team”. Mohseni Ejei 400,00 people, more than half the loved ones," Lascanas said when gave no further details about the remaining population in western asked why he had earlier denied defendant, but some news re- Mosul, could be displaced. the death squad existed. ports said he is Iranian-Canadi- Iraqi forces captured the east- He said he changed testimony an. Mohseni Ejei also told re- ern side of Mosul in January after because he was tormented by what porters that an unnamed Irani- 100 days of fighting and launched he had done and wanted the truth an-American was arrested for their attack on the districts that lie to "set me free". defrauding people seeking U.S. west of the Tigris river on Feb. 19. It was "because of my desire residence of $2.6 million, Mi- Defeating ISIS in Mosul and Counter Terrorism Service houses the Nineveh Provincial south-east of the complex, while to counter the offensive waged by to tell all the truth, not only be- zan reported. “A dual national would crush the Iraqi wing of the forces launched a fresh push into Council and the Nineveh Gover- U.S.-trained Counter-Terrorism the 100,000-strong force of Iraqi cause of my spiritual renewal, but holding Iranian and American caliphate declared by the group's the city on Sunday after a 48-hour norate buildings, should be taken Service units pushed through Tal troops, Kurdish peshmerga fight- the fear of God, I wanted to clear citizenship has been arrested leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in pause due to bad weather that on Monday, Lt. Colonel Abdel al-Ruman and the Somood dis- ers and Iranian-trained Shi'ite my conscience", he said. recently, who had swindled 2014, over parts of Iraq and Syria. hampered air surveillance, facilitat- Amir al-Mohammadawi told Reu- tricts, in the south-west. The Iraqi Muslim paramilitary groups. They Duterte's allies dismissed the many Iranians, taking (money) Baghdadi proclaimed the ca- ing counter-attacks by the mili- ters. Recapturing the site would military believes several thousand were also reported to have fired claims as a plot by his opponents ... to fix their residence,” Mohs- liphate from Mosul's grand Nuri tants. Rapid Response teams are help Iraqi forces attack the mili- militants, including many who trav- rockets and mortar rounds filled to discredit the president and his eni Ejei said. (Alarabiya) mosque, in the old city center "very close" to the government tants in the nearby old city. It eled from Western countries, are with toxic agents from the west- war on drugs, a campaign that crit- which is still under his followers' buildings near the old city, said a would also mark a symbolic step hunkered down among the remain- ern side of the city to the eastern, ics say has disturbing similarities control. A woman cries after cross- senior media officer with the elite towards restoring state authority ing civilian population, which aid government-controlled side. The to a pattern of mysterious killings Seoul says ing from ISIS-controlled part of Interior Ministry units. over Mosul, even though the build- agencies estimated to number Organization for the Prohibition of in Davao. Mosul to Iraqi forces controlled Their progress was met with ings are destroyed and not being 750,000 in western Mosul at the Chemical Weapons (OPCW) of- Duterte's spokesman, Ernes- North Korea part of Mosul, Iraq, March 4, heavy sniper and mortar fire, a used by ISIS. Rapid Response start of the latest offensive. The fered to assist the Iraqi government to Abella, described Lascanas as a 2017. Picture taken March 4, 2017. Reuters photographer reported units captured have captured the militants are using suicide car investigating the use of chemical "polluted source and perjured wit- carried out (Reuters) Rapid Response units from Mosul. The complex, which Danadan district, which lies just bombers, snipers and booby traps weapons in Mosul. (Alarabiya) ness". Abella called Lascanas' tes- timony "fabricated and unaccept- missile tests able". Duterte has repeatedly de- North Korea has fired four bal- nied involvement in summary exe- listic missiles into the sea off cutions, either as president or dur- Japan's northwest coast, South Factions fight ing his 22 years as Davao mayor. Korean and Japanese officials His police chief Ronald dela said, days after the reclusive Rosa, a former Davao police chief, state promised retailiation over has dismissed the death squad US-South Korea military drills for two Libyan claims as a myth created by the it sees as a preparation for war. media. Human rights groups have Seoul said four missiles Turkish President Recep Tayyip documented about 1,400 suspi- were fired from North Pyongan Erdogan has criticised Germany for cious killings in Davao while Du- province into the East Sea on blocking several rallies there in ad- oil terminals terte was mayor and critics say the Monday and that South Korea vance of a referendum in Turkey An eastern Libyan group says it is linked to a broader, stop-start con- war on drugs he unleashed as pres- and the United States were on expanding his powers as head carrying out air strikes against ri- flict between political and military ident has the same hallmarks. Nu- "closely analysing" tracking of state, comparing the decision to val factions as part of its attempt factions based in eastern and west- merous investigations have found data for further details. Nazi practices. to push them back from positions ern Libya, threatens efforts to re- no proof linking Duterte to those Seoul and Washington be- The remarks came on Sunday, around the major oil terminals of vive Libya's oil production. deaths. More than 6,000 people gan annual joint military exer- a day after he accused Germany of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf. National output more than have been killed in Duterte's war cises last week - something "aiding and harbouring terror" for The Libyan National Army doubled after the LNA took con- on drugs since he took over as pres- North Korea has long con- allowing outlawed Kurdish lead- (LNA) is attempting to regain con- trol of the oil ports of Es Sider, ident on June 30 last year. demned as a deliberate provo- ers to hold regular public meetings trol of the ports after being forced Ras Lanuf, Zueitina [Zuwaytania] (Al Jazeera) cation. Japanese Prime Minis- in the country. to withdraw on Friday by an at- and Brega in September. ter Shinzo Abe said three of the "Your practices are not differ- tack by the Benghazi Defence Bri- All the ports except for Brega North Korean missiles came ent from the Nazi practices of the gades (BDB). had long been blockaded. Chaos down in Tokyo's Exclusive Eco- past," Erdogan said on Sunday in The BDB is composed partly and fighting Production has recent- nomic Zone (EEZ) - waters ex- Istanbul at a campaign for the ref- of fighters who were expelled from ly been fluctuating around 700,000 tending 200 nautical miles erendum. speak. German Chancellor Angela was a "German agent" and a "rep- Benghazi by the LNA. barrels per day (bpd), but remains (370km) from its coast. "This "I thought it's been a long time Merkel rejected Turkey's accusa- resentative" of the banned Kurdi- LNA warplanes targeted on far below the 1.6 million bpd Lib- clearly shows North Korea has since Germany left [Nazi practic- tions that her government had a sh rebel group, PKK. Sunday afternoon positions near ya was pumping before the 2011 entered a new stage of threat," es]. We are mistaken." Several Ger- hand in scrapping the rallies, say- Yucel, who has both Turkish Es Sider [Al Sidra] and south of uprising that toppled its longtime Abe said in parliament. "The man towns prevented appearanc- ing the decisions were "taken by and German citizenship, was de- the coastal town of Ben Jawad, ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Since launches are clearly in violation es by Erdogan's ministers last municipalities, and as a matter of tained on February 14 after his re- about 30km to the east, General then, the North African country of [UN] Security Council reso- week, citing security and safety principle, we apply freedom of ports about a hacker attack on the Ahmed al-Mismari, LNA spokes- has been riven by chaos and fac- lutions. It is an extremely dan- concerns. expression in Germany". email account of Turkey's energy man, told Reuters news agency. tional fighting. The LNA has been gerous action." (Al Jazeera) Turkey summoned the Ger- The cancellations have angered minister, according to Die Welt. There were also clashes between waging a military campaign for man ambassador to the foreign the Turkish government, which Erdogan accused Germany of the rival groups on the ground, se- nearly three years against Islam- ministry in Ankara to lodge a pro- has accused Germany of working harbouring Yucel for a month at curity and oil officials said, though ists and other opponents in the More than 66,000 people have Soldiers killed test after local authorities in the against the "Yes" campaign in the the German consulate in Istanbul it was not immediately clear eastern city. "Haftar claims to con- been forced to flee fighting in north- southwestern German town of referendum. before agreeing to hand him over whether either side had advanced. trol most of the eastern part of ern Syria , ravaged in recent weeks in Mali attack Gaggenau cancelled a talk by Bekir Journalist detained to authorities. The ports are among Libya's larg- Libya around Benghazi," Oliver by dual offensives on the Islamic Bozdag, Turkey's justice minister. In his comments on Sunday, He was charged with spread- est, though both terminals were Miles, a former British ambassa- State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL as violence The talk was reportedly in- Erdogan said: "You will lecture us ing "terrorist propaganda" on badly damaged by previous rounds dor to Libya, told Al Jazeera. "But ) group, according to the United tended to promote a "yes" vote about democracy and then you will Monday. of fighting and have been operat- control is a loose word. He's been Nations. surges for constitutional changes in the not let this country's ministers Merkel on Saturday called Bi- ing far below their pre-conflict ca- fighting for a long time to deal with The UN's humanitarian agen- upcoming referendum. speak there." nali Yildirim, Turkey's prime min- pacity. The LNA forces, who are them, and it has taken a long time cy, OCHA, said on Sunday that Authorities in Cologne also The previous day, Erdogan ister, to try to defuse the dispute loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, time to clear them up. He's repeat- tens of thousands of people have withdrew permission for rallies said Deniz Yucel, a correspondent and the two countries' foreign min- conceded the loss of Es Sider and edly said they've dealt with the Eleven soldiers have been killed left their homes in northern Alep- where Nihat Zeybekci, Turkey's for Germany's Die Welt newspa- isters are set to meet later this week. Ras Lanuf on Saturday. problem, but they keep reuniting." po province, particularly around and five wounded in an attack economy minister, was due to per who is in detention in Turkey, (Al Jazeera) on a military base in Mali as The latest fighting, which is (Al Jazeera) the former ISIL stronghold of Al rival armed groups surrounded Bab. "This includes nearly 40,000 the city of Timbuktu. people from Al Bab city and near- There was no immediate by Taduf town, as well as 26,000 claim of responsibility for the people from communities to the attack near the border with east of Al Bab," OCHA said add- Burkina Faso on Sunday but ing that nearly 40,000 people dis- armed groups, including al-Qae- A US delegation is in Israel explor- munity for that aspiration. placed from the town fled north to da affiliates, have been increas- ing the possibility of relocating the Those who have cautioned the areas controlled by other rebel forc- ingly active in recent months, American embassy from Tel Aviv US against such a move include es Since February 25, OCHA said, attacking army posts beyond to Jerusalem, a move that Pales- Palestinian President Mahmoud another 26,000 people fled vio- their usual strongholds in the tinian officials have strongly Abbas, Hamas and Nabil Shaath, lence further east, where Syrian north. Malian fighter admits warned against. former Palestinian foreign minis- government forces supported by guilt in destruction of Timbuk- The delegation is led by Ron ter. Russian air power have also been tu sites "The post was attacked DeSantis, a Republican congress- Shaath in February told Al waging a fierce offensive against between 4am and 5am in Boul- man, who is expected to meet Ben- Jazeera: "Moving the embassy is ISIL. ikessi," defence spokesman Ab- jamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime the same as recognising Jerusalem It added that the "high contam- doulaye Sidibe told the Reuters minister, during the two-day trip as Israel's united capital. It's a war ination" of unexploded bombs and News Agency, adding that rein- which ends on Sunday. crime." booby traps set by retreating ISIL forcements had been sent to the "The delegation is in Jerusa- The US has two consulate- fighters was complicating efforts area. Armed group such as An- lem to learn first hand what it will general buildings in West Jerusa- to return. Many of those fleeing sar Dine have increased the fre- mean to move the US embassy lem. the violence sought refuge in areas quency of their attacks over the from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," said One mainly deals with diplo- around Manbij, a town controlled past year. Ruth Lieberman, a friend of De- macy with Palestinians, while an- by the US-backed Syrian Demo- In 2016, the group carried Santis and a political adviser in Is- other building issues visas to peo- cratic Forces (SDF). out scores of attacks, including rael, according to the Jerusalem ple who live in Jerusalem and Pal- Al Jazeera's Natasha Gho- on United Nations peacekeep- Post. estinians in the West Bank and neim, reporting from Gaziantep on ers, while spreading into the US President Donald Trump Gaza. recognition that these consulate According to some reports in the incoming US ambassador to the Turkey-Syria border , said south and other areas previous- repeatedly promised the move "If the US were to move its general offices give them." Arab news media, Palestinian of- Israel, might work out of an office there was a "growing humanitari- ly deemed secure. Al-Qaeda's during his election campaign and embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusa- However, Trump's administra- ficials have been informed that the in West Jerusalem as a compro- an crisis". North African ally, al-Mourabi- pledged to recognise Jerusalem as lem ... it would be effectively rec- tion - like those of other US pres- move is not likely to happen. "This mise, while the embassy building "The civilians we talked to toun, claimed responsibility for the Israeli capital. ognising Jerusalem as the capital idents such as Bill Clinton and is after advice from Jordan's King would remain in Tel Aviv. Fried- mentioned some horrific details, an attack on a military camp in Palestinians criticised such of Israel," said Al Jazeera's Ber- George Bush who made similar Abdullah II, who suggested it man is known to be a supporter of including their money being stolen January that killed up to 60 promises as they hope to make nard Smith, reporting from West promises - has "been rolling back would cause violence on the Arab Israel's illegal Jewish-only settle- and also children being slaughtered people and wounded at least East Jerusalem the capital of their Jerusalem. on the idea[s] ... despite initial streets," said our correspondent. ments. "That also, though, would by ISIL," she said. 100. (Al Jazeera) future state, and have had the broad "It would also be taking away promises made during the cam- Other reports in Israeli news me- be controversial," Al Jazeera's "There's also the issue of re- support of the international com- from the Palestinians the separate paign", he said. dia suggest that David Friedman, Smith said. (Al Jazeera) turn: when and if. (BBC) TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Why should trump — or anyone — Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 be able to launch a nuclear war? nuclear weapons remained, at least E-mail: [email protected] By Lawrence Wittner for some power-hungry nations. Israel, India, Pakistan, and North The accession of Donald Trump Korea developed nuclear arsenals, Email: [email protected] to the US presidency brings us while the United States, Russia, face-to-face with a question that and other nuclear nations gradual- www.afghanistantimes.af many have tried to avoid since ly backed away from disarmament. 1945: Should anyone have the right Indeed, all nine nuclear powers are Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi to plunge the world into a nuclear now engaged in a new nuclear arms holocaust? Trump, of course, is an race, with the US government alone Advisory editorial board unusually angry and vindictive beginning a $1 trillion nuclear American president. Therefore, "modernization" program. These Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, given the fact that, acting totally factors, including Trump's prom- on his own, he can launch a nucle- ises of a major nuclear weapons Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir ar war, we have entered a very buildup, recently led the editors perilous time. The US government of the Bulletin of the Atomic Sci- make possession of nuclear weap- 2017 at the United Nations and to Graphic-Designer: possesses approximately 6,800 entists to move the hands of their ons illegal under international law be concluded in early July. Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi nuclear weapons, many of them famous "Doomsday Clock" for- and, therefore, like the chemical and Given the past performance of on hair-trigger alert. Moreover, the ward to 2-1/2 minutes to midnight, other weapons ban treaties, put the nuclear powers and their ea- Marketing & Advertising: United States is but one of nine the most dangerous setting since pressure on nations to fall into line gerness to cling to their nuclear Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 nations that, in total, possess near- 1953. Angered by the collapse of with the rest of the world commu- weapons, it seems unlikely that ly 15,000 nuclear weapons. This progress toward a nuclear weap- nity. This campaign came to a head they will participate in the UN Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan nuclear weapons cornucopia is ons-free world, civil society orga- in October 2016, when the mem- negotiations or, if a treaty is nego- more than enough to destroy vir- nizations and non-nuclear nations ber states of the United Nations tiated and signed, will be among Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 tually all life on earth. Furthermore, joined together to press for the voted on a proposal to begin nego- the signatories. Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press even a small-scale nuclear war adoption of an international trea- tiations for a treaty to ban nuclear Even so, the people of their would produce a human catastro- ty banning nuclear weapons, much weapons. nations and of all nations would phe of unimaginable proportions. like the treaties already in place Although the US government gain immensely from an interna- Not surprisingly, then, Trump's that ban chemical weapons, land- and the governments of other nu- tional ban on nuclear weapons?a loose statements about building mines, and cluster bombs. If such clear powers lobbied heavily measure that, once in place, would The constitution says and using nuclear weapons have a nuclear ban treaty were adopted, against the measure, it was adopt- begin the process of stripping na- horrified observers. they argued, it would not itself ed by an overwhelming vote: 123 tional officials of their unwarrant- In an apparent attempt to rein eliminate nuclear weapons, for the countries in favor, 38 opposed, ed authority and ability to launch Article 99: in America's new, erratic White nuclear powers could refuse to sign and 16 abstaining. Treaty negotia- a catastrophic nuclear war. Article Ninety-Nine: If, during the sessions of the National Assembly, the annual budget, House occupant, Senator Edward or comply with it. But it would tions are slated to begin in March (Troutout) Markey (D-MA) and Represen- or development program, or issues related to national security, territorial integrity and tative Ted Lieu (D-CA) recently independence of the country is under discussion, the sessions of the Assembly shall not introduced federal legislation to end pending decision of the matter. require Congress to declare war France’s future depends on before a US president could au- thorize nuclear weapons strikes. The only exception would be in response to a nuclear attack. Peace one question — and one man groups are rallying around this leg- By Anne Applebaum money, he speaks of friendship change and clean energy, to come islation and, in a major editorial, with Russia. He talks openly about live in France. He wants to roll out the New York Times endorsed it, The issues under debate in this his Catholicism in a bid to lure the red carpet for British academ- noting that it "sends a clear mes- year’s French presidential election France’s “family values” voters ics and businessmen marginalized sage to Mr. Trump that he should are broad and varied: terrorism and away from Le Pen, too. But alas, by May’s retreat from Europe, not be the first since World War II trade, the retirement age and social it seems that Fillon’s version of too. He also attracts enemies. Be- to use nuclear weapons." security, the legacy of France in family values included putting his cause his victory would strength- But, even in the unlikely event Algeria and the future of France in wife and sons on the state payroll en both the European Union and that the Markey-Lieu legislation Europe. But in truth, only one is- , a story that just won’t go away. NATO, Macron’s campaign has is passed by the Republican Con- sue really matters: Can the heady Thought-provoking opinions and naturally attracted the attention of gress, it does not address the broad- cocktail of fear-mongering, nation- commentary, in your inbox daily. those who want to destroy them. er problem: the ability of the offi- alism, nostalgia, resentment, pro- That leaves the contest in the hands Both WikiLeaks (which claims to cials of nuclear-armed nations to Russian foreign policy and big- of Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year- have “secret documents” on all the launch a catastrophic nuclear war. government economics — a phi- old social and economic liberal candidates) and the Russian pro- How rational are Russia's Vladimir losophy that is described, unsat- whose strategy is quite different. paganda channel RT have attempt- Putin, or North Korea's Kim Jong- isfyingly, as “far right” or “popu- It’s been clear for some time that ed to show sinister links between un, or Israel's Benjamin Netan- list,” that takes a particularly vir- the old left-right split in European Macron and Hillary Clinton. yahu, or the leaders of other nu- ulent online form and that has con- politics doesn’t reflect real social The predictable whispering clear powers? And how rational tributed to recent electoral victo- divisions, and that the new fault campaign is conspiratorial (“Ma- The 16th term of parliament’s working year was inaugurated on Mon- will the rising politicians of nucle- ries in the United States and Brit- lines are better described as “inte- cron is part of a secret cabal”), anti- ar armed nations (including a crop ain — be defeated in a major West- grationist” vs. “nationalist,” or, Semitic (“Macron works for the day—from today the legislators would restart work after a 45-day of rightwing, nationalist ideo- ern country? And if so, how? more bluntly, “open” vs. “closed.” Rothschilds”) and personal (“Ma- logues, such as France's Marine Le At least until scandal began to But although the “closed” voices cron is gay”). That kind of nega- winter vacation. Their priority would be preserving national interests. Pen) prove to be? "Nuclear deter- damage his campaign, François Fil- — parties such as Le Pen’s Na- tive campaigning — based on slurs They are the key player in driving the country toward peace and rence," as national security experts lon, the candidate of the center- tional Front or UKIP — are long and hysterical allegations — has have known for decades, might right Republican party, offered established, Macron is the first worked brilliantly in other coun- stability, and can do more things than merely criticism only. Though serve to inhibit the aggressive im- what looked like the safest formu- major European politician to at- tries, and there is plenty of time pulses of top government officials la: steal the populist issues from tract mass support by putting up left for it to succeed in France. the parliament’s term has already been expired, with no election sched- in some cases, but surely not in all the “far right” — Marine Le Pen’s a vigorous, active and angry de- Macron’s success will depend on uled and no agreement on how to hold them, but still they should of them. National Front — and make them fense of “open.” whether he can withstand the com- Ultimately, then, the only long- mainstream. In choosing this strat- “I defend Europe,” he told a ing smear campaign, and then pull strive hard in rebuilding the war-hit country through educating the term solution to the problem of egy, he was emulating Theresa British journalist. “If you are shy, off a trick that has so far eluded national leaders launching a nucle- May, the conservative British you are dead.” His strategy, so far, his British, Dutch and other coun- government in every grey area. ar war is to get rid of the weapons. prime minister who has defeated has been built on defiance of ideo- terparts: Unite the center-left and Since the spring offensives of the militants are at rim to kick off, This was the justification for the the upstart U.K. Independence logical stereotypes. Macron has a the center-right behind a single nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Party by announcing she will leave background in banking but speaks banner, and run a campaign that is the lawmakers should ask the security agencies to come up to the (NPT) of 1968, which constituted all European trade structures (as about “collective solidarity.” patriotic as well as “open,” tough a bargain between two groups of UKIP would have done) and make He served as a minister in a on terrorism as well as “integra- fore with very much dazzling war strategy. The last spring was proved nations. Under its provisions, non- immigration control her priority Socialist government but has said tionist.” bitter to the Taliban and other militant outfits, but at the same time, nuclear countries agreed not to de- (as UKIP does already). that “honesty compels me to say The stakes are high. If he los- velop nuclear weapons, while nu- Fillon’s version is slightly dif- that I am not a socialist.” Instead es, muscular liberalism will disap- the security forces were also martyred and wounded. Security forces clear-armed countries agreed to dis- ferent — he has called for a halt to of a traditional political party he pear from France for a generation. pose of theirs. Although the NPT immigration from outside Europe, has his own movement, En Marche But if he wins, he will have many sustained casualties due to poor leadership, and the lawmakers can did discourage proliferation to tougher borders and tougher lan- — a rough translation might be eager imitators, not only in France do a lot to mend it through pressure. Even the lawmakers are not safe most non-nuclear countries and did guage on assimilation of French “Forward” — that he launched, to but also across the continent and lead the major nuclear powers to Muslims — but the idea is the widespread skepticism, in 2016. around the world. as last year Taliban terrorists stormed the home of a lawmaker in the destroy a substantial portion of same. Like Le Pen, whose campaign He has invited U.S. scientists, es- (WP) capital, killing eight people and leaving parliamentarian wounded. Like their nuclear arsenals, the allure of has been funded with Russian pecially those working on climate him several lawmakers were came under attack by the insurgents. Moreover, a lawmaker, Sher Wali Wardak was killed in a bomb ex- plosion occurred in the capital. Three others were killed. The legislators should pay huge heed toward every field, but espe- cially in security aspect. Though we appreciate their efforts, but how- ever, there are some lawmakers we don’t know them as they were Paradox policy seen rare in parliament. But when there is any summon, or voting time, all the sets were filled, with unfamiliar faces. Don’t take it out of concept; a few bad people cannot represent the whole institute or group. There are lawmakers who are active and well-known face, leaving no stone unturned to safeguard the national interest and speak the truth. They always remained vigilance in every part from politics to economy, from social to judiciaries and etc… But these efforts are washing away by those lawmakers who are not active, and have been all time zero in several fronts. The holding of parliamentary elections is crucial because the voters want to change their fate while rejecting Debate the corrupt and selfish members of the Wolesi Jirga. With no doubt, the government should hold the parliamentary election as its more Taliban delay would further erode public trust over democratic institutes. In the light of democracy, law should ensure the rights of the public and executive power is to enforce the law strictly. Now the on time elec- tion is the right of Afghans, otherwise, practicing of democracy will ia ss further go under question. Ru Subscription Rates Note:The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 5400 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 2700 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By Sam Pizzigati Americans on average, pollsters report, believe that over a quarter of the federal budget -- 26 percent By Salvatore Babones -- goes for foreign aid. But outlays for foreign aid, the actual budget As China's parliament, the Nation- numbers show, make up just 1 al People's Congress, meets this percent of what the federal gov- week in Beijing, one problem is on ernment annually expends. everyone's mind: China's surging Don't expect this startling gap levels of government and private sector debt. For the past two between perception and reality to years, China has been floating its narrow anytime soon. We now economy on a massive wave of have in the White House a Presi- deficit spending. State-owned dent who's exaggerating -- at every firms, state-owned banks, local opportunity -- what the United governments, and the central gov- States spends on foreign assis- ernment itself have pulled out all tance. "For too long, we've the stops to maintain China's offi- watched our middle class shrink cial target of 6.5 percent minimum as we've exported our jobs and annual gross domestic product Ukraine for $20m in 1998, then Ronald Reagan defeated the Sovi- wealth to foreign countries," (GDP) growth. This week the Na- Trump pronounced February 28 spent 16 years refitting before it et Union by spending it into obliv- tional People's Congress, or NPC, could go to sea. China's second air- ion. Early in Reagan's presidency, before a joint session of Congress. is widely expected to endorse a "We've financed and built one glo- craft carrier, the Shandong, is now the US budget deficit peaked at 5.7 slightly lower growth target be- being built with an expected launch percent of GDP. That debt had to bal project after another, but ig- cause of concerns that government date in 2019 or 2020. It seems to be financed at interest rates of nored the fates of our children in debt is spiralling out of control. be based on the same 20-year-old more than 10 percent. With a bud- the inner cities of Chicago, Balti- Like all countries, China faces two Soviet design as the Liaoning. Chi- get deficit of 3.2 percent of GDP, more, Detroit, and so many other options when it comes to control- na has a long way to go - and a lot real interest rates of 0.5 percent, places throughout our land." The ling deficits: raise taxes or cut of money to spend - before it be- and a much healthier economy, United States, Trump continued, spending. With perhaps as many gins to approach the technological Trump can much more easily out- has "spent trillions and trillions of er levels of trust. People in more and frustrated. They also tend to an easy target for these exploiters. unequal nations live shorter lives, have plenty of politicians hover- But foreign aid has never been the as 100 billionaires sitting as mem- sophistication of the US Navy. And spend China. China should be dollars overseas, while our infra- bers of the NPC, spending cuts are money is the issue. It is not just wary of entering into a Soviet- structure at home has so badly struggle with more personal debt, ing around eager to exploit that problem. The problem has been -- the likely outcome. One area where and face more mental health prob- frustration -- and distract attention and remains -- a distribution of in- US military spending that China style spending war with the US crumbled." Real life has a different China is eyeing major cuts is de- can't match. It cannot match any that it cannot win. If Chinese na- story to tell. Over recent years, lems. from the rich and powerful and the come and wealth that privileges the fence. Throughout the early 2000s, People who live amid high lev- inequality their grand private for- few at the expense of the great of its spending. And in the high- val construction provokes Japan U.S. tax dollars have been about as China's defence spending grew by stakes world of global power pro- into higher defence spending as likely to bomb bridges in other els of inequality, in short, have tunes engender. many. double-digit percentages each year. plenty of reasons to feel stressed "Foreign aid" has always been (Truthout) jection, money is everything. For well, that would only compound lands as build them. A huge share Security experts once expected a example, China spends roughly China's problems. With a rapidly of our tax dollars that flow over- whopping 20 percent increase for $7bn a year on foreign affairs. The ageing population, catastrophic air seas go for armaments, ammuni- 2016. The reality was a slowdown US spends more than $47bn. pollution, and declining state in- tion, and other forms of military to 7.6 percent growth in 2016, fol- Trump has been criticised for dustries, China's leaders have assistance. In the current federal lowed by a recently announced wanting to cut the Department of enough on their agenda already. fiscal year, for instance, we're Picking on robots won’t seven percent growth target for State to fund the military, but even War with the US, even if it's only a spending $3.67 billion outfitting 2017. These figures are not adjust- a scaled-back state department spending war, is surely the last the security forces in Afghanistan, ed for inflation. That means that would be by far the world's larg- thing they need. but only $3 billion worldwide on in real terms, China's defence est, just like the US military. (Aljazeera) development assistance. Overall, deal with job destruction spending growth is in line with or we are spending $25.6 billion try- slightly below GDP growth. Pres- ing to help people in other nations By Lawrence Summers sure on the defence budget is an on non-military levels, adding up inevitable consequence of China's Geneva farce: Regime outlays for everything from global I usually agree with Bill Gates on slower growth and ageing popula- health programs to the Peace matters of public policy and admire tion. As more and more people Corps. That total certainly seems his emphasis on the combined pow- reach old age, China's budget pri- is the opposition substantial. But this particular sto- er of markets and technology. But I orities are shifting towards social ry has another side: Among the think he went seriously astray in a services. Western defence analysts By Abdulrahman al-Rashed Geneva’s negotiations turned into recent interview when he proposed, continue to warn of a future 500- a political farce, which is the worst world's wealthy nations, no nation ship Chinese navy dominating the spends as little on building up peo- without apparent irony, a tax on in history as we have seen nothing robots to cushion worker disloca- world's oceans - or at least the Pa- In order for Nazi Germany to con- like it. Even the fake Vichy gov- ple and infrastructure abroad as tion and limit inequality. The Mi- cific - but China can ill-afford a the United States. United Nations trol occupied France during World ernment had more integrity than crosoft co-founder is right about the naval arms race. Can the United War II, it used some Frenchmen them. resolutions currently ask devel- gravity of the problem and need for States afford one? Trump seems oped countries to contribute 0.7 and formed a government of dum- Right to opposition action, but he’s profoundly misguid- determined to find out. mies, also called the Vichy govern- I think there is no point for percent of their gross national in- ed in his proposed solution — and Trump's 12-carrier Navy come toward foreign assistance. ment, to convince the world of the the HNC to continue participat- in ways that point up problems with With a national debt of nearly legitimacy of its presence. This is The United States contributes just the current public debate. First, I ing in these negotiations now that $20 trillion and an annual budget what the Damascus regime is do- they have deprived themselves of 0.17 percent, less than a quarter of cannot see any logic to singling out and more convenient than travel nical change as bad, neither is trade, deficit approaching $600bn, the the recommended giving level. De- robots as job destroyers. What about agents. Moreover, because of emu- and so protectionism is bad. Gates’s ing as of now. When the Syrian everything, even of their right to US is no stranger to deficit spend- regime realized that the opposition veloped nations, on average, con- kiosks that dispense airplane board- lation and competition, innovators robot tax risks essentially being pro- ing. But with real interest rates on represent the opposition. Every- tribute almost twice as large a share ing passes? Word-processing pro- capture only a small part of the ben- tectionism against progress. None has more legitimacy than it had, it thing that represents the Syrian efit of their innovation. It follows of this is to minimize the problem federal government debt hovering resorted to the trick of inventing of their national incomes as the grams that accelerate the produc- around 0.5 percent, the US gov- regime is fake. Its army isn’t its United States. tion of documents? Mobile banking that there is as much a case for sub- of job destruction and rising inequal- groups called “the opposition” and army and its opposition, which it sidizing as taxing types of capital ity (although it is a major paradox ernment can and does spend what- allowed them to work in Damascus Some nations exceed the UN technologies? Autonomous vehi- ever it wants. The status of the insists to negotiate with, isn’t re- recommendation. Sweden, for in- cles? Vaccines that, by preventing that embody innovation. Third, and that we seem to be seeing unprece- and sent them to capitals which ally an opposition. The Assad re- perhaps most fundamentally, why dentedly rapid job destruction by ma- US dollar as the world's reserve support it, like Tehran and Mos- stance, contributes double what disease, destroy jobs in medicine? currency gives it even greater flex- gime has been known for fabricat- There are many kinds of innova- tax in ways that reduce the size of chinery while at the same time ob- cow, to negotiate on behalf of the the UN recommends, a share of ibility. President Donald Trump ing slogans related to nationalism, tion that allow the production of the pie rather than ways that assure serving extraordinarily low produc- opposition. For more than three Arabism and democracy and for national income over eight times more or better output with less la- that the larger pie is well-distribut- tivity growth). Rather, it is to sug- may be new to the office but de- as large as the United States con- fence is one of the few areas where years now, no one believed this forging elections and inventing bor input. Why pick on robots? Does ed? Imagine that 50 people can pro- gest that staving off progress is a charade operating under the name tributes. The nations that exceed duce robots who will do the work of poor strategy for helping less fortu- he has provided concrete details groups like Fateh al-Sham, on be- Gates think anyone, let alone Con- of Moscow and Cairo factions, half of the Palestinian resistance the UN guidelines on foreign as- gress, the Trump administration or 100. A sufficiently high tax on ro- nate workers. In addition to diffi- about his spending plans. Trump sistance contributions, the British bots would prevent them from be- culties of definition and collateral has proposed a massive $54bn which are just extensions of the in Lebanon, and the Islamic Jihad a commission comprised of his fel- Syrian regime. The Damascus re- epidemiologists Richard Wilkin- low technocrats, can distinguish la- ing produced. Surely it would be bet- costs, there is the further problem annual increase in defence spend- in Gaza. When it assassinated son and Kate Pickett point out in ter for society to instead enjoy the that in an open world, taxes on tech- ing, which would push the total gime has, with the help of Russia, former Lebanese Prime Minister bor-saving activities from labor-en- imposed these groups on the Gene- their landmark 2009 book The Spir- hancing ones? Surely even if experts extra output and establish suitable nology are likely to drive produc- up from $585bn to well over Rafiq Hariri in 2005, it created an it Level, all share a common char- could draw such distinctions, the taxes and transfers to protect dis- tion offshore rather than create jobs $600bn. The US is already the va negotiations. After the interna- organization it named Jund al- acteristic. They have much more ability of the IRS to administer them placed workers. It is hard to see why at home. There are many better ap- world's largest spender on defence tional envoy had agreed to include Sham and produced a video in equal internal distributions of in- is in doubt. Second, much innova- shrinking the pie, rather than en- proaches. Governments will, how- - by far. Trump's proposals would them, Moscow now calls for their which a man named Abu Adas come than nations that contribute tive activity, even of a robot-like larging it as much as possible and ever, have to concern themselves widen the lead substantially. Chi- integration with the real opposi- claimed that he was the one who little. "More unequal countries," variety, involves producing better then redistributing, is the right way with problems of structural jobless- na should be wary of entering into tion delegation. When the real op- assassinated Hariri. It later turned Wilkinson and Pickett note, goods and services rather than sim- forward. This last point has long ness. They likely will need to take a a Soviet-style spending war with position refused to integrate with out that it was a fabricated story ply extracting more output from the been standard in international trade more explicit role in ensuring full the US that it cannot win. Much these fake groups, they were ac- as the international investigation "spend significantly lower per- theory. Indeed, it is common to employment than has been the prac- centages of their income on for- same input. Autonomous vehicles of Trump's increased spending cused of sabotaging the negotia- exposed the names of real perpe- will likely be safer than ones driven point out that opening a country to tice in the United States. Among would go to increase the size of tions. There is no point for the trators who were linked to the re- eign aid." More unequal nations international trade is like giving it other things, this will mean major turn out to share their own sets of by humans. Robotics already help the Navy to 350 major combat HNC to continue participating in gime in Damascus. The Syrian re- surgeons perform certain operations access to a technology for trans- reforms of education and retraining ships, up from the current 272. He these negotiations now that they gime did even more than all that characteristics. Unequal societies better than they can on their own. forming one good into another. The systems, consideration of targeted spend less on public services. They wants to expand the fleet to in- have deprived themselves of ev- during the Iraq war after the Amer- Online reservation systems are faster argument, then, is that since one wage subsidies for groups with par- clude 12 aircraft carrier task forc- erything, even of their right to rep- have higher levels of crime and low- surely would not regard such a tech- ticularly severe employment prob- ican invasion. In cooperation with lems, major investments in infra- es. The Navy currently boasts 10 resent the opposition Iran, it established organizations structure and, possibly, direct public operational aircraft carriers with an Abdulrahman al-Rashed that claimed to be Islamic and employment programs. This will be 11th, the USS Gerald R Ford, to Russian Foreign Ministry Baathist resistance. These oppo- a major debate that I suspect will be commissioned in April. Any spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sition platforms are a façade sub- define a large part of the politics of comparison of the $13bn Gerald did not like the opposition’s move mitting to the regime’s demands the industrial world over the next Ford to China's lone aircraft carri- and said: “The so-called High Ne- and defending it. As long as Mos- LETTER TO THE EDITOR decade. Little is certain. But we will er, the Liaoning, is meaningless. gotiations Committee (HNC) is cow and Iran support these Mos- do better going forward than back- The Gerald Ford and its accompa- refusing to cooperate equally with cow and Cairo factions, it is better ward. That means making America nying carrier task force will be most the Moscow and Cairo factions if it signs a deal with them in Te- even greater, not great again. And it powerful naval force ever built. and is in fact sabotaging fully hran and end this farce. means embracing rather than reject- The Liaoning is a Soviet surplus fledged dialogue.” After including (Alarabya) Saffron cultivation ing technological progress. (WP) vessel that China bought from the Moscow and Cairo factions, Saffron has been growing in Afghanistan, especially in Herat province for the past 2,000 years. Over the past 80 years, saffron was grown in Afghanistan mainly for agricultural trials. Why Voice will Remain Strong in 2017 During civil war there was no saffron cultivation, but after the collapse of the Taliban By Andy Moore such as messaging, SMS and web- Accenture Global Consumer Pulse als behaviour in the context of in- regime and establishment of demarcate government, local farmers resumed saffron cul- chat, or human-to-machine chan- Survey, 71% of British consumers surance, 42% said the ability to The extensive adoption of digital nels such as IVR and chatbots. and 83% of US consumers prefer speak to a live person was key. tivations. Today saffron is grown in over 30 provinces throughout Afghanistan and em- devices is changing the way cus- Dimension Data’s Global Contact dealing with human beings, wheth- The Place For “Voice” In The Dig- ploys over 1,300 farmers with extended families. The National Unity Government (NUG) tomers want to communicate with Centre Benchmarking report pub- er over digital channels or by voice. ital World is looking to increase saffron production to 14 tons in the next five years. In the past, contact centres and some say the lished late 2016 expects that voice The authors of this report suggest Even while contact centres officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock have said that the minis- future for voice looks uncertain in will account for less than 50% of that the “digital disconnect” – as push more transactional business try will spare no efforts to increase saffron production in the country. Afghanistan has the digital world. In the last year all contact centre interactions by they call it – is a potential pitfall through digital channels, they are hype around AI has led to chat- the end of 2017. It’s easy to as- for companies obsessed with the reserving the phone for more emo- the capacity of producing 70 tons of saffron annually, to generate $200 million. Saffron bots and automated virtual assis- sume – particularly if you look latest digital channels and automa- tional interactions, or for those can be a major source of income for Afghan farmers. Currently, the price of a kilogram tants being touted as the next big around on your morning commute tion. They even go so far as to say which require a complex exchange of Afghan saffron in the global markets is around $2,000. thing, by entirely replacing hu- – that we are becoming ever more that human interaction is vital to of information. For simple pur- Parwiz Ahmad, Kabul Afghanistan mans at least one end of the “con- involved with our mobile devices, customer satisfaction. It might also chases customers are happy to use versation”. What are we to make to the detriment of personal rela- be crucial for sales. 45% of con- a website, an app, or even – in- of all this? Some commentators tionships. If this is the case, it’s sumers will be up-sold when deal- creasingly – messaging or chat in- lament the loss of personal con- surely perfectly understandable ing with a person, compared to just terfaces. But when something is that we would also prefer to inter- 18% through a digital channel. 73% really on the line the research Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must tact, fearful of the well-known psychological effects of isolation. act with brands via our devices of customers prefer human inter- shows they revert to a telephone have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: using these more impersonal and actions when they are seeking ad- conversation more often than not. [email protected] Others celebrate our increased abil- ity to accomplish goals more supposedly more efficient chan- vice or looking to resolve a specif- In a brave, new digital world, where quickly and efficiently, which is nels. But not so fast. Just because ic issue. 58% prefer dealing with a customers can interact in an in- after all the purpose of communi- voice is declining as a percentage person to get a quick answer to a creasing number of ways, and cation in the first place. of all channels doesn’t mean the question. This is even true of Mil- switch channels whenever they Disclaimer: The Near-Future Contact total number of voice interactions lennials and those who generally want, there is and will be for a long Centre is going down. Neither does it mean show a strong preference for digi- time to come a place for voice. With The views and opinions expressed in the articles are Digital automation, we are the relative importance of those tal channels. They are a whopping true, human-level AI still a distant told, is coming and we should wel- interactions is any less than it used 140% more likely to revert to a sci-fi dream, consumers still pre- those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or come it for the advantages it un- to be. physical channel such as voice if fer their problems solved by an- opinions of the Afghanistan Times. doubtedly brings. Vendors tout Talk Is Good not satisfied. Indeed according to other human. human-to-human digital channels According to the 11th annual Capgemini research into millenni- (Touchtone.opinion) TUESDAY. MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Technology has changed the way ble of course correction by a col- wars would be fought and won. In lective ‘brain,’ which can guide the 20th century, wars were fought each UAV towards its tactical mis- on three battlefields, namely, land, sion. On the electromagnetic bat- air and sea. In this century, three tlefield, China has made massive more battlefields have been added strides in directed energy and elec- — space, electromagnetic, and cy- tromagnetic weapons like railguns. ber. Since China lagged far behind Instead of chemical explosives or the United States and Russia (the gunpowder, railguns will use elec- successor state of the Soviet tromagnetic force to propel pro- Union) in the traditional battle- jectiles to hypersonic speeds, po- fields and a catch-up was not pos- tentially up to ranges of several sible, Beijing has focussed on the hundred miles. This will give the new battlefields to challenge Wash- People’s Liberation Army a cheap- ington. India’s technological capa- er and higher volume of fire and a bilities in comparison to China’s less risky alternative to ballistic and are extremely modest. Take space cruise missiles, as well as air for instance. It begins at 40km strikes. above the earth where the atmo- (C3I) systems. Moreover, in 2013, vehicle, which recently had its The cyber battlefield is per- spheric limit ends. In 2007, China China launched three small satel- fourth test-firing. This will be able haps the most ironic one. While demonstrated its anti-satellite ca- lites into orbit as part of Beijing’s to travel at more than 7,000 miles the US invented the internet, Chi- pability by destroying its own leg- covert anti-satellite warfare pro- per hour, and manoeuvre erratical- na took early advantage of it to Japan has lodged a stern rebuke liament, adding "strong protests" was a North Korean missile acy satellite with a land-based in- gramme. These satellites have the ly to avoid anti-missile defences, challenge the US in asymmetric after North Korea fired four bal- had been lodged with nuclear- launch, but it did not pose a threat terceptor. This alarmed the US. capability to co-orbit, or enter into and, given its speed, will have high war by developing cyber offensive listic missiles off its east coast. armed North Korea. to North America. Considering that the US has hun- the orbit of other satellites, and energy on impact to achieve equiv- capabilities. The Chinese reckoned North Korea has fired four South Korea's acting President North Korea had threatened to dreds of military and commercial with a retractable arm, they can be alent effects of nuclear weapons. that since the US’ military com- ballistic missiles into the sea off Hwang Kyo-ahn condemned the take "strong retaliatory measures" satellites in space, it desires good used for a number of things — to Unlike a ballistic missile which mand, control, communication and Japan's northwest coast, South launches as a direct challenge to after South Korea and the United space situational awareness. Chi- gouge out, knock off, or grab pass- travels in a parabolic arc and en- intelligence was its mightiest Korean and Japanese officials say. the international community and States began annual joint military na’s anti-satellite capability could ing satellites. This is part of a Chi- ters space, the hypersonic vehicle strength, paralysing it or corrupt- It comes just days after the reclu- said the country would swiftly drills on Wednesday that test their smash satellites into smithereens, nese ‘Star Wars’. This is not all. will glide within the atmosphere ing information systems would sive state promised retaliation over deploy a US anti-missile defence defensive readiness against possi- leaving clouds of debris, which Since the dividing line between at- once separated from its booster thwart US’s victory. With this stra- US-South Korea military drills it in the face of angry objections from ble aggression from the North. would adversely affect much-need- mosphere and space has blurred rocket. The hypersonic vehicle will tegic objective in mind, the PLA sees as a preparation for war. China. Last year, North Korea fired a ed situational awareness. While — with the global militaries refer- make the requirement of nukes and has been actively creating Infor- South Korea's military said the The missiles were launched long-range rocket from Tongchang- this cannot be construed as an act ring to it as aerospace — China, contact war — the hallmark of the mation Warfare militias, recruited missiles were unlikely to have been from the Tongchang-ri region near ri that put an object into orbit. of war, it would play havoc with like the United States and Russia, traditional battlefields — unnec- from universities, research insti- intercontinental ballistic missiles the North's border with China, The launch was condemned by space supported Command, Con- is working on a new type of weap- essary. tutes, and commercial IT compa- (ICBM) which could reach the South Korean military spokesman the United Nations for violating trol, Computer and Intelligence on called a DF-ZF hypersonic glide Regarding air battlefield, Chi- nies, especially telecom firms. United States, but flew on average Roh Jae-cheon told a briefing. resolutions that ban the use of bal- na has an impressive array and Above all this, the PLA, as a part 1,000 km and reached a height of It was too early to say what listic missile technology. probably the largest number of of President Xi Jinping’s 2016 260 km. the relatively low altitude indicat- North Korea test fired a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (more military reforms, has formed a new Some of the missiles landed in ed about the types of missiles, he type of missile into the sea early than the US) in the world. It is Strategic Support Force to bring waters as close as 300 km to Ja- added. last month, and has said it will con- also developing hypersonic UAVs all space, cyber, electromagnetic pan's northwest coast, Japan's "South Korea and the United tinue to launch new strategic weap- and unmanned combat aerial vehi- and technical assets, which are crit- Defence Minister Tomomi Inada States are conducting a close-up ons. The United States has about cles (UCAVs) for both near-space ical for information warfare, under said in Tokyo. analysis, regarding further infor- 28,500 troops and equipment sta- earth orbit mission, as well as for one roof. These will be in support "The launches are clearly in mation," South Korea's Office of tioned in the South, and plans to Perdix autonomous armed and un- of combat operations both for con- violation of (UN) Security Coun- Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a state- roll out the THAAD (Terminal armed UAVs missions. The latter tinental defence and for expedition- cil resolutions. It is an extremely ment. High Altitude Area Defense) anti- are a swarm of smart drones capa- ary forces. (Dnaindia) dangerous action," Japanese Prime The US military said it detect- missile defence system in the coun- Minister Shinzo Abe said in par- ed and tracked what it assessed try by the end of the year. (AP) Kyrgyzstan spends $41.8m on debt service in Jan.2017 $20.42 million and 1,477,045,000 service and 390.21 million som and som were spent on debt service in $5.64 million – external. January 2017, reported the Min- Public debt of Kyrgyzstan to- istry of Finance taled $4,100.5 billion (283,483.05 1.02 billion som and $14.77 billion som) in January, reported million were used for internal debt Tazabek. (Akipress) Mirziyoyev to visit Turkmenistan on March 6-7 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat The talks of the Presidents Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit will focus on a wide range of to Turkmenistan on March 6-7, Uzbek-Turkmen relations, as well reports the press service of the as international and regional issues. Uzbek Foreign Ministry. The cooperation documents The head of state will visit are expected to be signed between The fact that thousands of refugee and migrant children disappeared after arriving on European soil is one of the most acute problems facing the EU Turkmenistan on the invitation of the two countries following the member states. It is one that needs to be addressed with the utmost urgency. According to Europol estimates, some 10,000 unaccompanied refugee the Turkmen President Gurbangu- meeting. children went missing in 2016 alone. Who are these children? Many of them were given by their parents to relatives or friends with the hope that they ly Berdymuhamedov. (Trend) would escape the grim realities of war and famine. Uzbekistan,ADB sign Iran charges man Ukraine, Russia face off in UN loan agreements arrested for espionage on court over separatist conflict Tensions between Ukraine and has no means of enforcement. sion of the conflict. In a similar worth $573M country’s nuclear deal Russia will play out at the U.N.'s Monday's largely procedural case brought by Georgia against Uzbekistan and the Asian Devel- Tashkent regions and got acquaint- Ju d icia r y s p o k e s m a n s a id a n Ir a n ia n -Am e r i- highest court on Monday when hearings will focus on so-called Russia, also based on the anti-dis- opment Bank (ADB) signed loan ed with the results of implementa- ca n ha s a lso b een d et a in ed o n fr a ud cha r g es. judges begin hearing Kiev's request provisional measures, which the crimination treaty, the court found agreements worth $573 million, tion of the investment projects co- to order Moscow to halt support parties may request to ensure that in 2011 that it had no jurisdiction. Uzbekistan National News Agen- financed by the ADB. Iran has formally charged a mem- ment. Although the deal was wide- for pro-Russian separatists. there is no aggravation or exten- (Reuters) cy (UzA) reported. In particular, Nakao has earlier met with ber of its nuclear negotiating team ly celebrated, few Iranian political Ukraine launched the case at the the ADB allocated a $100-million Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziy- for spying on Sunday (5 March). leaders saw it as an admission of International Court of Justice loan for a project on financing small oyev. The unidentified man was arrest- defeat to the US. Mohseni Ejei also (ICJ), which handles disputes be- businesses in rural areas and for During the meeting, Mirziy- ed in August 2016 on suspicion of said that another man holding Ira- tween states, in January. It accus- businesses of women entrepre- oyev noted strengthening of the espionage. nian-American nationality has es Moscow of violating United neurs. Also, a $121-million loan mutually beneficial partnership The spokesperson judiciary been arrested for defrauding peo- Nations anti-terrorism and anti- was allocated to develop water between Uzbekistan and the ADB spokesman Gholamhossein ple under the guise of helping them discrimination conventions by supply systems in Uzbekistan’s in the implementation of programs Mohseni Ejei has earlier said that emigrate. He added that the un- supporting pro-Russian groups in Tashkent region. and projects aimed at moderniza- the dual nationality-holder was a named man was arrested on charg- Crimea and in eastern Ukraine, The agreements were signed tion of Uzbekistan’s economic sec- "spy who had infiltrated the nu- es of deceiving people seeking US where fighting has claimed rough- during the three-day visit of ADB tors and infrastructure. clear team". However, he declined residence of $2.6m (£2.12m). "A ly 10,000 lives in the past three President Takehiko Nakao to Uzbekistan joined the Asian to provide any further details of dual national holding Iranian and years. Russia has repeatedly de- Uzbekistan. Nakao visited the Development Bank in 1995. the unnamed man. American citizenship has been ar- nied sending troops or military country’s Samarkand, Bukhara and (Akpress) Why advertise with us rested recently, who had swindled equipment to eastern Ukraine and Some reports have said that the many Iranians, taking (money) ... is expected to challenge the juris- arrested man is Iranian-Canadian, to fix their residence," Mohseni Ejei diction of the court. Tensions have who was reportedly part of the said. escalated since a group of Ukraini- Iran,Azerbaijan to team that reached a landmark nu- In the past one year, a number an politicians and military veter- Fake AU$100 notes flood clear deal with world powers. The of dual nationals from the US, Brit- ans last month launched a rail Iran nuclear deal was an introduc- ain, Austria, Canada and France blockade of shipments, including Melbourne: Report join railways as part tory framework agreement reached have been detained and kept be- coal, from separatist-controlled in 2015 between the Islamic Re- hind bars on charges including spy- areas, causing economic pain on public of Iran and a group of world ing and collaborating with hostile both sides. Ukraine says in its fil- of freight route powers — the US, UK, China, governments, Reuters reported. ing that separatist forces, backed France, Germany and Russia. Sanc- However, the Western embassies by Moscow, have carried out ter- tions imposed against the Islamic are not allowed to see individuals rorist acts. It cites the bombard- country over its nuclear pro- who were detained as Iran does not ment of residential areas and the gramme were lifted after the agree- recognise dual nationality. downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July 2014, which killed 298 passengers and crew. In September 2016, a six-country in- New fake AU$100 notes are in cir- (RBA) says the rate of counterfeit- vestigative team led by the Neth- culation in Melbourne, according to ing of $100 bills remains low in erlands said the plane had been a report by The Age on Sunday (Mar comparison to the number of $50 Iran and neighboring Azerbaijan basis, state news agency IRNA shot down with a Russian-manu- 5). The notes are being passed fakes detected. agreed on Sunday to work towards reported. factured Buk surface-to-air missile around at "restaurants, pubs and "Liaison with AUSTRAC (Austra- completing their portion of a The planned freight route, from an area controlled by pro- shops" according to the report, as lian Transaction Reports and Anal- Russian forces. The team had not the federal government mulls pull- ysis Centre) and the Australian planned freight railway route from called the North-South Internation- ing it from circulation in view of its Crime Commission suggests that it Europe to South Asia, Iranian state al Transport Corridor, aims to con- yet identified suspects. Russia has dismissed the find- frequency of use by organised crime is the $50 denomination – rather media reported. nect northern Europe to South syndicates and tax cheats. "The new than the $100 – that tends to be After talks between Iranian Asia by using the railways of Iran, ings of the Dutch-led international fake bills are considered to be of a preferred by criminal elements be- President Hassan Rouhani and his Azerbaijan and Russia. A shipping prosecutors as biased and politi- high-quality with only one major cause of its ubiquitous use in legiti- Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev, service is to be set up between cally motivated. The U.N. court flaw - each has the same serial num- mate transactions," according to a the two countries signed an accord Iran's Gulf port of Bandar Abbas takes years to hear cases. Although ber: AI 13933231," the report add- recent RBA research report. to link their rail systems on a trial and Mumbai in India. (AP) its rulings are final and binding, it ed. The Reserve Bank of Australia (CNA) TUESDAY . MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Germany of ‘Nazi practices’ over rally cancellations The Turkish president has lashed out at Germany after several cities canceled referendum rallies citing security concerns. Erdogan later said he would "make the world rise up" if he were not allowed to speak in Germany. After several German cities with- defiant child who cannot have his that the president of a NATO China's government has a selection drew their permission for public way." "The Nazi comparison is a member speaks about another of policy tools that can respond Turkish referendum rallies to take new high point of intemperance. member-state like that," Kauder to any potentially hostile trade or place, President Recep Tayyip It is simply outrageous!" Klöck- said in the ARD program "Bericht economic policies by US President Erdogan said on Sunday that Ger- ner told the German newspaper aus Berlin." "Especially one who Donald Trump, said Li Daokui, a many was resorting to Nazi-era "Bild." The CDU politician urged has considerable problems with prominent economist and a former tactics. "Your practices are not dif- Erdogan to apologize for his com- the rule of law," he added. member of the Chinese central ferent from the Nazi practices of ments, adding: "True statesmen do Minister to speak in Cologne bank's monetary policy commit- the past," Erdogan said at a wom- not speak like that." German For- After two cancellations, Turk- tee. en's rally in Istanbul, reported eign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also ish Economy Minister Nihat Zey- "The central government is state-run Anadolu Agency. His told "Bild am Sonntag" that al- bekci plans to attend a referendum prepared for Trump," Li told the comments come ahead of an April though Germany values freedom rally in a Cologne hotel on Sunday South China Morning Post outside 16 constitutional referendum that of expression, whoever speaks to gather support among expatri- a meeting of the National People's would see him receive consider- here "must respect our rules." Ger- ate Turks for the constitutional Congress in Beijing. "What's im- ably more power by doing away many's conservative union, includ- changes. Zeybekci was supposed portant is not what Trump says, with the post of prime minister. ing the CDU's Bavarian sister-par- to attend an event in Cologne's but what his team says. He did not appear to elaborate on ty the CSU, sharply criticized Er- Porz district and in the nearby town The government has regular precisely how the rally cancella- dogan's comments later on Sunday. of Frechen, but both events were communications" with officials of tions were similar to actions taken Volker Kauder, who leads the CDU called off before the weekend. A the Trump administration, he said. by the Nazi government under the and its Bavarian sister-party the Cologne police spokesperson said Any US protectionist economic dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, but CSU in parliament, said he rejects that officers were preparing for the measures or trade sanctions can be he did suggest that Germany was Erdogan's Nazi Germany compar- event although they did not expect responded in kind, Li said. The acting undemocratically. "You will ison "in the strongest terms." "It demonstrations against the minis- Chinese government can also ap- lecture us about democracy and is unbelievable and unacceptable ter's presence in the western Ger- ply pressure on American busi- then you will not let this coun- nesses in China, such as last De- try's ministers speak there," said cember's fine on General Motors an incensed Erdogan, adding that Co.'s Chinese venture, he said. the fine underscored China's re- creasingly vulnerable to the Chi- vironment for foreign investors," Germany was not "respecting SAIC General Motors Corp, a ven- solve to use economic tactics for nese government's ire, if Sino-US lower the barriers to entry in ser- opinion and thought." ture with China's largest carmaker political ends. It came a week after relations take a turn for the worse. vices, manufacturing, mining and Escalating the tensions further, producing Cadillac, Buick and President Elect Trump questioned Qualcomm Inc, the San Diego- allow foreign companies to raise Erdogan later told a rally in Istan- Chevrolet vehicles in Shanghai, why the US should continue to based supplier of chip sets for funds in China's onshore equity bul later on Sunday that he is pre- was fined 201 million yuan observe the so-called "One China" smartphones, was fined US$975 and bond markets, Li said in his pared to come to Germany him- (US$29 million) on December 23 policy -- a cornerstone of Sino-US million in February 2015 for annual work report to the Chinese self. "If I want to, I will come to last year. The venture had pursued relations that China considers sac- breaching Chinese antitrust rules. parliament. Germany," Erdogan told the rally, monopolistic pricing with dealers, rosanct -- unless Beijing is willing That's the highest fine in China's Continuing the trend of dereg- warning: "If you don't let me in or according to a report by state to concede on policies that obstruct corporate history, following a 14- ulation and easing in red tape, Chi- if you don't let me speak, I will broadcaster CCTV, citing Shang- American interests. month long investigation into Qual- na's central government will give make the whole world rise up." It hai's antitrust authority. Many US companies from air- comm's anti-competition practic- local authorities the mandate to was not immediately clear if the The fine, equivalent to 4 per craft maker Boeing Co., to iPhone es. offer their own preferential poli- Turkish president has concrete cent of the 2015 sales of the ven- producer Apple Inc, to coffee pur- To the stick in China's eco- cies, subsidies and incentives to plans to campaign in Germany for ture's Cadillax SRX, Chevrolet veyor Starbucks Inc. depend on the nomic tool kit, Chinese premier Li woo foreign investors, Li said. Turkey's proposed constitutional Trax and Buick Excelle models, world's most populous market for Keqiang is offering carrots to neu- "China's doors will only open wid- change to a presidential system. would hardly cause a dent in Gen- a substantial part of their global tralise any potentially hostile US er, and China will continue to be 'Simply outrageous' eral Motors' China business. The sales and growth. The China mar- policies, pledging to promote the most attractive destination for Julia Klöckner, the deputy Detroit-based carmaker reported a ket makes up more than a third of worldwide economic cooperation foreign investments," the premier leader of Chancellor Angela Mer- 2015 operating profit of US$2.1 General Motors' global sales. and defend global trade. China will said. kel's Christian Democrats (CDU) billion in China. Still, the timing of American businesses will be in- "forcefully optimise business en- (CNBC) said Erdogan was "reacting like a man city. On Thursday, the south- western German town of Gag- Korean govt Japan consumer prices genau canceled a rally where Turk- ish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag tightens was due to speak, citing space and rise as energy costs go up security concerns. monitoring Although they insisted that the Japan’s core consumer prices rose ary from a year ago, posting the move was not politically motivat- for the first time in over a year in first increase since December ed, a bomb threat was later made of economy, January thanks to a pickup in en- 2015. against the Gaggenau town hall. ergy costs, but a slump in house- It compared with a median Around 1.4 million Turks living in financial hold spending showed why eco- market forecast for a flat growth Germany are eligible to vote in the nomic growth and inflation have and followed a 0.2 per cent drop April referendum. Some 3 million market lagged the more ambitious goals set in December. Many analysts ex- Turks live in Germany, the largest out by policymakers. pect core consumer prices to head Turkish population outside of As rising protectionism in the toward 1 per cent later this year. Turkey. United States poses risks for the But that would still be half- Tension across Europe world’s third-largest economy, as way to the BoJ’s goal, which was This week's rally cancellations well as the rest of export-reliant put into perspective by separate angered the Turkish government, Asia, there is a danger companies data showing household spending which accused Berlin of actively will shy away from boosting wag- slipped in January even as the job working against the "Yes" camp in Chinese media warns India es seen as crucial for durable market tightened further. the referendum. The South Korean government growth. That will also undermine “Inflation will accelerate this Ankara also summoned the said Monday that it will monitor the Bank of Japan’s efforts to ac- year due to a rebound in energy German ambassador to the foreign against Dalai’s visit toArunachal the local financial market and the celerate inflation to its still-distant costs and the weak-yen effect. But ministry in protest. Merkel spoke economy around the clock in or- 2 per cent target, analysts say. it won’t heighten much next year with Turkish Prime Minister Bi- der to reduce any possible fallout Government data showed on Fri- unless wages spike and boost from North Korea's latest missile nali Yildirim on the phone on Sat- The Chinese media today accused erately ignored, the severe conse- recent decision by Mongolia not day the core consumer price index spending,” said Yoshiki Shinke, urday in an attempt to diffuse ten- India of using the Dalai Lama card quences the Dalai Lama's trip to invite him in future. launch. The unidentified projec- (CPI), which includes oil products chief economist at Dai-ichi Life tiles were launched from an area sions. The two countries' foreign to deal with China's growing eco- would bring. "Against such a backdrop and but excludes volatile fresh food Research Institute. ministers are due to meet later this nomic and political influence in "The 14th Dalai Lama is by at a time when a China-India stra- near the North's Dongchang-ri prices, rose 0.1 per cent in Janu- (Gulftoday) long-range missile site at 7:36 a.m. week. South Asia and warned New Delhi no means a spiritual leader but a tegic dialogue was just held to im- and flew about 1,000 kilometers Turkey's referendum cam- of "severe consequences" if it host- Tibetan separatist," it said, adding prove bilateral relations, the deci- before splashing into the East Sea, paign in Europe has been met re- ed the Tibetan spiritual leader in a that allowing him to the "disputed sion to receive the Dalai Lama in according to the military. Econo- sistance and further cancellations "disputed" area in Arunachal area will inevitably trigger confron- the disputed region is unwise. Le- my and finance-related government in other countries. Pradesh. "Despite objections by tation, undermine the stability of veraging the Dalai Lama issue to agencies, including the Ministry of On Sunday, Austrian Chancel- China, India will host the Dalai the region and sour Sino-Indian undermine Beijing's core interests Strategy and Finance, the Finan- lor Christian Kern called for an Lama in a disputed region on the relations". risks dragging the two countries cial Services Commission and the EU-wide ban on Turkish referen- China-India border in coming "For a long time, some Indians into a state of hostility," it said. Bank of Korea held an emergency dum campaigning while the Neth- weeks," state-run Global Times have considered the Dalai Lama as "The good momentum for the meeting to discuss ways to deal erlands criticized a planned Turk- said in an op-ed. a strategic asset. They believe that bilateral relationship in recent with the potential impact of the ish rally in Rotterdam this week The comments came after the India could gain many benefits by years shouldn't be disrupted. In North Korean provocation. "The but stopped short of banning it. Chinese Foreign Ministry criticised using the Dalai issue as leverage. future, there is a great potential for government will seek closer coop- Dutch right-wing politician Geert India for allowing the Dalai Lama For instance, making an issue of the two countries to tap into co- eration with related agencies and Wilders on Sunday called for an to visit Arunachal Pradesh, which the Dalai Lama could serve as a operation. strengthen around-the-clock mon- end to Turkish officials visitng the Beijing claims as southern Tibet. diplomatic tool to deal with Chi- "As the two biggest emerging itoring of the market," the govern- Netherlands until after the consti- The permission was granted na's growing economic and politi- economies, they have vast com- ment said in a statement. "We will tutional referendum. last October and the Dalai Lama is cal influence in South Asia," it said. mon interests on establishing a take immediate action in accordance (DW) expected to visit the area in the "However, they overestimate new global financial order, tackling with our established contingency coming weeks. the political value of the Dalai climate change and other major is- plan." It said there was no direct Referring to reported com- Lama and his group while miscal- sues. Now China and India have impact on the stock and foreign ments by Indian officials that it culating China's determination to come to a critical period to further exchange markets following news Myanmar’s economic, was a religious trip and Dalai Lama safeguard its core interests," it said. upgrade bilateral ties," it said. reports about the missile launch. had undertaken numerous such "An increasing number of (This article has not been edit- The benchmark KOSPI was hov- visits earlier, the article said the Western leaders have shut the door ed by DNA's editorial team and is ering at 2,076.01 points at 11:15 officials has not realised the con- on the Dalai Lama in recent years auto-generated from an agency a.m., down 2.74 points from the industrial evolution sequences. "These Indian officials after realising the Dalai card is in- feed.) previous close, while the Korean apparently didn't realise, or delib- effective," it said, referring to the (Dnaindia) won gained ground at 1,154.6 won against the US dollar. (Yonhap) creating growth opportunities Frost & Sullivan hosts a compli- Australia po ised to seize w o rld eco n o m ic reco rd mentary briefing to help unravel cession with growth rebounding in the future of Myanmar, its growth the December quarter was greeted environment, and emerging oppor- with little more than a shrug. It tunities across key industries deserves much more recognition Today, Myanmar has earned than that. Australia has just pulled the distinction of being amongst off the Great Escape. The end of the fastest growing global econo- the end of the mining boom is al- mies. Liberalization efforts and most here. We made it. We've es- other reforms starting in 2011 have caped the resources curse which transformed the country's econom- has defined our economic history. ic and industrial development, Not only will we beat the Dutch, sparking global interest in Myan- we've beaten the economic curse mar as an investment destination. which bears their name, "Dutch "Myanmar is one of the most last untapped markets in Asia, sus- Attend the Webinar: disease". A 1977 article in the Econ- promising frontier markets in Asia tained levels of interest can be ex- About Frost & Sullivan omist coined the term to describe with growing investor interest,'' pected given the right growth and Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Australia is on the cusp of achiev- Blythe discusses the latest GDP next week and have a strong chance how large resource booms tend to says Manoj Menon, Senior Part- policy conditions.'' In light of the Partnership Company, works in ing something truly remarkable – figures and the outlook for Aus- of electing an anti-Islam, far-right suck the life out of other parts of ner and Asia-Pacific Managing Di- developments in Myanmar, a panel collaboration with clients to lever- not to mention unprecedented in tralia's economy. The Dutch win- politician called Geert Wilders, the economy, like manufacturing, rector, Frost & Sullivan. "Challeng- of Frost & Sullivan experts and age visionary innovation that ad- modern world history. ning streak kicked off in 1982 who has spent the past 13 years by raising wage costs and the ex- es around infrastructure and low private sector representatives will dresses the global challenges and In 26 days, as the clock ticks thanks to the biggest natural gas living in protective seclusion after change rate. Australia has suffered GDP per capita do exist which highlight evolving local growth related growth opportunities that over to April 1, Australia will like- field in Europe and lasted for 103 death threats from Islamic milita- Dutch disease in several periods makes timely government policies conditions. The team will offer an will make or break today's market ly have bested the Netherlands to quarters before the Netherlands rists over this controversial views, during our history, most notably critical at this juncture." Jeremy industry specific outlook for My- participants. For more than 50 lay claim to the title of the longest succumbed to the turmoil of the including wanting to close all in the first 1850s gold rush. In a Chew, Frost & Sullivan Advisor anmar while also shedding light on years, we have been developing economic expansion on record, global financial crisis in 2008. In Mosques and comparing the Ko- fascinating speech in 2010, then for Myanmar says, "We are seeing regulatory conditions in the coun- growth strategies for the global entering our 104th quarter of eco- the first of three significant Euro- ran to Mein Kampf. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank deputy governor, increasing foreign direct investment try. The presentation will be fol- 1000, emerging businesses, the nomic growth without recession. pean elections in coming months, back at home, the news that Aus- Ric Battellino, recalled how that (FDI) being directed to Myanmar. lowed by a live Question & An- public sector and the investment CBA chief economist Michael Dutch voters will go to the polls tralia has avoided a technical re- gold rush led to a doubling. With the country being one of the swer session. Why You Should community. (BBC) TUESDAY. MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES ‘Married now’:Adele confirmsshehastiedtheknot with long-term partner Adele, who has become a global pop sensation with her songs of heart- break, has confirmed years of spec- ulation that she is married. The British singer has been in a long-term relationship with Simon Konecki, a former financier who Last week, Emma Watson was ac- founded drop4drop, a charity that cused of ‘betraying’ her feminist presses for global access to clean ideals after she appeared in a fash- drinking water. The couple have a ion shoot with a portion of her four-year-old son, Angelo, but Adele breasts visible. Now, in a power- has been coy about whether they ful new video, the pioneer of the are married as she tries to maintain HeForShe campaign has respond- her privacy. ed to her critics – and exposed the But she confirmed their status glaring flaws in their argument. at a concert in Brisbane, Australia “It just always reveals to me on Sunday as she introduced Some- how many misconceptions and one Like You, her breakthrough what a misunderstanding there is 2011 hit written about the lingering about what feminism is,” explained pain of a breakup with a previous Watson. “Feminism is about giv- boyfriend. “That feeling when you ing women choice. Feminism is not first fall for someone is the best feel- ing on earth,” she said, according to a stick with which to beat other a fan’s video posted online. “And I women with. It’s about freedom, am addicted to that feeling. Obvi- it’s about liberation, it’s about ously, I can’t go through with those equality. “I really don’t know what feelings because I’m married now,” my tits have to do with it. It’s very she added, to a smattering of cheers. confusing.” “I’ve found my next person.” At- The Beauty and the Beast star tentive fans at last month’s Gram- added: “I’m confused. Most peo- my Awards also heard Adele thank- ple are confused. No, I’m just al- ing “my husband and my son – ways just quietly stunned.” The you’re the only reason I do it”. Her offending photograph, shot for representative declined at the time Vanity Fair by celebrated fashion to say whether she had been con- photographer, Tim Walker, shows firming her marriage to Konecki. Watson wearing a crocheted bole- Adele, 28, has been one of the most ro over a sheer dress. The jacket, successful artists of the 21st centu- which had been slipped over her ry with her ballads of nostalgia and shoulders for the shot, conceals her heartache. (Tribune) nipples and most of her breasts, as the 26-year-old crosses her arms in front of her midriff. “We’d been Sayani Gupta plays a 14-year-old doing so many crazy things on that shoot,” Watson said, “but it felt incredibly artistic and I’ve been so in Ranbir-Katrina’s Jagga Jasoos creatively involved and engaged with Tim [Walker]. “I’m so thrilled Actor Sayani Gupta has impressed about how interesting and beauti- critics with her stellar performanc- ful the photographs were.” es in Margarita with A Straw, Shah Watson’s co-star, Dan Stevens, Rukh Khan‘s Raees and Akshay can also be seen in the video – al- Kumar’s Jolly LLB 2. She is cur- though it quickly becomes clear rently working with Ranbir that he has not kept up with head- Kapoor and Katrina Kaif for their lines over the past few days. next, Jagga Jasoos. We have now “What were people saying about learnt that Sayani plays a 14-year- your…?” he can be heard asking old in the Anurag Basu film. Not Watson. Watson, turning to look much is known of her role current- at him, responds: “They were say- ly, but we hear that she plays Ran- ing I couldn’t be a feminist and…” bir Kapoor’s friend. Sayani has had “Have boobs?” he offers. to work on her mannerisms/ body “And have boobs,” she agrees. language to suit that of an early Elsewhere, social and political ac- teenager. The film is slated to re- tivist Gloria Steinem has been lease later this year. Confirming the asked for her opinion on the argu- news, Sayani said in a press state- ment – and it’s safe to say that the ment, “It’s the best casting of my feminist icon has absolutely anni- life. I love dada (Anurag Basu) to hilated Watson’s critics. have had the imagination to see me (Mirror) as a little girl who is all of 14 years. I loved his audition process as well, it was so simple. He is quite a ge- nius and this character will always One be very close to my heart. People who have seen me in the look can’t Direction’s After Karan Johar, Gurmeet believe that I am not a teen.” “I remember I had cut my hair and Tomlinson went for the audition and dada was and Debina plan to adopt quite surprised because actors arrested in don’t do these things before they have gotten the part. And once I two girls from Bihar went on set on the first day of airport tussle shoot, and we were deciding the TV actors Gurmeet Chaudhary and Debina Bonerjee plan to adopt two look for the character, I insisted girls from Patna, Bihar. The news comes just days after filmmaker Karan that I should cut my hair in this little bob. Ajay, Ranbir’s hair styl- Johar revealed that he is now father to surrogate twins - a girl and a boy. ist was all excited to chop my locks, but Dada wasn’t convinced Days after filmmaker Karan Johar at first but I had the look so vivid announced that he has turned a fa- in my mind, that after a while with ther to twins, TV actors Gurmeet Ranbir’s help, I finally managed to Chaudhary and Debina Bonerjee convince dada. He was super hap- have revealed that they plan to py with the look. adopt two girls. A Pune Mirror re- (Hindustan Times) port said the couple will adopt Pooja and Lata, aged six and nine, soon. Debina and Gurmeet met the girls when they were in Jarampur to attend a family wedding in Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka 2014. Gurmeet’s parents are set- One Direction heartthrob Louis tled there and that’s where Pooja Tomlinson was arrested after an was living with her uncle and first Sharma bring a royal conclusion airport brawl with paparazzi that cousin Lata, it added. Gurmeet’s left two people injured, police said mom, Anmol, is a Hindi school on Saturday. The 25-year-old Brit- teacher and his father, Sitaram is a on was in the baggage claim at Los retired army officer. After Lata’s to Mijwan Summer 2017 Angeles International Airport with When Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Shah father passed away last year, the a girlfriend Friday evening when two girls moved in with a distant Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma he entered a tussle with a photog- hit the ramp in Manish Malhotra relative and Gurmeet’s mother re- rapher, police said. “Witnesses alised that the children would have couture, the audience is sure to stated that Tomlinson pulled the gaga. And that is exactly what to work in people’s homes as do- photographer to the floor by his mestic help to sustain themselves. Mijwan- Summer 2017 saw on legs causing the victim to fall back- Sunday. The 51-year-old actor, “After hearing about their plight wards and strike his back and head from my mother I discussed them who donned an ethnic wear, looked on the floor,” said airport police Shraddha is the first actress every bit hot, while his ‘Jab Tak with my wife. Debina agreed with spokeswoman Officer Alicia Her- me that it was time to give the kids Hai Jaan’ actress made heads turn nandez. Tomlinson then also alleg- with her sizzling look in a white a home, a deserving education and among her contemporaries edly caused a woman in the area to my last name,” Gurmeet told the lehenga. The Mijwan Fashion fall when he grabbed her phone as event is held annually to raise mon- tabloid. “All the paperwork is she tried to record footage of the done. We will be going to Jaram- to do a biopic ey for the development of crafts- singer’s companion, Hernandez women under Shabana Azmi’s pur for the final signatures after The biopic trend may have caught said. The photographer was taken Holi. It is a two-day process. Ev- NGO Mijwan Welfare Society. to a hospital but the extent of his the fancy of filmmakers in Bolly- Among others, celebs includ- erybody, including my parents, wood with Dangal, M S Dhoni, injuries was not clear. keep asking me when I’m planning ing Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, The woman with the cellphone Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and many Kajol, Sushmita Sen, Sridevi, Farah a baby. Well, it’s official now, I’m other films being super hits among hurt her eye but was treated on bringing home two daughters and Khan, Huma Qureshi, Kiran Rao, site, Hernandez said. Tomlinson the audiences, there are very few Konkana Sen Sharma, Diana Pen- we couldn’t be more excited,” Gur- actresses who have ventured into was taken into custody and re- meet added. “After one academic ty, Sophie Choudary and Sooraj leased early Saturday morning af- portraying a real life character on Pancholi were spotted at the do. year, they will shift in with us in the silver screen so far. However, ter posting $20,000 bond, a sher- our Andheri home by 2018. My iff’s department database showed. with Haseena Parkar's biopic, brother and his family live in Pat- Shraddha Kapoor becomes the He was ordered to appear before a na and they will be around to see court on March 29 to hear poten- first actress from her contempo- Nicole Kidman dresses like a grandma while Jane that they are well cared for. Debi- raries to do a biopic. Playing a real tial charges. He was arrested on na and I will travel to Patna three- allegation of simple battery, a mis- life character is not an easy task Fonda defies her age at glittering awards show four times in the year and stay there and requires an in depth study of demeanor that usually is settled by through their summer vacation There's no one quite like grandma but, at 49, Lion a fine. Harry Styles to quit One the person, looking into intricate star Nicole Kidman is a bit young to dress like too,” he further said. He also in- details, bringing out the most nu- Direction? formed the tabloid that the girls one. Her frilly, floor-length mauve and green chif- Tomlinson, who has sold more anced performance. Shraddha have started watching his shows Kapoor has taken it up to portray fon gown was dowdy, unlike legend Jane Fonda than 50 million records as part of in a bid to know him better. His who, at 79, looked dynamic at the Goldene Kam- One Direction, has been a favorite on the big screen, the fierce Hasee- wife and actor Debina told the tab- na Parkar, who is the sister of the era awards in Germany. And it's not the first time of the gossip pages. loid, ““The general belief is that Nicole's choices have confused everyone. People He had a son last year with underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim. you only adopt if you can’t have This generation is known for couldn't stop talking about her unusual clapping Briana Jungwirth, a Los Angeles children of your own. That’s not at the Oscars , with some comparing it to a seal. stylist whom he had briefly dated. choosing their scripts wisely and true at all. Both Debina and I love experimenting with diverse, out- Fonda, picking up a lifetime achievement gong, The two were said to remain kids and plan to have a couple of friends as they raised the child. of-the-box content. larked about for photographers. our own in the future. (Santa Banta) (Holleywoodlife) (Tribune) (Santa Banta) TUESDAY. MARCH 07, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

MichaelAtherton: England should play strongest side in search of Windies whitewash England shouldn't take their foot rate. I think he struggles a bit be- off the gas despite taking an unas- cause of the impression he made sailable 2-0 lead over West Indies early on. When he first came into with one match to go in the series, the side, you thought 'this is the says Mike Atherton. Eoin Mor- next great fast bowler for England.' gan's side made it two wins from "He's had a pretty good career two in Antigua with a four-wicket so far but I think sometimes we success on Sunday after Joe Root measure him against those early (90no) and Chris Woakes (68no) expectations and it hasn't been a shared an unbroken seventh-wick- smooth and straightforward jour- et stand of 102. The sides now ney for him since then. "I'm not head to Barbados for Thursday's sure if he is necessarily a better Sky Live third one-day interna- bowler than when he started for tional and former captain Ather- England, he's more experienced. ton told Sky Sports that England Has there been an obvious progres- should go all out for a whitewash. sion? You wouldn't necessarily say "Providing everybody is fit, I'd just so. "He's gone through issues with play the strongest side," he said. his run-up when he kept hitting "I know you could argue 'let's the stumps and his confidence has give Tom Curran a go' but I don't come and gone a bit since then, so necessarily believe in just handing I wouldn't say he's necessarily a out caps for the sake of it. "I think hugely improved bowler from the that if you need to broaden the first model of a bowler we saw." experience in your squad and de- Woakes was not among the velop a bigger squad, there is an wickets but preceded his unbeat- argument for it, but I think England en fifty with economical figures of have got a big enough squad. 0-26 off eight overs and Atherton "There are people like Mark says his dependability with ball Wood and David Willey to come and bat - not least after England back in if they get fit and people lost five wickets for 37 runs - like Steven Finn might not even makes him a valuable asset to get in the Champions Trophy Morgan. "He looks to me like the squad, so it's not as if they have to type of cricketer you'd love to have give experience to a new player." in your team as a captain because Finn (2-38) became the third- you don't have to worry about fastest bowler to reach 100 ODI him," he reflected. "He's the sort wickets - achieving the feat in 67 of guy who is going to be com- matches with a strike-rate of 34.48 pletely professional, sort himself - only headed by Stuart Broad and out, and be very, very consistent. Darren Gough (62 matches apiece "There was quite a worrying pas- and strike rates of 30.08 and 33.88 sage of play watching England bat respectively). "It's a measure of like that in the middle order be- England's strength that Finn may cause time and time again when the not be a certainty for a Champi- ball starts to grip in the surface Antonio Conte has warned his Top performers Eden Hazard, Manchester United, are currently ons League. ical football against us. ons Trophy place," reflected and spinners start to bowl in tan- Chelsea players only champions Diego Costa, David Luiz and ranked lowest of the remaining "Don't forget, in this six teams, "Maybe it can happen, the Atherton. "You wouldn't say he's dem, England struggle. "They go down in history ahead of facing N'Golo Kante have all been touted top-six sides vying for a minimum two won't play in the Champions same, against West Ham on Mon- in England's best XI right now, he didn't bat particularly well when West Ham, live on Monday Night as possible recipients of the Play- fourth-place finish and Champions League next season. They have to day. But for this reason we are may not even get in the Champi- Bishoo and Nurse were bowling, Football. er of the Year award at the end of League qualification, and Conte go into the Europa League, which preparing for this type of situa- ons Trophy squad and yet this is so they needed that depth after Chelsea's closest title rivals the season, but Conte advised believes the competition for Euro- is a bit different. tion. It will be a really tough game." a guy with 100 ODI wickets. "Finn losing four quick wickets for 16. It Tottenham Hotspur and Manches- against premature celebrations. pean places is testament to the level "Now this league is very, very Chelsea's EFL Cup exit was is up there in terms of his strike- proved to be crucial." ter City both secured victories on "All my players are playing of the Premier League. difficult. To win the title and also overshadowed when segregation (Fox News) Sunday, meaning the Premier very well and deserve the best," "The Champions League, I to find a place to play the Cham- broke down in the London Stadi- League leaders need to win at the he said. "But it's important in this think, must be an appointment for pions League is not easy." um. The club have been in com- London Stadium to restore their case to finish the right way and us every year. It must be (at) our Chelsea could only manage a munication with West Ham over 10-point advantage at the top of try to win. Only if you win will house," Conte added. draw in their last away fixture, security measures for Monday's the table. people remember you." "We started our season trying against Burnley at Turf Moor, and match and Conte called for a good West Ham beat Conte's side in Chelsea's success in the league to fight until the end to win the Conte is expecting West Ham to atmosphere. "Last time wasn't the EFL Cup in October in one of has been attributed partly to their title, and to try and fight until the be similar in more ways than just good," he said. "I hope in this game just two losses in 24 games for absence from European competi- end to be in the right position to their claret and blue strip. our fans, the West Ham fans, en- Chelsea since September, but the tion, having failed to qualify after go into next season's Champions "This game against West Ham, joy totally the game and find the Blues have since produced an al- finishing 10th last season in a cam- League. This was our target. for us, is very important," Conte right atmosphere. "I think the play- most unblemished run which in- paign which saw Jose Mourinho "It wasn't easy to start the sea- said. "In the last away game, the ers, the club, the country deserves cluded a 13-game winning streak sacked as the club's manager. son and know that six strong teams way we played against Burnley, this." in the top flight. Mourinho's new side, fight for the title and the Champi- we drew. They played very phys- (Sky Sport) Dustin Lesia Tsuren- Haye vs Bellew: David Haye out ko wins in Johnson of hospital afterAchilles surgery Acapulco Djakadam pleases defies the while Ashleigh Mullins in gallop after pressure of Barty seals racing at Leopardstown being world Malaysia title Leading Timico Cheltenham Gold of Cheltenham hopefuls, headed Cup hope Djakadam showed his by JLT Novices' Chase fancy No 1 with Lesia Tsurenko claimed the third well-being in the traditional pre- Yorkhill. Last year's Neptune WTA title of her career with a 6-1 festival gallops and schooling af- Novices' Hurdle winner warmed to 7-5 victory over Kristina Mladen- ter racing at Leopardstown. Willie the task after making fiddly mis- Mexico win ovic at the Abierto Mexicano Tel- Mullins' charge, runner-up in chas- takes at the first few obstacles, as Dustin Johnson insisted that be- cel in Acapulco. ing's blue riband in the last two Walsh was content to let him find ing world No 1 was "a tough spot The Ukrainian's strong play from the baseline did not allow the seasons, was given a lead by Arkle his feet behind Blazer and Arbre to be in" as he celebrated his first Frenchwoman to settle and Trophy-bound Royal Caviar be- De Vie, before allowing him an inch start on top of the world rankings Tsurenko raced into a 4-0 lead in fore heading his stablemate to- of rein to go and win the gallop with victory at the WGC-Mexico the opening set in just 15 minutes. wards the end of the breeze in the with the minimum of effort, under Championship. Johnson overcame It was a different story in the sec- hands of Ruby Walsh. a strong hold. a back-nine wobble and the pres- ond set as it began with eight con- Bellshill was an early faller at Mullins said of Yorkhill: "He sure from a host of impressive secutive breaks of serve before the first, but both he and Patrick went a bit left at the first few fenc- European challengers to card a fi- Mladenovic held for a 5-4 lead. Mullins were quickly to their feet. es and then he jumped high and nal-round 68 which clinched a one- Tsurenko responded with a hold Mullins said: "He's a little bit Ruby said he gave himself a bit of shot win, his fourth World Golf of her own before breaking Mlad- stiff afterwards, I'd have liked to a fright early in the back straight, Championship title and the 16th enovic again and then serving out have schooled him again after that, but he was electric after that when professional victory of his career. for victory in one hour and 20 min- but because he was a little bit stiff they went quicker. The US Open champion ended it was best not to and we'll see "We might school him again Jason Day's 47-week tenure as David Haye has been released from how he is in the morning. before Cheltenham and he'll go for world No 1 when he coasted to a hospital after undergoing surgery on "Rule Supreme did fall here in the JLT. "Blazer is in a few handi- dominant five-shot triumph in the a ruptured Achilles tendon he suf- Pre-race favourite a schooling session and went on to caps, but he's high enough over weather-hit Genesis Open at Riv- fered against Tony Bellew. Haye was win the RSA Chase. there and is better treated over iera a fortnight ago, and he held off forced to fight on one leg after sus- "I was very happy with the here. We might keep him at home. Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm and taining the injury in the sixth round Romain Bardet disqual- other two. Djakadam has not run "I'm not sure where we'll run Ross Fisher to make it back-to- on Saturday night and the fight was since Christmas, but I think he is Arbre De Vie, the four-miler is a back wins at Club de Golf eventually stopped in the 11th when ified from Paris-Nice best when fresh and I was very possibility. "It was fine bar Chapultepec. "This means a lot the former heavyweight champion's pleased with him there today." Bellshill. That was the only blot." because world No 1 is a tough spot corner threw in the towel after he Pre-race favourite Romain Bardet was won by France's Arnaud De- Mullins worked another trio (Sky Sport) to be in," said Johnson. "There's a had been knocked through the has been disqualified from the Par- mare as Alberto Contador's chanc- lot of pressure on you but I came ropes. A statement from the fight- is-Nice after being towed by his es of winning a third Paris-Nice er's representatives on Sunday night team car following a crash on the title took a hit when he fell behind out and I played really well. I hit read: "David underwent surgery to the ball great all week. "The greens opening stage. Frenchman Bardet, his main rivals. The twice Tour de utes. "It was a very difficult match. his right Achilles this afternoon, second overall in last year's Tour France champion was trapped be- I felt very comfortable in the first are tough to putt on and I didn't after completely rupturing the ten- set but in the second I felt quite feel like I putted my best, but I de France, fell off his bike with hind with Australian Richie Porte don during Saturday night's fight with about 23km left and made his way and Bardet when crosswinds split nervous," Tsurenko explained af- really hit the ball well and played Tony Bellew. "David would like to ter the match. "She played better, just well enough I guess because I back to a group of chasers by the peloton and he lost further thank everyone for their many breaching the rules on team car as- ground in the finale. Contador and I think I was realising that I won by one." Johnson was also messages of support, as well as the could get the title and that was delighted with his approach to the sistance. The disqualification is a (Trek Segafredo) lies 20th overall, staff at the hospital." It was an un- blow for the AG2R-La Mondiale 1:14 behind Demare, who beat making me nervous. She really last after his tee shot found an fortunate ending for Haye, who had pushed me to play my best tennis awkward lie on the edge of a fair- been embroiled in a bitter war of rider as the week-long Paris-Nice compatriot Julian Alaphilippe in a because she was attacking a lot. I way bunker, but he clipped a solid words with Bellew - who broke his race was an early goal ahead of two-man sprint at the end of the was just focusing on myself and wedge to the heart of the green and hand during the fight - in the build- July's Tour de France. "We made a 148.5-km stage around Bois doing everything that I can. I'm safely two-putted to seal the title. up. To his credit, Haye refused to mistake, which is the fruit of a lack d'Arcy. Alaphilippe (Quick Step really happy to win." Australian "Probably the best shot I hit all use his debilitating injury as an ex- of clear focus. I am very sorry be- Floors)attacked the leading pack qualifier Ashleigh Barty secured week, especially under the circum- cuse in the ring afterwards as he ex- cause nothing justified the assis- on a short climb near the finish but her first singles title by beating stances, was that second shot on pressed hopes of a rematch in tance of the team car for that," Demare (FDJ) reined him in and Nao Hibino in straight sets to win 18," he added. "It was a fantastic Bellew's home city of Liverpool. Bardet said. "There is a now a safe- easily won the sprint. the ALYA Malaysian Open. Bar- Laura Muir wins second gold at shot." Haye told Sky Sports: "Tony is a guard against a practice too often Among the favourites for the ty, 20, completed a memorable Fleetwood had set the target great fighter, that's what went tolerated in the peloton. I sincere- overall title, Ireland's Dan Martin week in Kuala Lumpur with a 6-3 European Indoor Championships at 13 under after holing a 40-foot wrong. I trained great, I felt good ly apologise to organisers and to (Quick Step Floors) and Colombi- 6-2 win over Japan's Hibino in one putt for birdie on the final green to going into this fight. I wanted to do the public." In 2015, Italian Vin- an Sergio Henao (Team Sky) are hour and 13 minutes. World No cap a 66, and although he came up a demolition job but this guy has got cenzo Nibali was disqualified from 19 seconds off the pace. Porte 158 Barty then teamed up with one short he had the consolation the heart of a lion. "I did not expect the Tour of Spain (Vuelta) after he (BMC), winner in 2013 and 2015, Casey Dellacqua to add the dou- of picking up a cool $1,045,000 - him to have the chin and durability also held onto his team car to make lies 57 seconds behind Demare. bles title to her singles crown. The he has. You took my best shots and up lost ground. The wind-hit stage (BBC Sport) Australian pair hit back from 5-1 the biggest payday of his career. down in a first-set tie-break to win "It's tough to beat the best player got back up and put me down. "I'd love to do it again. I loved it, the 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 against Nicole Meli- in the world, isn't it?" said Fleet- char and Makoto Ninomiya. "I feel wood afterwards. "It was a great fans loved it. I've never been in a fight like that before. He beat me great - very tired but great," Barty back nine. (Sky Sport) now fair and square. I can't think told WTA.com. "It's been a mon- about world honours, I need to get ster week for me. "I don't think I Britain's Laura Muir completed her dream double after claim- past this guy. "I'm at his mercy, there could have physically have played is no rematch clause. That's the best any more matches. "I'm very hap- ing gold in the 3,000 metres and Asha Philip claimed a surprise fight I have ever had. It felt like a py to come away with two titles, 60m crown at the European Indoor Championships. Muir 'Rocky' film. He won the fight fair but even if we didn't it would have stormed to victory in a championship record of eight minutes and square and if he would oblige been a fantastic tournament any- 35.67 seconds on Sunday after Saturday's 1,500m victory in with a rematch, I'd love that." way. Now it's just an absolute bo- Belgrade. Team-mate Eilish McColgan claimed third as Muir (BBC Sport) nus." won by over eight seconds ahead of Turkey's Yasemin Can. TUESDAY . MARCH 07. 2017-Hoot 17, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 216 Price: Afs.20

Churkin and I had dealt squarely sire to add as many members from with each other over the past year. their ranks to the council as possi- This time, however, Churkin was ble, but also worry about the pros- unapproachable. He viewed Rice’s pect of historic regional rivals, AT News Report decision to leak the phone call with namely Japan and India, becoming Lavrow as an unforgivable breach permanent members. Because Chi- ince, provincial officials said Mon- erations conducted by army forc- stroyed in the area, statement add- KABUL: At least 189 fighters loy- of trust. na is confident of its place in the day. es. ed. There was sympathy at the P5, it is showing some readliness al to Daesh (Islamic State) were A press statement issued by The statement added that over No casualties incurred to ci- Security Council for Russia’s po- to accept reform. killed and 61 others wounded dur- Ministry of Defense said that 10 villages have been cleared from vilian during operations. sition on Georgia, but Lavrov’s The Russia are firmly against ing operations carried out by the these fighters were killed and Daesh during the operations. Check post also established in attempt to secretly oust Saakash- diluting current Veto authority. security forces in the past four wounded in Haska Meena and Kot A large ammunition cache of cleared area to control security, vili was a step too far. China sent a They oppose any diminished role weeks in eastern Nangarhar prov- districts during air and ground op- Daesh terrorists was also de- underlined the statement. resounding signal through its deci- for the Security Council and are sion to abstain rather than join concerned that rising powers will Russia’s veto of the Georgia reso- challenge their special position in lution. the United Nations. The pressure was clearly get- The United Kingdom and Karzai ting to Churkin. Our exchanges in France are conflicted. They too, the Security Council were becom- understand the argument that their ing acrimonious to the point that own place on the P5 is anachro- The election of Obama condoles Churkin accused me of engaging in nistic. Within the European Union, stunned my fellow diplomats at “Trotskyite diplomacy.” Germany has growing reason to the U.N. How could an African Cheryl became alarmed that question why only France and the American with the middle name of over things were starting to get person- United Kingdom should be enti- Hussein prevail in a general elec- al and suggested a “time-out.” She tled to permanent seats. The con- tion? called Churkin’s told us that they solidating of their into one Euro- “Maybe,” I would respond, had spent their honeymoon in pean Union seat with rotating rep- “America is an exceptional nation former Georgia. They reminisced about the resentation is a possibility-one I after all.” beautiful natural settings, the won- would favor as part of a deal to PART III AMERICA IN THE derful food, and the friendly peo- ensure greater representation for WORLD MP death ple there. In each little village they Asia. TWENTY-SIX hiked to, locals, upon learning that On the whole, I remain pessi- AT News Report A MORE DANGEROUS they had newlyweds as guests, mistic about the prospects for wid- WORLD KABUL: Former President Hamid produced bottles of champagne er reform at the U.N. 2016 AND BEYOND Karzai has expressed his deepest and toasted the young couple. It The current financing struc- THE WORLD WAS A DIF- condolences over the death of a was a nice break, but I’m afraid it ture illustrates the fundamental FERENT PLACE IN 1992, told not bridge our differences at dilemma facing reformers. In 2013, WHEN I WAS ASSESSING U.S. KABUL:Former President Hamid Karzai on Monday attended the parliament’s 16th work term. former legislator, Babrak Shinwari who passed away due to illness. the Council. seventeen countries (representing STRATEGY as a Pentagon plan- “I would like to express my deep- At a United Nations General less than 9 percent of the total ner-one that seemed very favor- est sympathies and condolences to Assembly meeting a month later, membership) paid over 80 percent able to the United States. The Gulf Acting Minister hires, fires staff ‘against caretaker law’ the family and friends of the late Rice and Lavrov resolution met for of the U.N. budget. The remaining War victory infused our leaders Shinwari’s,” Karzai said in a state- the first time since the Georgia cri- 176 contributed the rest of the with self-confidence after a long The acting minister of Ministry of in different fields with high sala- thorities. Sadat, however, has tak- ment, wishing paradise the de- sis. They agreed to push for a new budget yet could easily decide how period of self-doubt following the Information and Culture (MoIC), ries in violation of Caretaker Law. en steps that only a permanent ceased and patience for his family. resolution on Iran to demonstrate and on what initiatives to spend Vietnam War. More importantly, Sayed Kamal Sadat, has in the last Khatera and Ayub Khan were minister has legal the authority to that difference over Georgia would those funds. Those with the high- the bipolar system of the Cold War seven months fired a big number recruited to the Youth Training and do. The documents show that Sa- not affect U.S.-Russia cooperation est financial stake in sound man- ended with the disintegration of the of the ministry staff and has re- Capacity Building department dat, on 11th of January 2017, sent on Iran’s nuclear program. In sell- agement and operational efficien- Soviet Union and the utter discred- cruited new members, documents with the salaries of 128.000 AFs out an order to the ministry’s sub- Afghanistan ing the resolution at the Security cy how limited leverage beyond iting of Communist ideology. received by TOLOnews show. per month. Commenting on the offices in Kabul and provinces. Council, I had no better ally than cutting off funding-a problematic I was even relatively optimis- There is not a official docu- matter Sadat said: “We assessed After to some complaints, the re- Iranian president Mohamoud Ah- scenario. tic about the Middle East. I did ment from the former MoCI min- the short-term staff (based on con- cruitment process was stopped RTF holds medinejad. Thanks to his over-the- Increasingly, principal donors not think that Iran which had just ister nor from the President indi- tracts) and recruited new youths until the next order. But on 27th top speech at the General Assem- are concluding that there are better emerged from the Iran-Iraq war cating why Sadat was appointed and announced the vacant posi- and 30th of February 2017, Sadat meeting in bly, even Indonesia supported alternative to the excesses, mis- with a devastated military and econ- as acting minister. tions in Kabul and the provinces,” himself recruited Faridullah, Aim- Resolution 1835. management, and ineffectiveness omy, was in any position to ex- According to the documents, According to the Caretaker Law, al, Sadeya and Munir Zadran as IN THE YEARS AHEAD, I of the United Nations. I believe ploit the Iraqi defeat in the Gulf Sadat has recruited many advisers acting ministers have limited au- his advisers. (Tolo News) Kabul expect little fundamental change in that the trend will continue toward War. Al Qaeda had been formed, AT News Report the United Nations or its role in investing in voluntary contribution but Osama bin Laden had not yet the world. Despite its many prob- for specific programs or channel- declared jihad against the United KABUL: The Afghanistan Recon- lems, the Security Council is still ing development assistance States. Nearly a quarter century struction Trust Fund (ARTF) held the world’s most prestigious and through national, regional, or oth- later, global trends are exacerbat- Jobless Kunduz youth warn its first meeting Monday in Kabul weighty international institution. er channels rather than U.N. agen- ing threats that the United States co-chaired by finance minister Ek- But I do not anticipate that Secu- cies like the UNDP. is not well positioned to address. lil Hakimi and Shubham Chaudhu- rity Council reform will become a TOWARD THE END of my Among the most significant cant ri, country director for the World priority. time at the U.N., some of the fierc- are the collapse of order in many of swelling Taliban ranks Bank. “The meeting discussed It is possible that the United est debates encountered were over developing countries; the rise of aligning the support provided States agree to enlarge the Securi- the dinner table at home. Cheryl terrorism extremism; Europe’s tri- through the ARTF based on devel- ty Council and even add new mem- was rooting for Hillary Clinton in ple crises of a loss of confidence in ly in the appointment of youth. opment objectives of the Afghani- bers to hold veto rights, which the Democratic presidential prima- Brussels, threats from Putin’s Rus- “If a post is announced or a test stan National Peace and Develop- would diminish the Security Coun- ries. Max was a fierce proponent sia, and the conflicts of the greater conducted, the whole process is ment Framework,” a statement cil’s ability to function. of Obama. Alex and I supported Middle East; and the Chinese push cosmetic. An individual is already from the finance ministry said. The Chinese want to appear McCain. I joked that my wisest for regional hegemony. selected. Attorney-General Farid Hamidi, supportive of the NAM/G-77 de- course was to remain neutral. (To be continued) “People who don’t have mon- ambassadors and heads of devel- ey or the right connections in an opment cooperation from leading organisation, they always remain 19 donor countries participated in unemployed. It is a very big chal- the meeting. Hakimi emphasized lenge to youth,” he said. on the importance of the Afghani- He asked government leaders stan Reconstruction Trust Fund to create jobs for youth, otherwise and said: “The Afghanistan Recon- they would be obliged either to struction Trust Fund provides leave the country or join the mili- important financial and technical tants. assistance to Afghanistan national Waheeduallah Rahmani, Kun- priority programs such as the cit- duz peace council secretary, agreed izen’s charter, primary health care, unemployment had become a seri- basic education, infrastructure de- ous issue as the fighters exploiting velopment, governance and public KABUL : As many as 1,400 peo- the situation by luring them into finance reforms.” He thanked all ple were killed and wounded in 139 their ranks. “The government development partners for their attacks in Afghanistan last month, should do something in this re- commitments of support through showing a 14 percent increase over gard.” the ARTF from 2015 to 2017 to previous month’s casualties. Youth affairs officials at the implement various national pro- Pajhwok Afghan News re- information and culture depart- grams. He called on donors to ports show there was no letup in KUNDUZ CITY : A number of and influential populace. But un- ment verified BA degree-holders work closely with the government violence this winter, with the con- youth in northern Kunduz prov- employment has been a huge chal- had joined the Taliban to support to implement the ANPDF and al- flict once again claiming precious ince complain of rising unemploy- lenge to youth in recent years. their families due to growing un- locate sufficient resources through lives of many Afghans. ment, warning of leaving the coun- In 2001 in the presence of in- employment. the ARTF Financing Strategy Pajhwok Afghan News daily try or joining Taliban ranks if job ternational forces, hundreds of or- Abdul Ghafoor Hotak, youth 2018-2020. Attorney General Ha- reports on clashes and fighting opportunities are not created for ganisations and military or other affairs director, said: “Unfortu- midi provided information regard- shows 25 of the country’s total 34 them. Abdul Sattar Shamal, Kun- companies started functioning in nately, unemployment is increas- ing the activities and performanc- provinces witnessed incidents of duz representative in Youth Par- Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghan ing day by day; there is insecurity es of Center for Justice and Anti- violence in February. liament, told Pajhwok Afghan youth were employed then on high in Kunduz and the Taliban are hir- Corruption (CJAC) and its future Half of the casualties in Feb- News the number of unemployed salaries. ing most of our youth.” He said plans to the participants. The ruary resulted from cross firing young people had risen in recent But with the pullout of for- unemployment and issues World Bank Country Director said: between militants and security forc- years, while the government had eign forces in 2014, the employ- stemmed from it had caused some “Most of the Afghanistan’s devel- es. Twenty-six people among ev- cline but now the anti-government strong and could fight. Waziri said failed to provide them jobs. ment situation worsened as thou- youth to suffer from psychologi- opment budget is financed by its’ ery 100 people suffered casualties forces have changed tactics.” operations which were carried out “There has been no work for sands lost their jobs and it was dif- cal and mental illness. “If the gov- international partners, and the in airstrikes, eight in targeted at- He said the insurgents had this winter had good results. Many youth and students continue grad- ficult for them to find other open- ernment doesn’t pay serious heed ARTF have had a key role in dur- tacks, seven in suicide attacks, as changed tactics and intensified their enemy plots were foiled and they uating from universities. Also there ings having the same privileges. to the problem, more of youth will ing the last 15 years pooled on- many in different blasts and two attacks in areas with apt weather were defeated in operations in is no factory in the province. The Sher Aghan, another younger join insurgents.” Currently 750 budget financing in direct support suffered causalities in roadside conditions in order to show the Nangarhar, Faryab, Helmand, unemployed youth are a huge chal- person, also grumbled about un- jobless educated youth, including of the government’s priorities.” blasts.Nearly half part of last world that they were strengthen- Uruzgan, Kandahar, Zabul, Ghaz- lenge.” employment. There were many 12th grade graduates and those with “With development financing be- month’s casualties happened in ing each day. ni and other provinces. He claimed unemployment educated youth in the province, but bachelor and master degrees and coming constrained globally, we Nangarhhar and Faryab provinces He said militants fleeing Pa- Fear of possible uptick in the was resulting in youth’s involve- no work opportunities existed PhDs, were registered with them, expect the government and inter- and among each 36 people killed kistan into Afghanistan encouraged conflict Farid Ahmad Stanikzai, a ment in illicit acts such as kidnap- there, he charged. he revealed. Hotak explained the national partners to provide their or wounded, four each were in some senior Taliban leaders to come resident of Karta-i-Char area of ping, mugging or joining Taliban He expressed concern over the figures did not cover unemployed finance through the ARTF, to stim- Uruzgan and Helmand, two each to Afghanistan and keep the war Kabul city, said militant attacks in ranks. Youth constitutes the ma- lack of job opportunities and ad- young people who had not been ulate in private investment and job in Kabul and Laghman, and one going in areas fit for fighting. He past winters would decline but jor part of a community’s active ministrative corruption, particular- registered yet. (Pajhwok) creation.” each in Kandahar, Paktika, Kun- said insurgents this winter were not fighting continued this winter, ris- duz and Khost provinces. only active in warm areas but they ing concerns about deadly battles Pajhwok Afghan News tally were more or less active in cold in spring. shows about 70 people averagely areas as well. He said militants could con- Drug addicts Escape treatment center over uncertain future suffered casualties on a daily basis The Ministry of Defence duct more attacks by hiding in trees in the last five months of 2016. (MoD) spokesaman, Maj. Gen. and jungles being grown in spring A number of drug addicts hospi- bridge in the nation’s capital Kab- under the bridge. Another man who bridge alongside their children. Ex- More than one-third of the casual- Dawlat Waziri said: “It is unfortu- and summer. talized in the Phoenix drug reha- ul, has called on the Afghan gov- has a bachelor degree in foreign lan- perts say that such an existence ties occurred in October. Attacks nate that the sworn-enemies of “Most of the war victims are bilitation center in Kabul have es- ernment to rescue her children. guages was also admitted to Phoe- will devastate the lives of their and casualties declined until the Afghanistan are yet to shun vio- civilians. Many more people will caped over what they said was an “I want to be treated for the nix camp but escaped after spend- children unless the government end of December and the conflict lence and the support they receive die and get maimed if the situation uncertain future and because of sake of my children,” said addict ing some time there. “I pursued takes step and rescue them. Based then again intensified. hasn’t reduced. I hope we see no worsens because the conflict has their treatment at the institution. Sediqa. “Their father goes for beg- education for sixteen years to serve on statistics, there are around ten A military analyst and a retired violence next year.” reached residential areas. We ask Sediqa is the mother of four ging to bring money for bread and my country but now I am here,” female addicts who live alongside general, Attiqullah Amarkhel, said He said the insurgents had in- the warring sides to stop fighting children who is spending devas- powder,” she added. said the addicted man. There are male addicts under the Pul-e-Sukh- war tactics had changed. “In the tensified attacks in order to show and taking lives from innocent Af- tating life under the Pul-e-Sukhta Hundreds of addicts are living some addicts who live under the ta bridge. (Tolo News) past years, the conflict would de- the world that they were still ghans,” he said. (Pajhwok)