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Dostum-led forces recapture Ghormach district

MAIMANA : Afghan forces, led the militants, he said, adding by First Vice-President Abdul that an Afghan National GARDEZ : A senior Hizb-i- leadership of the government, poor Rashid Dostum, on Thursday re- Army (ANA) battalion that Islami Afghanistan (HIA) management, private militias and captured Ghormach district of lost contact with the center member on Wednesday said natural resources smuggling were northwestern Faryab province, an over the past few days was HIA leader Gulbuddin Hek- main obstacles to the peace pro- official said. Ghormach district fell reconnected. Faryab police matyar would not enter Kabul cess, Hamdard said. Habib Rah- to Taliban militants after a fierce spokesman, Abdul Karim unless all sanctions against his man Hekmatyar said independence clash on October 11. Few days Yorish, confirmed retaking group were removed. Jumma of the Afghan government and non- later, Gen. Dostum arrived in Fary- control of Ghormach and said Khan Hamdard, a senior HIA interference of foreigners in Af- ab to lead Afghan forces’ opera- Afghan forces were current- member and former Paktia gov- ghanistan had been their only goal tion aimed at recapturing the dis- ly stationed in the district ernor, was addressing a gath- during the past 15 years. He said trict from Taliban Habib Rahman center and some of them were ering in Gardez, the provincial foreigners continued to choose Qoyash, an official at Dostum searching suspected homes. capital, held in support of the Afghan authorities and the admin- media office, told Pajhwok Afghan He said the operation was peace process. Besides other istrative corruption was mostly News that the operation under carefully underway in order HIA members, Habib Rahman created by foreigners. The HIA command of first VP was launched to prevent casualties that Hekmatyar, son of Gulbuddin since its foundation wanted an elec- today morning and ended with re- could possibly cause by Hekmatyar, also participated tions-based government system, he taking control of Ghormach around bombs planted by militants. in the meeting. Hamdard said said. He believed foreigners spon- 2pm. The operation was jointly Taliban have not yet com- only the first phase of the sored the election processes and launched by air and ground forces mented on the development. peace agreement between the elected individuals of their choice. who inflicted heavy casualties on (Pajhwok) Afghan government and the Paktia high peace council head, HIA had been implemented Mulavi Khaliqdad, called the peace and the remaining phases agreement between the Afghan should also be implemented. government and the HIA as impor- 5 police killed in Taliban However, he did not explain tant and said the agreement would the phases, but said the gov- tween the government and the HIA Some steps still needed to be taken should pay attention to, he said. help stabilize Afghanistan. “It is attack in Faryab ernment should follow the succeeded because they were intra- for a nationwide stability and talk- Fortunately, he said, the Taliban now the time for talks with Tali- agreement and give it a practi- Afghan, and because no foreigner had ing to Taliban was one of the most had recently showed wilingness for ban and all sides should support MAIMANA : Militants stormed could capture the provincial cal shape. The negotiations be- participated in the talks, he said. important issues the government negotiations. Differences in the it”, he said. (Pajhwok) a police check-post in Khawja capital and block the Maima- Sabzposh district of northern Fary- na-Mazar highway. Qudratul- ab province, killing five policemen lah, a resident who lost his and capturing the post, the district cousin to the overnight attack, 150 cargo trucks escaping customs duty impounded chief said on Thursday. Abdullah complained the five police of- Masoomi said the Taliban attacked ficers put up resistance to hun- PUL-I-ALAM : Intelligence for Kabul from Pakistan had Gulzar-2 check-point in Qara Shai- dreds of attacking Taliban but officials have impounded doz- passed through Khost, Paktia and ki area of the district last night. The got no assistance from the gov- ens of cargo vehicles en route Paktika provinces reaching Logar. five policemen fought off the at- ernment and as a result, they to Kabul in central Logar prov- “Some of the vehicles have tackers for four hours before being lost their lives. Faryab securi- ince for allegedly attempting made fake customs duty docu- killed, he said, blasting security ty officials remained tight- to evade customs duty, an of- ments and several others were authorities for not timely sending lipped about the attack. ficial said on Wednesday. without any documents. A few reinforcements, tanks and air sup- (Pajhwok) Salim Saleh, the Logar other vehicles’ documents have port despite promising so. “Sha- governor’s spokesman, told been sent to the provincial capital bakhtoo, Khwaja Qeshri and Pajhwok Afghan News the for a check.” Shorqul areas were captured by National Directorate of Secu- He said the cargo vehicles were Taliban two weeks ago and a sur- rity (NDS) personnel stopped loaded with rice, ghee, flour and rendered Taliban commander 150 cargo trucks at the en- other food commodities. The ve- joined the militants once again, but trance to Logar province after hicles wouldn’t be allowed to go the government is yet to pay at- they attempted to escape from until they cleared customs duty. tention to the situation,” the dis- customs duty. Gul Habib, a resident of Pul-I- trict chief said. Masoomi feared if He said the trucks destined Alam, the provincial capital, said, “Three of my trucks have also been stopped at the entrance to Logar and I have cleared the customs duty.” the situation persisted the rebels FRIDAY .OCTOBER 21, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Donald Trump is America AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir By Hamid Dabashi Phone No: +93-772364666 Hours before the scheduled third and final debate between E-mail: [email protected] Donald Trump and Hillary Clin- ton in Las Vegas, The New York Email: [email protected] Times published an article in which it argued that the Repub- www.afghanistantimes.af lican presidential nominee in Photojournalist: M. 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Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press US election 2016: Trump slams the media for 'bias' For the World at large, The constitution says Trump is America and America is Trump. What has now be- Article 117 come domestic politics to the The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme US has been its foreign policy Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article for a much longer history. De- One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end cent Americans of their term. There are decent Ameri- peace for a very long time, and son of a bitch" the world is now crime against man, it is not the cans who insist Trump is "the Trump is now its defining mo- echoing in kind, "but he is your humiliation of man as such, it worst of America". ment ... son of a bitch." is the crime against the white But for the world at large Genie in and out of the bot- Trump is Augusto Pinochet man, the humiliation of the Editorial and at the receiving end of tle "Donald Trump is a thug," of Chile, Manuel Noriega of white man, and the fact that he American military might, Trump liberal America is now scream- Panama, Ferdinand Marcos of applied to Europe colonialist is the very quintessence of ing out loud, "He's a thug who the Philippines, Teodoro Obi- procedures which until then America because Trump is talks gibberish, and lies, and ang Nguema Mbasogo of had been reserved exclusively what America does to the world, cheats, and has issues, to put Equatorial Guinea, Idriss Deby for the Arabs of Algeria, the and now it has come danger- it mildly, with women." That of Chad, Islam Karimov of coolies of India, and the nig- ously close to do unto itself sounds awfully familiar to the Uzbekistan, Gurbanguly Ber- gers of Africa." what it has habitually done ears of the world from Asia to dimuhamedow of Turkmeni- Cesaire anticipated Trump Afghan war is become uglier with each passing day. There is unto others. Africa, Latin America, and the stan. and reaction to Trump too, for Liberal America is now Arab and Muslim world. Trump is the nasty Mr Trump is now equally poised no end in sight to the miseries of general masses who have scared that Trump will do to "He's lazy and limited and Hyde hiding inside the lovely to do to America what Musso- suffered a lot from the over three decades of invasions and America what America has he has an attention span of a looking Dr Barack Jekyll Obama, lini did in Libya, King Leopoldo done to the world. It was just nanosecond." Is this about coming out unexpectedly for a II in the Congo, the French in civil war. Invaders have done little to improve lives of Afghans "foreign policy" when Ameri- Trump or about every petty house call. Algeria, the British in India, the but did whatever they can to turn the multi-storey buildings into ca set up lunatic puppet dicta- dictator the US has habitually Trump is the late Shah of Spaniards in the Americas, the rubbles lives of the war-hit nation a pit of misfortunes and trou- tors just like Trump to torture, supported and brought and Iran and the late Saddam Hus- Israelis in Palestine. Obama is maim, and murder their own kept in power? sein of Iraq put together. Trump not happy with Trump. He and bles. The former Soviet Union is no exception. The Red Army people around the globe to pro- "Donald Trump is the is every single Arab general or his wife Michelle Obama and have carpeted the Afghan land with mines which is claiming tect its "national security inter- greatest threat to western civi- dictator the US has befriended the entire Democratic Party and lives of innocent children, women and men on daily basis. Rus- est". lization we have faced," anoth- and kept in power. liberal stalwarts like Elizabeth It was just something "Dad- er cries in fear, "since the fall of These and scores of other Warren are really concerned sians do not know how deadly the landmines are that they have dy" did at work. When he came the Berlin Wall." He might very nasty, brutish, vile and vulgar what Trump might do to Amer- manufactured at mass scale for Afghanistan in 1980s. home he was all good, kind, and well be. dictators are - and have been - ica what they have done to the How could they know because their children are not victims cuddly - just like Obama. Now But this very "western civ- supported, endorsed, kept in world at large. the Daddy is about to become ilization" has been a threat to power, and used and abused to Trump is the nasty Mr of the landmines? The toy-like mines are waiting silently to a nasty, vicious, domestic abus- world peace for a very long serve the US and its favourite Hyde hiding inside the lovely target children and grown people. Victims, mostly children, of er - like Trump. time, and Trump is now its de- settler colony Israel military and looking Dr Barack Jekyll Obama, Trump is the poetic justice fining moment, as were Hitler, economic might, and they all fall coming out unexpectedly for a this silent terror have little chance to survive. Those who sur- of the world. So long as Amer- Mussolini, King Leopold II, into the category of Roosevelt's house call. vive cannot walk and play. They become living statues—nei- ica was only doing to the world and the entire spectrum of Brit- "our sons of bitches". Liberal America is up in ther dead nor living. Moscow has not cleared the landmines at large what America now fears ish, French, Spanish, Portu- For unto us a tyrant is born arms capturing their Mr Hyde, Trump may do to America, there guese, Dutch and Belgian im- "Yes, it would be worth- hiding it inside President Hill- despite numerous reports that these silent killers have claimed was no outcry. There was con- perialism wreaking havoc on while to study clinically, in de- ary Rodham Clinton in the lives of thousands of people. The deadly weapons brought by sensus. The world deserved every corner of this earth. tail, the steps taken by Hitler White House so she can do as the Soviet troops are used even today by armed groups. In other what America did to the world. "He might be a son of a and Hitlerism," Aime Cesaire US presidents habitually do, Now liberal America is up bitch, but he is our son of a said famously in his Discourse ripping the world to pieces and words, the instruments of war manufactured by Moscow are in arms to disown, to exorcise, bitch." on Colonialism, "and to reveal keeping the liberal heart of this still killing Afghans. to dispel this demonic spirit Now who said that? Some- to the very distinguished, very empire bleeding for "peace on Recent report of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan from itself and put it back in a body said that about Donald humanistic, very Christian earth" just in time for next bottle and hand it over to Hill- Trump, or was it President bourgeois of the 20th century Christmas. Hamid Dabashi is reveals staggering increase in child casualties. According to ary Clinton so she can contin- Franklin D Roosevelt reported- that without his being aware of Hagop Kevorkian Professor of the report released on Wednesday, From January 1 to Septem- ue the habitual exercise of do- ly saying it about the dictator it, he has a Hitler inside him, Iranian Studies and Compara- ing it to the world and be a nice. of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somo- that Hitler inhabits him, that tive Literature at Columbia Uni- ber 30 this year, 639 children were killed and another 1,822 lovely-looking grandma at za Garcia? History has a sweet Hitler is his demon, that if he versity in New York. The views wounded—shocking 15 percent increase from the same period home, as Ronald Reagan was sense of humour. The sentence rails against him, he is being in- expressed in this article are the in 2015. Unexploded explosive devices including landmines its grandpa before her. has now come back to haunt consistent and that, at bottom, author's own and do not nec- This very 'western civiliza- the country of its origin. what he cannot forgive Hitler essarily reflect Al Jazeera's ed- also inflicted heavy casualties on the children who were dream- tion' has been a threat to world "Donald Trump might be a for is not crime in itself, the itorial policies. ing of a better future and a united happy family. Their dreams have gone with them to the grave which the killers cannot see. Ground engagement has been outlined as a major cause of child casualties. Our leaders have failed to bring the nation together after the Soviet defeat. Most of them are still seen in the system. The civil war will always remain a stain that none can remove. However, they can show wisdom now to forge unity among their ranks and rescue the country from complete destruction. Insurgents should reintegrate into the society to give a hope to the children who are worst victims of the current war. Militants are systematically killing the present and next genera- tions. The war that they are fighting was never about Afghans. It is a foreign imposed war on the nation. Therefore, renouncing the violence would put an end to the ongoing bloodshed and we can save children. Similarly, Moscow shall fund the demining organizations in Afghanistan to save the precious lives by neutralizing the kill- ers that they have left in the country. 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EUROPE STOCK TRADERS WAITINGFOR ECB SEND HEDGINGCOSTS TO LOWS European equities were little changed on Thursday, before the ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan is European Central Bank gives its seeking liquefied natural gas (LNG) policy update. That’s some- supplies to do away with long-run- thing that traders have gotten ning energy shortages, Russian and used to. Malaysian companies are likely to The benchmark Stoxx Eu- win the race as they could be rope 600 Index has traded in a awarded billions of dollars worth tight, 14-point range since the of contracts, officials say. last ECB gathering, when Pres- Other energy companies, par- ident Mario Draghi downplayed ticularly from the Middle East and the need for additional stimu- Europe, are also vying to win LNG lus. As expectations for equity supply orders, but they are lag- swings tumbled, so did the cost ging behind. of options protecting against Pakistan, Russia meet today volatility, with a gauge trading to discuss $2b LNG project near its lowest levels in almost Owing to growing relations six months. The Stoxx 600 between India and the United slipped 0.2 percent at 9:56 a.m. States, which is Russia’s arch rival in London, following two days in the global political scene, Mos- of gains. cow is looking towards Pakistan Investors are waiting for for deeper economic ties. clues from ECB President Mario Already, Russia is at an ad- Draghi on tweaks in the rules of vanced stage of talks on laying a his asset-buying program, $2-billion LNG pipeline from which helped send the Stoxx 600 Karachi to Lahore for the trans- down as much as 23 percent port of imported gas. since the purchases began last The Ministry of Petroleum year, with lenders hitting a four- and Natural Resources is seeking year low in July. ECB commit- the go-ahead of the Economic Co- tees are working on strategies ordination Committee (ECC) to to redesign the facility to en- start negotiations on LNG prices sure that purchases can contin- with the Russian and Malaysian ue. The central bank’s rate deci- companies and award them sup- sion will be released at 12:45 ply contracts, officials say. p.m. London time and a press Qatar is the first country that conference will follow at 1:30 has captured Pakistan’s gas mar- p.m. ket with an LNG export contract “It would be the time to valuing over $15 billion. in a bid to strike LNG supply committee should be constituted at Port Qasim has already started For the past few years, Paki- billion cubic feet of natural gas per give the market some powder The government has set up agreements. The company is also to finalise the LNG price and oth- working on March 27, 2015. Paki- stan has been enduring acute gas day (bcfd), way short of the de- again because the last meeting Pakistan LNG Limited to secure negotiating with Engie of France, er important aspects with Petro- stan State Oil (PSO) is continu- shortages both for electricity gen- mand for 6 bcfd, which is continu- was a little bit disappointing,” LNG deals through open compet- Eni (Italy), OTI (Oman) and So- nas and Gazprom. ously receiving LNG cargoes un- eration plants and for general use ously rising. The energy deficit has said Herbert Perus, head of eq- itive biddings as well as through car (Azerbaijan) for LNG import. Pakistan awards $2 billion der a competitive bidding process by varying sectors. not only caused hardships for the uities at Raiffeisen Capital government-to-government ar- Any agreement reached with these LNG pipeline contract to sanction- as well as under state-to-state ar- Punjab has faced its worst gas ordinary people in their daily life, Management in Vienna. His firm rangements. companies will be executed after hit Russian firm rangement from Qatar. shortage during this period. This but has also hurt economic growth manages 30 billion euros ($33 According to officials, Paki- completing required formalities. In the case of Qatar too, a price Over 43 LNG cargoes have winter, domestic consumers in the of the country. In the face of the billion). “The market is far too stan LNG has informed the petro- Considering it a capital-inten- negotiating committee had been set been handled at the terminal and province will experience a suspen- grave situation, the government is cheap compared to other stock leum ministry that it is engaged in sive project of national importance, up for critical talks on the price at 400 million cubic feet of re-gas- sion of gas supply in the night for aggressively pushing ahead with markets. There are so many ex- negotiations with Petronas of the Ministry of Petroleum has which LNG would be supplied. ified LNG is being injected every the first time. the import of LNG to bridge the tremely good companies with Malaysia and Gazprom of Russia suggested that a price negotiating The first LNG terminal built day into the national grid. Pakistan produces nearly 4 shortfall. world class products and man- agement.” While economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast the ECB will extend its bond-purchase program only at next month’s gathering, speculation that Draghi is getting ready to loos- en the limits that assets eligible for buying has sent banks rally- ing about four times more than Another quarter has passed and the rest of the market this Uber and Lyft have once again be- month. Lenders in the Stoxx 600 come the preferred method of trade at less than 11 times esti- transportation for business trav- mated earnings, compared with elers. According to Q3 2016 num- almost 15 times for the bench- bers released by online travel and mark index, data compiled by expense management service pro- Bloomberg show. S&P 500 vider Certify, 52 percent of those shares are about 13 percent using transit for work-related pur- more expensive. poses opted to use a ride-hailing European lenders have been service. This is the first time that among the biggest gainers since ride hailing has made up the ma- Glencore Plc, the world’s biggest commodity trader, sold its coal haul- the June low that followed the jority of the ground transportation U.K.’s decision to leave the Eu- age unit in Australia to U.S. railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. expenses for business travelers. for A$1.14 billion ($873 million) as part of a broader plan to almost ropean Union. Yet even after a While ride hailing has become 24 percent rebound, they remain halve its debt. The sale of the unit known as GRail forms a “significant quite popular, Uber continues to part” of the debt-reduction program, the Baar, Switzerland-based trader the year’s biggest decliners dominate market share with 75 among Stoxx 600 industry and miner said in a statement Thursday. The sale price exceeds the percent of travelers over Lyft’s 6 company’s earlier target of A$1 billion for GRail, the third-biggest coal groups amid concerns the ECB’s percent, when taxis are factored in. program that suppressed yields haulage business in Australia. Glencore Chief Executive Officer Ivan Taxi ridership continues to decline, Glasenberg has sold assets and shares, suspended dividends and reined is hurting their profitability. dropping more than 3 percentage Analysts expect earnings at in spending over the past year as the company sought to weather a points sequentially. downturn in commodities. He pledged to slash Glencore’s debt to as lenders in the benchmark gauge low as $16.5 billion by year-end after last year’s slump sparked inves- “Of all the disruptive technol- will tumble 22 percent this year, tor concerns that borrowings were unsustainable. “The sale had been in ogies to come out of the sharing compared with a 4.5 percent the pipeline for a while and completion is a positive, forming another economy over the past several contraction for Stoxx 600 mem- part of Glencore’s debt reduction program,” Investec Plc analysts wrote years, nothing has captured the bers. in a note. The company is the second-best performer this year in the interest of businesspeople or cap- The European index has U.K.’s benchmark stock index. The shares have more than doubled as tured more headlines in the media lost 6.3 percent this year and a prices for coal and zinc jumped, and investors grew more comfortable than Uber and the global rise of Bank of America Corp. report with Glencore’s debt position. The stock was little changed by 8:54 ride hailing,” said Robert Neveu, last week showed that fund a.m. in London. Total Disposals The sale to Genesee & Wyoming ex- Certify’s chief executive in a state- managers have withdrawn mon- pands total disposals since the debt-reduction program was announced ment. “Tracking at 52 percent of ey from the region’s equity to $4.7 billion, within the target of $4 billion to $5 billion the company the ground transportation total in funds for a record 36 straight gave investors. It has also sold 49 percent of its agriculture business for the third quarter, it’s remarkable weeks. In addition to concerns about $3.1 billion. After Glencore “outlined its debt-reduction plan last to see that ride hailing is now more that the ECB’s program is strug- year, the company has more than delivered on its promises,” Sanford C. frequently expensed by business For the most part, the average quarter. Lyft, however, saw the York City. gling to spur the region’s growth, Bernstein analyst Paul Gait wrote in a note. It’s “now well on track to travelers than taxi and car rental cost for business travelers also average cost rise nearly 5 percent Certify analyzed more than 10 its stocks were hit by the U.K.’s meet its net-debt target,” he said. Genesee & Wyoming will service the combined, and more popular than went down. Certify stated that it to $21.80 during the same time million business traveler receipts secession vote. The Stoxx 600 majority of Glencore’s 40 million-metric-ton annual coal haulage from taxi at anytime during the three saw costs for Uber drop 10 per- period. San Francisco was the top and expenses to ascertain the pref- remains below its level before the Hunter Valley to the Port of Newcastle via a 20-year contract, years Certify has been reporting cent to $22.91, while taxis fell 9.77 city for Uber and Lyft usage in Q3, erence of those traveling for work the British referendum, after according to the statement. on this data.” percent to $35.91 quarter over while taxis were preferred in New in North America. briefly recovering last month. Since then, the market has remained particularly calm. The VStoxx Index, which tracks vol- atility expectations for the Euro Oil-price downturn coming to an end: Saudi minister Stoxx 50 Index, fell for a third Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Ener- officials to meet OPEC members such as Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in Istanbul earlier this month. He said many discussions are going on behind the scenes about how to day on Thursday, extending a gy, Industry and Mineral Resourc- implement the deal agreed in Algiers last month, striking an upbeat tone the pact will go through. “Non-OPEC is showing willingness to join this effort. And without mentioning names, one-month low. The V-VStoxx es Khalid al-Falih said on Wednes- many countries have said they are willing to not only freeze, but cut at healthy levels that will match whatever is going to happen by OPEC,” he said. Oil prices jumped on Wednesday Index, a measure of the cost of day that the oil-price downturn following Al-Falih’s comments, with crude oil CLX6, +1.37% up 1.5% at $51.06 a barrel. the region’s volatility hedging, was coming to an end. Speaking at has tumbled 37 percent since a the Oil & Money conference in high before the Brexit vote in London, Falih called for new in- June, trading near its lowest lev- vestments to avert a supply short- el since April. age in the future, a Saudi Gazette With the earnings season report said. gaining steam, some of the com- “We are now at the end of a panies that reported contribut- considerable downturn,” he told an ed to the market move on audience that included top execu- Thursday. Publicis Groupe SA tives from oil firms such as Exxon lost 6 percent after the French Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell advertising firm posted third- PLC and Total SA. Falih said the quarter revenue that missed an- oil industry was starved of financ- alysts’ estimates. Peer WPP Plc ing during a downturn over the past fell 2 percent. GEA Group AG two years in which crude prices sank 19 percent as the German fell to less than $28 a barrel this machine maker and food pro- year from $114 a barrel in 2014. cessing company said it sees a He said the industry needed sales decline in 2016. Nestle SA $24 trillion in new capital spend- dropped as the world’s biggest ing if it is to meet global energy food company lowered its an- demands over the next 25 years. nual sales forecast. Actelion Ltd. The minister warned of a supply fell 3.1 percent after the Swiss shortage in the future if these in- drugmaker’s improved profit vestments aren’t made because forecast fell short of some esti- global oil demand would keep mates. growing. Deutsche Lufthansa AG Rising consumption rallied 7.8 percent after raising “It could grow faster as the its profit projection. Pernod global economy improves,” he Ricard SA climbed 2 percent and said, citing an increasing car fleet as the world’s second-largest in China and rising consumption distiller reported sales growth in India. Falih said he was encour- that beat estimates. Tele2 AB aged by the signals from non-OPEC advanced 5.7 percent after re- producers that they would help to porting revenue that topped stabilize the oil market. Russia sent projections. FRIDAY .OCTOBER 21, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Pregnant women who have "lived es, said in a statement. It can also cause miscarriage and yellow. Pregnant women should eled to or had unprotected sex with To date, there have been 184 in, traveled to, or had unprotected The updated recommenda- stillborn births. consider postponing travel to the anyone who lived in or traveled to locally transmitted cases of the sex with someone who lived in or tions for Miami-Dade County Florida officials have said Zika rest of Miami-Dade, which are the 4.5-square mile area of Miami virus in Florida, including 19 non- traveled to Miami-Dade County" come in response to last week's was only being actively transmit- considered yellow areas, the agen- Beach since July 14 should be test- residents who became infected since August 1 should be tested announcement by Florida Gov. ted in two Miami neighborhoods: cy said. ed for the virus.The CDC has des- while visiting Florida, according to for the Zika virus, the Centers for Rick Scott that local transmission the 1-square-mile area in Little Riv- In July, the CDC had con- ignated all of Miami-Dade Coun- state health department figures. In Disease Control and Prevention of the virus was confirmed in Mi- er and a 4.5-square mile stretch of firmed the first local transmission ty as an area where there has been addition, there are nearly 800 trav- said Wednesday. ami's Little River neighborhood -- Miami Beach. Pregnant women in the continental US in the Wyn- local transmission but not at the el-related cases in Florida, figures "Our guidance today strength- the third Miami neighborhood should avoid travel to those areas, wood neighborhood of Miami. The same "intensity" as in the areas show. ens our travel advice and testing where local transmission or non- the CDC reiterated, echoing pre- agency later lifted a warning for where local transmission has been On Thursday, U.S. Health and recommendations for pregnant travel related cases have been con- vious advice. pregnant women to steer clear of confirmed. In August, the CDC first Human Services Secretary Sylvia women, to further prevent the firmed. Zika can be especially dev- The CDC is now designating Wynwood after massive mosqui- advised pregnant women to con- Burwell is expected to travel to spread of the infection among astating for pregnant women be- active transmission areas by the to control efforts successfully sider postponing travel to all areas Cuba for the so-called Cuba Zika those most vulnerable," Dr. Lyle cause the infection can cause the color red and cautionary areas, stopped local transmission of the of Miami-Dade because of the vi- Summit, a regional meeting on sur- Petersen, director of the CDC's devastating birth defect microceph- where local transmission is con- virus there. The CDC said preg- rus. Mosquito samples test posi- veillance and control strategies for Division of Vector-Borne Diseas- aly and other neurological deficits. sidered to be at risk, with the color nant women who live in, have trav- tive for Zika in Miami Beach Zika and other arborviruses. LONGER INTERVAL Vermont governor proposes limits BETWEEN BARIATRIC on painkiller prescriptions al is his latest step to combat the SURGERY, opioid crisis that has ravaged Ver- mont over the past five years. CHILDBIRTH Credit Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer, via Associ- ated Press BETTER Asked whether he hoped his Infants born to mothers with pri- successor would continue the fight, Health care reform has expanded or bariatric surgery had significant- Mr. Shumlin said, “This is not a mental health care coverage for ly higher risks for prematurity, hard problem to solve.” Americans, an annual report re- small-for-gestational-age (SGA) “We didn’t have a heroin cri- leased this week suggests, but status, and neonatal intensive care sis in America before OxyContin about 56 percent of U.S. adults unit (NICU) admission, according was approved and started being with a mental illness still do not to a new study. The highest risks handed out like candy,” he said. receive treatment. for prematurity and NICU admis- “If politicians would lead a more The nonprofit Mental Health sion were seen in those born to rational conversation about how America (MHA) reported that 40 mothers with operation-to-birth we manage pain in America, we million Americans are dealing with (OTB) intervals of less than 2 could fix the majority of this prob- a mental illness such as depression years, and the risks decreased with lem with a click of our fingers.” or anxiety. Despite new health in- longer OTB intervals. Dr. Chen stressed that the rule itiatives, 19 percent of adults with The findings "are compelling," announced Wednesday was de- mental illness in states that didn’t but "additional questions must be signed to combat the prescription answered before they can be used of opioids for cases of “acute pain.” expand Medicaid remain unin- to guide patient care," commenta- “These are people who don’t sured, while 13 percent of these tors suggest. normally take opioids,” he said. adults in states that did expand Brodie Parent, MD, from the “We want to reduce the variability Medicaid remain uninsured. Department of Surgery, Universi- in terms of what prescribers are “Once again, our report shows ty of Washington Medical Center, prescribing.” that too many Americans are suf- Seattle, and colleagues report their Some critics said Wednesday’s fering, and far too many are not findings in an article published proposals might backfire. Liz receiving the treatment they need online October 19 in JAMA Sur- Evans, the executive director of the to live healthy and productive gery. New York Harm Reduction Edu- lives,” Paul Gionfriddo, president "Several observational studies cators, a group that works to pro- and CEO of MHA, said in a news have shown that bariatric opera- mote access to safe equipment and release. “Mental illness touches tions before pregnancy are associ- health care for people who use everyone. We must improve access ated with a reduced prevalence of drugs, said that although she was to care and treatments, and we need macrosomic infants, maternal dia- “sure that the governor is moti- to put a premium on early identi- betes, and hypertension relative to vated by kindness,” she was wor- fication and early intervention for the prevalence found among obese ried that the proposed regulations Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont on ed a cutting-edge approach to com- The limits are proposed terview about Wednesday’s an- everyone with mental health con- women who did not undergo a bar- might not have the intended effect. cerns.” iatric operation," the authors write. Wednesday announced proposed bating the crisis. amendments to an existing rule and nouncement in the larger context “I think prohibiting access to However, "because bariatric limits on the number of painkillers Under the proposal, the sever- would be official in December if of his battle against the flood of pain medication can result in push- Mental illness can refer to var- operations can result in nutrition- that could be prescribed, the latest ity and duration of pain would be approved after a period of public opioids. He said that when he took ing people to using more illicit ious disorders and conditions, in- al deficiencies in the mother, there measure his administration has tak- used to determine the specific lim- comment and review by a state leg- office in 2011, he very quickly re- drugs in a more dangerous way cluding schizophrenia, eating dis- has been some concern that sur- en to combat the opioid crisis that it for a prescription of opioids. For islative committee, said Scott Co- alized that “we had a full-blown without being paired with existing orders, substance abuse and addic- gery may adversely influence fetal has ravaged the state in the last example, for a minor procedure riell, a spokesman for the gover- health crisis on our hands.” Three evidence-based public health strat- tion, and, untreated, costs the Unit- development and infant outcomes. five years. producing moderate pain, a pro- nor. Mr. Shumlin proposed the rule years later, in his State of the State egies that are known to work,” she ed States billions of dollars per Outcomes, such as [NICU] admis- At a news conference outside vider would be limited to prescrib- in his State of the State address in address, he pledged to fight that said. Dr. Chen agreed that a public year in workplace, direct and sui- sions, Apgar scores, and congeni- the Vermont Department of Health ing nine to 12 opioid painkiller January, and he set its passage as crisis. health approach was necessary cide-related costs. According to the tal malformations, are likely to be in Burlington, Mr. Shumlin and Dr. pills, depending on the medication. one of the chief priorities in his He said that limiting the num- and said it was something that Ver- Centers for Disease Control and affected by maternal metabolic and Harry Chen, the state’s health The limits would be higher for final year in office. ber of opioid pills that could be mont aimed to employ. “It’s a com- Prevention (CDC), depression nutritional derangements." commissioner, spoke for about more complicated procedures, and The governor, who announced prescribed would be an effective munity problem,” he said. “It alone had an economic burden of The researchers analyzed data half an hour about proposed regu- there would be exceptions for the last year that he would not seek a way to cut down on addiction. needs to be solved on a communi- $210.5 billion in 2010. from birth certificates and mater- lations, which they said represent- treatment of severe pain. fourth term, spoke in a phone in- Gov. Peter Shumlin’s propos- tywide basis.” “Although effective treat- nally linked hospital discharge data ments are available, many individ- for 1859 mothers with prior bari- uals with depression do not have atric surgery (postoperative moth- access to treatment or do not take ers [POMs]) and their infants, and Pre-teens need just two doses of HPVvaccine, not threes: Feds advantage of services,” according a population-based random sam- to the CDC. “If not effectively ple of 8437 nonoperative mothers There's good news for kids who and Respiratory Diseases at the fewer than a third have received all er two doses fully protect them, and their infants, matched by birth haven't received all their HPV vac- Centers for Disease Control and Pre- three doses. Messonnier says the ACIP said. Adults can also get the treated, depression is likely to be- year. cines yet - they only need two vention. The CDC immediately ac- three-dose schedule was based on HPV vaccine. come a chronic disease. Just expe- Bariatric surgeries included doses of the vaccine instead of cepted the recommendations from the earliest studies of the vaccine. "Young women can get HPV vac- riencing one episode of depression banded gastroplasty, adjustable three, federal government advisers its Advisory Committee on Immu- New studies show that two doses cine through age 26, and young men places an individual at a 50 per- gastric banding, sleeve gastrecto- said Wednesday. The new recom- nization Practices. "Safe, effective, protect people for decades from the can get vaccinated through age 21," cent risk for experiencing another my, or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. mendations should make it easier and long-lasting protection against cancer-causing virus. And studies the CDC says. "The vaccine is also episode, and further increases the In addition, 40.7% of POMs to get more children vaccinated HPV cancers with two visits instead also suggest that spacing the two recommended for any man who chances of having more depression underwent cesarean delivery com- against the human papillomavirus of three means more Americans will doses a year apart is at least as ef- has sex with men through age 26, episodes in the future.” pared with 25.4% of nonoperative (HPV), which causes a range of be protected from cancer," said CDC fective, if not more effective than and for men with compromised In the MHA release, the non- mothers (adjusted RR, 1.21; 95% cancers including cervical cancer, Director Dr. Tom Frieden. "This rec- giving them more closely together - immune systems (including HIV) profit reported that six out of 10 CI, 1.12 - 1.31). throat cancer and mouth cancer, ommendation will make it simpler something that could also make it through age 26, if they did not get young people with major depres- Adjusting for maternal body officials said. "It's not often you for parents to get their children pro- easier to get kids fully vaccinated. HPV vaccine when they were sion do not receive any treatment. mass index, hypertension, and di- get a recommendation simplifying tected in time." Related: HPV Can- Older teens who have not been vac- younger." HPV is extremely com- A lack of mental health care vaccine schedules," said Dr. Nan- cers Epidemic in Men, CDC Finds cinated at all before age 15 should mon, but rates of HPV-related dis- abetes did not result in risk esti- access is linked with higher rates mates that were meaningfully dif- cy Messonnier, Director of the The CDC says every pre-teen boy still get three doses, because there's ease have fallen among vaccinated National Center for Immunization and girl should get the vaccine, but not enough evidence to show wheth- people. of incarceration, according to ferent, the authors note. MHA, and the group’s latest re- port found more than 1.2 million mentally ill people in U.S. jails or prisons don’t have this coverage. EMERGENCYROOMUSESTAYSHIGHINOREGONMEDICAID STUDY MHA also considered 15 dif- Will Medicaid expansion save the searcher," Wright says. You really important benefits of Med- care providers, their reliance on emergency rooms drop by 4 percent. That's because the state is now ferent measures to rank all 50 U.S. country money as people stop couldn't design a study that ran- icaid expansion," says Wright. emergency rooms would drop. coordinating care better, she says, by doing things like helping people states and the District of Colum- using expensive emergency rooms domly gave some people insurance, But the study also found Med- But Wright, one of the study's get to their doctors' appointments and take their medication. "It is not bia on their states of mental health. for primary care? but not others. It wouldn't be eth- icaid enrollees increased their emer- authors, says he and his colleagues just a 'open up coverage and let people used health care services as they The rankings aim to offer an over- Not yet, suggest the latest ical to leave some people without gency room visits by 40 percent have now studied two years of have done historically,' " she says. "It's reforming that system." The view of states’ policies and plan- findings from a landmark study coverage just to have a control over the first 15 months. data — and that's not what they're researchers won't be able to tease much more information out of what's ning for mental health care cover- published online Wednesday in group. "That was a surprise to a lot finding. come to be known as the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment — the age, as well as their level of sup- the New England Journal of Med- "As a researcher," Wright of folks," says Wright. "There was no sign that this experiment had to stop once the state expanded Medicaid fully under port among youth and adults. icine. says, "you don't want to put some- It was widely believed that [ER] use went down," he says. "So the Affordable Care Act. This story is part of NPR's reporting partner- Connecticut ranked No. 1, sig- The study of Medicaid pa- one in that position, just to study having insurance would encourage this idea of pent-up demand sort ship with Oregon Public Broadcasting and Kaiser Health News. naling the best state for mental tients in Oregon who got Medic- it." people to get routine medical care of fading away — at least in the health care, followed by Massa- aid in 2008 found their ER use But, since Oregon was already in doctors' offices or clinics, instead first couple of years, it didn't hap- chusetts and Vermont, while Ne- stayed high two years after they conducting the insurance lottery, of waiting until they have more pen." Quite the opposite. vada ranked worst, preceded by gained the health insurance cover- that offered an invaluable chance serious symptoms and have to "If your hope is that, in the Arizona and Oregon, respective- age — even as they also increased to study the differences between head to the ER, where care is most short term — the first couple of ly. their visits to doctors' offices. people who have Medicaid insur- expensive. years — you're going to see sav- All eyes have been on Oregon ance and similar people who don't. After those early findings were ings that come out of reduced [ER] In its report, MHA also found to answer this question about ER It was the first randomized published, health care analysts use from Medicaid expansion that there is only one mental health use because, eight years ago, the study on the impacts of health in- scrambled to explain why the num- alone, I don't think I'd be super professional per 1,000 people in state tried an experiment. It want- surance, and it's one of the largest, ber of ER visits didn't decline. optimistic about that," Wright states with the lowest work force. ed to expand Medicaid, but it surveying about 25,000 people. Some thought it was a reflection says. "I think that it is going to “This is ultimately about pol- didn't have the money to cover The study's first findings, of pent-up demand from people cost money in the short term." icy decisions we make. It isn’t just every eligible resident. published a few years ago, showed who hadn't seen a doctor in years However, there may be sav- about what states are red and what So it held a lottery to give cov- that Medicaid was beneficial in because they didn't have insurance. ings in other areas, he says, like an states are blue,” Gionfriddo said erage to as many people as possi- many ways. It improved people's Others thought some of these increased use of preventive servic- in the release, “because there are ble, in the fairest way possible. The financial security. They went to newly insured patients simply es that could stave off problems some of each near the top and the result was something of a gift to the doctor when they were sick. hadn't yet had time in that first 15 that would become more expen- bottom. But political environ- researchers like Bill Wright, direc- And having the insurance correlat- months to establish a relationship sive later. And, Leslie Clement, ments in states do seem to matter. tor of the Providence Center for ed with a drop in rates of depres- with a primary care doctor. As more with the Oregon Health Authori- Those that invest more in mental Outcomes Research and Education. sion. time passed, that theory suggest- ty, says over the past two years, health clearly have to throw away "You couldn't do this as a re- "These are all things that are ed, and more patients had primary Oregon has seen avoidable use of less money on jails and prisons.” FRIDAY .OCTOBER 21, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

The Note 7 recall has already ferred to the South Korean firm’s passed into Halloween costume insurance company, Samsung Fire territory, but for owners of the & Marine. phone who experienced its dangers “They told me they weren’t first hand, it's not as funny. Ac- going to pay replacement costs of cording to a report from The any damaged items. We were ask- Guardian, a number of individuals ing to have our carpet replaced, and who suffered property damage to have the goods that were when their Note 7 exploded say sprayed on replaced. We sent them Samsung is resisting paying com- photos,” he said. Instead, Samsung pensation. offer to pay a depreciated value of In one story in the report, Note the items. 7 owner John Barwick was woken The global recall of the Note 7 in the middle of the night by the is obviously a huge undertaking for smartphone bursting into flames Samsung, but the company can't on his nightstand. He says the re- afford to be seen squeezing peo- sulting fire damaged the furniture, ple over every dollar of compen- Now that invites for the October back more than four years. Except along with his bed, carpet, and cur- sation. We've already seen that the 27 Apple event have seen sent out, for the CPU and a few other com- tains, resulting in repair bills of firm sometimes prefers to keep there's much speculation about ponent and port tweaks, the Reti- around $9,000. However, Barwick customers in the dark, as shown what we will, and won't, see from na-screen MacBook Pro you'd buy says Samsung isn't willing to pay by a leaked text from a Samsung a purported new generation of today is essentially the same as the full amount. From The Guard- representative published by The MacBook Pro laptops. the one you'd buy in 2012. That ian: "Barwick claims he called the Verge earlier this month. "I can try New MacBook Pros with a it's still one of the most universal- company 45 minutes after the fire and slow him down if we think it thinner, lighter design and a sec- ly useful laptops you can buy is a started and Samsung said they’d will matter, or we just let him do ondary touchscreen at the top of testament to its forward-looking call back within 24 hours. When what he keeps threatening to do," the keyboard. That tiny screen is design. MacBook Air they failed to do so, Barwick called said the text, referring to a customer said to be replacing the function For a very long time, I referred them again and emailed pictures of whose Note 7 caught fire. If the key row and providing context- to the 13-inch MacBook Air as the the damaged phones. “They said company really wants to move based commands -- different "soft" Apple's best overall laptop. In they’d call us back. They never past the Note 7 scandal, it's going buttons which would vary depend- some ways that's still true, and it did.” Eventually Barwick received to have to be quicker with putting ing on the app in use. remains a favorite for students, as a call from Samsung, and was re- out these fires. Possible minor updates to the the 13-inch model can usually be MacBook Air, which is one of the found for under $900, is practical- longest-standing designs in the ly indestructible, can run smooth- Apple universe. ly for four or more years and has Tesla expects to demonstrate self-driven A minor spec bump may be in marathon-worthy battery life that store for the iMac desktops. puts most other laptops to shame. cross-country trip next year The elevated level of interest That said, this classic design in new MacBooks, especially with is stuck in the past in a few ways. Tesla Motors Inc., preparing for a an expected major redesign such Today's Air still looks very much future of self-driving cars, has be- as this, is reflected in many of the like the first model introduced in gun equipping all its new vehicles messages I receive from CNET 2008, and current physical design with the hardware required to make readers. Among the most common has remained almost entirely un- them entirely capable of driving email topics is a variation on: touched since 2010. In computer themselves. "When will product X get updat- terms, that's roughly forever. Chief Executive Officer Elon ed?" And, more often than not, the On the other hand, if it ain't In an unexpected twist of fate, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Musk announced the changes on Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a process to turn car- product in question is one of Ap- broke, don't fix it. The design of Wednesday, saying his goal is to ple's MacBook laptops. the Air's body approaches a cer- bon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol fuel — a breakthrough with demonstrate a vehicle traveling in implications for the future of renewable energy. With their distinctive alumi- tain perfection. That's why manu- fully autonomous mode from Los num bodies and (sometimes) glow- facturers of Windows PCs have That discovery, which occurred in 2014 and has been replicated Angeles to New York by the end multiple times since then in the nanotechnology lab Oak Ridge, Tennes- ing Apple logos, MacBooks are a been copying it for years. Howev- of next year. Autonomous features familiar sight everywhere people er, newer competitors such as the see, is explained in full in a new study published in ChemistrySelect. will be introduced over time based The finding was serendipitous, lead study author Adam Rondinone compute on the go, from coffee Dell XPS 13 and HP Spectre are on what he dubbed “Hardware 2,” shops and airports to college cam- actually making some headway, explained to CBS News. His team was testing another chemical reac- he said. tion, using nanotechnology and electricity, when they discovered a pro- puses. going even thinner and lighter and Tesla cars already come with a But if it feels like you've been -- more importantly -- incorporat- cess that turns carbon dioxide into ethanol. semi-autonomous system called seeing the same MacBooks float- ing higher-resolution screens. Specifically, the team says it used a catalyst made of carbon, copper Autopilot. But having a fully au- ing around for a while, you'd be That's because the 13-inch and nitrogen and applied voltage to trigger a complex chemical reaction tonomous car on the road by 2018 ly autonomous at a safety level we trol. Those and other features will correct. And that's why interest in MacBook Air's 1,440x900 display that essentially reverses the combustion process. With the help of the would put the Palo Alto, Calif., believe to be at least twice that of be enabled as the company works next week's Apple event is so high. resolution is its biggest weakness. nanotechnology-based catalyst, the solution of carbon dioxide, dissolved auto maker ahead of major car com- a person, maybe better,” Mr. to calibrate the new system, the The current iterations of most Even budget Windows laptops in water, becomes ethanol. panies racing to develop their own Musk told reporters on Wednes- company said. That should take MacBooks have been around for now have full-HD 1,920x1,080 The ethanol was a big surprise, he said, as it’s “it’s extremely diffi- self-driving models. Companies day. Tesla used a similar strategy two or three months, Mr. Musk longer than many competing lap- screens, and many mainstream cult to go straight from carbon dioxide to ethanol with a single catalyst.” from Ford Motor Co. to BMW to introduce the semi-autonomous said. Thereafter, he said, the com- top lines, and the lone non-retina models have QHD or even 4K dis- “The way Mother Nature typically works is the simplest, easiest AG have proposed fully autono- Autopilot feature, rolling out the pany plans to upgrade its autono- display 13-inch MacBook Pro is plays (that's 2,560x1,440 and reaction to occur is the one that’s most likely to occur, and the heavier mous vehicles in 2021. Alphabet hardware before the software was mous capabilities every two or still on sale with the same basic 3,840x2,160, if you're not up on molecule is not favorable. It’s an unexpected result,” Rondinone said. Inc.’s Google has a fully autono- complete. Vehicles built after Oc- three months. “It’s extremely im- configuration it's had since 2012. screen resolution acronyms). Sur- The implications are exciting. The technique uses low-cost materi- mous test fleet on public road- tober 2014 came equipped with the pressive where they’ve gone, but (Yes, Apple still sells a computer rounding the Air's (non-touch) ways, but the company hasn’t parts that Autopilot would even- if the technology can’t be used it with a DVD drive.) screen is a thick silver bezel, far als and operates at room temperature in water, meaning it can conceiv- detailed its plan for the technolo- tually use, such as radar. Tesla seems like a moot point for most ably be scaled up for all kinds of industrial applications. That's an outlier, but it's em- beyond what one would expect in gy it has been working on for more turned on the feature in late 2015 people,” said Jessica Caldwell, an blematic of a larger issue: the pace a premium 13-inch laptop today, For starters, the process could prove useful in making the power than seven years. using the company’s ability to industry analyst with grid more sustainable. The electric grid, constantly taxed by the chal- of design innovation on the Mac especially considering Dell's near- The software that would make update its vehicles’ software over Edmunds.com, a website that platform has slowed considerably. ly bezel-free XPS 13 starts at an lenging of balancing energy input and output, does not store energy. Tesla vehicles fully self-driving still the air. High-end Model S and tracks new cars. “It’s hard to get Thus, the amount of renewable energy, which varies greatly, on the grid The last truly new model was the even lower price. needs to be validated, and the sys- Model X vehicles equipped with excited about something you can’t 12-inch MacBook in 2015. Apple's And yes, Mac fans can choose is inherently limited. The newly discovered process could be used to tem hasn’t been approved by reg- hardware for full autonomy are al- do, and you can’t really utilize store excess electricity generated from renewable sources like solar and other laptops, the MacBook Air either a MacBook Pro or 12-inch ulators. The company expects to ready in production, and the Model this.” Tesla’s effort to introduce and the MacBook Pro, haven't MacBook if they want a gorgeous wind, Rondinone said. reach those milestones in time, ul- 3, the company’s mid-priced se- the next generation of autonomous “Utilities are always attempting to balance generation versus load, seen anything other than minor Apple high-res Retina display. But timately leading to vehicles that dan slated for delivery late next driving capability comes as the spec bumps -- stuff like newer In- both are pricier, and the Pro is con- producing versus using. We’re proposing this as an opportunity to Mr. Musk said would be signifi- year, will have it as well, Mr. Musk auto maker faces increasing scruti- tel chips, faster Wi-Fi, more mem- siderably heftier. balance on the load side. If there’s extra energy, it can be converted to cantly less dangerous than current said. Previously built vehicles ny over the semi-autonomous Au- ory -- in the past several years, That said, the current rumor ethanol and distributed and used with our current system,” he said. cars. without the new hardware won’t topilot system. The current ver- although that may change by next mill points to the Air hanging Going forward, Rondinone said he hopes other teams of scientists “It will take us some time into have the fully autonomous fea- sion uses cameras, sensors and ra- week. Before the upcoming event, around as an entry-level laptop for can take his team’s discovery and expand on it in ways in creative ways. the future to complete validation tures. The new hardware will ini- dar to control vehicle speed and the only "new" Mac so far in 2016 Mac fans, possibly with an up- “We are basic scientists doing nanotechnology,” he noted. “We don’t of the software and to get the re- tially lack some capabilities of Au- steering under certain driving con- has been the refreshed version of graded Intel CPU and USB-C do big prototypes, industrial prototypes. We do small experiments to quired regulatory approval, but the topilot, including automatic emer- ditions. While not a fully self-driv- that 12-inch MacBook -- again, just ports. MacBook understand the science.” For now, this unexpected research advance- important thing is that the foun- gency braking, collision warning, ing system, it is regarded as a ma- a faster chip dropped into last The simple name of this lap- ment proves a larger point, Rondonine said. dation is laid for the cars to be ful- lane holding and active cruise con- jor step toward that end. year's body. top, "MacBook," without any Pro Editor's note, October 19, or Air modifiers, accurately reflects 2016:A version of this article was its strictly enforced minimalism. originally published August 12. It Even in its second generation, the has been updated with new infor- 12-inch MacBook has just a single NASA'S JUNO PROBE SI DELI NED mation about Apple's upcoming USB-C port, a single 12-inch dis- October 27 media event. play option, and only two config- If you're looking for the latest urations -- Intel Core m3/256GB and greatest in the never-ending or Core m5/512GB (plus a few race toward newer and better sys- color options -- something that JUST BEFORE JUPI TER FLYBY tem specs, that slow pace of may eventually filter to other change might be important. New Macs). Despite this, or perhaps NASA's Juno spacecraft has en- technologies, including the latest because of it, I recently declared countered its second problem at Core i-series Intel processors, that it was my current overall fa- Jupiter in less than a week. USB-C ports, OLED displays, vorite laptop. That's because its The probe went into a protec- 4K-resolution screens, and new small size, relatively long battery tive "safe mode" at 1:47 a.m. EDT graphics chips, are regularly turn- life, and optimized combination of (0547 GMT) this morning (Oct. ing up in new laptops from Dell, operating system and multi-touch 19), preventing the spacecraft from Lenovo, HP, Acer and others. For touchpad controls were perfectly gathering any data during today's the most part, MacBook owners suited for my mobile computing highly anticipated second close have been left out of many of these needs -- which basically means flyby of the solar system's largest innovations. hanging out in coffee shops and planet, NASA officials said. "At So, as we head into a near-cer- writing a lot. Even its shallow key- the time safe mode was entered, tain refresh next week, here's a look board didn't deter me, although it's the spacecraft was more than 13 at where we stand right now on not my favorite, and it required an hours from its closest approach to each of Apple's laptop lines. adjustment period to get comfort- Jupiter," Juno project manager MacBook Pro able with. (And some folks can Rick Nybakken, of NASA's Jet With Apple confirming a "spe- never quite make the transition.) Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade- cial event" for next Thursday with Leading into upcoming Apple na, California, said in a statement the tag line "hello again" -- recall- event, this has been the only Mac- today. [Awesome Jupiter Photos ing Mac events of yore -- it's wide- Book with a 2016 refresh so far, by NASA's Juno] "We were still ly assumed a new version of the making it the freshest system in quite a ways from the planet's more MacBook Pro will make its debut. the Apple bunch. So an upgrade intense radiation belts and magnet- That would be the third major it- here is highly unlikely, but it ic fields," Nybakken added in the eration, after the 2006 original and wouldn't be impossible for Apple same statement. "The spacecraft the 2012 MacBook Pro with Ret- to maybe tweak some internal is healthy, and we are working our ina display. components, or change some pric- standard recovery procedure." Besides the presumed thinner ing options. Juno went into safe mode when a bodies, these new systems will Where we stand (for now) "software-performance monitor" reportedly replace the familiar Put together, we have an Ap- caused the probe's onboard com- function key row with an OLED ple laptop lineup bookended by puter to reboot, NASA officials touch strip, which may also in- one very new product, the 12-inch said. The issue is not related to an clude a Touch ID fingerprint read- MacBook, and one very old prod- apparent problem with a set of er borrowed from the iPhone. New uct, the non-retina 13-inch Mac- valves in Juno's propulsion sys- AMD graphics options and a larg- Book Pro (possibly one of the last tem, the officials added. The valve er touchpad are also part of the 13-inch laptops in the universe issue, which was publicly dis- ed Juno from the spacecraft's cur- ter, NASA officials have said. The magnetic fields in detail. This in- than 30 times in the final 14-day current speculation. with an optical drive). In the mid- closed Friday (Oct. 14), caused rent, highly elliptical, 53-day or- $1.1 billion Juno mission launched formation should reveal key in- orbit before the mission wraps up For the MacBook Pro, that dle, the aging MacBook Air looks Juno's handlers to postpone the bit to a 14-day path — the probe's in August 2011 and arrived at the sights about how Jupiter, and the in February 2018. The spacecraft would be the first real system up- like it might get a minor update at spacecraft's final engine burn. The final science orbit. gas giant this past July 4. Juno's rest of the solar system, formed gathers most of its useful data dur- date since May 2015. But, the ac- best (and the 11-inch version of maneuver was originally scheduled The earliest this burn can now main science goal involves map- and evolved, mission team mem- ing each orbit's close flyby; at tual look and feel of the current the Air look increasingly likely as to take place during today's close be performed is Dec. 11, during ping out Jupiter's internal struc- bers have said. The original plan most other times, Juno is quite far Retina-display MacBook Pro 13 a candidate for the old product re- Jupiter flyby; it would have shift- Juno's next Jupiter close encoun- ture, composition, gravity and calls for Juno to circle Jupiter more from Jupiter. and 15-inch models really dates tirement home). FRIDAY .OCTOBER 21, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

LOS ANGELES: Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson won apolo- gies and retractions on Tuesday, from two US tabloids who claimed the Hollywood couple was divorc- ing. According to them, Hanks was in love with his co-stars Meg Ryan or Felicity Jones. The National Enquirer and Star Magazine, both properties of American Media Inc, issued state- ments, changed their online stories and will run corrections in their upcoming print editions. Hanks and Wilson, who have been married for 28 years, said, in a statement, that in the past they had laughed off tabloid stories eed more proof that Oscar de la Renta’s timeless designs can work on women about their “soon-to-be acrimoni- of all ages? Look no further than Taylor Swift and Amal Alamuddin, who ous divorce because those stories have been spotted in the same outfits by the designer multiple times. As were so far from true.” But with their 29th anniversary coming up compiled from Instyle, here is how the two power women brought out their fash- in April, the couple claimed they ion A-game. considered their marriage to be “the foundation of our family” and that such stories were “lies we would not put up with any longer.” Hanks starred with Ryan in successful 1990s movies like Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail. British actress Jones is his co-star in the new adventure mov- ie Inferno. “We did not intend to report that Tom Hanks was hav- ing any kind of an inappropriate said in a statement on its website. Its issue for October 10 had run a report saying, “$400 million marriage relationship with Meg Ryan, or crumbling over Hanks’ love for Ryan.” Star Magazine also apologised for an October 3 report, saying, “We did that he and Rita Wilson were di- not intend to report that Tom Hanks was having any kind of an inappropriate relationship with Felicity Jones vorcing,” the National Enquirer or that he and Rita Wilson were divorcing.”

Mukesh Bhatt, President of the which will screen Ae Dil Hai Mush- government of today should have Film and Television Producers kil remain safe. zero tolerance towards, violence.” Guild of India, on Thursday here Asked if they didn’t have full Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has be- met Union Home Minister Ra- faith in the Mumbai Police, he said: come the first target of those who jnath Singh, who assured them of “I will give them 200 per cent are against inclusion of Pakistani a “great Diwali” with a safe and marks to Mumbai police. But the artistes in Indian films after the secure release of Karan Johar’sAe film isn’t releasing just in Mum- September 18 Uri attack which Dil Hai Mushkil on October 28 — bai. We want to safeguard our- killed 19 Indian soldiers in Jammu two days before the festival of selves, so who better than the home and Kashmir. The attack was fol- lights. MNS workers arrested for minister? It is his domain.” lowed by surgical attacks that In- protesting outside theaters against Before his meeting with Singh, dia conducted across LoC. The ADHM Bhatt said that it is, as a citizen, subsequent bilateral unrest be- Bhatt, along with singer-poli- that he feels it’s his “right to feel tween India and Pakistan had a spill tician Babul Supriyo, met Singh to safe”. “We want to celebrate Di- over in film industries on both sides appeal for security amid vandal- wali. We want to get entertained of the border. While the Maharash- ism threats from the Maharashtra with a good family entertainer film. tra Navnirman Sena (MNS) issued Navnirman Sena (MNS), which is I feel that the state is definitely an ultimatum to Pakistani artistes against the movie’s release as it going to give me support and pro- to quit India, the Indian Motion features Pakistani actor Fawad tection against people who want Picture Producers Association PARIS: It isn’t – until you think Khan. “We are entertainers. We are to create violence for no reason,” passed a resolution asking produc- about it – an obvious career move interested in working with artistes, he said. Bhatt also said “people ers to avoid working with talent for a movie star. and not whether they belong to Pa- are free to see the movie”. from Pakistan. Then, the Cinema Hollywood actress Scarlett kistan, China or Africa,” Bhatt told Won’t engage with Pakistani Owners and Exhibitors Association Johansson is opening a popcorn the media after meeting Singh. talent under current circumstanc- of India announced single screen shop. Not just any old popcorn As the head honcho of the pro- es, says Karan Johar theaters in Maharashtra, Goa and joint but a gourmet one in Paris, ducers’ guild, Bhatt had earlier met “India is a free country, but at Gujarat won’t screen “Ae Dil Hai the gastronomic capital of the a Mumbai police representative to least you should not stop people Mushkil”. MNS has been open world, where she spends much appeal for police protection to and then stop people violently. about condemning the idea of re- of her time. ensure that the city’s theaters That is something I feel that the leasing of the movie. And the 31-year-old singer and model is even going to serve customers with her own fair hand. The star of “Lost in Trans- lation” and “Under the Skin” will be serving up truffle, parmesan Both ladies recently donned a floral number from the design house, which featured short sleeves, a and sage flavoured popcorn – her cinched waist and a bright red flower pattern accented with pops of blue and chartreuse. The Bad personal favourite – to punters Blood hit maker gave the dress a youthful spin by teaming it with green pumps and an Elie Tahari when her Yummy Pop shop cross-body bag in the same shade. Swift’s bright red pout finished off the ultra-feminine look. Mrs. opens in the city’s Marais dis- Clooney, on the other hand, paired the dress with a white Ferragamo fringed handbag, yellow ballet trict on Saturday, her spokesper- flats and a pair of cat-eye sunglasses for a look that was decidedly more grown up. If this had been son said. a who wore it best competition, we’d call this a draw. 10 highest paid-actresses in the world, according to Forbes The concept is a labour of love with her French husband, advertising executive Romain Dauriac. And the couple hope that if their “Real Vermont Ched- dar” and other savoury and sweet recipes are a hit, they will open other shops elsewhere. Her spokesman in Los An- geles said the actress was pas- sionate about popcorn, adding that it was cooked and mixed fresh on the spot with seasonal ingredients. The couple worked with chef Will Horowitz of Ducks Eater and Harry and Ida’s in New York on their menu, which also in- cludes popcorn that comes with sea salt and olive oil, “Real Ver- mont Maple”, strawberries and cream and chocolate covered strawberries. Dauriac’s sister Rose will manage the shop. Johansson’s timing could not be better. The French capital is Film, 'Ishq Junoon-The Heat Is On', currently riding a wave of Amer- produced by the popular director ican influenced food trends, from Anil Sharma's brother Anuj Sharma brunches and artisan coffee and directed by their brother Sanjay shops to hamburgers, with some Sharma is a bold, romantic, sexy 70 percent of restaurants putting musical film which is slated for re- them on the menu, according to a lease on November 11, 2016. The recent study. lead role is played by Akshay Rang- Johansson’s spokesperson shahi, who is the son of DSP Ashok said the Paris shop would close Rangshahi of Indore (M.P). Akshay after its “soft opening” on Sat- is playing the role of Veer and it is urday to “they can fine tune ev- his first film.Akshay had to shoot a erything with what they learn bedroom sequence with actress Di- from customers before the grand vya Singh for the film, that too in opening”, which is likely to be front of the entire unit members. before the end of the year. FRIDAY .OCTOBER 21, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Nick Kyrgios cleared to play on NBA All Star Weekend in February

the same. I'm sorry, until the last Wednesday's defeat was the worst day of my career as a coach I will defeat of his career, the City boss try to play from our goalkeeper. added: "No. [The worst] was at "Sometimes there are mistakes Real Madrid when I was at Bay- and sometimes you have to kick ern Munich. In that moment I the ball out but most of the time, didn't make the correct decisions. when we play good, it starts from "We lost 4-0 so yes, it is bad, but there." He added: "It always diffi- not given the club's situation. We cult to play against Barcelona with are a new club, we are in the pro- 11 players so with 10 the game cess of getting to know each other was over. Until then the game was and we are a club who weren't in open. "The last time I was here Europe for 35 years. "We came here [with Bayern] we controlled the and played with huge personality, game but didn't create any chanc- with good high pressing and dealt es, today we created enough. "We with long balls to Luis Suarez and Nick Kyrgios will be free to play arrived at their by-line many times Neymar, which is not easy. "We in an NBA celebrity game in Feb- and we created enough chances to kept the ball, we created clear ruary after being released from a score one or two goals. When Bar- chances and they scored through tennis commitment. celona's strikers arrive they pun- Fernandinho's slip. We started the The Australian is currently ish you because they have a lot of second half really well and created banned from the ATP Tour over quality but, with exception to the chances with Kevin De Bruyne. his behaviour at the recent goal (Messi's first), we were in "Of course after that we played Shanghai Masters, where he gave control. Claudio Bravo of 10 against 11 against Barcelona and up on a game against Mischa Manchester City handles the shot were soon 2-0 down." City were Zverev. from Luis Suarez of Barcelona out- left to rue a host of missed chanc- Kyrgios last year admitted side of his area "But it's only Oc- es on a night where Barcelona were he would rather play basketball tober, we've lost a game, it's not not at their scintillating best. Pep than tennis, and organisers of quarter-finals so in two weeks we Guardiola's four-game winless run Rotterdam's ABN Amro event have one more game and, of course, is among his worst ever For the have agreed to release the world we will have to win two games second game running, City were No 14 from his contract so he from three to quality for the last without talisman Sergio Aguero as can take part in the NBA's All 16. "We knew the group would be Guardiola named the Argentine on Star Weekend in New Orleans. tough and now have to analyse the bench, a decision he revealed Tournament director Richard Pep Guardiola highlighted Claudio from the back. Barca the initiative in a game in hat-trick, before Neymar added what happened and rest for the next he made consciously. "It was my Krajicek, a former Wimbledon Bravo's dismissal as the turning Trailing to Lionel Messi's which they had failed to hit their gloss to the victory late on. game against Southampton." 'Hart decision [not to start Aguero]," champion, said: "We could hold point in Manchester City's hum- opener, Chile international Bravo usual heights. When asked about his philos- wouldn't have seen red' Joe Hart Guardiola said. "He was OK (not him to his word, but we think it bling on his return to Barcelona – was shown a straight red card for City continued to be architects ophy on goalkeepers playing out wouldn't have made Claudio Bra- injured). "I wanted more players does not make much sense to put but defended his philosophy con- deliberately handballing Luis of their own downfall as Messi from the back, Guardiola said: vo clanger against Barcelona, says in that position and that was the him on as he is not 100 per cent cerning goalkeepers playing out Suarez's goal-bound shot, giving punished errors to complete his "There will be no change. It stays Niall Quinn Asked whether reason why." motivated "We did it because you saw what happened in China when he was tired and [tennis] has lit- tle meaning. Kyrgios prefers his passion over his profession. Why Nick Kyrgios has avoiding an eight-week ban for his behaviour at last week's Shanghai Masters "He is doing the right thing because he gets crazy if he only thinks about tennis for six months." Kyrgios was initially banned for eight weeks for "conduct contrary to the integrity of the game" in Shanghai, but that sus- pension was later reduced to Alberto Contador believes the re- three weeks after he apologised duced amount of time trialling in and agreed to see a sports psy- next year’s Tour de France will chologist. make for a more open race. The 21-year-old has received The 2017 edition contains two a public coaching offer, mean- individual time trials totalling while, from eight-time Grand 36km, which is 18.5km less than Slam winner Jimmy Connors. this year's 54.5km. Writing on his Twitter page Chris Froome won July's race the American, who used to coach comfortably after making gains of Andy Roddick, said: "Kyrgios - more than three minutes on all of you want to be the best, come his closest rivals in the time trials, see me. You will learn to play, but Contador thinks next summer's excite, and to win!! It's your route will make life much harder choice - or just be mediocre!" for the defending champion. Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Tour, where he is racing from Robin van Persie: Thursday to Sunday this week, he said: "I haven't looked at the pro- Sir Alex Ferguson files, but it's not bad that they exit behind haven't got a flat time trial of 50 or 55km. "I like that it is more short Manchester and I think also this will make the race more open until the final. We United departure will try to take all the opportuni- ties that we have in the race." Contador suffered a torrid 2016 Tour, crashing twice in the opening two days and then quit- him and both Peter Sagan and Ra- stronger challenge for the yellow races. "In the end you need a pro- ting the race on stage nine as a re- fal Majka freed to pursue their jersey. gramme where the team is at 100 sult of his injuries and illness. own goals. Contador will join He added: "I think there will per cent in the Tour and I think He also had problems within Trek-Segafredo next season and is be a more clear objective in the dif- that next year, we will focus ev- his Tinkoff team, with certain confident that a more unified ap- ferent races. It's hard to have a very erything on the overall, and this is team-mates not willing to work for proach will help him mount a good team around you in all the crucial."

Robin van Persie says he might still be playing for Manchester Unit- Gegard Mousasi has told Conor get into his head? He can do what- ed, if Sir Alex Ferguson was in McGregor to stop acting like a ever he wants but if you're in the charge. The forward was signed by "cry baby" following a recent Twit- spotlight, and you dish it out, then Ferguson in 2012 and was voted ter exchange over comments made you shouldn't be a cry baby." Player of the Year in his first sea- at UFC 204. Mousasi also responded to son after scoring 31 goals in Unit- Iranian-born Dutchman middleweight champion Michael ed's title-winning campaign. Mousasi told the MMA Hour Bisping who recently said on the New York Giants' star wide receiv- er Odell Beckham Jr. has missed But, after Ferguson retired at podcast that he received threaten- MMA Hour podcast that fighting the end of that season, Van Per- ing messages on Twitter after he the Dutchman would be "bad busi- practice with a hip injury - and sie's form dipped and he left Old criticised the UFC featherweight ness". could be a doubt for Sunday's game Trafford to join Fenerbahce in champion following Mousasi's win However, Mousasi insists a with Los Angeles Rams. 2015. over Vitor Belfort in Manchester. fight against Bisping will happen Coach Ben McAdoo said he is Ahead of facing his former side McGregor has yet to respond eventually, where he believes he taking a day-to-day approach as on Thursday evening as Fener- to Mousasi's claims but the 31- would be the favourite and says he deals with a hip pointer sus- bahce travel to United in the Euro- year-old middleweight stands by he disagreed with the judges scor- tained in Sunday's 27-23 win over pa League, he has revealed how his comments and believes 'Noto- ing in the Englishman's recent title Baltimore. things might have turned out dif- rious' copied the social media blue- defence against Dan Henderson. Beckham had a stunning game, ferently. print of retired boxer Floyd May- McGregor won his welter- catching eight passes for 222 yards "We will never know. It could weather to increase his profile. weight rematch with Nate Diaz at and two touchdowns, including a have been that I could have been a "They asked me a question UFC 202 player for Manchester United to- about respect so I answered that McGregor won his welter- winning 66-yard catch and run with 1:24 to play. day," he said. "When I signed that with an example," he said. "McGre- weight rematch with Nate Diaz at was the idea, that Sir Alex would gor dishes out so he has to take it. UFC 202 stay on for a few more years, but He shouldn't be a cry baby. He says "The Bisping fight will hap- Odell Beckham Jr celebrated in football things change, you can't a lot of things about everyone so pen sooner or later if he has the in style after his touchdown plan your own path or your he should be able to take it. belt or not," Mousasi said. "I fought against the Baltimore Ravens coach's path. "He's a good fighter, but the two times on the same card as The Giants (3-3) will practice "In this world you have to deal way he promotes himself, he's Bisping and we were scheduled to on Thursday and then travel to with how it comes." cocky, he overdoes it, he has no fight in London [at UFC Fight London for the game at Twicken- Van Persie, who has scored 17 class. I didn't say this before but Night 84]. "I would say he's a top ham on Sunday against the Los goals in 35 appearances for the now that he sent me that message six middleweight. I think if we Angeles Rams (3-3). Turkish side, says he is not dwell- [on Twitter] I say it. fight, I would be the favourite. McAdoo said, however, that ing on his decision ahead of his re- "In the UFC 204 press con- "No one expected him to beat Beckham does not have to prac- turn to Old Trafford. ference, I said he copied May- Luke Rockhold for the belt but he "What happened happened. I weather, that's exactly what he did. got a free pass because of Chris tice this week to play in the game. Long snapper Zak DeOssie don't think you have to make it He didn't like it, so he responded Weidman's injury. Against Hend- bigger than it is," he said. "You and sent me a message then I re- erson he showed heart, he had a (ankle) also did not practice on shake hands and move on to the sponded. If you can dish it out then bruised face. Wednesday. next chapter. you should take it. "If you score the knockdown New York have signed long "I'm not that romantic, think- "Of course he's good for the in the first round, it should be a snapper Tyler Ott to their prac- ing 'that was the moment'. I will sport, he promotes a fight. But 10-8 round so Henderson should tice squad in case DeOssie can't just do my lap, go in and prepare does he overdo it? Does the fame have taken it." play. for tomorrow." FRIDAY . OCTOBER 21. 2016 -Mizan 30, 1395 H.S Vol:X Issue No:81 Price: Afs.15

Russia taking Aleppo won’t end civil war: Kerry

the town of Bartalla with the aid of US-led coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery on the fourth day of a massive operation to retake Iraq’s second-largest city. The spe- cial forces are expected to lead the way into Mosul, where they will face fierce resistance in an urban landscape where ISIS militants are preparing for a climactic battle. The offensive is the largest opera- tion launched by Iraqi forces since the 2003 US-led invasion. It is ex- pected to take weeks, if not months. The Kurdish forces known as Peshmerga, who are also taking part in the offensive, an- nounced a “large-scale operation” to the north and northeast of Mo- sul on Thursday. “The operation US Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday. The Syrian army has said will be in three fronts,” the Pesh- warned Russia on Wednesday that it is opening eight corridors to pro- merga said in a statement, and fol- seizing the city of Aleppo will not vide safe passage for the more than lows recent gains by the Peshmer- help end the Syrian civil war and 250,000 civilians trapped in rebel ga to the east of Mosul and Iraqi may further radicalize opposition areas to leave the city. It has said security forces to the south. Amer forces. Speaking as officials from two of them can also be used by al-Jabbar, a 30-year-old soldier the US, Russia and Syria’s neigh- rebel fighters but called on them to with the Iraqi special forces, said bors met in Geneva to seek ways leave behind their weapons. UN he was happy to be taking part in to restore a ceasefire in the civil envoy Staffan de Mistura said the the attack and hoped to avenge two war, Kerry said Russia's bombard- truce would be long enough to safe- brothers killed while fighting for ment of rebel-held areas was a ly evacuate just 200 wounded from the Iraqi security forces. “I had mistake. Moscow argues that it is the devastated east of the city. one brother who became a martyr supporting Syrian leader Bashar ‘Strongly condemn’ Russia in 2007 and another who became a al-Assad against al-Qaeda-linked EU leaders plan to “strongly con- Iraqi forces are “advancing faster conference link to an international ISIS in Mosul and arrived in the ince. Iraqi special forces join Mo- martyr in 2014,” he said. “I want “terrorists” and blames Washing- demn” Russia at their summit on than expected” in a major offen- meeting co-hosted by France and region in recent days. The official sul offensive Iraqi special forces to avenge them and I’m ready to ton for failing to separate moder- Thursday for its alleged attacks on sive to recapture Mosul from ISIS Iraq on the future of Iraq's second added that the displaced people joined the Mosul offensive on die.” An intense gun battle erupt- ate rebels from the hardliners. But, civilians in Syria’s Aleppo, urge an militants, Iraqi Prime Minister city following the start of the of- who are Arabs, mostly women, Thursday with a pre-dawn advance ed as the convoy of some 1,000 speaking in Washington after talks end to fighting and call for a re- Haider al-Abadi said Thursday. fensive this week. A Kurdish offi- children and elderly people have on a nearby town held by ISIS, special forces made its way toward with his South Korean counter- vived political process. A draft of “We are advancing faster than cial in northeastern Syria said that crossed the border since October encountering heavy fire. Gen. Bartalla. The troops were around part, Kerry said: “Every bomb their planned statement omits the we had expected and planned,” thousands of Iraqis fleeing the 16 and are currently staying in a Maan al-Saadi said the elite Coun- 15 kilometers (nine miles) from that’s dropped by Russia and the threat of sanctions, despite such Abadi said, speaking on a video- fighting in the offensive against refugee camp in the Hasaka prov- terterrorism Forces advanced on Mosul. Assad regime is radicalizing more calls from the United States and and more people.” Britain, but it sharpens the tone “If you don’t have a political against Russia. “The European Khamenei’s settlement you can’t have peace Council strongly condemns the Turkey:Army kills up to 200 YPGfighters in Aleppo and so Russia needs to understand attacks by the Syrian regime and favorite this is not making things better, its allies, notably Russia, on civil- The Turkish military said its fight- The Syrian Observatory for ia In August, Turkey launched a said it will not allow a "terror cor- it’s making things worse. And we ians in Aleppo,” according to the reciter hit by er jets hit Syrian Kurdish targets Human Rights, a monitoring group, ground operation in northern Syr- ridor" on its southern border and have put on the table an opportu- draft. It asks them to urgently al- rape claims in northern Syria, and killed up to said at least nine YPG fighters were ia, targeting the Islamic State of Iraq wants to prevent the joining of the nity for Russia to make a differ- low “unhindered humanitarian ac- 200 fighters, according to state confirmed killed and 26 people and the Levant (ISIL, also known Kurdish "cantons" of Afrin and ent choice, a simple choice,” he cess to Aleppo” and to other parts Rape victims are coming forward media. were injured in some 20 raids. as ISIS) group and the YPG, and Kobane. said. ‘Humanitarian pause’ of Syria while calling “for an im- alleging the one of Iran’s leading The jets hit 18 targets in Maar- Anadolu said nine buildings continues to maintain a military "It will be interesting to see A “humanitarian pause” an- mediate cessation of hostilities and Quran readers sexually molested rat Umm Hawsh, a region north of used as YPG headquarters, meet- presence in the neighbouring coun- what the United States has to say nounced by Russia went into ef- for resumption of a credible polit- them. Saeed Toosi is considred the city of Aleppo, the official ing points, shelters and weapons try. The US considers the YPG to about the attack Turkey has car- fect on Thursday in the Syrian ical process under UN auspices.” one of Iran’s most celebrated news agency Anadolu said. depots were destroyed as well as be a key force in the fight against ried out on the force [the US] sees army’s devastating Moscow- The draft warns that “those Quran reader and was once con- Quoting the army, the report four vehicles. ISIL in Syria. as effective in fighting ISIL in Syr- backed assault on rebel-held areas responsible for breaches of inter- sidered an “exemplary model to claimed that between 160 and 200 Al Jazeera was unable to inde- Turkey says the group is an ia ," said Al Jazeera's Mohammed of Aleppo to allow civilians and national humanitarian law and hu- be followed” according to Khame- fighters from the YPG (People's pendently verify the death toll. extension of its own outlawed Adow, reporting from Gaziantep fighters who want to leave. Rus- man rights law must be held ac- nei, current Supreme Leader of Protection Units) group were killed The Anadolu report said the Kurdish fighters - the Kurdistan - a Turkish border town near Syr- sia has said the pause will contin- countable.” In it the 28 leaders also Iran. The 46-year-old represen- in the raids on Wednesday night. YPG had attacked Turkish-backed Workers' Party (PKK) - who have ia. Turkey entered the Syrian war ue until at least 1600 GMT and ask EU foreign policy chief Feder- tative of Iran in the international A Syrian-Kurdish forces lead- Syrian rebels. carried out a series of deadly at- to try and remove ISIL from its could be extended. The Syrian ica Mogherini and the European Quranic competition, and the er, however, said that while Turk- However, the Observatory tacks in Turkey over the past year. border - which last month Ankara army has said it will last three Commission, the EU executive, to winner of the first prize both in- ish jets and artillery were attack- said it had no information on such Tensions between Turkey and said it achieved - while also aiming days. Syrian and Russian war- continue pursuing medical evacu- ternationally and locally, has re- ing, no more than 10 fighters had an incident. the US have increased over the to halt the westward advance of planes already halted strikes on ations in cooperation with the portedly raped seven of his stu- been killed so far. US-Turkey tension over Syr- YPG, but Ankara has repeatedly the YPG. rebel districts from 0700 GMT on United Nations. dents aged between 12 ad 14, during the past seven years. They decided to shed light on their cas- es and bring it to the public while an Iranian court attempts at cov- Australia lifts gag order on doctors treating refugees ering up the sexual scandal under supposed direct orders from the The Australian government has ethical duties are paramount," that conditions on Nauru, where ing and intimidating advocates has had a chilling effect on the disclosure of information about violations in off- Khamenei and the Supreme Judi- quietly lifted the threat of jailing Doctors 4 Refugees said in a state- about 400 Australian-bound asy- shore processing," Forst wrote in his End of Mission Statement. cial authorities. Toosi adds up to doctors who speak out against ment. lum seekers are held "amount to a growing list of scandal facing child abuse and neglect of asylum Immigration and Border Pro- torture" . Tehran, after series of economic seekers in detention, doctors' law- tection Minister Peter Dutton did Australian PM denies Nauru ones have preoccupied the Irani- yers revealed on Thursday. not immediately respond to a re- prison camp claims Amesty's re- an public. In a television program Doctors 4 Refugees, a volun- quest for comment on Thursday. port came on the heels of an Octo- broadcasted by The Persian Voice teer organisation, launched a High The Border Force Act, which ber 7 UN report accusing the gov- of America , three of the rape vic- Court challenge in July to the con- became law last year, makes it a ernments of Australia and Nauru tims said that they have written stitutional validity of secrecy pro- criminal offense punishable by two of failing to protect children held evidence and audio recordings visions within the Border Force years in prison for a broadly de- in detention. clearly pointing to Toosi in which Act. Doctors 4 Refugees reviewed fined "entrusted person" within Additionally, a United Nations he admitted with his own hand- cases from Australia's offshore the immigration regime to disclose human rights investigator said this writing that it his actions were a prisons on Nauru and Manus is- "protected information". week that Australia's government “mistake”. In an audio recording lands. [Al Jazeera] Fitzgerald said the doctors has become increasingly secretive , Toosi is heard saying the that Doctors argue the provisions were continuing their case, adding through a range of new laws, in- Khamenei is well aware of the gagged them from speaking pub- teachers and social workers who cluding the gag on officials speak- situation, and had agreed with the licly about conditions in Austra- work with asylum seekers should ing out about conditions at Aus- head of the judiciary authority lia-run immigration camps on re- also not be gagged by the threat of tralia-run immigration camps in Sadek Larijani to cover up the case mote islands. The doctors' legal prison. Nauru and Papua New Guinea. in order to safeguard the reputa- team discovered in court docu- Under Australia's tough immi- Michel Forst, the UN's Spe- tion of the Quranic institution in ments this week that the govern- gration policy, asylum seekers in- cial Rapporteur on human rights Iran. One of the victims, a first ment had exempted health profes- tercepted trying to reach the coun- defenders, recommended that Aus- prize winner in one of the recent Quranic competition, alleged that sionals from the secrecy provisions try by boat are sent for processing tralia review its secrecy laws, in- Toosi took advantage of him shortly before lodging its legal de- at a camp in Nauru or to Manus cluding the "stifling" Border Force when he was his companion for a fence, lawyer Meghan Fitzgerald Island in Papua New Guinea and Act, to remove provisions that competition abroad. He deliber- said. A government website shows are not eligible for resettlement in contravene human rights princi- ately booked one hotel room the change took effect on October Australia. ples. where he molested and raped the 1, exempting a wide range of health Allegations of rights abuses Forst said he had been assured then 12-year-old. The victims professionals, including doctors, Several rights groups have re- by government officials during his added that they filed complaints midwives, podiatrists and nutri- leased reports in recent weeks on two-week visit to Australia that against the Quranic reader to of- tionists. "The government has rights abuses in one of Australia's no one had yet been charged under ficials in the House of the Lead- been forced into a back down as a offshore prisons for migrants and the Border Protection Act. ership after they were were ad- result of the advocacy of health refugees on the island of Nauru. "This may well be the case, vised to. professionals who owe a duty of Australia on Tuesday rejected but the Act's existence and gov- care to ... their patients and whose a claim by Amnesty International ernment actions aimed at censor-

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