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Chaman border crossing reopens after 2 weeks of closure PESHAWAR: Islamabad reopened At a meeting on Wednesday, At Tuesday’s meeting, the Spin Boldak-Chaman Friend- when the neighbours agreed on re- Dawn TV reported,Afghan ship Gate, a key border crossing opening the border, Afghan offi- officials delivered to their Pa- KABUL : President Ashraf issue that was also discussed in ers of the president and the CEO between Pakistan and Afghanistan cials strongly denounced the burn- kistani counterparts a letter, Ghani and Chief Executive detail at the previous meetings. and improving the government’s that was closed two weeks back, ing of the Pakistani flag and the in which the Ashraf Ghani Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Ghani and Abdullah discussed performance. NDS claims on Thursday. attack on the Friendship Gate. administration condemned the Abdullah met for a fourth time appointments based on the politi- On August 11, Dr. Abdullah The border crossing was Amid enhanced security on Aug 18 incident. The closure on the implementation of the cal agreement, consultations on criticised Ghani’s leadership and closed after Afghan demonstrators both sides, cross-border trade ac- drew howls of protest from political agreement on the na- vital issues, service-oriented pub- said he was obliged to make public nabbing torched Pakistan’s flag and at- tivities restarted on Thursday, Afghan businessmen, besides tional unity government. lic representation, meritocracyand his differences with the tacked the gate. During the two- with thousands of stranded trucks affecting supplies to NATO A statement from Abdul- genuine electoral reforms. president.He alleged key pledges week closure, traders on both sides and containers resuming move- forces and UNHCR-assisted lah’s office said Thursday the Both agreed on the enforce- like convening a Loya Jirga, amend- would-be suffered heavy losses. ment, TV footage showed. repatriation of refugees. top government leaders held ment of the accord on forming the ing the Constitution and introduc- talks on Wednesday evening unity government, cooperation on ing electoral reforms had not been on breaking the deadlock, an national affairs, defining the pow- honoured so far. (Pajhwok) suicide bombers in Nangarhar KABUL: Two would-be suicide bombers have been detained in Jala- labad, the capital of southeastern Nangarhar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Thursday. The teenage detainees -- Sha- kirullah and Sajjad -- hail from the Kandal Atal locality of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. They studied at the Haider Khurd Madrassa, the spy service said. A statement from the intelli- gence network said the bombers planned attacks on sensitive instal- lations on the outskirts of Jalala- bad. Arrested in the border town of Torkham, the boys are under investigation. US CALLS HAQQANI NETWORKA Intelligence agents rescue child The detainees, who reported- ly confessed to their crime, were THREATTO SOUTHASIAN REGION quoted as saying that Qari Bilal, a KABUL: The Haqqani network stan in New York next month Carter were divided on Paki- from kidnappers seminary teacher, had trained them and other terrorist groups in Paki- would be a way forward for decid- stan’s role in the US-led cam- HERAT CITY: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday claimed rescuing a child from on suicide bombing. The arrests stan and along the Afghanistan ing Afghanistan’s future, State paign against the scourge of kidnappers in the Injil district of western Herat province. A statement from the intelligence network said reinforce Afghanistan’s claim that border pose a continued security Department spokesman John Kir- terrorism . Earlier in the week, NDS operatives had detained three men in connection with the kidnapping of the child, named Fahim. terrorist networks enjoy support threat to the entire South Asian by told a news briefing on Tues- Secretary Kerry said Pakistan The minor was abducted two days ago in the Tobaryan village of the Injil district, the spy service and sanctuaries in Pakistan. region and beyond, the US alleges. day. He tended to reject the sug- had taken strong action said, adding the captive was rescued on Wednesday night. According to the NDS statement, which did A trilateral dialogue of the gestion that Secretary of State John against the Haqqani networ- (Pajhwok) not name the suspects, the detainees are currently being investigated. (Pajhwok) United States, India and Afghani- Kerry and Defence Secretary Ash kin recent months. (Pajhwok) FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] byMarwan Bishara Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 117 The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end of their term. Editorial Four months into the job, and John ny, while Kerry has a playful mats is that there are no perma- yourself the right to bomb where Kerry had already met Sergey sense of humour. Both share an nent friends and no permanent en- you please: Afghanistan, Iraq, Ye- Lavrov five times - in Berlin, Lon- appreciation for the good life, good emies. men, and Somalia to name only a don, Brussels, Moscow and Kiru- drinks and designer clothes - good JK: What aggravation? You few. Not to mention your world- na, Sweden - the most meetings old imperialist emissaries of the bring it upon yourselves. wide drone strategy of bombings Kerry has had with any foreign Russian and American mould. SL: We do?! There's something anything or anywhere we like! diplomat. Reportedly, both could be nice psychopathic about your policies. JK: We are in the midst of a One long high-level meeting af- and courteous, but neither is mod- You just don't care how they end war on terror! You do remember 9/ ter another, their formal relation- est. Kerry was known among some up affecting everyone else. We, all 11, don't you? During their election campaigns, the two leaders promised to re- ship gave way to intimate rapport of his colleagues as unrelenting, but of us in this world, need order, not SL: We're in the same boat. In as the two men took long strolls, also as a "gasbag". And Lavrov was chaos. At last we have a pseudo fact, we could be more exposed to form the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Indepen- rode along in the same sleek mo- called formidable but also an world order, an international order terrorism than you are. dent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) after broad-based torcade, enjoyed face-to-face chats "a*****e" in Washington, where based on an interstate system. We JK: So let's agree on the right without their aides. I guess, they they apparently "love to hate him". respect that, you don't. You con- path to stabilise the situation in consensus. The leaders had plans when they were contesting the needed or wanted to keep some Bonding buddies tinue to undermine it. Syria, in order to focus on ISIL. things off the record or top secret. After finishing one of their long JK: Look, unlike you, I've SL: Sure, but soon enough polls. However, it has been nearly two years that they have not Even their body language be- working dinners that went on till fought in a war and have three stars you'll be back on your 23-metre gan to change, reflecting a new midnight discussing Syria and oth- to show for it. I witnessed people yacht and your mansions and materialized their plans. They have not reached consensus on the type of amiable bonding. er stuff, Kerry and Lavrov, for getting massacred and even took penthouses, and I'll be here stuck timeline, scope and nature of reforms in the two electoral bodies. But if it's true what they say whatever reason, toasted the Amer- part in it. I looked people in the with more talking about more of about "opposites attract", the rap- ican B-50 bomber that made the face and shot them. I know all about the same. The result is delayed Wolesi Jirga and district councils election. It port between Kerry and Lavrov world's first nonstop flight around the terrible cost of war and blood- JK: That's all the more reason has certainly evolved into an eerie the world in 1949 with a wine of shed, and that's why I am trying why we should make something has created several legal issues. Legitimacy of the Wolesi Jirga is - perhaps even fatal - attraction. that year's vintage. A 65-year-old hard here to get us to agree on a out of our time - get things done. Bromantics wine! That's just as good of a rea- diplomatic path in Syria and You have a partner. under question because it has completed its term mentioned in the When one speaks of bromance son as any to commemorate any- Ukraine. SL: True, let's focus our ener- Constitution. If the laws were implemented in letter and spirit, most nowadays, Hollywood jumps into thing. SL: You're a sentimental ideal- gies on fighting ISIL. Why don't the picture immediately. Matt I can imagine, based on vari- ist, my friend. You think it could you then just agree with me that of the Wolesi Jirga’s decisions including approval of the presiden- Damon and Ben Affleck, George ous news reports, what they might all work out if we just talk about ISIL is the priority not Assad, and Clooney and Brad Pitt, or if you're have said over a 1949 vintage after it. Well, it doesn't work that way. get it over with; my boss in the tial decree and bills after its five years term would have no legal a Star Trek buff, Kirk and Spock midnight: Believe me; I've been doing the talk- Kremlin is not about to change his are a good example. SL: I read somewhere that your ing for decades. It's just another mind. Yours is more amenable. ground to stand on. The decisions could be challenged in the apex And in the political world, the favourite wine is Latour 61. That's way to cover up real intentions. As any diplomat would tell French and German leaders and pretty fancy stuff. But then you know that all too you, the No 1 rule among diplo- court. architects of the European Union, JK: I don't drink that much. well. mats is that there are no perma- The problems do not lay in the rules and regulations governing Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Hel- My wife is the one who stocks all JK: It doesn't have to be that nent friends and no permanent en- mut Schmidt, Francois Mitterrand our wine cellars. And what about way. By diplomacy we opened up emies. the two electoral bodies. But, public trust over the election com- and Helmut Kohl, Jacques Chirac you and your whisky and chain- a new page with Cuba, Myanmar, They might bond and drink and and Gerhard Schroeder were quite smoking! Iran and even with your Russia. speak of the world from their high mission decreased due to nepotism and favoritism in the body. close and at times looked - but SL: Yes, I do have certain vic- My president understands the lim- towers, but both diplomats realise weren't exactly - intimate. es, but they're pretty inexpensive its of our power and of military the limits of their influence. After Officials at the IEC and IECC remained at core of the problem. At any rate, John and Sergey compared with yours, and besides power. all, they are representatives, and Perhaps, the leaders do not want to address this issue that’s why are tall, athletic and imposing fig- I need something to balance all the SL: I'm not sure if you're actu- not architects of their countries' ures, who share more than a few aggravation you people cause me. ally convinced of what you're say- foreign policy. They both must they have not reached an agreement. If they really want a neutral characteristics. As any diplomat would tell ing, because you have your troops answer to higher authority. And election commission with great check and balance, they shall over- Lavrov has a wry sense of iro- you, the No 1 rule among diplo- deployed everywhere and you give that is no panacea. come their differences on the mechanism and timeline. Afghanistan is not the first and nor will be the last which would reform its electoral system. Therefore, the National Unity Government (NUG) Producing Daesh leaders should learn from the democratic countries in the near and far neighborhood. As India is a biggest democratic country in the militants world and a time-tested friend of Afghanistan, the Afghan leaders shall ask New Delhi for support to overhaul the exhausting elector- al bodies. India is ready to help Afghanistan in this aspect. Elections in Afghanistan always present a scene of a tug-of-war because the candidates want to win the polls at any cost. They do not hesitate in finding legal and illegal ways to reach the halls of power. Thus, only electoral reforms will not help. The government and general public, together, have to fight the mindset. Democracy will remain fragile unless this mindset was fought on intellectual, political and legal fronts. Rigging and influencing the polling pro- cess give birth to regime. Regimes are not supported by public and thus, have fear of collapse before completing the term. The current government is a good example to see and analyze to what extent the public mandate and opinion matter. To overcome the ongoing political crisis, the leaders must build consensus on the electoral reforms to hold the parliamentary and district councils’ elections. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES ELON MUSK FACES CASH SQUEEZE AT TESLA, SOLARCITY Two pillars of Elon Musk’s em- pire are facing financial crunch- Leaders of the United States, Chi- es as the entrepreneur seeks to na and other Group of 20 major combine the two companies economies who meet this week- through a controversial acquisi- end say more trade would shore tion. Tesla Motors Inc., which up sluggish global growth but are makes electric cars, disclosed in tightening their own controls on a securities filing Wednesday imports. China hopes its status as that it has to pay $422 million G20 host will give it more sway in to its bondholders in the third managing the global economy and quarter, and that it will raise ad- has made trade a theme of the ditional money by the end of the meeting in Hangzhou, a scenic lake- year. The purpose of the addi- side city southwest of Shanghai. tional capital, among other Chinese officials say Beijing will things, is to support its pro- propose a plan to promote com- posed merger with home-solar merce through cooperation in fi- company SolarCity Corp. Mr. nance, tax and energy. Musk is the chairman of both Governments also have said companies. they want to discuss climate The filing also revealed that change, efforts to reduce surplus in recent weeks, 15 institutional production capacity in steel and investors passed on either ac- other industries and limits on use quiring SolarCity or injecting of tax havens, though no detailed equity into it. The company is agreements are expected. having difficulty tapping the US President Barack Obama, public markets amid the pro- German Chancellor Angela Mer- posed merger and is facing a li- kel and other leaders will speak out quidity squeeze, the filing indi- against protectionism, their gov- cated. SolarCity’s cash declined ernments say. But at the same time, to $146 million on June 30, from G20 governments are ratcheting up $421 million a year earlier, the restraints on imports of steel and company has reported. other goods, prompting concern Mr. Musk ignited contro- support for global trade might be versy in June when he proposed eroding. combining the two companies. The summit is the first global Detractors characterized the pro- event for British Prime Minister posal as a bailout for SolarCity. Theresa May after her country's Mr. Musk said the deal will save June vote to leave the European money and create a more diverse Union, a move seen by some po- company focused on batteries, litical analysts as the start of a solar energy, automobiles and possible wave of nations pulling heavier vehicles. back from economic integration. In In an interview Wednesday, the United States, France and else- man Economy Minister Sigmar by wrenching change. Yet despite it says are improper subsidies. So far, protectionist measures harder to pursue trade cases. “Pol- Mr. Musk said that he had envi- where, politicians are calling for Gabriel said talks on a US-Euro- such endorsements, G20 econo- Unions for European steelwork- don’t appear to be to blame for iticians on the right or on the far sioned Tesla’s role in solar ener- protection for local industry. pean trade deal “have de facto mies including the United States, ers are calling for investigations of the latest trade slump, said An- left are talking about closing our gy back in 2006 when he laid “Protectionism is resurfacing,” failed,” though EU officials denied Japan and Canada are tightening low-cost Chinese steel exports drew Kenningham of Capital Eco- market,” said Joerg Wuttke, pres- out his initial plan for the auto said a Chinese deputy foreign min- that. import controls in response to they say threaten thousands of nomics. It is due mostly to the end ident of the European Union maker. The combination of the ister, Li Baodong. “In many parts In Hangzhou, Obama will call what they say are unfair foreign jobs. China hit back in April by of an era of rapid growth driven Chamber of Commerce in China. companies, he said, is intended of the world, we have seen calls for an “open, integrated global tactics - and the trend is accelerat- hiking its own tariffs on European by China’s integration into the glo- “This would be terrible.” to remove conflicts of interest for deglobalization.” economy,” according to a senior ing. The number of restrictions steel. “In a world where global com- bal economy and manufacturing China has massive surplus created when the separate enti- This year’s global trade growth American official who described imposed by governments world- merce isn't growing any more, gov- supply chains. production capacity in industries ties do business with one anoth- is forecast by the World Trade the government's plans on condi- wide on imports from machine ernments may conclude that secur- “Admittedly, there has been an including steel, cement and coal er. A Tesla spokeswoman said Organization at an anemic 2.8 per- tion of anonymity. “There are very parts to sugar soared to 150 in the ing larger slices of the world mar- increase in the absolute number of that mushroomed in size during the the merger was “the best way cent - its fifth straight year below real concerns about globalization first quarter of this year, accord- ket ultimately requires tilting the trade-distorting measures imple- economic boom. That has prompt- for Tesla to bring an integrated 3 percent. Global economic growth and technology, but the answer ing to researchers Simon J. Even- commercial landscape against for- mented,” said Kenningham in an ed complaints Beijing is trying to clean energy product to market.” is forecast by the International cannot be to close ourselves off,” ett and Johannes Fritz of the Cen- eign firms,” said Evenett and Fritz email. “However, they have affect- clear a backlog by subsidizing ex- Last week, Mr. Musk and Monetary Fund at an equally lack- the official said in an email. tre for Economic Policy Research in a report in July. That raises the ed only a very small fraction of ports. his cousins—SolarCity Chief luster 3.4 percent. Leaders including South Ko- in London. That was up 50 to 100 possibility of a “negative feedback products traded.” “While so much attention is Executive Lyndon Rive and its Progress on initiatives such as rean President Park Geun-hye say such measures imposed during the loop” of governments responding In May, the EU parliament focused on tariffs targeting dumped technology chief, Peter Rive— Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partner- they will call for “inclusive same periods of 2010-15. to weak trade by doing more to passed a resolution calling for con- steel, in fact, state incentives to disclosed they would together ship and a WTO plan to help poor growth” - a reference to spreading The United States has imposed protect their companies, further trols on Chinese imports in the promote steel exports are a far larg- buy more than 80% of a $124 countries integrate into global mar- economic benefits to millions of import duties of up to 500 per- depressing trade, said Evenett and event Beijing is declared a market er systemic problem,” said Even- million SolarCity bond issue. kets has stalled. On Sunday, Ger- people who have been left behind cent on Chinese steel to offset what Fritz. economy, a status that makes it ett and Fritz. The bonds will pay an annual interest rate of 6.5% and mature in 18 months. Mr. Musk said he bought half of the SolarCity bonds “as a show of faith in the compa- ny.” Before the bond deal was announced, SolarCity’s advisers had asked Tesla to “consider providing SolarCity with short- term financing” amid the pend- ing merger deal, according to Wednesday’s filing. Mr. Musk said the bond sale was a better option. “SolarCity needs emer- gency funds to keep operating, and without the debt they issued to insiders they wouldn’t be able to cover their working capital,” Asian shares dipped on Thursday cent, while Australia's S&P/ASX "Markets aren't showing much Reuters. [ECONUS] the month. Spot gold XAU= slipped 0.1 percent to $1,307.80 an ounce, said Gordon Johnson, a manag- after lower crude oil prices dented 200 index shed 0.3 percent. reaction to the official China PMI, The ADP National Employ- moving back toward its overnight low of $1,304.91, which was its ing director at Axiom Capital Wall Street and a pair of Chinese China's manufacturing activi- even though it edged up slightly ment Report on Wednesday lowest level since June 24. [GOL/] Management Inc. manufacturing surveys did little to ty stagnated in August as growth above the 50-point level," said showed U.S. private employers In its 10-year history, So- inspire investors as markets wait- in output and new orders slowed, Ayako Sera, market strategist at adding 177,000 jobs in August, larCity has notched total reve- ed to see if U.S. employment data prompting companies to shed staff Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. "It slightly above the 175,000 fore- nue of just $1.5 billion, while could put the Federal Reserve on for the 34th month in a row, the did not give much of a lift to Japa- cast by a Reuters survey of econ- amassing $3 billion in debt. Be- track to hike interest rates. private Caixin/Markit Manufactur- nese markets, for which U.S. mar- omists, and contracts to buy pre- cause the company’s operating Crude oil futures took back ing Purchasing Managers' index kets are a bigger factor." viously owned homes surged in costs are high and its profit mar- some lost ground after skidding on (PMI) showed. Its index slipped Japan's Nikkei stock index July. But the dollar's gains were gins are thin, it depends on issu- news of a large weekly build in U.S. to 50.0 in August, the no-change .N225 shrugged off losses and tempered after the Institute for ing debt. SolarCity has a $250 crude and distillate stockpiles and mark which separates expansion managed to end up 0.2 percent. Supply Management-Chicago said million term loan due Dec. 31, a smaller-than-expected draw- of activity from contraction on a The dollar was down 0.1 per- its business barometer dropped 4.3 and $55 million in bonds coming down in gasoline. monthly basis, from 50.6 in July. cent at 103.36 yen JPY=, after ris- points to 51.5 in August, falling due between Sept. 3 and the end "The latest UK manufacturing "Downward pressure on Chi- ing as high as 103.54 on Wednes- short of expectations. of the year. survey could well assuage some na's economy remains and govern- day, its highest since July 29. The Crude oil futures, which post- Tesla’s debt-to-equity ratio concerns about the health of the ment support to stabilize growth euro edged down 0.1 percent to ed robust gains for August, stead- was 145.5% as of June 30, and UK economy in the wake of the must continue," Zhengsheng $1.1148 EUR=. ied after tumbling on Wednesday SolarCity’s was 375.6%, accord- recent Brexit vote, if as expected Zhong, director of macroeconom- Friday's U.S. nonfarm pay- as data from the U.S. Energy In- ing to FactSet Tesla said in we get a rebound from July’s dis- ic analysis at CEBM Group, said rolls report remains this week's formation Administration rekin- Wednesday’s filing it could is- appointing 48.2 reading, with an in a note accompanying the PMI key market focus, after Federal dled fears of a supply glut. [O/R] sue up to 15 million shares to August rebound to 49.1 expected," report. Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer Brent crude futures LCOc1 pay SolarCity shareholders to wrote Michael Hewson, chief mar- But China's official PMI sur- said last week the jobs data will be added 0.4 percent to $47.08 per acquire their company. The fil- ket analyst at CMC Markets in vey was more upbeat and showed a factor in the timing of central bank barrel, after falling 2.8 percent over- ing said the stock-swap offer London. manufacturing activity picked up interest rate hikes. night but still gaining 11 percent now values SolarCity at $24.16 MSCI's broadest index of Asia- unexpectedly in August, nudging Employers are expected to for August. U.S. crude CLc1 rose a share, or roughly $2.4 billion Pacific shares outside Japan up modestly to 50.4, compared have added 180,000 jobs in Au- 0.5 percent to $44.92 after shed- based on Tesla’s closing stock .MIAPJ0000PUS was off its ses- with the previous month's reading gust, according to the median esti- ding 3.6 percent on Wednesday. It price June 21, before its offer sion lows but still down 0.2 per- of 49.9. mate of 89 economists polled by still gained more than 7 percent for was disclosed.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has won terfered in the setting of LPG pric- leum minister Usman Ameenuddin, Balochistan, he said the govern- said though the Bilateral Investment Treaty had been invoked, the government wrote letters to 11 countries a case in the permanent court of es from 2004 to 2008 and that who were holding these portfolios ment had still the option to go for to end the treaty and win the case. arbitration in London filed by LPG made their business unviable. during the Pervez Musharraf gov- an out-of-court settlement. How- terminal company Progas with In order to recover the money ernment, appeared before the Lon- ever, hearings in the case have been $573 million in damages claims borrowed by Progas, banks auc- don court as witnesses and were completed. against the government, Petroleum tioned its assets in 2011 and con- also cross-examined. He thanked LPG cylinders: Punjab backs and Natural Resources Minister sequently state-owned Sui South- the two high-ups for appearing efforts to enforce safety laws Pa- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced ern Gas Company bought the LPG before the court. kistan had submitted new evidence on Wednesday. terminal. According to Abbasi, the The petroleum minister which had made its stance strong, Progas had set up an LPG ter- current government clubbed the claimed that the previous admin- he said, admitting that some offi- minal in 2004, but it was shut down two cases in London and made ef- istration of Pakistan Peoples Par- cials from Quetta had been arrest- in 2008. As a result of failure of forts to pursue and win them. ty did not take interest and make ed on corruption charges in con- the business, Progas filed two After three years of hearings, preparation to fight the case. “The nection with the project. The Na- claims against the Government of the permanent court of arbitration previous government did not ad- tional Accountability Bureau Pakistan – one each in Paris and gave its decision and dismissed the dress the procedural issues,” he (NAB) is investigating the matter. London, holding the country re- case against the Government of said. Abbasi boasted that the regu- Abbasi declared that the gov- sponsible for the loss. Pakistan. Govt to set up LPG air- lation of LPG prices by the gov- ernment had not made any deci- Russia to help Pakistan set up mix plants in hilly areas ernment had turned the terminal sion on revision in natural gas pric- LPG air-mix plants He revealed that the court also into a viable entity. The import of es. He revealed that the second liq- Abbasi said Ali Allawi, the ordered the petitioners to pay $11 LPG through the terminal in- uefied natural gas (LNG) terminal UK-based major shareholder in million to Pakistan to cover the creased 100% and stood at 0.3 would start functioning by the end Progas and brother of a former expenses it incurred during pro- million tons in the past three of June 2017, though the terminal prime minister of Iraq, filed a dam- ceedings of the case. months. The government has also operator had given assurances to ages claim of $70 million and other The petitioners would have to issued licences for setting up LPG the government that it would be claims amounting to $503 million pay interest on this amount if they retail outlets. ready by the start of June next year. were filed by Progas. They invoked fail to release it in 60 days. The Responding to a question about The operator would have to pay a the Bilateral Investment Treaty government has spent $18 to $20 the case filed in the international penalty of $150,000 per day in while filing the claims. million on the case. Abbasi point- court by a foreign consortium that case of delay. Speaking about the He said the petitioners claimed ed out that former prime minister was working on the Reko Diq cop- Progas terminal case, Board of In- that Pakistan government had in- Shaukat Aziz and former petro- per and gold mining project in vestment Chairman Miftah Ismail FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The Food and Drug Administra- significantly. Overdose deaths tion is warning that patients and from taking prescribed or greater- doctors should more fully under- than-prescribed doses of both drug stand the potentially life-threaten- classes nearly tripled, according to ing risks of combining anti-anxi- the release. ety or sleep medications with pre- "It is nothing short of a public scription opioids. health crisis when you see a sub- To that end, the agency is re- stantial increase of avoidable over- quiring that nearly 400 products dose and death related to two wide- carry a "black box warning" high- ly used drug classes being taken lighting the risks from combined together," said Dr. Robert Califf, use, it said in a press release the FDA commissioner. Wednesday. The risks include ex- The number of patients who treme sleepiness, respiratory de- were prescribed both an opioid pression, coma and death. painkiller and a benzodiazepine The move comes after an ex- increased by 41 percent during the tensive review of scientific evi- period studied, the FDA says, dence by the FDA showing that translating to an increase of more physicians have been increasingly than 2.5 million opioid patients prescribing these drugs together. receiving benzodiazepines. There was also a request for ac- Painkillers and cough treat- tion in February, when health offi- ments containing opioids that will cials in cities and states across the be required to carry the new warn- country petitioned the agency for ing include oxycodone, hydroc- the change to the drug labels, cit- odone and morphine, among other ing an increase in overdoses from drugs. The benzodiazepines that simultaneous use of the drugs. will get the warning are sold under "As an emergency physician, a variety of brand and generic I have seen so many patients who names, including Xanax, Valium are prescribed opioids and benzo- and lorazepam. They often called diazepines together," wrote Dr. tranquilizers or sleeping pills for Leana Wen, Baltimore's health their ability to relieve anxiety, in- commissioner and a leader of the somnia and seizures. effort, on Twitter Wednesday. "A Opioids have legitimate medi- black box warning is a powerful cal uses in treating pain and cough, education tool and thank [you to but they can also cause drowsi- the FDA] for taking action to help ness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, prevent deaths from this danger- constipation and slowed or diffi- ous combination." culty in breathing. Benzodiaz- From 2004 to 2011, the FDA epines also cause some of these says, the rate of emergency depart- same side effects, which is why ment visits involving nonmedical using the two drugs together can use of both drug classes increased be deadly. Psychiatric US Marijuana use grows illness in Zika in Singapore: Residents of as fewer people worry parents, potential new cluster rattled about the risks suicide/violence Marijuana use is on the rise in the an increased likelihood of attempt- U.S., and one reason may be that ing suicide. However, many of the The Ministry of Health an- people perceive the drug as less possible health effects of marijua- in kids nounced that the number of con- harmful than people did in the na are unclear, and more research Parental mood disorders and, in firmed Zika cases in Singapore had past, according to new research. in this area is needed, according to particular, bipolar disorder con- hit 115, including the first preg- The authors of the new study the National Institute on Drug ferred more modest increases in nant woman to be diagnosed. say their findings, published to- Abuse. risk, the researchers note. Three cases were also diag- day (Aug. 31) in the journal The The researchers found that "Risks for offspring suicide nosed in Bedok North Avenue 3, Lancet Psychiatry, suggest that both the increases in marijuana use attempt and violent offending were which led to the start of vector more education about the risks of and the decreases in concern about elevated across the full spectrum control operations on Thursday (1 marijuana is needed. the harm of marijuana began of parental psychiatric disease, September). Other reports have also shown around 2007. By then, 12 states except for Alzheimer disease, for National Environment Agency that marijuana use is increasing, had legalized the use of marijuana which no significant link with off- said lead authorDr. Wilson Comp- for medical purposes. spring violent offending was (NEA) personnel were seen fumi- ton, deputy director at the Nation- Increasing levels of abuse, de- found," the researchers note. gating the area in the morning, while al Institute on Drug Abuse. pendence Both Parents Affected East Coast-Fengshan Town Coun- "What's new here is that we've iden- The researchers also looked at A predisposition to violent, cil staff went door-to-door dis- tified the mid-2000s […] as when marijuana abuse and dependence offending behavior was twice as tributing insect repellent and in- both the attitudes towards mari- through survey questions that likely to be present among off- formational flyers. juana began to shift and the use of asked whether people thought spring for whom both parents had In contrast to Aljunied Cres- marijuana began increasing as they spent too much time using been diagnosed with a psychiatric cent and Sims Drive residents the well," he said. the drug, and whether they con- illness in comparison with those day after 41 Zika cases there were In the study, the researchers tinued to use it despite problems. for whom only one parent had been looked at data from the U.S. Na- They found that the percentage of so diagnosed. announced, those living in the new cluster told Yahoo Singapore that tional Surveys on Drug Use and all adults surveyed who reported "The associations between Health from 2002 to 2014, which these marijuana use disorders re- parental psychiatric disease and they were worried by new devel- included self-reported information mained stable from 2002 to 2014, offspring violent offending were opments. from a nationally representative at about 1.5 percent. Among the stronger for female than for male At Block 404, NEA personnel sample of nearly 600,000 U.S. people who currently used mari- offspring (P < .001)," the investi- entered the flat of Mardina Ng, 17, adults. This data excluded people juana, the percentage who report- gators add. Again, this was espe- to spray insecticide in the toilets who were incarcerated or home- ed these disorders declined in that cially the case when both parents and other areas. “After hearing had a history of psychiatric ill- less and not living in shelters, the time, from 14.8 percent to 11 per- ness. that there are cases in the area, it’s researchers noted. [11 Odd Facts cent. [Marijuana Could Treat The investigators note that the kind of scary. It can happen to About Marijuana] These 5 Conditions] links between parental psychiat- anyone, and we have to do our The results showed that, in They found that marijuana use ric disease and offspring suicide part,” said the polytechnic stu- 2002, 10.4 percent of survey re- disorders were more likely among attempts and violent behaviors re- dent. CDC takes lead in Hepatitis A spondents said they had used mar- people who were young, male, had mained significant after adjusting The proximity of the virus ijuana in the previous year. In less education, had depression, for potentially confounding socio- made residents such as Koo Quee 2014, that percentage was up to used tobacco and other substanc- economic factors. outbreak liked to smoothies 13.4 percent. The percentage of es, or were not employed full-time. Huay, 74, nervous. Koo, who Another state and 18 more people of the outbreak, an agency spokes- ginia officials continue to refine adults who said they had used These associations are consistent As Dr Mok explained to Med- works at a laundry shop and lives scape Medical News, substance are now included in a Hepatitis A woman said Wednesday afternoon. outbreak information posted on the marijuana for the first time during with those found in previous re- misuse and antisocial personality at Block 413, said, “Of course I outbreak linked to frozen, import- She said CDC staff was preparing state health department’s website. the previous year rose from 0.7 search. disorder, as well as suicidal behav- am worried since now Zika is so ed strawberries served in information for posting on the All references to the implicated percent to 1.1 percent over that Because a larger percentage of ior and perpetration of violence, close to my home. I think it’s good smoothies, bringing the totals to agency’s website, but as of mid- strawberries having been import- same period. people are now using marijuana, are often characterized by behav- that the government is fogging this six states and 69 victims. night EDT nothing had been post- ed from Egypt have been removed. Moreover, the percentage of it's possible that those who have ioral dysregulation and impulse- area because it will reduce the risk people who reported daily or near- begun recently have better mental logo Tropical Smoothie Cafe- ed. References to the CDC noti- daily use of marijuana rose from health than people who used mar- aggressive traits. of Zika.” Virginia remains the hardest hit, As of Tuesday, the CDC had fying the state on Aug. 12 of test "Some other studies have sug- Others like retiree Maisie 1.9 percent to 3.5 percent during ijuana when it was perceived as a gested that these traits are herita- with 55 residents confirmed with confirmation of four victims in results confirming the outbreak the study period. more harmful substance, the re- Khng, 70, questioned the effective- Hepatitis A infections as of noon Maryland and one each in North have also been removed from the ble," she observed, "and the inter- ness of fumigation. She pointed generational transmission of such Wednesday, according to the state Carolina, Oregon and Wisconsin. Virginia health department web- traits may thus contribute to the out, “Mosquitoes are very hard to health department. The initial cas- Tropical Smoothie Café CEO site. Discussion of the last possi- particularly elevated risk for sui- control. I don’t know how useful es identified in the outbreak, which Mike Rotondo said in a YouTube ble exposure date for customers of cidal behavior and violent offend- fogging is, because they do it all officials believe began in May, video posted Sunday that the com- Tropical Smoothie Cafés in the ing among those with a parental the time but there is still dengue.” were among Virginia residents. All pany pulled all of the implicated state was added. history of antisocial personality Khng had her own scare, as she 55 Virginia victims report consum- strawberries from all of its loca- “Those smoothies (served at disorder, substance misuse, and contracted a viral fever and rashes ing smoothies with strawberries at tions in all states after Virginia Tropical Smoothie Cafés) would attempted suicide." before the first Zika cases were Dr Mok also emphasized the Tropical Smoothie Café restau- health officials contacted the com- have been consumed before Aug. announced over the weekend. She rants before becoming ill. pany on Aug. 5. 9,” according to the revised con- fact that in their study, all cases of returned to a doctor to check on parental mental disorders were se- West Virginia officials did not West Virginia officials say an tent on the Virginia website. vere enough to have resulted in her condition, but was told she did name a specific restaurant chain in ongoing public risk remains. “Tropical Smoothie Cafés in Vir- secondary care treatment. not have Zika. a notice posted Wednesday, but “While there is no information ginia received this product and en- The researchers are not sug- Businessman Alan Teo, 67, they did identify frozen strawber- to suggest there is an ongoing risk sured it was removed from use at gesting that parental cannabis use said he had been taking precautions ries from Egypt and “used by res- of hepatitis A virus from the straw- all their restaurant locations by or per se confers an elevated risk for at home such as keeping pails over- taurants in a variety of smoothies,” berries used in the smoothies, there before Aug. 9. offspring to attempt suicide and turned and covering laundry pole perpetuate violence: "Our measure as the suspected source of seven can be transmission from person “Approximately 46 percent of holders. But the father of two ques- cases in their state. to person with contacts of the re- the residents, for whom informa- only delineates the most extreme tioned if the authorities were get- end of the cannabis misuse spec- The Centers for Disease Con- ported cases,” according to the tion is available, have been hospi- ting to the root of the problem. trol and Prevention is now leading West Virginia department of health. talized for their illness. The 55 ill trum," she said. “I think they are doing all they "And acute intoxication, depen- the epidemiological investigation FrozenStrawberriesMainVir- residents range in age from 14-68. Extrapolating the findings to searchers said. dence and withdrawal syndromes, can, but I can’t understand how Onsets of illness for the 55 cases or psychotic disorders could be there can suddenly be so many the total U.S. population, the au- It could also be that newer us- cases,” he said. range from early May through thors estimated that the number ers are less likely to have devel- some of the reasons for secondary August.” care admissions due to cannabis Father of three Chan Pui Yee, of people who used marijuana an oped use disorders just yet but misuse." 50, also noted that despite the first Public health officials are urg- average of five days a week more could face that problem in the fu- The authors recommend that Zika case being reported in July, ing anyone in any state who has than doubled during the study pe- ture, the researchers said. any physician who treats adults had a smoothie containing frozen riod, from 3.9 million in 2002 to But all of this reasoning is and we only hear about other cas- 8.4 million in 2014. speculation at this point, Comp- with mental illness should evalu- es a week ago. I guess I’m not that strawberries in the past 50 days ate the psychosocial needs of their At the same time, concerns ton said. He stressed the need for surprised because Bedok North is to monitor themselves for Hepati- about the risks associated with further research into the discrep- children and should intervene in a tis A symptoms. The symptoms way that might ameliorate the ef- quite close to Aljunied. marijuana use dropped. The sur- ancy between increased use and a fects of parental substance misuse But it is not quite time to pan- usually take 15 to 50 days to de- vey asked, "How much do people steady percent of use disorders. so as to reduce the risk for suicide ic yet. A quick check with 10 clin- velop. Anyone with Hepatitis A risk harming themselves physical- "The National Institute on Drug and violence in their children. ics in the area showed that they symptoms should seek medical ly and in other ways when they Abuse is supporting a great deal In an accompanying editorial, had not seen patients with Zika attention. smoke marijuana once or twice a of work in states and in regions of David Brent, MD, and Nadine symptoms of late, nor were there Classic symptoms of Hepati- week?" In 2002, 50.4 percent of the country that have experienced Melhem PhD, both from the Uni- any pregnant patients who were tis A include jaundice, fever, fatigue, adults said they thought there was the biggest legal and social chang- versity of Pittsburg School of symptomatic. great risk from marijuana use at that es, so we can begin to understand Medicine, in Pennsylvania, along loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, level. That percentage fell to 33.3 what does the changing social en- with Holly Wilcox, PhD, Johns Residents such as housewife abdominal pain, dark urine and percent by 2014. vironment lead to in terms of Hopkins University School of Chee H. M., 34, who lives at Block light-colored stools. The virus can In the paper, the researchers health effects or health issues," Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 413, were also unperturbed. She be transmitted through direct con- point out that previous research Compton said. write that there is "much to com- said, “I have kids and we are not tact with another person who has has linked heavy marijuana use The results of the study also mend" in the current study, includ- planning to have more, so I’m not Hepatitis A or by consuming food before age 17 to various negative suggest that there may be a need ing the range of psychiatric disor- very concerned. We also live on a or drink that has been contaminat- outcomes later in life, including to educate people about the po- ders analyzed among the parents high floor, so there are not many ed with the virus. unemployment, an increased risk tential negative effects of marijua- and the sample size. mosquitoes.” of using of other illicit drugs and na, the authors noted. FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

GALAXYCLUSTER 11.1 BILLION LIGHT-YEARS FROMEARTH IS MOST DISTANT Scientists probing a newly ex- were working at the site when they ously been found in Western Aus- Scale bar equals four centimeters. est island. tually cohered into the moon. posed, formerly snow-covered spied some outcroppings they'd tralia. Those fossils have until now (Allen Nutman) The Australian researchers do Schopf said that when he first EVER SEEN outcropping in Greenland claim never seen before. The formations been the oldest widely accepted "They might really be biologi- not contend that these stromato- began working in paleobiology half they have discovered the oldest had been exposed where the snow evidence for life on Earth. Some cal but it's hard to absolutely re- lites represent the first examples a century ago, the leaders of the NASA has just discovered a group fossils ever seen, the remnants of pack had melted — the result, researchers have cited signatures fute the possibility that they of life on the planet. Rather, these field believed that life began on of galaxies far, far away — so far, microbial mats that lived 3.7 bil- Nutman said, of the global warm- of life from an even earlier time, formed by localized mineral pre- would have to be the descendants Earth only about a billion years in fact, that it set a new record for lion years ago. ing that is so pronounced in Green- including in the Isua formation in cipitation from seawater. If we of the earlier life forms. Microbes ago. Discoveries kept pushing the the most distant ever discovered. It's a stunning announcement land or of low levels of snowfall Greenland, but typically these as- found these on Mars, would we capable of performing photosyn- start date for life further into the The cluster of galaxies, named CL in a scientific field that is always the previous winter. sertions have involved biological- plant a flag and declare that we had thesis and forming communities are past. An early appearance of life J1001+0220 (or CL J1001 for contentious. But if confirmed, this They examined the outcrop- ly friendly molecules rather than found life on Mars? I think not, relatively sophisticated organisms. on Earth has implications for the short), resides a whopping 11.1 would push the established fossil ping and immediately saw some- actual fossils. Moreover, very old but we would definitely get very They presumably had less-sophis- abundance of life beyond Earth. billion light-years from Earth. As- record more than 200 million years thing intriguing: conical structures, rocks — older than 3 billion years excited and continue looking ticated ancestors that lived more Life on a young Earth could imply tronomers found the distant clus- deeper into the Earth’s early his- just one to four centimeters (less — are exceedingly rare, because the around for more information," she than 4 billion years ago, the Na- that life is a routine development ter of galaxies using a combination tory, and provide support for the than two inches) high. They look Earth's surface has been eroded said. “We expect there will be some ture paper states. in the universe, and could be, as of observations from NASA's view that life appeared very soon like fossilized microbial mats — over time and recycled through robust debate. That’s what science “Stromatolites are really com- Nobel laureate Christian de Duve Chandra X-ray Observatory and after the Earth formed and may be basically, pillows of slime — plate tectonics. is all about. There will be people plex, so you have to have a lot of put it, a "cosmic imperative." several other space telescopes. commonplace throughout the uni- known as stromatolites, which are [Lucy, our hominid cousin, surely who will put forward alter- evolution from when life started "The origin of life, at least on a Of the 11 galaxies in the clus- verse. A team of Australian geolo- formed today by bacterial commu- may have died in a tragic fall from native hypotheses. But we think to when stromatolites appeared in planet like ours, is a lot faster, and ter, nine appear to be experiencing gists announced their discovery in nities living in shallow water. a tree] Claims about evidence for we’ve covered all those alterna- the fossil record. So life either had you think a lot easier than anyone a firestorm of new star births. a paper titled “Rapid emergence “We all said, 'This is amazing. ancient life have invariably been tives," Nutman said. to start earlier, or evolution is more had imagined. To the extent that "This galaxy cluster isn't just re- of life shown by discovery of These look like stromatolites,' " controversial. The multiple lines The Australians' claim of rapid than you might expect," said that is true, life ought to be abun- markable for its distance, it's also 3,700-million-year-old microbial Nutman told The Washington of evidence for the Greenland stro- Greenland stromatolites is "plau- Sara Walker, an astrobiologist at dant in the universe — because going through an amazing growth structures,” published Wednesday Post. Subsequent laboratory anal- matolites "are not as clear cut as sible and likely correct," said J. Arizona State University who was there are lots of Earth-like planets in Nature. They made their find in ysis established that the formation you’d ideally want for such an ex- William Schopf, a pioneering pa- not involved in the new study. out there," Schopf said. spurt unlike any we've ever seen," July 2012 while doing field re- is 3.7 billion years old, and turned traordinary claim," cautioned Abig- leobiologist at the University of Earth, along with the other This remains a matter of con- Tao Wang of the French Alterna- search in Isua, a region of Green- up additional chemical signatures ail Allwood, a geologist at the California at Los Angeles who was planets in our solar system, formed jecture and philosophy, because no tive Energies and Atomic Energy land so remote that they had to consistent with a biological origin NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory not involved in the discovery. about 4.5 billion years ago from a one has discovered a sign of extra- Commission (CEA) and lead in- travel there by helicopter. The site for the conical structures, Nutman who has studied fossil stromato- Schopf, who in 1993 reported cloud of dust and gas swirling terrestrial life. The early dates for vestigator in the discovery, said in is known for having some of the said. The scientists determined the lites. A 3.7-billion-year-old rock the discovery of 3.465-billion- around the embryonic sun. For the origin of life on Earth also could a statement. oldest rocks on Earth, in what is age of the rocks through radiomet- with signs of associated life: Anal- year-old microfossils in Western hundreds of millions of years, ours suggest that complex, multi-cellu- CL J1001 appears to be a new- known as the Isua supracrustal ric dating, measuring the abun- ysis of ancient rocks shows evi- Australia, said he expects scien- was a harsh, molten world, heavi- lar life (including, perhaps, an in- born galaxy cluster in its earliest belt. Allen Nutman, a University dance of elements created by the dence of conical stromatolite-like tists to find more Greenland stro- ly bombarded by debris. At one telligent and technological species) stage of evolution, something as- of Wollongong geologist who has steady decay of uranium. structures (outlines indicated by matolites as the warming atmo- point, a Mars-sized object typically arises on a planet only tronomers have not witnessed be- studied the rocks there since 1980, Fossilized stromatolites near- dotted black lines) that are possi- sphere continues to melt the huge slammed into the Earth and blast- after a very long period of evolu- fore, NASA officials said in a state- said one day he and his colleagues ly 3.5 billion years old have previ- ble hallmarks of bacterial activity. ice sheet covering the world's larg- ed into space the material that even- tion and diversification. ment. Because it takes light 11.1 billion years to reach Earth from this cluster, studying this distant galactic group provides astrono- mers with a window into the past. The discovery of CL J1001 means that the earliest galaxy clusters formed around 700 million years sooner than previously thought. [The X-Ray Universe as Seen By Chandra Observatory (Gallery)] NASA's International Space Sta- The only crowds of galaxies tion (ISS) is truly a cut above the known to exist farther away than rest when it comes to the latest CL J1001 are loosely packed pro- technological advancements. In toclusters, or collections of galax- fact, there's more to add at the ISS ies that aren't close enough to be and more research to be done. considered a true cluster. To qual- Apart from the latest biomolecule ify as a cluster, the galaxies must sequencer experiment, a new HD be bound together by gravity. CL camera is set to be installed. J1001 is now the earliest example Two American astronauts will of galaxies that have come togeth- be spacewalking during the early er to form a gravitationally bound hours of Sept.1, namely Kate Ru- cluster. bins and Jeff Williams. This would Galaxy cluster CL be the 195th spacewalk, where J1001+0220 is the most distant Rubins and Williams will be work- cluster ever discovered. This im- ing on a few repairs on the ISS, age is a composite of X-ray, infra- plus installing a new high-defini- red and radio observations from tion camera. The latest HD camera is just several telescopes. another one of the cameras mount- "It appears that we have cap- ed outside the ISS. There's the HD tured this galaxy cluster at a criti- Earth-viewing camera that broad- cal stage just as it has shifted from casts live views of Earth. On the a loose collection of galaxies into a other hand, there's an ultra HD young, but fully formed galaxy camera that captures magnificent cluster," study co-author David views of outer space. Elbaz said in the statement. As for the multitude of other The discovery of this newly cameras on the ISS, including the formed cluster in the midst of a latest HD camera to be installed baby boom of star births suggests for this year's spacewalk, this that more star formation happens would simply be to view crew after galaxies join a cluster than members outside the ISS. The lat- when they exist in isolation. Out- est camera installation would give bursts of new star formation are viewers a clearer picture of what also more rapid and violent in a astronauts do in space. cluster, the study suggests. The space walk will be shown "We think we're going to learn on NASA TV at 6:30 am. Howev- a lot about the formation of clus- er, the space walk is expected to ters and the galaxies they contain begin at 8:05 am ET. As for other by studying this object," said co- advancements at the ISS, DNA was author Alexis Finoguenov of the successfully sequenced at the ISS, which is a first. University of Helsinki in Finland, The biomolecule sequencer "and we’re going to be searching experiment was one by Rubins. hard for other examples." Wang and colleagues published Having able to sequence DNA of for medical and scientific possibilities. Other notable instruments aboard the ISS include the RapidScat, which is an ocean vector wind scatterometer. It is the first operational science living organisms in microgravity is instrument onboard, which is dedicated to observing the Earth. Another is the Synthetic Muscle, a flexible polymer that is able to expand and contract through electricity. Aside from the results online today (Aug. 30) a game-changer as it opens doors the biomolecular sequencer experiment, there's also the Heart Cells study and the Mouse Epigenetics. in The Astrophysical Journal.

Huawei’s rapid ascent to promi- be recognized for its aluminum macy of displays in our everyday ware that plays such a prominent be something every smartphone The Huawei Nova will cost standard. As to the MediaPad M3, nence in the smartphone market is unibody cases. use of phones, I’d say the Plus is role in its devices. Unfortunately, achieves at least on its launch day, €399 in Europe when it's released it starts at €349 with 4GB of taking another step forward today The Nova’s rear-mounted fin- probably the one to consider first. in spite of Nougat being out al- and it’s disappointing not to see globally in October. The Nova Plus RAM and 32GB of storage and with the introduction of a new se- gerprint reader is, according to its Beyond launching its new budget ready, The Nova and Nova Plus Huawei raise the mid-range stan- will be only slightly more expen- tops out at €449 with double the ries of handsets called Nova. maker, the fastest in the world, phone line, Huawei is today also will both ship with Android dards in terms of software timeli- sive at €429, launching at the same storage at 64GB and added LTE These devices eschew premium requiring only 0.3 seconds to iden- announcing the MediaPad M3, the Marshmallow on board. Running ness just as it’s doing in terms of time. Both phones come with 3GB connectivity. The M3 also goes on features and extras in favor of dis- tify a user. I don’t know that extra latest entry in its Android tablet the latest available software should build quality and hardware design. of RAM and 32GB of storage as sale from September 26th. tilling Huawei’s strengths down speed is any longer required with range. This 8.4.-inch slate has 2560 into an affordable, mid-range pack- fingerprint ID systems, but this x 1600 resolution and stereo speak- age. First up is the eponymous just goes to show that the feature ers at the top and bottom (when Nova, a 5-inch device with a Full itself has now become a mid-range held vertically). These were co- HD screen, Snapdragon 625 pro- essential rather than the exclusive engineered with Harman Kardon cessor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of preserve of premium handsets. and offer 1W of power per speak- storage, and a 12-megapixel cam- Overall, the Nova is a good-look- er. Preloaded software will also aid era with larger-than-average pixels. ing device with a build quality that audio reproduction by automati- It’s encased in an aluminum uni- matches or exceeds the best in its cally identifying and adjusting to body shell and bears more than a targeted price range, which the orientation as well as content type. passing resemblance to the Nexus company describes with the cringe- With a 5,100mAh battery, a Kirin 6P that Huawei built for Google. inducing language of aiming for 950 processor, and the option to "Battery is pain point number young "dynamic aspirers." In pop in an LTE SIM card for cellu- one when you talk about modern short, the Nova will be cheap lar connectivity, the MediaPad M3 smartphones," says Huawei, and enough for those who can’t afford is yet another in a long line of well the Nova has a 3,020mAh battery a flagship to get it. designed, well equipped Android inside it, which should combine Joining the Nova is a 5.5-inch tablets. The thing that’s been hold- nicely with the smaller 1080p IPS Nova Plus, which has a different ing them back for so long has al- display. Without a top-spec screen design and a couple of spec bumps, ways been the software and the or CPU inside it, the Huawei Nova but is otherwise a direct match for lack of applications that truly har- is likely to offer highly competi- the smaller sibling. The Nova Plus ness larger screens — and unfor- tive battery life. It’s good to see boasts a 16-megapixel camera tunately I don’t see that changing Huawei is reusing the same RGB (greater resolution, but smaller pix- too soon for the M3. While Goo- camera sensor that it employed in els: 1.12µm vs the Nova’s 1.25µm) gle’s latest Nougat has shown it- its flagship P9 (albeit without the and a 3,340mAh battery as its dis- self to be a boon for Pixel C users, second monochrome camera), tinguishing features. While it has Huawei’s new tablet isn’t going to which I found to be a very capable the same Full HD resolution as the ship with it, and was in fact run- shooter. I also enjoyed the tough- Nova, the Nova Plus’ display ac- ning a pre-Marshmallow version ness and solidity of the P9's de- tually looks a great deal better to of Android when it was demon- sign when I reviewed it, and the my eyes. Seeing it ahead of the strated ahead of IFA. Nova carries those features over phones’ IFA debut today, it showed As usual for Huawei, its pre- in a comprehensive manner that greater color accuracy and better sentation of new hardware includ- supports Huawei’s aspiration to viewing angles, and given the pri- ed no mention of the Android soft- FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Tum Hi Ho dedication for Aditya

Film actor Sanjay Dutt & Salman with Madhuri Dixit bagging the Khans blockbuster hit movie 'Saa- best actress award, & Salman Khan jan' will soon complete 25 years. had mesmerized everyone with his Saajan was a 1991 Bollywood charm in the movie. romantic movie starring Sanjay The movie was released on Dutt, Salman Khan and Madhuri 30th August 1991 & was declared Dixit in lead roles & was helmed a blockbuster hit as soon as the by director Lawrence D Souza. movie was released. Saajan rotates around Aman 'Saajan' was also the highest played by Sanjay Dutt, Akash grossing film of the year shatter- Verma played by Salman Khan, & ing all box office records of previ- Pooja Saxena played by Madhuri ous movies, & has also established Dixit. The movie takes you itself as the 5th highest grosser of through a beautiful journey of the 90's decade. Aditya Roy Kapur definitely friendship between Orphan, poor The film still has a cult fol- stole millions of hearts when he and handicapped Aman and the lowing because of power packed sang Tum Hi Ho on the big screen rich wealthy Akash. performances by Sanjay Dutt, Sal- in the film Aashiqui 2 which be- The movie also has given Bol- man Khan, & Madhuri Dixit & the came a huge sensation of sorts. lywood one of the most iconic music of the film which was given The memory of that is so friendships, of Salman Khan and by 90s musical genius Nadeem - strong that female fans of Aditya Sanjay Dutt & the career graph of Shravan. till date can't get over it. both the actors had changed after The film has given many chart- Aditya Roy Kapur was re- this cult movie. buster numbers which are still pop- cently in USA along with his col- Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan ular toady like, "Dekha Hai Pehli leagues Alia, Parineeti, Katrina, both were at the peak of their ca- Baar", ""Tum Se Milne Ki Taman- Sidharth and Varun for the Dream reer after 'Saajan'. The thick friend- na Hain", "Bahut Pyar Karte Team Tour. ship between Sanjay Dutt and Sal- Hain", "Tu Shayar Hain", and "Jiye It so happened that one day man Khan that was featured in the to Jiye Kaise". when the actor was returning to film was exactly their real life's re- The song's of 'Saajan' had cre- his hotel, a huge Indian fan of flection in the film. ated a storm then, and still has its Aditya who was present there saw The chemistry between the effect on today's generation be- him and came running to him. two was the talking point and set cause of the mellifluous music and She was so excited to meet a great example for others. excellent play back singing by all him that she immediately went The friendship of Sanjay Dutt singers. down on her knees and started & Salman Khan flourished after the The movie's dialogue, screen singing Tum Hi Ho for him. movie, & still the friendship be- play, & the story were also very Aditya felt overwhelmed and tween the two is talked about. well appreciated. Saajan will very extremely shy at the same time. Sanjay Dutt was honored with soon completes' it 25 years & there He picked her up and gave her best actor award for his strong are chances we can get a sequel of a big hug for this sweet dedica- performance in the movie along the cult hit soon! tion. She even took some selfies with him. Spokesperson of Aditya says, "Aditya is really shy but when his fan sang Tum Hi Ho for him, he was all smiles, he thanked her and gave her a big hug."

Hollywood superstar Will Smith was a special guest at Akshay Kumar’s grand party on Sunday night to celebrate his successful year. Akshay hosted the party for his friends, for delivering three back to back successful films including Farah Khan says people shouldn't Airlift, Housefull 3 and Rustom let their flaws impede their jour- — all having crossed the 100- ney to success. crore mark. Bollywood choreographer- Akshay Kumar thanks director Farah Khan, who is back- Fawad Khan and others for ing an #IAMFLAWSOME cam- Rustom tweets in hilarious vid- paign ahead of Independence eo Day, says people shouldn't let Reportedly, Will Smith had their flaws impede their journey a great time partying with Ak- to success. shay Kumar and Twinkle Khan- Several celebrities have been open about their share of flaws na. which they acknowledged and “Will also tingled his taste moved ahead in life to become buds by savoring some Indian successful. Taking a cue from this, delicacies prepared at Akshay’s MTV has rolled out the #IAM- place. Akshay also introduced FLAWSOME campaign which Will to all other important will encourage people to accept guests who were present at the and celebrate their flaws. bash. Will looked very happy Farah, one of the major pa- and met and greeted everyone tron of the campaign, said in a with warmth. He also clicked statement: `The problem with Following a ban on Pakistan-based is reprising this character for the pictures with the guests.” a people is that no matter how good movie Happy Bhag Jayegi, the screen. While she is called Noor in source told The Indian Express. you are at what you do, it's never Bollywood adaptation of Paki- the film, the setting has changed Throwback: Ranveer enough for them. There will al- stani bestseller Karachi, You’re from Karachi to Mumbai. It is an Singh’s epic childhood photo ways be someone to point out Killing Me! has made a last-minute entirely different demographic that with Akshay Kumar change in script to base the movie Noor is dealing with now,” DNA some flaw. Someone will always Varun Dhawan, Ranbir Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shraddha Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha find something lacking in you. in Mumbai instead of Karachi. reports a source as saying. attended the bash, among others. Sonakshi Sinha, who was set Revealed: Sonakshi Sinha’s Kapoor, Karan Johar, Rohit `Even as one of the best cho- to play the role of a journalist first look in Bollywood adaptation reographers in the country, I was based in Karachi, in Noor will now of ‘Karachi You’re Killing Me’ criticised for a lot of things I have be playing a journalist in Mumbai. The source continues, “The done in life. Everyone has flaws. “What we have done is, we have book did have some mild shock We are only human after all. But taken the core character from the value as it spoke about booze, one- what's important is, we don't let book. Sunhil wanted to set Noor night stands and Page 3 anecdotes our flaws stand in the way of in Mumbai and that added further set in Karachi, which could just as what we can achieve.` realism to the tale. Of course, the easily be set up in Mumbai as The director, who has direct- convenience of location helped, well. It was a no-brainer for direc- too. We are now just one last sched- tor Sunhil Sippy and producer ed box-office hit movies like ule away from wrapping up the Vikram Malhotra to move on from `Main Hoon Na` and `Om Shanti film,” Sonakshi said, according to Karachi to Mumbai.” Om` and is known for being out- DNA. Poster of Noor. spoken, said she is proud of who “Noor is based on Pakistani Speculations have surfaced she is and how she is. author Saba Imtiaz’s novel Kara- that the reason for the last minute `I'm fabulous, because I em- chi, You’re Killing Me!. The light- change may be due to the ban of braced who I am. I am Farah hearted book tells the escapades Happy Bhag Jayegi in Pakistan. Khan, fabulous director, brilliant of a young Karachi-based journal- Noor is slated to release on April 7 choreographer, great mommy to ist Ayesha Khan. Sonakshi Sinha 2017. adorable triplets, loving wife to a great guy - #IAMFLAWSOME,` Its a well known fact to how seri- she added. ously Aamir Khan takes his films. As per MTV'S Youth Mar- He is always seen in a different keting forum insights, 61 per cent avatar and for his upcoming film Dangal he has drastically trans- of the people are trying to im- formed himself to play the young- prove their faults but doing so er Mahaveer Singh Phogat. Aamir's they do not want to hide the same. weight loss journey as been com- Their campaign reiterates the mendable and has proven to be an same by encouraging people to inspiration for many ! His daugh- celebrate their uniqueness. It will ter Ira is totally loving her Daddy begin through an episode to be coolest's younger look. Aamir khan played out on MTV's `Girls on has built a fantastic body to play the younger wrestler and his Top`. daughter is flipped at see her dad- An upcoming sequence to be dy in this super cool avatar . Ira aired on Independence Day on Khan wishes her perfectionist dad- Monday will see the character of dy maintains the look post release Gia Sen (Barkha Singh) standing of the film too. Dangal is a film up for a bar dancer who is looked based on the life of Haryana based down upon because of her pro- wrestler Mahaveer Singh Phogat fession. and the journey of his daughters Geeta and Babita Phogat. Disney Seeing injustice taking place presents, Aamir Khan Productions in front of her, Gia stands up for 'Dangal' produced by Aamir Khan, the girl and reminds others of the Kiran Rao & Siddharth Roy Kapur fact that just because someone and directed by Nitesh Tiwari is belongs to a certain background, slated to release on 23rd Decem- it doesn't mean they are not tal- ber, 2016. ented. FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 02, 2016S AFGHANISTANTIMES F1 Report: Max Verstappen must not be But Italian giants Roma have now joined the race - making a "sig- nificant effort", according to Sky sources - to sign the England man, pinned down with Wilshere now having the op- tion of a glamorous move abroad to consider too. The 24-year-old agreed with the Gunners last week that he would go out to get regular games following a series of injuries. Wilshere made just one Premier League start last season. He was also left out of Sam Allardyce's first England squad for their opening World Cup qualifier away to Slovakia on Sunday, with the new national team boss saying Wilshere needed to play regular football to force his way back in. According to Sky sources, Palace, Bournemouth and Watford all made serious offers to take Wilshere on loan, as well as Portu- guese top-flight clubs Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. The central midfielder has made two substi- tute appearances for Arsene Max Verstappen's driving style dent we're going to be having a very Wenger's side so far this season. should not be pinned down but he different conversation and it can't Wilshere has found opportunities needs to show more respect to his get to that point. hard to come by, with Wenger hav- fellow drivers on the track, accord- Red Bull's Verstappen and ing signed Egypt international ing to the F1 Report guests. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen were in Mohamed Elneny from Basel in The young Dutchman's style disagreement after the Belgian Roma have made a late bid to sign Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere on loan, according to Sky sources. Wilshere appeared to have choice between the January transfer window and suffered heavy criticism again in Grand Prix Crystal Palace and Bournemouth as his destination on a season-long loan. It is understood Wilshere and his representatives met Palace boss Alan spent £34m to bring Switzerland Spa at the weekend after several "It's about respect between Pardew on Tuesday afternoon and Cherries manager Eddie Howe in the evening. Both those meetings were in London and Wilshere told Pardew star Granit Xhaka to the club ear- wheel-to-wheel incidents, with the drivers. They need to know they and Howe he would inform the respective clubs of his decision on Wednesday morning. lier in the summer. likes of Kimi Raikkonen and Mer- can trust another driver going into cedes chief Toto Wolff claiming he a turn or into an overtaking move, will cause a big accident unless he but I don't think some of the more reins his driving in. experienced drivers at the moment Golovkin vs Brook: Smith Sky F1's Marc Priestley says think they can trust Max, or have it is important that Verstappen any idea how he's going to react, brothers, Gavin McDonnell should be allowed to express him- and they could end up in the grass self behind the wheel but admitted or in the wall." the Red Bull driver was too ag- Jordan King, the GP2 driver and Kid Galahad on gressive when defending against who used to race against Verstap- Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen at Spa. pen, joined Priestley and Natalie This week on the F1 Report, Pinkham in the studio and said he September 10 bill Natalie Pinkham is joined by Sky could understand the views of F1's Marc Priestley and Manor Raikkonen and Co. The support card also features Development Driver and GP2 race "I raced against him a couple Lee Haskins defending his IBF winner Jordan King of years ago and I know exactly bantamweight title against bitter "We do want elbows out rac- what they're talking about. It was rival Stuart Hall, who he beat to ing, you don't want to pin [Max] very much: 'If there's room, I'll go win the European strap in 2012, down too much because he's excit- for it, I'm inviting you to have an and Charlie Edwards challenges ing to watch," he said on the F1 accident and it's your job to move IBF flyweight champion Johnriel Report, which airs on Wednesday out of the way'. Casimero in just his ninth fight as at 8.30pm on Sky Sports F1. "But "There's nothing wrong, he a professional. it's just about having respect for hasn't broken the law but there has Lee Haskins will renew his ri- other drivers and keeping it as safe to be some kind of respect. At Turn valry with Stuart Hall when he faces as it can be." One, I don't think it was his fault, the former IBF champion for a sec- He added: "The defensive but there were a couple of times ond time moves that Max put on Kimi, into Les Combes where he ran off Martin J. Ward and Andy where Kimi has to brake at 200mph the track trying to defend a posi- Townend meet for the vacant Brit- down the Kemmel straight, that's tion. "I'm all for trying to run some- ish super-featherweight title, dangerous and it [was close] to one as close to the edge of the track Conor Benn boxes for the fourth causing an enormous accident. as you can, that's racing and you time in the paid ranks and middle- "Any accident with two cars don't want to let people past you, weight Craig Richards attempts to touching at that kind of speed is but by taking yourself off the track stretch his unbeaten record to five. going to be massive, and the fact as well to defend your position is "The card is now set for the we're still giving Max warnings for just that extra per cent too much." biggest night of boxing in 2016," that kind of thing shows how seri- Don't miss the F1 Report: said promoter Eddie Hearn. Three ously the drivers are taking it. Belgian GP review on Sky Sports Callum and Paul Smith, Gavin months half price Sky Sports "I don't think he's broken any F1 at 8.30pm on Wednesday as McDonnell and Kid Galahad have Watch live Premier League rules by the letter of the law but Marc Priestley and Jordan King been confirmed on the undercard football, the Ryder Cup and F1 these very late rash defensive join Natalie Pinkham in the studio of Kell Brook's showdown with for three months half price moves in the middle of the track at to discuss the fallout from the Spa Gennady Golovkin on September "Callum Smith has one more that speed, if it does cause an acci- race. 10. hurdle before the mandatory IBF welterweight champion against WBC champ Badou Jack Brook (36-0-KO25) will step up is called on September 13 and we two weight divisions when he chal- are looking for him to make a state- lenges WBA Super, WBC and IBF ment on this huge platform. middleweight king Golovkin (35- "Gavin McDonnell is sitting Venus Williams racked up a record- Williams said. been a five-time champion and is 0-KO32) at The O2, live on Sky pretty for a shot at the world title setting 72nd Grand Slam tourna- "I don't know when I'm going riding a wave of nostalgia at most Sports Box Office. later this year and Paul Smith is ment appearance on Tuesday, and to stop playing. I don't have plans venues she visits. Liverpool's super-middle- also in the hunt with one eye on pledged to keep playing to give now. I'm playing too well to be "Once I came back from illness, weight brothers Callum and Paul the winner of the rematch between sister Serena a target to chase. thinking about stopping. it seemed like the crowd was real- will also be in action at the sold- Giovanni De Carolis and Tyron The 36-year-old also extend- "I appear to be getting better ly, really there for me, on my side," out arena, where unbeaten star Zeuge for the WBA strap. ed her record in first-round match- each and every month. So I'd like she said of her status as everyone's Callum will put his WBC silver Why Kell Brook is confident es at the US Open to a perfect 18 to make that record hard for some- favourite senior. title on the line against tough Hun- he'll bully Gennady Golovkin in 18 attempts as the two-time one to break. Where is Serena at? "Maybe they related to what garian Norbert Nemesapati while when they fight for four middle- champion battled to a 6-2 5-7 6-4 Not far behind?" I was going through. I definitely big brother Paul will continue his weight titles on September 10 win over Kateryna Kozlova of Six-time US Open champion, saw a big difference once I came bid to secure a third world title Why Kell Brook is confident Ukraine. Williams went past the Serena Williams, will be playing in back from taking time off and be- shot. McDonnell is also hoping to he'll bully Gennady Golovkin previous best of major appearanc- her 65th Grand Slam in New York. ing ill." Venus played the first of secure a world title shot and the when they fight for four middle- es of 71 she shared with fellow Venus is ranked sixth in the her 72 Slams at the French Open unbeaten Doncaster super-ban- weight titles on September 10 American Amy Frazier. world, a remarkable renaissance for in 1997 and made her US Open tamweight will defend his WBC "With the three world title Despite being the oldest play- a player who slipped to No 134 debut later in the same year, going silver belt for the first time. fights and a Lonsdale Belt clash, er in the draw, Venus has no inten- just four years ago when she was all the way to the final where she Brook's gym-mate Galahad, this night is packed with action as tion of calling it quits any time soon forced off tour with Sjogren's Syn- lost to Martina Hingis. also a super-bantam, returns to the we count down to the moment of after reaching her latest landmark. drome. Last year she was back in She went on to take the title in ring after stopping Simas Volosi- truth between unbeaten divisional "I'm grateful and I'm blessed. the top 10 for the first time since New York in 2000 and 2001 while nas in April in the second fight of number ones Gennady Golovkin All I'm hoping for is just health 2010. In July, she made the semi- adding five Wimbledon victories in his comeback. and Kell Brook." that I can keep that record going," finals of Wimbledon where she has 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Mark Selby wins Paul Hunter Classic Mark Selby won his first title of fidence from it," said Selby, who crowds." Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 while the first maximum of his career and the season by beating Tom Ford also won the Paul Hunter Classic Ford said: "I'm disappointed Selby saw off Dominic Dale by worth a £40,000 bonus, as well as 4-2 in the final of the Paul Hunter in 2011 and 2012. "It wasn't a good by the way I played in the final the same scoreline. veteran Jimmy White reaching the Classic in Germany. final, Tom missed a few balls. But because I had been scoring heavily Other highlights of the tour- quarter-finals of a ranking event for Double Olympic rowing champi- sion." Selby won the all-Leicester fi- it's always a great tournament here all week but it wasn't there today." nament included Thailand's Un- the first time in 12 years before ons Helen Glover and Heather Glover puts the duo's domi- nal to cement his position as world in Germany with fantastic In the semi-finals, Ford beat Nooh making a 147 on Saturday, his run was ended by Dale. Stanning are in no rush to decide if nation in their event down to a No 1 and collect his first trophy they will defend their crown at the constant desire to keep getting bet- since winning the World Champi- 2020 Games in Tokyo. ter under the tutelage of Williams. onship in May. Coached by Welshman Robin "We have an ultimate desire to It is an eighth career ranking Williams MBE, the reigning Euro- win and to win at the Olympic title for 33-year-old Selby, who pean, world and Olympic coxless Games was our goal but what real- earned the top prize of €25,000 pair champions are on an unbeat- ly drove us was how good we know (£21,369) at the tournament in en run stretching back five years we can be as a crew, regardless of Furth. and almost 40 races. what anyone else was doing," Selby failed to get beyond the "I think it's really important Glover said. last 32 of his first two events of we sit back and acknowledge what "Robin our coach was a huge the season but went all the way we have achieved and enjoy the driving force [behind our this time by winning seven con- moment," Stanning told Tuesday's success].He's been with us for ev- secutive matches. Sportswomen show on Sky ery one of our races and his coach- In the final, he took the open- Sports News HQ. ing was crucial." ing frame with a break of 85 then "I think all three of us - Robin Stanning, who served in Af- world No 40 Ford, who was aim- included - know we just want to ghanistan with the Royal Artillery, ing for his first ranking title, won have a year where we kind of ac- is due to return to the army later the second. Frame three came knowledge what we've done in the this year, while Glover revealed down to the colours and Selby last six years. When we make the she is a little daunted as she pre- nicked it by potting pink and decision it's got to be the right de- pares for a new challenge of her black. cision. own. Ford's run of 67 made it 2-2, "If we go to Tokyo, we are "I'm getting married in a cou- but Selby regained the lead with a going to go there to defend a dou- ple of weeks," Glover said. "It's break of 72 before clinching victo- ble title and that will be something been nice because it's given some- ry in frame six with a run of 58. different, not something anyone thing to think about and plan for "It's always great to win a tour- has done before, so we need to but I'm not much of a planner so nament and I can take a lot of con- make sure we make the right deci- this is a difficult time for me!" FRIDAY . SEPTEMBER 02. 2016 -Sunbula 12, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:40 Price: Afs.15

Israel should ratify the nuclear test ing a visit there in June. hope the when is yesterday!” organized by the General Assem- ban treaty within five years — and He cited the impact of last The Comprehensive Nuclear bly to mark Wednesday’s Interna- Iran should also ratify but the tim- year’s Iran nuclear deal in the Mid- Test Ban Treaty, known as the tional Day Against Nuclear Tests. ing is uncertain, the head of the dle East for “creating the confi- CTBT, has 196 member states — The Obama administration UN organization established to dence-building conditions in the 183 that have signed the treaty and supports a worldwide ban on nu- implement the treaty said Wednes- region to help others to move for- 164 that have ratified it. clear testing but hasn’t ratified the day. ward.” But the treaty has not entered treaty because it doesn’t have the Lassina Zerbo said in an inter- Zerbo said he has met Iran’s into force because it still needs rat- votes in the Republican-controlled view with The Associated Press Foreign Minister Mohammad Ja- ification by eight countries that had Senate. China also reaffirmed its that Israel should be the next key vad Zarif several times and the Ira- nuclear power reactors or research commitment to the treaty at country to ratify the treaty and he nians participate very actively in reactors when the U.N. General Wednesday’s meeting, but didn’t hopes it takes less than five years. the test ban organization. Assembly adopted it in 1996: the say when it might ratify, Zerbo “I’m putting five years as the “I think in Iran it’s a matter of United States, China, Iran, Israel, said. He said Pakistan has shown longest it should take now based when, and the when will depend Egypt, India, Pakistan and North leadership recently, talking about on the positive sign that I’m see- on the condition that will be right Korea. a “bilateral moratorium with In- ing from Israel,” said Zerbo, who ... for them to consider the ratifi- This year is the 20th anniver- dia” on nuclear testing. “They’re met Prime Minister Benjamin cation,” he said. “The only thing I sary of the treaty and Zerbo was waiting for a response from India,” Netanyahu for the first time dur- say as head of the organization is I at U.N. headquarters for a panel he said. North Korea, the only na- tion that has tested nuclear weap- ons in the 21st century, was the only country of the eight key na- HEAVY STRIKES HIT REBEL-HELD tions whose ratifications are need- ed to boycott Wednesday’s Gen- eral Assembly meeting. While its AREAS IN WESTERN SYRIA seat was empty, its underground Heavy air strikes targeted areas Syrian state TV said the air force had launched "concentrated explosions were criticized by Ja- of Hama province captured by strikes" against what it described as "terrorists" in the area, saying pan and many others. Zerbo said Syrian insurgents from govern- tens had been killed. he advocates reopening a dialogue ment forces in recent days, as with North Korea “one way or Damascus pressed a counter at- another,” stressing that nothing has tack on Thursday in an area of stopped Pyongyang from carry- strategic importance to Presi- ing out nuclear tests and firing bal- dent Bashar al-Assad. listic missiles. “What I’m thinking The Syrian Observatory for is how can we get them to adhere Human Rights said at least 17 to a moratorium on nuclear testing people had been killed in the air as an immediate and first step to strikes overnight. denuclearization,” he said. “We have to find the means to do that.” Mexico president blasts Trump’s RAN TO START BUILING policies as ‘huge TWO NEW NUCLEAR PLANTS threat’ after meeting Mexico’s president rebuked ON EPT ALEHI Donald Trump as a threat to his Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mo- country just hours after painting a hammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz positive picture of talks the two arrived in Japan on an official visit held on Wednesday to try to de- on Wednesday, as a representative fuse tensions over the US presi- of Saudi’s King Salman bin Abdu- dential hopeful’s anti-Mexican laziz Al Saud on the invitation of campaign rhetoric. the Japanese government, accord- President Enrique Pena Nieto ing to the Saudi Press Agency. had on Wednesday afternoon The Deputy Crown Prince hailed as “open and constructive” was received at the airport in the the impromptu meeting he held Japanese capital Tokyo by Japa- Head of the Atomic Energy Orga- and Moscow struck a deal to build with Trump, who later referred to nese Minister of State for Foreign nization of Iran (AEOI) says the eight more nuclear power plants the Mexican leader as his friend Affairs Kentaro Sonora, Japanese Islamic Republic will begin the in Iran. and a “wonderful” president. ambassador to the Kingdom of construction of two nuclear pow- Russia has already built a pow- But in a late evening television Saudi Arabia Noriko, Saudi ambas- er plants in cooperation with Rus- er plant in Bushehr. The agreement interview, an angry-looking Pena sador to Japan Ahmad Al Barak sia within the next few days. for Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant “Operations to build two new was finalized in 1995, but the Nieto sought to defend himself and a number of Japanese officials against a broad swathe of criticism nuclear power plants in Bushehr project was delayed several times and members of the Saudi Embas- will start on September 10,” Ali due to a number of technical and for his decision to invite the Re- sy in Tokyo. His arrival to Tokyo Akbar Salehi said late Wednesday, financial issues. publican candidate despite his re- is part of a wider Asia trip that adding that it will take 10 years The 1,000-megawatt plant, peated verbal attacks on Mexico. saw him visit Pakistan and Beijing for the power plants to be com- which is operating under the full “His policy stances could rep- earlier and will next see him return pleted. supervision of the International resent a huge threat to Mexico, and to China for the G20 Hangzhou The Iranian nuclear chief fur- Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), I am not prepared to keep my arms 2016 summit in a few days’ time. ther said that by building these reached its maximum power gen- crossed and do nothing,” Pena Ni- Japan's Ambassador to Saudi Ara- two power plants, the country eration capacity in August 2012. eto said. “That risk, that threat, bia Norihiro Okuda has commend- will save 22 million barrels of oil In September 2013, Iran offi- must be confronted. I told him that ed Saudi deputy crown prince's per year. He said the projects cially took over from Russia the is not the way to build a mutually economic initiatives and said that would cost an estimated $10 bil- first unit of its first 1,000-mega- beneficial relationship for both Tokyo is willing to contribute and lion. watt nuclear power plant for two nations.” help with the Saudi Vision 2030. In November 2014, Tehran years. KABULSERENAHOTELTO ANNOUNCEEIDHOLIDAYPACKAGE Kabul Serena Hotel announced the The package is subject to room ghanistan’s local artisans, the ho- Eid Holiday Package from 8th Sep- availability with terms and condi- tel also acts as a showcase for tember 2016 to 16th September tions applied. For reservations; some fine examples of decorative Australia is to start targeting ISIS against ISIS targets in Syria as part narrower interpretation of Austra- their sentences and to tighten con- 2016. 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