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Afghan govt s representatives hold peace talks with Taliban in Pakistan

Islamabad is not sincere with Afghanistan. Under the pretext of next round of peace talks, Pakistan wants to provide an opportunity to the Taliban to capture more areas and have good position in the reconciliation process, says a member of the Wolei Jirga.

By Farhad Naibkhel The Afghan government from Kabul, casted doubt on Pa- es is not possible. This gives warmly welcomes the peace talks kistan s sincerity and said that the Afghanistan the upper hand in the KABUL: The Ministry of For- and calls it as a first step towards country is trying to kill time. peace parleys, he added. eign Affairs (MoFA) welcomed brining ever-lasting peace and sta- He said that even postponing Amendments to the first and the direct talks between the gov- bility to Afghanistan, Mustagh- the next session of negotiations second chapters of the constitu- ernment and the Taliban in Paki- ni said. He hoped that the peace with the Taliban is aimed at pro- tion will not be discussed, Pres- stan. The peace parleys between negotiations will put an end to viding the Taliban militants with ident Ghani stressed, adding that the government officials and rep- bloodshed and violence in Afghan- opportunity to capture more the Durand Line issue will never resentatives of the Taliban held in istan. Hinting at presence of the lands, in order to give them the be included in the agenda of peace Murree city of Pakistan the other Islamic State (IS), also known as upper hand in talks. Pakistan negotiations. After the media re- night. Daesh, in Afghanistan, Mustagh- on one hand supports the peace port emerged about beginning of The National Unity Govern- ni said that Afghan security forc- and reconciliation process, while peace talks between Afghan gov- AT News Report bringing lasting peace and stabili- stressed that such peace talks ment (NUG) informed of starting es are ready to fight against all ter- on the other it equips the Taliban ernment and Taliban in Murree, ty in Afghanistan. A press state- should mark end of bomb blasts, formal peace talks with the Tali- rorist groups who want to con- with weapons and encourage them the Taliban in a statement said KABUL: Ex-President Hamid ment issued by Hamid Karzai s killings and violence in Afghanistan. ban. The Afghan government urged tinue wars in the country. The to conduct terrorist attacks in Af- that it has brought changes in du- Karzai welcomed direct peace office said that informal talks in One-day peace parleys between Pakistan to play role as facilita- MoFA in a press statement said ghanistan, he added. ties and authorities of the Taliban talks between the Afghan govern- China, Qatar, Norway, and Unit- Afghan officials and Taliban repre- tor. In over the past one decade that the incumbent government President Ashraf Ghani in a leaders from time to time. How- ment and the Taliban in Islama- ed Arab Emirates (UAE) were sentatives ended with both sides the High Peace Council has failed appreciates Pakistan s efforts in meeting with political figures and ever, every decision regarding the bad. Hamid Karzai termed the steps towards bringing peace to agreeing to meet again after the sa- to kick start the reconciliation pro- facilitating the direct peace talks media-men said that Afghan gov- Taliban movement will be taken negotiations as a step towards Afghanistan. Karzai once again cred month of Ramadan. cess with the insurgent group. between the Afghan government ernment will have the upper hand by the Taliban s political office in Ahmad Shakib Mustaghni, and the Taliban. The Afghan gov- in the talks, said a press release Qatar, spokesman for the group, spokesman for the MoFA, told ernment in the statement also com- issued from his office. Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a MoPH Mammoth rally held in reporters on Wednesday that the mended the United States, China President Ghani said that statement. government s delegation in the and other countries cooperation three points would be discussed Entering into peace talks with registers 35 talks was comprised of four offi- in this regard. Qazi Amin Waqad, in the primary round of peace the Taliban was a dream of the support of security forces cials, including the Deputy For- a senior member of the High Peace talks: continuation of the process, government and people of Afghan- eign Minister, Hekmat Khalil Council (HPC), expressed his building trust and preparing a list istan since long. However, due to CONGO Karzai. pleasure over direct talks with the of important points for discus- lack of sincere cooperation from He said that the one-day peace Taliban and said that they have sion. the peace and reconciliation pro- VIRUS CASES talks ended with both sides agree- spared no efforts to brining the The president stressed that cess is yet to yield in expected ing to meet after the holy month Taliban to negotiation table. He the peace negotiations will be an outcomes. People of Afghanistan AT Monitoring Desk of Ramadan. However, he didn t hoped that the talks will brining Afghan-led and Afghan-owned still doubt Pakistan s sincerity. provide information about venue lasting peace to Afghanistan and process. The president said that Thus, it is unclear that whether KABUL: Ministry of Public and structure of Afghan govern- Health (MoPH) said that they will put an end to violence in the regional countries, international these talks will bring lasting peace have registered 35 suspected cas- ment s delegation in the next ses- war-hit country. However, Da- community and the Taliban have to Afghanistan, or will once again es of Congo virus since beginning sion of peace talks. wood Kalakani, a parliamentarian realized that defeating Afghan forc- face deadlock. of the current year. Spokesman for the health min- istry, Wahidullah Mayar, told Gunmen kidnap Radio Azadi that they have regis- McCain blasts Obama tered 10 positive cases in Herat, three engineers in Nangarhar and Kabul. Eight pa- tients died while battling the Congo Badakhshan virus. The virus is transmitted to STRATEGY AGAINST DAESH humans from animals and insects. AT News Report Mayar said that last year the vi- John McCain, a senior American tioned in Afghanistan after 2016, in Afghanistan the same thing [like rus took lives of three people. SHARAN: Scores of people in deeper inside Afghanistan territo- senator, strongly criticized U.S. the country would likely turn into Iraq] is going to happen there, both KABUL: Unidentified gunmen Symptoms of the Congo virus are: southeastern Paktika province ry. Niamatullah, deputy head of President Barack Obama s anti- a dangerous country like Iraq. Af- of which would be tragedies, said kidnapped three road construc- headache, fever, backache, sore held a huge rally to express soli- provincial council, said: We will Daesh strategy, and also the ghanistan is certainly not Iraq, but Senator Jeff Sessions. Meanwhile, tion engineers in northeastern throat, redness of eyes and sad- darity with security forces and not allow Pakistani troops to use troops downsize in Afghanistan. the parallels are eerily familiar, the U.S. defense secretary Ash- Badakshan province the other ness. The spokesman urged pub- offered to fight alongside Afghan our soil anymore for constructing McCain, who recently visited McCain said. As in Iraq, the ton Carter stressed the need for day, said a local official on lic to visit the nearest hospital if security forces for peace and sta- check posts or to create insecuri- Afghanistan, accused Obama ad- United States is contemplating a strong commitment to defeat Wednesday. The Chairman of they see or feel any symptom of bility in the country. Hundreds of ty. We now know our enemies and ministration of failing the war drastic reduction in force presence Daesh. Achieving ISIS s [Daesh] Badakhshan provincial council, the virus. residents, civil society activists thousands of young Paktika peo- against Daesh an extremist group that places at risk the hard-won lasting defeat will require contin- Abdullah Naji Nazari, said that the and government officials partici- ple are ready to fight side by side which has recently emerged in gains of the last decade. While ued commitment [and] steady gunmen kidnapped the engineers pated in the rally with partici- with security forces against anti- Afghanistan but has already Afghanistan s security forces are leadership from the United States in Yaftal district of the province. pants holding placards inscribed Afghan elements. Bara Khan seized large cities in Iraq and Syr- improving in quality, they are still and our global coalition [and] hand- He added that the engineers were Flash floods with: Death to Pakistan and Long Takra, a civil society activist, de- ia. Our means and our current missing the same set of key capa- work by our men and women in on their way to home when they Live Afghanistan. The protest- manded the government to equip level of effort are not aligned with bilities the Iraqis were missing uniform, Carter noted. Earlier in were kidnapped. destroy 80 ers chanted anti-Pakistan slogans them and they were willing to fight our ends, McCain said at the Sen- when the U.S. withdrew in 2011, March, President Obama decided He said that tribal elders in the following reports that Pakistani alongside the valiant Afghan forc- ate Armed Services Committee, including intelligence, aviation, to maintain 9,800 troops in Af- province are trying to secure re- houses in troops moved to construct post es. (Pajhwok) which he chairs. That suggests special operations, and logistics ghanistan through the end of this lease of the kidnapped engineers we are not winning, and when you capabilities, he warned. Another year. He announced the reduction through negotiations. No group Badakhshan are not winning in war, you are American senator also blasted in troops would take place in including the Taliban militants Governor Vibrant press, civil losing. In addition, he warned if Obama administration s future 2016 and that based on conditions have accepted the responsibility AT News Report society vital for sufficient forces were not sta- plan for Afghanistan. If we do it on the ground. of the kidnapping so far. KABUL: As many as 80 houses for Jowzjan democracy: Haysom were destroyed, hundreds acres of 30 insurgents agricultural land was damaged and KABUL: The top United Nations dozens of animals were killed as appointed envoy in Afghanistan, Nicholas killed in raids floods wreck havoc in Shuhada Haysom, has reiterated that strong district of Badakhshan province, AT News Report and independent journalism as AT News Report said official. Deputy Governor of well as a flourishing civil society Badakhshan, Gul Mohammad Bi- KABUL: The Independent Direc- are vital components for survival KABUL: At least 30 armed Tali- dar, on Wednesday told media that torate of Local Governance of a democracy. Haysom met with ban fighters were killed and 40 as a result of floods, 80 houses (IDLG) has appointed Letifullah leading civil society activists and others were wounded in different were destroyed in Yunek village Azizi as governor of Jowzjan journalists to hear their concerns crackdowns within past 24 hours. of Shuhada district. He said that province. over threats they have recently In a press release issued here, no casualty was reported though received from external armed the natural disaster was not of Azizi was introduced as new Ministry of Interior (MoI) said governor by the advisor of First groups, a statement from United minor scale. He said the floods Nations Assistance Mission in that Afghan National Police demolished the houses complete- Vice President, Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on (ANP) in collaboration with Af- ly in the area. The displaced peo- and Adviser to the IDLG, Abu Wednesday. Strong and indepen- ghan National Army (ANA) and ple are looking desperately to- Muslim Sidiqi, on Wednesday. dent journalism, as well as a flour- the National Directorate of Secu- wards humanitarian assistance. The two advisors asked the ishing civil society are critical for rity (NDS) has conducted clear- They are living in unsuitable con- residents of Jowzjan to continue the health and survival of a de- ance operations against insurgents dition without any resources to cooperating with the new gover- mocracy. Afghanistan can be just- in different areas of Faryab, Kan- protect themselves from scorch- nor for betterment of the prov- ly proud of its civil society and dahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Maidan ing heat as mercury goes up, he ince. The new governor of the media sector, but this achieve- Wardak, Logar and Helmand prov- added. He went on to say that over Jowzjan vowed that he would try ment needs to be safeguarded, inces. In these operations 30 500 people were displaced by the his best to resolve the all out- Haysom stressed. The authorities rebels were eliminated and 40 oth- floods and need shelter, food, standing issues in the province. need to take all proper steps to ers injured. Nine insurgents were water and medicines. The depu- He promised to build four protect those professionals who ty governor said that a delegation are subject to threats and intimi- also arrested in the crackdowns comprising of government officials important projects includes ex- dation, he said, adding that it and were handed over to the rele- have reached the scene to assess pansion of the potable water sup- should ensure that this vital dem- vant judicial body for interroga- the damages and needs of the dis- ply system, township for teach- ocratic space is not subject to the tion, added the statement. placed people. He said that aid ers, improvement of agriculture chilling effect that threats to free- ANP also recovered huge Iraqi Shi ite paramilitaries launch a rocket toward Islamic State militants north of would be sent to the needy fami- sector and building of standard dom of expression will inevitably cache of weapons in the opera- Fallujah in Anbar Province. (Photo: Reuters) lies once the assessment is over. hospital in the province. have. (Pajhwok) tions, the ministry claimed.

61.30 59.90 67.32 65.92 This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 3 Afghan girls splashed Afghan farmers produce with acid on their faces as record soybean this year: NEI punishment for going to school

after throwing the acid on them, said Akhundzada. Two of the three victims were in critical condition after acid was splashed onto their faces. The police are already work- ing on the case to identify the at- tackers, said Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, who spoke for the provincial po- lice chief. Afghanistan had a histo- ry of terror attacks against girls to keep them from going to school and receiving education. There were at least 185 reported attacks on schools and hospitals in the country in 2011, a large number of which were linked to groups push- ing against girls education. Peo- ple are crazy, said Razia Jan, who founded a girls school, the Zabuli Education Center, outside Kabul. The day we opened the school, (on) the other side of town, they threw hand grenades in a girls school, and 100 girls were killed. Every day, you hear that some- KABUL: Following continuous Last year, 2,000 MT soybeans partnership with the Afghan peo- body s thrown acid at a girl s face assistance by an NGO, Nutrition were produced by the NEI farm- ple, NEI established that soybeans ... or they poison their water. It and Educational International ers. That figure is increasing dra- grow very well in Afghanistan. The is heartbreaking to see the way (NEI), Afghan farmers produced matically to an estimated Afghan people enjoy soybeans these terrorists treat ... women, the most amount of soybeans in 4,500MT 5,000 MT for 2015. and it is easily integrate into the Members of a family receive treatment at a hospital after being attacked with acid at their Jan said. In their eyes, a woman the history of the country this NEI eradicates malnutrition in traditional diet. home by unknown gunmen in Kunduz, Afghanistan. is an object that they can control. year, a statement from the NEI Afghanistan in several ways. NEI Malnourished women and They are scared that when these said on Wednesday. developed a comprehensive soy- children are regaining health Three girls are now trying to re- were attacked by still unidentified fore their families transferred them girls get an education, they will be- With the assistance NEI as- bean value chain that provides a through the consumption of soy cover in a hospital in Afghanistan assailants, CNN reported. They elsewhere, according to hospital come aware of their rights as wom- sistance, an estimated 13,000 Af- high protein food for household foods. after attackers on a motorbike were students at one of the larg- head Jamal Abdul Naser Akhun- en and as a human being. ghan farmers are cultivating soy- consumption and for large scale NEI has committed to stand- threw acid in their faces for going est all-girls schools in the provin- dzada. The girls said they were Most of the (local) men and bean this year. NEI distributed commercial markets. In addition, ing alongside the Afghan people to school, according to reports. cial capital, Herat City, said Aziz- attacked by two men on a motor- women are illiterate, said Jan, seeds and fertilizers and provided NEI teaches Afghan women and another 10 more years. NEI s vi- The unnamed girls, ages 16 to ul-Rahman Sarwary, chief of the bike, Akhundzada quoted the vic- whose school provides free edu- all technical training to farmers in commercial bakeries how to bake sion in Afghanistan is to eradicate 18, were on their way to a school education ministry for the tims as saying. This is the pun- cation to girls. Most of our stu- 22 provinces throughout the coun- naan using a soy/wheat blended malnutrition, especially among the in Afghanistan s western Herat province.They were all rushed to ishment for going to school, the dents are the first generation of try. Soybean cultivation began in flour. Soy naan doubles the pro- vulnerable women and children province on Saturday when they Noor hospital in Herat city be- men reportedly said to the girls girls to get educated. early spring and around 2,400 tein absorption rate and is a deli- throughout the country. Our 2025 hectares of land was used for farm- cious and alternative to 100% goal in the country is to produce ing. This is an increase of 400 hect- wheat naan. NEI has achieved a 300,000 metric tons of soybeans ares of land under soybean culti- great deal since introducing soy- that will feed the entire nation. Helmand watermelon farmers complain of losses vation in comparison to last year. bean to Afghanistan in 2003. In (Pajhwok) LASHKARGAH: Farmers in melons and serving farmers inter- southern Helmand province com- ests. He said in the absence of a plained they incurred losses in government-run market, they had watermelons due to a disorganised to take their produce to a private- ALP commander, 14 members market and demand for bribes by ly-run marker where they were municipality officials. Abdul Bari, not allowed to trade independent- a farmer from Nawa district, told ly. He did name anyone. Moham- join Taliban in Faryab Pajhwok Afghan News his water- mad Wali, a farmer from the Karez melon crop had already been af- area of Lashkargah, made similar fected by squash bugs while sev- complaints and said he sold five AT Monitoring Desk eral people in the market demand- tonnes of watermelons for 11,000 ed money and share in income Pakistani rupees. From that KABUL: A local police com- under various pretexts. He said amount he paid more than Rs2, mander along with 14 policemen there existed a number of power- 000 to the market owner and as joined the Taliban militants in ful individuals in the watermelon many to Municipality officials and Faryab province, said an official market and they did not allow for transport and other expenses. source. farmers to sell their produce to He said he could not make profit Abdul Qadir Qaderi, Pash- buyers from Kabul on their own. after paying these expenses. Pric- tunkot district chief, said that a He said the Municipality charged es control official at the munici- commander of Afghan Local Po- lice (ALP) along with 14 other farmers with heavy money as tax. pality, Noor Mohammad, said not interfere in open market af- instead of poppies. Around 300 members of the ALP joined the Another grower from the same they charged 270 afghanis each fairs, but they could act on com- vehicles carrying watermelons Taliban militants in the district. district, Haji Shamir, criticised the vehicle carrying watermelons in plaints. Farmers in Garmasir and come to Lashkargah on a daily He said that the police com- government for failing to construct return for the municipality s ser- Nawa districts prefer growing basis from the two districts. mander was leading public upris- a separate marketplace for water- vices. He added legally they could watermelons and other food crops (Pajhwok) ing against the Taliban militants in Pashtunkot district. The policemen fled their Afghanistan eases past Jersey, USA wins thriller checkpoints following an attack members of the ALP joined the Taliban militants hove captured from the Taliban militants and then Taliban militants, TOLOnews around 60 villages in the province. Western Districts Cricket Union beats Canada by eight wickets; Ireland-UAE washed out in ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier warm-ups under the pretext of organizing a quoted Qaderi as saying. The officials said that the fighting crackdown on the militant group This comes at a time that lo- has forced some 3,000 families to Ireland s clash against United Arab the commander along with other cal officials recently said that the leave their houses. Emirates was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain in Bel- fast, but elsewhere, there were wins for Afghanistan, United Edmund Clark photographed States of America and the Western Districts Cricket Union during the Afghanistan s Bagram Air Base, first round of warm-up matches for the ICC World Twenty20 Qual- ifier 2015 on Monday (July 6). home to more than 40,000 people Afghanistan was dominant in its eight-wicket win over Jersey, America s largest enclave in Af- who opted to bat but was bowled ghanistan, Bagram Airfield, was out for 46 in 10.2 overs at Myre- home to more than 40,000 people, side in Edinburgh. Mohammed most of whom never leave the base, Nabi, the offspinner and former says Edmund Clark, who has re- captain, and Mirwais Ashraf, the corded the everyday spaces in medium pacer, grabbed three wick- which they live and their limited ets apiece to restrict Jersey, for views of the country they are oc- whom Peter Gough and Cornelis cupying. Bodenstein top-scored with 12 Our impression of war is runs each. Then, despite losing shaped by images of soldiers on Mohammad Shehzad (9) and As- patrol or in combat. Actually, ghar Stanikzai (4) within three points out photographer Edmund overs Ben Kynman and Antho- Clark, the vast majority of the ny Kay bagging the wickets re- 40,000 people who were stationed spectively Afghanistan complet- at Bagram Airfield America s larg- ed the chase in 7.3 overs, with est enclave in Afghanistan never Nawroz Mangal (16 not out) and left it. Protected, but also confined, Samiullah Shenwari (14 not out) by perimeter walls that are secured taking it through. Elsewhere in Ed- run stand for the third wicket, be- but the Western Districts Cricket Meanwhile, over in Bready, by daily patrols, they lived in mess halls, meeting rooms, sleeping quar- inburgh, at the Grange Cricket Club tween Hiral Patel and Nitish Ku- Union openers were solid. Qasim USA beat North West Warriors in says. We have seen a lot from around Bagram s concrete perime- Ground, Western Districts Crick- mar helped it recover and pull Sheikh held up one end while Niel a keenly-fought thriller. The start ters, a supermarket and a gym. Their experience of Afghanistan is Afghanistan showing military en- ter fence suggest the gulf in tech- et Union beat Canada by eight ahead. Kumar was particularly ag- Bredenkamp attacked at the oth- of the match was delayed by rain, gagements with the Taliban or ar- nology, understanding and experi- wickets, thanks to a half-century gressive, scoring a 38-ball 68, in- er, putting on 55 for the opening reducing it to a 15-over-a-side af- restricted to the landscape they can see over the walls, images of the moured vehicles dealing with im- ence between the western bases of by Brad Williams after Sudesh cluding 10 fours and a six, before wicket before Bredenkamp fell to fair, and when it began, the War- provised explosive devices, but Operation Enduring Freedom and riors side was reduced to 29 for 2 country on murals in the meeting Fernando s 4 for 25 had helped he was dismissed by Keith Da- Jeremy Gordon for a 25-ball 44. very little showing the experience the country they occupy. His pho- bowl Canada out for 146. bengwa. The wicket gave the Williams came in and put on 77 after being put in to bat. Hammad rooms and paintings in the dining Shahid dismissed both openers facility, a weekly bazaar and 7000 of the vast majority of people who tographs were taken with a state- Fred Klaassen had dismissed bowlers momentum Patel soon for the second wicket with Sheikh have served there, most of whom of-the-art digital Hasselblad in a Canada s openers in the very first fell to Fernando for a 51-ball 44 who fell to Junaid Siddiqui late David Barr (17) and David Rankin security-screened local workers (10) off successive balls. How- who provide cooking and cleaning are non-combatants. Clark was deliberate echo of western techno- over to reduce it to 6 for 2 after it and Canada was all out for 146. on and saw the chase through, fascinated by the technological feat logical prowess. had chosen to bat. However, a 102- Canada needed early wickets, ending with a 38-ball 53. ever, Oraine Williams steadied the services. Some of the personnel innings, putting on 34 with Marco may also meet locals in the Par- of running such a huge facility. The way I have taken the Marais for the third wicket, and wan Detention Facility, the on-site Originally built in the 1950s, and a images is as much a part of the then 27 with Ryan Hunter for the jail whose treatment of prisoners Soviet airbase from 1979 to 1989, process as the images themselves, fourth. Having scored a 35-ball 47, has attracted Amnesty Interna- Bagram swelled to become a 15 sq he says. Oraine Williams fell to the medi- tional s attention. Insurgents based km facility since 2001 and the start The Mountains of Majeed um-pace of Japen Patel with the in the mountains also sporadically of Operation Enduring Freedom. were exhibited in a stand-alone se- score 102 for 5. Warriors eventu- take pot-shots at the camp, launch- It was, at the height of the war, the ries at Flowers Gallery late last ally posted 119 in its 15 overs. ing rudimentary missiles that may busiest military airfield in the year, as well as being published in In its chase, USA got off to a or may not go off. Clark has previ- world, hosting aircraft and drones a portfolio-style book with Here good start, with Fahad Babar and ously shot the Guantanamo Bay with evocative names such as Lib- Press, which includes photographs Akeem Dodson, the openers, put- Naval Base and a British control erty, Predator and Reaper, and of the mountains around the base ting on a fairly quick 45 within six order house, and gained access to underpinned with power and wa- and reproductions of paintings of overs. However, Babar was then Bagram by being embedded with ter plants, a state-of-the-art sew- Afghan mountainscapes by an art- bowled by Ross Allen s left-arm the US military and International age treatment centre and recycling ist called Majeed that Clark found spin for a 19-ball 27, and USA was Security Assistance Force (ISAF). facilities. This is an occidental on the walls of one of the Bagram reduced to 73 for 4 in a flash, with Despite this, he was not allowed enclave showing all the sophisti- dining facilities. Dodson (15), Nicholas Standford to photograph the detention facil- cation of the world s most ad- There is distance between the (3) and Japen (6) all falling in quick ity. Nor did he particularly want vanced military superpower, says mountains, he writes, in a text that succession. However, Adil Bhatti to he was interested in looking at Clark. And yet, after 13 years of appears in the book. Vistas of provided Shiva Vashishat compa- the base itself through its physical war, the Taliban and other groups tranquillity fabricated by hand ny, and the two added 46 for the or structural presence, in particu- were still there, waiting for the from canvas, wood and paint. Im- fifth wicket to propel the chase. lar at its infrastructure, food, wa- duration with inferior weapons, ages from an enclave captured in Bhatti fell for a 16-ball 20 when ter and power, and through the hidden in the environment, their high resolution by the latest digi- the scores were level, but victory quotidian places most of the biggest ally. This tactic, and the tal technology. And there is com- was sealed soon after, with Vash- troops never leave. I am looking imbalance of technology, is typi- mon ground. Both are simulacra of ishat ending unbeaten on a run-a- at Bagram as a western and partic- cal of conflicts of resistance. enduring freedom, and in both the ball 30. ularly American experience, he For Clark, the mountains mountains belong to Majeed. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES MSF re-opens UN hails face-to-face talks hospital in Afghan refugees Kunduz days BETWEEN KABUL, TALIBAN after raid in India get skill KABUL: The United Nations In the long term, peace is first step, as well as to the gov- KABUL: Médecins Sans Fron- Assistance Mission in Afghani- not a luxury, it is a necessity, said ernment of Pakistan for hosting tières has re-opened its hospital in stan (UNAMA) on Wednesday Haysom. I welcome the direct the meeting. Afghanistan's troubled northern DEVELOPMENT welcomed direct talks between face-to-face engagement by the These talks should be recogn- province of Kunduz after a five- Afghan government and Taliban parties as the only way to achiev- day shutdown following a raid by representatives in Islamabad and ing progress towards a negotiated Afghan special forces last week, urged the parties to take next steps agreement and ultimately the the group's country representative TRAINING towards reconciliation and peace that Afghanistan deserves. said on Wednesday. Kunduz has peace.The head of UNAMA, He also said it was important seen some of the worst fighting in Nicholas Haysom, welcomed the to acknowledge that the talks Afghanistan this year. MSF said it direct talks. Recalling his briefing were only the first steps in what was re-opening the hospital be- last month to the Security Coun- could be a long and challenging cause the government had prom- cil, in which he specifically urged process. ised the incident would not be re- direct talks between the parties, Haysom, who is also the UN peated. Last week, special forces Haysom reiterated the Afghans Secretary-General s special repre- ised as the outcome of the recent burst inside looking for suspected wanted an end to the pervasive sentative for Afghanistan, ex- concerted efforts at rebuilding re- al Qaeda operatives being treated EMERGENCY violence that affected every aspect pressed his appreciation to the lations between Afghanistan and there. "We got some very strong CALLS of their lives. parties for taking this important Pakistan, he added. (Pajhwok) messages of support... Based on the commitment at the central lev- el, we decided to re-open the hos- Police pital," MSF's Guilhem Molinie said. 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Women do not have the right The condition is quite depressing. solve Kandahar CR), gives skill development train- to go outside their home because Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Many will find it hard to believe, ing to Afghan refugees to help the Taliban does not let them contin- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi the fate of Afghan sportswomen power issue expatriates lead a sustainable life. ue their education, she said. and men remains terribly grim. It KANDAHAR CITY: Water and Presently, some 79 refugees My father was killed by Tal- 070263672 is important to understand the Energy Minister Ali Ahmad Os- from Afghanistan are enrolled for iban and our family is so sad from condition of athletes that gives rise mani said the electricity problem Information and Technology (IT), them and we cannot stay safely to their expedition. in southern Kandahar province and communication skills training inAfghanistan so we came to In- Khairkhana Hospital For an athlete it is necessary could not be addressed without at two centers in Delhi. The foun- dia, she added. 0799-321007 to support his family as well, be- cooperation from the private sec- dation also ensures placement to After a three-month skill de- cause a strict sense of obligation tor. the candidates after they complete velopment training the students 2401352 to parents is constituent to Af- Osmani, who arrived with a dele- three months training in skill de- get placements in BPOs, IT firms, ghan culture, inculcates the chil- gation in Kandahar City, the pro- velopment. Tamana, an Afghan Banks and others sectors in India. dren with a duty to provide mate- vincial capital, said his ministry refugee studying at Anudip Foun- Operations Manager at the Indira Gandhi Children rial support to aging parents. lacked enough resources to re- solve the electricity issue in Kan- dation, hoped to get a decent job Anudip Foundation, Raja Khan, Hospital, Wazir Akbar However, the salary they get bare- after completing training. I am said that several students are get- ly meets their own needs. dahar and urged the private sector to play its part in this regard. He pursuing classes at Anudip..i am ting jobs after completing training Khan, Kabul 2301372 When asked about daily ex- hopeful that this training will help at their institute. penses, Farahi said that he was was speaking at the provincial council meetings hall where Gov- me to get a job, she said. Mohe- In Malviya Nagar Centre we spending Afs3,000 daily on food. bullah Selemankhil, another Af- have been able to train 50 Afghan Ibn-e- Seena He was eating six kilogram chick- ernor Dr. Humayun Azizi, pro- vincial council members, influen- ghan refugee who is pursuing a people. 30 candidates are placed Pul-e-Artan, Kabul en breast, eggs and other nutrition- tial figures and representatives of course in IT Workplace at Anudip in different organizations in Del- al supplements. These supple- the United States Agency for In- Foundation, said that he is keen hi. In Bhogal, we are still continu- 2100359 ments are available in the country ternational Development (US- to complete the course and con- ing with the placement, so far we but are expensive. Chicken AID) were present. Governor tinue his education further. Af- have placed it is somewhere breasts, proteins and vitamins are Azizi called the lack of electricity ter finishing course at Anudip, I around 43 students, he said. Wazir Akbar Khan imported from the United Arab one of the major issues the peo- would like to continue my Senior India is a secure place for large Hospital Emirates. Quality products are ple of the province faced. He be- Secondary education. After that I number of Afghans seeking shel- expensive while the cheaper are lieved if the problem was re- will be joining college, he said. ter because of ongoing war back 2301741, 2301743 ineffective. solved, it would help turn Kanda- Tahmeena Noori, another Afghan home. It is hard to transcribe his har into an agricultural and indus- refugee, migrated to India after her As of December 2014, there Ali Abad emotions and hardships that he trial zone, create jobs for the father was killed by the Taliban. are some 10,395 Afghan refugees endured to reach the destination. youth and eventually bring peace. He said the Kajaki hydropower She was a bank employee back in and asylum-seekers registered Shahrara, Kabul For his dream he worked hard to Afghanistan and now she is hon- with UNHCR in India. (ANI) bear the expenses. He runs a club plant was not a basic solution to 2100439 to bear the expenses. The fee is the electricity problem in Kanda- affordablewhen compared to har because the supply was not bodybuilding clubs in Kabul reliable as it was cut off four to Kabul residents enjoy Malalai Maternity five days a week. The governor City.Those who want to build said the problem could be resolved Hospital muscles and stay away from drugs with import of electricity and he nightlife as Eid shopping 2201377/ 2301743 are encouraged by Farahi. Mem- had talked to businessmen in this bers of the club pay Afs300 per regard as part of his first 100-day gets momentum month, though, many cannot pay plan, which he had presented to Banks it. In Kabul, members of the body- the president. He said the presi- building clubspay Afs700-1000 dent had endorsed his plan and Da Afghanistan Bank per month. luckily the electricity act had re- What very unfortunate is that cently been approved. The gov- 2100302, 2100303 the government and business ty- ernor said he had encouraged US- coons are not interested in AID officials to assist the private Kabul Bank sports.They are not supporting sector in making investment in the athletes. According to Farahi, solar energy. Azizi asked the min- 222666, 070285285 response of the public isnot dif- istry concerned to provide details Azizi Bank ferent. However, what is quite to the masses about millions of surprising that insurgent groups dollars invested in Kandahar in the 0799 700900 have no problem with sports. electricity sector. The people of Kandahar want Pashtany Bank There are many businessmen the central government to be held who can support us. There are accountable for the millions of 2102908, 2103868 officials who got funds, but they dollars set aside for electricity in By M. Nadeem Alizai by financial problems, because do not want to promote sports. the province. The governor also Air Services sports are relatively expensive How can a sportsman with no fa- said silt deposits had reduced the The magnitude of exploitation of hobby in Afghanistan, especially cility and many financial problems water holding capacity of the young Afghans is staggering. when the government turns its compete in international Dahla Dam by 40 percent, though Safi Airways There are many young people in back. championships? asked Farahi the dam irrigated orchards and Talking to Afghanistan Times, while dropping his head in sor- farm fields in the province. He said 020 22 22 222 the country with great talent who The residents of capital Kabul defy cide attacks and bombings can't drown their sorrows in alcohol and he said that he had not received row. if the water volume further re- support from the government or duced, it could lead to an agricul- all the security threats by enjoy- snatch their freedom and joy. "This Ariana hashish. Still there are some who ing rapid-growing nightlife culture, is our home land and we need to do not want to relieve their ago- public, but it was his enthusiasm The sportsmen are annoyed ture crisis, urging the ministry 020-2100270 and help of a few Olympic Com- by low salary and no facilities. concerned to preempt the disas- spending hours at the parks and live a life, so why shouldn't we nies in such a way that would ter. glorious malls at night. As the come out of our homes at night," a bring shame to their family and mittee officials that enabled him Most of the athletes get Afs10,000 per month. Farahi s story is em- Azizi also called for the con- weather becomes hot while Eid young student Farid Ahmad said, ruin their life forever. In a country to continue the uncertain journey. struction of a dam in the Arghistan Kam Air I want to continue building my blematic of the hundreds of thou- festival is approaching, the Kabul enjoying a lovely night whether in like Afghanistan no return from district with the capacity to irri- residents leave their homes at night Kabul. On the other hand, children 0799974422 the drug journey is somehow guar- muscles to bring home champion- sands sportsmen and women gate thousands of hectors of land. ships and show soft image of Af- working hard without having the for the Eid shopping at the busiest are enjoying playing football at the anteed as there are meager re- Minister Osmani said his visit to malls of the city that have added streets, though they lack necessary sources at hands to rehabilitate the ghanistan. However, I will leave required facilities and financial Kandahar was aimed at paving the Hotels this road if I was not supported, strength. They could not navigate a wonderful glory to the night view stadiums and facilities. "Days are addicts, though, amount of dona- ground for private investment to of the city. Colorful Eid stalls are very hot and people are busy with Safi Landmark tion could exceed the draft pro- he poured his heart out. their profession without the gov- resolve the electricity issue. His problems bring real face ernment s support.The lukewarm He said work on installing a setting up in the city as families their jobs. Therefore, we come out posals. are gearing up for Eid shopping. of our homes at night," a Kabul No doubt, there are countless of the system to the light of day. response of the government has third turbine in the Kajaki hydro- 020-2203131 His problems shatter the hollow created overwhelming distrust. power plant in neighbouring Hel- Dozens of young men visit hoo- resident named Ehsan told TOLO- faces of deception. Government kah bars while families enjoy eve- news. The nightlife culture has no- officials and the lawmakers are promises of the legislators and Moreover, mysterious silence of mand province was in full swing SERENA the lawmakers over the problems and the private sector should in- nings in the parks, restaurants and tably grown in Afghanistan, espe- purchasing different items with authorities. His desire to become vest in production of solar energy Mr. Afghanistan was sown seven faced by the sportsmen and wom- busy shopping centers until late cially in the big cities like Kabul 0799654000 public funds that adorn their liv- in Kandahar. (Pajhwok) night. The Kabul residents say sui- and Mazar-e-Sharif. ing rooms. How can the official years ago. Hopes are high that he en is also irking. Now the time deny that sports are barely would bring championships to the has gone as on June 22 their term New Rumi Restaurant breathing because of the deceptive fledgling country.He is resolved to completed their loyalty to the attitude they have adopted. When travel to different parts of the electorates has not been 0776351347 it comes to status of sports in the world for this specific goal. How- proved.The false promise of in- country, many questions swirl in ever, his financial status gives us vesting on youth is a powerful tool Internet Services with the authorities and lawmak- mind such as whether the inatten- immensely intelligent account of UA Telecom tion towards sports is result of a devastating aspect of the cur- ers to control the youth. insecurity or the government is rent sports condition in the coun- The government should listen 0796701701 / 0796702702 using delaying tactics to divert try. The new Mr. Afghanistan is to the ordeals of athletes and the public attention from something tough by physique, but very soft sports federations. Their life is Exchange Rate very important. spoken and humble by nature. He worse than it was. There is great Yet, sportsmanship continues is quite frank to speak about the need to realize and utilize the great Purchase: to thrive in every corner of the hardships that he suffered and potential which is rusting.They country but remained mostly un- joys that he earned on a single day should be better equipped to un- polished. However, unpalatable after continued struggle. dertake the journey into the cham- One US$ = this reality may be. Most of the I was very glad when earned pionships. They endure multiple 60.42Afs sportsmen and women belong to the title [Mr. Afghanistan]. Four hardships due to economic des- One Pound Sterling= poor families, because the well- years ago, I came to Kabul to eval- peration. looking members of the well-to- uate strengthof myfuture The efforts to empower 92.90Afs do families have no interest in opponents.After getting a snap- youth remain woefully inadequate One Euro = sports. They leave for abroad to shot of their physique in my mind, and misdirected. There are differ- 66.62Afs study in state-of-the-art univer- I worked hard for one year and ent reasons for this insufficiency. sities and occupy top slots in the clinched third position on nation- First, priority of the government 1000 Pak Rs = government upon their return. al level.I considered the paths be- is something else and the media 581Afs Muhammad Farahi, a 22-year fore me and made a radical deci- attention is worth-lamenting. Sec- old resident of Farah province sion: It was time to translate the ond, the sports federations are Sale: who recently became Mr. Afghan- dream into reality. For another underfunded. Third, the donors One US$ = istan, is a good epitome to know two years I worked more hard to have ignored this area. There 60.62 Afs how much attention is paid to become Mr. Afghanistan, he said would be no change sans address- One Pound Sterling= sports in the country. After seven while beaming with joy. ing these key impediments. More years of tireless efforts, Farahi However, is success story is focus is paid on fruitless 93.70Afs competed in 95 kilogram catego- more about financial constraints projects.The efforts have proved One Euro= ry and outshined this year. Very and inattention of the government overwhelming futile as the less 67.22 Afs few had earned this prestigious towards sports rather than civil expensive and more encouraging Basira and Hakima, Afghan refugees from The Fatima bint Muhammad bin Zayed initiative, 1000 Pak Rs= 589Afs title, so far. However, he is struck strike and sociocultural aspects. side has been ignored totally. weaving the loom at Dubai Mall. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Pak PM meets Malala, vows improvement in education

ASTANA: India and Kazakhstan today inked five key agreements including a defence pact to enhance military cooperation and a contract for supply of uranium after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ka- zakh President Nursultan Naz- arbayev held comprehensive talks in which they decided to actively engage in the fight against terror- ism and extremism. Modi, who held restricted as well as delegation-level talks with Nazarbayev, noted that they also agreed to work closely to expand bilateral trade by addressing struc- tural impediments between India and hydrocarbon-rich Kazakhstan. "We have shared perspectives on many international issues, in- cluding regional peace, connectivi- ty and integration; reforms in the United Nations; and, combating ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister army operations. for creating a conducive business terrorism," the Prime Minister said Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said He once again congratulated environment for the attraction of at a joint press event here with his government is determined to Malala on being the recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Nazarbayev. improve the quality of education, the Nobel Peace Price in 2014 and He appreciated the role and Noting that the defence and enhance gender equality and pro- called her the pride of Pakistan. investment by Telenor in Pakistan security cooperation was an im- vide increased learning opportuni- Malala appreciated the steps and said that Pakistan's strategic portant dimension of strategic part- ties to both male and female stu- taken by the government in order advantage in being the gateway to nership between the two countries, dents in Pakistan. to improve the state of education Central Asia, Gulf and the West Modi said, "We both want to make According to a statement is- in the country. She said that edu- Asia makes Pakistan a market full it stronger, including in defence sued by the PM House, the pre- cation is the key to eliminating ter- of opportunities. Pakistan's poli- manufacturing. We welcome the mier made these remarks while rorism as well as the mindset be- cy trends have been consistent, new Memorandum of Understand- including exchange of informa- clusion of the UN Comprehensive to our potential. We will work to- talking to Nobel laureate Malala hind terrorism in addition to creat- with liberalisation, deregulation, ing on defence cooperation." tion," it said. In this context, they Convention on International Ter- gether to take economic ties to a Yousufzai, who met him in the ing increased employment oppor- privatisation and facilitation being The MoU would further wid- highlighted the importance of reg- rorism. new level." Norwegian capital Oslo today. tunities for the people. its cornerstones, he added. en the scope of bilateral defence ular inter-agency consultations and Observing that Kazakhstan The other pacts included Trea- Nawaz said significant steps She said that the China Paki- The premier said the consum- cooperation including regular ex- meetings of the Joint Working was India's biggest economic part- ty on Transfer of Sentenced Per- have been taken for the promotion stan Economic Corridor (CPEC) er market in Pakistan is growing at change of visits, consultations, Group on Counter-Terrorism. The ner in the region, Modi said, "But, sons, human resources, cultural of the rights of women, children will prove to be beneficial for ev- a very fast pace as is reflected by training of military personnel, mil- Leaders also called for early con- our relations are modest, compared exchanges and capacity building. and minorities, and efforts towards ery Pakistani, as it will provide tele-density which has now itary- technical cooperation, joint an inclusive society will continue. them with better access to educa- reached 125 million. exercises, special forces exchanges He said the government is tion and health facilities. He said Pakistan's telecom sec- and cooperation in UN peacekeep- committed to increasing education She said she has a dream of tor has attracted substantial invest- ing operations. Committees formed to spending to four per cent of the serving Pakistan and helping its ment after deregulation and during Welcoming the signing of a Gross Domestic Product (GDP). underprivileged children. the last 10 years billions of dollars contract between NC "KazAtom- Furthermore, he said that recon- The premier’s Adviser on For- have been invested in telecom in- Prom" JSC and NPCIL for a re- persuade parents not to struction of around 1,000 schools eign Affairs and National Security frastructure in the country. newed long term supply of natu- that were destroyed in the 2005 Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant Mr Mr Baksaas appreciated the ral uranium to India to meet its earthquake is underway. Tariq Fatemi, and Minister of State reforms and initiatives taken by energy requirements, Modi said, On the occasion, the premier for Education and Professional the government towards stabilis- "Kazaksthan was one of the first oppose polio drops in praised Malala for her bravery and Training Mohammad Baligh-ur- ing the economy and improving countries with which we launched steadfastness, saying that these Rahman were also present at the macro-economic stability. He also civil nuclear cooperation through qualities have made her a role mod- meeting. Govt's policies facilitate briefed the Prime Minister about a uranium purchase contract. Balochistan el for millions in spite of her ten- regional trade and investment the history of Telenor, which came "We are pleased to have a der age. He said he admired the flows: PM Prime Minister Nawaz to Pakistan in 2004. The compa- much larger second contract now. personal interest taken by her to Sharif has said the government's ny is currently employing more We intend to expand cooperation promote education. policies offer a market-driven and than 2000 people directly and be- in other minerals, as well". The premier also reiterated pragmatic approach supported by tween 30,000-40,000 people indi- A joint statement 'Tej kadam' that the government has made a an evolving institutional frame- rectly having 34 million custom- was also released after talks which strong resolve to eliminate terror- work that facilitates regional trade ers in Pakistan with a market share said the Leaders noted the rising ism, which will help attain the and investment flows. of more than 50 per cent. In the challenge posed by terrorism in dream of providing better educa- He made these remarks during longer run the company also wants many parts of the world and in tion to all. He added that the sacri- his meeting with the CEO of Tele- to enter in micro-finance sector, he their immediate region and under- fices of those who have suffered nor Norway, Mr Jon Fredrik Bak- informed the Prime Minister. He lined the importance of a stable at the hands of terrorists will not saas, who called on him on the side- said Pakistan is the only country and secure environment for peace- go in vain. lines of Oslo Summit today. in the world to have done biomet- ful economic development. He said terrorists are on the PM Nawaz said investment ric verification of mobile phone "They agreed to continue their run, since their sanctuaries and policy has been designed to pro- sims which can go a long way in active engagement in the fight hideouts have been wiped out by vide a comprehensive framework digitalisation of country. against terrorism and extremism Bangladesh police identify 7 suspects in blogger murder DHAKA: Bangladesh police said ist bloggers. Police earlier said the also claimed responsibility for ised religion. today seven people belonging to a group is manned by top universi- Roy's murder. The Bangladesh- He was also the author of a home-grown Islamist militant ty graduates and members number born writer, who emigrated to the series of books, including best-sell- group took part in the brutal mur- less than 100. southern US state of Georgia some er "The Virus of Faith", which was der of a Bangladeshi-born US athe- Islam said the alleged killers are 15 years ago, was well known in hugely contentious in Bangladesh, ist blogger in Dhaka in February. "mostly private university stu- his native land for his Mukto- an officially secular state where All seven followed Avijit Roy dents and one of them is a young Mona (Free-mind) blog where he around 90 percent of people are on the night of February 26 and doctor". "We are hoping to arrest railed against all forms of organ- Muslim. then brutally hacked him to death the big fishes who operate behind QUETTA: In a bid to eradicate the "This will be an eight-member The federal government has in a busy road on the Dhaka Uni- the scene once we manage to catch crippling polio virus, the committee," Dr Saifur Rehman taken notice of the case and direct- versity campus when Roy and his the seven people," he said. Balochistan government has elaborated. ed concerned quarters to expedite wife were returning from a book Bangladesh police sent the formed 'refusal coverage commit- The mandate of the commit- efforts to eradicate the polio vi- fair. photos of the seven to Roy's wid- tees' to persuade reluctant parents tee is to encourage parents resist- rus. Four polio cases have been re- "In primary investigation po- ow Rafida Ahmed, who lost a fin- to administer polio drops to their ing the provision of polio drops to ported in Balochistan this year, lice detectives have identified sev- ger during the attack, in the United children. their children. The role of religious with two in Quetta, one in Killa en of those who took part in the States for further identification The committees have been scholars in these refusal coverage Abdullah, and one in the Loralai killing," Dhaka police spokesman through the Federal Bureau of In- formed in Quetta, Pishin and Killa committees is crucial, he added. district of Balochistan. Those re- Muntasirul Islam told AFP, add- vestigation, Bengali daily Samakal Abdullah. "The number of refusals is not ported from Quetta and Killa Ab- ing none of them have been arrest- said. "The committees will bring an in hundreds but in thousands," Dr dullah were believed to be a result ed. And she has identified two of end to the refusal of polio drops," Saifur Rehman said. of parents refusing the administra- "What our investigation has the killers from the seven, it add- Coordinator of the Emergency A new polio case which sur- tion of polio drops to their chil- found is that all seven are mem- ed. Police earlier charged ABT Operation Cell Balochistan Dr faced in Quetta is believed to be dren, Dr Saifur Rehman stated. The bers of the banned Islamist mili- members with the 2013 murder of Syed Saifur Rehman told Dawn- the result of refusal on the part of Balochistan government previous- tant group Ansarullah Bangla Team blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider. News. the parents to allow the vaccina- ly declared 45 union councils in (ABT)," he said, referring to the Immediately after Roy's mur- The Deputy Commissioner tion of their child against the vi- these three districts as high-risk, little known group whose activ- der, the ABT claimed responsibil- will lead the refusal coverage com- rus. Although Pashtunabad volun- as polio samples have been found ists were charged with the murder ity for the killing via a Twitter ac- mittees, while district health of- teers had tried to persuade the par- in Quetta and Killa Abdullah. A of another atheist blogger. count. Police, however, said they ficers, religious scholars, represen- ents of four-year-old Sharifullah to total of 73 polio cases were report- The government banned ABT were not sure whether the account tatives of the World Health Organ- allow the administration of polio ed in Balochistan in 2011, with the in May this year for its alleged in- was genuine. In May Al Qaeda in isation, Unicef, and others will be drops their child, the parents did greatest number of cases concen- volvement in the murders of athe- the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) members of the committee. not permit it. trated in Killa Abdullah.

NEW DELHI: India is in final talks class nuclear submarine in service least detectable submarine it has on the project that could with Russia to lease a new nuclear that is considered to be one of the ever built. cost upwards of Rs 90,000 attack submarine, giving a much deadliest non-US attack boats in It is still not clear, however, crore. These new subma- needed boost to its depleting un- the world. This submarine - a re- whether the final contract would rines, to be fitted with the derwater fleet. Signaling a differ- furbished Soviet era boat - has specify a Yasen submarine or a indigenous vertically- ence in approach by the Modi-led been taken on a 10-year lease from modified boat of the same class to launched Brahmos mis- government, India is now looking Russia in 2012. 'Chakra 1', India's suit Indian requirements. "The fi- sile, are to be built at the to lease a newly built, customised first nuclear submarine, was taken nal shape is yet to be decided, but Vizag-based ship building submarine, unlike in the past when on a similar lease in the late 1980s. it is now almost certain that a centre, with L&T expect- older vessels were refurbished and Russian Yasen class nuke sub- 'greenfield' submarine will be built," ed to get a significant handed over. marine While talks on leasing a third a source associated with the pro- chunk of the work. Several sources related to the Chakra have been on for over two gramme told ET. Work on making op- project that ET spoke with con- years, a change of stand has taken What is clear is that India is erational India's first nu- firmed that talks on leasing a new place after the Modi government embarking on a project to produce clear missile boat - differ- submarine under the 'Chakra 3' took over, with the Indian side in- indigenous class of nuclear attack ent from a nuclear attack project are in advanced stages and sisting on a modern, world-class boats (SSNs) under new subma- submarine is also under- that the issue will be discussed submarine on lease. The only nu- rine programme. The plan, to build way with the first missile during Prime Minister Modi's vis- clear attack submarine of this kind at least six SSNs in India, was giv- test from the submarine it to Russia this week. being produced in Russia current- en financial sanction in February expected to take place this India has the 'Chakra 2' Akula ly is the Yasen class, the quietest, and designers are already at work year. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Clinton blames image slump

Iran and major powers gave them- was possible. most important milestone in de- on Republican selves at least until Friday to ne- "No deadline is sacrosanct for cades towards easing hostility be- gotiate an agreement on the Irani- us," senior Iranian negotiator Ab- tween the United States and Iran, attacks an nuclear program, but a source bas Araqchi told reporters. "We are enemies since Iranian revolution- Hillary Clinton accused Republi- from one of the powers said on ready to stay in Vienna and con- aries captured 52 hostages in the cans Tuesday of waging a "con- Tuesday they had to wrap up in tinue talks as long as it is neces- U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979. stant barrage of attacks" on her and the next 24 hours. sary." Western diplomats said they It would be an important blamed them for whipping up "We are continuing to negoti- had not yet given up hope of mak- achievement for U.S. President doubts about her trustworthiness ate for the next couple of days," ing the deadline for the U.S. con- Barack Obama and Iran's pragma- over an email scandal that threat- EU foreign policy chief Federica gressional review. tist president, Hassan Rouhani, but ens her White House ambitions. Mogherini said outside the hotel The source from one power, both leaders face skepticism from The 2016 Democratic presi- where the marathon talks between however, said there would be a time hardliners at home. dential frontrunner said the issue Iran, Britain, China, France, Ger- limit. "We've come to the end," said It is the fourth time the par- of her private email account and many, Russia and the United the source, on condition of ano- ties have extended the interim deal personal server while secretary of States are taking place. nymity. "We have just made one, struck in November 2013 that gave state was "being blown up with The spokeswoman for the final extension. It is hard to see Iran limited sanctions relief in re- no basis in law or in fact" by crit- U.S. delegation, Marie Harf, said how or why we would go beyond turn for its restricting its nuclear ics who are warning voters she the terms of an interim deal be- this. Either it happens in the next program, including halting produc- sought to hide secretive communi- tween Iran and the six would be 48 hours, or not." 'Heated ex- tion of 20 percent enriched urani- cations from the public. extended through Friday to give change' Diplomats said a discus- um. Clinton made the outspoken negotiators a few more days to fin- sion on Monday night between The latest extension to Friday comments in a 20-minute CNN ish their work. Iran and the major powers became left open the possibility an agree- interview -- her first with a US The negotiators had set Tues- testy over the issue of U.N. sanc- ment would not arrive in time for television organization since she day as a deadline when it became tions, which Iran wants scrapped the deadline to allow an expedited, launched her campaign for the clear last week that a June 30 dead- as part of a deal to curb its nuclear 30-day review of a deal by the U.S. Democratic nomination in April. line would not be met. But despite program. "There was no slamming Congress. "This is being in effect used a push in the past few days they of doors but it was a very heated If a deal is sent to Congress by the Republicans in the Con- made clear again that they still need- exchange of views," a senior West- between July 10 and Sept. 7, Con- gress, OK. But I want people to ed more time. ern diplomat told reporters. gress will have up to 60 days to understand what the truth is. And "We're frankly more concerned The comprehensive deal under review it. U.S. officials fear that the truth is, everything I did was about the quality of the deal than discussion is aimed at curbing Te- could provide more time for any gressional review. Among the stick- might be less onerous than they eign Minister Mohammad Javad permitted," Clinton said, referring we are about the clock, though we hran's most sensitive nuclear work deal to unravel or for pressure ing points, officials said, are Irani- are at present. U.N. restrictions on Zarif planned to remain in the Aus- to her use of her private email ac- also know that difficult decisions for a decade or more, in exchange groups to influence U.S. lawmak- an demands for a U.N. arms em- the development of Iran's missile trian capital to continue negotiat- count to communicate with staff- won't get any easier with time," for relief from economic sanctions ers to oppose any pact. bargo and ballistic missiles sanc- program date to 2006. They call ing, the majority of the other for- ers, dignitaries and others from Harf said. There was disagreement that have slashed Iran's oil exports In Washington, several mem- tions to be lifted, the timing of U.S. for Iran to abandon its ballistic eign ministers planned to leave, 2009 to 2013. about whether the talks were in and crippled its economy. bers of Congress said they did not and EU sanctions relief, and fu- missile program and aim to pre- some for only 24 hours. U.S. offi- "And I went above and beyond effect open-ended. U.S. officials The United States and its al- want negotiators to rush. "I again ture Iranian nuclear research and vent it from developing "nuclear cials are loath to ease the conven- what anybody could have expect- hoped to wrap them up in time for lies fear Iran is using its civilian urge negotiators to hold firm, take development.A senior U.S. official weapon delivery systems," which tional arms embargo against Iran, ed in making sure that if the State a 4 a.m. GMT Friday (midnight nuclear program as a cover to de- their time and be prepared to step said U.N. restrictions would re- diplomats say covers any missile fearing it would allow Tehran to Department didn't capture some- EDT Thursday) deadline to secure velop a nuclear weapons capabili- back from the table," said Repub- main on Iran's trade in arms and its capable of delivering an atomic provide greater military assistance thing, I made a real effort to get it an expedited review by the U.S. ty. Iran says its program is peace- lican U.S. Senator Bob Corker, access to missile technology, but warhead. While U.S. Secretary of to militants in Yemen, Syria or else- to them." Congress, but it was unclear if that ful. An agreement would be the author of the law requiring the con- left open the possibility that these State John Kerry and Iranian For- where in the Middle East. Clinton has handed over 55,000 pages from about 30,000 official emails, the texts of which are being publicly released after authorities redact sensitive infor- mation. About 2,000 emails have already been made public. When pressed on whether The U.S. Army plans to cut 40,000 Clinton felt she bore any respon- soldiers from its ranks over the next sibility for a majority of American two years to save money at home voters in polls saying she was not and abroad, a U.S. defense official honest or trustworthy, Clinton said Tuesday. blamed the "constant barrage of And 17,000 civilians working attacks that are largely fomented for the Army will also be laid off, by and coming from the right." the official told AFP, confirming a "I can only tell you... that this report in the newspaper USA To- has been a theme that has been used day. against me and my husband for The paper quoted a document many, many years," she added. it had obtained and said the cuts "And at the end of the day, I think are being made to save money. voters sort it all out." The defense official said the She also expected that voters Army plans to announce the cuts were not likely to obsess over her soon. USA Today said it would be email practices, but rather "what this week. I'm going to do for the economy," The cutbacks will affect virtu- education, immigration and health ally every Army post at home and care. abroad, USA Today said. "They trust me to have a plan Under the plan the Army will and to be committed to carrying have 450,000 soldiers at the end out that plan, and they should. of the 2017 budget year, the paper Because I will," Clinton vowed. said. When pressed on why she de- It added that in 2013 the Army leted 30,000 personal emails and argued in budgetary documents wiped her server clean after pre- that going below 450,000 troops senting her official correspondence might mean it could not win a war. to the State Department, she mat- By comparison, the Army ter-of-factly stated that "I turned swelled to 570,000 men and wom- over everything I was obligated to en during the peak of fighting in turn over, and then I moved on." Iraq and Afghanistan, the paper Clinton said she will unveil said. budget cuts are due to kick in in October and if Congress does not avert these the Army will have to lay off another 30,000 soldiers on top of the 40,000, according to the document quoted some of her economic proposals Across-the-board government by USA Today. in a speech on Monday. ISIS claims mosque

had appealed to them to endorse his proposals for a merged admin- attack in Yemeni capital istration to tackle a growing jihad- ist presence in the North African nation, which has cast a shadow over its neighbors, especially Tu- nisia. Omar Hamidan, spokesman for Tripoli's General National Con- gress, said "this draft accord is not the satisfactory state (necessary) for us to initial it." The GNC called on the U.N. envoy to "reopen the debate," and said its team was "ready to head (to the table of) di- alogue immediately, once a date is decided, to "discuss modifications the GNC wants to introduce in the text." Among these are a called for "respecting the judiciary," a pos- sible reference to a Supreme Court decision invalidating the parliament in the east, which was elected in June 2014. The GNC is close to Fajr Libya, an alliance of Islamist militias that controls the capital, and which called the proposal a betrayal of those who "fought for the liberation of Libya and the ISIS militants on Wednesday “taken revenge” against Shiite of the security lapse in the coun- preservation of its sovereignty". claimed responsibility for a car Houthi militias who have seized try in recent months. An Arab-led The parliament in Tripoli rejected 2011 overthrow of dictator Mua- On June 29, delegations from A surge of jihadist violence across bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in control of large swathes of the coalition has orchestrated a bomb- Tuesday a U.N. proposal to re- mmar Qaddafi, Libya has two par- both sides headed home from the the region, including the killing of the Yemeni capital on Tuesday, country. ing campaign since March against solve Libya's political crisis but liaments and governments vying for Moroccan resort of Skhirat after 38 people, most of them British which left one person dead and five The bomb, at the Al-Raoudh Houthis and army units loyal to said it wanted to press on with power, one in Tripoli and one in holding their first direct talks in tourists, at a Tunisian beach re- others wounded. mosque in southeast Sanaa, went deposed president Ali Abdullah talks toward reaching an accord the eastern port city of Tobruk, months but failed to agree on U.N. sort last month, has prompted According to Agence France- off as worshippers were leaving Saleh, in an attempt to restore with its rival in the east of the coun- which is recognized by the inter- proposals for a united government. mounting international pressure Presse, a brief statement posted after evening prayers, AFP report- President Abdrabbu Mansour try. Plunged into chaos after the national community. U.N. envoy Bernardino Leon for a deal. on jihadist websites said ISIS had ed. Militants have taken advantage Hadi, who is in exile in Riyadh.

if they are to enter any coalition. "The president has given the message since the beginning that 'this process will advance under my control'," Meral Danis Bestas, in his controversial new palace on deputy chairwoman of the pro- Monday, something which oppo- Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Par- sition parties have said must end ty (HDP), told Reuters.

Turkish opposition MPs accused begin until Erdogan gives Prime old cabinet and the old political tirements, transfers and disciplin- YAS to form a new government, President Tayyip Erdogan on Minister Ahmet Davutoglu the climate," Ozgur Ozel, an MP with ary actions are decided - were a while Erdogan himself has said he Tuesday of stalling efforts to form mandate to form a new government, the main opposition Republican key element of that process. The will only give the mandate once a coalition government as he seeks at which point he has 45 days to People's Party (CHP), told Reu- current head of the armed forces, parliament's new administration is to maintain his grip on power, a do so or face the prospect of an- ters. "He thinks the slow process General Necdet Ozel, is set to re- in place. month after the AK Party he other election. will trigger disputes in the oppo- tire at the August meeting. A speaker was elected last founded lost its parliamentary Some opposition MPs have sition, rather than in his own par- Deputy Prime Minister Nu- week but an administrative board majority. suggested Erdogan is stalling to ty," he said, adding the aim was to man Kurtulmus poured cold wa- is yet to be agreed. The June 7 vote left the AKP sow opposition disarray and to boost AKP support in case of an- ter on claims of a deliberate delay, As president, Erdogan is con- unable to rule alone for the first ensure the AKP is still firmly in other election. Reining in a mili- telling broadcaster Haberturk on stitutionally bound to remain time in over a decade, plunging power for a High Military Coun- tary which forced four governments Tuesday that Erdogan would above party politics but effective- Turkey into political uncertainty cil (YAS) meeting in August, where from power in the second half of "most probably" give the mandate ly turned the June election into a not seen since the 1990s and key army commanders are ap- the 20th Century was one of Er- to Davutoglu this week. referendum on his ambitions for thwarting for now Erdogan's am- pointed. "He wants the changes to dogan's priorities during his 12 Davutoglu meanwhile last an executive presidency, campaign- bition to amass greater power. be made at the YAS to be done by years as prime minister. week rejected suggestions that the ing around the country. Formal coalition talks cannot him alone without debate, with the YAS meetings - at which re- AKP would wait until after the He chaired a cabinet meeting This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.

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regional cooperation By Elizabeth Chuck grow saffron or to grow grapes have yielded success. From ly in the coming year, stunning or something like that,” said 2001 to 2009, the U.S. tried an the international community — At last some good signs have started appearing on the political In Afghanistan, opium produc- Jonah Blank, a senior political eradication strategy, giving the but Blank, the Afghanistan ex- stage of the country and the region. President Ashraf Ghani is sched- tion is growing like a weed — scientist and Afghanistan ex- Afghan government resources pert, has doubts about their uled to visit Russia today to attend the Shangai Cooperation Orga- and nothing, not even billions pert at the RAND Corporation to wipe out poppy crops. This motive. of dollars of U.S. money, has in Washington, D.C. “Opium is only eliminated a tiny percent- “The theory that makes the nization (SCO) and the BRICS summits. Ghani is expected to ask been able to quell it. a much more profitable crop. It age of suppliers, and led to most sense to me is that there for full membership status of the organization for Afghanistan. According to the United requires a lot less infrastruc- more local corruption: Meaning was such a glut of opium on What makes this conference different from those held in the past Nations, the war-torn nation ture. You can grow opium prac- governing warlords got richer the market that the Taliban ba- is that it is focused only on Afghanistan’s security. Moreover, the provides 90 percent of the tically anywhere, and it doesn’t as individual farmers got poor- sically allowed its favorite sup- Prime Minister of India, Modi is also going to attend the confer- world’s supply of opium pop- need to be refrigerated, it er. “The whole system is crimi- pliers to store opium for the py, the bright, flowery crop that doesn’t need complex trans- nalized. It runs through the next year to drive the prices up, ence. He is on visit to Central Asian Republics. His objective is to transforms into one of the most portation networks.” police, the courts, through the expecting that they would charm the Muslim nations. He will also attempt to oppose the ISIS, addictive drugs in existence. What seals the deal for whole government system,” around for many years to come, a new global terror outfit which has already made deep inroads in And as the Centers for Dis- many farmers is taxes: In Tali- Shansab said. “When we talk and that they could sort of be Afghanistan. ease Control and Prevention ban-controlled areas — or even about corruption in Afghani- the OPEC of opium,” he said. sounds the alarm about a wors- areas the Taliban doesn’t tech- stan, which is rampant, now After the Taliban was de- Though, many security officials and defense affairs analysts in ening heroin epidemic here in nically control, but still has this is part of it.” posed, the ban was eliminated. Afghanistan believe that the ISIS is just a rebrand of the Taliban, the U.S., opium production in enough influence that they can The current approach of- But with so much to fix in Af- but this is not this much a simple issue. The political designs of this Afghanistan shows no signs of intimidate local farmers and of- fers farmers the chance to sub- ghanistan, the U.S. was unable group is different than the designs of the Taliban as the latter is just slowing down. ficials — the Taliban collects stitute their opium crops with to keep crops from popping a domestic resistance movement with support from some regional “Afghanistan has roughly taxes. legal crops, thanks to billions back up. 500,000 acres, or about 780 “They demand taxes not on of dollars in U.S.-funded agri- “The biggest problem from countries, but the ISIS is more dangerous and lethal as its designs square miles, devoted to grow- what you’re growing, but on cultural development. a U.S. security perspective is are global, which is hell-bent on eroding frontiers and bringing the ing opium poppy. That’s what your land could produce But while that helped Laos not opium. It’s what opium Muslim countries under its fold. Modi will also meet his Pakistani equivalent to more than 400,000 if you were growing opium. So and Thailand, two former leads to,” Blank said. “You counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, on the sidelines of the SCO. Modi will U.S. football fields — includ- if you decide you don’t want heavyweights in the global can’t fight counterinsurgency ing the end zones,” John Sop- to grow opium, the Taliban’s opium production trade, get off and counternarcotics at the talk to him on the spread of ISIS in the region. ko, Special Inspector General response is, ‘Fine, pay me the the list of major suppliers in the same time. Essentially, you’re The next good sign is the start of formal peace talks between the for Afghanistan Reconstruc- equivalent amount and you can 1990s, it appears to only be pulling in two different direc- Taliban and Afghan government representatives. Pakistan, as the tion, said in a speech in May. grow whatever you want,’” making Afghanistan’s problem tions. Which is more impor- new avenue of talks, looks promising, because after signing an in- The U.S. has spent $8.4 bil- Blank said. Nasir Shansab, au- worse by not giving farmers all tant? From a security stand- lion in counternarcotics pro- thor of “Silent Trees: Power and the tools they need to grow. point, I think counterinsurgen- telligence sharing deal with Pakistan, Ghani had come under severe grams in Afghanistan. But opi- Passion in War-Torn Afghani- “The bottom line — record cy is more important.” criticism. When the political settlement is the only way out to over- um output keeps rising: Fifteen stan,” said opium production opium cultivation and produc- The answer, he said, is to come the violence, Ghani has been vehemently under attack at home years ago, Afghanistan ac- has “become part of the econ- tion — clearly shows we are not bolster Afghanistan’s govern- for his attempts to enlist the help of Islamabad in bringing the Tali- counted for just 70 percent of omy.” “It brings money and im- winning the war on drugs in Af- ment. ban to the table of negotiations. Ghani has also sought China’s global illicit opium production. ported material and consumer ghanistan,” Sopko, the special “Corruption and govern- The problem, experts say, goods into Afghanistan,” he inspector general, said. ment efficiency are the first help. stems from the country’s ram- said. “Afghanistan is poverty- Opium hasn’t always blos- things that really need to be In the wake of a new threat on the spread, the emergence of pant corruption and the impov- stricken and farmers have diffi- somed this freely in Afghani- looked at. There’s so much Daesh, the Taliban doesn’t look in the mood to fight for another erished farmers who feel they culty getting proper returns for stan. Before being ousted by money to be made from narcot- decade as the Taliban are facing challenges from Daesh. Their ef- have no choice but to contrib- their normal products. They’re the U.S., the Taliban banned ics that if corruption isn’t com- ute to the drug supply chain. almost forced to do that to sur- opium in 2000, arguing that ing from drugs, it will be com- forts will be to make maximum of their demands accepted, which is “It’s much easier if you’re a vive,” he said. Neither of the growing drugs was anti-Islam- ing from something else.” why they have increased their deadliest attacks in Afghanistan. Ghani farmer to grow opium than to U.S. antinarcotics approaches ic. Opium dropped dramatical- (Courtesy: NBS NEWS) is still under pressure and it is particularly in the hands of Pakistan now that whether it wants him to be a successful in bringing the Taliban to the table of negotiations or become history for enlisting Pakistan’s help. In the eyes of too many Afghans at home, Ghani has been barking a wrong tree as Afghan parliamentarians, bureau- cracy, big guns from the political administration of the ex-president Karzai, and big guns from the defense forces are extremely skeptic of Pakistan’s help. Yet despite all these pressures, some good signs are appearing that are making the political environment conducive for talks and regional cooperation. Given that there is sincerity among the regional key players, peace is not a distant dream. And if trust- deficit and blame-game still continue to dominate the scene then peace doesn’t stand any chance, the regional cooperation and inte- gration will ever remain a dream and the West will keep continue intervening. 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THURSDAY .JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES The Taliban’s enemies, foreign and domestic By Hazrat Bahar made publicly available yet, ghanistan. Causalities of Af- pect tangible outcome from By Kambaiz Rafi ISI by Haseeb Sediqi, the spokes- confrontation with the Afghan leaked reports suggest that, ghan National Security Forces Pakistan, it is not free of cost. man for the Afghan bureau of in- army, taking the fight to the bat- Afghanistan’s National Unity besides sharing intelligence (ANSF) have increased. Two However, Ashraf Ghani paid an In his letter to Islamic State founder telligence, the National Director- tlefield. According to a New York Government (NUG) had prom- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, deputy ate of Security. According to Sedi- Times report, the Taliban were suc- information about terrorism, it districts in Kunduz and anoth- official visit to India where he Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar qi, an ISI agent, Bilal, provided fi- cessful in taking over the impor- ised to bring peace and stabili- will bind AfPak to conduct co- er one in Kunar have fallen to stated in remarks to business Mansour cautions al-Baghdadi to nancial and logistical support for tant Musa Qala district in Hel- ty during their election cam- ordinated cross-border military Taliban. Hike in instability community “we want to assure stay out of the “holy war” in Af- the attack. mand province, at least temporarily paigns. For this end, Ashraf operations against insurgency seems to be more seasonal bear- you that if you invest in Af- ghanistan lest confusion arise in the Recently in June, Afghan Pres- before they were pushed back. Ghani remarkably changed his and ‘separatists’. AfPak rela- ing in mind the fighting season, ghanistan, nobody is going to minds of the “faithful” concerning ident Ashraf Ghani sent a letter to Ghani’s latest demands from foreign policy vis-à-vis Paki- who owns the jihad there. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz his Pakistani counterpart might tions were greatly suffering lack but this year the scale of insur- shake you down”. Further- Growing signs of the Islamic Sharif, demanding the Pakistani seem rash even according to his stan, which has been consid- of trust and neither side be- gency is unmatchable. The in- more, Prime Minister Narenda State’s entry into Afghanistan have government condemn the Taliban usually vitriolic and abrupt com- ered the key for what NUG had lieved in what the other was tensity in attacks may have rea- Modi promised to support become worrying enough to dis- summer offensive and including a portment, but it also indicates the pledged to fulfill. This paradigm stating publicly. To cripple sus- son and it is; strike with full open and functional Chabahar quiet the Taliban — the main in- list of directives for the Pakistani general lack of patience among Af- change has been severely crit- surgent group in the country — military to remove threats to Af- ghans to see larger and more deci- picion and build trust, a bold strength which could lead you port of Iran, which gives Af- making them watchful for battle- ghanistan from Pakistani territo- sive measures by Pakistan. It icized inside Afghanistan. Crit- initiative seems prerequisite. In to gain more and dominate if ghanistan sea access. In the re- field influence. ry. One of the tangible steps men- should also be clear by now that ics argue that Ghani has been response, so far the Pakistan peace talks are to be negotiat- cent development, Ashraf Ghani Moreover, concern for combat tioned is to put the Taliban leader- the tacit rivalry between Afghani- offering more while receiving army has stopped mortar shell- ed. Afghan president is also un- told in an interview that ‘more legitimacy with steady increases ship in Pakistan under house ar- stan and Pakistan will likely result nothing or very little. We dis- ing of Kunar province of Af- der fire inside Afghanistan for agreements are to be inked with- in the number of insurgents loyal rest. Taliban insurgent attacks have in larger gains for extremist groups cuss that the rapprochement, to the Islamic State will make it meanwhile increased and for the who are the only beneficiary of ghanistan which took tens of marginalizing India. Criticism in three months’. Ashraf Ghani difficult for the Taliban to concede first time, northern Afghanistan lack of unity, or much worse, the bearing in mind the key role and civilians’ lives in the past. The come mostly from the predeces- by taking paradigm shift in for- to any political settlement with the has become the central battlefield. outcome of proxy warmongering dependency on Pakistan, is an army had been claiming of tar- sor and of those who had an- eign policy vis-à-vis Pakistan Afghan government. In the letter The Taliban have successfully between the two neighbors. attempt to balance relations be- geting Tahrik-e-Taliban Paki- tagonistic relations with Paki- has taken risk. The risk is more by Mansour, he seems desperate seized districts in erstwhile peace- Although militias loyal to the tween two rivals (Pakistan and to explain the Taliban’s loyalty to ful provinces like Badakhshan and Islamic State are not significant stan (TTP) who they thought stan during the past two de- domestic than at international the jihadi cause and sees no need Kunduz despite efforts to counter enough to surpass the Taliban any India) rather than asymmetric were hiding there, but this claim cades. Hamid Karzai’s govern- arena. A more severe backlash for the Islamic State to join the their advances. So far, thousands time soon, the mere addition of the concessions. Afghanistan and has been repeatedly rejected ment had friendly relations with may erupt against overall rap- Afghan battlefield on the grounds of families have fled their homes group changes the nature of the Pakistan relations have been by Afghan government. Mor- India. They signed Strategic prochement of Ghani and par- of unity of purpose between the in the north. In the south, the in- insurgency considerably, to which drastically improved since tar shelling was one of tense Partnership Agreement, which ticularly against the MoU, two groups. Giving in to peace surgency has abandoned its spo- Afghanistan and Pakistan should Ashraf Ghani took office on negotiations will wrest the Tali- radic IED attacks for a more direct respond adequately. issues between Pakistan and stipulates India to train and which has already been named ban’s monopoly on the Afghan in- 29th of September 2014. Visits Hamid Karzai government, equip Afghan army. Republic of by the critics who have not surgency as it would be seen as a of high ranking officials of the which had in turns deteriorat- India has spent more than $ 2.5 been made part of the NUG in betrayal of the jihadi cause. It will two countries including Presi- ed relations. Besides that, Pa- billion in re/construction of Af- malicious term i.e. ‘infamous’, send many Afghan insurgents into China and Russia: dent Ashraf Ghani, Prime Min- the arms of the Islamic State un- kistan national security advis- ghanistan. Ashraf Ghani, con- ‘notorious’, sinful’ and ‘selling happy that the Taliban would ister Nawaz Sharif, chiefs of er Sartaj Aziz recently stated sidering Pakistan’s sensitivity, out of Afghanistan’ if the con- move away from their central pur- army staff Raheel Sharif of Pa- that they have facilitated Tali- relatively goes cautiously with ciliation does not yield an ex- pose, establishing a Caliphate — a Axis of evil or new kistan and Sher Mohammad ban and Afghan government India. The most serious issue pected outcome. This time- desire that will become impossi- Karimi of Afghanistan and envoys meeting in Urumqi of for Pakistan, what I learnt dur- bounded rapprochement is ble under a prospective deal with heads of Inter Service Intelli- the government. The Taliban have superpower axis? Xinjiang province of China ing my research on AfPak seemingly neither totally one- followed this ambition since their gences Rizwan Akhter have though Taliban rejected and among other (the Durand Line, sided nor it is asymmetric con- hold to power in the mid-1990s. By Polina Tikhonova that the U.S. with its developed been increased. Afghanistan called those who were repre- Baluch ‘separatists’, Tahrik-Tal- cession, but it could be inter- Their one eyed leader, Mullah and stable economy was able to for the very first time sent army senting Taliban ‘unauthorized’ iban Pakistan, water manage- preted as an attempt to mend Omar, still carries the religious li- decide the fate of the world. cense of Emir al-Mominin (Arabic Many experts believe that the cadets to be trained at the Pa- ones. Aziz further said that the ment and Afghan refugee) was and balance relation between United States cannot be considered But today these intentions for “leader of the faithful”) with seem rather naive. The U.S. gradu- kistan Military Academy in Ab- two will have another meeting the growing involvement and the two all-time rivals in pur- his name, indicating that he sees the world’s center of power any- bottabad and this was some- more, which can be explained by ally loses its positions and does in a week and it has also been visibility of India, “Pakistan suit of stabilization of Afghan- himself no less than al-Baghdadi not know how to react to the cur- thing Pakistan has been report- said that ‘good news’ about takes the issues of ‘Indianiza- istan. Presumably the national to lead the imagined Caliphate. the U.S.’s rather soft stance on the aggression coming from Russia. rent global challenges. And there edly eying to achieve since the peace is due in three months. tion’ of Afghanistan very seri- unity government pays higher Ironically, it is Mansour who are a few reasons for that. has previously shown willingness In the new U.S. National Mil- Taliban has been ousted. A Furthermore, Pakistan has pub- ously”. Parvez Musharaf, ex- cost, but clock is ticking for itary Strategy, Russia has replaced First of all, the leaders that to engage in peace talks with the come into power in the U.S. are much hyped intelligence shar- lically made it clear that ‘ene- president and Chief of Army Pakistan and it has more at Afghan government. In a secret Iran as ‘the axis of evil’, the term introduced by George W. Bush in afraid of radical decisions and re- ing memorandum of under- mies of Afghanistan are ene- Staff of Pakistan, once warned stake. This seems to be the last meeting of the top tier Taliban forms. Barack Obama is a great standing (MoU) has been al- members in Islamabad earlier this 2002, according the columnist of mies of Pakistan’. Since action countermeasure if India keeps chance for Pakistan to befriend Russian news website Sputnik and example of that. legedly signed between Inter year, Mansour saw opposition Second of all, Washington matters more than sheer words, further domination in Afghani- Afghanistan. Hazrat Bahar is a from a former Guantanamo Bay an expert in the field of the U.S. Service Intelligence (ISI) and Afghan government should stan. Afghanistan as a sover- political commentator on Af- strategy in Eurasia, Andrew Ko- started the global war against ter- detainee and an influential battle- rorism, which as a result exhaust- National Directorate of Securi- seek a more solid reciprocation. eign state has legitimate right Pak Affairs & lecturer at Sheikh field commander, Abdul Qayum rybko. ed the entire country. In 2001, ty (NDS) though it has not been Although AfPak relations have to establish relations with any Zayed University of Afghani- Zakir, over channeling direct talks According to Korybko, China with Kabul rather than the United has also been added to the list of when the U.S. forces entered Af- officially confirmed yet. Al- been improving, security situ- country that suits her interests stan. (Courtesy: Eurasia Re- the U.S. main enemies that in- ghanistan, experts claimed that ter- though the MoU has not been States, whom Zakir thinks holds ation is deteriorating in Af- the best. Nevertheless, to ex- view) the actual power. Zakir, once be- cludes Iran, North Korea and Rus- rorism cannot be eradicated. Since lieved to have replaced the Paki- sia. that day, the U.S. has spent over Iraq is already giving rise to the stan-detained former deputy Tali- Each of the four countries that $5 trillion and lost more than 5,000 next generation of British terror- ban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani form the ‘axis of evil 2.0’ are locat- soldiers, while not being even close ists. Beradar, has thousands of loyal ed in three zones of Eurasia, which to achieving what it was all done What ties them all together are militants in eastern Afghanistan. the U.S. plans to use in order to for. their relatively ordinary back- With the Islamic State emerging as strengthen its military presence, China vs U.S. rivalry could be grounds. They see little appeal in an alternative, his allegiance might the analyst claims. dangerous the middle-class lives they are shift should he disagree with any In Korybko’s opinion, having And finally, China is close to headed for, and instead are being emerging peace deal with the Af- no proofs whatsoever, Washing- surpassing the U.S. in terms of drawn to fight in the great struggle ghan government. Already, many ton keeps on talking about the economic might. However, while of their age in Daesh. other frustrated Taliban militants ‘Russian threat’ in an aim to the U.S. GDP is much higher, Chi- There are multiple reasons have left the group to form the foot strengthen NATO’s positions in na’s economy grows rapidly. This BY Raffaello Pantucci tween them, they murdered 13 and became a conduit for Al Qaida why so many young Britons are soldiers of the Islamic State in Af- Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Iran year, the International Monetary people after detonating suicide in its attempts to draw in young being lured to extremism 10 years ghanistan. To avoid a serious over- is displayed as a ‘monster’ to jus- Fund forecasts that China’s econ- The four 7/7 bombers are as seared bombs on the Circle line on a British recruits. By the time he was after the terrorist atrocity of 7/7. ride by an increasing Islamic State tify the supplies of weapons that omy will grow by 7 percent. in our memory as the photographs Thursday morning 10 years ago. killed in a drone strike in 2008, he Some are drawn by religious ideol- presence, it is likely that peace cost billions of dollars. However, it is widely believed of the tangled mass of twisted The other explosives set off that had moved into a senior Al Qaida ogy; long-term activists and peo- advocates among the Taliban lead- Meanwhile, China’s actions to that rivaling with China now is as metal and concrete that their trail day by their teenage accomplices, role and was married into a prom- ple interested in Islamic ideas who ership will reassess their position strengthen its sovereignty in the dangerous as never. of destruction left behind. But Germaine Lindsay and Hasib Hus- inent jihadist family. seize upon the narrative peddled or get marginalized, and those pro- East China Sea present itself as a pretext for the U.S. to increase its Xí Jinping rules the entire there is one often forgotten player sain, ensured that 52 lives were A decade on from 7/7, the rise by Daesh propagandists. posing continued insurgency will country, and China has not seen who masterminded the attacks on lost. of the suburban mujahideen has Others are attracted to the resume a larger role. presence in Asia. The U.S. would ‘blackmail’ the anything like that since the times the capital 10 years ago this week. The attack was not just Al become an all-too familiar tale. Last sheer excitement of participating Tackling the insurgency of Mao. Xí Jinping is also the one Rashid Rauf was the son of a Qaida’s most successful ever on month, Talha Asmal, 17 — who, in a foreign conflict. Then there is through military and peaceful world to remain the sole super- power who made the decision to allocate Birmingham baker who progressed British soil, but also breathed viv- like Khan, also hailed from Dews- the perceived redemptive value of means now becomes an urgent a vast number of China’s finances up the ranks of Al Qaida to be- id life into the concept of the home- bury — became the youngest sui- the fight in Syria and Iraq, regard- matter, before the continued rise According to the columnist, as a result of creating such ‘anti-mis- on the military program. come extremist royalty. When the grown terrorist — born and raised cide bomber Britain has produced. ed by some troubled young peo- in fighters loyal to the Islamic State If the Chinese government London bombings took place, he here, and beneficiaries of our The former student at Mirfield ple as a way of earning respect. turns the militancy in Afghanistan sile belt’, the U.S. gets the oppor- into a stalemate between three tunity to use the threat of a pre- sticks to the military program at was in Pakistan, from where he co- schools and universities who sud- Free Grammar and Sixth Form When growing up, Rauf and a the rate it does now, China will ordinated the attack and compiled denly turn murderously against the blew himself up in a car bomb in friend allegedly skirted on the fring- fronts. Any Islamic State presence ventative strike in order to ‘black- a report. “A few months after the (and the inevitable fighting) would mail’ these countries and thus try build the largest and most modern state. Rauf epitomises this story. Iraq alongside three other extrem- es of the local gang community, army in the Pacific Ocean by 2020. operation, I had a dream in which ending up involved with the As- cancel out any peaceful resolution to remain the world’s sole super- A young Brummie born to a Paki- ists in a coordinated Daesh (the If it happens, the U.S. would have Sidique and Shehzad were sitting stani family who migrated to the self-proclaimed Islamic State of ton Panthers. This is something of the security situation between power. and smiling, looking very happy,” UK, Rauf grew up in a terraced Iraq and the Levant) attack. one sees often among British ex- the government and the Taliban. Korybko believes that judging to maintain its contingent in many he wrote at the time. house in the east of the city. He His devastated parents have tremists. Thomas Evans, a 25- Pakistan’s role is, as always, by the text of the American mili- regions of the world. “Sidique” was 30-year-old helped out at his father’s bakery said he was the victim of the ter- year-old from High Wycombe, critical in bringing any peace mea- tary strategy, Russia, Iran, China That is exactly why there are Mohammed Sidique Khan, a mar- during holidays from Washwood rorist group’s perverse ideology; Bucks, was killed in Kenya last sure in Afghanistan into effect. and North Korea have all the rea- less people who doubt that the time ried father-of-one and teaching as- Heath High School. From there, he they had no idea he was being ex- month while fighting for the terror However, there is a time limit sons to fear the U.S. According to when the U.S. is the world’s sole sistant from Dewsbury, West got a place at Portsmouth Univer- ploited to make the transition from group Al Shabaab. Evans floated on how influential Pakistan can be. the military doctrine, Washington superpower comes to an end. And Yorkshire. “Shehzad” was 22-year- sity. “ordinary Yorkshire lad” to suicide around in local gangs, a petty crim- If the Islamic State presence in will employ military forces to pro- the reason lies not only in the cur- old sports science graduate She- In 2002, Rauf fled to Pakistan, bomber. A new wave of terrorism inal who re-invented himself as an Afghanistan becomes big enough tect international order headed by rent challenges and the unsuccess- hzad Tanweer, from Leeds. Be- where he quickly rose up the ranks building in the sands of Syria and international warrior for his deity. to pose a formidable threat, not the U.S. ful war against terrorism, but also even the Pakistani military and its In case of an ‘offensive’ on any in the unwillingness of the U.S. intelligence wing, the Inter Service national interests of the U.S., politicians to react to these chal- Intelligence (ISI), with its long in- American military would be will- lenges as well as perceive the real- fluence over militants in Afghani- ing to respond with the kind of ity of the world. stan, can do much to contain the damage that would force the ene- The U.S. does not have THE ETTER TO THE EDITOR situation. Militants loyal to the my end the military action or make leader group have often shown a penchant the enemy unable to carry on the In the recent few years, the for independence; it would be aggression. That means, the ana- Russian propaganda has been de- naïve for any agency or govern- lyst notes, Pentagon would use scribing the American politicians ment to think they could be con- ‘disproportional military force’ as hawks who want to make the trolled and used as proxies. In ad- against the enemies (Russia, Iran, whole world depend on them and Pride of Afghan nation dition, in an effort to establish their China and North Korea) if the U.S. surround Moscow with color rev- own Caliphate, Islamic State mili- or its allies provoke them into re- olutions. However, according to tants will surely turn their atten- sponding with conventional weap- international experts, the U.S. con- tion toward the nuclear Pakistan ons. gressmen as well as presidents Besides other prides in our nation, Afghan forces are our highest pride for past 14 years and will be in future as well. They (the Afghan forces) the moment they have gained a The U.S. builds up its contin- have been weak and dependable have passed through a challenging period during the past 14 years after the Taliban’s regime was defeated in 2001. Afghan national security forces foothold in Afghanistan. gent in Eastern Europe, Middle recently. serve as the Afghan National Police, the Afghan National Army, the National Directorate of Security, the Afghan Special Forces and the Afghan Meanwhile, accusing Pakistan East, South-East and North-East And it is not about the U.S. Border Forces. of duplicity — using militants as Asia for the reason to make the not having the leaders, it is rather They have always been honest server of this country. They have defended the country in every kind of situation. They shouldered the proxies while being involved in doctrine of disproportional force about the society not willing to country’s full security responsibility at least one year ago. The Afghan forces succeeded to hold smooth polls in all over the country – for two peace negotiations — remains possible, Korybko concludes. elect such leaders. The society times. common among Afghans hamper- Why the U.S. is not the elects dependable candidates who There is no doubt about the security forces’ capability and they have proved this several times, or to say deliberately their ing trust-building measures be- world’s center of power anymore would rather reach compromises prove their courage and success each and every day. They should be supported as they highly deserve it. tween Afghanistan and Pakistan, While Korybko’s comments than take a strong stand. Aziz Ahmad Samadi, Qala-i-Fathullah, Kabul which are vital for achieving any might seem a little far-fetched, the The society wants to control success against extremism. Seeing fact remains clear: the U.S. loses the ‘leaders’ and thus elects those Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s Pakistan hammer down on its own its reputation and position in be- who are not able to establish a re- name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] Taliban splinter group, Tehrik-i- ing the world’s center of power. gime that would in any way re- Taliban Pakistan, in North In 2000, speaking at the Gen- semble dictatorship through Waziristan during the Zarb-e Azb eral Assembly of the United Na- strengthening their authority. military campaign yet largely tions, General Secretary of the UN, Therefore, most of the candi- avoiding harm to the Haqqani net- Kofi Annan said that the U.S. must dates who advocate for a strong work and the Afghan Taliban lead- head the preparation to realize the presidential regime are not sup- Disclaimer: ership hiding there, suspicion re- Millennium Development Goals as ported by the society. And that is garding Pakistan’s intentions has the world’s leading power. the exact reason why Jeb Bush and The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) increased among Afghans. As a fur- It then seemed that the U.S. Hillary Clinton are the main can- ther sign of continued mistrust, the would remain the world’s center didates in 2016. Nobody expects and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. Taliban’s attack last week on the of power for many years to come, any surprises from neither of Afghan Parliament was linked to while the United Nations believed them. (Courtesy: Value Walk) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Gaza health sector critically ill after war: Report Gaza's health services were repeatedly targeted during 50-day war in 2014, according to Palestinian rights groups.

One year after violence tore Abu Sitta echoed the senti- through the Gaza Strip in the sum- ment, claiming that a lack of ac- mer war of 2014, Palestinian hu- countability for these actions only man rights groups have released a increases their likelihood of hap- report detailing the damage to Ga- pening again. za's health sector, saying that its "In 2008, in al-Aqsa hospital, effect will last well beyond the a missile hit the car park. In 2014, ceasefire. a missile went through the operat- In the report "No More Im- ing room and killed some of the punity: Gaza's Health Sector Un- staff and the patients," he said. der Attack", researchers investigat- "I think impunity allows both ed attacks by the Israeli military institutions and individuals to feel on ambulances, hospitals, and they are above international law," healthcare workers in Gaza. he added. Witness - Hoda's Story According to the report, these The report highlighted the case attacks crippled the health sector's of a seven-year-old boy named ability to dispense care to civil- Bader, who was wounded by ians during the 50-day war. shrapnel in a bombardment of the Drawing on testimonies and neighbourhood of Khuzaa. on-site evidence, the report esti- Efforts to get Bader to health- mates that 511 of the 2,217 Pales- care professionals were frustrated tinians killed in the war were by successive obstructions; first, blocked from seeking care and am- ambulances were not permitted to bulance access. reach the site of the attack until RELATED: Gaza fallout: 'I almost four hours after Bader was cannot understand these crimes' injured. On the way to the hospi- During the war, Dr Ghassan tal, Bader and the paramedic crew Abu Sitta was volunteering at al- were then held for 20 minutes at a Shifa hospital in Gaza City, where checkpoint for no given reason. each day was another challenge Less than five hours after he against the physical limitations of was wounded, Bader died in the resources and space. ambulance carrying him to al-Shi- As his burn unit stretched to fa hospital. accommodate the hundreds of in- Al-Aqsa hospital was also at- jured spilling into the hospital - tacked by Israeli missiles [Medi- Little has leaked out about the de- Atlantic 69 times since negotia- through 10 pounds (5 kilos) of Meryl Streep, in her sharp- family? sometimes over cal Aid for Palestinians] tails of the Iran nuclear talks, but tions for a full accord began in strawberry-flavoured Twizzler suited elegance in "And the Devil While they miss their families One of the most devastating Since targeting healthcare senior U.S. officials have offered a February 2014. One team member sticks, 30 pounds (15 kilos) of Wears Prada" would be Under Sec- back home, U.S. officials say they things was to deal with children workers and facilities during war- rare insight into some of the more "calculated he has travelled mixed nuts -- they're "very popu- retary Wendy Sherman. Ted Dan- work well together as a team. who will be left with a certain time are against international law, surprising behind-the-scenes facts. 400,000 miles (643,00 kilometres), lar" -- and some 20 pounds (10 son, he of "Cheers" fame, would "Like any family, we don't al- How many times has the U.S. roughly the distance of circumnav- kilos) of string cheese. Some 200 play Secretary of State John Ker- ways see eye-to-eye, but we stick delegation been in Vienna chasing igating the earth 16 times," a se- Rice Krispie treats also helped ry. While Kirsten Dunst would together and we work incredibly a deal to put a bomb out of Iran's nior U.S. administration official keep spirits up, while one birth- play the blonde-haired spokes- well, which is why we have gotten reach? said. day celebration alone this week woman Marie Harf. as far as we have. Eleven times in 2014 and six How do they sustain the saw the team devour three litres of Number of trips to the hospi- People have come and gone on or seven this year, depending on pace? ice-cream. The number of espres- tal? Four in total including Kerry the team, but everyone shares the which team you are on. Every With junk food, more in tune so pods used in the coffee machine when he broke his leg during a cy- characteristics of professionalism, member of the team has celebrated with a teenager's diet than that of a is in its "hundreds." cling accident in the French Alps. integrity, and selflessness that their birthday at least once in the healthy adult. By their latest cal- Who does the team think He is still walking on crutches from makes this really an incredible Austrian capital. culations, since the start of June would play them in "Iran Talks: that incident. Sherman has also group," said a senior administra- Experts have flown across the they have scoffed their way the Movie:? broken her finger. One big happy tion official. (AFP)

Bearded and wearing bright blue ers last fall, said ISIS local com- the Islamic State is happy to help Kobane from the ISIS after weeks fighting the whole way and fend- amount of disability, knowing both sides took preventive mea- bandanas, the Islamic State of Iraq manders are given leeway to oper- them." of devastating battles. More re- ing off more than two dozen sui- there won't be anyone to look af- sures to reduce the possibility; and Syria group's "special forces" ate as they see fit. They "have The group's tactics carried it cently, ISIS lost Tal Abyad, another cide attacks, then another week to ter them. ambulance coordinates were unit gathered around their com- overall orders on strategy and are to an overwhelming sweep of Syrian town on the Turkish bor- take Beiji, but he succeeded with Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta, volun- shared, and warning systems es- mander just before they attacked expected to come up with the most northern and western Iraq a year der. Despite that loss, ISIS shock minimal casualties. teer surgeon in Gaza tablished so that Gaza hospitals the central Syrian town of al-Sukh- efficient ways of adapting it," he ago, capturing Mosul, Iraq's sec- troops attacked Kobane last ISIS also has adapted, and re- the course of only a few hours could be notified before strikes. na. "Victory or martyrdom," they said. The group "is very much suc- ond-biggest city. Shortly thereaf- month. Around 70 of them infil- cently began using remote con- - Abu Sitta noticed a shift in his However, Jones notes that screamed, pledging their allegiance cess oriented, results oriented." ter, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Bagh- trated and battled a much larger trolled aircraft fitted with cameras patients' behaviour that made his these measures often fell short and to God and vowing never to re- That's a strong contrast to the rig- dadi declared a "caliphate" span- Kurdish force for two days, ap- to film enemy positions. It is be- job all the more difficult: Patients have since been called out by hu- treat. id, inefficient and corrupt hierar- ning its territory in Iraq and Syria. parently on a mission not to re- lieved to have agents within the were no longer accepting ambulance manitarian and human rights ISIS calls them "Inghemasiy- chies of the Iraqi and Syrian mili- In May, it captured Ramadi, take the town but to cause chaos. military. It also has superior com- rides. groups as being insufficient. He oun," Arabic for "those who im- taries, where officers often fear capital of Iraq's vast western An- They were all slain, but not munications equipment, using "They started refusing to get added that sometimes hospitals merse themselves." The elite shock taking any action without direct bar province, in a humiliation for before killing more than 250 civil- two-way radios with a longer range in [to ambulances]," said Abu Sit- were only given 15 minutes to troops are possibly the deadliest approval from higher up. Iraqi forces. In Syria, it seized the ians, including roughly 100 chil- than the Iraqi military's, said Maj. ta. "And they started insisting on evacuate - an impossible feat when weapon in the extremist group's ISIS fighters are highly disci- central city of Palmyra. dren, and more than 30 Kurdish Gen. Ali Omran, commander of being brought by car by their fam- taking into account debilitating in- arsenal: Fanatical and disciplined, plined - swift execution is the pun- The elite shock troops were fighters. At the same time, they Iraq's 5th Division. ilies." juries, overworked staff and the they infiltrate their targets, unleash ishment for deserting battle or fall- crucial in the capture of Ramadi. attacked the northeast Syrian city Omran said that when the ex- During the Israeli assault on technical entanglements of moni- mayhem and fight to the death, ing asleep on guard duty, Iraqi of- First came a wave of more than a of Hasakah, driving out thousands tremists figured out the military Gaza, 45 ambulances were target- tors and ventilators. wearing explosives belts to blow ficers said. The group is also flush dozen suicide bombings that ham- of people and still holding out in was listening in on its radio fre- ed by the Israeli military, causing He also noted that hospital themselves up among their oppo- with weaponry looted from Iraqi mered the military's positions in parts of the city despite contin- quencies; it switched to more se- injuries and fatalities among para- directors would receive frequent nents if they face defeat. They are forces that fled its blitzkrieg a year the city, then the fighters moved ued fighting. Last week, they car- cure lines but continued using the medic crews rushing to the scenes warnings, only to be followed by credited with many of the group's ago, when ISIS overtook the north- in during a sandstorm. Iraqi troops ried out a bloody incursion into infiltrated frequencies to feed the of destruction. no attacks. stunning battlefield successes - in- ern city of Mosul and other areas. crumbled and fled as a larger ISIS Tal Abyad, again fighting until they military false information. According to Abu Sitta, in- Shujayea: Massacre at Dawn cluding the capture of al-Sukhna Much of the heavy weapons it force marched in. were all killed but demonstrating Even ISIS supply chains are jured civilians soon became reluc- "If there is a sense that a warn- in May after the scene shown in holds - including artillery and tanks "The way they took Ramadi their relentlessness. robust. Its fighters' rations often tant to accept rides because they ing can be given and then you have an online video released by the - have hardly been used, appar- will be studied for a while," Skin- "We are still nursing our include grilled meat kebabs and believed that in ambulances, "their to evacuate a whole hospital, group. ently on reserve for a future bat- ner said. "They have the ability to wounds in Kobane," said Ghalia chicken, better than what Iraqi chances of making it safely to the which is a massive undertaking, and "They cause chaos and then tle. jump back and forth between tra- Nehme, a Syrian Kurdish com- troops eat, Omran said. hospital were diminished greatly". then there isn't an attack anyway, their main ground offensive be- Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Abdul- ditional (military operations) and mander who fought in last month's But ISIS has its vulnerabilities, Attacks on ambulances are there is a high risk that hospitals gins," said Redur Khalil, spokes- Wahab al-Saadi said ISIS also terrorism." He said a similar com- battle. "From what we saw, they noted Skinner. It has no air force. among the several cases outlined would stop evacuating," he added. man of the U.S.-backed Kurdish stands out in its ability to conduct bination of suicide bombings ahead weren't planning to leave alive. It And its open, state-like organiza- in the recently released report, According to both Jones and People's Protection Units, which multiple battles simultaneously. of ground forces was used in last seems they were longing for heav- tion gives an opportunity for spies which states that 15 hospitals and Abu Sitta, these types of attacks have taken the lead in a string of "In the Iraqi army, we can only week's Sinai attacks in Egypt. en," she said. to infiltrate, something the group 43 clinics in Gaza were also at- have had a disproportionate effect military successes against the ISIS run one big battle at a time," said Since US-led airstrikes in Syr- The use of suicide bombings clearly fears given the many kill- tacked. Some suffered minor dam- on children in Gaza. in Syria. al-Saadi, who was wounded twice ia and Iraq have made it more diffi- has forced ISIS's opponents to ings of people it suspects of espi- age, while others were gutted. The health sector's deteriora- Though best known for its in the past year as he led forces cult for the group's forces to ad- adapt. Al-Saadi defied his own Iraqi onage. It also faces internal strains, These attacks, levelled against tion, as well as the blockade cur- horrific brutalities - from its gro- that retook the key cities of Beiji vance, ISIS has lost ground. Iraqi military commanders who de- trying to control and direct its the very sector working to miti- rently stemming the arrival of re- tesque killings of captives to en- and Tikrit from ISIS. troops and Shiite militiamen retook manded a fast assault to retake multi-national personnel. gate the war's impact on civilians, sources and personnel into the slavement of women - ISIS has Even the group's atrocities are areas to the south and northeast of Beiji. Instead, he adopted a slow, "We think of them as this eroded health workers' ability to Strip, make it difficult to care for proved to be a highly organized in part a tactic, aimed at terroriz- Baghdad, the oil refinery city of methodical march from a base near spooky faceless organization that offer care, and patients' opportu- long-term patients recovering from and flexible fighting force, accord- ing its enemies and depicting itself Beiji and Saddam Hussein's home- Tikrit, moving only a few miles runs seamlessly," Skinner said. "I nities to receive it, said Abu Sitta, injuries. The impact will extend ing to senior Iraqi military and in- as an unstoppable juggernaut. In town of Tikrit north of the capi- each day while clearing roads of imagine it's probably the hardest who is now the chief of plastic and across generations. telligence officials and Syrian Kur- June 2014, the group boasted of tal. In Syria, Kurdish fighters explosives and setting up barriers organization to run, because it's reconstructive surgery at Ameri- "You had children who had dish commanders on the front lines. killing hundreds of Shiites in Iraq's backed by heavy U.S. airstrikes against suicide attacks. It took him staffed with unstable, violent peo- can University of Beirut. massive burns and were in a unit, Its tactics are often creative, security forces, issuing photos of wrested the border town of three weeks to go 25 miles to Beiji, ple." The destruction of one hospi- who were the sole survivors of whether it's using a sandstorm as the massacre. It regularly beheads tal, al-Wafa, has left Gaza with no their families," said Abu Sitta. cover for an assault or a lone snip- captured soldiers, releasing videos rehabilitation centre and 1,000 dis- "One of the most devastating er tying himself to the top of a of the killings online. It is increas- abled children without care. things was to deal with children palm tree to pick off troops be- ing the shock value: Recent videos "There was increasing scope who will be left with a certain low. Its forces nimbly move be- showed it lowering captives in a and ferocity of attacks against the amount of disability, knowing tween conventional and guerrilla cage into a pool to drown and health sector," said Abu Sitta. "This there won't be anyone to look af- warfare, using the latter to wear blowing off the heads of others aimed to degrade the capacity of ter them." Jones and Abu Sitta down their opponents before with explosive wire around their the health sector during the at- were recently in Geneva, Switzer- massed fighters backed by armored necks. tacks." Al-Wafa hospital was com- land, to present the report's find- vehicles, Humvees and sometimes The number of ISIS fighters in pletely destroyed during the war ings to the UN Human Rights even artillery move to take over Iraq and Syria is estimated between [Medical Aid for Palestinians] Council and call for the interna- territory. The fighters incorporate 30,000 to 60,000, according to the Though coordinates of the tional community to hold Israel to suicide bombings as a fearsome Iraqi officers. Former army offic- ambulances' movements were account. On Friday, European battlefield tactic to break through ers of ousted Iraqi dictator Sadd- shared with the Israeli military to states gave unanimous support in lines and demoralize enemies, and am Hussein have helped the group prevent attacks and allow mobili- a vote to further the investigations they are constantly honing them organize its fighters, a diverse mix ty, health workers in Gaza note launched by the Commission of to make them more effective. Re- from Europe, the United States and that these attacks not only contin- Inquiry. According to Jones, the cently, they beefed up the front Arab and Central Asian nations. ued, but also reported similar ac- Office of the High Commissioner armor of the vehicles used in those Veteran jihadis with combat expe- tions carried out by Israel during for Human Rights is expected to attacks to prevent gunfire from rience in Afghanistan, Chechnya or the conflicts of 2008-09 and 2012. report on the implementation of killing the driver or detonating ex- Somalia have also brought valuable "During the attacks of 2014, recommendations in the commis- plosives prematurely. experience, both in planning and we saw several facilities that were sion's report, and in the 2009 UN Those strategies are being car- as role models to younger fighters. damaged in previous attacks, just Fact-Finding Mission, at the ried over into new fronts as well, "They tend to use their for- get [completely] destroyed," said March 2016 session of the Human appearing in Egypt in last week's eign fighters as suicide bombers," Bob Jones, the campaigns and re- Rights Council. "Our main mes- dramatic attack by an ISIS-linked said Patrick Skinner, a former CIA search officer at Medical Aid for sage here is to ask for accountabil- militant group against the military officer who now directs special Palestinians, a group that aided in ity. A thorough investigation is in the Sinai Peninsula. operations for The Soufan Group, compiling the report. "We saw needed to prevent another round Andreas Krieg, a professor at a private geopolitical risk assess- continuing attacks on ambulances of attacks which would decimate King's College London who em- ment company. "People go to the and medical personnel," Jones told Gaza's health sector further," Jones bedded with Iraqi Kurdish fight- Islamic State looking to die, and Al Jazeera. said. (AL JAZEERA) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES

China tells companies, executives to buy stocks, promises credit in bid to halt price slide

BEIJING: In a flurry of new moves to halt a stock market slide, China's government on Wednesday told state companies and corpo- rate executives to buy shares, raised the amount of equities insurance companies can hold and promised more credit to finance trading. Hundreds of companies have announced a halt to trading in their shares after emergency measures announced last weekend failed to stop a slide that has dragged down the benchmark Shanghai Compos- ite Index by more than 30 percent since early June. Despite the new measures, the Shanghai index lost another 5.9 percent on Wednesday and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 5.8 percent after earlier div- ing as much as 8.5 percent. The decline threatens to fuel ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas and outlet mentioned in the letter Marketing) Rules 1971. The Com- political tensions and set back Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on of March 2, 2015 “was mere a cler- pany has been asked to deposit Communist Party plans to use fi- Tuesday imposed fine on another ical mistake”. the penalty within 10 days. nancial markets to make China's oil marketing company for oper- Upon this, the Ogra ordered This is the sixth oil marketing state-dominated economy more ating illegal petrol pumps in Sindh physical inspection at the respec- company that has been imposed productive. The party wants to and without developing legally re- tive sites of petrol pumps which penalty in almost a week for not encourage stock ownership but quired storage infrastructure. verified that all the petrol pumps abiding by licence conditions, small investors whose holdings In an order, the Ogra said M/S were not only operational but also Ogra’s instructions and the gov- have plunged in value say they will from selling. It said they are re- have tried to reassure investors the ter. "That confirms that a substan- Gas & Oil Pakistan (Pvt) Limited had the dealership or were in the ernment policy on oil stocks. no longer buy shares. quired to buy more if the price falls price decline is normal following a tial number of households rushed (GOPPL) was granted permission name of the GOPPL. After the petrol crisis of Janu- "The central government made by more than 30 percent in the next boom that saw the Shanghai index in just as valuations were peaking, to establish an oil marketing com- The Ogra said considering the ary this year, the Ogra had started considerable reputational invest- 10 days. The insurance regulator soar by more than 150 percent but also that the total exposure of pany in June 2012 subject to con- law, the company’s position in re- actively pursuing oil marketing ment in the rally over the last year, said the proportion of their assets since late 2014. On Monday, the private households in China is rel- struction of minimum storage ca- sponse to the show cause notice companies to meet marketing stan- particularly via ample cheerlead- Chinese insurers are allowed to flagship ruling party newspaper, atively low compared to Western pacity of 20 days before beginning was ‘unacceptable’ as the OMC dards and storage infrastructure ing from state media," said IHS invest in stocks will be increased People's Daily, said the economy countries, where often a third or sales. On completion of oil stor- was found in violation of Rule 32 requirements. Global Insight economist Brian to 40 percent from 30 percent. The can maintain steady growth and more participate in equity mar- age facility at Sahiwal, the compa- of the Pakistan Petroleum (Refin- Last week, the Ogra had im- Jackson in a report. "As a result, agency said the amount of a single provide "solid fundamentals" for kets," he said. The emergency ny was allowed to start sale of oil ing, Blending & Marketing) Rules posed Rs14.80 fine on five oil support is likely to remain extraor- blue-chip company's shares that "healthy development of capital measures announced so far are products “only in Punjab” in No- of 1971. “Further, by doing all marketing companies for not de- dinary, although that will find dif- an insurance company can buy will markets." The market boom began aimed at shoring up share prices vember 2014. above, you have not only violated veloping required storage infra- ficulty reversing the rapid shift in be increased to 10 percent from 5 after state media said last year of major state-owned companies, The Ogra was, however, in- the condition/restriction imposed structure and maintaining suffi- attitudes by retail investors." percent. stocks were cheap, which led in- while smaller and private compa- formed that the company was op- by the OGRA but also wilfully cient stocks of petroleum products On Wednesday, the Cabinet The central bank said it will vestors to believe Beijing would nies have received little support. erating six petrol pumps in Sindh, provided the wrong information”, in violation of their license require- agency that oversees China's big- provide "ample liquidity to sup- prevent prices from falling. It has A weekend pledge by state-owned including at four different places the regulator wrote in its order and ments. The companies were im- gest state-owned companies said port stock market stability" made profits for some traders but brokerages to buy blue-chip stocks of Ghotki, and one each at Khair- said it had taken a serious note of posed fine following completion it had told them not to sell shares through a state-owned company many novice investors who piled helped helped to boost prices of pur and Sukkur even though its li- the violations and wilful misre- of separate proceedings against and to buy more "in order to safe- that lends to brokerages to finance in just before the peak hold shares government companies such as cence conditions did not allow porting. them in which the companies were guard market stability." share purchases, a practice known that are worth less than they paid. PetroChina Ltd., Asia's biggest oil pumps outside the Punjab. Therefore, the Ogra imposed given opportunity to defend their In a separate order, the securi- as margin lending. The People's Jackson, of IHS Global Insight, and gas producer. But shares in The regulator served show a penalty of Rs3 million at the rate positions. All of them were issued ties regulator told directors, exec- Bank of China gave no indication noted a survey by the Southwest- smaller companies have fallen. That cause notice to the OMC in April of Rs500,000 per illegal petrol show cause notices for violating utives and senior managers of pub- how much money it might inject ern University of Finance found has prompted hundreds of com- 28, 2015 over violation of the li- pump as maximum permissible licence conditions and rules. These licly traded companies who have into the system. 8.8 percent of households partici- panies to ask the mainland's two cence conditions. In response, the under section 6(2) of Ogra Ordi- included Askar Oil, Admore Gas, sold shares in those companies The central bank statement pated in the stock market in the exchanges to suspend trading in company stated that it had not nance and rule 44 of the Pakistan Byco Petroleum, Hascol and Over- within the past six months to buy was read on state TV's national second quarter of this year, up their shares after prices of some commissioned any outlet in Sindh Petroleum (Refining, Blending & seas Oil Trading. them back and said they are barred midday news. Chinese authorities from 6.1 percent in the first quar- fell by more than 50 percent. Oil rises to $57 as Iran talks drag on NEW YORK : Copper and other percent, to end at 17,776.91. The LONDON: Brent oil bounced back Iranian nuclear program. metals plunged as the euro sank S&P 500 gained 12.58 points, or from a three-month low to around A senior Iranian diplomat said to a five-week low against the dol- 0.61 percent, to 2,081.34 after $57 a barrel on Wednesday after on Wednesday Tehran would not lar after the European Central briefly falling below its 200-day an industry report showed a larg- show flexibility regarding its "red Bank tightened lending conditions moving average. The Nasdaq Com- er-than-forecast drop in U.S. crude lines", suggesting financial markets for Greek banks and as the col- posite added 5.52 points, or 0.11 stocks and Iran nuclear talks failed may have been over-optimistic on lapse in equities prices in China percent, to 4,997.46. to produce a deal. the prospects of a deal. drove fears about the country's Nine of the 10 major S&P 500 Oil had come under downward Prices gained support from economy. sectors finished higher, with the pressure as a plunge in China's expectations that the latest week- U.S. stocks ended higher, tak- utilities index up 2.48 percent. stock market accelerated and the ly U.S. inventory data would show ing heart from a stabilization in oil MSCI's all-country equities Greek debt crisis raised concern a drop in U.S. crude inventories. prices, while a global stock index world index lost 0.4 percent, while about fuel demand. The American Petroleum Insti- fell as European shares extended European shares ended down 1.6 Talks in Vienna between Iran tute's supply report on Tuesday losses on worries about Greece's percent. and six world powers dragged on showed a 958,000-barrel decline, ability to secure fresh aid. The euro dropped to a five- beyond a self-imposed deadline as ahead of Wednesday's official data. Investor worries about week low against the dollar after officials on both sides talked of But Chinese stocks plunged Greece's debt crisis and the coun- the ECB left emergency liquidity important differences preventing on Wednesday after the country's try's possible exit from the euro aid for Greek banks at current lev- a deal to lift sanctions and so al- securities regulator warned inves- zone also pushed benchmark U.S. els, but increased the haircuts on low more Iranian oil onto world tors were in the grip of "panic sen- 10-year yields to five-week lows. the collateral it demands. markets. "Those market partici- timent" and the market showed "People woke up to the fact Against the dollar, the euro fell pants who have been betting on a signs of freezing up as firms had this morning about the risks to the 0.7 percent to $1.0978, after slid- rapid Iranian return to the oil mar- their shares suspended. global market, and Treasuries are ing to a five-week low of $1.0917, ket are now likely to square their China is the world's second- the place to be for safety and li- while the dollar index rose 0.6 per- positions, which should lend largest oil consumer. In the Greek quidity," said Stanley Sun, an in- cent to 96.846, after earlier hitting short-term support to prices," said debt crisis, euro zone members have terest rate strategist at Nomura a one-month high. Carsten Fritsch, senior oil analyst given Athens until the end of the Securities International in New In the U.S. Treasury market, at Commerzbank. week to come up with a proposal York. Greek banks may soon run the 10-year note was last up 17/ Brent crude (LCOc1) was up for sweeping reforms in return for out of cash. Greek Prime Minister 32 in price to yield 2.2153 percent 50 cents at $57.35 a barrel by 1010 loans that will keep the country Alexis Tsipras launched another after earlier yielding as little as GMT (6:10 a.m. EDT), having from crashing out of the single cur- bid to win fresh aid at an emergen- 2.185 percent, a level last seen on earlier dipped as low as $55.87. rency. "Turmoil in China and cy euro zone summit, but German June 2. er currencies. Spot gold dropped falling to $5,318 a tonne, on the settled down 20 cents at $51.98 On Tuesday, Brent fell to $55.10, Greece may put recent robust de- Chancellor Angela Merkel said Gold fell to a near four-month to its lowest level since March 18 dollar gains and on concerns over per barrel. Brent settled up 31 its weakest since April 6. mand growth at risk," Morgan there was still no basis for reopen- low, while silver sank nearly 7 per- at $1,148.05 an ounce and was demand from China, the world's cents at $56.85. Commodity cur- U.S. crude (CLc1) was up 40 Stanley analysts said in a report. ing negotiations. Failure to reach a cent and platinum dropped to a down 1.1 percent at $1,156.75. biggest consumer, where stocks fell rencies fell sharply, with the Aus- cents at $52.73. "Investors have justifiable con- deal would make it more likely 2009 low, as the dollar rallied. A U.S. gold futures for August deliv- sharply overnight despite a slew tralian dollar hitting a six-year low. Negotiators in Vienna have giv- cerns about the outlook for both Greece will drop out of the euro. stronger U.S. currency makes dol- ery settled down 1.8 percent at of support measures unleashed by The Australian dollar, which is a en themselves at least until Friday supply and demand going forward The Dow Jones industrial av- lar-denominated commodities $1,152.60 an ounce. Copper pric- Beijing in recent days. proxy for Chinese investments, fell to come up with a final deal on the given current events." erage rose 93.33 points, or 0.53 more expensive for holders of oth- es hit their lowest level in six years, In the oil market, U.S. crude 0.7 percent to US$0.7440. Syria parliament approves deal for Iranian credit Syria's parliament on Tuesday approved a deal with Iran under which Tehran will provide the gov- Iraq has told the Turkish port of source said his company was told day to SOMO in exchange for der the SOMO banner may not ernment a new line of credit worth Ceyhan that all Kirkuk crude load- there would not be any allocations Baghdad allocating Arbil 17 per- dry up entirely in July, according $1 billion, state media said. ings are cancelled due to a lack of for the forseeable future. cent of the country's budget pay- to other trading sources. The credit line will be the third oil after Iraq's Kurdistan region SOMO did not comment offi- ments. In June, some 4.5 million bar- that Tehran has extended to Dam- ramped up independent sales, a cially, but an oil source in Baghdad Erbil says Iraq has failed to rels of crude from the Kirkuk field ascus since the conflict in Syria shipping agent said. said he hoped exports could restart pay up while Kurdistan's need for have flown into the SOMO tanks, erupted with anti-government pro- Semi-autonomous Kurdistan soon. money is especially acute, given while the rest has been exported tests in March 2011. boosted independent sales in June "Yes there are cancellations - the fight against Islamic State mil- by the Kurds independently. "The People's Council today while cutting allocations to Iraq's most shipments for the time be- itants and the sheltering of a large "It could follow the same pat- approved a deal on a line of credit state oil marketing organisation ing, but we hope the export may number of refugees from Syria and terns in July," one of these sourc- of $1 billion," which was signed (SOMO) in a dispute over export resume again in the near future," Iraq. Still, loadings of Kirkuk un- es said. on May 19 in Damascus by Syr- rights and budget payments. Com- an Iraqi oil source familiar with the ia's Commercial Bank and the Ex- panies including Eni, Socar, Rep- matter said. port Development Bank of Iran, sol and BP have cancelled cargoes, Since mid-June, Kurdistan has the official SANA news agency according to shipping lists. sold at least 12 million barrels of said. "SOMO Baghdad have sent an oil from Ceyhan, according to It said the credit would be used instruction to the terminal inform- shipping data and traders, com- for "importing merchandise and In 2013, Tehran extended has become increasingly depen- ing that all nominations have been pared to 5 million barrels it allo- carrying out projects," without Damascus two lines of credit dent on credit and other aid from cancelled," the shipping agent said cated to SOMO in early June after giving further details. worth a total of $4.6 billion, with allies like Iran. in a notice to clients. which transfers largely stopped. Iran is the key regional ally of much of that devoted to the pur- "It is one of the rare sources of A trade source said the Iraqi Kurdistan says it is still com- President Bashar al-Assad's gov- chase of oil. currency that remains for the Syr- marketer had also contacted cargo mitted to a December deal with ernment, and has provided him After more than four years of ian government," said Jihad Yazi- lifters to request that cargoes be Baghdad under which it agreed to with military and financial support conflict that has left some 230,000 gi, director of the economic news cancelled, while a second trade transfer up to 550,000 barrels per through Syria's conflict. people dead, Syria's government website The Syria Report. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES HEMA MALINI BLAMES Serious allegations levelled against victim’s father for accident Salman's Bajrangi Bhaijaan? Amjad Farid Sabri, son of Ghulam Farid Sabri, talks about the 'Bhar Do Jholi' qawwali allegedly being used in Salman Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' without consent The rehashed version of the 'Bhar do jholi' qawwali in Salman Khan-starrer 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' has landed in a copyright contro- versy with the heir of original com- posers Sabri brothers, Amjad Far- id Sabri and Shumail Maqbool Sa- bri, contemplating legal action against the makers. Speaking to mid-day from Pa- kistan, Amjad Farid Sabri says, "T- Series had called us once to say they were considering using our qawwali in the film. I had said they could discuss it with us further and we would do the needful. But af- ter that, I didn't get any calls from their side and then I see a video of Bollywood ‘dream girl’ and volved in an accident which killed According to the Hindustan the song. Its presentation in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP a 4-year-old girl, Sonam. Hema was Times, family members of a tod- film is upsetting." Hema Malini on Wednesday also injured as a result of the acci- dler who died in the accident ac- The qawwali was composed blamed the father of the child killed dent. cused the administration of lavish- by Haji Maqbool Ahmed Sabri and in the accident she was involved in The actor was rushed to a lo- ing all their attention on the VIP performed together with his elder will take legal action if needed. As necessary action in this regard as the music for the film, says: "Bhar for not following traffic rules. cal hospital sustaining minor inju- while ignoring others who were brother, Haji Ghulam Farid Sabri of now, we have put legal action neither the makers nor the music do jholi is a beautiful traditional In a series of tweets on ries after her Mercedes reportedly injured. Anguished family mem- way back in 1975. In the upcom- on hold as I am expecting a discus- composer contacted us for permis- qawwali popularised by the leg- Wednesday morning, the Sholay rammed into an alto in Rajasthan. bers of the Khandelwals said ing film, it has been rendered by sion with Salman Khan in a few sion," he says. Some reports sug- endary Sabri brothers and Aziz actor condoled with the girl’s fam- She underwent medical scans prompt medical aid to the injured Adnan Sami on Salman's insistence. days," he adds. gested that Pakistani music label mian. Kabir (Khan, director) and ily and took the opportunity to upon reaching the hospital and tele- could have saved the life of the "It's our kalaam (couplets sung in Amjad's cousin Shumail Maq- EMI is also planning to take legal Salman have grown up listening to call out the father of the girl, blam- vision footage showed her bleed- young girl. “Two kinds of treat- praise of the Prophet). They can- bool Sabri, who is the son of the action against the film's makers as various versions of it and were ing him for his child’s death. ing on the forehead area above the ment are being given to victims of not just take it without our per- original composer Maqbool Sabri, it had recorded the original com- keen to include it in the film. Being “How I wish the girl’s father right eye. the same accident. Hema Malini mission and what they have done is equally upset with the makers position. However, Amjad says he the music director for the film, I had followed the traffic rules – then “Hema has injuries above her was immediately taken to the For- is wrong. A few years ago, I had of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. "It's our duty has all the necessary documents recreated the qawwali for them. this accident could have been avert- eyes, on her back and legs. I drove tis Hospital, while our family- given the rights of a few qawwalis, to respect and carry forward the to prove ownership to the qaw- And I have been told all necessary ed and the little one’s life safe!” her to the hospital in my car. She members were sent to Sawai Man including that of Bhar do jholi's, to legacy of my father and uncle. My wali. "So, EMI cannot claim it," permissions have been acquired by she tweeted. was in pain,” local state lawmaker Singh Hospital, where treatment Sunrise Pictures Pvt Ltd, so they elder brother (Amjad) will take he states. Pritam, who has scored music company." Last week on Thursday, the Shankar Lal Sharma had told re- was given very late,” said Rajiv veteran Bollywood actor was in- porters. Gupta, a relative of Khandelwal. Vanessa Williams marries Jim Skrip I don’t do fashion, Singer-actress Vanessa Williams has got married to her fiance Jim Skrip. The 52-year-old "Ugly Betty" I am fashion: actress took the marriage vows in front of her family and friends on Saturday, reports eonline.com. Rizwanullah Family and friends were on hand to witness the couple marry LAHORE: Dressed in crisp white before fireworks lit up the sky. pants, a cream jacket and a black Williams announced her en- waistcoat, paired with lace-up gagement in September last year boots and spiky hair, Rizwanul- during the shooting of "The Queen lah stood out a mile when seen at Latifah Show". the Swarovski store launch earlier This is the third marriage for this year. Having been made cre- Williams, who has four children ative head at Fifth Element, offi- Who inspired with ex-partners Ramon Hervey cial distributors of Swarovski in II and Rick Fox. Pakistan, he seemed like he’s will- Hrithik ing to take up this new undertak- ing at full throttle, despite a dis- tressful past few years. After bat- ROSHAN TO tling with drugs and marital life, he LAUREN DESPERATE TO TRY has now reemerged with a passion BE STRONG? fierier than ever. “I don’t do fash- ion, I am fashion,” he said, giving Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan, something different, and what’s that? his own spin on Dali’s words, “I who wished Sylvester Stallone on don’t do drugs, I am drugs.” his 69th birthday, says it was the Dancer-actress Lauren Gottlieb of here, I did not know the language, form the role of dance gurus, gaug- za featuring 12 celebrity contes- From fierce to fairytale-like, Hollywood star who inspired him 'ABCD 2' fame, now wants to do culture, I was clueless about ev- ing the technical expertise of the tants will go on air from July 11 Rizwanullah feels his design aes- a lot to be "strong" in all phases of a non-dance film and is interested erything. I learned everything. I am contestants. The dance extravagan- on Colors channel. thetics have evolved with time. “I life. "It ws also @TheSlyStallone in trying action and romantic grateful to everyone for the love, was mostly [about the] black or birthday!Give it up 4d man who genres. support," she said. white, dark or grunge with hair and inspired d thin weak me 2b The 27-year-old actress, who "'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' made me make-up, but now it’s more STRONG one day. Can't thank him made her Bollywood debut with a household name. No one knew fairytale-like,” he explained. As he enough. HAPPY BIRTHDAY," Remo D'Souza's dance-based dra- me before that and then I became takes up his designated role at Fifth Hrithik posted in the early hours ma "Any Body Can Dance", was the 'ABCD girl'. Being a part of Element, he acknowledges the need of Tuesday morning. recently seen in its Varun Dhawan- 'Jhalak...' was not the obvious step, to take into account how people Stallone turned a year older on starrer sequel and comedy "Wel- it just happened. The makers came perceive his work. “I’ll always July 6. come 2 Karachi", opposite Jacky to me. They are like family and I have an experimental, risk-taking Previously, actor Salman Khan, Bhagnani. know the brand has done good to side to me but since I’m associat- who has won the hearts of many "I do get film offers but noth- me," she said. ed with a brand like Fifth Element, in India and the world, also ex- ing is that exciting. I would want Being a contestant in the past, I need to focus more on the mar- pressed his respect towards Stal- to do a non-dance film. Being a she understands what the contes- ket, the people and how they feel lone and called him his hero. The dancer, funky, cool, I think I can tants go through. "I would be look- about my work,” he stated. "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" actor called do a sports action film. I would ing for that X-factor in a contes- At the organisation, he has upon his 12 million fans on micro- also like to explore another side of tant," she said. found what he calls his new fash- blogging website Twitter to follow me and do a romantic film," Lau- The actress thinks contestants ion family. “Initially I was a bit the legendary actor, who turned an ren told PTI in an interview. like "Maharana Pratap" actor Fais- apprehensive to join the [team] year older on Monday. Lauren, 27, has come a long al Khan and Punjabi rapper Raftaar because I wanted to push my pro- On the professional front, way from being a participant on have the potential to make it to fessional life aside to recover [from Hrithik is currently shooting for the dance reality show "Jhalak the top. dug abuse], but we soon became Ashutosh Gowariker's epic adven- Dikhhla Jaa" to being a Dance While Lauren and choreogrpa- very close,” he stated. The design- ture-romance "Mohenjo Daro" Guru on the latest edition of the her Ganesh Hegde will share the er now vies to put his best foot opposite actress Pooja Hegde, series. "I had to work really hard judging panel on the show with forward in fashion. “Previously, I who makes her debut in tinsel to reach where I am today. actor Shahid Kapoor and filmmak- was immature and enjoyed the at- town with the film. I struggled a lot. When I came er Karan Johar, the duo will per- tention … Everything was about having a good laugh, but now, I’m more serious about designing for those who place their orders to me and give me the leverage to contin- ue with my business,” he noted. “I feel like I’m born again with fashion.” Speaking of rebirth, inger Rita Ora has been Rizwanullah is not only focused cr iticised for playing on revamping life on the profes- loud music and inviting sional front but also in terms of friends over at unsociable philanthropic efforts. “Fashion hours, frustrating other resi- will always be a part of my life ‘Love, Devotion and Separation’ dents in the complex here but now, I’m getting involved in for FPW in 2013, which was evi- where she lives. other ventures to help people like dently a cathartic experience for "Rita has only been liv- they helped in my dark times,” he him. His last collection, put forth ing there for a few months said. He is involved with a string at FPW this year, was the ‘Age of but the neighbours are up of NGOs that work for the wel- Elegance’. The line was minimal- in arms. She plays music loud fare of women, children and the ist and clean and featured in solid and late at night, and both elderly. “I don’t want people to colours, such as white and cream. Rizwanullah set foot in the she and her boyfriend have fall prey to the darkness I fell into.” guests and friends over at all Rizwanullah feels that the de- fashion industry at age 13 when signer in him has little to do with he did a shoot for Deepak Perwani. hours. The other residents the person he is. “A lot of times, Growing up, he was always sur- don't share her party-hard people don’t realize that what rounded by big names in fashion, spirit. The've warned her the they’re seeing on the runway or making pursuing a profession in noise has to stop," said a photo shoot is not real. I’m show- the industry a natural choice for source, reports mirror.co.uk. ing the public what they want to him. “I’ve been the fashion indus- `The building is co-man- see.” Each collection Rizwanullah try’s spoilt brat. I got so much at- aged by an association run has put forward so far has been tention as a child that it made me by the residents who have about a stage in his life. In 2009, fearless,” he said, accounting this got together to discuss it and he showed his first collection, ti- as a reason for his downward spi- are planning their next tled ‘Hereafter’ at Fashion Paki- ral. From 13 to 30, the years past move. stan Week (FPW), featuring henna have seen him grow both as an in- `Many of them simply inscriptions, and with a focus on dividual and a designer. “The want her to move out and are being unique more than commer- clothes I make now are more real and for real people. It’s more about hoping to be able to encour- cially viable. His close friends age her landlord to ask her Mahira Khan and Feeha Jamshed how people perceive my work and his siblings walked the ramp rather than how I feel.” to leave, but they may have for him. “When I started out, my The designer is also set to go to give her a final chance to clothes were more art-based, which back to college to study medicine calm things down. I knew were things the masses may and psychiatry, which form the "It's a stunning gated not accept,” he noted. In 2010, he basis for therapy, something that complex in a really upmar- showcased the ‘Depression Chic’ has been an integral part of his own ket part of London, and peo- collection. That’s when his sub- recovery process. He’s also work- ple just aren't used to this stance abuse began for three long ing for his eponymous brand, tak- sort of thing,` the source add- and tumultuous years. When he ing orders from his bedroom stu- ed. A representative for Ora started recovering, he created dio in Karachi. declined to comment. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. THURSDAY . JULY 09, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Sprint races for F1 in 2016 could confuse, reckons Damon Hill eighth title in 2015. The Swiss has been virtually untroubled on serve 1996 title winner reckons Saturday sprint and on his way to a 13th Wimbledon Sunday GP could led people to ask "which one quarter-final, just one behind the record of 14 held by Jimmy Con- is the real race?"; Sky F1 understands a sprint nors. He has yet to drop serve, race would set grid for main event has faced just two break points in 58 service games and has commit- Former world champion and Sky two races, and the German touring ted only three double faults. F1 pundit Damon Hill has ques- car championship (DTM) reintro- The last time he dropped serve tioned whether the sport would be duced two races per round this was in the second set of his open- heading down the right path if it year, F1 has hitherto followed tra- ing round win over Philipp took the radical step of adding a dition and held just one main race Kohlschreiber in Halle -- more than ‘sprint’ race to the grand prix week- at each grand prix. 100 service games ago. "Maybe the end format. F1’s weekend schedule has guys are returning terrible," joked As part of a host of proposals essentially remained unchanged for Federer. "Gilles Simon is one of discussed by the Strategy Group nearly a decade since the current the best return players we have in to spice up the sport, the pros- three-part knockout qualifying ses- the game. I would think I'll be test- pect of overhauling the race week- sion was introduced in 2006 to re- ed a lot. So that streak's maybe end format for 2016 was trailed, place the little-loved single-lap for- coming to an end, in my opinion." although team bosses involved in mat to set the grid. Simon, one of three over-30s in the the meeting remained tight-lipped But 1996 world champion Hill last eight, last made the quarter- during the British GP over what fears F1 would potentially be di- finals of a Grand Slam in Australia ideas had actually been proposed. luting the main attraction of the in 2009. He trails Federer 5-2 in It quickly emerged, however, weekend if a sprint race was add- career clashes. After winning their that the creation of a shorter Sat- ed to Saturday. first two meetings in 2008, the urday sprint race lies at the heart “I’m already confused. We’ve Frenchman has lost five in succes- of the race weekend proposals. got a sprint race already – that’s sion although their only two Grand Sky Sports F1 understands what an F1 race is. It’s not an en- Slam matches - at the 2011 Aus- that the main idea on the table in- durance race,” he pointed out. tralian Open and 2013 French volves a race on Saturday after- “So I don’t get it. We’re in dan- The world's top four tennis play- Pospisil spent more than eight Wimbledon for the third day in a of darkness after four sets, and then Open - went to five sets. noon which sets the grid order for ger here of more muddling and fid- ers - Novak Djokovic, Roger Fed- hours on court on Monday, first row when he plays Marin Cilic on resumed Tuesday. The good news French Open champion Sunday’s main grand prix. dling around. You have to say the erer, Andy Murray and Stan beating Viktor Troicki in the sin- Wednesday Nocak Djokovic v for Djokovic is he only needed Wawrinka is in the quarter-finals “I believe what’s been put for- current qualifying format is an im- Wawrinka - are in action on day gles in five sets and then losing a Marin Cilic - Centre Court Novak about 45 minutes to wrap things for the second successive year and ward is qualifying on Saturday provement over the last qualify- nine at Wimbledon as the men's five-setter with Jack Sock against Djokovic is developing a habit of up, and his match against Cilic is is bidding to become just the fifth morning, which is good because ing format. So that worked. “GP2 quarter-finals are decided. Follow Murray's brother Jamie and John playing Grand Slam matches over scheduled for second on Centre man to win Roland Garros and that would energise Friday too, and runs sprint races, it sort of works. all the action with our live blog Peers. two days. He thinks his latest car- Court on Wednesday, leaving ex- Wimbledon in the same year. then a race to set the final grid,” But I don’t know – which one is from 12.30pm. "He's played a lot of tennis ried-over contest won't have any tra time to rest. Wawrinka, the only quarter- Martin Brundle explained. the real race? That’s my question.” Murray is into his eighth suc- here which is a positive for him," effect on him on Wednesday. "I wouldn't call it a workout," finalist not to have dropped a set “So qualifying on Saturday Hill would prefer a return to the cessive Wimbledon quarter-final said Murray. The defending champion and Djokovic said of his final set at the tournament, faces 21st seed morning, that sets the sprint race pre-1996 race weekend format and takes a 3-0 lead into his match- "But also maybe he's a little No. 1 seed at the All England Club against Anderson. "It was good that Richard Gasquet with the two men grid which then sets the race grid when qualifying sessions were held up with world number 56 Vasek bit fatigued. So if that is the case, will be competing for a third day I played another hour on the match locked at 1-1 in career meetings. proper. The big teams don’t like on both Friday and Saturday. “I Pospisil, who had never previous- and I won't bank on that being the in a row when he faces ninth seed court but it was far, far more diffi- Gasquet won their first clash at it; they’re trying to change that. think perhaps they should have it ly got beyond the third round of a case, but if that is the case, I'll try and US Open champion Marin cult than just a simple workout." the Paris Masters in 2006 with the They want to have a race for their on the Friday as well. It used to be major before this Wimbledon. to use that to my advantage." Cilic for a semi-finals berth. Roger Federer will play Gilles 30-year-old Swiss gaining revenge third drivers and their third cars that Friday would possibly be the All their three meetings have Pospisil's win over Troicki was That's because Djokovic's 6- Simon for a place in the Wimble- at the 2013 French Open when he on a Saturday afternoon. I don’t grid," the 22-time race winner add- come in the last 10 months with his third five-set win in four rounds 7, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 victory over don semi-finals Roger Federer is recovered from two sets to love think that’s what the fans want.” ed. "People had to pay attention the 25-year-old Canadian unable at the All England Club this year. No. 14 Kevin Anderson began on bidding to become the oldest Wim- down to win a fourth round en- While the GP2 Series and and be on their game on Friday and to win a single set. Novak Djokovic will play at Monday, was suspended because bledon champion and win a record counter. Macau F3 formats each contain properly competing. Golden State Warriors trade Floyd Mayweather stripped of David Lee to the Boston WBO welterweight title Celtics for Gerald Wallace Floyd Mayweather has officially been stripped of the WBO welter- weight belt he took from Manny The Golden State Warriors agreed Pacquaio in May. a trade on Tuesday with the Bos- Mayweather claimed the first ton Celtics that would send David WBO title of his career when a Lee to the Celtics in exchange for wide points verdict against Pac- veteran Gerald Wallace. quiao took his unbeaten record to Lee, a former All-Star, was a 48-0. Boxing's pound-for-pound starter for the Warriors during his king later hinted at relinquishing first four years with the team but one or more of his multiple belts saw limited action for the NBA ahead of one final fight in Septem- champions in 2014-15. He played ber this year, only to object when in 49 regular-season games and the WBO sanctioned a contest for averaged 7.9 points and 5.2 re- its vacant title between Timothy bounds. Bradley and Jesse Vargas. The or- The 32-year-old lost his start- ganisation relented and gave May- ing spot early in the season to weather a deadline to meet its cri- Draymond Green, who recently teria for a champion, including secured a new five-year contract making a payment of $200,000 in excess of $80 million. from his Pacquiao purse and giv- Lee is due to earn $15.4m and ing up his WBC and WBA light- with the Warriors set to pay yet middleweight titles. The unbeaten another massive luxury tax bill in American insists he will retire af- 2015/16, they were keen to avoid ter one more fight in September such an outlay for a bench player. Neither ultimatum has been met, Wallace is owed about $10 according to a statement which million next season but because his said: "The WBO World Champi- contract was signed after the most onship Committee is allowed no recent collective bargaining agree- other alternative but to cease to ment, the Warriors can use the over the next three seasons -- a huge summated until Thursday, when a recognize Mr Floyd Mayweather title." ceive a belt to recognise his short each with the WBC and WBA - stretch provision and it will only tax savings. league-wide moratorium on roster Jr as the WBO welterweight cham- Mayweather has 14 days to reign as a WBO champ. two at welterweight and two at cost the team about $3.3 million The deal can't be officially con- business is lifted. pion of the world and vacate his appeal the verdict and will still re- He still holds two world titles light-middleweight. Great Britain win hockey World League Jordan Spieth has defended his as I am for any other event.” not anything easy to keep going defence of Rory McIlroy after the happened. I am a sports fanatic. I decision to play at this week's John Spieth tees off alongside de- with these guys. I realised how Northern Irishman injured his an- love to play, watch, whatever it is. bronze, Australia Deere Classic to prepare for the fending champion Brian Harman hard it is this year, so I need to kle playing football "As far as with Rory it’s just 144th Open. and last week's Greenbrier Classic keep that focus, preparation and Jordan Spieth has come to the that we want him back - every- The last five Open champions winner Danny Lee for the first two hard work.” defence of Rory McIlroy after the body does. It’s unlucky, it’s un- have elected to get some links prac- rounds, with Zach Johnson and Meanwhile, Spieth says he Northern Irishman injured his an- fortunate and I am sure he is tak- are champions tice the week before by playing former Open winners Todd Hamil- wants to see Rory McIlroy back kle playing football ing it harder on himself than any- the Scottish Open, but Spieth be- ton and Ben Curtis also in the field in action as soon as possible after He said: "Everybody needs to one else. lieves he has made the right call by at TPC Deere Run. suffering a serious knee injury have a life too. I do things every "But I don’t think he did any- choosing to tee-off closer to home Preparing for the Spieth slam? playing football and he has defend- day where you could get hurt – thing wrong it was just an unfor- instead. The world No 2 became only ed the world No 1's decision to sometimes there are accidents that tunate situation and hopefully he “I committed to this event well the sixth player in history to win put himself at risk. happen, I wouldn’t change any- rebounds quickly and he gets back ahead of time and it never crossed the first two majors of the calen- Jordan Spieth has come to the thing I am doing based on what’s right to where he was." my mind to drop out,” Spieth told dar year by following up his tri- reporters on Tuesday. “I felt like umph at Augusta with victory at that I’ve played well at the Open Chambers Bay, although Spieth is Championship over the last cou- already looking ahead at the pos- ple of years having played at the sibility of breaking further records. John Deere right before and com- Spieth claimed a one-shot vic- peted. tory to win the US Open “The first year it was on the Victory at St Andrews next end of a four-week stretch and I week would see the 21-year-old Barry Middleton was on target as Great Britain beat India 5-1 to secure just ran out of gas and then last join Ben Hogan as the only player third place in the World League tournament, while Australia were crowned year I just didn’t have my best ever to win the Masters, US Open champions. The Aussies continued their dominance in the tournament stuff. This year I believe that if I and Open in the same year, al- to get their hands on gold after beating Belgium by a single goal on can work myself in to contention though Spieth isn't getting carried Sunday. Britain lost to Australia in Friday’s semi-final but ensured they just like I did in the previous two away by his chances. finished the tournament on a high as Alastair Brogdon, Chris Griffiths, majors, I don’t think it matters “I’ve paid a little bit of atten- Ashley Jackson, Adam Dixon and Middleton notched goals to secure a where it is. tion to it (the records),” Spieth comprehensive victory over India. The third-placed finish caps a re- “I just want to get in conten- added. “It’s pretty awesome and markable few days for Bobby Crutchley's men who confirmed their tion here. When I get over there I’m not taking it for granted. place at next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with a top-three finish. (Scotland), whether I play well or “To have the opportunity to Brogdon deflected Dan Fox's shot from a penalty corner to give don’t play well, it’ll have nothing get to a level where you only in- Britain the lead on 11 minutes and Griffiths guided home Nick Catlin's to do with where I played the week clude one name, Ben Hogan that pass to double their advantage shortly before the half-hour mark. before. “I will certainly have would be pretty cool, then there’s The second half was barely two minutes old when Jackson finished enough energy, certainly have an opportunity to be in a different off a fine counter-attack move to make it 3-0 and Britain notched a enough rest and I will be as pre- category in a single season. fourth five minutes later when Dixon flicked home a penalty corner. pared as I can be for St Andrews, “It’s great temporarily but it’s This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Anisa Rasooli fails in gaining vote of Three militants ARRESTED IN KABUL AT News Report KABUL: The National Director- CONFIDENCE FROM WOLSI JIRGA ate of Security (NDS) on Wednes- day said that three terrorists were Khalillulah Seddiq was approved as governor of Da Afghanistan Bank with 100 votes out of 193 and detained in Kabul. In a press state- ment issued here, the NDS said Sayed Yusuf Haleem as member of the high council of the Supreme Court with 103 positive votes. that its operatives succeeded in apprehending three suspected ter- Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi absent from the Wednesday s ses- to nominate another pick as mem- on women s rights. You will see rorists in a crackdown in Kabul. sion who could have save her from ber of the high council of the Su- few female lawmakers in almost The suspects were identified as olesi Jirga (WJ) or Low the embarrassment. Sayed Yusuf preme Court. It is worth to men- all talk shows on different news Gohar Rahman, Mohammad Za- er House of the Parlia Haleem has bachelor degree in law tion that 193 members were channels when it comes to the se- kir and Mohammad Sharif. fessed that they had received tered into Kabul to carry out ter- Wment on Wednesday ap- and worked at different posts in present in today s session. rious issue of women s rights. The detained persons con- training for two months and en- ror attacks, the statement added. proved appointment of the gov- the Ministry of Justice for the Commenting on rejection of They claim to be their represen- ernor of Da Afghanistan Bank and past thirty years. Khalilullah Sid- the female member of the apex tative, but reality is very depress- Police a member of the high council of diq worked at different important court, M. Nadeem Alizai, a polit- ing and opposite. What they do is Border police officer the Supreme Court but rejected positions in the banking sector of ical and security affairs analyst, actually use media as a tool for commander the female member of council. Afghanistan. The secretary of said that Anisa Rasooli was ac- fame to establish close contacts Khalillulah Seddiq was ap- Wolesi Jirga, Abdul Rauf Enami, tually rejected by the female with donors and embassies and get KILLED IN FARAH killed in Parwan proved as governor of Da Afghan- said that 20 female MPs were ab- MPs, because they were not funds, he quipped. istan Bank with 100 votes out of sent to vote for Ms Rasooli. present in the session to support Alizai said that their absence AT News Report the border with Iran. He said that AT Monitoring Desk 193 and Sayed Yusuf Haleem as Shukria Barekzai, a MP from Kab- her. How they can claim repre- from the important session has Juma Gul s vehicle hit the landmine KABUL: Commander of a police member of the high council of the ul, expressed sorrow over absence senting women in the parliament opened eyes of several people and KABUL: A high-ranking official the other day at 6:00pm. Accord- Supreme Court with 103 positive of the Afghan Border Police was ing to eyewitnesses, commander of check-post was killed along with of the female members of the when they don t vote for them? raised many eyebrows as well. his bodyguard in insurgents at- votes. Wolesi Jirga, and said that it is re- Their absence was mysterious and He said that Wolesi Jirga could killed along with his bodyguard in the western border zone (Farah) Farah province. was in the Ranger model pickup tack. The district police chief for Anisa Rasooli could not be- gretful that a female pick for the shattered different myths about have set its course while approv- Bagram, Muhammad Masom come member of the high council. The district chief of Pishtkoh, when the landmine exploded. He high council of the apex court was women s rights, he said. He said ing Ms Anisa in its final days, Abdul Rahim Haidari, said that Farzai, told a local news agency Eighty-eight votes were cast in her rejected. Chairing the session, the that there are brand names in the because performance of the law- was returning to the station after commander of the border police attending a meeting with the bor- that commander of the national favor while 83 against her. Inter- deputy speaker of Wolesi Jirga, parliament when it comes to wom- makers mostly remained disap- Brigadier Juma Gul was killed in a police post, Waliullah, was killed estingly, 20 women MPs were der police. No group has claimed Zahir Qadir, asked the president en legislators and TV talk shows pointing. landmine blast in the district near responsibility for the attack. along with his bodyguard when insurgents attacked the vehicle he was traveling in, the other day. He Logar police chief fires, 9 militants was commander of the security dead in post in Qalanderkhel area of the district. Waliullah s bodyguard reshuffles several officials Nangarhar drone succumbed to injuries on the spot PUL-I-ALAM: The new police the people, Ahmadi said, urging strike, clashes in Naib Khilo area while the com- chief for central Logar province Logar residents to cooperate with mander himself lost his life on on Wednesday said he had dis- police in maintaining security and ASADABAD: Nine insurgents Wednesday morning in a hospi- missed and reshuffled several po- doing away with corruption. have been killed and 8 wounded tal. Insecurity is mounting in Par- lice officials in order to combat Though in fewer numbers, police in US drone strike and clashes with wan province as last week a mem- corruption and improve security. had been able to prevent districts security forces in eastern Nangar- ber of the provincial council, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Daud from falling to the insurgents, the har province, an official said Muhammad Mujeeb Shoresh, es- Ahmadi took charge as provincial police chief said. Adalat Abdul Ra- Wednesday. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, caped a bomb blast in Bagram s police chief last month when he himzai, deputy head of the provin- the governor s spokesman, told Ghulam Ali Bazaar. In the blast a pledged bringing drastic reform to cial council, acknowledged the new Pajhwok Afghan News that the child was injured. Shoresh told the police force for the sake of police chief had introduced consid- unmanned aircraft fired a missile Pajhwok on Wednesday, We have improved security. In an exclusive erable reforms to strengthen secu- which left four militants dead and to worry because the security sit- interview with Pajhwok Afghan rity. On people s behalf, we sup- two wounded on Tuesday evening uation is getting worse day by day News, Ahmadi said he removed port the police chief s activities. in Bati Kot district. The National in Bagram. A few days ago, a Jiha- officials who had either shortcom- Bringing reforms to address short- Directorate of Security (NDS) di commander, Wasim, was assas- ings or had public complaints comings and problems in the po- coordinated and provided clue for sinated. I was also attacked. The against them. I fired some of lice force is actually our demand, the drone attack, he added. Lt. government shall ramp up efforts them and transferred others, the he remarked. Praising security forc- Col. Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiw- to improve law and order situa- police chief said, revealing that he es, the public representative said al, provincial police spokesman, tion. Meanwhile, in another in- had also dismissed the Moham- the forces worked day and night to said the drone strike left a dread cident a person lost his life in a mad Agha, Barak-i-Barak and maintain security across the coun- Taliban commander Qari Rafiq traffic accident in Jabal Siraj dis- Azra district police chiefs. He said try at the expense of their lives. dead on Tuesday in Haska Mina trict. Eshaq Nasimi, a doctor at the three district police chiefs Matiullah Abdul Rahimzai, who district. Dozens of Taliban fight- the local hospital, identified the were incompetent and did not was appointed as the Mohammad ers had been killed in five drone killed person as Minara who was perform duty in a proper way. He Agha district police chief two days strikes during the last two days in working as nurse in the district. rejected if anyone was removed ago, told Pajhwok Afghan News he Nangarhar. A source in the NDS He said that Minara was for political or personal gains. would try to improve security and People check a car damaged by a suicide car bomb attack near a mosque in Yemen s riding a motorcycle when a Co- wishing anonymity said that drone capital Sana a. Two deadly car bombs hit the capital and a southern city, state news agency Saba My only goal is improvement in narrow the gap between the peo- had killed a senior Daesh fighter. rolla model car hit him in Pushta- the security and doing service to ple and government. (Pajhwok) (Pajhwok) reported, a day after air strike and clashes killed almost 200 people nationwide. (Photo: Reuters) e-Surkh area. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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