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AT News Report “The Peace and Moderation besides other electoral tickets of KABUL: The Peace and the Presidential Candidates’ AT News Report Moderation Presidential Election Council as part of the protest Team has a plan of huge public against the illegal continuation KABUL: The number of polio gathering against the National work of the NUG, is planning to positive cases in Afghanistan has Unity Government (NUG) organize a huge gathering in reached to 10th so far in 2019, today (Tuesday), as it accused capital city, Kabul with where forth of it only reported President Ashraf Ghani for participation ofAfghan masses, from Uruzgan province with a overstaying in power political parties and movements, new one detected in Mehr Abad despitehislegal term has ended. tribal and religious elders, area of Tirinkot, the provincial The Peace and Moderation women, youth and other social capital. According to Ministry Election Team led by classes of Afghan societies,” the of Public Health, a 21-month-old HaneefAtmarin a statement team’s statement reads. girl is permanently paralyzed in Monday warned ofholding a The team emphasized that Tirinkot, making it 10thcases of grand protest against NUG as its “we kindly request the people polio in Afghanistan so far. ... legal term has ended on May 22 of Afghanistan to express ... but yet to leave the power.

AT News Report legitimacy and making efforts to revealed their nefarious design elsewhere across the country will inject their soft corner in Afghan toward nascent media outlets in be targeted if all the advertisement KABUL: The Taliban—a terrorist society through negotiation with Afghanistan. All media staffers against the group does not... group that scrambling for US administration, has once again in Kabul, the capital city, and

AT News Report AT News Report KABUL:After a longtime of KABUL: At least five KABUL: Upcoming peace talks 18-year-long war since October. individuals, including a woman, dispute in the parliament over between the United States and the “Once the timetable for foreign electingthe speaker, on Monday, have been gunned down by the Taliban will focus on working out force withdrawal is announced, Taliban insurgents on Sunday its members have finally been able a timeline for the withdrawal of then talks will automatically enter to end the disagreement and reach overnight in northeastern U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan the next stage,” said Badakhshan province, local a conclusion on it. The chaos and on a Taliban guarantee SohailShaheen, a spokesman for erupted after Kamal Nasir Usuli officials and residents said militants won’t plot attacks from the Taliban’s political office in Monday. Modafi, a resident of and Mir Rahman Rahmani were Afghan soil, sources said on Doha. “We don’t need to wait competing for the speaker Khastak village in Joram district Monday. A seventh round of talks for the completion of the of the province, told Radio Azadi position of the parliament. between the warring sides begins withdrawal, both withdrawal and Rahmani secure 124 votes and his during a telephonic conversation on Saturday in Qatar’s capital of talks can move forward that those killed by Taliban challenger Usuli was voted 55, but Doha, where U.S. and Taliban simultaneously.” The focus of one of Rahmani’svotes had a... insurgents were his relatives. ... negotiators have been trying to the talks has been a Taliban.... hammer out a deal to end to the TUESDAY . JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

In male-dominated Afghanistan, justice for women is complicated ...P12 of Afghan women, went to the hospital to mostly poor and uneducated, are investigate, she said, nobody serving sentences for crimes such recalled such a visit and security as prostitution or drug camera footage from that week smuggling, but rarely for acts of had been erased. serious violence. Often, experts “I think the doctors lied and legal advocates say, they did because they were afraid of being not act alone, but at the behest blamed as negligent,” she said this of a man — a father, husband or month. Ishaqzai filed two lover who wielded emotional, appeals, but Brishna’s conviction sexual or economic power over was upheld both times, most them. recently in March by the Supreme “How could I kill my own Court. She has remained in prison child, whom I gave my own since her arrest one year ago. milk?” Brishna said in a recent Brishna’s history is fraught interview at the prison, weeping with risky choices and worse into a pink headscarf. Her lawyer consequences. At 17, she eloped interpreted for a reporter. When with a married man who later left she tried to explain her situation to work in Turkey, where, she was in court, Brishna said, “nobody told last year, he was jailed for believed me. They said I was a drug smuggling. Alone with three bad mother and a murderer. But small children, she moved in with KABUL: The Independent In the Wolesi Jirga elections, that man was cruel to me and the relatives including the cousin, Election Commission (IEC) said most of the biometric verification children. I was afraid of him.” who prosecutors said became her on Monday it was purchasing devices had issues and could not She stood abruptly, pulling lover. The lower court, in a brief 25,000 biometric devices to be be used properly. up her flowered tunic to reveal handwritten ruling, found her used in the September 28 About the presidential poll, faint strap and bite marks on her guilty of committing illicit sex, presidential election. Sadat said “We have enough time back. “Now you see,” she said. known as “zina” in Islamic law, Zabihullah Sadat, IEC acting to test all these devices and make In many countries, male and of being an “accomplice” to spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan sure they work properly.” intimidation is accepted as a the boy’s fatal beating. The News that biometric system He informed trained IEC legitimate mitigating defense Supreme Court issued a lengthy, argument by women who commit thorough ruling that took would be used in the presidential staff would use the devices crimes. But Afghanistan is a numerous conflicting statements election in order to ensure which he said recorded deeply traditional, male- and versions into account but transparency. fingerprints, eye-catchers, ID dominated Islamic society where concluded that Brishna had He said 21,000 devices used card and voter signature. Internet most women are allowed little willingly “conspired” with her in the October Wolesi Jirga polls facility would also be provided independence, often married as alleged lover to kill the boy and were already available and 25,000 to all polling centers to register teenagers to older men and “paved the way” for him to more would be purchased. voter lists. Earlier, the IEC has expected to submit to husbands escape arrest. Around 35,000 polling sites launched a 20-day voter and in-laws. “Even now she does not want have been set up countrywide for registration process for the Court decisions here reflect to reveal the truth,” the ruling said. the Sept 28 presidential election. September 28 presidential cultural norms as well as the law, Ishaqzai and ILF officials, Without revealing their cost, election. Voters are being and most judges and prosecutors though, suggest that the moral Sadat said the biometric devices registered at 705 registration are men. Women who flee taint of alleged adultery, would be purchased by IEC using centers – 247 in southern Ghazni abusive husbands are often sent compounded by horror at the idea government budget. and the rest in other provinces. home or put in jail-like shelters. of a mother killing her own child, Those who may be forced to inclined the courts to discount participate in men’s crimes are Brishna’s claims of innocence. U.S., Taliban aim to firm up date for foreign force exit from Afghanistan often treated as accomplices with Ishaqzai said that no sympathetic J ou r n a list s in t h e... low morals rather than as victims. witnesses or testimony were ...P1 demand for the withdrawal Taliban leadership in Doha. leader vowed this month to But in recent years, several presented on her behalf and that ...P1 end within a week,” the journalists and other media foreign organizations, her mother-in-law told group’s spokesman workers who are protected of U.S. and other foreign forces “Based on my recent visits to sustain the fight until their and a U.S. demand the Taliban Afghanistan and Qatar, I believe objectives were reached. particularly the New York-based prosecutors she deserved to be ZabihullahMujahid said in a persons under the Geneva International Legal Foundation, hanged. statement on Monday. Some Convention. guarantee that Afghanistan will all sides want rapid progress,” In March, a draft agreement not be used as a base for militant Khalilzad said on Twitter. was reached on the withdrawal have trained scores of Afghan The judges who convicted her media outlets in Kabul and some The Reporters Without college graduates as defense in both lower courts were all men, provinces publish content, where Borders has reiterated their appeal attacks. Khalilzad, an Afghan-born of foreign forces in exchange for Two other main issues in the American diplomat has been a commitment by the Taliban to lawyers and have provided free although the high court panel according to Taliban, is meant to to the international community to legal representation for included one woman. There was defame them. condition the start of any talks process are a ceasefire and talks leading the talks to secure a cut ties with militant groups between the rival Afghan sides - political settlement with the such as al Qaeda. defendants, like Brishna, who also one female prosecutor, Jamila The extremist group has with the Taliban on their giving an they believe have been treated Khairkhwa, who expressed some given Afghan TV channels, radio explicit undertaking to respect the insurgents and the Western- hardline Islamist group that now A Taliban source said both backed government. controls more Afghan territory sides were expecting some clarity unfairly by the judicial system. sympathy for women facing stations, print media, and other a international humanitarian law’s Jennifer Smith, the criminal charges but said she was week to cease airing anti-Taliban basic treaties, starting with the But the Taliban have long than at any time since being and results on the prime issues refused to talk to the Afghan toppled in 2001 by U.S.-led in the new round talks. foundation’s executive director, “shocked” at the unusually brutal announcement. “A number of Geneva Conventions. However, said that with few women in the nature of Brishna’s alleged crime media outlets are broadcasting and fresh threat, has further government, denouncing it as forces. “A ceasefire and intra- foreign “puppet”, and fighting has About 20,000 foreign troops, Afghan talks will not be Afghan justice system, “male and was convinced that she had launching some commercial complicated the safety landscape police, prosecutors and judges do “chosen” to have illegal sex and advertisements which is against of media workers. When Taliban seen no let-up. most of them American, are in discussed during the seventh Two other sources with Afghanistan as part of a U.S.-led round,” said the Taliban source, not have the life experiences to then lied to protect her lover and Taliban,” the statement added, have given open challenge against properly assess and judge these herself. “I feel sadder for women putting it as an insult to the group media workers, security knowledge of the talks said the NATO mission to train, assist and who declined to be identified. sixth round in May ended with advise Afghan forces. Some U.S. Some Afghan government cases.” Samira Ishaqzai, 27, a defendants than for men. But if andtheir so-called Jihad that organizations need to identity defense lawyer working for the she was innocent, if she or her ordained to provoke people’s meaningful ways to ensure unease on both sides, but since forces carry out counter-terrorism officials side fear the United then informal meeting had taken operations. States and the Taliban will strike International Legal Foundation in children were being beaten, why sentiment against them. security of journalists. They Kabul, is representing an Afghan did she stay silent?” Khairkhwa Anti-Taliban propaganda if should expand cooperation and place to work out what can be At least 3,804 civilians were a deal on the withdrawal of agreed on. killed in the war last year, foreign forces, enabling the woman convicted of murdering said in a recent interview. “Why still went on air, the Taliban will communication with the media and her young child. Many Afghan did she not go to her neighbors, to consider those outlets as journalist advocacy originations so The U.S. special envoy for according to the United Nations. United States to get out of an peace in Afghanistan, Thousands of Afghan soldiers, unpopular war but leaving women who commit crimes are the police, to anyone? Adultery espionage dens of the enemies and that effective and practical thought to be under the sway of is a small crime and murder is a no one working in these media procedures can be identified to ZalmayKhalilzad, has also held police and Taliban were also killed. government forces to battle on informal meetings with the Nevertheless, the Taliban alone.(Reuters) men. (Pamela Constable/The big one, but it was adultery that outlets will have security prevent such lethal attacks on the Washington Post) made her keep silent, and that put anymore, the statement added. media in the future. Any negligence Brishna’s lawyer is Samira her hand in the murder.” Ishaqzai NAI—an Afghan media in this area can have tragic Ishaqzai, 27, a polite but was in the room as Khairkhwa advocacy organization has consequences. determined woman on the ILF spoke. She had agreed to introduce strongly slammed Taliban group Why the Taliban have showed Polio cases reach 10 so far staff here who has gone to great a reporter to her adversary in the for its warning against the Afghan their hostility against Afghan lengths to prove that Brishna case. The meeting in a district media outlets, calling on Afghan media outlets at a time when US ...P1 Health ministry in a Urozgan, 3 -in Helmand and 2- polio, to provide a safe and statement said that last week case in Kandahar. secure environment for our was wrongly convicted. Brishna prosecutor’s office was awkward government to adopt Special Envoy ZalamyKhalilzad claims that she took her gravely for a moment, but the two women comprehensive measure to ensure and Taliban negotiation members another polio case reported from “Access to health services is frontline workers to vaccinate Trinkot, which paralyzed a 30- the right of every citizen of the children in every corner of the injured son to a hospital for soon began chatting cordially and safety of Afghan media. are going for their seventh round treatment but that the medical agreed about the extra difficulties According to agency, so far of talks on 29 June again in Doha month-old boy. country,” said Dr. country.” House-to-house polio FerozuddinFeroz, the Minister of The polio vaccine is safe, staff sent her away and he died faced by Afghan women who find Taliban group is behind nine of Qatar. Some progress already on the way home. When Ishaqzai themselves in serious legal trouble. media-related incidents that taken made on several issues during sixth campaigns were banned in this Public Health of Afghanistan, “we even for sick and newborn place since the start of the current round of talks and the next one is area since May 2018. This means are deeply concerned about the children. It is very important that year, during which one journalists expected to discuss a draft children under five living in the increasing polio cases and the newborns and sick children get was killed, and one other received agreement for when foreign troops area have not been vaccinated and number of children who still don’t the vaccine, because they may Armed gang busted in Kabul injuries. might withdraw from Afghanistan. protected from the virus since have consistent access to have lower immunity which In the past, the Taliban have If the Taliban put on practice then, the ministry added. vaccination. The virus could makes them more susceptible to ...P12 capital city, said police where robbers had upper hand and targeted a number of media outlets the contains of the statement and Only one out of 10 polio spread and more children will be the virus. officials. could freely operate to kill, and it staffers, but this time it the to target the media outlets, then it cases were reported from Eastern affected and paralyzed by polio Polio vaccination has also The Ministry of Interior said kidnap, and to rob. insurgent’s first threat over a is a clear sign that still the extremist Kunar province while the rest virus in Afghanistan. I ask been strongly endorsed by that the police arrested five In December 2018, the have been reported from the everyone to work together and national and global Islamic members of the gang in ministry had released identities of specific issue such as the group has not changed logically rd government-paid announcements. and if they become on power will southern region: 4- case in protect innocent children against scholars, the statement added. GulaiDawaKhana area in 3 1,500 individuals suspected of According to media freedom suffocate people’s vices as well district of the province. criminal activities who thought to group, Reporters Without create barriers ahead of freedom Violence against journalists 50pc down in 6 months: Nai Police released the identities own 30,000 illegal arms. Borders, Afghanistan is the of speech. When Taliban of the detained robbers as Shoaib, The Afghan National Police deadliest country in the world for extremist group directly targeted ...P12 During the same period However, threatening and insulting well as cautiousness of media Farhad, Ahmadshah, Taza Gul (ANP) struggle to provide safety journalists with 15 journalists Afghan media, the outlets last year, Khilwatgar said, 71 journalists increased as 17 such workers in line of duty, and Ajmal.The individuals were for the war-torn residents of cases of violence against cases were registered during the Khilwatgar said. involved in robberies in different Kabul. The criminal activities have were killed in 2018. A total of 53 expectation from Khalilzad is to areas of the capital such as 5th, turned the city into a capital of journalists were killed around the take the issue with the Taliban, and journalists were registered. He first six months compared to 16 The Nai chief said problems th th th world in 2018. advocate on behalf of Afghan said the killing cases of journalists cases last year, he said. The main regarding access to information 6 , 13 , and 18 police districts. crimes. The Taliban have long been medias since the US is strongly also declined by 61 percent this reason behind the declined violence and insecurity continued to Criminal activities have been In addition to suicide known to be especially brutal to believe in freedom of expressions. year as five such cases happened against journalists this year was persist and remained two major on the raise since last year in the bombings, the threat of criminals in 2019 compared to 13 in 2018. few suicide and bomb attacks as problems for media. capital. Chief of Box sparks out in the city. Fighting Federation,HamidullahHamidi, the criminals has become a new Opposition launches new wave of anti-govt... was gun downed on Sunday. headache for the embattled Keep Durned Line at bay in peace process Earlier, Interior Ministry had Afghan police forces. ...P1 their protest against the slammed the continuation of NUG revealed private citizens owned The police force is already government through their as unlawful. ...P12 comes, according to both sides of the Line can make a politicians are in Pakistan in as many as 80,000 illegal arms in bloodied by insurgent groups, extensive and unprecedented John Bass, the US Ambassador ariananews, a day after Atta decision in this regard. quest of peace, not for any sorts Kabul, calling it a factor of the including the Taliban and the presence in the rally.” to Kabul, has also considered the Mohammad Noor, a prominent Durand Line is a controversial of deal and that toward such a deterioration of security Islamic State (IS), which is also The protest rally is scheduled continuation of NUG against the Afghan politician suggested that issue, and only people living in controversial matter. He called on situation in the capital. known as Daesh terrorist. The for today (Tuesday) at Ghazi provisions of the Constitution. He a referendum must be held to both sides of the Line has the right politicians to pay attention how Residents of Kabul are police force has the highest Stadium in Kabul. has termed the recent decide regarding the issue of the to talk about it. to convince Pakistan to shun deeply concerned with the high causality among security forces This comes as many appointments within the Durand Line between A source privy to ministry supporting insurgency, and stop criminal records in the city, in the frontline of ruthless war. presidential candidates, political government questionable and Afghanistan and Pakistan. said that its better for Afghan providing hideouts to the Taliban parties, national figures, and civil called for restrictions on the Noor added that it is the main politicians to keep at bay the issue and other terrorist groups, Atmar rules out Afghan war as “internal” society organizations had earlier authority of the president. problem between the two of Durand Line in the peace talks. instead of making any kind of countries and people living on According to him, Afghan deal. ...P12 Pakistan to help Pakistan is host to an Afghan Taliban kill five civilians in Badakshan Afghanistan’s peace and speed Peace Conference titled ‘Lahore up the process. The intra-Afghan Process’ bringing together more ...P1 According to him, the Spokesman, confirmed that five Special Forces kill ten Taliban rebels in Faryab peace dialogue is not accessible than 50 Afghan leaders, including Taliban even restrain from persons were killed for alleged and realizable without politicians and tribal elders, but handing the dead bodies over to involvement in the Taliban ...P12 The operation was Afghan army soldiers along with forces and the Taliban continues cooperation of regional there were no representatives of their families, instead dragged commanders’ case and for launched afterintelligence briefing air power took back Khoja Omeri claiming dozen lives. This comes countries, including Pakistan,” the Taliban group, despite the fact them into a mass grave. cooperation with the Afghan suggested the Taliban had planned district of Ghazni province from as recently Hamdullah Mohib, the presidential contender, that Islamabad enjoys very close Meanwhile, Anayatullah, security forces. to storm the districts of the the Taliban rebels. The retake of the young National Security leading the Peace and Moderation relations with the group. another kin of the slain, said two A number of relatives of the province. It is worth mentioning the town raised hope to keep war Advisor revealed that the Team added. He called upon the However, the Pakistan’s Taliban commanders were killed victims said the Taliban also set that earlier this month, the at bay and away from provincial government forces lost 50 parties involved in war and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood during prayer in Ramadan month ablaze the home of these people government forces retook many capitals of the country. However, members each daydue to peace not to sacrifice the rights Qureshi on Saturday called for by unknown gunmen. “Therefore, and their children took refuge in districts across the country from the widespread combat across the chronicle violence across the of the Afghan people over peace trust to be rebuilt between Kabul in retaliation, the insurgents took neighboring Baharakdistrict the Taliban insurgents. 360 country between the government country. deals. “We want peace with the and Islamabad as the country has their revenge and shot down these andarewaitingfor humanitarian Taliban and not with the begun a new initiative to five civilians.” aid. international terrorism. We desire supposedly encourage the Afghan Nik Mohammad Nazari, So far there is nothing from for a peace where human rights Peace Process and bring an end to Badakhshan Governor’s the Taliban insurgents in regard. 29 militants killed in fresh raids and our people’s rights are the bloodshed in Afghanistan. ensured. There is no point in However, a number of peace without women’s, human, political pundits have seen this ...P12 and National Directorate and Security Forces (ANDSF) killed and a vehicle of the enemy and Afghan rights.” as a political maneuver played by Lawmakers agree to end... of Security (NDS) shelled and bombed the enemies’ destroyed in Trinkot center of This comes as Pakistan has Pakistani authorities to get personalconducted joint positions and sanctuaries by Urzgan province. In past 24 been consistently accused by advantage from a prospective ...P1 dot on it, which was option for the controversial vote operations against insurgents in artilleries and air forces. hours,11planed clearing Afghan politicians of not Afghan peace agreement with the unacceptable for his challenger –valid or invalided. differentarea ofGhazni, Kunduz, During these operations, 12 operations, and 77 Special delivering on its promises. Taliban. th Kandahar, Helmand, Urzgan, Taliban rebels were killed, one Forces operations conducted in Usuli. This is as, on Jun 19 , the Takhar, Badakhshan, Balkh, Sar- vehicle and three motorbike of the different provinces; also, Air On Monday, a ballot box was verbal dispute in the parliament e-Pul, Kunar and Farah enemy destroyed in Girai and Nani Forces conducted 128 aerial set up in the house to declare the among the supporters of Usuli provinces, in which center of Ghazni—eightmilitants operations supporting Afghan Kabul-Sharja air corridor opened destination of the invalided vote, and Rahmani leaded to physical 29militantskilled and eight others killed and three others wounded N a t i o n a l ...P12 via first cargo flight from Kabul. This comes as President in which at least 102 votes from violence. wounded. in ShahwaliKot district of Army,including12strikes on Ashraf Ghani after his tripe to UAE said that the country is ready to 229, declared the one controversial Also, a lawmaker, Maryam Afghan forces succeeded to Kandahar—eight rebels killed and enemy’s sanctuaries. buy all Afghan saffron and establish air corridor with Afghanistan. vote invalided. Meanwhile, Abdul Sama had earlier said that at least arrest three insurgents and five others wounded in Kunduz According to the statement, Afghanistan has so far established its air corridor with India, QaderZazai, secretary of the 102 member of the Wolesi Jirga handed them over to relevant province. Similarly, one militant ANAdiscovered and confiscated Kazakhstan, Turkey Saudi Arabia and some European countries to parliament said the lawmakers demanded for the next round of judicial organs for further inquiry. killed in Nahr-e-Saraj district of weapons and ammunition in the improve its economical levels. Meanwhile, over 7,000 tons of goods were only able to select the one election, between new candidates. Afghan National Defense Helmand and three insurgents operations as well. have been exported to countries across the world via these air corridors. TUESDAY . JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

"Lahore Process" at Bhurbhan in Murree on Saturday, June 22, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan is committed in its efforts to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. But the Afghans have always cast doubts on Pakistan’s honest cooperation towards promoting peace in Afghanistan. “Pakistan has whole- heartedly facilitated the Afghan peace process in good faith and as a shared responsibility and will continue playing its due Our support has been crucial in Senior Afghan politicians who that they once again pursue the overcoming the political stalemate attended a two-day peace same track in their foreign that looked impossible to break just conference in the Pakistani city policy,” said Latif Nazari, an a year ago,” he said. Throughout history, Afghanistan of watermelons costs just $11 — thousands of soldiers spread units as melon associations get off of Murree on Monday said Afghan politician who attended He said that Pakistan will has been known for its fantastic and Afghan officials are doing across Afghanistan. the ground. The melon decree was Pakistan has assured to talk to the Pakistan’s conference. continue to deepen its engagement fruits — watermelons, figs, and what they can to move their Since melon producers soon a sweet idea… And now, farmers Taliban leadership to engage in The Afghan politicians also with all sections of the Afghan grapes bursting with phenomenal melons. The president made a discovered that they needed to are launching social media intra-Afghan talks and agree on a held talks with the Pakistani society and their representatives flavor. But wartime conflict and melon decree To help farmers sell form associations to get their campaigns to encourage people to ceasefire. Pakistan’s Prime officials about the Durand Line. in further cementing these difficult forecasting have made it off a melon crop that was twice melons to the military, moving munch more melon. Thanks to Minister Imran Khan also “Let’s show some bravery and achievements, as per expectations hard for farmers to get their fruits as large as expected, Afghan the melons took longer than increasing interest in the melons, confirmed that Pakistan’s resolve the issue of the Durand of the people of Afghanistan. to market. President Ashraf Ghani ordered expected. But nevertheless, prices in some cities have already previous policy towards Line. Let’s consult the people On June 23, a number of Now, according to a New public officials to buy local officials report that melons rebounded to hit 4x their low Afghanistan was wrong and that and organize a referendum,” said senators described the Afghan York Times report, an entire TON watermelons and give them to the are starting to sell to military points from earlier in the month. Islamabad has now brought Atta Mohammad Noor, the CEO politicians meeting in Pakistan in significant shift on its approach of Jamiat-e-Islami party, who contrast to the national interests towards its neighboring country. also attended the conference. of Afghanistan, calling on the “Pakistani prime minister told However, the remarks by Afghan government to prevent the us that we should not doubt their Noor was faced with criticism by political elites from organizing intention and determination. He some MPs and critics who said “such meetings”. Almost 57 said that Pakistan will hold talks that the Afghan politicians cannot Afghan politicians, including Hizb- with the Taliban leadership to decide on the Durand Line on e-Islami leader Gulbuddin engage in direct talks with the their own. “They do not have Hekmatyar, former Balkh governor [Afghan] government,” said the authority to discuss this Atta Mohammad Noor, second Abdullah Qarloq, a participant of issue unless there is consensus deputy chief executive Mohammad the meeting and an Afghan and collective decision in the Mohaqeq, and presidential Hekmatyar visited Pakistan along with 57 other Afghan politician. “There is a hope that national level about the Durand candidate Abdul Latif Pedram, Pakistan wants to open a new Line,” said MP Irfanullah Irfan. attended the Afghan peace leaders to attend a peace conference on Saturday. KABUL: Some Meshrano Jirga chapter of relations with Speaking to the opening conference in Pakistan. or Senate members on Sunday said Afghanistan, but the concern is ceremony of the conference titled (TOLONews) Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Afghan politicians’ conference in Hekmatyar has praised Pakistan was useless absent Pakistan's role in the ongoing government representatives, while peace process for his country and some others hoped it would has said that “Pakistan could encourage Islamabad’s honesty. play a key role in bringing peace A day earlier, Afghan in Afghanistan and now they are politicians including Gulbuddin doing it.” "Pakistan is a very Hekmatyar, Atta Mohammad important country and Islamabad Noor, Mohammad Karim Khalili, could play a key role in bringing Anwarul Haq Ahadi, Hamid peace in Afghanistan and now Gilani, Mohammad Mohaqiq, they are doing it," Hekmatyar Abdul Latif Pedram, Mohammad said as quoted by Anadolu News Hanif Atmar, Ahmad Wali Agency. "I praise Pakistan's Massoud and some others A person was killed and another sincere efforts and I am sure they attended a conference about the wounded in their own mine will continue its help to bring Afghan peace process in explosion in central Ghazni peace in our country," he said. Pakistan’s Lahore city. province, local officials said on The Americans are also The meeting continues today Sunday. Ahmad Khan Sirat, a praising Pakistan's role in bringing but the Taliban, who were also spokesman for Ghazni police told Taliban on the negotiating table, next round of their meeting which A former Taliban member invited, did not attend it. Ariana News that the incident has he added. Hekmatyar arrived in will take place at the end of this Abdul Shakoor Mutmaen said Fazal Hadi Muslimyar, taken place in the provincial Islamabad for the first time after month. This would be the the release of the prisoners can Meshrano Jirga chairman, told capital, Ghazni city, on early his landmark deal with the Kabul seventh round of the US-Taliban have a good impact on the talks. today’ session of the upper house Sunday morning. government in 2016, which ended talks which according to the US Announcing the date for the that any efforts made for the According to Sirat, the his 20-year-long self-imposed Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, next round of talks, Khalilzad Afghan peace should be led by the individuals wanted to plant two exile. This comes as according to will begin on June 29. said in a tweet that on Saturday Afghan government. mines in at the tomb of Sultan two former members of the Earlier this month, the that as per his visits to “We suspect Pakistan’s Mahmud, the first independent Taliban, the US and Taliban Afghan government announced to Afghanistan and Qatar, all sides efforts for peace because they ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty, negotiators are expected to reach release almost 900 Taliban -- the Afghan government, the supported terrorists and figures ruling from 998 to 1030, at Rawza to some types of conclusion on a prisoners. So far, figures show Taliban, Afghan politicians and who fought against the Afghan area of Ghazni city. timetable for troop withdrawal as that almost 400 of the prisoners members of the public -- want government,” he said. well as intra-Afghan talks in the have been released. “rapid progress”. (Pajhwok)

NUR-SULTAN : Developing able to see our issues. We are security cooperation, increasing thankful for that,” said Azimi. business turnover and Another important issue in maintaining education Kazakh-Afghan cooperation is the JALALABAD: Development projects were being executed in would be carried out by the in Khogyani district, told Pajhwok cooperation are the key areas of educational experience exchange. projects including 45 buildings for Surkhrod and Khogyani districts public health, urban and rural Afghan News the government had the Afghan diplomatic mission in Azimi is hopeful it will continue. schools were inaugurated in of the province. development, public works and long ignored their district, Kazakhstan, the country’s “Universities in Kazakhstan eastern Nangarhar province Governor Shah Mahmood education ministries. depriving them of development. Turkey's Maarif Foundation Ambassador to Kazakhstan host a lot of Afghan students. In yesterday, the governor’s house Miakhel accompanied by other The governor also A number of other residents inaugurated a girls' high school and Mohammad Farkhad Azimi told the past, the Elbasy (Leader of the said Monday, adding the schemes officials traveled to these districts inaugurated 200 small and big made similar complaints and urged a nursery school in Afghanistan's The Astana Times. Nation, the constitutional title would benefit thousands of and inaugurated the projects on projects worth 533 million the government to launch more Kandahar yesterday. During recent meetings accorded to Nursultan families. According to the Sunday. Miakhel said some small afghanis in Surkhrod district. such projects in the two districts. Schools were opened in a between the sides, security Nazarbayev) provided a thousand Governor’s House, said the nearly and big projects under 22 However, local residents Governor Shah Mahmood ceremony with the participation cooperation was one of the key scholarships for Afghan students 1.5 billion afghanis projects programs worth 880 million said no construction projects Miakhel assured the people of of Maarif officials, Turkey's concerns, with the region’s and recently with some economic include construction of 45 school afghanis would be practically had so far been carried out in these districts that he noted their Ambassador to Afghanistan, the stability being the priority of problems here in Kazakhstan, they buildings at a cost of 220 million started in Khogayni district. the Khogyani district. demands and would share them Kandahar governor and local tribal both countries in addition to the didn’t extend this programme, but afghanis. Officials said the He added these projects Mirzam Khan, a tribal elder with the authorities concerned. leaders in this southern Afghan growing need for Central Asian they promised to do so in the province. Kandahar Governor cooperation. future. We are optimistic about the Hayatullah Hayat said at the “We promised to cooperate extension of this programme,” said ceremony that Maarif "fulfilled its more, to enhance the security of Azimi. While the $50 million promise" to Kandahar for new both countries, also with regards programme was not expanded per schools that would contribute to to the stability of the region. se, Kazakhstan does now offer 30 education in the region And, as you know, Kazakhstan scholarships to Afghan students significantly. is actually the key country for annually. And just last month, the Turkey established the the security of the entire Central European Union signed an Maarif Foundation in 2016, Asia. Of course, Kazakhstan is agreement with the UN following the July 15 coup also focused on the issue of Development Programme to attempt by military infiltrators of security in Afghanistan. In fact, administer a trilateral education the Gülenist Terror Group there should be even more cooperation arrangement where (FETÖ). Though it is responsible cooperation between the Central the EU will finance the teaching of for taking over administration of Asian countries,” he said. Afghan women in Kazakhstan and overseas schools run by FETÖ, Afghanistan appreciated Uzbekistan. which is known for its global Kazakhstan’s work while it held Increasing the business network of schools, it is also a rotating seat on the United turnover up to $1 billion is one of tasked with establishing new Nations Security Council the main objectives of the Afghan schools abroad. (UNSC) in 2017-2018. The diplomatic mission to Kazakhstan. The foundation plans to meeting of the ambassadors of Meetings to promote exports from provide free education especially the UNSC member states in Afghanistan to Kazakhstan and for children from disadvantaged Kabul organised by Kazakh reach a bilateral strategic families and orphans in Ambassador to the UN Kairat partnership are being held between Afghanistan where ongoing Umarov was particularly helpful the sides. “We are trying to increase violence derails education in some in bringing attention to the business turnover up to a provinces. Afghanistan handed Afghanistan’s problems. billion dollars. We are trying to over FETÖ-linked schools active “Globally, Kazakhstan plays promote exports from Afghanistan in the country to Turkey after an effective and efficient role to Kazakhstan. We are trying to negotiations and schools are now related to the different conflicts arrange the meetings and open to students who cannot in the region, Asia and Eurasia, presentations with the investors afford them, unlike their previous like the initiative of Kazakhstan here in Kazakhstan… At the same state under FETÖ's control where in the case of Ukraine. And the time, we are trying to reach a only the children from elite effective role of Kazakhstan was bilateral strategy partnership families were admitted. Maarif felt during the UN Security between the two countries, which also plans to open vocational Council membership. They is actually very important for both schools in the country. A raised a lot of issues to the countries,” he said. To increase the foundation official announced last Security Council that we are turnover, certain Kazakh facilities year that they would transfer a thankful for. They brought all available to other Central Asian fund worth $30 million to members of the Security Council countries’ exporters, but not to modernize schools in Afghanistan. to Afghanistan and they were Afghanistan, are being negotiated. TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES Encephalitistollrisesto152,spreadsto20 Iwasquotedout of context on Bihar districts;scareinMadhyaPradesh ‘charter of economy’:Maryam The death toll from acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) reached 152 in Bihar, with Blaming the media for quoting her out of context, Pakistan medical officials stating that the disease has spread to 20 of the state’s 38 districts. Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that there are no divisions within the par- ty, particularly with her uncle Shehbaz Sharif, who is also the party president. On Saturday, Maryam had lambasted the char- ter of economy, proposed by Shehbaz, saying that the govern- ment had reduced the economy to a joke. During the same press conference, she had added that the final call on the charter of economy would be made by her father and party supremo, Nawaz Sharif. The government as well as detractors of the PML- N had pounced on her statement, citing it as proof of schisms with- power was rudely dismissed by Sharif family, by the grace of God, in the top leadership of the coun- the government. The house she said, is united and on the same try’s main opposition party. speaker, Asad Qaiser, said that page without any disagreements Govt says PML-N clearly divid- he would take Shehbaz up on the or discord. “The rivals of the ed into two factions In a state- offer, to which the PML-N pres- Sharif family have been working ment issued on Sunday, Maryam ident replied, ‘it’s never too late'”, day and night for the past three said that her press conference on she reminded. decades to drive a wedge between Saturday was misunderstood and In her press conference, the state- the two brothers but the family quoted out of context. She said ment said, Maryam simply point- has stood strong against such that she shares an extremely re- ed out that the PTI regime had conspiracies and will continue to spectful and very cordial rela- made a mockery of the country’s do so in future,” it concluded. tionship with her paternal uncle economy and had destroyed it Despite the clarification, Maryam Shehbaz Sharif and believed that beyond repair. “This statement has on more than one occasion it was her prime duty to take was grossly misconstrued and criticised the policies of her uncle him into confidence over every misrepresented out of context in Shehbaz Sharif. On Saturday, she The death toll from acute enceph- 152,” Bihar’s principal secretary It’s not inside any ward,” news away, as some villagers even pelt- matter. “During his budget the coverage of the press confer- had also said that offering the char- alitis syndrome (AES) reached (health) Sanjay Kumar said, add- agency ANI quoted the hospital’s ed stones at the MLA’S speeding speech, Shehbaz reminded that ence, which is extremely disap- ter of economy to the PTI was 152 in Bihar, with medical offi- ing that one fresh AES case was superintendent Sunil Kumar Sha- vehicle. Earlier, a five-member his offer for a charter of econo- pointing,” it stated. equivalent ‘to offering a National cials stating that the disease has reported in the last 36 hours. Since hi as saying. A Congress delega- Congress delegation, led by state my right after the Pakistan Te- Final call on charter of economy Reconciliation Order (NRO) like spread to 20 of the state’s 38 dis- the first fatality was reported on tion met with public resistance president Madan Mohan Jha and hreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came to will be Nawaz’s: Maryam The deal to this incompetent . tricts. According to officials fa- June 5, the state government’s re- when it visited SKMCH on Sun- Bihar in-charge Birendra Singh miliar with the matter, a child suc- sponse has been criticised with day. In another incident, an LJP Rathore blamed the state govern- cumbed to the disease late on Sat- many saying that Muzaffarpur’s MLA had to beat a hasty retreat ment for its failure to tone up urday at the Sri Krishna Medical “poor” healthcare system was when he visited Vaishali, where healthcare, leading to AES deaths. College Hospital in Muzaffarpur overwhelmed by the scale of the seven children had died on June The Congress said it was high time Srilanka Prime Minister to open — the epicentre of the outbreak. outbreak. On Sunday, a portion of 3. Villagers initially gheraoed the that the central team of experts “AES has spread to 20 districts the roof outside the Paediatric In- legislator’s vehicle and then took should unravel the reason behind of Bihar but the total number of tensive Care Unit at SKMCH col- him to a hut and temporarily held AES. The disease has been recur- high quality lubricantsblending cases has come down. The death lapsed. “A patch of plaster from him hostage, until his security- ring every year since 1995. toll due to the disease has reached the roof fell. Nobody was injured. men freed him and whisked him (Hindustan times) plant at Muthurajawela Twoarrested withillegal Traincrashkills5,injures firearmsin Morang at least 65inBangladesh Five coaches on a Bangladesh ex- district on Sunday. Get full access to Miami Her- KATHMANDU: Police arrest- press train veered off a railway He said the rail bridge broke ald content across all your devic- ed two persons on the charge of bridge in northeastern Bangladesh, down when the train was cross- es. Local TV stations said more possessing illegal firearms from killing at least five people and in- ing it. The cause of the break- than 100 people were injured. Belbari Municipality-4 of Mor- juring 65, officials said Monday, down wasn't known immediate- Another official Mesbah Uddin ang district on Sunday evening. and a search of the wreckage for ly. inRead invented by Teads Ahmed said engineers and work- Police have identified the arrest- any people trapped was continu- Ahmed said at least 15 pas- ers were working to retrieve the ees as Ashok Rai (43) of Sundar ing. Local chief government admin- sengers were in critical condition. coaches while the search for any Haraicha Municipality-12 and istrator Tofayel Ahmed said the The bodies of three women and a people trapped under the wreck- Kansa Majhi (34) of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality-6 in the dis- Upaban Express train was head- child were kept in a local health age was continuing. The train ser- ing for the capital, Dhaka, when complex, he said. Unlimited Dig- vice between the northeastern re- trict. A team of police personnel The lubricant blending plant will take place at 3 pm with the la. Hyrax Oil constructed the deployed from Belbari-based the crash occurred around mid- ital Access: Only $0.99 For Your gion and the rest of the country night at Kulaura in Moulvibazar First Month was halted. (AP) built at the Ceylon Petroleum participation of Malaysian High plant and will manufacture the Area Police Office seized two Storage Terminals Ltd (CPSTL) Commissioner in Sri Lanka Tan lubricant products for Ceylon pistols, four magazines and 14 complex in Muthurajawela will Yang Thai. A Malaysian manu- Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for rounds of bullets from their pos- be opened by the Prime Minis- facturer of petroleum derivatives a term of 20 years. session during the regular securi- ter Ranil Wickremesinghe today Hyrax Oil had invested US$ 30 The new plant is expected to earn ty screening. The duo were riding (24th June). The Ministry of million to establish the four mil- revenue of US$60 million per an- on the motorcycle (Ko 17 Pa Petroleum Resources Develop- lion liters per month lubricant num from Sri Lanka and countries 4586). Its average rating from 62 7deadasminibusfalls Google reviews is 4.5 stars out of ment stated that the ceremony blending plant in Muthurajawe- within the region. a possible 5 and it also has an average of 4.5 out of a possible 5 on Tripadvisor from 52 guests. intogorgeinJ&K’sRajouri But inspectors said improve- ments were necessary with "hy- gienic handling of food including The accident occurred at Kewal villager near Budhal in preparation, cooking, re-heating, TrashMountain:Abandoned cooling and storage". The Gold- the border district around 4.15 pm, a police official said. hawk Road eatery was said to need "major improvements" for At least seven persons were killed of the two other injured, the con- said. tentsaddtodetritusonEverest ensuring its food was safe to eat, and three others injured Sunday dition of a minor is critical,” said The deceased identified as "including having appropriate lay- when a minibus rolled down into a Dr Suresh Gupta, chief medical Waseem Ahmad and his injured out, ventilation, hand washing 200-feet deep gorge in Jammu and officer, Rajouri. The deceased friend Sohail Ganai were students facilities and pest control, to en- Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police were identified as Kulwant Singh, of higher secondary school Bha- able good food hygiene". Inspec- said. The accident occurred at Ke- Mohd Taj, Abdul Rashid, Mohd darwah and both were 18 years tors also said major improve- wal villager near Budhal in the bor- Faroooq, Mohd Mansoor, Kail- old, the SP said. Ahmad lost con- ments were needed in terms of der district around 4.15 pm, a po- ah Devi and Sunnet Singh. A case trol of the motorcycle while nego- the cleanliness of its kitchens. lice official said. He said a rescue under relevant sections has been tiating a blind curve near Thantera- The Food Standards Agency’s operation was immediately registered and further investiga- Basti along Bhadarwah-Basholi website shows only one other launched after the vehicle skidded tions are on. Prima facie, brake highway and it fell into 100-feet restaurant or café in the borough off the road and plunged into the failure is believed to be the cause deep gorge around 9.30 PM, of Hammersmith and Fulham has gorge. Two persons were found of incident. Teenager killed in Gouria said. Despite darkness, the a 0 rating. While there are 35 plac- dead on the spot while one suc- Doda mishap locals launched a rescue operation es with a rating of one out of five. cumbed to injures on the way to A teenage boy was killed and and managed to take the duo to a The Kathmandu Inn was given a hospital in Kandi. Later doctors another critically injured when nearby hospital where Ahmad dazzling review by The Guard- referred six of the injured to dis- their motorcycle fell into a deep succumbed while Ganai was re- After every party it's time to tain has been a shock to the eth- past 12 years. Exhausted climb- ian in 2010. Critic Will Norman trict hospital in Rajouri for speci- gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s ferred to Government Medical clean up and Mount Everest is nic Sherpas who worked on the ers struggling to breathe and bat- wrote that it "appears to follow alised treatment. It was learnt that Doda district, police said on Sun- College hospital Jammu. Both the no different. The record number government's cleanup drive this tling nausea leave heavy tents be- the hygiene regimen of a quaran- four of the injured succumbed on day. They were returning home teenagers were not wearing hel- of climbers crowding the world's spring. Moreover, the tents are hind rather than attempt to carry tine ward”, and that the floor was the way to hospital, while two are from a picnic to Guldanda late mets and rash driving is suspect- highest mountain this season has littering South Col, or Camp 4, them down. Sherpa said the logos “polished until you could literal- still battling for life. “Four person on Saturday when the accident ed to be the cause of the accident, ly eat your dinner off it". left a government cleanup crew which, at 8,000 meters (26,240 on the ice-embedded tents that were brought dead here while out occurred, SP Raj Singh Gouria the officer added. grappling with how to clear feet) is the highest campsite on identify the expedition companies away everything from aban- Everest, just below the summit. were deliberately ripped out so doned tents to human waste that The high winds at that elevation the culprits could evade detection. threatens drinking water. Budget have scattered the tents and trash "It took us an hour to dig out just expedition companies charge as everywhere. "The altitude, oxy- one tent out of the frozen ice and little as $30,000 per climber, cut- gen levels, dangerously icy and bring it down," said Sherpa. His ting costs including waste remov- slippery slopes, and bad weath- expeditions have alone brought al. Everest has so much garbage er of South Col make it very dif- down some 20,000 kilograms — depleted oxygen cylinders, ficult to bring such big things as (44,000 pounds) of garbage since food packaging, rope — that tents down," said Dawa Steven 2008. Sherpa estimated 30 tents climbers use the trash as a kind Sherpa, who led an independent had been left on South Col, and as of signpost. But this year's haul cleanup last month and has been much as 5,000 kilograms (11,000 Punjab Chief Minister Sardar would surely provide relief to the from an estimated 700 climbers, a leading figure in the campaign pounds) of trash. Bringing it down Usman Buzdar has said the gov- common man. guides and porters on the moun- to clean Mount Everest for the is a herculean task. ernment was moving in the right “In order to improve the life of direction and journey would con- common man, the government will tinue for the welfare of the com- have to change the old system,” mon man. In a statement issued he said adding that the PTI poli- 2 0 0 M I CE tr aveler s fr om on Sunday, he said that the sys- tics were based on public service. tem was not rectified in the pre- The CM said those who were vious governments’ tenures to claiming public service plundered provide facilities to the public, as the national resources and brought Ch en n a i a r r ived S r i L a n ka the out-dated system had failed the economy at the verge of disas- SriLankan Airlines in an effort to travel. ism dedicated to planning, book- to provide any relief to the pub- ter. Buzdar said the wrong poli- to improve tourism between In- Upon their arrival, the MICE ing, and facilitating conferences, lic. “We are fixing the issues cre- cies of the previous governments dia and Sri Lanka organized a group was welcomed by the seminars, and other events, which ated by the previous govern- caused irreparable loss to Paki- MICE promotions activity by SriLankan staff at the Ban- is a big moneymaker in the travel ments, and reforms are being in- stan. Despite the worst economic bringing in 200 travelers from daranaike International Airport. industry. troduced to improve the system,” conditions inherited by the PTI Chennai last week. According- The group traveled deep South The term “MICE” in the context he added. He said Pakistan Te- government, it opted for concrete ly, a group of travelers from and spent two nights at the We- of travel is an acronym for meet- hreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government measures for economic improve- Chennai arrived Sri Lanka in a ligama Bay Marriott resorts and ings, incentives, conferences, and would develop organisations and ment. fact-finding mission to promote Spa. The MICE market refers to exhibitions. it would bring such reforms which (Tribune) Sri Lanka as a safe destination a specialized niche of group tour- (AP) TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES News-in-Brief Sudanmust end Georgia 2020 If Irancontinuesitsaggressivepolicies parliament vote to use proportional repression,give system: ruling 'it will paytheprice':Saudi Minister party head monitorsaccess,U.N. A parliamentary election in Geor- gia in 2020 should be held under a proportional system, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream rightsbosssays party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, said on Monday. Ivanishvili said that Sudanese authorities must grant a speech opening a three-week no threshold for parties should human rights monitors access to session of the U.N. Human Rights be applied during the election. the country and end “repres- Council in Geneva. Sudan’s ruling Changing the electoral system from a mixed to a proportional sion” against protesters and re- military council said on Sunday system from 2020 was one of store the country’s Internet, that Ethiopia and the African the demands made at protests U.N. human rights boss Michelle Union needed to unify their ef- that have been taking place in Bachelet said on Monday. forts to mediate between the coun- the Georgian capital since June Her office had received reports cil and an opposition coalition on 20. that more than 100 protesters the structure of the country’s tran- were killed and many more in- sitional government. jured during an assault by secu- The generals and the opposition Cypriot army captain rity forces on a peaceful sit-in have been wrangling for weeks pleads guilty to outside the defense ministry on over what form Sudan’s transition- serial killings, June 3, she said. Sudan’s upris- al government should take after the ing “has been met with a brutal military deposed long-time presi- breaks down crackdown by the security forc- dent Omar al-Bashir on April 11. A Greek Cypriot army captain es this month,” Bachelet said in (BBC) pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of killing five women and two children, all non-Cypriots, during a three-year murder spree Turkey's opposition which authorities stumbled across by accident. The case, in- strikes blow to Erdogan volving the worst peace-time atrocities against women in Cy- with Istanbul mayoral win prus in memory, has triggered outrage and horror on an island where serious crime is relatively Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir stated in an inter- United States and Iran a year af- tions on 22 June, without speci- Turkey’s opposition has dealt under threat. On Sunday and in rare, and forced the resignation Adel al-Jubeir has stated that a view. "Today, Iran is under severe ter Washington withdrew from fying what measures would be President Tayyip Erdogan a the early hours Monday, tens of of the justice minister and the potential war between Iran and economic sanctions. These sanc- the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re- taken. stinging blow by winning con- thousands of Imamoglu support- police chief. Nicos Metaxas, 35, the United States would be dan- tions will be strengthened. If Iran imposed sanctions on the Islam- Before that, the US president trol of Istanbul in a re-run may- ers celebrated in the streets of has been charged with premedi- gerous for everyone, but blamed continues its aggressive policies, it ic Republic. The United States is stated that he had called off a re- oral election, breaking his aura Istanbul after the former business- tated murder and abduction of Tehran for increasing the tensions will have to pay the price", Adel planning to announce new sanc- taliatory strike on Iranian targets of invincibility and delivering a man triumphed over Erdogan’s the seven - who came from the in the Gulf region. If Iran contin- al-Jubeir told the newspaper Le tions against Iran on 24 June in after he was told that an estimat- message from voters unhappy handpicked candidate by almost Philippines, Romania and Nepal ues its "aggressive policies" more Monde. the wake of Tehran downing a US ed 150 Iranians could be killed as over his ever tighter grip on 800,000 votes. “In this city to- - between Sept. 2016 and July sanctions will come, Saudi Min- The statement comes amid an es- drone. US President Donald a result. power. Ekrem Imamoglu of the day, you have fixed democracy. 2018. The two children. ister of State for Foreign Affairs calation of tensions between the Trump mentioned new restric- (AP) secularist Republican People’s Thank you Istanbul,” Imamoglu Party (CHP) secured 54.21% of told supporters who made heart Kremlin: Georgia in votes, the head of the High Elec- signs with their hands, in an ex- grip of Russophobic tion Board announced on Mon- pression of the inclusive election Children,3 day - a far wider victory margin rhetoric that has been the hallmark hysteria than his narrow win three of his campaigning. “We came to Chinanot totalk months ago. The previous re- embrace everyone,” he said. “We Ex-Soviet Georgia is in the grip and 4, die in sult was annulled after protests will build democracy in this city, of a wave of Russophobic hys- from Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted we will build justice. In this beau- teria which is being artificially whipped up and is getting worse, AK Party, which said there had tiful city, I promise, we will build devastating been widespread voting irregu- the future.” Erdogan congratulat- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pes- about HongKong kov said on Monday. He said larities. The decision to re-run ed him for the victory and Imam- Russia was not imposing sanc- house fire the vote was criticized by West- oglu’s rival, Binali Yildirim of the tions on Tbilisi, but had been ern allies and caused uproar ruling AK Party (AKP), wished Two Emirati children aged three among domestic opponents who him luck as mayor barely two forced to halt Russian airline and four have died in a house fire protestsat G20 said Turkey’s democracy was hours after polls closed. flights to Georgia to protect its in Fujairah. Police said the blaze Beijing tells world leaders not to citizens after violent protests broke out on the top floor of the flared at the end of law week, two-storey property at about interfere in its internal affairs some of them directed against 10.30am on Monday. The sib- Trump to visit South Russia. lings are understood to have been Chinese President Xi Jinping will ters,” Zhang told reporters at a “We will not allow any country Georgian President Salome alone in their bedroom on the not hold any discussion during this Foreign Ministry briefing. Hong or anybody to meddle in the in- Zurabishvili has blamed Mos- week's G-20 summit related to the Kong has witnessed massive ral- ternal affairs of China by any Korea as Pompeo cow for the unrest, suggesting a first floor when the fire started. Emergency services, including ongoing Hong Kong protests, lies in recent weeks against a pro- means,” Zhang said. Trump had “fifth column” loyal to Moscow which are said to have been trig- posed law which will allow the earlier said the Hong Kong rallies had stirred up trouble. firefighters and paramedics, were raises hope for new North called but both children died of gered by a China-backed proposed government to extradite suspects were "very effective" without smoke inhalation. Brigadier Ali law, an official said Monday. to mainland China. Protesters voicing direct support for them. UN rights chief urges Al Tunaiji, director of Fujairah China's Assistant Foreign Minis- have expressed worries that if the Massive rallies are planned for Korea talks after letter states to repatriate civil defence, said the father of ter Zhang Jun said they will not law it is passed it will allow Chi- Wednesday to put more pressure U.S. President Donald Trump from Washington for the Middle families of IS fighters the youngsters had been at work allow interference in Beijing's in- na to take in political prisoners. on Xi and Hong Kong Chief Ex- at the time of the incident while ternal affairs, daily South China But what if U.S. President ecutive Carrie Lam. Jimmy Sham, will visit South Korea this week- East, said the United States was their mother was in the kitchen Morning Post quoted him as say- Donald Trump insists on dis- one of the organizers of the pro- end after an exchange of letters ready to resume talks with North The UN rights chief called Mon- with North Korean leader Kim Korea immediately. “I’m hopeful day for countries to repatriate at home. “The children were ing. “I can tell you for sure that the cussing the protests during his tests, was quoted by the daily as alone in their room when the fire G20 will not discuss affairs of meeting with Xi on the sidelines criticizing Beijing's statement. Jong Un boosted hopes for talks that this will provide a good foun- family members of suspected for- aimed at ending North Korea’s dation for us to begin ... these im- eign fighters in Syria, including started,” Brigadier Al Tunaiji Hong Kong. We will not allow the of the summit in Osaka, Japan “It’s like a person has serious said. G20 to talk about Hong Kong mat- on June 28-29, a reporter asked. violent tendencies.” nuclear program. Trump is set portant discussions with the some 29,000 foreign children of to arrive in South Korea for a North Koreans,” Pompeo told re- Islamic State group jihadists. The situation of foreign fighters and two-day visit on Saturday, and porters. Trump is considering a their families topped a long line UK PM May's will meet President Moon Jae- visit to the demilitarized zone of concerns listed by Michelle R u ssia wa r n s of r epea t of in on Sunday, following a sum- (DMZ) separating the two Ko- Bachelet in her opening address office decline to mit of G20 leaders in Japan, reas, a South Korean official said. to the UN Human Rights Coun- Moon’s spokeswoman, Ko Trump wanted to go there during cil in Geneva, which also includ- comment on Min-jung, said. The announce- a 2017 trip to South Korea but ed the tensions wracking Sudan. Cu ba n m issile cr isis: T ass ment comes hours after U.S. heavy fog prevented it. Kim and She insisted that countries must PM candidate Secretary of State Mike Pom- Moon held their historic first sum- take responsibility for their na- Washington’s deployment of abkov was quoted as saying on The Cuban Missile Crisis erupt- peo said he hoped a letter mit in the DMZ last year, so a tionals caught up in Syria's drawn- land-based missile systems near Monday. Russia has been fiercely ed in 1962 when Moscow re- Johnson row Trump sent to Kim could pave Trump visit to the border between out war. Following the collapse Russia’s borders could lead to a critical of U.S. plans to deploy sponded to a U.S. missile deploy- the way for a revival of stalled the two Koreas this weekend of IS's self-proclaimed caliphate, standoff comparable to the Cu- missile systems in eastern Europe, ment in Turkey by sending bal- nuclear talks. could spark speculation of a meet- foreigners from nearly 50 coun- ban missile crisis, Russian Dep- and of Washington’s withdrawal listic missiles to Cuba, sparking Trump and Moon would have ing with Kim there. Another offi- tries have been detained. uty Foreign Minister Sergei Ry- from the INF arms control treaty. a standoff that brought. “in-depth discussions on ways cial in the South Korean presiden- to work together to foster last- tial office said she was not aware Russia says new ing peace through the complete of any plan for Trump to meet U.S. sanctions on denuclearization of the Korean Kim. Trump and Kim held their peninsula, while strengthening first, ground-breaking summit in Iran are illegal 7.5-magnitudeearthquakehitsIndonesia the two countries’ alliance”, Ko Singapore in June last year, agree- A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit nesia’s eastern Papua province the cur. In the previous year, a 7.5- told a news briefing on Mon- ing to establish new relations and New sanctions imposed by the Indonesia’s Banda Sea on June same day. The USGS said its epi- magnitude quake and a subse- day. work towards the denuclearization United States on Iran are illegal, 24, jolting a region 286 km west- centre was 21km deep and 240 km quent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi Pompeo, who spoke of Trump’s of the Korean peninsula. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pes- northwest of Saumlaki, accord- west of Abepura town of Papua island killed more than 2,200 letter to Kim before departing (AP) kov said on Monday. ing to the US Geological Survey province. There were no reports with a thousand more declared Speaking on a regular media call, (USGS). The quake hit at a depth on casualties after the quake and missing. On December 26, 2004, A spokesman for British Prime Peskov declined to say what mea- of 220 km. The US-based Pacif- no warnings of tsunami. a 9.1-magnitude earthquake Minister Theresa May declined sures Russia might adopt to coun- ic Tsunami Warning Centre said Indonesia, one of the most natural struck Aceh province, causing a to comment on Monday on an teract the U.S. sanctions. Iraqi parliament approves it would not trigger tsunami and disaster-prone nations on earth, tsunami and killing more than altercation between the leading Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Christian Lowe; edit- there were no immediate reports straddles the Pacific "Ring of Fire", 170,000. During 2018, a total candidate to replace her, Boris ing by John Stonestreet. “Fire- of major damage or casualties. where tectonic plates collide and a 11,577 earthquakes struck the Johnson, and his girlfriend Car- defense, interior, justice fighters managed to control the It came hours after another earth- large portion of the world’s volca- country, many of which resulted rie Symonds. fire but both children died of quake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indo- nic eruptions and earthquakes oc- in casualties. –VNA Early on Friday, police were smoke inhalation. “We don’t called to Johnson’s home after ministers: Lawmakers know yet what caused the fire neighbors heard a loud altercation but we urge residents to install between him and his girlfriend. fire detectors as soon as possible UK arms deals gave Egypt the Iraq’s parliament approved on education, the only remaining port- to prevent such accidents from Police said there was no cause Monday three more ministers, folio, failed to get enough votes. happening.” In January last year, for police action. including the defense and interi- Najah al-Shammari, Yaseen al-Ya- seven Emirati children died in a “I’ve not got any comment to or portfolios put forward by siri and Faruq Ameen were con- fire that broke out at a home in legitimacy it needed to kill Morsi make on that,” the spokesman Prime Minister Adel Abdul- firmed as ministers for defense, Fujairah. In 2018 a cross-party group of has emerged with little profit on second was the 2016 killing of told reporters, adding that the Mahdi, lawmakers said. interior and justice respectively. British MPs asked the Egyptian contracts with BP and Vodafone Italian student Giulio Regeni, police had made a statement. But the nominee for minister of (BBC) Sweden detains government for access to Mo- and expensive weaponry it can’t which shone a spotlight on tor- hamed Morsi amid fears that the really afford. But for a regime with ture. Chinese man former President’s death was a bad reputation it has bought Despite the gravity of these inci- again, this time at imminent. The answer that came something far more valuable. Le- dents, and the media coverage Australia repatriating eight youth back was a firm “no.” Authori- gitimacy on the world stage. which followed, neither torture U.S. request ties insisted he was receiving ad- This legitimacy has given Egypt’s nor extrajudicial killings have abat- Sweden has detained a fugitive equate treatment, though no evi- government cover for the numer- ed. If anything they have wors- from Islamic State families Chinese official at the request of dence was given to quell growing ous human rights abuses that have ened. Mohamed Morsi’s death the United States and expects it anxiety he was being denied ac- been diligently documented by hu- has now raised the plight of de- CANBERRA, Australia — Eight from Melbourne. Both men and find their home in Australia and to make a formal request for his cess to urgent medical care. The man rights organisations and ig- tainees being denied medical treat- Australian offspring of two slain their wives died in the conflict I'm sure they'll be embraced by extradition, a Swedish prosecu- problem was not issuing the vi- nored by Western governments, ment in jail after calls by his fam- Islamic State group fighters had zone. The children had been Australians and as a result of that tor said on Monday. Qiao Jian- sas or granting the permission the such as the incarceration of 60,000 ily and lawyer to treat his diabe- been removed from Syria in Aus- taken by an aid agency on Sun- embrace, I'm sure they'll live pos- MPs needed to enter the jail. For political prisoners and the forcible tes and liver and kidney disease tralia's first organized repatriation day to Iraq, The Australian itive and happy lives," Morrison jun was released from Swedish several years Egyptian authori- disappearance of minors. fell on deaf ears. But will the thou- custody on Wednesday, an indi- from the conflict zone, Austra- newspaper reported. "The op- added. Morrison had for months ties have waved aside bureaucra- We can now add to that list the sands of inmates asking for ac- lia's prime minister said on Mon- portunity now is for these said he would not risk any Aus- cation Sweden’s supreme court cy to welcome the UK’s politi- protracted murder of the late Pres- cess to a doctor suddenly be day. Prime Minister Scott Mor- young children who are coming tralian official to rescue Austra- will turn down an earlier Chinese cians to Cairo where they have ident Mohammed Morsi. Since Sisi granted one? rison said the eight children be- back to Australia, they can't be lians from Islamic State group-held request for his extradition, ac- signed off on ludicrous trade assumed power in the aftermath It’s unlikely. The state-run me- ing repatriated were in the care held responsible for the crimes territory. Critics had argued that cording to his Swedish lawyer, deals on anything from gas ex- of Morsi’s downfall he has pur- dia, which has rallied around Sisi of Australian government offi- of their parents," Morrison told he had not been prepared to take Henrik Olsson Lilja. The United ploration to telecommunications. sued a scorched earth policy across since he assumed the presidency, cials. He would not identify the reporters. The children would the political risk of repatriating States indicted Qiao in 2015 in Two years after Morsi was over- the country, but a number of key tried to bury the story. Only one children or say when they would be provided with support ser- families of Islamic extremists un- his absence on charges of money thrown the British government events have stood out. The first featured his death on the front reach Australia. Media reported vices so that "they can fully in- til he won a narrow election victo- laundering and immigration fraud. resumed multimillion pound was the 2013 Rabaa massacre in page; another wrote seven lines that they include five children and tegrate into a happy life in Aus- ry on May 18. Morrison said on In 2018, China asked Sweden to arms sales to Egypt as part of a which 1,000 of his supporters in the crime and accident section grandchildren of Sydney-born tralia," Morrison said. "They've Monday he had kept his govern- extradite Qiao, who has been on drive by then Prime Minister were killed at a sit-in, and which of the publication. Several jour- convicted terrorist Khaled Shar- got off to a horrible start in life ment's efforts "very low-key" in the run since 2011 from Chinese David Cameron to boost finan- highlighted the government’s prac- nalists even celebrated his death, rouf and three children of Islamic as a result of the appalling deci- the interests of the safety of ev- prosecutors, in connection. cial ties with the country. Egypt tice of extrajudicial executions. The live on TV. State group fighter Yasin Rizvic, sions of their parents and they'll eryone involved, including. TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Ahmad Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir Graphic-Designers: Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0782344728, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 119: Members of the Supreme Court shall take the following oath of office in the presence of the President: “In the of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, I swear in the name of God Almighty to attain justice and righteousness in accordance with tenets of the Holy religion of Islam, provisions of By: Donald C. Bolduc ty for the fight and imposing surgent force by co-opting vil- create research, jobs, revenue; de- this Constitution as well as other laws of Afghanistan, and to execute the judicial duty with utmost American-imposed solutions to lage elders and soliciting the sup- velop alternative crops where honesty, righteousness and impartiality.” War is often filled with its share Afghanistan’s problems, we dis- port of the populace. By 2005- appropriate; and assist farmers of mistakes and errors in judgment. incentived the Afghans from lead- 2006 the Taliban and other orga- with transitioning into another It’s the nature of this lethal busi- ing and chose to ignore thou- nizations had a foothold across trade. Yet we quickly lost our ness. Some are the result of chang- sands of years of history. We Afghanistan. The Taliban gained patience. ing circumstances on the ground, forgot fairly quickly why Af- momentum and continued to Central and South Asia is one re- while others are more systemic. ghanistan was such a humiliation operate effectively in Afghani- gion of the world where terror- The United States has committed for the British and the Soviets stan through 2009. ism, extremist Islamic ideology, more than a few during its 18 years and why the term “graveyard of The only period in Afghanistan traditional nation-state conflicts, in Afghanistan. empires” very much applies. We in which unprecedented securi- and weapons of mass destruction Indeed, the entire war is a story of also forgot that while Afghans ty gains were made was in the all come together. Given the over- one mistake after another, putting welcome help, they can quickly 2010-2013 time frame with a riding imperative to keep danger- success or “victory” as we typi- turn on a foreign force if it stays comprehensive COIN strategy. ous weapons out of the hands of cally define it further out of reach. too long. Instead of investing in Bottom up population-centric terrorists, the United States and U.S. military tactical level units local Afghan security and gover- operations called Village Stabili- its NATO allies must identify have performed admirably, but nance, we choose to emphasize ty Operations (VSO) in the rural their common strategic interests political leaders, policy makers, top-down solutions by increas- areas took space away from the with these regional players and and senior general officers inside ing the power of the national insurgents. During this time se- craft the necessary strategy to and outside of Washington have government. We decided to build curity improved in part through protect those interests. The de- failed them. Good tactics never the house from the roof down, the creation of Afghan Local Po- velopment of this strategy will fixes bad strategy. The lack of a and the roof has been leaky ever lice (ALP), which decreased the have to include difficult but nec- consistent comprehensive strate- since. Taliban’s freedom of operation. essary trade offs between what gy in Afghanistan has prevented Misstep No. 2: Allowing the Unfortunately, due to a change objectives are important to our the nation from attaining even a Taliban resurgence to occur in Af- in policy and strategy from the security and what should be left minimal level of stability. For quite ghanistan-2003-2009 and 2014- end of 2013 through the present, for the Afghans to manage. Brig. On Monday, Taliban called on the Afghan media organizations to some time now, the filling of body 2019 we have lost all the security gains Gen. Donald C. Bolduc (Ret) is a bags and hospital beds has not been The second misstep was taking and have witnessed. former commander of U.S. Spe- stop what they consider “anti-jihad and anti-Taliban sentiments”. justified, and nobody is being held our eyes off the ball. The Tali- Misstep No. 3: Our inability to cial Operations Command Africa accountable for that. Countering ban’s resurgence is an inevitable manage, let alone solve, Afghan- and a fellow at the American Col- The threat includes radios, televisions and other media such as these negative trends requires a outcome of an ineffective istan’s illicit narcotics trade. lege of National Security Lead- newspapers, news agencies and online outlets. They said that if the return to the comprehensive strat- NATO-led coalition, an inade- Poppy production remains one ers. egy approach. Absent such a quate organizational structure, of the most pressing domestic Editor’s note: This is an Op-Ed media ignored their announcement and did not stop publishing anti- change, we should leave. Misstep and an ineffective strategy. The issues in Afghanistan and pro- and as such, the opinions ex- Taliban advertisements within one week, they would be treated as No. 1: The expansion of US forc- diversion of attention and re- vides the Taliban with substan- pressed are those of the author. If es and the introduction of large sources to the Iraq War and an tial revenues to sustain its oper- you would like to respond, or military targets and media workers and offices would have no safe- conventional units into the vast inaccurate assessment of the Tal- ations. have an editorial of your own you ty. This is not the first time that media outlets and journalists are expanse of Afghanistan. iban’s strength and longevity led A practical solution would have would like to submit, please con- We essentially took all the lessons to the movement’s resurgence. been to commercialize a portion tact Military Times managing ed- threatened, not only by Taliban, but by different who hold and use learned by the Russians and threw By 2004, the Taliban began or- of the poppy industry into phar- itor Howard Altman, guns. Journalist as his/her name explains is a person with pen and them out. By taking responsibili- ganizing themselves into an in- maceutical companies that would [email protected]. paper as his/her weapon and informing people about what happens is his/her job. Journalist is the very helpless class in society and is threatened, beaten, kidnapped, imprisoned, killed and injured by Monument toCanada'swar inAfghanistan different powerful people just for saying and reporting the truth. In spring of 2016, a mini-bus carrying personnel of a private media getsahomeafter yearsof bickering organization, came under a car bomb attack, in which a number of them were killed, while others wounded. Taliban who claimed re- By Lee Berthiaume sponsibility for the attack, had threatened the media company prior A site has been officially approved to the incident. A number of reporters were killed and injured last for the federal government's prom- ised national monument for the war year by a suicide bomber in Kabul while covering another attack. in Afghanistan, five years after the These incidents are just an example of tens of attacks against re- memorial was first promised. The decision by the National porters and media companies. And 2019 was also so far deadly for Capital Commission on Thursday ends years of bickering over where Afghan media workers. Journalists in other nations are respected the memorial should be located and and considered as the people who work hard in difficult situations paves the way for it to be built east of the Canadian War Muse- to report about events in the human being society. In Afghanistan, um in downtown Ottawa. The na- tional monument is separate from it is different and journalists lack safety and security. The govern- the memorial to soldiers who died ment as the main body responsible for general security has been in Afghanistan, whose unveiling at the Canadian Forces' new head- unfortunately remaining inactive and just a watcher to attempts quarters building last month prompted an outcry. The national against reporters. Taliban say they oppose the media because they monument was first promised by are “used as intelligence tools” by the government and are “spy- the previous Conservative govern- ing in Afghanistan, welcomed we're talking about. This was a Harper announced that an undis- ment in May 2014 following the news that officials had approved monument created by soldiers closed number of Canadian sol- ing”. This is not true, they know well about the job of journalists end of Canada's 13-year mission a location. He said the monument for soldiers and families." Veter- diers would remain in the coun- in Afghanistan. But while work "has been in limbo far too long." ans Affairs Minister Lawrence try to help train and mentor the and what are Afghan journalists are doing. Journalists call Taliban was to be finished by 2017, the The NCC's decision follows an MacAulay in a statement said Afghan National Army until 12 spokesmen for information, the group’s spokesmen send e-mails construction timeline became de- uproar last month over the way the new location offered "an ac- March 2014 (though Canadian railed by complaints over the gov- a memorial erected by Canadian cessible and fitting place to qui- troops ended their combat role to the media and are usually in contacts with them. If the journalists ernment's chosen location at Rich- soldiers in Kandahar during the etly reflect and honour the cour- there in 2011). mond Landing, near the Royal Afghan war was unveiled at the age, sacrifices and achievements In September 2001 after the are intelligence tools in hands of their enemies, why do they make Canadian Navy Monument along Department of National De- of those who served during our 11 September terrorist attacks, contacts with them? Taliban need to realize that journalists are ene- the Ottawa River. Among the con- fence's new headquarters build- country’s mission in Afghani- Minister of National Defence Art cerns was the site was isolated and ing under what some alleged was stan." Eggleton advised Governor Gen- mies to nobody. The world heard that Taliban took power in 1995 difficult to reach, particularly in a veil of secrecy. The monument, More than 40,000 Canadi- eral Adrienne Clarkson to autho- winter and for veterans with ac- with shiny black plaques featur- ans served in Afghanistan be- rize more than 100 Canadian Forc- and formed their government through media. So, the Taliban should cessibility challenges. Members of ing each of Canada's military and tween 2001 and 2014. More than es members serving on military stop scaring and threatening journalists, their families and the peo- the veterans' community instead civilian war dead, stood for years 160 were killed while thousands exchange programs in the United overwhelmingly backed a differ- at Kandahar Airfield in southern were left with physical and psy- States and other countries to par- ple of Afghanistan by such unfriendly messages. ent location to the immediate west Afghanistan. It was moved to chological injuries and trauma. ticipate in U.S. operations in Af- of the war museum, which was Canada after the combat mission Canada's role in the Afghan- ghanistan. Eggleton summed up one of four sites proposed by Vet- ended in 2011. Campbell under- istan War began in late 2001. the dominant thinking in the gov- erans Affairs. But the war muse- stood the anger veterans and the Canada sent its first element of ernment at the time when he said, um and its architect, Raymond families of soldiers killed in Af- soldiers secretly in October 2001 "Any Canadian military deploy- Subscription Rates Moriyama, opposed that site, ghanistan felt after being exclud- from Joint Task Force 2,[1] and ment to Afghanistan may well be saying the institution intentional- ed from the Kandahar memori- the first contingents of regular similar to a situation in Eritrea and Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. ly avoids emphasizing any one al's unveiling, and welcomed their Canadian troops arrived in Af- Ethiopia where we went in on the Categories Fee conflict and that the memorial being allowed to visit it. But, he ghanistan in January–February first wave, we helped establish Afghanistan Times would detract from the building's added, "people were of the mis- 2002. the stabilization, the basis for design. The approved location is taken perception that that was Canada took on a larger role ongoing peace support operations Annual Afg: 5400 across the street from the muse- in fact the national Afghanistan starting in 2006 after the Cana- that would come after ... but then at your door step War memorial or monument, and dian troops were redeployed to turned it over to somebody For fast delivery service um and behind the National Holo- Six Months Afg: 2700 caust Monument. Design work is it's not. "It was a form of remem- Kandahar province. 2,500 Cana- else."[3] The operations were Afghanistan Times seeks the expected to start in the coming brance, a concrete form of re- dian Forces (CF) personnel were aimed at identifying and neutral- names, addresses of your months, with the memorial's un- membrance, created by soldiers in Afghanistan and 1,200 made izing al-Qaeda members in that International Organization $240 per year organizations and the number of veiling now scheduled for fall for soldiers. And the current lo- up the combat battle group.[2] country, as well as toppling the copies you want. 2023. Retired major Mark Camp- cation may not be ideal, but this At the 2012 NATO Summit in Taliban regime, which was sup- bell, who lost both legs while serv- is not the national monument Chicago, Prime Minister Stephen porting international terrorism. TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES Bad spending oversight AFGHANISTAN'SSTUNNING hampersAfghan troops NEWSUCCESSSTORY:SPORTS By Maroosha Muzaffar

It was only a practice match. But when Afghanistan beat Pakistan in May ahead of the currently ongoing men’s cricket World Cup in the U.K., fans back home hit the streets with celebratory fire- crackers and gunshots. Politicians across the divided country set aside their differences to unani- mously celebrate. The victory was particularly sweet because of the fierce geopolitical tensions between the nations: Kabul ac- cuses its bigger neighbor of spon- soring the Taliban. In sport, a troubled Afghanistan had found a moment to rejoice. For four de- cades, Afghanistan has been a nation torn apart by successive pation in sports. The Taliban sure, the picture is hardly uniform- wars and invasions, terrorism and used Kabul’s Ghazi Stadium to ly rosy. Women have limited ac- sectarian conflict. Now, stunning hold public executions. In 1978, cess to sports in the ultraconser- sporting successes — from crick- after the Soviet invasion, the vative society. It was only in Au- et and soccer to martial arts and Kabul Golf Club, which had gust 2008 that the first female wrestling — are helping the coun- opened in 1967, was closed. weightlifting competition was try dream of a new identity, Compared to those times, Af- held in Kabul. The Afghanistan while also offering hope of a bet- ghanistan — even amid bomb- national women’s cricket team ter future to the younger genera- ings and assassinations — has was formed only in 2010 and was tion. In 2010, Afghanistan was had three successive democrati- disbanded in 2014. Players from ranked 195 among nations in cally elected governments. Afghanistan’s women’s soccer FIFA men’s soccer. Today, it’s And these sporting successes team accused the federation senior ranked 149, and it has stayed in can have an impact far beyond officials of sexual abuse last year. the 140s over the past five years, the field of play. “It can pro- This led to sponsors pulling out demonstrating that their success vide a sense of national pride and parents asking girls to quit the and identity,” says Ramón game. FIFA also suspended the ghans in key decisions before im- during its 17-year engagement in waypoint for the U.S. mission. is no flash in the pan. No other Asian nation has risen by as Spaaij, a sports sociologist at then-head of the Afghanistan plementing systems and con- Afghanistan, yet the Taliban con- Still, U.S. President Donald By: Geoff Ziezulewicz many spots as Afghanistan in this Victoria University in Mel- Football Federation, Keramuddin structing military facilities. The trol or wield significant influence Trump has often and publicly period. Currently, Afghanistan is bourne, Australia. “It can also Keram, and friendly matches report quoted a former member in nearly half of the country, car- KABUL, Afghanistan — A lack expressed his exasperation with ranked behind only India in South help shape young people’s as- scheduled outside Afghanistan had of coordinated oversight of Amer- of the U.S. team, tasked with ad- rying out increasingly frequent and America’s continued involvement Asia, and ahead of much larger pirations to participate in sport to be canceled. “This has not been ica’s spending in Afghanistan has vising and training Afghanistan’s deadly attacks against Afghan se- in Afghanistan as well as a desire nations such as Pakistan and at the grassroots level and to a smooth ride for Afghanistan led to a waste of funds and ham- security institutions, as saying: curity personnel. As a result, the to bring home the 14,000 U.S. ser- Bangladesh. excel in sport and represent the sport,” says James Dorsey, a se- pered training and development “The Afghans were informed and Afghan and U.S. governments have vice personnel still serving in Af- Since 2008, Afghanistan — nation at the elite level.” nior fellow at Singapore’s S. Ra- of the country’s security forces, directed, not asked or consult- declared military casualty figures ghanistan. Khlailzad has been which had never won an Olym- The first signs of change jaratnam School of International according to a watchdog group ed.” confidential. However, it is esti- pressing for Afghan-to-Afghan pic medal until then — has won emerged in 2004. That year, the Studies. that monitors billions of dollars Previously, The Associated Press mated that hundreds die each week, talks between the Afghan govern- two: one in 2008 and one in 2012, Afghanistan Handball Federa- Afghan players singing the nation- in U.S. aid to the country. The reported that Afghan military even as Washington holds talks with ment, the opposition and the Tal- both in taekwondo. That’s again tion — which was established al anthem during the FIFA 2018 U.S. has so far spent more than commanders in southern Hel- insurgents to find a negotiated exit iban. An earlier attempt was scut- more than any South Asian na- in 1981 — finally became a World Cup qualifier between Sin- $84 billion dollars on Afghan forc- mand province complained that the lengthy war, America’s longest tled after neither side could agree tion other than India. Afghanistan member of the Asian and Inter- gapore and Afghanistan. es over the last 17 years but those their U.S. advisers ignored their running conflict. In recent days, on participants. has also won more medals — sev- national Handball Federations. Still, bit by bit, Afghanistan — and forces continue to suffer stagger- guidance. In one example, the Washington’s special envoy Zal- The Taliban have refused to sit en — in the last three Asian Also that year, the Kabul Golf its women — are trying to battle ing losses and bleed personnel. U.S. ignored requests to scale may Khalilzad has been in the Af- with government representatives Games, the continent’s apex Club reopened (it’s a nine-course these challenges. In 2009, Afghan- Soldiers go home on leave and back a military facility that re- ghan capital Kabul holding dozens but say they will sit with any sporting event, than in all previ- golf course located near Kargha), istan unveiled Skateistan, Kabul’s never return. The report from quired three generators to pow- of meetings with President Ashraf Afghan, even a government offi- ous Asian Games combined. and Afghanistan returned to the first-ever skate park meant for Washington’s Special Inspector er. The advice was ignored and Ghani, as well as his political op- cial, but as an ordinary Afghan These recent Asian Games med- Olympic Games that summer in both men and women. The Afghan General for Afghan Reconstruc- the facility is often in the dark ponents and a broad swath of civil and not as a government repre- als have come in cricket, taek- Athens. Two female athletes, National Olympic Committee do- tion, or SIGAR, released late because of a lack of fuel to fire society, which has promised to sentative. wondo, wushu and the Turkic Robina Muqim Yaar and Friba nated land for the skate park, which Rezayee, represented the coun- is reserved on some days of the Thursday painted a troubling pic- up the generators. safeguard the rights of women, the In yet another attempt to push wrestling form known as kurash. try for the first time, although week for girls. Then, 2016 saw the ture of a costly Afghan security The SIGAR report pointed out press and the rule of law in a post- the Afghan-to-Afghan talks, a Afghanistan was admitted into they didn’t win medals. One first-ever rugby training session development scheme, with mul- the folly of ignoring Washing- war Afghan administration that in- meeting was scheduled for Satur- cricket’s global body only in ton’s Afghan partners, saying cludes the Taliban. It wasn’t clear day in Pakistan between several 2001. But in 2018, the country female athlete also traveled to for Afghan women at the British tiple supervising U.S. and NATO Athens to compete in the Para- Embassy in Kabul. And in 2018, departments that don’t coordi- “the United States has imple- when Khalilzad would meet again Afghan personalities, including became the 12th nation to earn mented systems that the Afghans with the Taliban. In a tweet earlier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who Test status, a five-day test of lympics Games for the first time Hanifa Yousoufi became the first nate with one another. The report after the Afghanistan Paralym- Afghan woman to reach the sum- said the “security sector assis- will not be able to maintain with- this week he said: “It is important struck a peace deal with Ghani’s endurance and cricket’s toughest out U.S. support.” to remember we seek a compre- government and was taken off a format. Months later, they beat pics Federation (AFP) was mit of Noshaq, the highest point tance mission in Afghanistan founded in February 2004. in Afghanistan. “Women partici- lacked an enduring and compre- Afghanistan may not be ready hensive agreement, not a withdraw- U.S. terrorist list. a more seasoned Ireland for their for peace unless it formulates a al agreement.” The peace agreement was touted first Test win. And in the short- Afghanistan has since made pating in sports in very tradition- hensive plan” from the start. major inroads in mixed martial al societies have to deal with more The latest report by a government strategy for re-integration of Tal- Classified or nonexistent: Track- as a blueprint for an agreement est format of the sport, T20, Af- iban fighters into society, com- ing Taliban control goes dark as with the Taliban, who dismissed ghan spinner Rashid Khan is arts too. In 2007, Afghan fight- hurdles,” says Dorsey. Mean- watchdog for Afghanistan recon- er Siyar Bahadurzada defeated while, the threat of violence also bating corruption and reining in focus shifts to getting out Hekmatyar as a spent force with ranked the world’s top bowler struction raises further questions Japan’s Shikou Yamashita to win hovers over Afghanistan’s sports about the ability of Afghan forces the country’s runaway narcotics Classified or nonexistent: Track- no military might. and is a star of the Indian Pre- mier League (IPL), cricket’s rich- the Shooto light heavyweight community. In April, gunmen shot to operate on their own. problem, a U.S. watchdog said ing Taliban control goes dark as There will be no representatives est series. “The fact that Rashid championship, a major MMA dead the head of the taekwondo It also was critical of the U.S.'s Wednesday. The U.S. has already focus shifts to getting out if the Taliban at Saturday’s meet- competition. The following federation of the province of Kun- spent nearly a trillion dollars The change marks an important ing. Khan got a million-dollar contract seeming reluctance to involve Af- from the IPL allows its youth to year, Afghanistan hosted the duz. dream and believe that we can,” first-ever Kabul-Jalalabad cycle But the risks, threats and strug- says cricket historian Boria Ma- race. In 2009, the Afghanistan gles only help explain why Af- jumdar. These gains mark a break Golf Federation was established ghanistan celebrates its sporting from the country’s turbulent re- and, for the first time, an Af- successes the way it does: Those WILLBANGLADESHCHANGETHEIRPLAYING lationship with sports. Afghani- ghan Karate team participated wins bring much-needed hope and stan was barred from Olympic in the All Kyokushin Karate optimism. On those nights, the competitions in 1999 after the World Tournament — one of the gunshots that echo in Kabul bring ELEVENAGAINSTAFGHANISTAN? Taliban banned women’s partici- sport’s premier events. To be smiles, not tears. By Ishrak Abir

Bangladesh will lock horns with Afghanistan on June 24 in a ‘do or die’ match at Southampton. Bangladesh will want to put on nies. "Everyone should be held porters would view his prosecu- field their best possible XI in this By Andrew Mitrovica accountable, and the president tion as constitutionally blasphe- important match. Mosaddek is not above the law," Harris mous persecution, rather than an Hossain and Mohammad Saifud- Picture the scene: Donald Trump said, aware, perhaps, that her impartial attempt to uphold the din are back from injury so there stands in a courtroom sporting send-Trump-to-jail gambit was rule of law and, in so doing, con- is a good possibility that Bang- an orange jumpsuit. Handcuffed, calibrated to give her faltering firm that no president presides ladesh may change their playing his carefully coiffed mane is campaign a propitious jolt of above it. Trump and his equally XI against Afghanistan. slightly dishevelled. He is unchar- attention. But Harris, Pelosi et inchoate media allies on radio, print In opening Tamim Iqbal and acteristically subdued after tak- al know, no doubt, how the his- and, of course, Fox News, are ge- Soumya Sarker will start the pro- ing a shellacking on election day torical scorecard to date reads - netically primed to wail that any ceedings for Bangladesh. They - November 3, 2020. His perpet- Number of US presidents: 45; effort, by anyone, at any time, to ual, painted-on bronze tan has Number of US presidents pros- charge him with any crime would both are getting starts but they been erased to reveal a chalk- ecuted: 0. constitute not only a politically are yet to score big. In number white complexion. Looking old So, despite all the huffing and motivated vendetta but the "deep three number one all-rounder and forlorn, head bowed, Trump puffing about "accountability" state's" final, vengeful coup de Shakib Al Hasan will take the finally, belatedly, faces a judge and, surely by now, stale "the grace - with predictable emphasis charges. He is the most success- and the long-overdue judgment president is not above the law" on the word "coup". Angry, ful batsman for Bangladesh in this he has so fittingly earned. That, rhetoric, the odds that Trump aggrieved and spurred on, it's plau- World Cup. He is currently occu- as Humphrey Bogart - cribbing will ever don prison garb and be sible that Trump could go on an pying the second spot of top run from Shakespeare - famously shipped off to Rikers Correc- unrestrained pardon-spree as his getter in the World Cup with 425 said, is "the stuff that dreams are tional Center after being evicted presidency ends, culminating in a from the White House are about screeching, legally dubious dodge runs. Mushfiqur Rahim will play made of". More particularly, it is the stuff of dreams that Demo- as remote as Dick Cheney check- that he enjoys the prerogative to at his favorite number four posi- cratic House Speaker Nancy ing into The Hague for a lengthy, pardon himself. Despite all their tion. He scored a brilliant century Pelosi may be having lately, since involuntary stay. Still, I suspect prison bluster, if one of the grow- against Australia in a losing cause she reportedly prefers to see Harris' and Pelosi's posturing ing litter of Democrats now vying in the last match. Liton Kumar Trump in prison rather than im- about sending Trump to the to become the party's presiden- Das will play on number fifth peached - even after the US pres- dock is intended to mollify tial nominee did prevail over position, at sixth position Mah- “ There is no concern over Mo- bid Imam talked about his inury. “ So, he may give way his position ident admitted in the Oval Office Americans who believe that in Trump late next year, it's hard to mudullah Riad. In seventh posi- saddek. He is fully fit. He is to- Miraj wanted to practice after be- to a fully fit Saifuddin. Captain that he would happily collude lieu of (or coupled with) im- imagine the new president indict- tion there is a good possibility of tally prepared to play against ing taken to the dressing room but Mashrafee bin Mortaza and with foreign spies bearing "dirt" peachment, Trump should be ing the old, batty president and change. Mossadek Hossain may Afghanistan” said Nannu. he wasn’t given permission. He is Mustafizur Rahman will accom- on Joe Biden and company. It is charged and jailed. Sure, a con- risking further fracture of an al- Bangladesh spinner Mehedi in physio observation now. He pany Saifuddin or Rubel. Bang- a dream shared by countless oth- ga-line of Trump's apparatch- ready splintered nation. For his return to the eleven coming back er so-called progressives who, iks, including his former cam- part, Biden, the current frontrun- from injury in place of Sabbir Hasan Miraj got hit on the head seems fine. I don’t think we have ladesh Probable XI : Tamim Iqbal, like Pelosi, envision the glorious paign manager and consigliere, ner to challenge Trump, believes Rahman, who’s performance in while giving interview. So, there much to worry about” said Rabid. Soumya Sarker, Shakib Al Hasan, day when Trump will be forced has been trotted off to prison, his friends across the aisle are re- the last match was pretty ordi- was a concern about his injury In pace bowling department one Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Kumar to forgo the opulent trappings of while their ex-boss evades a sim- deemable once their Trump-in- nary. His fielding and batting also. But later, it was confirmed change may come. Mohammad Das, Mahmudullah Riad, Mosad- his Palm Beach resort, Mar-a- ilar, humiliating fate. duced fever breaks. If he wins, against Australia raised some voic- that his injury is not that seri- Saifuddin may come into the elev- dek Hossain, Mehedi Hasan Lago, for a long, sobering stint Why? pursuing a Republican president es in the last match. Main selec- ous. So, he will play today’s en in place of Rubel Hossain, if he Miraj, Mashrafee Bin Mortaza, circling the yard in a federal pen- However justified, the sketch I in court might scuttle Biden's fan- tor Minhajul Abedin Nannu match against Afghanistan. Bang- is fully fit. Rubel’s performance Mohammad Saifuddin/ Rubel itentiary. Indeed, would-be Dem- paint at the top of this column ciful designs to bring Republicans spoke about Mosaddek’s injury. ladesh team’s media manger Ra- against Australia was very poor. Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman. ocratic presidential nominee and would likely be considered by and Democrats "together". In former California attorney gen- many Americans as an intolera- any event, former US President eral, Senator Kamala Harris, re- ble indignity visited upon the Gerald Ford essentially estab- cently insisted that, if elected, majestic "office of the presiden- lished the precedent on this kum- that oh so satisfying dream would cy". As such, it would be chal- baya-like score when he granted a Disclaimer: turn quickly real, since, under her lenging to prosecute Trump in disgraced Richard Nixon a "full, command, the Department of the hyper-polarised political free and absolute" pardon for any The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) Justice would be obliged to in- and cultural climate that stub- crimes he committed while in of- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. dict Trump for obstruction of jus- bornly defines America. In this fice on September 8, 1974. tice, among other possible felo- context, Trump's legion of sup- (Aljazeera) TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES UKfreezesarmsexport licensesto SaudiArabiafollowingcourt ruling

Beijing: China's Assistant Min- demonstration in Hong Kong, lent protests in decades when ister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Jun China, on Friday. Millions of police fired rubber bullets and tear says China will not allow the people have demonstrated on the gas to disperse the crowds. G20 to discuss the Hong Kong streets of Hong Kong this month Beijing's squeeze sparked pro- de- issue at its upcoming summit. to rally against a bill that would mocracy protests in 2014 that pa- The government of the United in Yemen. The International Trade tating war, the Saudi Arabia-led activists have pressured Western Protesters wearing gas masks and allow people to be extradited to ralysed parts of the city for 79 Kingdom has halted the approval Secretary, Liam Fox, said that in coalition has killed thousands of governments to curtail sales to the helmets stand near the police the mainland to face trial in days. Hong Kong matters are an of arms exports licenses to Saudi light of the ruling, the government civilians in Yemen, flattening Saudi government amid reports of headquarters during a demon- courts controlled by the Com- internal Chinese affair, Zhang said Arabia, following a ruling by the will suspend issuing new arms ex- homes, schools and hospitals in large civilian casualties. A number stration in Hong Kong, China, munist Party. Protesters have at a briefing in Beijing on Mon- Court of Appeal that British sales port licenses to Saudi Arabia, while indiscriminate air strikes.” Saudi of countries in Europe have cut on Friday. Protesters wearing gas called for Hong Kong Chief Ex- day, and will not be discussed in to the Saudi government are un- looking to appeal the ruling. He Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, arms sales to Riyadh – the most masks and helmets stand near the ecutive Carrie Lam to stand Osaka on June 28-29. lawful. On June 20, 2019, the noted, “Today’s judgment is not who is in London, said in a state- notable among these being Germa- police headquarters during a down. It triggered the most vio- (AP) U.K. Court of Appeal ruled that about whether the government has ment quoted by Al Arabiya that ny, which extended its arm em- continued arms exports to Saudi made the right or wrong decisions the termination of arms sales to bargo in March for another six Arabia are unlawful, as govern- about granting export licences, but his country will help Iran, a rival months – but key suppliers, in- ment officials have failed to ade- concerns the rationality of the pro- of Saudi Arabia. While precise fig- cluding France, the U.K., and the BorisJohnsonnosedivesinshockTory quately assess their impact on cess used to reach decisions.” Hu- ures are not available, it has been U.S., have continued to issue ex- civilians in the war in Yemen, man rights organizations applaud- reported by monitors that tens port licenses to the Kingdom. where Saudi Arabia is leading a ed the Court’s ruling, which revers- of thousands of Yemenis have The new decision from the U.K. leadershippollafter policedomesticrow coalition. Under British law, the es a 2017 decision by the High been killed in the war, which has government puts on hold further government is forbidden to make Court that found that the Saudi- resulted in significant population sales to Riyadh while the govern- Shock polling today shows Boris "a loud scream and banging, fol- 36% said they backed the fron- arms exports in instances where led coalition was not deliberating displacement and damage to ment appeals. The U.K. has pre- Johnson has nosedived in popu- lowed by silence." trunner as the best PM on June there is “clear risk” that the arms seeking to target civilians in its war many of Yemen’s towns and cit- viously sought to close a follow- larity after police were called to Bookmakers Coral cut Jeremy 19-20 - falling to 29% yesterday. would be used in a “serious vio- effort in Yemen. Riyadh has de- ies. In 2014, Ansar Allah, an Ira- on Eurofighter Typhoon deal with his home amid reports of a do- Hunt's odds of becoming Prime And 28% backed Jeremy Hunt in lation of international humanitar- nied accusations of war crimes in nian-backed rebel group, captured Saudi Arabia, but that project is mestic row. Last week 55% of Minister in half yesterday from the first poll, rising to 32% in the ian law.” The government, ac- its campaign. In a statement, Am- the capital, Sana’a. The follow- likely shelved for now. The U.S. people who voted Tory in 2017, 8/1 to 4/1. But despite the scan- second. Hostility to Mr Johnson cording to Master of the Rolls Sir nesty International’s Lucy Clar- ing March, Saudi Arabia began air Congress on Thursday is consid- questioned by Survation, said Mr dal, Mr Johnson remains the run- among his Tory enemies is now Terence Etherton, “made no at- idge, who is the organization’s Di- strikes as part of an effort to oust ering legislation that would block Johnson would make the best away favourite on 1/7 ahead of a so great that a Cabinet minister tempt” to reach a conclusion on rector of Strategic Litigation, said, the Yemeni rebels from the city. several arms deals to Saudi Arabia whether there was a risk that Brit- “This judgment is a rare piece of As Saudi Arabia’s military force that were recently approved by PM, with 28% favouring rival vote by 160,000 Tory members has branded him a security risk. ish-supplied weapons would fur- good news for the people of Ye- structures are predominately the Trump administration. While Jeremy Hunt . But yesterday, in the next month. Survation The minister told a pal the next ther violations of international law men. During four years of devas- Western in origin, human rights a resolution may pass. just 45% of Tory voters backed quizzed 2,016 people on June Prime Minister could be vulnera- Mr Johnson - while the propor- 19-20 followed by 1,003 people ble to blackmail, according to the tion backing Jeremy Hunt rose on June 22, after the news of the friend who then spoke to the Sun- to 34%. The polling was released domestic row broke. Of those, day Times. The friend said: after the frontrunner refused five 607 from the first poll said they "There will be things in his pri- Trumpisactingout of times to answer questions about voted Tory in 2017 while 301 vate life that we don't know why police were called to reports said they voted Tory in 2017 about... There's the danger that of a row at the flat he shares with during the second poll. people leak what they have over character.Here'swhy partner Carrie Symonds. Neigh- The poll also found backing for him or blackmail him with it." bour Tom Penn recorded the in- Mr Johnson has fallen among A second Cabinet minister, Liam In the last few days, President drone." Trump's claim he only cident and dialled 999 in the ear- voters overall. Once all respon- Fox, today urged Mr Johnson to Donald Trump flip-flopped on learned about the potential casu- ly hours of Friday after he heard dents to the poll were included, "just explain" what happened. his order to launch a military alties so late into planning the strike on Iran and then suddenly strike stunned many, including delayed his much-hyped mass anchors on Trump's favorite net- deportation of undocumented work, Fox News. As Fox's Chris immigrants. Has the impetuous Wallace stated Friday, Trump's Syrian army President who seems to tweet explanation "just doesn't add up," IransaysUScyber first and think second finally be- since experts he spoke to con- Kazakhtownevacuatedafter come more thoughtful? Or is firmed that a president would've cuts rebels' Trump beginning to consider the been informed early in the plan- attackswereunsuccessful prospect of losing re-election in ning of the potential casualties. A supply routes munitionsdepot blasts 2020 and now second-guessing perplexed Wallace remarked, "if ERBIL — Iran’s minister of in- had already launched a cyber at- some of his more controversial you don't want to strike, don't formation and communications tack to disable Iranian missile sys- The Kazakh government ordered the evacuation of a town of 44,000 technology, Mohammad Javad tem. on Monday after a series of blasts at a nearby munitions depot, the choices? I'd bet the latter scenar- strike. If you want to strike, do in N-Syria io is more likely, especially given strike -- but don't send mixed mes- Azari Jahromi, said on Monday Jahromi describe the attack as Central Asian nation’s Defence Ministry said. The blasts, whose cause Trump's comments Sunday sages that confuse not only your The Syrian army is working to that Washington was unsuccess- “cyber-terrorism”. The tensions was unclear, occurred at a military base near Arys in the former Soviet morning on "Meet the Press": enemies, but even your allies and cut all rebels' supply routes in a ful in its cyber attacks targeting come as the Middle East and US republic’s southern Turkestan province. "I'm probably not too prepared people here in this country." triangle of countryside areas in Iranian missile launch system. allies in the EU are warning about The Ministry said it was unaware of any deaths or injuries, while northern Syria, a pro-government “They try hard, but have not a possible war between Iran and to lose. I don't like losing," He And then came Trump's abrupt newspaper reported on Sunday. local media reported that 10 people with injuries had arrived at a then added, "I haven't lost very delay in his much-touted mass carried out a successful attack,” the US. UK foreign secretary said hospital in Shynment, the biggest city in the province. The al-Watan newspaper said the minister wrote on Twitter. earlier today that his country was much in my life." But let's take a deportation plan. On Monday the army is following the tactic closer look at the past week. On night, Trump announced via Twit- “Media asked if the claimed cy- concerned about an “accidental of draining the rebels to sap their ber attacks against Iran are true… war” despite the fact that neither Thursday, Trump ordered a mis- ter, "Next week ICE will begin the resolve and weaken them in the sile strike on Iranian military sites process of removing the millions countryside areas of the prov- Last year we neutralized 33 mil- Tehran nor Washington wishes a AzerbaijaniDefenseMinistrymakes in response to Iran's downing of of illegal aliens who have illicitly inces of Hama, Idlib, and Alep- lion attacks with the (national) war. an unmanned US surveillance found their way into the United po in northern Syria. It said cut- firewall.” An Iranian commander said on statement on front line situation drone. Trump suddenly changed States." On Friday, it was report- ting the rebels' supply routes in After canceling a military strike Sunday that any war in the region his mind and canceled the mis- ed that ICE was slated to begin these areas is the tactic that is on Iran in retaliation for last could spread fast and go out of A comparatively quiet situation was observed on the line of contact sion just minutes before it was "mass deportations" Sunday of up taken now amid feverish at- week’s downing of a US drone control. of the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops throughout the day, Trend underway. Why? Well, Trump's to 2,000 families in 10 US cities. tempts by the rebels to restore near the Gulf, Washington said it (AFP) reports referring to the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan. explanation via Twitter was, "We And Trump even tweeted Friday what they have recently lost. The cease-fire regime was violated by rare single shots in some areas were cocked & loaded to retali- that the raids were coming. Citing military sources, the news- paper said the air defenses of the of the front. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries ate last night on 3 different sights But come Saturday morning Syrian army shot down a rebel began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azer- when I asked, how many will die. Trump surprised us yet again drone outfitted with missiles in Newdealor nodeal:How baijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces 150 people, sir, was the answer when he tweeted that, like the Hama. It said that the Syrian occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh from a General." Trump added, military raid against Iran, the mass warplanes also targeted posi- region and seven surrounding districts. "10 minutes before the strike I deportations were suspended -- for tions of the al-Qaida-linked Nus- willBritain'snext PM The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. stopped it, not proportionate to now. ra Front in the northern coun- shooting down an unmanned (AP) Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolu- tryside of Hama. tions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and deliver Brexit? the surrounding districts. The toughest job for Britain’s majority in Britain’s 650-seat par- W h at n ext for E r dogan after next prime minister will be to liament, where the ruling Conser- leave the European Union. But vative Party does not command a the new leader will have few op- majority and is split over the best Kyrgyzstan'sspacewomen I stan bu l vote gam ble backfir es? tions: find a divorce deal that way to deliver Brexit. To have any parliament will ratify, leave with- hope of getting a deal over the Turkish President Recep Tayy- out a deal or delay. Legally, Brit- line, Johnson would need to sat- blast off from male dominance ip Erdogan's ruling party suffered ain leaves on Oct. 31, seven isfy a group of up to 80 dedicated Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Having grown up in one of the poorest and a humiliating defeat on Sunday months later than planned, un- Brexit supporters who want a most conservative regions in Kyrgyzstan, 17-year-old Begaiym Isaa- when the opposition's Ekrem less the EU agree to a further clean break with the EU. But he kova never imagined she would work in tech, let alone be part of a Imamoglu won the re-run of the delay and parliament changes the will also have to make sure he team of young women building the country's first spacecraft. By age Istanbul mayoral election by a exit date written in law. The doesn’t upset a smaller group of 15, Isaakova was shocked to see her peers in Jalal-Abad being married landslide. Most analysts felt Er- favourite is Boris Johnson, a pro-EU Conservatives who want off, but not too surprised. The message that girls should prioritise dogan was taking a huge risk by leading figure in the 2016 Brexit to retain closer ties. Any new deal calling for the first vote in March campaign who is promising that would also need the support of knowing how to serve men started early and was everywhere, includ- to be annulled over claims of cor- Britain will leave the EU on Oct. the Northern Irish Democratic ing in schools and homes. "Parents really influence this and say ruption. And so it proved, with 31 with or without a deal. Unionist Party (DUP) whose 10 you're not very good at studying and you should just learn how to Imamoglu winning by more than So, how could Johnson do it? votes prop up the minority Con- cook and be a good wife," she said. Instead of being sent down the aisle 800,000 votes over the ruling 1. NEGOTIATE A NEW DEAL servative government. in a country where early and forced marriage - including by bride party's Binali Yildirim on Sun- Johnson wants to go back to 2. NO DEAL kidnap - is common, Isaakova was sent to Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bish- day, compared with just 13,000 Brussels to seek changes to a Johnson has said if negotiations kek, to finish high school. She had planned go to university and study votes in March. It puts the op- two-part exit deal which May fail, he would not seek a delay to an arts subject until she discovered The Kyrgyz Space Program - a position in control of Turkey's agreed in 2018, but which parlia- Brexit beyond Oct. 31. That group of 10 women aged 17 to 25 who are aiming to reach the stars by economic powerhouse, a city of ment has rejected. The EU is ad- means Britain would leave the building and launching a satellite into space by 2021. Its members 15 million which has been a vital amant that the most contentious bloc without a single formal tran- meet daily to study physics, computer programming and 3D printing source of patronage for Erdogan's part of the deal - the Withdrawal sition arrangement covering ev- and to practice soldering. Islamic conservative AKP for a Agreement setting out a post- erything from post-Brexit pet quarter-century. the Washington Institute for Near international relations at Anka- Brexit transition period - cannot passports to customs arrange- - Why did Erdogan lose? - East Policy. "Imamoglu was cre- ra's Bilkent University. be reopened. It has repeated this ments on the Northern Irish bor- The AKP remains the most pop- ating news and the narrative, and But Erdogan will still have to stance and says it would not der. Most economists say this UzbekistantoholdUN’s ular party nationwide, but recent Erdogan was reacting to it," he deal with internal rivals, Esen change its mind for a new leader. would damage Britain’s economy, economic difficulties, including said. Kurdish voters, who num- added. There are persistent ru- Johnson argues that the EU will disrupting manufacturing, deter- double-digit inflation and high ber millions in Istanbul, likely mours that former bigwigs in the return to the table if Britain pre- ring investment and generating FAOconference unemployment, have dented its played a major role, angered at the party, including ex-premier Ah- pares properly for a no-deal huge uncertainty for the country’s standing. Imamoglu portrayed Brexit, thereby making it a cred- large services sector. The 32-nd regional conference of the Food and Agriculture Organi- government's crackdown on Kur- met Davutoglu and former pres- himself as a victim whose victo- dish activists in recent years. ident Abdullah Gul, who both ible threat that would also affect Eurosceptics, including Johnson, zation of the United Nations (FAO) for Europe will be held in ry had been stolen, turning the The main pro-Kurdish party, the criticised the decision to re-run EU prosperity. His rival for the say proper preparation can ne- Uzbekistan on May 5-7, 2020, Trend reports with reference to the previously little-known district HDP, threw its support behind the Istanbul election, are toying job, foreign minister Jeremy gate the worst effects while al- press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan. Uzbeki- mayor into a household name. Imamoglu and its flag was promi- with the idea of founding a new Hunt, also wants to negotiate a lowing Britain the political and stan will host this event for the first time. The agreement to hold the Analysts say Ekrem Imamoglu nent at victory rallies on Sunday. party. Sunday's defeat looks new deal, but would be willing economic freedom to prosper in conference was reached in Rome on June 23 in the framework of the put Erdogan on the back foot by - What does it mean for Erdogan? particularly damaging when tak- to delay Brexit beyond Oct. 31. the long term. Hunt has not ruled 41st session of the FAO Conference, where the Minister of Agri- portraying himself as a victim - "The AKP elites will probably ing into account Erdogan's abili- He has said his negotiating skills out leaving without a deal, but culture of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khojaev participates. Uzbekistan That put Erdogan on the back try to de-emphasise the election ty to mobilise state resources would be enough to persuade the says it would be a last resort. became a member of the FAO in 2001. In 2014, a representative foot for the first time, said Soner and act like it's no big deal," said and "his control of many insti- EU to reopen talks. Any renego- A majority of lawmakers have office was opened in Tashkent. (AFP) Cagaptay, director for Turkey at Berk Esen, assistant professor of tutions, from media to courts to tiated deal would need to win a previously voted to try. TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

INTERNATIONAL - Zimba- rican nation has used a basket of the first time in more than a de- bwean President Emmerson currencies, including neighboring cade. Under the arrangement, Mnangagwa and his finance chief South Africa’s rand and the U.S. known as a staff-monitored pro- want a new currency by March, dollar. The country has quasi- gram, the fund will assess govern- would seek financing from the currencies known as RTGS, ment’s economic progress by the International Monetary Fund and which only exist electronically, end of January, Ncube, 56, said in may even consider a Eurobond and so-called bond notes, though the interview. offering as the struggling econo- a persistent dollar shortage has Bilateral Creditors my emerges from almost two de- led to a precipitous decline in After that, the government plans cades of isolation. The introduc- their value. to access bridge financing to clear tion of a new currency is crucial Budget Surplus about $1.2 billion of arrears to the Both China and the United States U.S. officials accused China of an equal basis, the agreement to slapped increasingly severe tariffs to his efforts to revive the econo- Mnangagwa said his finance min- World Bank, African Development should make compromises in backing away from previously be reached has to be beneficial on each other’s imports. China has my, said Mnangagwa, who se- ister, Mthuli Ncube, has pre- Bank and the European Investment trade talks, Chinese Vice Com- agreed commitments. Speaking at for both sides,” he said. “Meet- vowed to not give in on issues of cured a five-year term in July elec- pared the ground for a new cur- Bank, he said. Next, is a plan to merce Minister Wang Shouwen a news briefing on the G20 sum- ing each other half way means principle nor under U.S. pressure. tions after the military deposed rency -- starting with the first restructure debt owed to bilateral said on Monday, ahead of a much mit, Wang, who is also part of both sides have to compromise Trump has threatened to put tar- Robert Mugabe in 2017. budget surplus he can recall in creditors. “The first order of busi- anticipated meeting between the the trade negotiating team with and make concessions, not just iffs on another $325 billion (£255 “It is necessary that we have our decades. “I’ve been in govern- ness is to clear the arrears and then Chinese and U.S. presidents at the United States, said talks be- one side.” Wang declined to an- billion) of goods, covering nearly own currency,” he said in an in- ment for 38 years as minister and move onto phase two, which is the this week’s G20 summit in Ja- tween the two countries’ trade swer a question about what spe- all the remaining Chinese imports terview in Maputo, Mozam- I can’t remember when you ever bilateral discussions with the Par- pan. China and the United States teams were underway, though he cific compromises Xi may offer into the United States, including bique’s capital, where he was at- had a budget surplus,” Mnangag- is Club,” Ncube said. “If it works last week said they were reviving gave no details. China’s princi- to win a trade deal with Trump. consumer products such as cell- tending a conference. “I have faith wa, 76, said. “Now, this young well in the first phase, it’s the same talks ahead of the meeting be- ples are clear, he said - mutual Both the Chinese and U.S. teams phones, computers and clothing. that we’ll achieve that even be- man has been able to achieve a Paris partners who control those tween presidents Donald Trump respect, equality and mutual ben- are making preparations for the Wang said rising protection- fore the end of the year or by the budget surplus in less than eight two big institutions that I was talk- and Xi Jinping. Hopes that it will efit and meeting each other half- Xi-Trump meeting, Assistant ism has dampened global trade first quarter of next year.” The months. So it tells me that what ing about, the same people. So if lead to a de-escalation of a trade way. “Mutual respect means each Foreign Minister Zhang Jun told and posed a threat to the global state abolished Zimbabwe’s cur- he tells me is possibly true on they accept supporting us on the war that is damaging the global side must respect the other’s sov- the same briefing, again without economy, while Chen Yulu, a vice rency in 2009, after an episode of these issues.” The government same program with the European economy has cheered financial ereignty,” Wang said. “Equality offering details. The two coun- governor of China’s central bank, hyperinflation rendered it worth- last month agreed on measures Investment Bank, surely they will markets. Talks to reach a broad and mutual benefit means the tries are in the middle of a cost- warned that global economic and less. Since then, the southern Af- to re-engage with the IMF for support.” deal broke down last month after consultations have to happen on ly trade dispute and have financial risks. M a laysia m u st r a ise Viral Acharya quits Indonesiarecordstradesurplus RBI: Implication for p r od u ct ivity t o a ch ieve monetary policy, thankstosharpimport drop reforms, markets The trade balance bounced back lion, a slight improvement from types of imported goods were in h igh -in com e st a t u s to a surplus in May following a the $2.87 billion deficit booked the red in May. Raw material and The resignation of Reserve Bank large deficit in the previous month over the same period last year. auxiliary goods imports led the of India’s (RBI’s) deputy gover- as a drop in exports was followed Exports dropped 8.99 percent yoy decline with 19.13 percent nor Viral Acharya six months by a steeper decline in imports, year-on-year (yoy) to $14.74 negative growth in May, followed ahead of the scheduled completion Statistics Indonesia (BPS) an- billion last month, as non-oil and by negative growth of capital evoked mixed reactions from ex- nounced on Monday. The surplus gas exports declined from $14.57 goods imports by 15.24 percent perts, especially at a time when was recorded at US$210 million billion in May 2018 to $13.63 yoy. BPS head Suhariyanto said in the financial sector has seen a last month, standing in stark con- billion over the same period this Jakarta on Monday that May’s number of developments over the trast to the $2.29 billion deficit year. Imports, meanwhile, also surplus was a step in the right di- past one year. In the past three recorded in the previous month, dropped, by 17.71 percent yoy rection following recent deficits. years, the central bank has seen the largest deficit since 2013. to $14.53 billion last month, as “The [trade] surplus was good de- the sudden exit of Raghuram Ra- Between January and May, how- non-oil and gas imports declined spite it not being ideal. [In May] jan and Urjit Patel as RBI Gover- ever, the trade balance was re- from $14.8 billion in May 2018 exports dropped followed by a nors, and now Viral Acharya as its corded at a deficit at $2.14 bil- to $12.44 billion last month. All steeper decline in imports,” he said. Deputy Governor, who was in charge of the Monetary Policy Department and the Department Saudi Arabia of Economic and Policy Research, among others. “Dr. Acharya’s de- KoreaEximBank charges foreigners parture is not a complete surprise, as frictions between him and the $213,000 for KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia ingredients that Malaysia should the Malaysian government as government on issues related to opens$2billioncredit needs to increase its productivi- pay attention to in order to im- laid out in their election mani- central bank independence had permanent ty if it is to achieve its goal to prove productivity, namely Im- festo. "This is excellent come to the fore,” wrote Sonal become a high-income nation in proving Governance and Tackling progress. As always, the key Varma, managing director and chief residency the next decade, said Internation- Corruption; Investing in High- will be following through by en- India economist at Nomura in a linetoPetroVietnam al Monetary Fund (IMF) man- Quality Education, and Boosting shrining these changes in law co-authored report with Aurodeep Saudi Arabia has opened applica- aging director Christine Lagarde. Labour Force Participation of and implementing each step of Nandi. While the process of find- The Export-Import Bank of Ko- infrastructure, construction and tions for a permanent residency She said despite the econom- Women. Lauding the efforts that the reform agenda," she said, program designed to attract foreign ing a successor should get under- rea said on Sunday that it has energy; industry, agriculture, sci- ic success over the past 20 years, had been taken by the Malay- adding that the IMF was eager way soon, Sanjeev Sanyal, princi- agreed to open a US$2 billion ence-technology and information investment to the kingdom, but it sian government in combating to work with Malaysia to fight will cost a hefty 800,000 riyals Malaysia's productivity did not pal economic advisor in the Min- credit line to Viet Nam’s State- and communication technology; grow as much as the country had corruption to date, Lagarde said corruption. On the second in- istry of Finance, and Dr. Michael owned Vietnam Oil and Gas healthcare and labour. The two ($213,000). There’s also a cheaper option, with a one-year renewable hoped. "Malaysia can meet this when corruption became institu- gredient. she said while the re- Patra, RBI monetary policy com- Group (PetroVietnam) in a bid to sides agreed to strengthen coor- challenge with creativity and en- tionalised, it poisoned the abili- sources invested in education residency costing 100,000 riyals. mittee (MPC) member are the two help more South Korean compa- dination to improve bilateral The so-called premium residencies hance its recipe for success. To ty of a nation to attract investors have dramatically improved over nies venture into the fast-grow- trade, including measures to re- get there, you will need the right and create jobs. the past twenty years in the possible contenders, reports sug- will allow foreigners to buy prop- gest. “At the margin, the compo- ing economy. Yonhap news agen- duce Viet Nam’s trade deficit erty and do business without a mix of ingredients to create an "Corruption is the root cause country, the results had not yet cy cited the Korean bank that the with the RoK and increase Viet- inclusive and sustainable long- of so much of the injustice peo- been fully realised. Regional and sition of the MPC will likely be- Saudi sponsor, switch jobs and exit come incrementally more dovish, deal would help South Korean namese export of products to the the kingdom easily and sponsor term growth,” she said during a ple feel in their daily lives. That socio-economic disparities per- companies win more deals for Viet market. The two sides reached special engagement session enti- is why the IMF is focusing on sisted across the country and for in our view, as Dr. Acharya stood visas for family members, accord- on the more hawkish side of the Nam's massive infrastructure- agreements to deal with obsta- ing to the website for registrations. tled "Ingredients for Good Gov- this issue and will be including certain groups, especially low- building projects. The deal fol- cles facing businesses of both As well as the paying the high fee, ernance and Economic Prosperi- improving governance in more of er-skilled adults, automation policy spectrum. Dr. Patra’s lowed the first dialogue on eco- sides, while increasing RoK in- applicants must be at least 21 years ty" at Universiti Malaya, on our work with members going was threatening their jobs, she views are well known, while San- nomic cooperation at deputy vestment in prioritised areas of old, prove financial solvency and Monday. She outlined three key forward. I know it is a focus for said. jeev Sanyal has argued. prime minister level between the Viet Nam. Reports from the Viet- have a clean criminal record and Republic of Korea (RoK) and Viet namese Ministry of Planning and bill of health. The program ap- Nam in Seoul last week, where Investment showed RoK’s firms proved in May is the latest sign of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong registered to invest US$64.7 bil- how the quest for non-oil revenue Dinh Hue and RoK’s Deputy lion in Viet Nam as of May 20, is prompting Gulf nations to re- North Korea made $120 million a Prime Minister Hong Nam Ki of which more than $2.6 billion think the role of foreigners in their agreed to expand co-operation in was posted in the first five societies. It’s a landmark move in a oil and gas and power production. months of this year. Currently, region where many overseas work- year from joint factory park: Report At the dialogue, the two sides 7,000 RoK firms are operating ers are subject to some of the agreed on a number of co-opera- in Viet Nam, including big names world’s most restrictive residency SEOUL: North Korea raked in funding Pyongyang’s provoca- Monday for the complex to be firms paid the North around $123 tion initiatives and contents in such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai, rules. The United Arab Emirates more than $120 million a year tions. The South’s current Presi- reopened with “a modest deal million for their workers, ICG cal- trade-investment; finance-banking Lotte and Daewoo, while some approved a plan to allow wealthy from a symbolic cross-border in- dent Moon Jae-in has dangled re- involving sanctions relief.” Do- culated. The North taxed the sums and development cooperation; 50,000 Vietnamese. foreigners to apply. dustrial zone that Pyongyang and opening the complex as an incen- ing so would create “much need- at 30 percent and paid the work- Seoul are pushing to re-open as tive for Pyongyang to engage in ed momentum for stalled peace ers 70 percent of the remainder in part of nuclear negotiations, a re- denuclearization talks, but doing talks and serve as a reminder to essential foodstuffs and coupons port said Monday. The Kaesong so is complicated by the web of both North and South Korea of for state-run shops, the report SixtythousandMercedes-Benzcarstobe Industrial Complex — where international sanctions imposed the benefits of building a sus- said, citing the firms in Kaesong around 55,000 North Korean on the North over its weapons tainable peace on the peninsu- and the South’s unification minis- workers churned out products programs. At their Pyongyang la,” it added in a statement. The try. The rest was paid “in local recalledover 'illegalshutdowndevice':Reports ranging from watches to clothes summit in September, Moon and factory zone gave the North for- currency at an artificially low of- for some 125 South Korean com- North Korean leader Kim Jong eign investment in its infrastruc- ficial exchange rate,” it added. Cur- The German authorities have re- during the Mercedes-Benz GLK software was used while produc- panies — was one of the most Un agreed to “normalize” opera- ture, employment for its peo- rently the North’s official exchange portedly ordered the Daimler car- 220 CDI cars' creation in order ing other Daimler cars. visible signs of reconciliation that tions at Kaesong when condi- ple and “much-needed revenue rate is around 80 times lower than maker to recall 60,000 Mercedes- to minimise the content of harm- Earlier in June, German automo- followed the first inter-Korean tions were “ripe,” but negotia- in hard currency,” it said in a the market rate. If a similar ratio Benz GLK 220 CDI automobiles ful substances in the exhaust tive giant BMW reportedly with- summit in 2000. But it was shut- tions between Pyongyang and report, while the South Korean applied to the Kaesong workers, with diesel engines. The Federal emissions on test benches. drew about 560,000 cars world- tered by the South’s then-conser- Washington are now deadlocked businesses involved enjoyed they will have received in cash Motor Transport Authority It keeps the coolant circuit arti- wide, of which 274,000 were in vative government in 2016 in re- and Northern media have pressed cheap but high-quality labor — only around one quarter of one (KBA) has imposed a forced re- ficially colder, delays the warm- Germany. The recall was issued sponse to a nuclear test and mis- the South to implement joint wages in China were 2.9 times percent of the value paid to the call for Daimler AG on 22 June, up of the engine oil and ensures due to corrosion of the wiring con- sile launches by the North, say- economic projects. The Interna- higher in 2014. In 2015, the year North for their services, AFP cal- according to the Bild am Sonntag. that the statutory test cycle com- nection, which leads to a fire risk. ing profits from Kaesong were tional Crisis Group called on before it closed, South Korean culates. According to the report, the au- plies with the limit value for ni- In mid-April, the Russian regula- thority accuses the car-maker of trogen oxides (180 mg/km). The tory agency announced that Mer- using an illegal shutdown device automaker confirmed the fact cedes-Benz was recalling over 700 in the diesel model of its GLK that they're recalling the cars but of its X-class sedans due to the 220 (Euro 5) vehicles. The so- denied all accusations. Mean- malfunctioning of their automatic Iranianssaytheir ‘bonesbreaking’ under USsanctions called "desired coolant tempera- while, the German authorities emergency call system. ture control" was reportedly used intend to check whether such (BBC) TEHRAN: As the US piles sanc- fare.” Iran also appeared ready already hear the sound of our tires and oil, all the way to the tion after sanction on Iran, it’s to push back against the buildup bones breaking.” Walking by any big-ticket items, like mobile the average person who feels it of US forces in the region, after money exchange shop is a dra- phones. A simple cell phone is the most. From a subway per- shooting down an American matic reminder of the hardships about two months’ salary for the Int'l money laundering watchdog urges former’s battered leather hat de- drone it says violated its airspace most people are facing. At the average government worker, while void of tips, to a bride-to-be’s last week. In response, US offi- time of the nuclear deal, Iran’s a single iPhone costs a 10 months’ Crypto exchanges to disclose user data empty purse, the lack of cash cials have vowed to pile on more currency traded at 32,000 rials salary. “When importing mobile from the economic pressure fac- sanctions. But alongside Trump, to $1. Today, the numbers list- phones into the country is ing Iran’s 80 million people can many Iranians blame their own ed in exchange shop windows blocked, dealers have to smuggle An international financial watch- help prevent such risks. The FATF international financial institu- be seen everywhere. Many blame government, which has careened have skyrocketed — it costs them in with black market dollar dog recommends that its member- also said national governments tions – in order to prevent the President Donald Trump and his from one economic disaster to over 130,000 rials for one US rates and sell them for expensive countries adopt new guidelines abuse of the blockchain technol- should come up with measures to maximalist policy on Iran, which another since its Islamic Revolu- dollar. Inflation is over 37%, ac- prices,” said Pouria Hassani, a allowing to monitor cryptocurren- ogy for the purpose of money improve oversight of the crypto has seen him pull out of Tehran’s tion 40 years ago. “The econom- cording to government statistics. mobile phone salesman in Tehran. cy transactions for the purpose laundering. The watchdog – es- sector. The watchdog's recommen- 2015 nuclear deal with world ic war is a reality and people are More than 3 million people, or “You can’t expect us to buy ex- of preventing money laundering, tablished 30 years ago – says the dations include the proposal for powers and levy punishing US under extreme pressure,” said 12 percent of working-age citi- pensive and sell cheap to custom- corruption, and other illicit activ- robustly expanding crypto sec- its 37 member countries to record sanctions on the country. In re- Shiva Keshavarz, a 22-year-old zens, are unemployed. That rate ers. We don’t want to make a loss ities. Kristian Rouz – The Finan- tor poses an increasing danger of and store information of 'virtual cent weeks, Iran has threatened accountant soon to be married. doubles for educated youth. either.” Hossein Rostami, a 33- cial Action Task Force (FATF) white-collar crime and encourag- asset service providers' (VASPs). to break out of the deal unless She said government leaders Depreciation and inflation make year-old motorbike taxi driver and says cryptocurrency companies es corruption on a global scale, The FATF urged countries to "ob- European powers mitigate what “keep telling us to be strong and everything more expensive — deliveryman, said the price of must be subjected to rules and and tighter monitoring, as well tain and hold required and accurate it calls Trump’s “economic war- endure the pressures, but we can from fruits and vegetables to brake pads alone had jumped. regulations similar to those for as greater transparency, could sender information. 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INTERNATIONAL - Zimba- rican nation has used a basket of the first time in more than a de- bwean President Emmerson currencies, including neighboring cade. Under the arrangement, Mnangagwa and his finance chief South Africa’s rand and the U.S. known as a staff-monitored pro- want a new currency by March, dollar. The country has quasi- gram, the fund will assess govern- would seek financing from the currencies known as RTGS, ment’s economic progress by the International Monetary Fund and which only exist electronically, end of January, Ncube, 56, said in may even consider a Eurobond and so-called bond notes, though the interview. offering as the struggling econo- a persistent dollar shortage has Bilateral Creditors my emerges from almost two de- led to a precipitous decline in After that, the government plans cades of isolation. The introduc- their value. to access bridge financing to clear tion of a new currency is crucial Budget Surplus about $1.2 billion of arrears to the Both China and the United States U.S. officials accused China of an equal basis, the agreement to slapped increasingly severe tariffs to his efforts to revive the econo- Mnangagwa said his finance min- World Bank, African Development should make compromises in backing away from previously be reached has to be beneficial on each other’s imports. China has my, said Mnangagwa, who se- ister, Mthuli Ncube, has pre- Bank and the European Investment trade talks, Chinese Vice Com- agreed commitments. Speaking at for both sides,” he said. “Meet- vowed to not give in on issues of cured a five-year term in July elec- pared the ground for a new cur- Bank, he said. Next, is a plan to merce Minister Wang Shouwen a news briefing on the G20 sum- ing each other half way means principle nor under U.S. pressure. tions after the military deposed rency -- starting with the first restructure debt owed to bilateral said on Monday, ahead of a much mit, Wang, who is also part of both sides have to compromise Trump has threatened to put tar- Robert Mugabe in 2017. budget surplus he can recall in creditors. “The first order of busi- anticipated meeting between the the trade negotiating team with and make concessions, not just iffs on another $325 billion (£255 “It is necessary that we have our decades. “I’ve been in govern- ness is to clear the arrears and then Chinese and U.S. presidents at the United States, said talks be- one side.” Wang declined to an- billion) of goods, covering nearly own currency,” he said in an in- ment for 38 years as minister and move onto phase two, which is the this week’s G20 summit in Ja- tween the two countries’ trade swer a question about what spe- all the remaining Chinese imports terview in Maputo, Mozam- I can’t remember when you ever bilateral discussions with the Par- pan. China and the United States teams were underway, though he cific compromises Xi may offer into the United States, including bique’s capital, where he was at- had a budget surplus,” Mnangag- is Club,” Ncube said. “If it works last week said they were reviving gave no details. China’s princi- to win a trade deal with Trump. consumer products such as cell- tending a conference. “I have faith wa, 76, said. “Now, this young well in the first phase, it’s the same talks ahead of the meeting be- ples are clear, he said - mutual Both the Chinese and U.S. teams phones, computers and clothing. that we’ll achieve that even be- man has been able to achieve a Paris partners who control those tween presidents Donald Trump respect, equality and mutual ben- are making preparations for the Wang said rising protection- fore the end of the year or by the budget surplus in less than eight two big institutions that I was talk- and Xi Jinping. Hopes that it will efit and meeting each other half- Xi-Trump meeting, Assistant ism has dampened global trade first quarter of next year.” The months. So it tells me that what ing about, the same people. So if lead to a de-escalation of a trade way. “Mutual respect means each Foreign Minister Zhang Jun told and posed a threat to the global state abolished Zimbabwe’s cur- he tells me is possibly true on they accept supporting us on the war that is damaging the global side must respect the other’s sov- the same briefing, again without economy, while Chen Yulu, a vice rency in 2009, after an episode of these issues.” The government same program with the European economy has cheered financial ereignty,” Wang said. “Equality offering details. The two coun- governor of China’s central bank, hyperinflation rendered it worth- last month agreed on measures Investment Bank, surely they will markets. Talks to reach a broad and mutual benefit means the tries are in the middle of a cost- warned that global economic and less. Since then, the southern Af- to re-engage with the IMF for support.” deal broke down last month after consultations have to happen on ly trade dispute and have financial risks. M a laysia m u st r a ise Viral Acharya quits Indonesiarecordstradesurplus RBI: Implication for p r od u ct ivity t o a ch ieve monetary policy, thankstosharpimport drop reforms, markets The trade balance bounced back lion, a slight improvement from types of imported goods were in h igh -in com e st a t u s to a surplus in May following a the $2.87 billion deficit booked the red in May. Raw material and The resignation of Reserve Bank large deficit in the previous month over the same period last year. auxiliary goods imports led the of India’s (RBI’s) deputy gover- as a drop in exports was followed Exports dropped 8.99 percent yoy decline with 19.13 percent nor Viral Acharya six months by a steeper decline in imports, year-on-year (yoy) to $14.74 negative growth in May, followed ahead of the scheduled completion Statistics Indonesia (BPS) an- billion last month, as non-oil and by negative growth of capital evoked mixed reactions from ex- nounced on Monday. The surplus gas exports declined from $14.57 goods imports by 15.24 percent perts, especially at a time when was recorded at US$210 million billion in May 2018 to $13.63 yoy. BPS head Suhariyanto said in the financial sector has seen a last month, standing in stark con- billion over the same period this Jakarta on Monday that May’s number of developments over the trast to the $2.29 billion deficit year. Imports, meanwhile, also surplus was a step in the right di- past one year. In the past three recorded in the previous month, dropped, by 17.71 percent yoy rection following recent deficits. years, the central bank has seen the largest deficit since 2013. to $14.53 billion last month, as “The [trade] surplus was good de- the sudden exit of Raghuram Ra- Between January and May, how- non-oil and gas imports declined spite it not being ideal. [In May] jan and Urjit Patel as RBI Gover- ever, the trade balance was re- from $14.8 billion in May 2018 exports dropped followed by a nors, and now Viral Acharya as its corded at a deficit at $2.14 bil- to $12.44 billion last month. All steeper decline in imports,” he said. Deputy Governor, who was in charge of the Monetary Policy Department and the Department Saudi Arabia of Economic and Policy Research, among others. “Dr. Acharya’s de- KoreaEximBank charges foreigners parture is not a complete surprise, as frictions between him and the $213,000 for KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia ingredients that Malaysia should the Malaysian government as government on issues related to opens$2billioncredit needs to increase its productivi- pay attention to in order to im- laid out in their election mani- central bank independence had permanent ty if it is to achieve its goal to prove productivity, namely Im- festo. "This is excellent come to the fore,” wrote Sonal become a high-income nation in proving Governance and Tackling progress. As always, the key Varma, managing director and chief residency the next decade, said Internation- Corruption; Investing in High- will be following through by en- India economist at Nomura in a linetoPetroVietnam al Monetary Fund (IMF) man- Quality Education, and Boosting shrining these changes in law co-authored report with Aurodeep Saudi Arabia has opened applica- aging director Christine Lagarde. Labour Force Participation of and implementing each step of Nandi. While the process of find- The Export-Import Bank of Ko- infrastructure, construction and tions for a permanent residency She said despite the econom- Women. Lauding the efforts that the reform agenda," she said, program designed to attract foreign ing a successor should get under- rea said on Sunday that it has energy; industry, agriculture, sci- ic success over the past 20 years, had been taken by the Malay- adding that the IMF was eager way soon, Sanjeev Sanyal, princi- agreed to open a US$2 billion ence-technology and information investment to the kingdom, but it sian government in combating to work with Malaysia to fight will cost a hefty 800,000 riyals Malaysia's productivity did not pal economic advisor in the Min- credit line to Viet Nam’s State- and communication technology; grow as much as the country had corruption to date, Lagarde said corruption. On the second in- istry of Finance, and Dr. Michael owned Vietnam Oil and Gas healthcare and labour. The two ($213,000). There’s also a cheaper option, with a one-year renewable hoped. "Malaysia can meet this when corruption became institu- gredient. she said while the re- Patra, RBI monetary policy com- Group (PetroVietnam) in a bid to sides agreed to strengthen coor- challenge with creativity and en- tionalised, it poisoned the abili- sources invested in education residency costing 100,000 riyals. mittee (MPC) member are the two help more South Korean compa- dination to improve bilateral The so-called premium residencies hance its recipe for success. To ty of a nation to attract investors have dramatically improved over nies venture into the fast-grow- trade, including measures to re- get there, you will need the right and create jobs. the past twenty years in the possible contenders, reports sug- will allow foreigners to buy prop- gest. “At the margin, the compo- ing economy. Yonhap news agen- duce Viet Nam’s trade deficit erty and do business without a mix of ingredients to create an "Corruption is the root cause country, the results had not yet cy cited the Korean bank that the with the RoK and increase Viet- inclusive and sustainable long- of so much of the injustice peo- been fully realised. Regional and sition of the MPC will likely be- Saudi sponsor, switch jobs and exit come incrementally more dovish, deal would help South Korean namese export of products to the the kingdom easily and sponsor term growth,” she said during a ple feel in their daily lives. That socio-economic disparities per- companies win more deals for Viet market. The two sides reached special engagement session enti- is why the IMF is focusing on sisted across the country and for in our view, as Dr. Acharya stood visas for family members, accord- on the more hawkish side of the Nam's massive infrastructure- agreements to deal with obsta- ing to the website for registrations. tled "Ingredients for Good Gov- this issue and will be including certain groups, especially low- building projects. The deal fol- cles facing businesses of both As well as the paying the high fee, ernance and Economic Prosperi- improving governance in more of er-skilled adults, automation policy spectrum. Dr. Patra’s lowed the first dialogue on eco- sides, while increasing RoK in- applicants must be at least 21 years ty" at Universiti Malaya, on our work with members going was threatening their jobs, she views are well known, while San- nomic cooperation at deputy vestment in prioritised areas of old, prove financial solvency and Monday. She outlined three key forward. I know it is a focus for said. jeev Sanyal has argued. prime minister level between the Viet Nam. Reports from the Viet- have a clean criminal record and Republic of Korea (RoK) and Viet namese Ministry of Planning and bill of health. The program ap- Nam in Seoul last week, where Investment showed RoK’s firms proved in May is the latest sign of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong registered to invest US$64.7 bil- how the quest for non-oil revenue Dinh Hue and RoK’s Deputy lion in Viet Nam as of May 20, is prompting Gulf nations to re- North Korea made $120 million a Prime Minister Hong Nam Ki of which more than $2.6 billion think the role of foreigners in their agreed to expand co-operation in was posted in the first five societies. It’s a landmark move in a oil and gas and power production. months of this year. Currently, region where many overseas work- year from joint factory park: Report At the dialogue, the two sides 7,000 RoK firms are operating ers are subject to some of the agreed on a number of co-opera- in Viet Nam, including big names world’s most restrictive residency SEOUL: North Korea raked in funding Pyongyang’s provoca- Monday for the complex to be firms paid the North around $123 tion initiatives and contents in such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai, rules. The United Arab Emirates more than $120 million a year tions. The South’s current Presi- reopened with “a modest deal million for their workers, ICG cal- trade-investment; finance-banking Lotte and Daewoo, while some approved a plan to allow wealthy from a symbolic cross-border in- dent Moon Jae-in has dangled re- involving sanctions relief.” Do- culated. The North taxed the sums and development cooperation; 50,000 Vietnamese. foreigners to apply. dustrial zone that Pyongyang and opening the complex as an incen- ing so would create “much need- at 30 percent and paid the work- Seoul are pushing to re-open as tive for Pyongyang to engage in ed momentum for stalled peace ers 70 percent of the remainder in part of nuclear negotiations, a re- denuclearization talks, but doing talks and serve as a reminder to essential foodstuffs and coupons port said Monday. The Kaesong so is complicated by the web of both North and South Korea of for state-run shops, the report SixtythousandMercedes-Benzcarstobe Industrial Complex — where international sanctions imposed the benefits of building a sus- said, citing the firms in Kaesong around 55,000 North Korean on the North over its weapons tainable peace on the peninsu- and the South’s unification minis- workers churned out products programs. At their Pyongyang la,” it added in a statement. The try. The rest was paid “in local recalledover 'illegalshutdowndevice':Reports ranging from watches to clothes summit in September, Moon and factory zone gave the North for- currency at an artificially low of- for some 125 South Korean com- North Korean leader Kim Jong eign investment in its infrastruc- ficial exchange rate,” it added. Cur- The German authorities have re- during the Mercedes-Benz GLK software was used while produc- panies — was one of the most Un agreed to “normalize” opera- ture, employment for its peo- rently the North’s official exchange portedly ordered the Daimler car- 220 CDI cars' creation in order ing other Daimler cars. visible signs of reconciliation that tions at Kaesong when condi- ple and “much-needed revenue rate is around 80 times lower than maker to recall 60,000 Mercedes- to minimise the content of harm- Earlier in June, German automo- followed the first inter-Korean tions were “ripe,” but negotia- in hard currency,” it said in a the market rate. If a similar ratio Benz GLK 220 CDI automobiles ful substances in the exhaust tive giant BMW reportedly with- summit in 2000. But it was shut- tions between Pyongyang and report, while the South Korean applied to the Kaesong workers, with diesel engines. The Federal emissions on test benches. drew about 560,000 cars world- tered by the South’s then-conser- Washington are now deadlocked businesses involved enjoyed they will have received in cash Motor Transport Authority It keeps the coolant circuit arti- wide, of which 274,000 were in vative government in 2016 in re- and Northern media have pressed cheap but high-quality labor — only around one quarter of one (KBA) has imposed a forced re- ficially colder, delays the warm- Germany. The recall was issued sponse to a nuclear test and mis- the South to implement joint wages in China were 2.9 times percent of the value paid to the call for Daimler AG on 22 June, up of the engine oil and ensures due to corrosion of the wiring con- sile launches by the North, say- economic projects. The Interna- higher in 2014. In 2015, the year North for their services, AFP cal- according to the Bild am Sonntag. that the statutory test cycle com- nection, which leads to a fire risk. ing profits from Kaesong were tional Crisis Group called on before it closed, South Korean culates. According to the report, the au- plies with the limit value for ni- In mid-April, the Russian regula- thority accuses the car-maker of trogen oxides (180 mg/km). The tory agency announced that Mer- using an illegal shutdown device automaker confirmed the fact cedes-Benz was recalling over 700 in the diesel model of its GLK that they're recalling the cars but of its X-class sedans due to the 220 (Euro 5) vehicles. The so- denied all accusations. Mean- malfunctioning of their automatic Iranianssaytheir ‘bonesbreaking’ under USsanctions called "desired coolant tempera- while, the German authorities emergency call system. ture control" was reportedly used intend to check whether such (BBC) TEHRAN: As the US piles sanc- fare.” Iran also appeared ready already hear the sound of our tires and oil, all the way to the tion after sanction on Iran, it’s to push back against the buildup bones breaking.” Walking by any big-ticket items, like mobile the average person who feels it of US forces in the region, after money exchange shop is a dra- phones. A simple cell phone is the most. From a subway per- shooting down an American matic reminder of the hardships about two months’ salary for the Int'l money laundering watchdog urges former’s battered leather hat de- drone it says violated its airspace most people are facing. At the average government worker, while void of tips, to a bride-to-be’s last week. In response, US offi- time of the nuclear deal, Iran’s a single iPhone costs a 10 months’ Crypto exchanges to disclose user data empty purse, the lack of cash cials have vowed to pile on more currency traded at 32,000 rials salary. “When importing mobile from the economic pressure fac- sanctions. But alongside Trump, to $1. Today, the numbers list- phones into the country is ing Iran’s 80 million people can many Iranians blame their own ed in exchange shop windows blocked, dealers have to smuggle An international financial watch- help prevent such risks. The FATF international financial institu- be seen everywhere. Many blame government, which has careened have skyrocketed — it costs them in with black market dollar dog recommends that its member- also said national governments tions – in order to prevent the President Donald Trump and his from one economic disaster to over 130,000 rials for one US rates and sell them for expensive countries adopt new guidelines abuse of the blockchain technol- should come up with measures to maximalist policy on Iran, which another since its Islamic Revolu- dollar. Inflation is over 37%, ac- prices,” said Pouria Hassani, a allowing to monitor cryptocurren- ogy for the purpose of money improve oversight of the crypto has seen him pull out of Tehran’s tion 40 years ago. “The econom- cording to government statistics. mobile phone salesman in Tehran. cy transactions for the purpose laundering. The watchdog – es- sector. The watchdog's recommen- 2015 nuclear deal with world ic war is a reality and people are More than 3 million people, or “You can’t expect us to buy ex- of preventing money laundering, tablished 30 years ago – says the dations include the proposal for powers and levy punishing US under extreme pressure,” said 12 percent of working-age citi- pensive and sell cheap to custom- corruption, and other illicit activ- robustly expanding crypto sec- its 37 member countries to record sanctions on the country. In re- Shiva Keshavarz, a 22-year-old zens, are unemployed. That rate ers. We don’t want to make a loss ities. Kristian Rouz – The Finan- tor poses an increasing danger of and store information of 'virtual cent weeks, Iran has threatened accountant soon to be married. doubles for educated youth. either.” Hossein Rostami, a 33- cial Action Task Force (FATF) white-collar crime and encourag- asset service providers' (VASPs). to break out of the deal unless She said government leaders Depreciation and inflation make year-old motorbike taxi driver and says cryptocurrency companies es corruption on a global scale, The FATF urged countries to "ob- European powers mitigate what “keep telling us to be strong and everything more expensive — deliveryman, said the price of must be subjected to rules and and tighter monitoring, as well tain and hold required and accurate it calls Trump’s “economic war- endure the pressures, but we can from fruits and vegetables to brake pads alone had jumped. regulations similar to those for as greater transparency, could sender information. TUESDAY .JUNE 25, 2019 AFGHANISTANTIMES

‘Game of Thrones’ Round Up: Cersei’s Miscarriage Didn’t Make the Cut, Prequel Begins Filming, and More “I will say I wanted a better death. Obviously you dream of your death. You could go in any way on that show. So I was kind of gutted. But I just think they couldn’t have pleased everyone. No matter what they did, I think there was going to be some big comedown from the climb.”

Game of Thrones may be over, a scene was shot involving ultimate episode, Cersei reunited but our watch has not ended. The Cersei’s miscarriage – a plot with her brother/lover Jaime in HBO series left us with plenty point suspected by some fans, King’s Landing’s Red Keep, and to think about, but as we slowly but which ultimately wasn’t in- the two of them embraced as they begin to assess the show’s lega- cluded in the show. Read on for were crushed by falling debris cy, we’re still hearing trickles of more on the final season of Game caused by Daenerys Targaryen information from those who of Thrones, as well as some up- destroying the building with drag- were involved about how the dates on the upcoming prequel on fire.) Headey said that she show could have been different. series. hasn’t had a drunken conversa- We’ll tackle some of those reve- In an interview with The Guard- tion with showrunners David lations below to avoid putting ian, Headey explained that she Benioff and Dan Weiss yet post- spoilers out in the open, but one wanted a better death for Cersei finale, but when she does, she thing I want to tease is that ac- Lannister than the one that hap- knows what. tress Lena Headey has confirmed pened on the show. (In the pen- (ABC) Iran’s ‘Castle of Dreams’ In holdover news for the week- ($363 million domestic and $966 $4.075 million (-36%) this week- merits another sequel. Universal end, Walt Disney's Aladdin con- million worldwide) than any of us end for a $156 million domestic and Illumination's The Secret Life tinued to stay one jump ahead of were expecting. It should be just total and a $289 million global of Pets 2 was actually the top- sweeps Shanghai Golden the competition. The $183 mil- over $300 million domestic by next cume on a $75 million budget. ranked movie for the last four lion Guy Ritchie-directed remake weekend as it nears $850 million Men in Black International weekdays, but that's just another earned another $12.2 million (- global in what is a clear overper- earned just $10.75 million (-64%) example of why rank often doesn't Goblet award ceremony 29.5%) in its fifth weekend to formance. To whatever extent Toy in its second weekend to bring matter and can be arbitrary. The bring its domestic cume to $287.5 Story 4 "under performed" this its cume up to $52.689 million. animated sequel earned a $10.29 million in a month. It earned $32.9 weekend, specifically in North That's a lousy hold by any mea- million (-58%) weekend for an million (-34% in holdover terri- America, it is being countered by sure, especially after a soft-ish "okay, I guess" $117.58 million tories overall) for a $522.6 mil- Aladdin's boffo run. Aladdin and $30 million debut. The Chris 17-day cume. This one only cost lion overseas cume and an obscene John Wick: Chapter 3 are both Hemsworth/Tessa Thompson $80 million and has earned $194.7 $810.1 million global total. Yeah, holding like champs partially be- sci-fi comedy has earned an okay million worldwide thus far, so it'll the Mena Massoud/Naomi Scott/ cause they are offering big-screen $182 million worldwide, so the make money for sure when all is Will Smith musical romance has a thrills of the sort you can't find $110 million-budgeted sequel has said and done. But I wouldn't ex- shot at passing $900 million anywhere else either in theaters or a shot at breaking even. Still, it'll pect a Secret Life of Pets 3 any- worldwide. No, I don't think $1 on TV. Speaking of which, skip- top out at over/under $75 mil- time soon. Paramount's Rocket- billion is on the table, but it may ping around a moment, the Keanu lion domestic and isn't remotely man earned another $5.65 million get closer to The Jungle Book Reeves sequel earned another the kind of performance that (-40%) in weekend. Bigg Boss 13: Salman Khan is charging Rs 31 crore per weekend, say reports alman Khan will reportedly earn Rs 403 crore over the entire season with Bigg Boss 13. China’s top film festival show- and Tehran are likely to develop and Milla Jovovich (upcoming in ered its highest three honors on even closer cooperation as their “The Rookies,” hitting mainland the Iranian film “Castle of respective relationships with the theaters on July 12, and the Ten- Dreams,” hours after American U.S. deteriorates. China is Iran’s cent-backed “Monster Hunter”) President Donald Trump said largest trading partner, and Te- trod the red carpet on Sunday the U.S. would on Monday im- hran’s willingness to stand up to night, helping to bring to a close a pose “major additional sanc- U.S. pressure is partially due to 22nd edition of the Shanghai In- tions” on Tehran. The drama ability to fall back on Beijing’s ternational Film Festival that was about family, separation and support. The Shanghai prizes nervous and largely dominated by Kareena Kapoor keeping one’s promises, collect- were decided by a jury headed domestic Chinese issues. The first ed a trio of prizes on Sunday by Turkey’s Nuri Bilge Ceylan, few days of the festival and its Khan joins Aamir night at the Shanghai Internation- which also gave a double dose of accompanying film market wit- al Film Festival. It won the Gold- awards to “Inhale-Exhale,” a dra- nessed a parade of private-sector Khan for 'Laal en Goblet prize for best film, saw ma about trust and rehabilitation Chinese studios unveil slates of Singh Chaddha' Reza Mirkarimi collect the best directed by Dito Tsintsadze. The movies that emphasized patrio- director prize, and Hamed Saberi film, a Georgia-Russia-Sweden tism, 20th century wars, and oth- Kareena Kapoor Khan is all set to Behdad share the best actor co-production, earned the festi- er “mainstream values” that close- reunite with Aamir Khan for the award. The almost unprecedent- val’s grand jury prize and the best ly resembled the output of the upcoming film 'Laal Singh Chad- ed awards haul comes at a time actress award for Salome De- now largely defunct state-owned dha'. The film is inspired by the when analysts say that Beijing muria. Earlier, Tom Hiddleston studios. 1994 American comedy-drama 'Forest Gump.' Written by Atul Kulkarni, the film helmed by Ad- Actor Salman Khan, who is set man charged Rs 12-14 crore per coming season, other reports vait Chandan is produced by Via- to return as the host for the up- episode last year and took home a claim the makers are erecting the com18 Studios and Aamir Khan coming season of Bigg Boss, is pay cheque of Rs 8 crore for each sets in Film City, Mumbai. Ac- Productions. The movie is slated Shah reportedly going to get Rs 31 episode in Bigg Boss 10. cording to reports Chunky Pan- to hit the theatres during Christ- crore per weekend for his appear- Bigg Boss 13 is likely to bring day, Rajpal Yadav, Warina Hus- mas 2020, next year. ance. Salman returns as the major twists this year - it has been sain, Devoleena Bhattacharjee, The makers made the an- Rukh show’s host for the tenth time featuring common people as con- Ankita Lokhande, Rakesh Vash- nouncement on social media and this year. A KoiMoi report testants for a few years but Bigg isth, Mahika Sharma, Danny D, wrote, "Viacom18 Studios in as- Khan’s claimed that Salman’s fees for this Boss 13 will reportedly have only Jeet Chirag Paswan, Vijender sociation with Aamir Khan Pro- season will be “Rs 31 crores per celebs inside the house. Earlier re- Singh, Rahul Khandelwal, Himan- ductions brings to you #LaalSing- weekend (Sat-Sun)”. It also cal- ports also suggest that the Bigg sh Kohli, Mahima Chaudhary, hChaddha. In cinemas, Christmas 2020. Starring @AamirKhan & Don series culated that the Bharat star will Boss house will be shifted from Meghna Malik, Mahaakshay #KareenaKapoorKhan, directed earns Rs 403 crore in 26 episodes. the traditional Lonavala location. Chakraborty, Dayanand Shetty, by Advait Chandan, this film is may not Reports also claim that Salman While some speculations hint that Faizy Boo, Ritu Beri, Sonal Chau- inspired by Forrest Gump. may produce the reality show. a renovated sets used for Bigg Boss han, Fazilpuria and Siddharth @AndhareAjit @Paramount- Earlier reports suggested that Sal- Marathi may be used for the up- Shukla, have been approached. Pics". get a third film: Sacred Games 2 delayed as Saif Ali Khan, Reports Nawazuddin Siddiqui are too busy? Saif refutes claims Reports suggest that produc- Reacting to reports that the sec- thing else. Of course, both of us ers Farhan Akhtar and Riteish ond season of his popular Net- are busy. But not at the cost of Deshmukh maynot be interest- flix series, Sacred Games, has been our commitments.” ed in making Don 3. delayed because of him, Saif Ali It also quoted another actor Khan has said that the show is who did not “want to be named” not delayed because of the ac- as saying, “Netflix may have de- Fans of Shah Rukh Khan and his ries) has no script, not even an now he’s busy prepping for the tors. Saif plays a cop in the se- cided to move ahead the release Don series will be disappointed idea for a plot to do another film. role of his lifetime as a boxer in ries which also stars Nawazud- date of Sacred Games 2, but not -- there maybe no more films of He’s busy with his acting and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s din Siddiqui and Pankaj Tripathi. because of the actors. All of us the popular franchise. An Asian music career. He hasn’t directed Toofan. That will keep him busy Media reports also claim that have completed our work. Age report claims that produc- any film for the last nine years. this year and most of 2020. Be- Netflix wants to encash on the The Saif track and the Nawaz ers Riteish Sidwani and Farhan His last directorial was Don 2 in fore that, he has just completed popularity of Huma Qureshi- track were separately directed by Akhtar are not too keen on a Don 2011. It looks like the Don se- another acting role in Shonali starrer series, Leila, before Neeraj Ghaywan and Anurag 3. The report claimed a source ries is dead.” Without revealing Bose’s The Sky Is Pink. Where launching Sacred Games 2. As Kashyap respectively to save told the publication, “These sto- the name, the report also quoted do you see direction fitting into Asian Age report quoted Saif as time. If there is any delay in the ries about this and the other ac- a “close director-friend of Far- his schedule?” Shah Rukh saying, “How absurd would it be release, it’s got nothing to do with tors taking over the Don baton han” as saying, “I don’t see any stepped into the shoes of Amita- for Sacred Games to be delayed the actors.” are so out of line. Farhan Akhtar inclination in Farhan to direct a bh Bachchan for a 2006 remake because we both are doing some- (Hindustan times) (also the director of the Don se- film at this point of his life. Right of the superstar’s 1978 hit Don. Punjabi hit Thekeya Te Nit Kharke to be remade for Parineeti Chopra’s Jabariya Jodi: Reports Yet another hit song from the ’90s is set for a remake — Bollywood Originally crooned by Ashok posters and pictures on social media, winning fans with actor Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra’s Jabariya Jodi will re- Masti, the song had also been their desi avatar. Jabariya Jodi also stars Aparshakti Khur- portedly feature a reworked version of Thekeya Te Nit Kharke. Ac- recreated by Honey Singh. Watch rana, Sanjay Mishra, Neeraj Sood, Gopal Dutt, Javed Jaaferi cording to a BollywoodHungama report, hit Punjabi song Thekeya Te Honey Singh’s version of the and Chandan Roy Sanyal in pivotal roles.Produced by Ekta Nit Kharke is being recreated for a wedding sequence in the upcoming song: Parineeti and Sidharth be- Kapoor, under the banner of Balaji Motion Pictures and movie. The trailer is also likely to have a glimpse of the new version of gan shooting for the rom-com on Shailesh Singh’s Karma Media Net, the flick is directed by the Punjabi song. Reports also claimed the film’s trailer will land soon. August, 2018 and have shared Prashant Singh. (Santa banta) TUESDAY . JUNE 25.2019 -Saratan 04, 1398 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:319 Price: Afs.20

Islamabad vowed Encephalitis toll If Iran continues America’s Zimbabwe leader Bigg Boss 13: Phil Neville blasts rises to 152, its aggressive wants new Salman Khan Cameroon behaviour shift in its three big is charging as England reach Afghan policy: spreads to 20 Bihar policies ‘it will pay currency, IMF loan Rs 31 crore districts; scare in mistakes in World Cup Politicians the price’: Saudi in revival bid per weekend, quarter-finals Madhya Pradesh Minister Afghanistan say reports

AT News Report AT News Report KABUL: Police forces KABUL:At least 29 militants conducted a crackdown on an have been killed and eight others armed gang in Kabul that received injuries inmultiple wherebehind high criminal extensive military crackdowns activitiescaused deterioration of conducted by the Afghan security security situation in the... forces across the country in the past24 hours, security official Mohammad Noor the Chief said Monday. Ministry of Executive of Jamiat-e Islami Defense (MoD) in a statement party, Abdul WaheedKhawari a said the Afghan NationalArmy spokesman for the Ministry of (ANA) in collaboration with Border Affairs said that Afghan NationalPolice (ANP)... individuals and governments cannot make a decision about the fate of the Durand Line because AT News Report KABUL: Free media supporting it is “a very big issue”. “We can organization in Afghanistan, Nai, hold a referendum when we have KABUL: The erstwhile on Monday said violence against peace in our country,” ariananews journalists declined by 50 percent quoted Khawarias saying. National Security Advisor Haneef Atmar has said that the in the first six months of the Afghanistan has never accepted current year, but insecurity and the Durand Line as the main Afghan war is not an internally- inducedone, and thus there lack of access to information still border with Pakistan, and both posed challenges to media the former and incumbent should be no local solution AT News Report sought for. Atmar, who is also a workers. Mujib Khilwatgar, governments rejected its executive director of Nai, recognition. Sayed Naveed presidential candidate in the KABUL: The Ministry of September elections,at the presented a report about violence Amiri, an international relations against journalists during the first Economy and Industry has commentator says that ‘Afghan Peace Conference’ announced the air corridor organized in Lahoreof Pakistan, six months of 2019 in Kabul. between Kabul and Sharjah city Afghanistan needs to finalize the He said violence against issue of peace with the Taliban saidthat for resolving the Afghan of the United Arab Emirates peace issue, there was a need journalists declined by 50.1 (UAE), that has been and then both Pakistan and percent in the period that saw their AT News Report Afghanistan can discuss the for regional and international operationalize Monday. The of Borders and Tribal Affairs has is not a good time to raise the consensus. “We expect ... organization registering 35 cases ministry in a statement said that suggested to keep at bay the issue issue with Pakistan. In response Durand Line. This ... of violence against media workers, more than two tons of apricot has KABUL: The Afghan Ministry of Durand Line at the moment as it to the recent remarks by Atta including five murders. been exported to the Sharjah ... Six journalists were wounded, 17 threatened and insulted, three attacks happened on media and one magnetic bomb attack and three journalists were beaten. ...

AT News Report nomads, cross-border tribal groups and both domestic and KABUL: The Afghan Ministry international labor migrants.” AT News Report of Refugees and Repatriation said Minister Alemi Balkhi said the Monday that 3.225 million findings of DTM showed as many KABUL:Ten Taliban insurgents Afghans returned home, but as 3.225 million refugees returned have been killed and one other 2.291 million others left for other home from 2012 to 2018, while wounded in a raid conducted by countries from 2012 to 2018. 2.291 million people left the Afghan Special Forces in Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, Afghanistan to seek asylum and JALALABAD: Another elderly northern Faryab province on the Minister of Refugees and immigrate abroad.Out of 2.291 man died while waiting to apply Monday, officials confirmed. The Repatriation, during a press million, 271,000 people have for Pakistan visa in front of the Special Forces conducted a conference,publicized the sought asylum in European country’s consulate in Jalalabad, clearance operation in Khwaja findings of Baseline Mobility countries. the capital of eastern Nangarhar Sabz Posh district of the province, Assessment, which was Balkhi added that 3.529 million province, on Monday. where Taliban insurgents had held conducted in collaboration with countrymen were internally Few months back, an elderly strongholds. Acting Defense United Nation International displaced due to the widespread man died while waiting for his turn Minister, Asadulllah Khalid since Organization for Migration conflict, drought and poverty. Out to apply for Pakistan visa in taking office, has intensified (IOM). of the total of seven million Jalalabad. Thousands of people operations against the Taliban “The overall objective of the internally displaced and returnees, including men, women, patients insurgents across the country. DTM Baseline Mobility 266,000 lived in harsh condition, and elders gather and wait in huge The 209 Shaheen Military corps Assessment in Afghanistan is to which their shelters were tents. crowds in front of Pakistan had killed 80 Taliban insurgents, track mobility and Balkhi concluded that the Consulate for obtaining Pakistan including 16 key commanders of displacement,” said Laurence number of returnees was more than visa on a daily basis. the group in Qaysar and Hart, the country director of those who left the country. He years. The countrymen settled widespread combat between the basic rights of having shelter, The elder waiting for his turn Ghomach districts of theprovince IOM. “The DTM provide called it a “positive point”, saying mostly in Iran, and Pakistan, government security forces and and having access to clean water. to apply for Pakistan visa under a on June 21. 17 other Taliban population estimates, locations people were interested in their own where they were largely banned the Taliban insurgents displaced Children make up many of the fire-emitting sun from morning militants were wounded. ... and geographic distributions of country. Afghanistan’s bloody to seek formal education and thousands countrymen. Most of displaced people who were until 12pm first fell unconscious displaced, returned and migrant history drove millions of Afghans working. the internally displaced people deprived of receiving primary and then breathed his last. population as well as refugees, out of their homes over the last 40 In the country, the were deprived from their very education. (Pajhwok)

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has started assessing the PUL-I-KHUMRI: Gunmen complaints of forex traders who stormed a security check-post claim they have lost millions of guarding ancient monuments in dollars in the business as it was northern Baghlan province, “misused” by some certain firms killing one policeman and injuring and individuals in Afghanistan. another two on Sunday. The AGO spokesman Jamshid Information and Culture Rasuli said that Bashir Gulzada, Department head Zakria Nasari who is accused of “misusing” the told Pajhwok Afghan News that forex business in Afghanistan, has unknown gunmen attacked the been summoned to the authority Shamrqa historical place check- and has given warrantee to the post late on Sunday night. judicial institution. “The head of (Pajhwok) the [Albashir] company has been summoned by the Attorney General’s Office and guarantee has been taken from him. A committee has been assigned to run a thorough investigation into Brishna, 24, who uses only one name, is serving an 18-year the case. Those who have prison sentence for murder and adultery. She was found guilty complaints can bring their documents to the Attorney of killing her 5-year-old son but claimed a man she was living General’s Office,” Rasuli said. with had beaten the boy to death and threatened to kill her if This comes days after they staged she told anyone. (Pamela Constable/ The Washington Post) a protest in front of Albashir Exchange & MSP, a local forex KABUL: The women’s prison have been taken away from her, KABUL: Reconstruction work trading firm in Kabul, to ask for compound here has a busy, near- and her family has shunned her for of 45 school buildings will be the return of the financial assets normal air. Infants wail, children bringing shame on them. Brishna, started in eastern Nangarhar they have invested in the forex recite lessons and inmates 24, a house cleaner and laundress province. trading market with the help of wearing dresses and headscarves who uses one name, says she is The school buildings located the Afghan company. They vacuum their dorms in yellow innocent and that the boy was in Sarkh Roaud and Khogyani claimed that forex trading prefabricated huts. Many are killed by an abusive male cousin districts of the province that businesses have been given license mothers, and children from who beat him, forced her to have thousands students are studying by the state-owned Central Bank. newborns to 5-year-olds are sex and threatened to kill her if she inside tents in the districts. Statistics by Kabul-based Money allowed to live with them. told anyone. So, she says, she Shah Mahmoud Miyakhail Exchangers Union indicate that the One prisoner sits alone on a stayed silent and told the police governor of Nangarhar told BNA foreign exchange, or forex, trading bench, staring glumly at the her son had fallen from a roof. The correspondent, the school has inflicted "hundreds of scene. She is serving an 18-year cousin fled and was never building will be reconstructed millions of dollars" of loss to sentence for beating her 5-year- prosecuted. Today, hundreds... with a sum of 220 million Afghanis Afghans who have invested in the old son to death and committing funded by government within the business. (TOLONews) adultery. Her two older children next one year.