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Pakistani troops seal Durand Line crossings in Khost KHOST CITY: Pakistani security abad was trying to do something forces have blocked crossing fishy. “Pakistan has always creat- points along the Durand Line in ed problems on the Durand Line southeastern Khost province, re- and the latest adventure may be stricting the movement of travel- the beginning of a new crisis,” the lers and vehicles, an official said commander remarked. Meanwhile, on Sunday. Border Police Com- businessmenand resident com- mander Col. Raz Mohammad plained they could not cross over Mandozaitold Pajhwok Afghan into Pakistan due to the closure of News that Pakistani forces had border crossings. The traders said assigned no reason for blocking the they had to wait for the arrival of border crossing. He believed Islam- their goods. Pajhwok Meshrano Jirga seeks inclusion of

AT News Report Pakistan in UN’s ‘terror list’ KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga or urday by a US drone strike in Pa- cause of death and destruction in cess. Sayyaf said this on Satur- Senate on Sunday session asked kistan. Afghanistan. “UN should include day during a gathering to remem- the United Nations (UN) to add He added that it is question- Pakistan to its black list.” A prom- ber 117 people belonging to Pakistan to the list of terrorists able that why UN doesn’t impose inent political figure and former Nahzat Islami killed 37 years ago. and impose sanctions against Is- sanctions on Pakistan despite in- Jihadi leader, Abdul Rab Rasool He furthered that the world has lamabad. surgents leader being targeted there. Sayyaf the other day had warned recognized Pakistan and there Senator Maulavi Mohiuddin Pakistan should be included that Pakistan would be added to will be one day that the name of Munsif said that UN should im- among UN list of terrorist coun- the list of State Sponsors of Ter- Pakistan will be included in the pose sanctions on Pakistan as tries as nothing left for it to hide rorism, if it doesn’t refrain from list of State Sponsors of Terror- Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar from the people and the world. wrongdoings. He said that Paki- ism. Another senator Gulalai Ak- Mansour was killed in Pakistan. “Pakistan’s support to the insur- stan supports to the anti-govern- bari called on administrative “Funeral ceremony was also gent outfits is exposed to every- ment armed insurgent group fight- board of the upper house to or- organized in several cities of Pa- one.” Mohammad Hassan Hotak, ing in Afghanistan. He called on der the government to cooperate kistan to offer prayers for Man- another senator, putted his weight Taliban to renounce violence and with strategic allies of Afghani- sour,” he added. behind recent Sayyaf’s statement join the Afghan-owned and Afghan- stan and add Pakistan to the black- Mansour was killed last Sat- and said that Pakistan is the main led peace and reconciliation pro- list of UN. Two Taliban 41 insurgents leaders killed killed in in SHINDAND: A breakaway Tali- combat mission more than a year near the border with Iran. Snipers ban faction is willing to hold peace ago, but thousands of foreign sol- on hilltops surveyed dirt roads raids: MoD Uruzgan AT News Report talks with the Afghan government diers remain in the country, main- leading to the area, which serves AT News Report but will demand the imposition of ly carrying out training, support as the main base for the mobile Islamic law and the departure of and counterterrorism operations. fighters. The encampment where KABUL: 41 Taliban fighters were KABUL: Two senior Taliban lead- all foreign forces, a senior leader of Mansoor had refused to par- the meeting was held is only ac- killed and 18 others wounded in the group said Sunday. ticipate in a peace process initiat- cessible by motorbike or horse. different crackdowns within past ers including nine insurgents were Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi ed by Afghan President Ashraf The turbaned followers of Ra- 24 hours. killed in a conflict in the southern told a group of around 200 follow- Ghani that included Pakistan, the sool — who is believed to have Ministry of interior said in a Uruzgan province, security offi- ers in eastern Afghanistan that his United States and China. been detained in Pakistan — ap- statement that the national police cial said on Sunday. faction had no faith in the govern- Representatives of the four peared to be armed with new in collaboration with national army The senior Taliban leaders are ment but was willing to negotiate countries have held five meetings, weapons, including automatic ri- and National Directorate of Secu- included the group’s designated without preconditions. without inviting the Taliban. Their fles and grenade launchers. rity conducted operations against provincial governor, Maulavi Jan Niazi is deputy to Mullah aim is to chart a roadmap toward The Taliban have continued to insurgents in different areas of Mohammad Rasool, who split talks between the Afghan govern- launch major attacks on govern- Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Pakti- Aghan and military commission from the Taliban last summer after ment and the insurgents to end the ment forces despite the internal ka, Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, chief Asadullah, a statement from Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was cho- 15-year war, but the disarray with- conflict, and the war has shown Zabul, Heart, Ghor, Baghlan, the 205th Atal Corps of the Afghan sen to succeed the group’s late in the Taliban has complicated no sign of abating over the past Balkh, Jawzjan, Samangan, Kun- National Army said. founder, Mullah Mohammad those efforts. year. The Taliban attacked check- duz and Helmand provinces. In addition to that, five Tali- Omar. The Taliban’s spokesman, points in the southern Helmand “In these operations, 41 rebels ban insurgents were injured, the Mansoor was killed earlier this Zabihullah Mujahid, has branded province late Saturday, killing four including 11 commanders and one month in a U.S. drone strike in Rasool’s faction “a government police, according to the provincial statement said, adding that five shadow governor of Taliban for improvised explosive devices were Pakistan and was replaced days army in the shape of the Taliban.” governor’s spokesman, Omar Daykundi were killed and 18 oth- later by a little known conserva- Speaking to the AP on Sunday, he Zawaq. Among those killed was ers injured,” the statement added. KABUL: National Security Advi- scourge. also seized. tive cleric, Mullah Haibatullah claimed that Rasool was support- local police commander Safar Mo- The national police also dis- sor Mohammad Hanif Atmar has Atmar said Afghanistan need- The operation was conducted Akhundzada. ed by Kabul and Washington. hammad, who in recent years had covered and confiscated weapons asked Belarus to help train and ed continued support from the in- by the Afghan National Army in The main Taliban faction has “For us he is nothing more than successfully kept highways in the and ammunition in the operations. equip Afghan security forces, the ternational community, including Chora and Khas Uruzgan districts, expressed similar demands, but a local policeman or a puppet of area open to traffic. Zawaq said Unfortunately, three police National Security Council (NSC) Belarus, in terms of training and says it will only enter peace talks Afghan intelligence,” he said. another nine police officers and one the statement added. officers were killed in these opera- said on Saturday. equipment for its security forces. after they have been met. The U.S. Rasool’s followers met in the soldier were wounded in the at- tions. Atmar expressed the view dur- The global fraternity must take and NATO officially ended their mountainous Shindand district, tack.—(AP) ing a meeting with Belarus foreign the war on terror to its logical con- minister, NSA and a number of clusion, the NSA said, explaining Editorial other high-ranking officers in Min- how Belarus could help improve Kabul Municipality senior officials arrested over corruption charges sk, a statement from the council the capacity of Afghan security Two senior officials in Kabul Akrami and Ahmad Kamal Qasim- of the two senior officials by the Kamal Qasimyar was the head said. forces. Exhilarating Municipality have reportedly yar, were arrested by the Major Afghan security forces over cor- of the Human Resources depart- During the meetings Atmar Atmar has been on a state vis- been arrested over corruption Crimes Task Force of the Minis- ruption charges. ment of Kabul Municipality. underlined the need for a joint cam- it to Russian and European coun- peace charges by the Afghan police forc- try of Interior. Engineer Mohammad Aslam Akrami was previously serving paign against terrorism, saying tries, drumming up support and es. According to reports, the two A spokesman for the Kabul Mu- Akrami was the administrative and as the acting head of Kabul Afghan security forces had made technical assistance for Afghan senior officials, Eng Mohammad nicipality has confirmed the arrest finance deputy mayor and Ahmad Municipality. KP huge gains in the fight against the forces. (Pajhwok) See P6 Mansour’s fake identity papers: 2 more suspects nabbed

PESHAWAR: Pakistan has de- mad acquire a manual Pakistani ID tained two more individuals in- card. volved in helping Afghan Taliban Riffat Iqbal, another NADRA leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour get official, was picked up in Karachi Pakistani identity documents. for tampering with records to se- The National Database and cure the Pakistani citizenship of Registration Authority (NADRA) Wali Mohammad’s second wife and has been blamed for fraudulently children. He had disappeared after ‘selling’ Pakistani citizenship to the drone attack. outsiders. The interior minister has On Friday, NADRA Junior ordered a re-verification exercise to Executive Syed Afsar Hassan was remove illegal entries in the data- taken into custody for allegedly base. A statement from the Minis- tampering with family records to try of Interior said Aziz Ahmad pass off foreigners as Pakistani cit- Achakzai, a Balochistan Levies izens. He had been involved with Force official, was apprehended in a human trafficking racket as well. Quetta for helping Wali Moham- (Pajhwok) MONDAY. MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Security, foreign pullout weigh on Afghanistan town MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Some days Behind him, trucks marked and Afghanistan fell by 60 percent off 20 of his 26 employees. there is no train at all crossing the with Cyrillic characters wait for a [last year] compared with 2010,” “After 2014 and the NATO bridge to Uzbekistan, said a cus- hypothetical load. Delsouz said. withdrawal, the economic situation toms officer in Hairatan, formerly Hairatan, the only crossing The bleak economic prospects of the Afghans went down, espe- a teeming Silk Road border town between Afghanistan and Uzbeki- have driven thousands of Afghans cially in Balkh,” Delsouz siad. whose decline is a barometer of stan, is an ominous bellwether of to make the perilous journey to “Their incomes went down by economic depression in Afghani- economic activity in northern Af- Europe. The depression is felt in a 50 percent. The situation is espe- stan’s north. ghanistan. It is here, and at four Mazar-i-Sharif market, where Ha- cially dire for students. The gov- “The camel driver is at work; other entry points on the borders sibullah sells imported flour from ernment cannot absorb all of those the caravan is being readied,” wrote with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, via Uzbekistan and who enter the job market and offer the mystic poet Rumi, born in that building materials, flour and Hairatan. them jobs,” he said. Balkh Province, where Hairatan is household products are exported “Customers no longer come as Added to this is insecurity. By Dr. Waris Mohammad Wazir located and through which passes from Central Asia to Afghanistan. they did three or four years ago. The 80km asphalt road leading one of the routes of the ancient The Afghan economy is in bad People are out of work. They used from Hairatan to Mazar is safe, trade network. “He asks why we shape, its labor market struggling to buy 50kg at once, now it’s more but the Taliban, who began their government officials. But during and shortages in the book for its place. And soon this border area travelers are asleep.” to absorb a young and often un- like four,” he said. annual spring offensive last month, work on the subject, I came to the future publication. was changed into hotbed of Islam- Eight centuries later, sleep has skilled workforce. The Afghan Entrepreneurs and political are clashing with Afghan forces conclusion to write a book by ap- Dr Waris Mohammad Wazir ic resistance active from the terri- won in Balkh, and Hairatan sees Ministry of Labor says 22 per- leaders agree that the end of the across the nation, especially in the plying scientific method on the March 20 tory of Pakistan. few travelers — a situation local cent of the workforce is unem- NATO combat mission in Afghan- east, where Islamic State group is basis of first hand sources that London In order to indicate the impor- entrepreneurs and politicians at- ployed, while 16 percent are in odd istan in late 2014 sounded the death also trying to gain a foothold. could be used for drafting national Introduction tance of the subject matter of the tribute to insecurity and the de- jobs. This is in part because, apart knell for the local economy, which Mohammed Eisa Amiri, a policy for reforms in the Afghan According to United Nations, current work, the aims and objec- parture of foreign troops. from saffron, some cotton and had experienced a rebirth with the former warlord turned importer- tribal belt. Afghanistan has been one of the tive of the study and its academic “Three years ago, you had to grapes, war-torn Afghanistan does fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. exporter, said the insecurity has During my studies on this ‘least developed countries’ of the innovation, it is worthwhile to put wait five or six days for a boat to not produce much else. Hajji Walid Akbarzada, a build- shaken Uzbek merchants, even if Tribal Region, I realised that there world and deserved attention of a glance over the general tribal-po- become free and bring our goods The little Afghanistan does ing materials importer, said devel- it does not touch Hairatan. was virtually very limited academ- few orientalists, and scholars of the litical situation prior to the April across the river Amu Darya from export is hit with “prohibitive tax- opment aid has dried up with the “They no longer have confi- ic resources available on this sub- academic institutions till uprising uprising and the place of the dom- Uzbekistan to Afghanistan. There es” levied by Central Asian na- departure of the military. dence in us because of the Taliban ject. The books, academic journal in April 1978. But during the last inant Pashtoon nation therein. The was a real bottleneck,” importer tions, Balkh Chamber of Com- “Before, foreigners had many and Daesh [Islamic State]. They and articles that were published by few years the development of tribal-national situation of Afghan- Mohammed Afzal Joya said. merce vice president Mir Abdul assistance programs and were do not want to get involved in Af- the Western scholars about the political situation within and istan is demonstrated by the fact “Today there is no longer any Wahab Delsouz said. building their facilities, but they ghanistan,” he said. eastern tribal Pashtoons mainly around this country, the entangle- that it is a united multi-ethnic state boat,” he said in Mazar-i-Sharif, He accuses Afghanistan’s left, and there are no more “If the world continues to ig- concentrated on the limited aspects ment of superpowers like former inhabited according to some ex- the largest city near Hairatan. neighbors of “keeping our goods projects,” said the entrepreneur, nore Afghanistan, we will return of their history, culture and eco- Soviet Union, United States of perts by more than twenty ethnic “If two freight trains cross the in stations or ports” for fear of who brought iron bars and metal to civil war, as in 1992,” he said, nomic relations. Even, this infor- America as well as China and like- groups. * bridge in a day, this is Peru,” said competition. In the end, the over- products from Uzbekistan. adding that: “I am ready to take mation was to my understanding wise the direct and indirect involve- By the end of 1970s, the pop- the chief of the Hairatan rail yard, all picture is alarming. Turnover fell 70 percent in the up arms again if our region is threat- very superficial it was simply pre- ment of its neighbors Pakistan and ulation of Afghanistan was 16 mil- who requested anonymity. “Trade between Central Asia past three years and he had to lay ened by the Taliban.”—(AFP) senting a chronology of events. Iran in its affairs, have brought the lion people, majority of whom Thus I enrolled at the Depart- country forth to the center of consisted of Pashtoons. Tajiks, ment of History of pedagogical world politics and have attracted Uzbeks, Hazaras, Charaimaqs, institute of former Soviet Union the attention of scholars of vari- Turkmen and Baluchs are other as a post-graduate student and be- ous fields to the affairs of forgot- major groups inhabiting in the gun comprehensive study of so- ten Afghanistan. In the former country. Likewise other ethnicities, cio-political changes in this tribal Soviet Union, the military contin- like Nuristanis, Pashais, Kirgiz, area during 1880-1980. In order to gents of which remained in Afghan- Hindus, Sikhs, Arabs, Kurds, Or- further enrich the work, I also de- istan from December 1979 to mars, Tatars, Uyghur and other also cided to include it for PhD thesis February 1989, the issues under live in country. Besides other fea- as well. After completing the out- discussion became the focus of tures in the national fabric, differ- line of the book and collection of wide-ranging dialogue within the ent position of various nationali- material for it, it became clear that broad social spectrum in the be- ties in the social structure, reflects I had stepped into unknown area ginning of 90s. And the Afghan the landscape of Afghanistan. of study and research. Unfortu- experiment was acknowledged as Due to its geographical loca- nately, during my study I realised the decisive factor in the assess- tion, Afghanistan faces some prob- that except of formal and general ment of positive and negative lems. The mountain ranges divide study resulting in historical chro- sides and mechanism of political the people in isolated areas from nology of the events, Orientalists decisions of USSR. The Afghan each other , keep intact their pe- have not profoundly studied about lessons for the Russian Federation culiar features and thus block the the Pashtoon tribes. Although as the successor of former Soviet interaction of different tribes and western and Russian Orientalists Union are multi-dimensional. ethnicities within the tribe. Many have written a limited number of One of the drawn lessons from it ethnic and national groups of the works about the history, econo- consists of the fact that politics country are scattered in various my, literature and culture of the should not be divorced from sci- areas. Only Pashtoons populate tribes, yet taking into account the ence. The international policy the entire spectrum of land in coun- complex character of Pashtoon should be formed and conducted try. The migration of the popula- tribes, the correctness and accura- by keeping in mind the historical tion takes place continuously as cy of these writings and research- and other particulars of every al- legal historical necessity. Pash- es are questionable. During the lied state, the balance of forces ex- toons gradually moved to the north period of the study the civil war isting therein, its power centers and during the last three centuries as a was going on in Afghanistan which the place it enjoys in the system result of migrations and war relat- made difficult carrying out field of regional and international rela- ed reasons. research about border afghan tions. On the one hand, the cre- The major portion of Tajiks tribes. That is why the process of ation of general theory of the his- has inhabited the Kabul, Badakhs- completion of this work got pro- torical development within the han, Herat and Parwan provinces longed. The second reason of re- framework of dogmatic historical and a portion of them live in south search prolongation, as mentioned materialism, the inconsideration and eastern parts of the country. above, was that the issue of Af- of the peculiarities of the East and, Hazaras are generally residing in ghan tribes being very briefly anal- on the other hand, the extremist two areas: in Kabul province and ysed. Thirdly, the time period of ideologically motivated class- the central highlands of Gharjistan research (1880 – 1980) is very long based foreign policy gave birth to (Hazarajat) - in Bamiyanin, covering a century of Afghan his- big blunders by the former Soviet Daikundi province (formerly part tory. Because of all these difficul- Union in Afghanistan . Therefore, of Uruzgan province), Wardak and ties, the completion of this work it is very significant for Russia Ghazni provinces along with took more than 10 years. During willing to conduct powerful east- Tajiks and Pashtoons . The major that period, I also worked as a dip- ern policy, to keeping into account portion of Uzbeks lives in north lomat in the Afghan Embassy in the Afghan lesson. * of the country in Faryab, Takhar, Moscow. I continued research in Unfortunately, it is to be said Samangan and Jauzjan provinces. the Institute of Social Sciences with utmost sorrow that “Afghan Only half of them live in Faryab. Art of bead making: Khala Zada’s journey under the Central Committee of the Studies” as a branch of Oriental Turkmen live separately alongside Communist Party of former Sovi- Institute of the Soviet Union has other ethnic groups in some of the et Union and finally completed miserably failed in knowing the northern provinces, but in no prov- from Afghanistan to Amrapali work on PhD thesis in the Mos- history and society of Afghanistan. ince they constitute one-third of Designing and selling handmade nership between Amrapali and either Hindi or English she spoke and other women in Afghanistan cow State Institute of Internation- Over the period till the end of inhabitants. More than half of jewelry fashioned from tiny beads Afghanistan’s Aayenda Jewelry with the help of a translator. In is showcased at Amrapali store in al Relations under the Foreign 1970s, in the said field, many their fathers along with a part of of the semi-precious lapis lazuli Cooperative whose members com- 2013, Zada along with 35 other Dehli. Handcrafted Jewelry by Ministry of Russian Federation. shortcomings existed in the un- Uzbeks, Kirgiz and Tajiks came to stone has helped Khala Zada, a prise local Afghan craftswomen. “I artisans received training in jewel- widows and other women in Af- It is now 27 years since I com- derstanding of social structure Afghanistan during 20s and 30s of widow from Afghanistan support was engaged in carpet making from ry design, craftsmanship, gem-cut- ghanistan is showcased at Amra- pleted my study of the eastern trib- of Afghan society, the features of the twentieth century from the her family of eight for the last 17 my childhood along with other ting and business management pali store in Delhi. (Source: PTI) al regions of Afghanistan. Now national-tribal relationship, the Soviet Central Asian republics as years. In her fifties, Khala Zada, household works. Now I dedicate skills at the Institute of Gems and The 6-months long skill enhance- there exist neither PDPA nor its position of Islam, the role of tribal Basmachies thrown out by Soviet who first learnt the art of bead 10 hours of the day for bead-mak- Jewelry in Jaipur. New Delhi: ment training program, organized government, but the issues dis- factor, and the particulars of rela- forces. The ethnic composition of making from a neighbor and now ing and the remaining for my Handcrafted Jewelry by widows by a non-governmental organiza- cussed in the thesis keep its scien- tions among the regions of Mid- urban dwellers is different in all runs a small-scale business in down- house. I am not the only one doing and other women in Afghanistan tion Future Brilliance also impart- tific value. dle East etc. The revolutionary cities of Afghanistan. Majority of town Kabul, is here to participate such things. is showcased at a store in Delhi. ed training on the use of social Moreover, the developments practice also showed that the people speak two languages; Pa- in a showcase featuring a collec- Almost all the women in my PTI Photo (Editors advised to see media, m-commerce and basic IT in and around Afghanistan clearly PDPA**, its members and even its shto and Dari. Both languages are tion of the intense blue semi-pre- village are doing something or the MAG story slugged JEWELERY, skills to enable research, develop- require the scholars and politicians leaders also did not know their official languages. Majority speak cious stone jewelry at the Amra- other to support their families and MAG1, 2) ment and selling of products on- to gave attention to the regional own society and were miles away Pashto. Dari speakers are Tajiks, pali store in the city. The show- contributing to the household in- (PT15_26_2016_000066A) line with work placements at Am- and ethno - political features and from the ground realities of the re- Hazaras and others. cased collection celebrates a part- come,” Zada said. Not fluent in Handcrafted Jewelry by widows rapali. study the role of “Tribal Factor” gion; they believed in the general Both these languages do not in the historical development of principles of non-capitalist way of enjoy the same currency. All edu- Afghanistan. Indeed, the matter is development which has not proved cated Pashtoons living in cities broader that it seem. There are its ‘“‘worth in practical life. The understand Dari while, the propor- potential capacities of explosive fractional rivalry within the party, tion of other linguistic communi- forces (presently has surged head) lust for power and even treachery ties speaking Pashto is insignifi- that can bring together and unify cost very high to the people of cant. the whole Pashtoon nation divid- Afghanistan. The civil war started Despite the apparent equal ed by Durand Line. It can change right in the beginning of 1978, put legal status of both languages en- the geopolitical landscape in the hundred thousands of people to visaged in 1964 constitution for the broad area from Central Asia to death and forced millions to emi- first time, their equality did not Indian Ocean. grate. realized. Taking into consideration the After the withdrawal of Wa- Dari language as lingua franca increasing role of ethnic-tribal fac- tan Party from the political arena, and language in the fields of busi- tors in the political contradiction the rivalry among the fundamental ness and culture maintained its during recent years, the potential Islamists, tribal, regional and lin- dominant position and Pashto keep reaction of Pashtoons is increas- guistic groups assumed bloody di- similar position only in military. ing within the framework of tribal mensions and the civil war was The problem of Pashto-Dari pro- rivalry and assuming a place in the further accentuated. Afghanistan is portion has been the kernel of lin- agenda of current political process. in such socially and po1itically guistic policy in all stages of state Development of recent events fractured position that threatens development. show that TR have been plying an its integrity as a state and repre- Religious alienation is another important role in the history of sent the fear of total annihilation characteristic of the people of the Afghanistan several times and in- of society. The absence of effec- country but its boundaries do not troduced political leaders at nation- tive central power , the mushroom- coincide with some of their ethnic al level, would not shun away from ing of warring factions in the unit- limits. the struggle for political power. ed country , the regional- ethnic The majority of the popula- The author dedicate the book peculiarities, the regional warlords tion (All Pashtoons, majority of as a humble present to afghan so- struggle for widening of their Tajiks and Uzbeks, Turkmans, ciety in this critical stage of histo- spheres of influence, all are the Pashais, Nuristanis, Baluchs and ry through which Afghanistan is manifestation threatening the col- some others, all about 85%) are stepping into 21 century under lapse of state. The border tribal followers of Sunni sect. Hazaras , the influence of current national belt with its historical and geopo- a portion of Tajiks in Badakhshan, and international developments. litical position has ever played an Parwan and Ghazni, some groups I know that as a first step the important and exceptional role. of Kirghiz and Charaimaqs are Sh- present study about the tribal fac- The mentioned region situat- ias. Afghan Shias are divided into tor issue is not free from mistakes. ed along the eastern side of border several groups. There are some Is- Therefore, I hope that scholars and with Pakistan is mostly inhabited maili Shias in Wakhan, Shaghnan researchers would read it carefully by Pashtoon tribes. After 1978 and Khuahan localities of Bada- and would come forward with uprising, Kabul has confronted the khsh as well as in Parvan, Bamiy- their academic criticism in an im- first resistance from this area. The an, Baghlan and Samangan high- partial way. Criticism would help first groups of Afghan refugees lands. me to rectify the present mistakes started going to Pakistan from this To be continued MONDAY. MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Flood-affected residents of Badakhshan in need of assistance FAIZABAD: More than 1,000 flood-affected people have been given assistance in northeastern Badakhshan province, where hun- dreds of homeless families are in dire need of assistance, an official said on Sunday. Syed Abdullah Humayun Dehqan, head of the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (AND- MA) for Badakhshan, said food and other essential items had been delivered to some of the victims. Provided by governmental and none-governmental organisations, the aid was distributed to affected EMERGENCY people in Shuhada and Teshkan districts of the province, where CALLS 841 houses were partially de- stroyed. According to the AND- MA director, with help of foreign Police and domestic organisations, they have been able to arrange assistance 100 - 119 including floor, oil, rice, sugar, beans, tea and drinking water for the affected families. In addition, Hospitals the families were provided with blankets, necessary appliances, FMIC Hospital clothes for children, tents and Behind Kabul Medical medicine.Deputy GovernorDr. Gul Mohammad Baidarsaid they University: secured 200 tents for the victims. 0202500200-+93793275595 Mohammad AzimMusavi, admin- istrative chief for Teshkan district, said 385 families who lost their Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital houses to the floods were in need Pule Bagh-e- Umomi of assistance but no help had been extended to them as yet. 070263672 Sheikh Hamidullah, head of the local development council in Shu- hada district, said 220 families had Khairkhana Hospital not been provided with assistance. 0799-321007 The households had lost their houses and livestock to the floods. 2401352 (Pajhwok) Pakistan’s massive military oper- ation aimed at rooting out terror- Indira Gandhi Children ism is in its “final phase”, but the GERMAN RHETORIC ON Hospital, Wazir Akbar menace is not going to just go away unless there is peace on the other Khan, Kabul 2301372 side of the border in strife-torn AFGHAN MIGRANTS Afghanistan, Ambassador Malee- ha Lodhi has said during a talk at Ibn-e- Seena Harvard University. DOESN'T MEET REALITY “I think we have beaten back Pul-e-Artan, Kabul the dark forces of terrorism,” the The 75 people stuffed onto the Afghans are granted protection, Pakistani envoy told students and small dinghy watched with horror according to ProAsyl, Germany's 2100359 faculty members in a special pod- as the water flowed in, eventually main refugee rights organization. cast recorded at the Kennedy covering bags filled with clothes "Many of them have been in a Wazir Akbar Khan School as part of its programme and mementos from the devastat- panic even though we tried to con- on the “Future of Diplomacy”. Al Jazeera speaks to Noorjahan Akbar, a human rights activist, about the immense ed homes they were fleeing. Jawad, vince them that their chances are Hospital “We will defeat them (the ter- challenges facing Afghan women a 25-year-old Afghan, prayed as relatively high here," said Bernd 2301741, 2301743 rorists) eventually — it’s still a he huddled with his wife, daughter Mesovic, deputy head of ProA- work in progress — but we have Afghanistan's women have made eye of the international press, these closed due to insecurity depriving and infant son. syl. "What the German government come a long way,” she said about significant gains in recent years, 'honour' killings are not out of the thousands of girls and boys of an "We were about to sink. All is doing now is a policy of dis- Ali Abad Zarb-e-Azb, describing it as the the children were crying," he says. couragement with its trash talk largest anti-terrorism operation with more girls attending school ordinary. Whether by the Taliban education. Just this week, 20 Shahrara, Kabul anywhere in the world. and more women working outside or family members, Afghan wom- school girls were poisoned in Ghor "We were praying and crying. We about Afghans." In the course of her conversa- the home. en are killed regularly for the sim- province. were so hopeless." This policy - trying to get mi- 2100439 tion, Ambassador Lodhi discussed But fear still overshadows the ple fact of being born female or These attacks are terrifying, And then came deliverance, in grants to voluntarily go home or, peace, security issues and dynam- lives of many. choosing their own husbands. not just for those who have faced the form of a passing Greek patrol better yet, not come to Germany ics related to the region and be- A resurgent Taliban recently However, what these specific pub- the violence themselves, but for the boat. Jawad and his family were at all - is critical because deporta- Malalai Maternity yond as well as Pakistan’s role at provoked outrage by publicly ex- lic executions tell me is that the country as a whole. taken to Greece and made the long tions can take many months when the United Nations. ecuting two women, but as this 101 rule of law has further deteriorat- Al Jazeera: International or- overland journey to the country factoring in the time it takes to Hospital Dealing with what she called East documentary shows, the ed in Afghanistan and that is not ganisations have raised concerns 2201377/ 2301743 the “multi-dimensional threat of greatest threat many women face good for anyone. that women's rights activists are terrorism,” the Pakistani envoy comes from loved ones at home. Al Jazeera: Many Afghan being deliberately targeted. How said law enforcement and military Banks measures need to be complement- Activist Noorjahan Akbar talks women suffer domestic violence at difficult is it for activists to stand ed by countering the terrorists’ about the challenges in overcom- the hands of their family. How dif- up and demand change? method of exploiting fears and ing conservative attitudes in the ficult is it to change attitudes to- Akbar: I don't know any hu- Da Afghanistan Bank grievances to lure followers into face of rising "anti-woman propa- wards women? man rights activist working for gen- 2100302, 2100303 their fold. ganda". Akbar: It is extremely difficult der equality who feels safe in Af- “One lesson we learnt over the Al Jazeera: How would you to change attitudes towards wom- ghanistan. past decade and a half is that be- describe the current state of wom- en and decrease gender-based vio- We have seen our sisters killed Bakhtar Bank cause we are dealing with a multi- en's rights in Afghanistan? lence anywhere in the world, but and asked for justice only to be 0776777000 dimensional threat we also need a Noorjahan Akbar: Like the in Afghanistan it is hard also be- threatened and sidelined more. We toolkit which is multi-focused and current state of the country, the cause radicalism, Talibanism and have called for the prosecution of Azizi Bank equally multi-faceted, and for that current state of Afghan women is gender-based violence at home are those who killed Malalai Kakar, reason the kinetic part of what we tumultuous and unstable. While - all related and perpetuate one an- Hanifa Safi, Safia Ahmed Jan, 0799 700900 need to do has to be supplement- ed by non-kinetic measures”. since the US-led intervention - other. Zakia Zaki and many more jour- Pashtany Bank “Law enforcement is an im- Afghan women have made a con- Especially in the last few years, nalists and activists killed for be- 2102908, 2103868 portant dimension but so is evolv- siderable amount of progress, with there has been an increase in radi- ing outspoken women and we have ing a counter narrative to that used [today's] increased insecurity, eco- cal anti-woman propaganda in the been told to shut up. by the men of violence who de- nomic inequality, and radicalism, big cities. Local mosques that were We are told on a daily basis Air Services ploy certain kinds of appeals to we are afraid that our accomplish- once moderate and somewhat ac- that we shouldn't talk about the recruit the young and impression- ments will be threatened, and the cepting of women's rights, now issues we face, the rape threats we they hope to make their home - apply for asylum, wait for a deci- Safi Airways able.” few civil rights and individual free- spend entire sermons on how get, the violence women around us Germany. sion, and then go through the ap- Setting the regional situation doms we have will be taken away women shouldn't be allowed to face because it will bring shame to Jawad recalls that day vividly peals process. 020 22 22 222 in context, Ambassador Lodhi said from us. work, study, or even speak in pub- our country. when he hears the German gov- Deportations are rising - twice the security challenge in the re- Since 2009, the number of Af- lic. The reality is that the fact that ernment's new tough talk about as many people were deported Ariana gion has emerged from many pro- ghan women working has increased, In addition to using public ex- these injustices exist is a matter of sending Afghan refugees home. from Germany in 2015 as in 2014 longed conflicts — Afghanistan has Tears well up as he contemplates - but it still only amounted to been in a state of conflict for over but a large number of female activ- ecutions to make a show of wom- shame - not people demanding an 020-2100270 three and a half decades, while on ists and journalists have left the en's punishment and terrorise end for it. the possibility that, after all that, 20,888 people last year. Of those, the other side the Kashmir dispute country due to fear of violence. women into silence and into the Al Jazeera: Afghan women still Germany might deny them asy- most were sent back to the Bal- Kam Air between India and Pakistan re- When I talk about the threat margins, today's radicals use tele- face numerous challenges in their lum. kans; only nine people were de- mains unresolved. of violence, I don't just mean the visions, social media, sermons, and daily lives. Are you optimistic "My family is worth it," he ported to Afghanistan in 2015, two 0799974422 “We in Pakistan call it (the Taliban - even though they are even schools to perpetuate and about the future? says quietly at the Berlin asylum- to Iraq and nobody was deported Kashmir problem) the unfinished largely responsible for targeting sanctify violence. Akbar: Yes. I am optimistic seekers' home. "We just need to be to Syria. Hotels business of partition as a result of and killing female teachers, police Al Jazeera: Impressive gains because I see the passion with given the chance." The policy of discouragement, this unresolved dispute and other officers, journalists, and activists. have been made in the number of which young women are working Like many Afghans seeking however, has met with better suc- Safi Landmark unsettled issues with India the re- On a daily basis, Afghan women girls attending school in Afghani- for change inside the country and asylum in Germany, Jawad and his cess. gion has seen tension, conflict, war face harassment in public spaces. stan. Is there a danger that these because I know that despite the family find themselves caught in In 2015, 37,220 people re- 020-2203131 and along with that have come the In fact, nine out of 10 women say rights could be eroded? heartache, the threats and the dis- the middle of Chancellor Angela turned home voluntarily, primari- security challenges we face today,” Merkel's new strategy to help the ly to the Balkans, while the flow the ambassador said in the special they have faced harassment at Akbar: Yes, and we are seeing appointments this fight are worth SERENA podcast. some point on the way to work or the erosion right now. In 2014, 163 it. country manage its massive influx of migrants from those nations has Discussing the global threat of school, and out of those, 14 per- schools were attacked in Afghani- Being pessimistic will not help of migrants. He spoke on condi- slowed to a trickle. In that year, 0799654000 terrorism she said this had both cent say they stopped going to stan. us. It will only discourage us from tion his last name not be used for Albania and Kosovo were in the internal and external dimensions school because of it. Eighty-seven The majority of these schools working. fear of reprisals against relatives top five countries of origin for mi- everywhere.Across the world, she percent of Afghan women have were girls' schools. This year, these I prefer not giving up. Afghan- at home. grants after Syria, Afghanistan and New Rumi Restaurant said, countries including the Unit- faced verbal, sexual or physical attacks have increased. In January, istan belongs to me and my peers Those almost certain to be Iraq, but in the latest figures from 0776351347 ed States or other states in the violence at home. a girls' school was torched in Kab- as much as it belongs to the radi- granted asylum, like Syrians and April they're not even in the top Middle East were confronted with The vast majority of cases of ul - something that hasn't happened cals advocating for violence, and Iraqis, have their cases streamlined 10. Internet Services ISIS, and also having to deal with violence against women, even the in the capital city since the Tali- we will not surrender the country and get quicker access to integra- For Afghans, however, the both domestic and external dimen- public targeted assassinations, are ban took power in 1996. to them - not without a fight at tion courses. Migrants who are al- rhetoric seems to have had little UA Telecom sions. Ambassador Lodhi briefed not met with any legal consequenc- In February, the Ministry of least. most guaranteed a denial, like those effect. After committing thousands the audience on Pakistan’s active 0796701701 / 0796702702 es. Education said 700 schools were Aljazeera from the Balkans, are being deport- of troops and hundreds of millions role at the United Nations that ed more quickly. of euros for more than a decade to had earned great respect for the Despite all this, Afghan wom- Exchange Rate country. “We work, of course, en are teachers, ministers, parlia- In the middle are the Afghans, help stabilize Afghanistan, Berlin with other countries at the United mentarians, musicians, writers, who have a good chance of being maintains there are safe areas in Nations, which is an amazing journalists, photographers, vacci- allowed to stay but are being urged the country. Purchase: place because the principal dynam- nators and more, and we are work- to return - or remain - home. Foreign Ministry spokesman ic there is cooperative, not com- ing hard to make things better for Interior Minister Thomas de Martin Schaefer went so far as to One US$ = petitive,” she said. “In fact, no ourselves and the country. Maiziere has said that "people who say that "the Taliban's terrorist country, however powerful can But in order for us to really come from Afghanistan cannot ex- attacks are not directed at the Af- 68.62Afs achieve anything at the United participate in rebuilding Afghani- pect that they will be able to stay," ghan people" but instead at Afghan One Pound Sterling= Nations on its own.” She said mul- stan, our security should be a pri- and the government regularly em- security forces. But according to a 97.86Afs tilateral diplomacy teaches some- ority for our government. When phasizes that fewer than 50 per- U.N. report, 600 civilians were thing very fundamental about di- cent of Afghans' asylum applica- killed in Afghanistan's war in the One Euro = plomacy itself which is unless you our bodies are fair game, when it is cooperate with others and align always open season on women, tions are granted. first quarter of 2016 alone, and a 77.06Afs your interest with the interest of when we are fearful of losing our But the reality is different. further 1,343 wounded. 1000 Pak Rs = other countries, you are not going lives on a daily basis, how can we The German government fac- Jawad pointed to the massive to achieve any of your own goals move the country forward? tors in not only asylum rejections bombing in his native Kabul just 642Afs either. “But whatever the issue Al Jazeera: The Taliban recent- but also so-called "formal deci- days before Schaefer's comments Sale: area, Pakistan has been at the fore- ly publicly executed two women - sions" - where an applicant isn't that killed more than 60 people and One US$ = front on development issues as one of them in an apparent honour refused on the merits of their case injured 350 others, primarily ci- also on intensely political issues killing - in northern Afghanistan, but for other reasons like because vilians. 68.82 Afs as a several-time member of the according to news reports. Are you another European country is re- "Since I was a little boy, the One Pound Sterling= Security Council,” the ambassador concerned that this could signal a sponsible, or because the migrant only thing I can remember is trou- 98.66Afs said.”Pakistan has played a key downward spiral for Afghan wom- left Germany on their own or mar- ble and war," he said. "The Tali- role in shaping some of the norms One Euro= en? ried a German. Looking at adjust- ban have made life in Afghanistan that emerged on peacekeeping as 77.66 Afs well as peace and security issues,” Akbar: The harsh reality is that ed figures that remove the formal terrible." she said. APP even though this case caught the decisions, closer to 80 percent of AP 1000 Pak Rs= 650Afs MONDAY . MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

KOLKATA: Two warships of the graded version of the Talwar class Western Fleet were scrambled from of ships and was commissioned in Mumbai on Friday after Pakistani the Navy in 2012. Built in Russia, naval vessels were detected close the INS Tarkash has state-of-the- to Indian territorial waters. This art sensors and communications happened hours after the stealth equipment and is BrahMos mis- frigate INS Tarkash came in con- sile capable. Any country is bound tact with Pakistani warships in to get jittery if it detects such a international waters. INS Tarkash lethal platform close to its territo- is one of three Indian warships that rial waters. For the Navy, this is called on ports in the United Arab an opportunity to check on the Emirates (UAE) recently in a show ship's stealth and other capabili- of cooperation and friendship. ties. "The INS Delhi, INS Deepak Now it''s turn to annex Bul- and INS Tarkash berthed at sever- lochistan like Bangladesh. Porkies al ports in the UAE including only understand one language. Dubai, Bahrain and Muscat. Meet- "Laton ke Bhoot Baton Se Kabhi ings were also held between senior Nahin Maante" officers of the Indian and UAE "This is sort of a cat and mouse navies. While the Indian ships were game. The Pakistani warships may in the UAE, Indian defence minis- have followed INS Tarkash as she ter Manohar Parrikar also paid a headed back towards Mumbai. The visit to the Emirates and held talks Pakistani ships were picked up as with officials there. On the way they approached Indian territorial back, while INS Delhi and INS waters and the two warships set Deepak headed straight for base, off from Mumbai to herd them off, INS Tarkash took a slightly round- should they get too close. All coun- about route. While sailing in inter- tries engage in such prowling close national waters close to a fleet of to the territorial waters of neigh- Pakistani warships and was asked bours. We keep on getting similar to back off," a source in the Navy contacts from Chinese warships in said. the Bay of Bengal," the source add- In naval parlance, this act by ed. three-ship team that visited the UAE. Good ties — both military and otherwise — with the UAE are sought MUZAFFARABAD: Informa- pare a proportional response. the INS Tarkash is called "finger- Pakistan is certainly aware that after by India as well as Pakistan. While Pakistan had enjoyed good relations with the Emirates in the past, tion Minister Pervaiz Rashid Sat- Nawaz vowed to make the coun- ing". The stealth frigate is an up- the INS Tarkash was part of the India's ties with the UAE were strengthened after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit in 2015. urday said Youm-e-Takbeer is tes- try’s defence impregnable and pro- tament to the fact that Prime Min- vide the required funding. On May ister Nawaz Sharif did not bow to 28, the tests were carried out. world powers or was bought. But for this, the premier was Addressing Youm-e-Takbeer exiled from the country. 10 killed in Bangladesh local election violence Workers Convention in Muzaf- The information minister add- farabad, he detailed the events lead- ed that the people will protect the DHAKA: At least 10 people have Dhaka hospital on Saturday, an “The violence during the cur- ing up to the six nuclear tests con- prestige and honour of Nawaz as been killed and thousands injured officer said. rent local elections surpassed all ducted by Pakistan on May 28, their prestige and honour was en- in clashes between supporters and In Jamalpur, hundreds of records. The level of irregularities 1998. hanced by conducting six atomic candidates of rival parties during armed supporters of an Awami were also unprecedented,” EWG’s Rashid recalled that after In- blasts. Nuclearisation of the Indi- the latest Bangladesh local elec- League candidate clashed with ri- director Abdul Alim told AFP. dia carried out nuclear tests in an Ocean region tions, police and poll monitors said vals supporting a candidate who Alim said the latest violence Pokhran, between May 11-13, Rashid said that today the pre- Sunday. had defected from the party, po- put the overall death toll at 90 al- people of Kashmir were curious mier has ordered completion of Unprecedented levels of vio- lice said. though local monitoring group about a Pakistani response. mega power projects such as the lence and allegations of poll rig- “Three people died. They had Shujan said 101 people had been We must get prepared against Neelum-Jehlum project. But he ging have marred local council elec- bullet marks and arrow injuries,” killed. external threats: Nawaz But sev- lamented that conspiracies like sit- tions held in phases since March, Jamalpur deputy police chief Bangladesh has been hit by a eral hurdles were created for Is- ins and street demonstrations were with at least 90 people killed in Shariful Haq told AFP, adding po- political crisis since the BNP and lamabad to reply. being hatched against the prime total, according to monitors. lice opened fire to bring the situa- other opposition parties boycott- The minister said that then US minister who was planning to pro- Pakistan summons Bangladesh tion under control. ed the 2014 general election. President Bill Clinton called vide gas and electricity to the peo- envoy over Jamaat leader’s execu- Islamic State ‘falsely claiming’ Scores of people were killed Nawaz five times asking him not ple. Without naming anyone, he tion attacks in Bangladesh in firebomb attacks on vehicles last to conduct atomic tests, money to took a swipe at political opponents Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi- A candidate from the main year when BNP leader Khaleda Zia the tune of $5 billion was also of- stating that accountability should na’s ruling Awami League is look- opposition Bangladesh National- called a transport blockade as part fered. Even intellectuals at that be done in accordance with the ing to tighten its grip on power in ist Party (BNP) was stabbed to of her efforts to force the govern- time advised the prime minister Constitution and in this regard loan the polls, as Bangladesh reels from death in eastern Comilla district ment to hold fresh elections. against the tests, warning that the defaulters ought to prepare them- a protracted political crisis. while another was killed in south- Bangladesh’s Example: Govt government will have to face se- selves. During the latest round of vot- ern Chittagong, police said. warned to curb corruption vere challenges and difficulties. Claiming that Pakistan Te- ing on Saturday, three people were Election Working Group Hasina’s secular government a series of gruesome murders of widespread intimidation of oppo- But the premier remained hreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be beaten killed in central Jamalpur district (EWG), funded by US charity the launched a crackdown in response secular and liberal activists and sition candidates and looting of steadfast, he said. in the upcoming elections in Azad and another seven elsewhere Asia Foundation, said the election to the violence, with thousands of members of religious minorities by ballots boxes by ruling party sup- Nuclear scientists, according Jammu and Kashmir, Rashid said around the country, police officials commission had “utterly failed to opposition supporters arrested — Islamist extremists. porters. Both the Awami League to Rashid told the premier that that people of the valley would said. conduct free and fair polls” main- particularly those from the main The BNP has blasted the elec- and the election commission have they required large sums of mon- bury the politics of lies and accu- A police officer injured in poll ly because it had no authority over Islamist party. tion commission’s handling of the said the polls have been fair. The ey and up to four weeks to pre- sations. violence last month also died in a police and local officials. Bangladesh is also reeling from local polls, saying there had been final phase will be held next month.

He made the call at a meeting with ing heavy rainstorms in Sri Lanka. expatriates of SAARC countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in According to the media, around “Citizens of SAARC coun- Japan’s Nagoya on Saturday, her 350,000 people have been dis- tries working abroad send a huge Principal Secretary Abul Kalam placed. amount of foreign currencies which Azad told reporters. Karim said the two leaders do not flow through us. Sri Lanka He said Hasina had assured agreed to enhance the ‘age-old’ ties wants to build a financial institute Sirisena of considering his request. between Colombo and Dhaka fur- so that the money can be flown Ihsanul Karim said the two ther. through the SAARC countries. Sri leaders discussed the flood situa- The prime minister urged the Lanka has developed a concept in tion in Sri Lanka besides other bi- Sri Lankan president to import this regard,” Mesbahuddin said. lateral issues. medicine and jute products from Sri Lankan Finance Minister Sirisena listed his country’s Bangladesh, he said. Ravi Karunanayake informed requirements to be able to tackle Foreign Secretary Shahidul Sheikh Hasina about the initiative, the situation, Karim said. Haque said Sirisena was eager to he said. The prime minister has al- visit Bangladesh in December. “We’ve said we will take steps ready cleared Tk 100 million as aid Economic Relations Division after studying their proposal,” he for Sri Lanka and ordered an ex- (ERD) Secretary Mohammad added. tension of further help, Karim Mesbahuddin said Hasina and Foreign Minister AH Mah- added. Over 40 persons died in re- Sirisena discussed Sri Lanka’s ini- mood Ali was also present at the cent landslides and floods follow- tiative to transfer the money of meeting. Nepal unveils $9b budget focused on quake reconstruction Nepal’s government Saturday un- “The objective of the budget veiled the first budget drawn up of the coming fiscal year is to... since the country introduced a new revive the economy affected by the constitution last September, with earthquake and the obstruction of a focus on funding reconstruction the supplies,” Poudel said. and reviving the battered econo- Poudel vowed to accelerate my. Millions continue to live in distribution of aid to the earth- temporary shelters after a 7.8-mag- quake survivors and announced nitude earthquake hit the Himalay- interest-free loans of up to $3,000 an nation in April 2015, killing near- for reconstruction of homes. ly 9,000 people. Nepal -- one of the world’s Finance minister Bishnu Pras- poorest countries even before the ad Poudel outlined a $9.78 billion disaster –- was devastated by the budget, allocating over $1 billion quake and the blockade, which to rebuilding efforts, while direct- sent growth prospects plummet- ing funds for infrastructure devel- ing in crucial sectors like agricul- opment and agriculture across the ture and tourism. country. The current growth rate is “We will speed up the post- forecasted at 0.77 percent, the low- quake reconstruction efforts and est since 2002 when the country complete it within stipulated was in the middle of a civil war. time... I have made provisions to However, the finance minister said make sure that the required re- he hoped to accelerate annual eco- sources are not scarce,” Poudel nomic growth to 6.5 percent. said. Poor planning and a sluggish According to Kathmandu’s bureaucracy have hampered estimates, the Himalayan nation growth in previous years, with the will need around $8.4 billion to government routinely failing to fund rebuilding, with donors pledg- spend funds allocated in annual ing $4.1 billion in aid. budgets and complete projects on The country’s economy, al- time. ready weakened by the disaster, “The budget is quite ambitious faced another blow when protest- but it is moving towards the right ers angry at the terms of a new direction,” said Chandra Mani national constitution mounted a Adhikari, senior economist and blockade at the Indian border, cre- chairman of the National Council ating crippling shortages that last- for Economic and Development ed for months. Research. MONDAY . MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Rockets fired US neglecting fight from Syria against ISIS, says land near Pentagon-trained Turkish rebel commander airport The commander of the US- Two rockets fired Saturday from trained force of Syrian rebels Iraq’s elite forces deployed around liberate it from Daesh,” he said, battling ISIS said on Friday that inside Syria landed near the inter- Fallujah on Saturday, marking a using an acronym for ISIS. national airport of Gaziantep, a the US is neglecting its duty to new phase in efforts to retake the Fallujah, 50 kilometres west of support the group in the fight major Turkish border city, al- extremist bastion, as concern grew Baghdad, is one of the two remain- though nobody was hurt, the Turk- against the militants. for trapped civilians there and in ing major Iraqi cities still in ISIS In an interview with the ish news agency Dogan reported. neighboring Syria. After almost a hands. ISIS also advanced in Syr- One of the projectiles landed New York Times, Lt. Col. Mo- week of shaping operations around ia’s northern Aleppo province and hammed Tallaa, a Syrian officer in a residential complex for em- Fallujah, the arrival of the counter- further east as a Kurdish-Arab al- ployees of Oguzeli airport, some who defected and is now the terrorism service (CTS) signaled liance backed by the US-led coali- US-trained group’s command- 20 kilometres (12 miles) outside that an assault on ISIS inside the tion pressed an offensive against the city and another came down in er, stated that his team is suf- city may be imminent. Raqqa, the extremists’ de facto cap- fering from a lack of weaponry scrubland, according to Dogan. The deployment of Iraq’s best- ital in Syria. Raqqa is home to an The rockets fell around 10:50 and equipment. trained and most battle-tested unit estimated 300,000 people and res- “I’m not saying the Ameri- am (0750 GMT), the agency said, came as US-backed forces pressed idents have been paying smugglers adding military officials and the cans let us down, but there is simultaneous offensives against $400 (350 euros) each to try to dereliction of duty. They are governor of Gaziantep were in- ISIS in both Iraq and Syria. flee after ISIS tightened restrictions specting the damage. not doing what they could,” he Abdelwahab al-Saadi, the top on people leaving, the activist said. “We don’t want the Amer- The nearby city of Kilis, just commander in charge of the Fallu- group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered a handful of kilometres from the icans to disrespect the lives of jah operation, said the CTS, po- Silently has said. Around 165,000 our men.” Syrian border, has been struck sev- lice and tribal fighters had reached displaced Syrians are also trapped eral times this year by rockets The rebels had completed a two camps south and east of the between the closed Turkish bor- training course in Jordan as part which Ankara says were fired by city. “These forces will break into der and the town of Azaz, spark- Islamic State fighters. Missiles of the Pentagon’s $500 million Fallujah in the next few hours to ing UN concern. effort to train and equip a force rarely penetrate deeper into Turk- of Syrian rebels to take on the ish territory. ISIS, which was conceived by Those attacks have claimed at President Barack Obama two least 21 lives with more than 70 years ago. Tallaa’s comments injured, including five on Friday. came after an ISIS suicide at- Iran’s Khamenei Gaziantep lies around 30 km tack this month killed a number further north away from the bor- of the group – which the report der. It was not clear if the rockets said put the last remaining Pen- were “strays” from fighting in tagon-trained rebels in Syria at warns of western northern Syria or if they consti- jeopardy. The commander did tuted a deliberate attack on the air- not give details of the precise port. Several European leaders in- number of casualties — and the cluding German Chancellor Ange- number of rebels at the base — ‘schemes’as new la Merkel and European Council for fear of endangering the re- President Donald Tusk visited maining rebels, but said that the Gaziantep only last month. Turk- attack came as a heavy blow to ish forces say they have respond- the small and under-equipped MPs meet ed to rocket attacks by bombard- force. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali ing ISIS positions in northern Syr- Khamenei urged newly-elected ia. ISIS militants entered a Syrian lawmakers Saturday to resist opposition stronghold in the coun- Detainees launch “schemes” from the West as par- try’s north on Saturday, marking liamentarians met in Tehran for the the extremist group's most signifi- new riot in central first time since elections finished cant advance near the Turkish bor- in April. der in two years, Syrian opposi- Syria prison “The turbulent state of the re- tion groups said. gion and the world and the inter- More than 160,000 civilians Syrian prison inmates in Hama national adventurism of oppres- are trapped in the fighting, which rioted Saturday for the second sors and their vassals have con- also forced the evacuation of one time this month, holding its di- fronted the Islamic Iran with con- of the few remaining hospitals in rector and a police chief hostage ditions more complicated than be- the area, run by the international and demanding to be released, a fore,” said a message from Khame- medical organization Doctors monitor said. nei, read to a packed parliament Without Borders. “A new riot started in the chamber. On Saturday, ISIS fighters central Hama prison appearing Khamenei, who has the final staged two suicide bombings tar- to be more serious than the pre- say on all matters in the country, geting “opposition forces” near vious one as the prisoners were repeated his familiar call for loyal- seats. The role of the independent Marea, ISIS said via its news agen- able to detain the director of the ty to the principles of the 1979 members will be critical in the bal- cy, Aamaq. Following the suicide prison, the head of police in revolution and resistance against ance of parliament’s partisan pow- bombings, ISIS militants entered Hama city and nine policemen,” Western infiltration. ers. Incumbent conservative speak- Marea and fighting began inside the the Syrian Observatory for Hu- “It is the revolutionary and er Ali Larijani and reformist Mo- town, according to the Syrian Ob- man Rights said. legal duty of you to make the par- hammad Reza Aref are the top can- servatory for Human Rights, a A raid by security forces on liament a stronghold against the didates standing for the position. Britain-based opposition media the prison in the central city of schemes, charms and impudently Iranian media say Larijani, who outfit that tracks Syria’s civil war. Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi French multilateral peace initiative, An upsurge in violence since excessive demands of the Arro- The territorial gains around the Hama earlier this month failed blasted Israel as a bastion of “rac- which Israel has turned down. October has killed 205 Palestin- supported last year’s nuclear to end a mutiny involving gance,” his message read. agreement with major powers, rebel strongholds of Marea and ism and fascism” on Saturday at a The French initiative involves ians and 28 Israelis. Most of the “Arrogance” was a term first Azaz, north of Aleppo city, are a around 800 inmates who activ- meeting of foreign ministers to dis- holding a meeting of foreign minis- Palestinians killed were carrying seems to have the upper hand. ists said were mostly political used by the Islamic republic’s Parliamentary polls were held blow to the Turkey and Saudi- cuss a French Middle East peace ters from a range of countries, in- out knife, gun or car-ramming at- founder Ayatollah Ruhollah backed rebels, who have been detainees. initiative. The Arab ministers are cluding US Secretary of State John tacks, Israeli authorities say. in late February. A second round Detainees took 10 guards Khomeini to describe Western took place in April for 68 seats struggling to retain a foothold in expected to adopt a resolution on Kerry, on June 3, but without the The unrest has steadily de- powers, especially the United the region while being squeezed by hostage in that riot, which start- the plan to revive negotiations be- Israelis and Palestinians present. clined in recent weeks. where no candidate had obtained a ed after an attempt to transfer States. minimum 25 percent of first round opponents from all sides. They tween Israel and President Mah- An international conference Many analysts say that Pal- The 290-member parliament also demonstrated the ISIS group’s inmates to another prison near mud Abbas’s Palestinian Authori- would then be held in the autumn, estinian frustration with Israeli votes. Saturday’s opening session Damascus where numerous ex- was inaugurated in the presence of comes less than a year after long ability to stage major offensives ty. In his speech to the ministers, with the Israelis and Palestinians occupation and settlement build- 265 members, with three seats va- and capture new areas, despite a ecutions of prisoners have been Arabi, who has been a vocal critic in attendance. The goal is an even- ing in the West Bank, the complete negotiations between Rouhani’s reported. cant after votes for two MPs were government and world powers cul- string of recent losses in Syria and of Israel, said the country “has tru- tual relaunch of negotiations that lack of progress in peace efforts nullified by Iran’s constitutional Iraq. A missile is fired from ISIS After that protest, the Dam- ly become today the last bastion would lead to a Palestinian state. and their own fractured leadership minated in a nuclear agreement that ascus government agreed to re- oversight body, the Guardian took effect in January and saw eco- positions in Kobani, seen from a of fascism, colonialism and racial Negotiations between the Is- have fed the recent unrest. Council, and a third member died hilltop outside Suruc, on the Tur- lease all of the prisoners, Ob- discrimination in the world”. Ab- raelis and Palestinians have been Israel says incitement by Pal- nomic sanctions eased on Tehran. servatory chief Rami Abdel in a car accident. Rouhani addressed lawmakers key-Syria border Thursday, Nov. bas has rejected an Israeli offer for at a standstill since a US-led initia- estinian leaders and media is a main Elections for the key position 6, 2014. (File photo: AP) The ISIS Rahman said. direct negotiations instead of the tive collapsed in April 2014. cause of the violence. and said that to reach its growth It set free more than 100 of house speaker and the presid- target of eight percent, Iran need- offensive targeting Syrian opposi- detainees but a further 700 re- ing board are expected on Sunday ed $30-50 billion dollars in annual tion strongholds near the Turkish main inside after the regime de- or Monday. foreign investment. border began Thursday night. On cided not to release them imme- Only after the position is filled “Through elections people Friday, militants of the group cap- diately but to send them to trial will be clear whether Iran’s con- demanded improved lifestyle and tured six villages near Azaz, trig- instead, he said. servatives or the moderate-reform- relations in peace and dignity with gering intense fighting that trapped ist allies of President Hassan Rou- the outside world,” he said. tens of thousands of civilians un- hani have a working majority. “We need interaction to solve able to flee to safety while Tur- Jordan’s King According to an AFP count, the problems and crises of the key’s border remains closed. A few Abdullah dissolves no single party won an overall country.” hundred fled west to the Kurdish- majority in elections that saw Rou- Rouhani also praised Larijani held enclave of Afrin. People are parliament hani make huge gains. for his support of the nuclear the “terrified for their lives,” the In- Reformists took 133 of the 290 deal and called for more interac- ternational Rescue Committee said Jordan's King Abdullah on Sun- seats, short of a majority but ahead tion between the government and in a statement. The group said it day announced a decree to dis- of conservatives, who took 125 parliament. has received confirmed reports that solve the country's parliament at least four entire families, includ- and appointed Hani al-Mulqi ing women and children, were as prime minister to oversee killed Friday on the outskirts of new elections. the town of Azaz. The IRC runs Jordan's constitution stip- centers for both children and wom- ulates that a sitting government en in Azaz and provides clean wa- must resign within a week to ter and sanitation to a camp sup- pave way for a new cabinet. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments came af- Daesh (ISIS), there is no difference. porting 8,500 people. More than The decision on Sunday to Erdogan on Saturday condemned ter an AFP photographer captured They are all terrorists," Erdogan half the camp’s population has left dissolve parliament did not the United States' support of Kur- images of US troops in Syria wear- said. to find safety elsewhere in the take Jordanians by surprise as dish fighters in Syria after AFP ing insignia of the Kurdish Peo- It had long been public knowl- town, it said. The IRC also relo- the news was expected since pictures revealed US commandos ple's Protection Units (YPG). edge that around 200 US comman- cated its staff from the centers and the passing of the 2015 Elec- wearing the insignia of a militia Ankara regards the YPG as a dos are in northern Syria helping camp to shelter to safer areas of tions Law two months ago. branded a terror group by Ankara. terror group, accusing it of carry- local militia target the ISIS group's Azaz until the situation enables “When the new elections "The support they give to... ing out attacks inside Turkey and de facto capital Raqa and guiding them to return. ‘Deeply concerned’ law was passed two months the YPG (militia)... I condemn it," being the Syrian branch of the in coalition air strikes. Erdogan, The UN refugee agency said it was ago, it was decreed that a new said Erdogan. "Those who are our Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) speaking in the majority Kurdish “deeply concerned” about the elections would take place in friends, who are with us in which has fought an insurgency city Diyarbakir, accused the US fighting affecting thousands of vul- either September or November NATO... cannot, must not send against the Turkish state for over of being dishonest because of its nerable civilians. “Fleeing civilians of this year. In order for that to their soldiers to Syria wearing YPG three decades. support for the militia and its po- are being caught in crossfire and happen, parliament has to be insignia." "The PKK, the PYD, the YPG, litical wing the Democratic Union are facing challenges to access med- dissolved at least four months Party (PYD). "I believe that poli- ical services, food, water and safe- prior, so that is why people tics should be exercised with hon- ty,” it said in a statement Satur- were expecting the news,” esty," he said. The US seeking to day. The advances brought the mil- Mohammed Husseiny, a polit- avoid a rift with ally Turkey, swift- itants to within few kilometers of ical analyst and director of ly announced Friday that special the rebel-held town of Azaz and think tank - the Identity Cen- operations troops in northern Syria cut off supplies to Marea further ter JO - told Al Arabiya En- would henceforth stop wearing the Yemeni authorities on Saturday without giving further details. south. Marea has long been con- glish. Under the new bill, Jor- badge of the YPG guerrillas. How- arrested seven ISIS group sus- ISIS and al-Qaeda have exploit- sidered a bastion of moderate Syr- dan has done away with the ever the State Department played pects, including one “Westerner”, ed the power vacuum created by ian revolutionary forces fighting to “one-person, one-vote elector- down the spat, insisting that Wash- in second city Aden, a police of- more than a year of conflict be- topple President Bashar Assad. al system,” and elections are ington and Ankara remain close part- ficer told AFP. tween pro-government forces and Azaz, which hosts tens of thou- now based on a large voting ners in the broader fight against the The arrests are part of a gov- Iran-backed militias to expand their sands of internally displaced peo- system, in which candidates Islamic State, despite disagree- ernment offensive against ISIS and zones of control in Yemen. ple, lies north of Aleppo city, can run for parliamentary seats ments about the role of the YPG. al-Qaeda, which have claimed a Government forces drove the which has been divided between a on one large multimember tick- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut wave of deadly attacks in recent rebels out of the port city of Aden rebel-held east and government- et. The bill divides the country Cavusoglu accused the United months in Yemen’s south and and other southern provinces since held west. A route known as the into 23 electoral districts, one States of "hypocrisy" and "dou- southeast. July with support from the Saudi- Azaz corridor links rebel-held east- for each of the 12 governorates, ble standards" and said the Amer- Among these were twin bomb- led Arab coalition which launched ern Aleppo with Turkey. That has except for Amman which was ican soldiers might just as well have ings claimed by ISIS that hit loyal- its operations in Yemen in March been a lifeline for the rebels since split into five districts, Irbid worn the logo of al-Qaeda, the ISIS ist forces in Aden on Monday, kill- 2015. But authorities have strug- 2012, but a government offensive into four and Zarqa into two. group or Boko Haram. The Unit- ing at least 41 people. gled to secure Aden, where mili- backed by Russian air power and Prioritizing the economy ed States has blacklisted the PKK “We arrested seven Daesh tants emerged after the rebels left regional militias earlier this year Tasked with overseeing an as a "foreign terrorist organisation" (ISIS) members, among them a the city. Aden is serving as the tem- dislodged rebels from parts of elections before the end of this but regards its Syrian-based sister Western Muslim, in Mansura” dis- porary government headquarters as Azaz and severed their corridor year will be Mulqi. group the PYG as a useful ally in trict of Aden, said officer Munir the Houthi militias control capital between the Turkish border and the face of the ISIS threat. al-Yafie, who took part in the raid, Sanaa. Aleppo. MONDAY. MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] By Mary Ignatius, Aleyamma Mathew and Andrea J. Serrano Email: [email protected] The efforts of a private prison tion centers to create new loop- prison-industrial complex. license for the Dilley facility company to portray its immi- holes that sanction mass incar- Some attorneys who have vis- until June 1, more than 1,800 www.afghanistantimes.af grant detention facility as a ceration and the increased de- ited the centers have reported women and children are being family prison with a day care tention and deportation of im- that children do not have ade- held without immediate release. Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi have been temporarily blocked migrants and people of color. quate health care, are losing This containment traumatizes by a judge in Texas. The move This is instead of promoting ed- weight and hair, and demon- them and violates the ruling Advisory editorial board follows the granting of child ucation, health and other pub- strate signs of depression. from Dolly Gee, a federal judge Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, care licenses to two immigrant lic service resources to help Ultimately, this undermines in California last summer. detention centers in border these communities. conversations on quality care To be sure, a license does Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal towns near South Texas — US District Judge Dolly Gee and early childhood learning make it more likely that the de- what can be considered a dan- recently cited a 1997 settlement that are the mainstays of the tention facility is meeting ba- Graphic-Designer: gerous and inhumane attempt that addressed how unaccom- recent reauthorization of the sic health and safety require- Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi to institutionalize incarceration panied minors should be treat- federal child care block grant. ments for children in super- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: in ways never seen before. ed in detention centers. She Nowhere in the guidance to vised care, ensuring staff pass Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Travis County Judge Karin found that children were living states does it suggest offering criminal background checks Crump recently approved a re- in deplorable conditions and licenses to immigrant detention and planning up to three unan- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan straining order effective until demanded their immediate re- centers. nounced visits by the DFPS in Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 June 1, 2016, that prevents the lease. This licensing practice is six months. However, DFPS is Texas Department of Family This is an urgent crisis in not only unconscionable, but the same entity that found the Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press and Protective Services (DFPS) Texas, but a growing problem erodes the fundamental trust Karnes facility violated six ba- from granting a second license in this country for families suf- between government and the sic health and safety require- to the Corrections Corporation fering the effects of incarcera- people. It also sanctions the ments and found 12 violations The constitution says of America (CCA). This com- tion. The United States has the relationship between govern- in the Dilley facility. pany runs an even larger, fed- largest population of incarcer- ment and private contractors Given that DFPS changed Article 41: eral immigration detention cen- ated women in the world. Ac- and businesses. In this case, it its own rules in order to award Article Forty-One: Foreign individuals shall not have the right to own immovable property in ter in Dilley, Texas, near San cording to the American Civil is at the expense of immigrant the license to the detention Afghanistan.Lease of immovable property for the purpose of capital investment shall be permitted in Antonio. Liberties Union (ACLU), wom- children. center, it appears that profits accordance with the provisions of the law. The sale of estates to diplomatic missions of foreign This move follows disturb- en are the fastest growing seg- Keeping children and their have taken priority over the countries as well as international organization’s to which Afghanistan is a member, shall be allowed in accordance with the provisions of the law. ing recent news of the DFPS ment of the incarcerated popu- mothers (most whom are flee- lives of children and their moth- granting a child care license to lation, increasing at nearly dou- ing violence from Central Amer- ers. This is increasingly the a federal immigration detention ble the rate of men since 1985. ica) in detention centers for an United States’ approach to center in Karnes City, near San The report states that more indefinite amount of time will poor, Black and immigrant com- Antonio. It is managed by the than 1.5 million children have a do long-term damage to the munities of color. Florida-based GEO Group, a mother in prison, more than 8.3 children’s development. It bars While all children deserve private prison corporation million children have a mother them from access to quality access to high-quality child worth $1.8 billion. under correctional supervision early education and learning care and early education, par- Immigrant activists filed a and more than one in five of that should occur outside of ticularly those who have al- lawsuit last week requesting these children are under the age prison walls. ready suffered great trauma, that a federal judge appoint a of 5. Barbara Bloom, a profes- We Belong Together, a na- granting a license to a deten- monitor to oversee the issue. sor of criminology at Sonoma tional campaign to mobilize tion facility for the sole purpose According to the Houston State University, points out that women in support of common- of avoiding release of migrant Chronicle, “Defendants have when taking both parents into sense immigration policies that children and their families is a Death has made home in the country because of a few fanatics who nevertheless ignored their ob- consideration, the number of will keep families together and misuse of funds on the surface. see amusement in bloodshed of innocent people. Those who are ligation to treat children ‘with children jumps to 2.7 million empower women, agrees. More deeply, it shows dis- killed in their heinous acts share the same blood because they are dignity, respect and special who had a parent in prison or “These families deserve to regard for the lives and well- concern for their particular vul- in jail. be treated with human rights being of these immigrant chil- also sons of this soil. However, the lunatics are making them scape- nerability as minors’ and have A new report by advocacy and dignity, not locked up in dren. It also quietly diverts goats for interests of foreigners who have controlled over these continued to violate the settle- watchdog group In the Public detention centers,” said We public dollars to private com- extremists and facilitate them in their travel. Their foreign masters ment and this court’s orders,’ Interest analyzed 62 contracts Belong Together co-chair An- panies and deems this private- now only provide them with legal travel and stay documents but attorneys for the Center for between counties and states drea Mercado. “The fact is that public partnership as a viable Human Rights and Constitu- and private prison contractors. children cannot go home at the model. also with bags full of cash, training and intelligence information to tional Law and other groups It showed that more than 60 end of the day, ride their bikes For the past year, President destroy the country which yet to recover from the past over three wrote in their motion.” percent of the contracts had a with their friends and eat a Barack Obama has called on all decades of war. Federal funds should be fi- clause that required the coun- home-cooked meal. Instead of Americans to embrace refu- Unfortunately, most of us are materialist and don’t look at the nancing health and safety im- ty or state to pay for empty offering refuge and a helping gees from Syria, especially the provements in child care set- beds if they did not lock up a hand, we are prolonging the youngest refugees, with open history as guide. Foreign interference has been outcome of our tings outside of prison walls certain number of people. suffering of women and chil- arms. “Slamming the door in the greed. The history is full of stories that how black sheep joined rather than going to private For private companies, this dren. What we are doing is un- face of refugees would betray hands with the enemies to topple the governments or sell the coun- companies such as the GEO is a surefire way to maximize conscionable.” our deepest values. That’s not Group and CCA, with their his- profits, minimize their risks and As the Karnes facility holds who we are. And it’s not what try. These vultures have breed on the ruins of the country where tories of maintaining the larg- ensure a steady income, while up to 500 beds, and the Dilley we’re going to do,” Obama said they opened eyes and played. That’s why the Afghan leaders have est detention system in the allowing taxpayers to foot the facility has the capacity for in 2015. Perhaps the president, not only lost huge swath of lands to the British Empire but also world. The decision to have a bill. However, this approach 2,400 beds, this is a way for the and those candidates hoping failed to claim it on international forums. The Durand Line agree- private detention center receive then requires a continuing co- federal government to keep to become president, can ex- public funds is a dangerous ordination and heavy invest- thousands of families who tend this generosity to refu- ment has expired but fate of the line is still unclear. Every Afghan step in further normalizing un- ment between the state and pri- would otherwise be granted gees from Central America who leader agreed that the line was drawn on the chest of Afghans. warranted detention of migrant vate companies that will result refugee status in detention cen- are also fleeing violence. De- However, they failed to erase it because most used it as a slogan for families. in further criminalization, incar- ters, as they face an uncertain tention centers, even those support to get elected and some faced resistance from the black The GEO Group has con- ceration and detention of im- future and likely deportation. that are licensed to provide tributed nearly $1.5 million to migrant families. Quality child care and early child care, are terrible places to sheep. various Texas political cam- This new contractual ap- education must be age- and de- raise children. We hope for Now the situation has turned an ugly turn, the line is not only paigns — both Republican and proach reframes family deten- velopmentally appropriate and these children’s sake that the dividing Afghans but also creating misunderstandings between the Democrat — since 2011, and tion centers as a benign sup- use a play-based curriculum, next step is to make the tempo- was awarded the child care li- port for families rather than ad- something children can’t and rary block permanent. Prison is people who live on both sides of the Durand Line. Many will argue cense. dressing the myriad pre-exist- shouldn’t experience within the not a suitable site for day care. that the time has never been ripe to take such sensitive issues at the This subcontractor rela- ing human rights violations concrete jungle of a prison. Let’s stop the practice before it international forums. They are wrong. Neither it is a new issue, nor tionship is a state-sponsored that make this a bad idea. Chil- While the Texas judge tem- starts and treat all children hu- was Afghanistan at such a weak position as it is now. Then and now option to use immigrant deten- dren become a cash cow for the porarily blocked the child care manely.—(Truthout) the problem is the same—satiating greed at the cost of national interests. To agree on sensitive of the issue, the biggest challenge that the policymakers are facing is improving relations with the broth- ers who are living on other side of the line. We cannot blame all for misdeeds of all. Peace is the greatest desire of all Afghans. Our brothers living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa desire the same. Therefore, the Afghan gov- ernment should direct the foreign ministry to open peace and cul- tural centers in major cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to improve people to people relations and discourage extremism at the grass- roots level. It will not only benefit Afghanistan but Pakistan also. Such centers will pave ground for improved relations between the two countries and help in the fight against extremism and terrorism. Ending support for militants at local level is crucial for Afghan peace process. There are some groups who are promoting hatred against Afghanistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Afghan authorities shall deal with this serious issue on the war footing. Some of our actions are also responsible for this but the opportunities are looking for every available opportunity to exploit sentiments of the uneducated peo- ple there who have no knowledge of the ground realities. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. MONDAY. MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

byAhmed al-Burai by Adel Abdel Ghafar and Fraus Masri Turkish President Recep Tayyip against the will of the people who parliamentary immunity would be Erdogan has repeatedly been call- voted for the HDP in the June 7 a precedent that will inflict harm ing for the prosecution of the main- election. not only to his party but to the ly Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Demirtas further announced entire democratic system of Tur- Party (HDP) members of the par- that his 80 legislators are ready to key. liament, accusing them of acting as submit a petition to the Turkish Such a move undoubtedly a political wing of the outlawed parliament asking for the stripping would extend Erdogan's autocratic terrorist organisation, Kurdistan of their parliamentary immunity grip on the legislative body. How- Workers' Party (PKK). to appear before a judicial body ever, back in 1994, the parliamen- More than 40,000 Turks and for prosecution - in an invitation tary immunity of four deputies of Kurds have been killed since the to generalise the move to all other the Democracy Party (DEP) - a conflict between Turkey's military parties. predecessor of the HDP - was re- and the PKK began in 1984. Er- The Turkish constitution stip- voked on charges of them support- dogan was the first leader to lead a ulates that the parliament has the ing the PKK, which definitely bold process of reconciliation that full right to lift legislators' immu- harmed the entire democratic pro- ceased the fire for more than three nity based on its own discretion cess and attempts for a Kurdish years and saved the lives of inno- and under any perceived distinct reconciliation. cent Turks and Kurds. conditions. Back to square one? Under the rule of Turkey's rul- Subsequently, on May 20, 376 Demirtas is concerned that the ing Justice and Development Par- MPs in the 550-member Turkish majority of his 59 MPs may end ty (AKP) and for the first time in parliament decided that the coun- up in jail. He warned that in case Turkish history, a pro-Kurdish try is living under special circum- he ends up in jail, Kurdish youth party succeeded to enter the Turk- stances and thus voted in favour would entirely lose faith in the ish Parliament as a party after gain- of the controversial bill. With that political process and, accordingly, ing 13 percent of all votes in elec- number of votes, the bill to strip would resort to violence and mili- tions on June 7, 2015. off the immunity of the MPs now tary options. Turkey ratifies bill to strip does not require approval through He also announced that Er- MPs of immunity a national referendum. dogan would regret jailing him as The end of the 'peace process' Party reactions he would be of great help - and last year's terrorist attack in In a dramatic change, Demir- would play a more effective role the Turkish Suruc province that tas, who previously proposed a towards peace - if he continues to killed at least 30 people and petition asking parliament to strip accomplish his political role in the wounded more than 100 was the his parliamentary bloc's immuni- parliament. dramatic turning point of the Turk- ty, unwaveringly opposed the bill. Demirtas promotes the notion ish-Kurdish peace process. Whereas both the main oppo- that the ruling AKP aims at wip- Promptly after the explosion, sition the Republican People's Par- ing out his party as a serious po- a snowball of attacks and govern- ty (CHP) along with the National- litical competitor, especially after ment backlashes led to hundreds ist Movement Party (MHP) star- the departure of the AKP's former dead, thousands of casualties and tlingly supported the bill offered chairman, Ahmet Davutoglu, who cities and towns of debris and ru- by the AKP, despite the fact that was in favour of reviving the peace ins as the ceasefire between Anka- their leaders could face legal pro- process. He suggests that such a ra and the outlawed PKK fell apart. ceedings over insults to President move would only serve Erdogan's The so-called peace process was Erdogan. The MPs of the ruling "totalitarian grip on power". on hold, and the military escala- party could also face court cases Demirtas repeatedly attempts tion dominated the scene. after Erdogan's approval of the bill. to depict the bill as a push by Er- A catastrophic by-product of necessary social and mental manded a 99 percent enrolment ated by conflict. Provokingly, several HDP A total of 138 deputies whose dogan to strip his party's legisla- ongoing conflicts in the Mid- development skills that facili- in primary school education De-politicise schooling in dle East is a lost generation of tate growth. (PDF). conflict zones unschooled children. These In addition, children in con- The conflict in Syria great- The international communi- children find themselves, flict zones face severe trauma ly diminished this number, but ty should push for the de-po- through no fault of their own, through the loss of family mem- the possibility to enrol these liticization of schooling and at- not only displaced but lacking bers to violence. children in neighbouring coun- tempt to get both sides of any the opportunity for proper Humanitarian efforts tend tries could rectify the problem. conflict to agree that children's schooling and thus, denied a to focus on physical needs OPINION: The persistence education should continue. chance to learn and develop such as food and shelter, but of poverty in the Arab world In Syria, where a number of the necessary skills to become there is less emphasis on deal- Jordan and Turkey have ab- areas remain under siege, fully functional members of ing with the long-term effects sorbed an estimated 200,000 schoolchildren should receive society. This lost generation is of psychological trauma on and 300,000 children respec- protection from local forces to the tragedy of our time. children. tively in their schooling sys- attend schools. Unfortunately, According to a 2015 report Exposure to radicalism tem, which has put an incredi- children are routinely barred by UNICEF, the United Nations The lack of education, cou- ble strain on their existing edu- from crossing into towns held children's agency, conflict in the pled with a sense of despair and cational infrastructure. by opposing forces - and apart Middle East and North Africa hopelessness creates the per- In Turkey, most classes are from one particular case - to (MENA) region has driven 13 fect conditions for the radicali- taught in Turkish, which pos- take exams. million children out of schools. sation of refugee children. es a problem for students com- Additionally, global efforts Unschooled children are Without education, refugee ing from Arabic speaking coun- should strive to create safe not only a moral challenge, but youth will not have the eco- tries (PDF). spaces for learning, as pro- also one that has negative nomic opportunities provided Although countries host- posed by the "No Lost Gener- deputies participated the funerals dossiers have been brought to the tors of their immunity in an at- short-term and long-term con- to children in areas not dis- ing a large number of refugees ation" initiative. Even if these of the PKK affiliates, who carried Turkish parliament - 51 deputies tempt to target the Kurdish nation sequences both for the refu- turbed by conflict. are now receiving increased conflicts in the MENA region out suicide bombings in Turkey - from the CHP, 50 from the HDP, - and that would constitute a gen- gees, but also for their societ- UNICEF reported an in- funding from donors, funding persist, children should not an action that deeply outraged the 27 from the AKP, nine from the uine risk that may exacerbate ten- people of Turkey. MHP and one independent law- sions in an already highly polarised ies. creasing trend of child recruit- gaps totalling hundreds of mil- continue to suffer because of In 2015, and in accordance maker - may risk prosecution af- country. Counting the Cost - Can the ment to fight for parties to con- lions of dollars still hinder ef- opposing political values. with the Turkish constitution, Er- ter the law is passed. However, the AKP members world end poverty in 15 years? flict, especially in Syria. forts to adequately educate ref- The UN's "Education Can- dogan openly declared that the The overwhelming parliamen- bluntly and decidedly announce Economically disadvan- The international communi- ugee children. not Wait" fund that is current- Turkish Parliament should not be tary majority that voted in favour that the HDP members are always taged ty should push for the de-po- Increased funding could ly being launched is a solid step a safe harbour for those who sup- of the bill did not leave room for bluffing - they tirelessly claim that Education provides chil- liticization of schooling and at- build temporary schools, revit- in that direction. The pro- port the traitors of Turkey. HDP to manoeuvre. Nonetheless, they are against all forms of vio- dren with the necessary skills tempt to get both sides of any alise the curriculum, and train gramme is understandably Syr- Demirtas warned that in case the repercussions of the bill have lence, but they neither oppose the he ends up in jail, Kurdish youth started to be reflected in the steps PKK violence nor do they try to to develop into productive conflict to agree that children's more teachers to handle the in- ia-heavy. While it also men- would entirely lose faith in the and statements of the HDP co- members of society. Unfortu- education should continue. flux of children. tions South Sudan and Nepal distance themselves from its per- political process and, accordingly, chair, who started to evoke the petrators. nately, refugee children fleeing Children tired of working UNICEF's "No Lost Gener- among other countries - there would resort to violence and mili- sympathy of the European Union Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Ye- long hours in sweatshops for ation" initiative should be re- is minimal mention of Yemen, tary options. with an open letter criticising the The AKP spokespersons per- At that time, the HDP co-chair bill and labelling it as unconstitu- manently stress that anybody who men struggle to find education- little pay tend to find the offer vived. Beginning in 2013, the Libya, or Iraq, whose children backs the PKK insurgents or abets al opportunities in the coun- to fight at a salary of $400 a initiative helped fund 600 remain among those highly af- Selahattin Demirtas challenged Er- tional. dogan and suggested that the pres- Demirtas reiterates that pass- terrorism should not seek harbour tries where they settle. month particularly enticing. "school clubs", which provid- fected. Unfortunately, many ident aims to perform a palace coup ing such a bill and the rescission of in the Turkish parliament. In the most extreme cases, Gordon Brown, the former ed remedial education for chil- worthy programmes are refugee youth have not attend- British prime minister and cur- dren missing class for extend- launched, but lose steam due ed school in years. For these rent UN Special Envoy for Glo- ed periods of time (PDF). to political deadlock and fund- children, the possibility of find- bal Education, argues that: It also facilitated the enrol- ing issues. The "Education ing gainful employment as an "Displaced children are more ment of children in Jordan and Cannot Wait" fund should be adult becomes increasingly likely to become the youngest Lebanon. By revitalising this embraced and expanded as part challenging. labourers in the factory, the programme, funding for educa- of a long-term concentrated Besides providing an edu- youngest brides at the altar, tional programmes in countries strategy to deal with the issue cation, schools serve an impor- and the youngest soldiers in steeped in conflict and their of unschooled children in con- tant function by socialising the trench." neighbours would receive pri- flict zones. Time is already run- Hassan Al Mustafa children. Because of ongoing Ongoing efforts ority - ensuring the education ning out. With each passing conflicts, children are denied Before the outbreak of con- for a generation of students year, the lost generation keeps Nothing weighs down men more blocks the view and the fire that ‘Low character’ the opportunity to develop the flict in Syria, the country com- vulnerable to the problems cre- growing. than the reaction resulting in ha- burns the person who hates. In Even Nietzsche used to be very tred, Nietzsche once said. He said order to heal from this hatred, a wary of anything “controversial” that sacrificing temptation, sensi- man must tame himself, reject na- and believed it as a sign of “low tivity, the feeling of being incapa- ivety, demonstrate a great sense of character”. He harshly criticized ble of taking revenge, being insa- dignity and must not be affected Socrates saying that the latter saw LETTER TO THE EDITOR tiable for vengeance, and wanting by his negative surrounding. himself as more valuable than the to hurt others with all means are The issue of hatred becomes ordinary people. definitely the worst ways of an deeper when it goes beyond indi- “I never knew the art of con- overstrained men’s reaction. vidual behavior to a social one. This troversies and disputes”, Ni- These ways consume a lot of is when hatred becomes a collec- etzsche says. This was one of the nervous energy and provoke in- tive force and hampers social co- attributes that made him proud of Speed up air operation creasingly dire repercussions. This hesion. It elicits strong reaction himself. What helped him was that The Afghan Air Forces should accelerate their air operations against the anti-armed groups in all over the country as air operation proved is what hatred can do to men. Ha- from people facing adversity. he withdrew form people and pre- very much significant in the fight against insurgents. Last week, eight fighters, loyal to the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, were killed tred weighs down many, physical- Matters related to religion, ferred isolation, which elevated after the Afghan Air Forces conducted an air raid in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. According to the provincial officials ly and psychologically, under- overt nationalism or predisposition him to a higher level where he Daesh fighters were killed after they were busy devising evil designs in their hideout. Daesh fighters are in run from Achin district in a bid mines their power and prevents to hatred are part of the discourse found the source of happiness. to safe their skin after they received huge casualties during air operation launched by the Afghan Air Forces. Since militants are on the run them from behaving normally with in the society and reflect hidden Having “the power”, that Ni- the government should carry out more air raids on them in order to fail their run strategy. After running, Daesh fighters would station in the person he hates. issues. This phenomenon is evi- etzsche praises, can make people other parts of the province, would definitely create security challenges for the government. Air operation proved very much significant in Hence, hatred for Nietzsche is dent on Twitter, and other social despise themselves for hating or fight against Daesh fighters. a sign of weakness and not of media outlets, where many peo- arguing with others because strong Gul Agha, Achin district of Nangarhar province strength. He considers that illness ple express their hatred for others persons do not fear others who is intrinsically the result of hatred under various pretext. differ from them but can rather and should consequently be treat- They even resort to betrayal, make stupid people behave well. ed before treating the symptoms demonstrate lack of respect and Besides power, there is intel- that are evident. make accusations using their own ligence and intuition that stem from Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and Therefore, ill people must not faith or nationality to attack those wisdom, learning and philosophi- address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] hate because it poses great danger who do not agree with them. This cal meditation. These characteris- to them. Eliminating hatred from provokes further divisions and tics make people have a particular our systems is the very first step makes the society even more un- awareness and prevent them from toward healing. stable. We see that many conflicts getting into trouble. Hatred weighs down many, between individuals, groups or “I am aware that the herd of physically and psychologically, sects are driven by this hatred. cows is getting closer before I can Disclaimer: undermines their power and pre- Most of these conflicts are use- even see it with my eyes.” This is vents them from behaving normal- less arguments that lead to noth- the vision of those who get away The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) ly with the person he hates ing. They don’t reveal any truth from filth, make their souls trans- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. Hassan Al Mustafa and doesn’t raise questioning of parent and their minds a source of Hatred is like the smoke that anything. light. MONDAY . MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Russia's draft constitution: End of Syria's Baath era? Last Tuesday, Lebanese daily the political correlate to Russia's newspaper, Al-Akhbar, reported military intervention. that Russia had finished drafting a One of its major successes was constitution for Syria that would in reshaping the political debate remove many of the Syrian presi- about the Syrian conflict in a way dent's powers and set up a more that was more palatable to the West decentralised government, both by linking the fight against ISIL possible concessions to rebel with a political transition process. groups fighting the regime of Pres- Bereft of any real political ident Bashar al-Assad. commitment to ending the Syrian According to the Al-Akhbar conflict, the United States and its report, the new constitution, done allies were more or less content to with the blessing of the United adopt the Russian vision embod- States, would be put to referen- ied in the plan. dum before the end of the year. Last January, Russian Presi- This would put the countries on dent Vladimir Putin said that Syr- pace to meet their self-imposed ia needed to start working on a new deadline to draft a Syrian consti- constitution as a first step to find- tution by August 2016. ing a political solution to its civil The Syrian presidency quick- war. "I believe it's necessary to ly dismissed the report, describ- move towards constitutional re- ing it as "untrue". form [in Syria]. It's a complicated "No draft constitution has process, of course. And after that, been shown to the Syrian Arab on the basis of the new constitu- Republic. Everything which has tion, [Syria should] hold early pres- been said in the media about this idential and parliamentary elec- subject is totally untrue," a state- tions," Putin told Bild, the Ger- ment on the Syrian Presidency's man newspaper. official Facebook page said. The drafting of a makeshift Syria's Civil War Explained Syrian constitution - to be debat- Barely six weeks after their ed and deliberated on with the military intervention began, Rus- United States - is thus a continua- sian officials put forth an eight- tion of these efforts to model post- point plan called: "Approach to conflict Syria in the Russian vi- the Settlement of the Syrian Cri- sion in the aftermath of its mili- sis" that provided the basic con- tary intervention. tours of Russia's vision for ending This vision was set forth in the conflict. Russia's initial plan and reinforced This vision was rather narrow, by the military intervention that however, as the first five points made a political process feasible dealt specifically with the fight and desirable. What distinguishes against the Islamic State group the Russian-led process from pre- (ISIL, also known as ISIS), and the vious peace attempts is that this remaining three carried vague com- actually has the support of the mitments to a political process United States, the United Nations, ties. Decentralisation is one of the More importantly, the presi- its commitment to socialism and draft on issues of national identi- provides is one moulded out of the carried out under international aus- and a host of other countries. key features of the draft constitu- dent would retain oversight and Arab unity. ty, ethnic and sectarian represen- will and interests of the Syrian re- pices. For most observers, the plan What is most unfortunate is tion, which also lays out provi- control of the military and securi- Ethnic and sectarian represen- tation, division of political pow- gime and its allies. There are very represented little more than the that the deliberation over the con- sions for enhancing the authority ty apparatus. The division of po- tation quotas would dramatically ers, and the commitment to neolib- few indications that the constitu- fulfilment of the regime's wish-list stitution will take place outside of and decision-making capacity of litical power may ultimately be alter the composition of Syria's eralism are an indication that the tion itself will disincentivise vio- and carried with it no substantive Syria, among non-Syrians, and to the newly reconstituted People's cosmetic, with the main levers of political institutions and would Russian vision for Syria in the af- lence, or, more importantly, create political concessions. the long-term, generational detri- Assembly. political and security power re- effectively consecrate sectarian- termath of its military intervention the basis for a post-conflict polit- The glimpse into Syria's future ment of Syria and its people's right The specific provisions, how- maining concentrated in the Presi- ism, much like in Lebanon and Iraq, has fully materialised and is being ical system that enjoys the sup- that the draft constitution provides to determine their future. ever, do not dramatically under- dency, with only certain responsi- as the dominant pole around which consecrated in an internationally port of and legitimacy by Syrians. is one moulded out of the will and The leaks suggest that the con- mine the power of the presidency. bilities devolved to other political politics occurs. sanctioned political process. There The vision of Syria embodied in interests of the Syrian regime and stitution provides greater sub- Instead, presidential power is mere- bodies. The draft constitution also is very little pretension at this the draft constitution is not one its allies. stance to this vision than the eight- ly reshuffled. For example, the To be sure, there are indeed commits Syria to a neoliberal eco- point that the political solution to borne out of internal deliberation, This was certainly true. Rus- point plan. The most substantive appointment of key economic and very substantive changes proposed nomic model and enshrines the the conflict lies outside of the coun- but through international fiat. In- sia was unlikely to demand or re- changes concern the division of judicial positions would fall under in the draft constitution, including state's subservience to private cap- try. This reality will not make deed, it is a vision so far removed ceive concessions from the regime powers between the presidency the responsibility of the Council the removal of Baathist-era ide- ital interests. Syria conflict: Is dip- swallowing the pill any easier, from even the most pedestrian after it had so dramatically tipped and the Council of Ministers, and of Ministers, itself a body ap- ational and ideological references, lomatic solution possible? The however. The glimpse into Syria's political demands made by Syri- the military balance. The plan was between central and local authori- pointed by the president. such as Syria's Arab identity and specificity of the constitutional future that the draft constitution ans for political change.

Freedom of expression groups and tlement near the capital Pretoria. decision(s) has the hallmarks of opposition parties have con- In Limpopo province, earlier authoritarianism, and seriously demned the South African state in May, at least 19 schools were undermines the intelligence of the broadcaster's (SABC) decision to burnt by residents during an anti- South African public". stop showing violent anti-govern- government protest. "The consequence of the ment protests, claiming the move Demonstrations over poor ser- blackout is significant, and it is disregarded the right to dissent in vice delivery and lack of economic undoubtedly no coincidence that the country. opportunity have become a com- it was made, and is in effect on the The SABC said on Thursday mon feature in South Africa over eve of a municipal election where it will stop showing violent anti- the past decade. More than 3.5 the ANC stands to lose support in government protests flaring up million South Africans under-35 major municipalities by Hlaudi around the country, in a bid to dis- are unemployed. Motsoeneng, an ANC-aligned po- courage others from carrying out The #SABC changed when litically appointed individual," van similar forms of violence. democracy dawned, but this un- Damme said. The public broadcaster also fortunate decision returns it to a Likewise, the Economic Free- urged other media houses to stand past it shouldn't be associated with dom Fighters party (EFF) said in in solidarity with their decision. has been under pressure to a statement the move was only But Busi Mtabane, spokes- improve living conditions for the "about protecting of the image of person for the Right to Know cam- majority of South Africans. the ANC, saving it from the whole paign, told Al Jazeera the move With local elections scheduled country seeing that it has caused signaled a return to apartheid times for August, they accuse ANC of so much suffering in our country". when the national broadcaster was trying to control any further dam- But Kaizer Kganyago, spokes- a mouthpiece for the ruling party. age to their image ahead of the person for the SABC, told Al "Filtering the news will leave polls. Jazeera that criticism was unwar- people on the ground less informed Zwelinzima Vavi, former gen- ranted, denouncing accusations and oblivious to the failures of the eral-secretary of the Congress for that its decision amounted to self- state," Mtabane said. South African Trade Unions (CO- censorship. "Most of the time, protesting SATU), said the move was an at- "We are saying that we will is the only tool people have to be tempt to "bring censorship through still cover the protests and their heard. We have been raising our the backdoor". dissatisfaction. We will just not issues, but no one is listening. Be- "They are saying it's for the show scenes of violence," he said. ing out on the street, this is when good of the society, just like the Kganyago also rebuffed sug- Rights groups and activists have From January 1 to May 25 this Smugglers from the Libyan ways to reach Europe. the media turns the spotlight on apartheid government said it was, gestions that the decision had come urged the EU to do more to pro- year, at least 1,475 died making coast are also increasingly using Moreover, Niels Frenzen, di- these communities," Mtabane said. at the time," Vavi told Al Jazeera. from anyone besides the broad- tect refugees fleeing war and per- the journey to Europe by sea, ac- rubber rafts, which, as opposed to rector of the Immigration Clinic at Explaining the decision, "But this is not a Banana re- caster itself, adding that "the secution following the recent cording to the International Orga- the relatively safer wooden boats, USC Gould School of Law, said SABC's Chief Operating Officer public. They will not get away with SABC was not run by ANC". deaths of scores trying to reach nization for Migration (IOM). are more likely to leak gas, get the EU-Turkey deal had lowered Hlaudi Motsoeneng said in a state- it," he said. Al Jazeera was not able to se- Europe in overcrowded boats. This is an improvement over the punctured and sink, Sunderland the sea-crossing death toll, but it ment the broadcaster "would not The SABC said its decision cure comment from the ANC at In three consecutive days, last year when 1,828 refugees and said. was far too early to draw any con- assist these individuals to push was designed to discourage dem- the time of publication. from Wednesday to Friday, at least migrants died in the first five 'Ferries, not Frontex' clusion, as the peak of the cross- their agenda that seeks media at- onstrators from engaging in violent In an earlier interview with lo- 65 people were reported to have months of 2015. Alarmphone is one of the ing season is yet to come. tention". The SABC's move is said protests [EPA] cal media on Friday, the ruling par- drowned as three boats heading None of the deaths this month NGOs trying to help. The tran- Central Mediterranean route to have come after a series of deadly The leading opposition party, ty welcomed the SABC's decision. from the Libyan coast to Italy occurred on the eastern Mediter- snational network of activist and Those travelling on the central clashes between protesters and the Democratic Alliance (DA), "The national broadcaster has tipped over in the Mediterranean. ranean route between Turkey and migrant groups is located on both Mediterranean route via Libya are police in townships and informal said it was considering legal action taken the best decision, not influ- The Italian navy confirmed Greece, where arrivals have slowed sides of the Mediterranean and largely from countries such as Ni- settlements across the country. following SABC's move. enced by anybody outside but by Friday's incident on Twitter, say- to a trickle since the EU struck a provides a 24-hour hotline for ref- geria, Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, Two people were killed on Mon- Phumzile van Damme, its own editorial policy," ANC's ing it had rescued 629 people and deal with Ankara to curb the flow. ugees in distress at sea. Ivory Coast, according to the day after clashes broke out over spokesperson for the party, told spokesman Zizi Kodwa was quot- pulled 45 corpses from the sea, HRW's Sunderland said the "We still see [recent] fatalities IOM. the demolition of an informal set- Al Jazeera that "Motseoeng’s ed as having said. adding that the search would con- EU's naval mission in the Medi- where the exact number of Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pa- tinue for any missing bodies. terranean - Operation Sophia - drowned people is not clear be- kistanis and Iranians, meanwhile, Borderless: Undercover with aimed at checking undocumented cause the EU is keeping up its bor- tend to use the Greece-bound route the People Smugglers migration could be exacerbating the der and visa regime, closing bor- from Turkey. The latest incidents have raised danger. ders and erecting fences," a spokes- "Increased border controls and alarm among human rights groups "Action by Operation Sophia man from Alarmphone told Al increased militarisation do not and NGOs, who are urging EU could have led smugglers to adapt Jazeera. solve the bigger problems faced by member states to do more to pro- their methods in ways that imper- "Although the EU spends a those people who are forced to tect the thousands escaping tur- il people on these journeys even lot of money on [the EU border move," Frenzen said. moil. "The first thing to do is to more than before," explained agency] Frontex and border con- "And the closing of borders, ensure a robust search and rescue HRW's Sunderland, adding that trols, they are not willing to spend detaining of migrants and asylum operation," Judith Sunderland, as- more lives could be saved simply money on saving refugees' lives," seekers, the focus on smugglers and sociate director for Europe at Hu- by using available data. he added. destroying smuggler boats, are tac- man Rights Watch (HRW), told Al "The sea is a vast area, but most Last year, the group received tics that are not humanitarian or Jazeera. tragedies happen within a con- distress calls from more than 1,200 legal in nature." "We're still pretty much at the tained area, close to the North Af- boats. More than one million refugees start of peak crossing season. In rican coast. There is a lot of data "If only there were legal and arrived in Europe last year. With the months ahead, far more work and analysis out there to pinpoint safe migration routes, nobody 3,771 deaths, 2015 was the dead- has to be done to prevent these where boats and the rescue and would have to die at sea …In this liest year on record for migrants deaths. search operation are most needed. sense, we say: ferries, not Fron- and refugees crossing the Mediter- "Policy response has not been "A lot of NGOs have respond- tex," said the spokesman. ranean trying to reach Europe, the up to the challenge, even though ed in a very robust way [with res- He added that the EU-Turkey IOM has said. we do have to recognise the much cue boats], which should be the deal, which effectively closed the By comparison 3,279 deaths greater efforts in the past two responsibility of coastal states and eastern Mediterranean route, were recorded in the Mediterra- years, since 2014." the EU in solidarity." would spur more to find other nean in 2014. MONDAY . MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Europe may actually be

The pipeline of projects planned more importantly, governments’ strong for in the GCC as of May 2016 commitment to maintain spending amounts to $2 trillion. in the face of falling revenues to Delegates at the recently con- keep the economy moving will be cluded MEED Construction Lead- a key factor in driving the indus- retailers ership Summit in Dubai were told try forward through the challeng- at a briefing hosted by leading pro- ing times,” he noted. fessional services firm Deloitte Experts forecast huge project that Saudi Arabia leads the region investment will still be made be- in terms of the value of projects in tween now and the end of this de- the pre-execution stage, with 38.91 cade. Growing economies across percent of the total value, followed the Gulf region will require im- by the UAE with 34.84 percent. proved infrastructure for cities to Qatar is next with an 8.57 per- function and expand as planned, cent share, then Kuwait with 8.22 but innovative financing models percent. Oman follows with 6.48 need to be explored as funding gaps percent with Bahrain having a 2.97 arise because of government bud- percent share of the market. get deficits. In order to maintain the mo- “Significant opportunities still mentum in the project pipeline and exist and public-private partner- in the face of austerity concerns, ships are high on the agenda as a Cynthia Corby, Partner, Middle way to leverage private funding,” East Infrastructure and Capital said Chris Palfreyman, Director, Projects Leader, Deloitte, said “it Infrastructure Owner/Operator, PVH the owner of brands includ- Uggs parent Deckers (DECK) will be necessary to innovate, per- Bentley Systems. ing Calvin Klein and Tommy Hil- and Ralph Lauren (RL) also point- haps with a drive toward private- The MEED Construction figer along with smaller ones like ed to stabilization in Europe. Eu- ly- financed solutions.” Leadership Summit is the annual Van Heusen and IZOD—highlight- ropean excuses Besides the oil price slump, the meeting place for the GCC’s con- ed strength of shopping in Europe. Other retailers weren’t as high future growth of the projects sec- struction leaders to discuss the Chairman and CEO Manny on Europe, blaming lower sales tor will depend on several factors, challenges threatening the perfor- Chirico pointed to consumers economic problems. including the speed of enacting leg- mance of the industry. It is sup- shopping at home. At Abercrombie & Fitch islation, restructuring, prioritiza- ported by Six Construct (Gold “I think it's some of the (ANF), Executive Chairman tion of project plans, and the abil- Sponsor); Mashreq, Parsons, De- strength that we're seeing both in Arthur Martinez pointed to inter- ity to obtain funding, according to loitte, Sara, Bentley (Silver Spon- our European business and in our national weakness, where compa- Ed James, Director of Content and sors); and Al Bawani (Bronze Asia business as well, with tour- rable store sales declined 7%. CFO Analysis, MEED Projects. “But Sponsor). ists staying home in market,” he Joanne Crevoiserat added that the said, “meaning Europeans staying causes were very broad-based. within Europe, the Asian consum- “The environment in Europe er traveling either to Europe or into is very unsettled, likely caused by the Asia market as well.” both currency, lower tourism, the Europe was also a positive call- Brexit is causing some uncertainty out at Nike, where future orders in those markets as well,” Crevois- (NKE) rose 23%. erat said. At VF Corp (VFC), known for Tiffany’s (TIF) too said dis- brands including Timberland, appointing results were pressured North Face and Vans, saw Euro- by international cadence. pean sales rise 2% compared with “Tiffany’s business in Europe a decline in the US. “Overall, glo- remained under pressure in the first bally, we are pleased with our start quarter, particularly on the Conti- Property prices in several areas in findings and those from other stud- to the year, especially in Europe,” nent, which continued the trend we Talk too much on your ies continue to suggest the poten- Dubai - a real estate hotspot and said VP of international Karl Hei- experienced late last year follow- tial risk from cellphone radiation nz Salzburger. ing the tragedy in Paris and also regional safe-haven - have fallen by phone? Radiation study is very small. The National Insti- as much as $6,800 in the past year, Meanwhile, Guess (GES) also affected by the more recent trage- raises concerns tutes of Health study bombarded pointed to improved revenue in dy in Brussels,” said investor rela- a new report suggests. rats with cellphone radiation from Europe. tions vice president Mark Aron.“ In high-end areas of the city, A new federal study of the potential dangers of the womb through the first two “In Europe, our retail business The bottom line: Despite the which are populated by large num- cellphone radiation, conducted in rats, found a years of life for nine hours a day. performed extremely well and de- cries to the contrary from Tiffa- bers of wealthy locals and expatri- slight increase in brain tumors in males and raised It found tumors in 2 to 3 percent livered positive comp store sales ny’s and Abercrombie, European ates, values have remained steady, long-dormant concerns about the safety of spend- of male rats, which the study’s in the mid-teens, a trend of strong business in retail is very strong, as ing so much time with cellphones glued to our or even risen, according to report authors called low. But females comps that started in the second evidenced by stabilization in ears. But the study had enough strange findings weren’t affected at all and, strange- by Core (PDF), an associate of real half of last year,” Guess CEO Vic- trends and positive commentary that it has caused other federal scientists to high- ly, the rats not exposed to the cell- tor Herrero said in the company’s from management teams across estate advisory Savills. light flaws in the research, and experts said these phone radiation died. Values on the Palm Jumeirah, press release. core retail names. a man-made island jutting out into the waters of the Arabian Gulf, had seen only moderate drops. Mean- while, average prices in Sports Japan's Abe to delay sales tax hike until 2019: Source City, a lower-cost residential de- velopment surrounded by desert TOKYO Japanese Prime Minis- Group of Seven leaders on Friday, bal contraction led by a slowdown from deflation for the foreseeable future. Despite the fresh fiscal stimulus, however, Abe told Aso and and highways, were down by ter Shinzo Abe plans to delay an Abe said Japan would mobilize in emerging economies like China. Tanigaki that will stick with his pledge to achieve a budget surplus, excluding debt-servicing costs and income about $4,300. increase in sales tax by two and a "all policy tools" - including the Other G7 leaders, however, ap- from bond sales, by the fiscal year ending in March 2021. half years, a government official possibility of delaying the tax hike peared to differ with Abe on the The price of a 500 square-foot said on Sunday, as the economy - to avoid what he called an eco- risk of a global crisis, fuelling com- studio apartment in Sports City sputters and Abe prepares for a nomic crisis on the scale of the glo- ment that Abe was using the G7 to starts at around $120,000. national election. bal financial crisis that followed the justify delaying the painful tax The report noted that the out- Abe told Finance Minister 2008 Lehman Brothers bankrupt- hike. Abe will announce his inten- look for Dubai’s property market, Taro Aso and the secretary general cy. "There is a risk of the global tion to delay the tax hike by the while “fundamentally sentiment- of his ruling Liberal Democratic economy falling into crisis if ap- end of the current session of par- driven,” remains steady. Party, Sadakazu Tanigaki, on Sat- propriate policy responses are not liament on Wednesday, after meet- Dubai’s high turnover of ex- urday of his plan to propose de- made," Abe told a news conference ing with Komeito, the LDP's jun- patriates, most of whom cannot laying the tax hike for a second after the summit. To play its part, ior coalition partner, the govern- time, until October 2019, said the Japan "must reignite powerfully ment official told Reuters. Japan seek citizenship, allows property official, who was briefed on the the engine of Abenomics," he said, fell into recession after Abe raised investors high rental yields. meeting. referring to his easy-money poli- the tax from 5 percent in April “Average gross yields for vil- The prime minister, who has cies aimed at getting Japan out of 2014 hoping to curb government las are currently running at 5.7% promised to announce steps on two decades of deflation and fitful debt, and consumption has still not while for apartments they are Tuesday to spur economic growth growth. recovered. Despite massive mon- 7.6%, indicating significantly and promote structural reform, is Abe has long said he would etary easing by the Bank of Japan stronger rental returns for apart- also expected to order an extra bud- proceed with a plan to raise the and a series of government spend- ment investors,” the report noted. get to fund stimulus measures, just tax rate to 10 percent from 8 per- ing packages Japan's growth is In contrast, property inves- two months into the fiscal year and cent next April unless Japan faced weakening. Core consumer prices on the heels of a supplementary a crisis on the magnitude of the and exports fell in April, and man- tors in the British capital London budget to pay for recovery from Lehman shock. He said the G7 ufacturing shrank at the fastest pace can expect rental yields at only recent earthquakes in southern Ja- "shares a strong sense of crisis" since Abe took office in 2012. A around 4%, according to London pan. about the global outlook, with the Reuters poll last week showed Property Watch. After chairing a summit of most worrisome risk being a glo- most companies expect no escape

ISLAMABAD: The United States of shale oil. has offered Pakistan assistance in According to EIA assessment undertaking and financing another in April 2011, Pakistan had 206 study to assess the hidden and vast trillion cubic feet of shale gas in shale oil and gas reserves in the the lower Indus Basin, of which country, officials say. 51 trillion cubic feet were recover- The first study was conduct- able. However, in June 2013, it re- ed by the US Agency for Interna- vised the estimate upwards to 586 tional Development (USAID), but trillion cubic feet, of which 105 it did not cover some areas of trillion cubic feet were technically Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber- recoverable. Pakhtunkhwa. Apart from gas, the EIA also Pakistan has accepted the of- saw the presence of 9.1 billion bar- fer for the second study for which rels of shale oil that were techni- the US will bear the entire cost. cally recoverable out of estimated Pakistan and the US have held deposits of 227 billion barrels. In a couple of meetings on forging the first study, the USAID collect- cooperation in the energy sector ed data of 1,611 wells and under- over the past few years. The first took shale formation of 1,312 wells huddle was held in 2014 which was through drilling. It used 70% of followed by another meeting in data to prepare the study and sent April 2015. samples to the New Tech Labora- Exploration: OGDCL at- tory in Houston for assessment. tempting to meet energy needs First shipment of US natural The third meeting of the series gas to EU arrives Though the tech- was held in Washington recently nology is available in advanced where the US expressed interest countries for tapping the shale re- in conducting the second study to serves, environmental concerns, evaluate shale oil and gas deposits requirement of a huge quantity of in Pakistan. water and a high cost of drilling are In the first assessment, USAID the real challenges. A well requires estimates showed that Pakistan 3 to 8 million barrels of water. Pa- had massive deposits of 10,159 kistan has water supplies, but the trillion cubic feet of shale gas and real issue is its disposal. Estimates 2.3 trillion barrels of shale oil – suggest shale gas will cost $10 per figures that were several times high- million British thermal units, er than those released by the US which will come down with the Energy Information Administra- increase in recovery of untapped tion (EIA). reserves. The government will The USAID further revealed frame a policy for shale deposits that risked technically recoverable after the cost of drilling is deter- resources were 95 trillion cubic feet mined and the second study is con- of shale gas and 14 billion barrels ducted. MONDAY. MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Singers hop the Naat, Hamd bandwagon ahead of Ramazan In the month of Ramazan, many singers release naats and hamds in order to stay relevant in the indus- try. Likewise, even those who have been out of sight for not making enough money from their regular albums are able to make some prof-

its composing religious hymns and Actress Zareen Khan has attribut- selling them in the form of CDs ed her Bollywood career to super- and videos. Like every year, star Salman Khan. shooting and recording of naats is Zareen made her debut in tin- in full swing in various mosques sel town in the 2010 Salman-star- and sacred places in Lahore. rer "Veer" as Princess Yashodhara. Singers who have joined the Just a year later, she made a spe- bandwagon this year include Hu- cial appearance in the romantic- maira Arshad, Shahida Mini, Arif comedy film "Ready" starring the Lohar, Shabnam Majeed, Anwar 50-year-old star and Asin. Rafi, Akram Rahi, Nasir Beraj Asked if she credits her break Mehdi, Maham Rehman and Im- in Bollywood to Salman, Zareen ran Shaukat Ali. With most com- told IANS: "Of course I do (credit pilations to be out in June, singers him for my break in the industry)! weigh in on the trend and its in- If it wasn't for him, I don't even creasing popularity think I would have ever thought of Mini’s full-fledged naat album becoming an actress." last year turned out to be a great The 29-year-old actress, who hit. Following suit, she will be un- was last seen in the erotic thriller veiling two new naat videos this "Hate Story 3", says she would year. “It’s a tradition that after tak- want to share screen space with ing out my other albums through- the "Dabangg" star again. out the year, I sing naats and launch "I would love to (share screen videos in Ramazan,” said Mini. “It space with him again)!" Zareen is my religious commitment that said. makes me want to release albums On the work front, Zareen will without keeping any form of profit be seen in Sai Kabir's upcoming in mind.” On the same note, Ar- film "Divine Lovers". shad shared she has kept all her other work aside and is working on her upcoming videos which will ELIEVE be released in the first week of B Ramazan. “I have left all sorts of activities and am enthusiastically IT OR NOT: working on my naat videos,” add- ed Arshad. Arshad also hinted at launching videos of Qasidas and HONEY WAS Marsiyas close to the month of Muharram. According to many artists, ASKED TO Ramazan proves to be a fruitful month in terms of their business earnings as well. “It is a month of STAY AWAY blessings and helps our singers and artists community at large. Sing- ers become part of many private FROM television programmes as Naat Khawans,” mentioned Akram Rahi. “This is a good opportunity SHARP for artists and this year I will be launching a complete naat album as well.” Well-known playback OBJECTS! singer Shabnam Majeed will also be releasing two naat videos which she has recorded in her own stu- dio. Shah Rukh Releasing religious hymns in Ramazan proves not only benefi- Khan avoids cial for solo artists, but studio owners as well. “Studio owners traffic in the wait for the month before Rama- zan because it helps us earn a good most amount. We are recording Arif Lo- har, Maham Rehman and Nasir Beraj Mehdi’s naats at our studio unbelievable these days,” said music director Raza Shah. He laments the fact that way many recording studios have shut down in Lahore and singers are not regularly releasing new albums. NOT THE MOST However, he felt the increasing trend of recording naat albums has given both singers and studio own- FASHIONABLE STAR ers something to look forward to every year. “Everyone related with the music business is suffering in IN BOLLYWOOD: some way or another. So it is a good thing that now we have some- thing to do and keep ourselves oc- FAWAD KHAN cupied with. Even if it is for a Earlier this year, Yo Yo Honey Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan, far star quipped, “Should I start month” Singh came out brave and spoke has created waves in Bollywood from number one? Me.” The King of Bollywood sure not just because of his acting skills, He later added that Ranveer about his illness, Bipolar Disor- knows how to live like royalty! Whoa! Another der. but also due to his classy sense of Singh and Sonam Kapoor were his Shah Rukh Khan took a flight back style. fashion favourites. honour in the offing Which was followed by a home to avoid the busy and traffic string of shocking revelations The Kapoor & Sons star told “Ranveer has the quirkiest ridden roads of India. IANS that he doesn’t consider sense of fashion and at the same for 'Bajirao Mastani'? about how he battled everything The Dilwale star took to Ins- and struggled to come out of it. himself to be the most fashionable time he can be very dapper. He Deepika Padukone and Ranveer tagram, to share a picture of a car star in Bollywood, but did admit has got a very eclectic taste in fash- Now we learn that, during his that had caught fire. Singh starrer 'Bajirao Mastani' has traumatic phase, Yo Yo Honey that he can carry himself pretty ion,” said Fawad. scored a maximum of eight nomi- And since the star revealed well. Singh was kept away from Sharp that he “was cribbing being stuck nations at the 17th edition of the objects. In fact, his family and team “Kapray pehne ki tameez hai NEXA International Indian Film in my car in a traffic jam,” he de- (I have the sense of dressing). I am Academy (IIFA) Awards, sched- were so particular about this thing, cided to ditch the traffic, and take that they didn't allow placing a not the most fashionable but I car- uled to take place in Madrid, Spain an aerial route back home. ry myself pretty well,” he told next month. Salman Khan's "Ba- mirror in his room. Shah Rukh wrote, “Couldn’t jrangi Bhaijaan" is following close- There was always a fear about IANS. take the traffic so flying back from “Style is personal expression ly behind with seven nominations. Yo Yo Might just hurt himself or work. The dimples are because I The four-day IIFA gala, which anyone else around him due to the Yami Gautam is all set to hit the screen early next year opposite Hrithik and it is not confined to any trend. don’t have to worry about finding Roshan in Kaabil. It’s not your clothes that make you aims at bringing the magic of Indi- illness, so to avert all such casual- restrooms along the way!” an cinema to a new foreign desti- ties, Doctor had strictly advised After back to back hits like Badlapur and Sanam re, in which her look nice but it’s you who makes Want to meet Shah Rukh performance was appreciated, Kaabil came Yami's way. clothes look nice,” added Fawad. nation every year -- thereby open- all to keep Yo Yo Honey Singh Khan? Take inspiration from this ing doors for Bollywood across away from any kind of Sharp Ob- Its not only Yami Gautam's unmatched beauty and natural perfor- I do very silly stuff in the bath- the international market -- will this Indonesian fan mance caught the makers eye, but Yami's pretty eyes just sealed the deal room, in my private moments: jects. On the work front, the 50- year be held June 23-26. A run- for her. The makers of 'Kaabil' were scouting for someone with strong Fawad Khan away success for its unique tale, Looking at his current calen- year-old actor was last seen on the performance skills, but also wanted that person to have really pretty dar, India's biggest singing sensa- Fawad Khan’s photoshoot for the Shoojit Sircar directed film big screen in Maneesh Sharma’s eyes. Yami just fit the bill perfectly and she was on board. Forbes India. "Piku" has six nominations and the tion is raring all guns out and looks directorial Fan. In his next project The Badlapur actress has been putting in extra efforts to get into the unstoppable now. Here are Fawad’s top picks for Farhan Akhtar starrer "Dil Raees, directed by Rahul Dholakia, skin of the character of a blind girl. It will be interesting to see, why the Bollywood’s most fashionable ce- Dhadakne Do" received five nom- Yo Yo Honey Singh is current- SRK will be seen sharing screen makers wanted to cast someone with pretty eyes for the character of a inations. Other notable mentions ly busy doing concerts allover. lebrities space with actor Nawazuddin Sid- blind girl. Previously, when Fawad was this year who are also up for the Recently, he was even award- diqui and Pakistani talent Mahira Kaabil also marks Yami's first association with Hrithik Roshan. awards are "Badlapur - Don't Miss ed as the most stylist singer of the asked to list the most fashionable Khan. The film is in shooting stages and is all set hit the silver screen, early people in Bollywood, the Humsa- the Beginning", "Talvar" and "Tanu year award. We can’t all be Shah Rukh. next year on 26th January. Weds Manu Returns." MONDAY. MAY 30, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Kohli Klay and Steph save Warriors praises season, stun Warner Thunder to force ahead of IPL Game 7 Throughout the Western Confer- ence finals, as you watched the cricket final Oklahoma City Thunder push, and press, and suffocate the Golden State Warriors with their superior length and athleticism, you might have found yourself wondering what exactly the Warriors had to do to get back to being the War- riors — what adjustments they could make to turn the tide in a Serena Williams was ahead, yes, series that seemed to be running but hardly at her best, when claps away from them with the speed of of thunder and a heavy downpour a Russell Westbrook fast break. At interrupted her third-round French some point in your search, you Open match at a critical juncture. might have settled on a particular- So during what turned out to ly elegant solution: either Stephen be a delay of more than 2½ hours Curry or Klay Thompson will right before a second-set tiebreak- have to go absolutely berserk, and er Saturday against 26th-seeded man, it'd sure help Golden State if Kristina Mladenovic of France, both of them did. Virat Kohli Saturday heaped praise Williams met with coach Patrick It didn't feel much like analy- on his opposite number David Mouratoglou. sis, but, well, there it was ... and Warner ahead of cricket's Indian "I spoke 10 minutes, which is on a scintillating Saturday night in Premier League title clash, saying far too long. Actually, at the end, I Oklahoma City, well, there it was. the Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper said: 'Sorry. I spoke too long. Thompson scored a career has come a long way. Much too long.' Because a long playoff-high 41 points, going 11- Kohli, who has been instru- speech is not a good speech; it has for-18 from long range to set a new mental in leading Royal Challeng- to be short and powerful," Mou- NBA record for most 3-pointers ers Bangalore into the third IPL ratoglou recounted later. "My in a postseason game. Curry scored final, also said he and Warner have point was just to make her think 20 of his 29 points after halftime, similar leadership skills. the way she thinks when she's finished one assist shy of a triple- The two men are heading the good, when she's playing like Ser- double, and drove the dagger into batting charts with Australia's ena plays." Oklahoma City's heart on a driv- Warner (779 in 16 games) trailing Did it work? ing runner hoisted high over the Kohli (919 in 15 matches - the high- "Just look at the score," Mou- outstretched arm of Serge Ibaka est ever in a single IPL edition) in ratoglou said, "and, more than that, and banked off glass with 14 sec- this season's list. look at the way she did it." onds left. "I think he (Warner) has come Coming out of the locker room The Warriors needed their su- a long way as a leader in this tour- determined to dictate play more perstars to play like superstars nament," Kohli said on the eve of than she had been, Williams edged and the Splash Brothers delivered the final in Bangalore on Sunday. Mladenovic 6-4, 7-6 (10), a victo- in spades, dominating the fourth "The kind of hunger he has had ry that set up a fourth-round quarter to lead Golden State to a in this tournament to get the job matchup against a woman whose 108-101 Game 6 win that left the done speaks volumes of his char- coaching consultant is the 34-year- fans at Chesapeake Energy Arena acter. I think we both think on sim- old American's former rival, Just- absolutely stunned, and sent the ilar lines. ine Henin. Western Conference finals back to "There is a lot of similarity in "Up until that point, I had not the Bay for a winner-take-all terms of approaching the game, been playing my game. I was play- ing really defensive. It's not me," Game 7 on Monday night at what wanting to contribute for the said the top-seeded Williams, who promises to be an exceptionally team's cause, getting people to- compiled a 5-2 advantage in win- raucous Oracle Arena. gether and wanting them to be at ners in the tiebreaker. "So I just They're going to sing songs their best," the Bangalore skipper wanted to be Serena out there." about the shots Klay took — the said. Her sister Venus, seeded No. audacious deep 3s, the 3s fired Kohli's counterpart Warner, 9, beat France's Alize Cornet 7-6 without a clear line of sight to the whose team beat Gujarat Lions on (5), 1-6, 6-0 to reach the fourth rim, with Andre Roberson all over Friday, was unable to make it to round for the first time since 2010. him like cheap cologne, without the press conference as his team's And another American, No. 15 even really getting possession of flight got delayed due to rain and Madison Keys, got that far at Ro- the ball. thunderstorms in the Bangalore land Garros for the first time with And they should, because region. a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over Monica Klay Thompson's shot-making in The Australian has handled his Puig. Game 6 was the stuff of legend ... side with aplomb and remains the Quarterfinal berths will be at and his reaction after the game only overseas captain of an IPL stake in these matchups Monday: was, too: side this season after Kings XI Venus vs. No. 8 Timea Bacsinsz- Q: “What did you think when Punjab skipper David Miller was ky, Keys vs. Kiki Bertens, No. 12 you looked at the box score & saw sidelined midway. Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Yulia 11 (3 ptrs)?” Klay: “I should have "It's been wonderful to see Putintseva. had 13.. missed some wide open how he has led the team especially Next up for Serena Williams is looks early” with senior players like Yuvraj No. 18 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, With Curry battling injuries Singh and Ashish Nehra along with who was 0-7 against Ana Ivanovic earlier this postseason and ineffec- youngsters like Mustafizur (Rah- before beating the 2008 French tiveness at times in this series, man), and handling everyone well," Open champion 6-4, 6-4. Thompson has been Golden State's said Kohli. Svitolina, 21 and the winner rock, the shot-making foundation With both the sides eyeing of the girls' title in Paris in 2010, is of their grind to this point. And their maiden IPL title, Kohli be- 0-3 against Williams. But the far with his 41-point killer in Game 6, lieves home support at Bangalore's more fascinating storyline involves he entered some rarefied postsea- M Chinnawsamy stadium will cer- Henin, a seven-time major cham- son air: tainly go a long way to get the best pion whose playing career ended Klay Thompson's 41 pts are out of the RCB players. in 2011 and who has been helping the most in a road game when fac- "As cricketers we understand Svitolina with the mental aspects ing elimination since LeBron had that the energy people bring into of tennis for the past few months. 45 pts in Game 6 of 2012 Conf the stadium plays a massive role Williams and Henin played Finals at Boston in the team turning things around," each other 14 times (Williams won Curry's second-half resur- said Kohli. eight, including the 2010 Austra- gence, which came after a score- The 27-year-old, who has top lian Open final). Their most infa- less first quarter, has already guns like AB de Villiers and Chris mous encounter came at the 2003 prompted 10 million "70 percent Gayle on his side, stressed the French Open: There was a flap at best, huh?" sneer-jokes, and will importance of not taking winning over whether Henin tried to call launch 10 million more before or losing to heart. time; Williams drew fans' ire by Monday. But the plays he made "See, composure is key. Try arguing line calls; Henin's three-set with the game in the balance — and be as normal as possible. It's victory ended a 33-match Grand the hiccup-quick 25-foot bomb the final, everybody will want to Slam winning streak for Williams, who was jeered off the court, then over Kevin Durant's impossibly win. But be attached, yet be de- teared up while talking about it all. long arms to get Golden State with- tached. On Saturday, Williams deflect- in one with 3:58 remaining, the 26- "If you win you don't stop ed a question about what it might footer in transition that tied it at there, if you lose it's not the end of be like to see Henin in a foe's camp 99 with 2:48 left, the shake-up of the world," the captain said. all these years later. Ibaka to get the dagger in the air, the steal of Westbrook's ensuing inbounds to all but ice it — are the French Open UFC goes above and beyond in effort to help Jordan Spieth takes kind of plays that helped the War- riors believe, even down 3-1 and Lookahead: down by 13 in Game 6, that they TUF contestant save his marriage command of lead at Dean had a chance. With Stephen Cur- Isner faces When Abdel Medjedoub arrived in Dana White. the house and try to win this show, ry, you always have a chance ... Las Vegas to appear on the 23rd “After sitting down and talk- but I don’t want to lose her.” & DeLuca Invitational and with his play this postseason, Murray for rare installment of The Ultimate Fight- ing with Abdel and finding out After meeting with Medje- Klay's earning a spot in that same er, he was focused on winning the what the situation was and what doub, White decided to do some- vaunted category. light heavyweight tournament and he was dealing with, I felt the best thing rarely done in the show’s his- The same has long been true QF berth securing a UFC contract. He de- thing to do was to let him get on tory. He allowed Abdel to go home for the Thunder, led by stars West- feated John Paul Elias during the the phone and talk to his wife,” and return to the show. brook and Durant, and through John Isner is all too aware of his three quarters, Oklahoma City's lack of success in fourth-round preliminary round and earned a said the UFC president. “I’m going to let you go home. matches at Grand Slam tourna- spot in the fighter house, but soon Medjedoub admitted to doing I’m going to let you deal with this, two-man power trip had combined ments: 1-5. found himself fighting another bat- something “wrong,” but wouldn’t and I’m going to let you come for 45 points. Durant had gotten To reach the second major tle. say anything more. back,” said White. “Go home, take off to a rough start, missing 13 of his career-high 19 first-half field- quarterfinal of his career - and first During the fifth episode, Med- “I’m in a bad situation. My care of her, get this straightened goal attempts, but he'd settled in at the French Open - the 31-year- jedoub’s wife contacted the show’s wife, she’s upset. I don’t have an out, and I’ll let you come back.” with nine points on five shots in old American will need to do some- producers and demanded to speak excuse for what I did,” he said. Leaving the fighter house is the third, and Westbrook was both thing he's never done, not even to her husband. Producers allowed Placed between a rock and a something that got Jeremy Jack- making smart decisions with the once, in five tries: beat Andy Mur- her to speak with him and she gave hard place, Medjedoub was going son kicked off the show in Season ball (11 assists with just one turn- ray. Medjedoub an ultimatum. to have to make a choice. If he 4. Michael Chiesa was allowed to over) and getting to his spots, ei- ''I have definitely fallen in the “Abdel is the last light heavy- stayed on the show, his wife was leave and return during TUF 15 to ther finishing at the rim or pulling round of 16 quite a bit,'' the 15th- weight that hasn’t fought yet on going to leave him. If he left the attend his father’s funeral, but typ- Jordan Spieth is in the driver's seat of the busy major season this sum- Claudia Gadelha’s team, and he’s show, he believed his shot in the ically no fighter can leave the up for his "cotton shot" near the seeded Isner said. ''We will try to to win his first PGA event in Tex- mer. Ryan Palmer and Webb Sim- elbow. Together, with some aid correct that going forward.'' in a weird situation because he’s UFC would be forever dashed. house. “Once fighters make the de- as after taking the 54-hole lead at pson are nipping at his heels at 11 from Ibaka and important minutes His latest attempt to get past having serious personal problems “I worked so hard for this cision to come to The Ultimate Colonial Country Club on Satur- under. No. 2 Murray is scheduled for right now. Basically, his wife said moment. I moved from France to Fighter, and this is what they want from series-changing wing Rober- day. Here are Sunday's top golfers son and maxed-out sixth man Enes Sunday, when the forecast calls for if you do not quit the competition Montreal for this dream. I know if to do, there’s no going home. After the second round con- and what they need to do to win: Kanter, it was enough to give Okla- plenty of rain. and come home, I’m going to leave I leave, I burn all my chance in the There’s no talking to family mem- cluded early in the morning Satur- Jordan Spieth (-12) — This homa City an eight-point lead head- ''I know I'm going to have my you,” explained UFC president UFC,” he said. “I want to stay in bers, but this is a real weird situa- day, Spieth jumped out of the gates would be a good time for Spieth to ing into the final frame. hands full,'' the big-serving Isner tion,” said White. in Round 3 by birdieing two of his just go home and block everything But Thompson's triples and said about the matchup against “I don’t want Abdel to have first four holes en route to a 5- out he hears over the next 18 hours. Murray, a superb returner, ''but I to choose between his career and poor shot-making by Oklahoma under 65 to get to 12 under. The People will be quick to bring up City kept the Warriors within hail- think Andy will have his hands full, his marriage, so I decided to let him No. 2-ranked player has improved his recent failures, but he has a lot ing distance early in the fourth, and as well.'' Aside from what's at stake fly home, fix his marriage, take care by one shot every day this week. of positive Sundays to draw back with 6:33 left in the game, Steve for Isner personally, he also can of his wife, and be back before the The Dallas native has finished on as well. Kerr decided to dance with the date become the first American man to next fight happens. I’m going to runner-up three times in Texas — Webb Simpson (-11) — The that helped bring the Warriors to a get to the quarterfinals at Roland give him that opportunity to come including at this event last year — anchoring ban has been cruel to championship and a historic 73- Garros since Andre Agassi did it back and try to win this thing.” but Spieth still doesn't have a win Simpson, maybe more than any Medjedoub returned to the set win season: the so-called "Death 13 years ago. The last time any in his home state. other player, considering how long Lineup" of Curry, Thompson, Ig- man from the United States was a in high spirits and refocused. Sunday's have been tough on he used it. But he's hitting excel- uodala, Harrison Barnes and Dray- quarterfinalist at any Grand Slam “I went there. I fixed every- Spieth recently (Masters, Byron lent shots this week and making mond Green that redefined small- tournament was in 2011, when Is- thing. I took my responsibility like Nelson), but he's hitting the ball putts when he needs to. He will ball in the NBA, laid waste to the ner and Andy Roddick got that far a man. It’s my fault 1000-percent,” better this week and it appears his have to stay aggressive Sunday if league this year, and got summari- at the U.S. Open. he said. game is rounding into form ahead he's going to pull off the upset. MONDAY. MAY 30. 2016-Jawza 10, 1395 H.S Vol:X Issue No:299 Price: Afs.15

AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign ation and needs more profession- trainings for diplomats during their nology, our progenitors had kept Affairs on Sunday celebrated 60th al, competent diplomats to prac- service.” important historical documents in anniversary of the establishment tice foreign policy. Former foreign minister Ran- the ministry about our bordering gin Dadfar Spanta said that from water with neighboring countries,” the beginning up to now the min- he asserted. istry had served by the elitist Af- Spanta added that their writ- ghan diplomats and they remained ten documents show that they significant achievements form [progenitors] were very active in themselves in the political arena. expansion of diplomatic relations “Despite lack of modern tech- with neighboring countries. Govt servants to be trained in capacity-building AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Information ture minister, said that the training and Culture on Sunday inaugurat- would enable young employees to ed a short- term training workshop realize their responsibilities in a for capacity building of govern- suitable manner. mental employees. The program “We would expand our train- is supported technically and finan- ing program in various grounds in cially by the United Nations Pop- different parts of the country if ulation Fund (UNFPA) and tens UNFPA continues its assistance of the administration would learn for youth deputy,” he added. professional training in field of Saadat did not offer any de- of the Institute of Diplomacy. “Our diplomats need to know proposal writing, management, tails about the numbers of the train- Sixty years back (in 1334 so- the principles of the foreign poli- leadership, languages and comput- ees and UNFPA financial support lar year) when Sardar Mohmmad cy to pursue the national interests er skill. Kamal Saadat, deputy cul- benefited by the training program. Naim Khan was the foreign minis- in relationships with the foreign Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the ter, the Institute of Diplomacy was countries. Our foreign scheme is UN’s refugee agency said Sunday, citing survivor testimony. “The situation is chaotic, we cannot be sure of inaugurated in foreign ministry and based on scientific and strategy the numbers, but we fear up to 700 people may have drowned in three shipwrecks this week,” one of which has so far graduated 22 rounds of vision,” he added. was believed to have claimed over 500 lives, UNHCR spokesman Federico Fossi told AFP. diplomats. Rabbani vowed that he would About 500 migrants were declared lost after the fishing boat they were on capsized on Thursday morning Foreign Minister Salahuddin not spare efforts in persuading the off Libya, with survivors saying at least 40 of the dead were children, including newborn babies. Rabbani said the Institute of Di- national interests and goals in the Some 100 people were missing after a boat sank Wednesday and 45 bodies were recovered from a wreck plomacy has played significant role international relationships and that happened Friday, with more feared lost. “We’ll never know the exact number, we’ll never know their in upholding of capacity building would implement the four-year identity, but survivors tell that over 500 human beings died” in Thursday’s shipwreck, Carlotta Sami, of diplomats. foreign policy. UNHCR spokeswoman, said on Twitter. Brought to safety at the Italian ports of Taranto and Pozzallo, He stated that Afghanistan re- “We are committed to provide survivors told the UNHCR and Save the Children how their boat had sunk after a high-seas drama which saw mained in the crucial political situ- professional capacity building one woman decapitated. Drone attack kills six Daesh militants in Nangarhar AT News Report said. “US drone on Saturday night, recently in Nangarhar province, extent.” He furthered that Afghan part in 50 to 180 missions on dai- struck a Daesh hideout in Kangari where several provincial officials and US forces were targeting ly basis to support the security KABUL: Six militants loyal to the Kando locality of the district, in believe that acceleration of such Daesh fighters from air on daily forces in battlefield. Islamic State known as Daesh, which six Daesh fighters were operation would definitely bear basis. On Friday, eight fighters, “Air Force utilizes the avail- were killed in a US drone strike in killed,” a provincial security offi- positive result in fight against loyal to the Islamic State, were able resources, including combat the Haska Mina district of eastern cials who wish to remain anony- Daesh fighters. killed after the Afghan Air Force and airlift equipment to support Nangarhar province, an official mous told Afghanistan Times. Achin district administrative conducted an air raid. the Afghan ground forces,” he said. said on Sunday. However, there is no immedi- chief Ghalib Mujahid said that Daesh fighters were killed Waziri added that Air Force “A commander of the Daesh ate comment posed by Daesh mil- Daesh fighters received huge casu- while devising evil designs. provides close-air supports and was killed along with his five fight- itants into the matter. alties due to air operation during Recently, spokesman for the also logistics support to the secu- ers in a drone strike,” provincial It is worth mentioning that air the recent months. “The group’s Defence Ministry Dawlat Waziri rity forces in their fight against in- spokesman Ataullah Khogyani operations had been intensified evil activities are down to a large said that Afghan Air Force takes surgency across the country.