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MoHEvows to address accommodation challenges in universities

Deputy speaker warns against interference in parliamentary affairs

By Farhad Naibkhel dermine supreme court credibili- KABUL: The first deputy speak- ty. According to some unconfirmed er of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower reports, after sacking a number of House) of the parliament on Sun- ministers due to their failure in spending development budget, the day said that the interpellation AT News Report of Higher Education has initiated and voting against ministers is the government referred the issue to the Supreme Court, which pro- several steps to update the curric- legal right of members of the KABUL: Marking the University ulum and upgrade the dormitories Wolesi Jirga and no organ has the voked anger of Wolesi Jirga. The Students’ Day, the Ministry of Wolesi Jirga members with a ma- to suit students need,” said Jalal. right to act against lawmakers’ Higher Education (MoHE) prom- Pointing to discrimination in cer- decision or interfere. “Interpel- jority vote, around two weeks ago, ised to strive hard to address lack summoned 19 ministers and a tain universities, he said the MoHE lation and impeachment is the le- of dormitory challenges, in the var- would act legally against those gal right of Wolesi Jirga and no number of departmental heads to sities, soon. “Ministry will exert brief regarding their failure in teachers, who fan the flame of dis- organ has the right to interfere in utmost efforts to solve accommo- crimination in the academic insti- the aspect,” said Zahir Qadeer, spending budgetary allocations dation challenges of the students during the outgoing Afghan fiscal tutions. the first deputy speaker of the in the country,” said Head of Uni- President of the Afghanistan Stu- Wolesi Jirga. He said that dis- year. It is pertained to mention that versity Students at the ministry, the lawmakers sacked ministers of dents Association, Zahir Faizi, qualification of a number of min- Sayed Najmuddin Jalal. While con- urged the students to keep unity isters over the failure in spending foreign affairs, labor and social af- firming lack of accommodation fa- fairs, public works, education, in their ranks and strive hard to budget is not an act against the cilities for students in Kabul, he pursue their studies. He said that government. It is a legal right prac- transport and civil aviation, tele- said that those students who have communications and information knowledge is more important than ticed by lawmakers. Pointing to no access to dormitory would be politics. “It is required of every some rumors that Supreme Court technology and higher education in provided cash to afford their stay the past three days. Ministers student to strictly pursue their ed- would interfere in decision of in the capital city. Construction of ucation in order to lead the coun- Wolesi Jirga regarding the minis- of justice, public health, energy and hostels would need budget and water, urban development, counter try toward development,” he said. ters, he said that the Supreme time, he said, assuring that the min- Faizi stressed on improvement and Court was a credible organ and narcotics, refugee and economy istry is searching for ways to ad- who had spent below 70 per cent promotion of Afghan culture and the decision taken under the frame dress these challenges. “Ministry languages. of law has no connection to exec- of the development budget re- utive power as well as to supreme ceived vote of vote of confidence court, because this issue can un- and remained in their posts. Pakistan helping in secret talks with Afghan Taliban ISLAMABAD: The ministry of report has been prepared jointly by situation on the eastern and west- In August, 86 border violations were tary revealed that after the Uri in- JALALABAD : Police have seized an explosives-laden car and a drug smuggler in two separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar province. The foreign affairs admitted on Friday in defence and foreign affairs commit- ern borders and preparation of made from Afghanistan and two cident, India violated the ceasefire bomb-rigged vehicle was confiscated in Momand Dara district and four a report presented in the Senate that tees of the upper house and tabled armed forces. The defence secretary army personals embraced shahdat agreement continuously. Last suspects, including three brothers, were arrested in connection with the Pakistan was helping in talks with by their chairmen, Mushahid Hus- told the parliamentary bodies that due to rocket attacks from Afghani- year, it committed 100 violations plot, eastern border police chief, Col. Mohammad Ayub Hussain Khel, Afghan Taliban but the policy was sain Syed and Senator Nuzhat Sadiq. the Pak-Afghan border was 2611 ki- stan in October. Both Afghanistan of the ceasefire agreement. To make told a press conference here. He said the seizure of the explosives-filled to keep it secret, and the Afghan The report includes the suspension lometers long and we were facing and Pakistan agreed to hold a flag the Afghanistan border safe and se- car prevented a bloody terrorist attack in the district centre. Elsewhere, government took the right decision of talks with the Afghan Taliban af- problems to stop terrorists and drug meeting every month to check bor- cure, a border management system a man arrested after 62 kilograms of hashish were recovered from him in to contact Gulbadin Hikmat Yar. This ter the death of Mullah Munsor, the smugglers due to the porous border. der violations. The defence secre- has implemented. DAILYTIMES Darband locality of Dur Baba district, Col. Hussain Khel said. The Citizen’s Charter, another Stride of the National Unity Government towards Success Through implementation of effective development programs, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has always worked hard to ensure socio-economic growth and foster cultural values that have a prominent role in improving the community livelihood. As such, thousands of public utility projects in various sectors have been implemented by the National Solidarity Programme of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD/NSP). Considerable changes have been brought about in our rural communities on completion of these projects indeed. The development process did not end upon completion of the NSP as it has been replaced with a quality, new development program; the Citizen’s Charter. By establishing linkages between villages and cities, the Citizen’s Charter will strengthen the people’s economy. This program will meet the needs of people in various sectors including health, education, agriculture, safe water, power, etc. An inauguration ceremony has recently taken place to formally announce the commencement of the Citizen’s Charter. The preliminary gathering of the Citizen’s Charter took place on September 24, 2016 with participation of Eng. Naseer Ahmad Durrani the MRRD Minister, Nasir Hameed the Director of Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and 250 members representing Community Development Councils and Urban Development Councils (UDCs) in Inter-Continental Hotel, Kabul. “The design of Citizen’s Charter also covers the role of the displaced and the returnees as they were never given attention in the past. We put an end to this favoritism in the execution of the Citizen’s Charter. Moreover, you will not have the responsibility to only implement the projects under Citizen’s Charter, but you will have to monitor the performances of every line ministry”, added the MRRD Minister. According to MRRD Minister “The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) was an experimental phase yielding some extraordinary results as some 88,700 development projects for millions of dollars have been constructed across Afghanistan under this program. The role of women was carefully considered in NSP implementation, being able to give opinion about the development of their communities”. While shedding light on Citizen’s Charter, the MRRD Minister said: “This program will be implemented during coming ten years at a sum of one milliard dollars and our villages and cities will experience considerable economic growth in this period.” Through delivering a rhetoric speech, Muhammad Ashraf Ghani the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has expressed his pleasure over the start of the Citizen’s Charter in the gathering that witnessed the participation of cabinet members, parliament members, donors, CDC and UDC male and female members, civil society representatives and journalists. He has expressed his views, expectations, vision about the Citizen’s Charter as well as indicating the government and people’s commitment and their reciprocal responsibilities in this regard. The President has appreciated the MRRD and other relevant ministries for designing the Citizen’s Charter program as well as requesting further coordination among them in successful implementation of this national program. The President has also pointed out the active participation of women in this program and praised the efforts they have put into implementing the NSP over the last decade. In addition, he has praised the sacrifices made by the Afghan security forces and took pride in the patriotism and the loyalty they have towards their nation and country. In addition to expressing his pleasure over the start of Citizen’s Charter and mentioning it as glad tidings for reciprocal cooperation among people, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah the Chief Executive of Afghanistan revealed: “It is a great pleasure that today a pledge of government, which was only a topic two years ago, has been carried out. In fact, the Citizen’s Charter is building certainty between people and the government in terms of prioritizing community needs and delivering services through the National Unity Government to the vulnerable spheres of society both at village and city levels. I am pleased that six months back we promised that we would start the Citizen’s Charter in the month of Mizan (September)”. The Chief Executive hoped that the experience gained by the CDCs during the execution of NSP-funded projects would help the government achieve its goals; which are poverty alleviation, employment generation, women empowerment, agricultural development, promotion of education and improvement of health services. The Chief Executive of Afghanistan added: “As you are in the loop, the main objective of this program is to ensure the people’s access to potable water, transport, health, education and irrigation. This program has various dimensions as it gives people a sense of self confidence. They say I am the owner of my village, district, province and country. When we bring up the Citizen’s Charter, we can see that the people of Afghanistan themselves have a crucial role in its execution. The implementation of this program requires the participation of people in development councils operating in villages and districts across Afghanistan. Provincial and district governors may play a role to see whether or not the people show commitment by serving their communities”. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Five Pakhtun leaders give 14 THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKEFOR proposals for FEMALEENTREPRENEURS return of Afghan refugees INAFGHANISTAN It's been 15 years since U.S. forces invaded Afghan- ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Peshawar for forgery of a Pakistani these refugees out in any undignified manner. The good- istan. In the capital city of Kabul—the world’s fifth- Ashraf Ghani singled out one Computerised National Identity will that this country has earned by hosting the biggest fastest-growing urban population, which jumped woman out of millions of Afghan Card (CNIC). Afghans have for refugee population in the world will be carried by these from half a million in 2001 to over 4.6 million—the Afghan government struggles against a worsening refugees who have returned home decades resorted to these fake iden- refugees when they return as for many it would be humanitarian situation. As U.S. and NATO troops or are still in Pakistan because she tities especially in the case of their their first time inside their own country. continue to withdraw, so do international aid work- was a world celebrity achieving arrests abroad and it is only on their The five Pakhtun leaders have also made 14 rec- ers. Typically, the burden of international problems international fame because of one return to Pakistan that their ‘fake’ ommendations for the management and repatriation of such as poverty, disaster, and war are left exclusive- photograph taken in 1984. Pakistani nationality is exposed. Afghan refugees.Amongst the Pakhtun leaders are ly to governments and nonprofit organizations. In This was the face of an Af- While Sharbat Gula pleaded Mehmood Khan Achakzai, chairman Pakhtunkhwa recent years, a new approach has emerged. Social ghan refugee the world had never guilty to all charges, even the Unit- Milli Awami Party, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, chair- entrepreneurs are spearheading job growth and sta- seen before even as Afghan Muja- ed Nations High Commissioner had man Qaumi Watan Party, Senator Sirajul Haq, amir bility, and a burgeoning private sector seeks to stabi- hideen backed by Pakistan and the to admit that she was not even reg- Jamaat-e-Islami and Maulana Fazlur Rehman, amir lize the economy and break the dependency on for- eign aid. They walk a fragile line. They must build CIA were fighting the occupation istered as a refugee. The law took Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl. The only honourable ex- networks with trusted government workers, the in- support, but it has not yet passed. ically, they attend classes in the forces of Soviet Union. The move its course and Sharbat Gula was ception is the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. ternational business community, young students, and The uncertainty of the security capital at Kabul University, which came when five Pakhtun political ordered to be deported.Would any These five leaders pointed out that to ensure sta- professionals. Many Afghan business leaders hope transition poses problems for a saw renewed enrollment after the party leaders have asked the gov- Pakistani with a fake identity card bility in the region, maintain Pakistan’s good rapport to attract investors who will bet on them to secure country whose past decade of eco- Taliban fell in 2001. The comput- ernment to enact appropriate leg- not be brought before the courts in and in view of the national security paradigm, Paki- hard-won gains in human rights, especially for wom- nomic growth has relied on inter- er science department is now 30% islation governing the subject of any other country including Af- stan must continue with voluntary, gradual and ho- en. Shetab Afghanistan, which translates to "acceler- national aid and spending, which women. Before 2002, this number refugees keeping in view its own ghanistan whether the citizen was nourable repatriation of Afghan refugees with the as- ator" in Persian/Dari, is a newly launched incubator has been referred to as the "Kabul was zero. Fakhria Momtaz, Sh- national interest and specific envi- a man or a woman? sistance of the United Nations and international com- and coworking space offering mentoring and acceler- bubble." According to the World etab’s first female participant and Bank, Afghanistan's economic cofounder of a Kabul-based IT ronment. The government is once again munity. One of the recommendations pointed out that ation services for social innovators, activists, and entrepreneurs. Founders Ajmal Paiman and Azadeh growth was down sharply to 3.7% company called Momtaz Solu- The UNHCR says that 1.6 thinking of extending the deadline a viable and realistic timeline for the return of Afghan Tajdar launched their first lab to support six star- in 2013. An in-person poll by Gal- tions, also aims to increase access million have been registered out of for all Afghan refugees to return refugees to their country of origin should be set. “The tups this September. This included the first female lup revealed that job prospects to computer education. She wants over three million Afghan refugees. home, which is in itself self-defeat- proof of registration cards and tripartite agreement participant in Shetab’s emerging network, a country across Afghanistan have been in to extend safe environments like This is because of the lax attitude ing because realities in Pakhtunkh- many be extended till 31-12-2021 in line with the pol- ranked to be the most oppressive in the world for sharp decline since 2012. the one that allowed her success in of the government, unlike in Iran wa have changed, there is donor icy adopted by Iran. Efforts must simultaneously be girls and women. "Afghanistan has a nascent wom- Supporting a new model of her profession. "My company is where the process is more stream- fatigue, refugee camps are being made to maintain the current momentum of voluntary en-led startup scene, and women need more encour- collaboration could be the key to launching a center to encourage lined. A question that should be used by militants, Pakistan has repatriation.” The government has also been asked that agement and incentives to actually consider the en- securing a better future for Afghan- girls to stay in computer science asked of Ghani is whether other done more than its share of host- unregistered Afghans may be documented.“Nadra trepreneurial option." istan's people. classes," she says. "We want to "As international NGOs are show them a clear future and let millions of women who have re- ing these refugees for 35 years and should issue biometric cards to Afghan refugees and "Afghanistan has a nascent women-led startup scene, and women need more encouragement and leaving, the status of women is them know they are stronger than turned home to a hopeless future Ashraf Ghani has to make good on Ministry of Safron may take up the matter with IOM incentives to actually consider the entrepreneurial even more fragile," says Dr. Mas- the men who try to bully them out are not worthy of the attention of his assurance when he took office for treating this caseload at par with POR card holders option, particularly in the Afghan context, where souda Jalal, the former minister of of the field." his government? that repatriation of Afghan refu- and provide the same incentives. Till such time as the formal employment opportunities for women are women’s affairs who ran for pres- The project proposal, Mo- Sharbat Gula was arrested by gees will be his top priority. documentation process by Nadra is completed, undue limited," explains Tajdar. "The more successful fe- ident in 2004. She created the Jalal mtaz Host, seeks to enhance em- the Federal Investigation Agency Neither is it in Pakistan’s tra- harassment and application of Section 14 of the For- male entrepreneurs emerge in Afghanistan, the more Foundation in 2007, the first wom- ployable skills like coding and pro- (FIA) on Oct 26 from her house in dition nor that of Pakhtuns to push eigners Act should be avoided.” society will leap forward." According to the U.N., en-led initiative of its type in Af- gramming for both students and the World Bank, and other organizations, when wom- ghanistan’s history. professionals. The aim is to build en have access to education, jobs, and leadership The Jalal Foundation reports capacity to train 100 young pro- positions, communities and nations benefit. that so far, 120,000 women have fessionals at any given time. The But there are significant challenges. estimates been trained in literacy, English, IT, center plans to include member- that almost nine out of 10 Afghan women face phys- leadership, and political participa- ship to the International Scientific ical, sexual, or psychological violence or are forced tion. 150,000 women are now ac- Institutes such as Elsevier for re- into marriage. As in many countries, Afghan girls tive in local councils, 1,600 have search. Child care, another barrier tend to drop out in secondary school due to cultural tried to join local elections as can- to the workplace, will also be pro- barriers, including early marriage practices. The Unit- didates, 10,000 have been trained vided. An estimated $1.5 million ed Nations Population Fund estimates that 46% of to serve as election clerks, and 80% is needed by donors to implement Afghan girls are married by age 18, and 15% of them of the women to vote in the 2014 the project. are married before age 15. election were women directed by "Many women face harsh dis- The country has the highest gender disparity in one of her programs. Jalal wants crimination in their first year of Kabul’s military training academy is churning out classes of enthusiastic women to the world for primary education: 71 girls attend for the trend to continue for the up- studying computer science at uni- serve in Afghanistan’s army,but the realities of rising violence and a conservative every 100 boys. Only 21% of these girls end up coming 2017 election. versity," says Momtaz. "They are completing primary school. According to experts and Afghanistan’s constitution fighting against prescribed roles society make the future for the young recruits far from certain. In the latest class, women across the war-torn country, little has changed guarantees women both the right and drop out to do what is expect- some of the nearly 150 women training to be officers say they feel proud to be part for women there, despite upwards of $1.5 billion to an education and to employ- ed of them, like be a teacher or a spent to empower women and girls. But could sup- ment, but in the political world, doctor or other helping profes- of the effort to secure the country, still racked by an insurgency waged by Islamist porting women-led initiatives and startups ensure there is a gap between agreed-upon sions." An exact number was not militants to topple the Western-backed government.--By Reuters intervention programs run as intended? rights and the reality on the ground. provided, but estimates say that "Entrepreneurship also empowers, enabling a For this reason, Jalal says she only half of the women who enroll poor woman in a poor country to generate income, would like it to be easier for wom- graduate. secure a good home, and send her children to school," en to participate in rebuilding Af- "Societies that have increased states Steven Koltai, who helped lead the creation of ghanistan’s political system. the growth of established women the Global Entrepreneurship Program under former Women were noticeably absent in entrepreneurs are more inclusive Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "This is also the the peace talks held in Qatar. Hu- and have a more thriving private promise of microfinance, but full-blown entrepre- man Rights Watch has stressed sector and entrepreneurship cli- neurship takes it to a meaningful, lasting level," he that international donors will in- mate." Momtaz says that she’s says. Koltai sees entrepreneurship as the first step crease once female participation in personally benefited from a unique up the economic ladder, "providing access to both peace talks is guaranteed. support system. Her father and well-being and social respect for those who are nor- "For Afghan women’s rights, grandfather both detested the cul- mally denied such access, including women, ethnic we want to build a culture where tural attitudes towards women, minorities, and those lacking friends in high places." women can help the economy rise, and her husband is the cofounder Over the course of two years, Koltai acted as senior and that’s why we rely on solidar- of her company. "My father loved adviser to the Global Entrepreneurship Program and ity with organizations to promote to see women in leadership posi- oversaw the launch of pilot projects across the Mid- women as first-class citizens who tions," she says. "He would show dle East. For Koltai, "There’s a straight-line connec- can contribute to social life," says me pictures of [former Pakistani tion between unemployment, and political instabili- Jalal. The Jalal Foundation is cur- Prime Minister] Benazir Bhutto ty and unrest." Fostering entrepreneurship is the rently focused on attracting donors and inspire me to work on behalf remedy. Koltai believes that the U.S. government to promote computer literacy be- of my community. These are diffi- should be spending more money to support entre- cause the internet acts as a lifeline cult times, but this is my country preneurs. "I’d like to see it shift its international to the outside world. "If we can and I am dedicated to it." "It gives economic development resources—even slightly— give women access to the internet us such joy because we are accel- so that more U.S. aid dollars are directed to bolster- and computer skills, then we’ve erating startups where the ing the entrepreneurship ecosystems that are essen- connected them to an ocean of in- founders and cofounders are wom- tial to nurturing startups," he says. Afghan Presi- formation in the world," explains en," says Tajdar. "Societies that dent Ashraf Ghani expressed a similar view in his Jalal. Jalal Foundation is just one have increased the growth of es- TEDGlobal talk, "How to Rebuild a Broken State." of a number of organizations cam- tablished women entrepreneurs He urged the importance of global engagement in the paigning for computer science ed- are more inclusive and have a more region, but stressed, "Instead of sending $100 billion ucation as a way to alleviate the thriving private sector and entre- in aid, send the money to the most innovative com- oppression of women. Promote, a preneurship climate, which are so panies." Ghani echoed this in his inaugural speech in USAID program committed in fundamental to building strong, 2014, referring to it as a "triangle of stability" whose Kabul until at least 2019, supports peaceful, and competitive societ- three sides are the economy, security, and human computer classes administered by ies." For the business leaders aim- Soldiers Karima Mohamadi, 21 (left), and Tamana, 19, from the Afghan National Army resources. His leadership aims to stimulate the pri- local NGOs. The computer science ing to lift Afghanistan out of the vate sector by attracting foreign investors as tradi- department is now 30% women. effects of over 30 years of war, (ANA) clean their weapons at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) in Kabul, tional aid dries up. To date, the U.S. has spent over Before 2002, this number was zero. renewed international support is $850 billion in Afghanistan. Of that money, roughly Nagina Yari, a spokesperson crucial. The future of the country Afghanistan om Oct. 26. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters) $218 million went towards entrepreneurship. From for Afghans for Tomorrow (AFT), remains unclear now that the tra- 2012 to 2016, the U.S. Agency for International says Promote provides invaluable ditional aid model has reached a Development’s Assistance in Building Afghanistan support and computer equipment dead end, but many stakeholders by Developing Enterprise (ABADE) program creat- for over 450 students at a high have hope. As Jalal says, "We have ed more than 260 public-private alliances with Af- school level. In 2016, AFT pro- a long way to go, but we are posi- ghan businesses. In 2015, the Social Impact Partner- vided scholarships for 110 young tive we can achieve our goal." ship Act was proposed to Congress with bipartisan women to pursue university. Typ- FASTCOMPANY Public Notice for Award Decision of the Contract Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority has contemplated to contract the project of Procurement of Security Services for 4 international airports (Hamid Karzai International Airport, Herat International Airport, Mazar-e-Sharif International Airport and Kandahar International Airport) after certain reg- ular processes through facilities of National Procurement Authority (NPA) with Olive Group FZ.LLC (District (9), Shashdarak, Afghanan Street, House NO: 473) with total Value of 742,480,297.50 (Seven hundred forty two million, four hundred eighty thousand, two hundred ninety seven Afghani and point fifty). The Subject is publicly announced as per Sub-clause no. 1 of Clause no. 43rd of procurement law. In case of any objection, people and entities could submit their written protest attached with reasons in accordance to rule no.84th till 7 days since publication of this announcement to Afghani- stan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA), at ACAA Office, Distrcit (9), shash- darak, next to Afghan Film, Ansari watt, Kabul, Afghanistan. The notice does not mean sign of the contract, and the contract will not Sabera, 23, a soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) gestures during a be signed till completion of above mentioned deadline. shooting exercise. (Mohammad Ismail/ Reuters) SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

It was clean and dry, warm in the volt battery charges a solar panel winter, cool in the summer, and that provides light after dark. Cook- there was plenty of work on the ing is done on a stove fuelled by a local farms. But now, even this gas bottle. They have installed a bare-bones way of life is threat- door and a step up into the one ened. The family, along with an- room that all seven members of the other 242 cave-dwelling house- family share. Smaller caves outside holds dotted around the capital of are used for storage. Bamiyan province, also called On the rural outskirts of the EMERGENCY Bamiyan, could soon be forced to city, amid the rutted fields where ALLS move. the province's main potato crop is C They are what is left of around grown, the cave-dwellers do what 10,000 families who have been re- they can with their meagre resourc- Police located over the past decade as es, determined that the next gener- part of the local government's pro- ation will have a better life. As Shiite 100 - 119 gramme to protect the unique man- Muslims of the Hazara minority made grottoes which it hopes will they have suffered historic perse- transform Bamiyan into a global cution, but they have also benefit- Hospitals tourist destination once Afghani- ed from immense largesse from in- stan's war with the insurgent Tali- ternational charities and govern- FMIC Hospital ban, now in its 16th year, is final- ments. Amid an intensifying Tali- ly over. ban-led insurgency, Bamiyan is a Behind Kabul Medical The couple moved to Bamiy- haven of peace, as the Shiite Haz- University: an from neighbouring Maidan- aras have successfully kept the war 0202500200-+93793275595 Wardak province because they be- off their territory since the end of lieved it was a stepping stone to a the Sunni Taliban's regime - under better future. which they were persecuted and Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital "We had no money and my much of the province's Buddhist Pule Bagh-e- Umomi husband couldn't get a job," Mar- heritage destroyed. A proliferation zia said as she breastfed her baby. in recent years of all-covering bur- 070263672 "We left because we were poor." kas and hijabs among the local But 12 years later they are still women attests to a growing con- living in the cave, along with their cern about the war as it spreads Khairkhana Hospital five children aged from 10 months elsewhere in the country. mates, then reiterate their plans for It formed an elaborate network cluding the Ghulghulah fortress, poverty-stricken to qualify for the 0799-321007 to eight years, including six-year- Freshta Ahmadi runs a school a future as doctors, police officers of monasteries, assembly halls, believed to be Bamiyan's original government's land re-distribution old Freshta who has not been the for 25 children aged from four to or engineers. residencies and large sanctuaries staging post on the old Silk Road programme, will be moved to new 2401352 same since a land mine exploded nine, who gather in the living room Bamiyan is probably best that were decorated with frescos that linked China to India. The for- townships on the outskirts of the close to her four years ago. Her of her family's three-room cave known as the site of two massive and statues, many produced with tress was razed by Genghis Khan's city by 2018, he said. mental development stopped and home six days a week to learn read- Buddhas, one 180ft (55m) tall, the techniques unique to this part of hordes in the early 13th century For Marzia, it has been a lot Indira Gandhi Children she spends most of her time loll- ing, writing and maths. other 124ft (38m) tall, that were the world, according to archaeolo- and never regained its glory. of talk and no action. Hospital, Wazir Akbar ing on the thin mat that covers the Freshta is 18, in her last year carved into the cliff face above the gist Rasool Shojaei, who previously Determined to develop on its "I've spoken with the gover- cave's floor. of secondary school and hopes one modern city between the 4th and worked on their restoration with own terms, the province hosts nor and a lot of officials have been Khan, Kabul 2301372 Any original features, such as day to become a doctor. She has 6th centuries and which were de- the United Nations' Educational, around a dozen international here to see us," she said. "They the brightly-coloured geometric been running the cave school since stroyed by the Taliban at the urg- Scientific and Cultural Organisa- events a year, said Kabir Dadras, keep promising that they will give murals which were painted by the 2012 with money donated by Par- ing of al Qaida in early 2001, in a tion (Unesco). head of the local office of the Min- us a flat, but we've no idea when, Ibn-e- Seena monks who created these caves, sa, an Afghan charity. defiant show of extremist power Unesco has classified the "cul- istry of Information and Culture, or even if, it will happen." Mean- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul are long gone. They have been de- "These children are from poor and hubris ahead of the attacks on tural landscape and archaeological including a marathon, a skiing com- while, her eight-year-old daughter, stroyed by time, the elements and families, their fathers are itinerant the United States on September remains of the Bamiyan Valley" as petition and a variety of cultural Shepha Qah, who studies at the 2100359 the wear-and-tear of hundreds of workers, farmers, or refugees from 11 that year. a world heritage site representing festivals. "Bamiyan is very popu- Parsa cave school, harbours hopes years of habitation - including the other poorer areas," she said. Their memory lingers now in Buddhist and Islamic religious and lar with Indians, Japanese and Ko- of becoming a doctor. "I have be- fires that residents build for cook- Their circumstances do not gaping niches where the magnifi- artistic developments from the 1st reans because of the Buddhist her- lief in my daughter's ambitions, Wazir Akbar Khan ing and heat. dampen ambition, however - the cent statues stood as part of an to 13th centuries. itage," he said. that's why we left Maidan-Ward- Hospital "Life here is difficult," Mar- children, mostly girls, stand in extensive monastic centre whih The provincial government is As part of those plans, he said, ak, so that our children could go to zia, 30, said. Water must be fetched turn at the whiteboard, complete a included up to 12,000 caves used working with Unesco to restore the all the people still living in the grot- school and have a better life," said 2301741, 2301743 from a nearby stream, and a nine- few exercises in front of their class- by monks as devotional getaways. valley's eight significant sites, in- toes, and assessed as sufficiently Marzia. BELFASTTELEGRAPH Ali Abad Shahrara, Kabul 1400 people listed 2100439 Malalai Maternity as land usurpers: Hospital Jalalabad mayor 2201377/ 2301743 Banks Da Afghanistan Bank Amid concerns that the loyalists cil Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011). This comes as the Afghan officials earlier said 2100302, 2100303 of the Islamic State of Iraq and that the loyalists of the terror group are attempting to establish the Khurasan caliphate in Afghanistan, Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are at- warning that the group is close to take control of Tora Bora that would help them achieve their goal. (KP) tempting to expand foothold in the Bakhtar Bank country, the Russian Envoy to 0776777000 United Nations has emphasized a need to prevent foreign terrorist Azizi Bank fighters from spilling into Afghan- 0799 700900 istan. Speaking during the 47th meet- Pashtany Bank ing of the UN General Assembly Plenary seventy-first session, the 2102908, 2103868 Russian envoy, Vladimir K. Sa- fronkov said “Taliban. Indeed, the Air Services broad use of the term “violent ex- tremism” did not accurately reflect Safi Airways the situation on the ground. “We can only call these scourges what 020 22 22 222 they are: terrorism.” Pointing to a drop in drug sei- Ariana zures, he said Afghan-produced opium remained a serious threat, 020-2100270 with over 40 per cent of terrorist revenue stemming from narcotics Kam Air trafficking. Expressing support for the 0799974422 Government’s efforts to step up anti-narcotics operations, he called Hotels on the international community to assist it in such efforts and spot- Safi Landmark lighted a joint project of the Rus- sian Federation and the United 020-2203131 Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Russian Federa- SERENA tion also supported efforts to- wards national reconciliation and JALALABAD : A list of individu- the municipality land and sought 0799654000 would consider supporting the re- als involved in grabbing thousands the government help in recovery laxation of sanctions that had been of acres of municipality land in of the previously captured lands. New Rumi Restaurant imposed under the Security Coun- eastern Nangarhar province has The mayor did not name any- been sent to the attorneys, the one and said 1400 people had been 0776351347 mayor said on Saturday. listed as illegal land usurpers and Hamidullah Afghan told Pajh- the list had been sent to the pros- Internet Services wok Afghan News during an ex- ecutor’s and other offices. Peace in Afghanistan, only clusive interview that he was com- He said the municipality last UA Telecom mitted to keeping his promise of year’s income stood at more than 0796701701 / 0796702702 maintaining urban order and disci- 244 million afghanis, but they pline. made an 80 million afghanis in- Exchange Rate possible through talks between He said they had specified crease in the revenue this year by places for vendors in every dis- renewing property contracts. trict of Jalalabad, the provincial In order to increase the income, Purchase: capital, and paid serious attention the rent of all shops related to the to the city’s cleanliness. “We have municipality had been increased One US$ = its warring parties: Pakistan divided our workers into two by 20 percent, greatly contribut- groups who have been working ing to the surge in municipality 66.89Afs UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 ation in war-torn Afghanistan. defeat the global threat of terror- it faces on its eastern border, Paki- very hard.” budget. “I assure everyone that our One Pound Sterling= (APP): Expressing concern over Pakistan, she said, was grati- ism,” she said. stan has decided to attend the The mayor said three gardens projects’ contracts are being ana- 86.77Afs Afghanistan’s increasing insecuri- fied that it’s “consistent” position Pakistan, ambassador Lodhi ‘Heart of Asia’ Conference in Am- were being established in the city lyzed by professional engineers ty, escalating violence and grow- advocating an intra-Afghan dia- said, stands ready to assist in re- ritsar (India) to confirm its com- with funds from the municipality. and if less work is done than agreed One Euro = ing civilian casualties, Pakistan has logue aimed at peace and reconcil- viving the stalled dialogue process mitment to Afghanistan’s security He said they were planting orna- in the contract, I shall be held re- 74.18Afs told the U.N. General Assembly iation was now confirmed by in- between the Afghan government and development. Unfortunately, mental trees in order to promote a sponsible”, he said in response to 1000 Pak Rs = that sustainable peace in the coun- ternational consensus. and the Afghan Taliban that it fa- this ‘heart of Asia’ continues to healthy environment in the city. questions about corruption in con- try was only possible through a At the same time, the Pakistani cilitated in July 2015. But that bleed also because of the strata- Afghan confirmed vast swaths struction works. He said corrup- 621Afs negotiated settlement between ri- envoy said Afghanistan’s reconcil- process could succeed only if the gems of the forthcoming host of of the municipality land had been tion existed everywhere and had Sale: val Afghan parties when they con- iation was being frustrated by lo- Afghan parties themselves were the Conference.” encroached upon in Jalalabad. He many kinds like taking cash, mis- One US$ = clude that there was no military cal and regional interests that were willing to pursue the path of dia- On its part, Pakistan had said houses had been illegally built using authority and nepotism but solution to the conflict. marginal to the global campaign logue with the unequivocal sup- turned the tide against terrorism, on a 40 percent of the captured efforts were being made to fight all 67.09 Afs “A dialogue between the Af- against ISIS and Al Qaeda-spon- port and participation of all mem- having conducted the world’s larg- land. Afghan said a list of people these. When asked about urban de- One Pound Sterling= ghan Government and the Afghan sored terrorism. bers of the Quadrilateral Coordi- est and more effective counter-ter- illegally occupying the municipal- velopment, the mayor said two 87.57Afs Taliban remains the only way to “These local interests must be nation Group, including the Unit- rorism operation involving ity land had been given to the at- new districts had been made and One Euro= end Afghanistan’s long night of pressed by the international com- ed States and China. 200,000 troops, but such cam- torneys. after some important works, the 74.78 Afs suffering,” Ambassador Maleeha munity in a concerted way to ne- The Pakistani envoy added, paigns were being threatened by The mayor said he would him- districts would start their affairs. Lodhi said in a debate on the situ- gotiate peace and enable us all to “Despite the attacks and tensions external machinations, she said. self prevent further occupation of PAJHWOK 1000 Pak Rs= 629 SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES In d ia o p p o ses UN r eso lut io n fo r m o r a t o r ium o n d ea t h p en a lt y

Yakub Memon, the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict, was executed at Nagpur Central Jail on July 30, 2015. (Kunal Patil/HT File Photo)

India has opposed a UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, saying it goes against Indian law and the sovereign right of countries to determine their own laws and penalties. “The resolution before us sought to promote a moratorium on exe- cutions with a view to abolishing the death penalty,” Mayank Joshi, a counsellor at India’s UN Mission said on Thursday. “My delegation, therefore, has voted against the resolution as a whole as it goes against Indian statutory law.” The resolution, however, was adopted by the General Assembly’s committee dealing with humanitarian affairs by 115 votes to 38 with 31 abstentions after an acrimonious debate and the adoption of an amendment to recognise the sovereign rights of nations to determine their own laws, which virtually nullified it. India support- ed the amendment and Joshi told the committee: “Every State has the sovereign right to determine its own legal system and appropriate legal penalties.” The amendment passed by a vote of 76 to 72 with 26 abstentions. However, it did not mollify India, which voted against the amended resolution. Explaining New Delhi’s position on capital pun- ishment, Joshi said, “In India, the death penalty is exercised in the ‘rarest of rare’ cases, where the crime committed is so heinous as to shock the conscience of society.” In the last 12 years only three execu- tions - all of them of terrorists - have been carried out in the nation of 1.2 billion. Last year Yakub Memon, who financed the 1993 Mumbai bomb- akistan’s ‘war on terror’has that extre-mist violence cost the related incidents,” the report said. Fund was approved by the US to immeasurable human suffering, in- ings, was executed. Muhammad Afzal, convicted of plotting the 2001 cost $118 billion so far, a country $118.3bn in direct and in- Pakistan became a pivotal US ally support Pakistan in the war, with cluding casualties and mass dis- attack on India’s Parliament, was hanged in 2013 and Mohammad Ajmal new report by the State direct losses from 2002 to 2016. in the battle against extremism af- an annual release of around $1bn placement, the war had helped drive Amir Qasab, one of the terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack Bank has said. The State “Both economic growth and so- ter the Sept 11, 2001 attacks since 2002. By last year Pakistan away foreign investment, stall do- was executed in 2012. Bank of Pakis-tan (SBP) in its an- cial sector development have been spurred the US invasion of Af- had rece-ived a total of $14bn. The mestic investment, freeze exports, An independent judiciary hears the cases where death penalty can nual report on Thursday showed severely ham--pered by terrorism- ghanistan. A Coalition Support SBP said that apart from causing and slow down trade. (Dawn) be imposed and appeals are permitted at several levels, Joshi said. Moreover, the Supreme Court has decreed that “poverty, socio-eco- nomic, psychic compulsions, undeserved adversities in life” should be Three army considered as mitigating factors in imposing the death penalty, he add- ed. The amendment about the sovereign right of nations to have their jawans killed, Sri Lan ka says 32 ‘elite’ Muslim s own legal systems was introduced by Singapore. Its delegate said that the original resolution was one-sided and tried to impose the values of 3 injured in one group of countries upon others. New Zealand, echoing the senti- ments of several other countries, said that sovereignty did not absolve militant am- have jo in ed Islam ic State in Syria nations from complying with international norms of human rights and bush in Assam hirty-two Sri Lankan Lanka to spread what he called Is- Muslim community is seriously Muslims and Buddhists. Some the death penalty violated it. The United States also opposed the reso- Muslims from "well-ed lamic extremism. "There is a great- alarmed about the re-emergence of Sinhala Buddhist groups have lution saying that capital punishment was legal under international law ucated and elite" families er fear among the public about the racist campaign that was car- threatened Muslims and their busi- and dealing with it was a domestic matter. have joined Islamic State ISIS," he said, using another name ried out by extremist Buddhist nesses on social media, while at- in Syria, the justice minister told for Islamic State. "If somebody monks since the end of the war in tacks on mosques and Muslim- parliament on Friday, promising tries to spread extremism in this 2009," the MCSL said in a state- owned properties have continued that the government would clamp country, we will not allow for that ment. "We urge Wijeyadasa Raja- under the Sirisena administration. Wo rkers m ay down on extremists. from today. The law of this coun- pakshe to provide the evidence and Muslim leaders warned the gov- The statement by minister try is no different to Buddhist take immediate action against any- ernment in 2014 of possible Islamic Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was con- monks or ordinary people." The one who may have violated the radicalization and Muslims turn- revo lt if Musharraf demned by representatives of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka laws of the land, irrespective of ing to foreign Islamic groups for Muslim minority, who complained (MCSL), an umbrella body that ethnicity or religion." More than support, attributing this to attacks of racism. "All these (Muslims) are includes most Muslim organiza- 70 percent of Sri Lanka's 20 mil- by Buddhist hardliners. Sri Lan- takes o ver MQM not from ordinary families. These tions in the country, expressed lion people are Buddhists, about ka's 26-year civil war ended in 2009 Bu llet m a r k s a r e s een o n people are from the families which concern, saying Rajapakshe's 13 percent are Hindu, while Mus- with the military defeating the pre- a d a m a g ed a r m y v ehicle are considered as well-educated statement came at a "very oppor- lims make up around 10 percent. dominantly Hindu Liberation Ti- a t Pen g er i in As s a m 's and elite," Rajapakshe said, add- tune time to certain extremist ele- President Maithripala Sirisena has gers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who Tin s u k ia d is t r ict o n ing that the government was aware ments bent on tarnishing the im- been criticized for failing to curb fought for a separate state in the No v em b er 19 , 20 16 , of some foreigners coming to Sri age" of Sri Lankan Muslims. "The religious hate speech by both island's north and east. fo llo w in g a n a m b u s h a t t a ck b y a r m ed m ili- tants. (AFP Photo)

Three army jawans were killed and three others were seriously wound- ed in an ambush carried out by suspected militants of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Inde- pendent) in upper Assam on Sat- urday morning. The incident occurred around 5:30 am when two army vehicles KARACHI: If reports about explained that Sattar’s announce- on the way to Digboi from Pengeri MQM-Pakistan’s bid to replace ment was inevitable. “Who could were attacked inside the Burhi Di- APML chief Pervez Musharraf as have owned Altaf Bhai’s com- hing reserve forest in Tinsukia dis- its territory in accordance with the its new chief are accurate, the par- ments?” he stressed. Workers, he trict, nearly 510 km north-east of rule of law and its international obli- ty could possibly face an internal said, reporting to Farooq Sattar’s Guwahati. gations,” Adrian Edwards said. “We revolt, with a number of workers faction “are convinced that Altaf This is the first major attack appeal for calm and for humanitari- pouring out their pent-up rage is no longer in the driving seat, but on security forces carried out by an access to assess and meet the against the top cadre. The same Nadeem Nusrat, M. Anwar and the banned outfit in Assam since needs of thousands of people who workers scarcely grumbled when others, who are promoting some- the BJP-led government of Sarba- have reportedly been displaced from the party’s leadership dissociated one else’s agenda and interested in nanda Sonowal came to power in their homes by the ongoing security itself from Altaf Hussain – would just minting money”. Meanwhile, May this year. operation. The affected population Until now, the party workers MQM-Pakistan’s spokesperson, The deceased, who belong to is believed to be in urgent need of thought that the manoeuvre to di- Aminul Haq, said: “The release of the 15 Kumaon Regiment, have food, shelter and medical care,” he vorce the Muttahida Qaumi Move- a video by Musharraf-led All Pa- been identified as Havildar Mul- added. UNHCR also urged the gov- ment’s (MQM) founder was sim- kistan Muslim League (APML) tan Singh, Havildar Rishi Pal and ernment of Myanmar to immediate- ply a desperate political stunt to leader Ahmed Raza Kasuri, the Naik Narpat Singh. ly allow humanitarian actors to re- escape a potential ban. The Au- emergence of Khawaja Izharul Officials said that the army sume the life-saving activities they gust 23 news conference was per- Hasan’s pictures with the former vehicles — a truck and a Maruti had been carrying out for some haps the hardest decision ever tak- military ruler at a meeting in Dubai, Gypsy --- were shot at and struck 160,000 civilians in northern Rakhine en by the party leader — and it the appearance of APML graffiti by grenades by militants hiding State until such activities were sus- was even harder for the workers, in Karachi and news making rounds behind bushes on both sides of the pended on 9 October. Myanmar's se- who looked up to the MQM chief that a deal is close to be struck are road. “They also detonated an im- curity forces have killed almost 70 as their “spiritual leader”. They all part of an organised disinfor- provised explosive device (IED). people since taking control of north- were, however, appeased only mation campaign launched against When the jawans got down from ern Rakhine state last month, the when the Pakistan-based leader- the party.” Haq said that MQM- their vehicles after the blast, they army said, adding that media reports ship clarified its stance. But hav- Pakistan “categorically rejects were attacked,” said Guwahati- of widespread destruction in the area ing Musharraf onboard will add such an alliance and all (such) ru- based Army spokesperson Lt. Col. were "false news". Troops have credence to what the London- mours are part of a prolonged cam- Suneet Newton. “The area is thick- poured into a strip of land along the based leaders have been saying all paign against the party”. “The ly forested and that gave the mili- A Myan m ar citize n in te ars ple ads w ith BGB an d Co as t Gu ard pe rs o n n e l to be border with Bangladesh, an area along about their Pakistani coun- MQM remains unified … under tants an edge to attack and escape le t as h o re w ith h is fam ily o n th e N af Rive r n e ar Te kn af. Star file ph o to largely home to the Muslim Ro- terparts about the split: they be- Dr Farooq Sattar,” he maintained, immediately after the strike,” an hingya minority, since deadly raids trayed the party’s founder. “No denying reports that the party was army commander told Reuters, re- United Nations’ refugee agency person Adrian Edwards made the deeply concerned about the safety on police border posts on October such decision by the party leader- about to join Pakistan Peoples questing not to be identified. UNHCR has urged Bangladesh to appeal at a briefing in Geneva yes- and well-being of civilians in the 9. Clashes escalated over the week- ship will be accepted. Altaf Bhai Party on the treasury benches in Tinsukia SP Mugdhajyoti Dev keep its Myanmar border open to terday. Joseph Tripura, an official northern part of Rakhine state, My- end when troops killed more than was, and still is, our leader. The the Sindh Assembly. According to Mahanta said additional force has allow safe passage to civilians flee- at the UNHCR Dhaka office con- anmar. We are urging the government 30 people in two days of fighting decision of dissociating from him the MQM leader, the poster and been rushed to the area and that a ing the violence in the northern firmed The Daily Star this evening of Myanmar to ensure the protec- that saw the military use helicopter was a desperate move,” says an banner campaign was being run by search operation is underway to Rakhine state. UNHCR spokes- about the briefing. “UNHCR is tion and dignity of all civilians on gunships for the first time. MQM worker, who previously the same people who wished that nab the militants and to seal es- held the post of a joint in-charge at the party was banned after August cape routes. one of the party’s sector offices. 22. He did not specify. Pakistan This was the second attack by “If Farooq Bhai had not done so, hands evidence against Altaf to UK insurgents this week . On Wednes- Nepali m igrants in India struggling to cope w ith dem onetisation the party would have had to face He said: “Now they are spreading day, an encounter took place near the worst crackdown (in its histo- misinformation to hinder MQM’s the same area where one person NEW DELHI: India's demoneti- saying. Mr Chaudhary said many said Sunil Mishra, a representative five hours in hospital and one of ry). The party itself could have olitical struggle,” he maintained. was killed and two others sus- sation of high-value currency has Nepalis like him were seeking help from Prabhu Money Bank, a Ne- my friends paid the bill," he said. been banned. This strategy proved PML leader Ahmed Raza Kasuri tained injuries in an attack on a cash hit hard the tens of thousands of from friends who had bank ac- pali remittance company based in Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the successful, we are (out) in the was not immediately available for van belonging to Pengeri tea estate Nepali migrant workers employed counts. "We are facing a lot of prob- New Delhi. "We have advised Ne- central bank of the country, has streets albeit with lesser power,” comment. MQM activists con- by suspected Ulfa (I) militants. in India as security guards, daily lems here," he said. Students who palis who do not have bank ac- also banned the 500 and 1,000 In- he says. The MQM, some claimed, tended that a number of party There are no details yet on wagers, domestic helps and others have bank accounts said they have counts to use their friends' ac- dian Rupee notes after the Indian was a political party where even a workers were in touch with Lon- whether any Ulfa (I) militant or who receive salary in cash, as they not been able to withdraw money counts." government's decision on demon- common worker could get hold of don-based leaders via web and cell cadres belonging to the National are struggling to cope with the sit- as many ATMs across India have There are about two million Ne- etisation. The NRB has said IRs the chief who lived in self-imposed phone applications. This tenden- Socialist Council of Nagaland uation. Shyam Chaudhary from run dry. "We are taking the final palis living in New Delhi only. 33.6 million in the denomination exile in London via fax or other cy is stronger in Hyderabad, they (Khaplang), who are also believed Bardiya district in Nepal, who exam. We are struggling to manage Around 50,000 students annually of 500 and 1,000 is within the fi- means of communication. This said. Almost the entire party struc- to be involved in the ambush, was works at a roadside restaurant in cash for auto and other expenses," arrive in India to pursue higher nancial system in Nepal. system, they maintained, was so ture in Karachi was under Dr arooq injured or killed in the encounter. New Delhi, said it took a while said Badal Basnet, a chartered ac- studies. There are many Nepalis The figure includes cash parked powerful that even the party’s top Sattar’s control, they said. “The Union home minister Rajnath before he realised the implications countancy student. Many mi- who come for medical treatment, at vaults of banks, financial insti- cadre feared consequences if they struggle for ascendancy is more Singh tweeted that he had spoken of the ban on 500 and 1,000 Indian grants send money back home on of them about 100 Nepalis come tutions and NRB. did something wrong. Its effective- pronounced in APMSO where to Assam CM Sonowal and that Rupee notes by the Indian gov- monthly basis. Now, with no new daily for health check-ups, the According to the Federation of ness, however, degraded over time London and Pakistan factions have the MHA was monitoring the sit- ernment on November 8. "I am notes in hand and the old Rs. 500 Post reported. A Nepali govern- Nepalese Chambers of Commerce in the wake of Altaf Hussain’s de- both intensified their efforts to gain uation. Sonowal too posted on struggling to meet my day-to-day and Rs. 1,000 notes becoming ille- ment official, who was in India for and Industry, hundreds of thou- clining health and his companions the upper hand.” If, they say, the Twitter,“Our government will take needs," said Mr Chaudhary. "Be- gal tender, they wonder how they medical treatment, said he was sands of Nepalese who work in in Edgware office gained greater APML-MQM alliance is forged, firm action against terrorism. The sides, I am worried how I am going are going to remit the earnings. hoping that his debit card would India stand to lose their entire sav- control. A former leader of the All workers may react violently and perpetrators of this crime will be to send money back home," the "The transaction has gone down work at the hospital. "But unfor- ings if the now-scrapped notes are Pakistan Muttahida Students Or- even resort to dislodge the top lead- identified and brought to justice.” Kathmandu Post quoted him as drastically by 70 per cent or so," tunately it didn't. I had to spend not replaced with legal bills. ganization, MQM’s student wing, ership. (The Express Tribune) SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief An ger in Turkey at Fresh All East Aleppo bill to mass rally hospitals out of quash against action: officials South All hospitals in rebel-held east- child sex apology was later issued – and with ern Aleppo are out of service af- Nazi Germany’s laws that required ter days of heavy air strikes on convictions Jews to register with authorities. Korea’s the besieged area of the Syrian In a statement posted on Twitter city, its health directorate said late A bill in Turkey that would over- earlier this week, the head of the on Friday but a war monitor said turn men's convictions for child sex Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Park some were still working. "This assault if they married their victim housands of Americans State Kris Kobach, who media re- agreed on-camera to the idea of a Jonathan Greenblatt, was quoted destruction of infrastructure es- provoked fury, with critics accus- have pledged online to ports say is a key member of government database to keep track as saying that “If one day Mus- Geun-Hye sential to life leaves the besieged, ing the government of encouraging stand in solidarity with Trump’s transition team, said a of Muslims in the United States. lims will be forced to register, that resolute people, including all chil- rape of minors with the propos- Muslims in the United group advising Trump on immi- Many among those who took the is the day that this proud Jew will Masses of South Koreans dren and elderly men and women, als. The opposition, celebrities, States amid suggestions from Pres- gration could recommend the rein- pledge on Register US’s website register as a Muslim.” Register US descend on dow ntow n Seoul without any health facilities of- and even an association whose ident-elect Donald Trump’s camp statement of a national registry of posted on Twitter a message, pre- co-founder, Rebecca Green, who for fourth tim e, urging deputy chairman is the daughter that he is mulling a national regis- some Muslim immigrants and vis- pared by the group, detailing their works in brand marketing in New fering life-saving treatment ... leav- of President Recep Tayyip President Park quit over ing them to die," said the state- try for immigrants from Muslim itors who enter the United States intentions. “If Trump requires York City, said she was encour- political scandal. ment, sent to Reuters by an op- Erdogan expressed alarm over the countries. On Friday, more than on visas from countries where ex- Muslims to register with the gov- aged by the public’s response since position official. However, the move. But the government insisted 13,000 people had signed a pledge tremist organizations are active. ernment, I pledge to register as launching the website with two Syrian Observatory for Human the legislation was aimed at deal- on website Register US, promis- However, Jason Miller, commu- Muslim too,” the message said. friends earlier this week. “We see Tens of thousands of protesters ing with the widespread custom ing to register as Muslims in the nications director of Trump’s tran- Twitter user Sam Martin, from this effort as a plea to American have gathered in South Korea's Rights, a Britain-based war moni- of child marriages and the criticism tor, said that some hospitals were event of a national Muslim data- sition team, said in an emailed Florida, was among thousands who values to not become the kind of Seoul for the fourth in a weekly was a crude distortion of its aim. base being rolled out, so as “to stand statement to the Thomson Reu- voiced his support for the initia- country that keeps lists based on series of demonstrations aimed at still operating in the besieged The measures were approved in parts of Aleppo but that many together with Muslims across the ters Foundation on Friday that tive. “If anyone'(s) name is entered religion,” she told the Thomson forcing President Park Geun-Hye an initial parliamentary reading on country.” The online movement “President-elect Trump has never into a database driven by GOP/ Reuters Foundation in an email. to resign over a corruption scan- residents were frightened to use Thursday and will be voted on them because of heavy shelling. reflects a divided nation in the af- advocated for any registry or sys- Trump bigotry, this is how I say, “Nothing is more anti-American dal. again in a second debate in the com- termath of Trump’s presidential tem that tracks individuals based ‘It’s wrong to do this!’,” he wrote than a registry based on religion.” Saturday's protest came as Medical sources, residents and ing days. In an apparent bid to rebels in eastern Aleppo say hos- election win, that followed a cam- on their religion, and to imply oth- in a comment on Twitter. Regis- There were about 3.3 million Mus- Park's approval ratings plunged soften the controversy, Prime paign marked by hardline rhetoric erwise is completely false.” Last tering Muslims in the United States lim people living in the United with prosecutors planning to in- pitals have been damaged in re- Minister Binali Yildirim later or- cent days by air strikes and heli- on immigration. Trump fills three year, as he was campaigning to has been likened to the US govern- States in 2015, according a recent terview her, making her the first dered the ruling Justice and Devel- top posts with security, immigra- become the Republican Party’s ment’s internment of Japanese- estimate by the Washington-D.C.- sitting South Korean president to copter barrel bombs, including opment Party (AKP), which in- direct hits on the buildings. tion fanatics In a Reuters interview presidential nominee, Trump drew Americans in camps during World based Pew Research Center, a non- be questioned in a criminal case. troduced the bill, to hold talks with this week, Kansas Secretary of widespread condemnation when he War Two – for which an official partisan think tank. The scandal centres on Park's Health and rescue workers have the opposition in parliament on the previously been able to bring hos- shadowy confidante Choi Soon- plan, a Turkish official said. If sil, who is accused of using her ties pitals put out of service by air passed, the law would allow the strikes back into operation but a with the president to coerce local release from prison of men guilty firms to donate millions of dollars lack of supplies is making that of assaulting a minor if the act was harder. Intense air strikes have to non-profit foundations that committed without “force, threat, Choi then used for personal gain. battered eastern Aleppo since or any other restriction on consent” Tuesday when the Syrian army After claiming a turnout of and if the aggressor “marries the about one million for last week's and its allies resumed operations victim”. The legal age of consent there after a pause lasting weeks, protest, organisers said they ex- in Turkey is 18 but child marriage pected some 500,000 people on and they staged ground opera- is widespread, especially in the tions against insurgent positions Saturday, while police predicted southeast. Dozens protested the one-tenth that number. on the front lines of besieged ar- bill in central Istanbul, tearing up eas on Friday. Syrian state televi- So far the protests have been copies of the proposed legislation largely peaceful, with many fami- sion said on Tuesday the air force and brandishing slogans like “rape had targeted "terrorist strong- Protesters hit the streets throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails as Greek police respond with tear gas and stun grenades. lies participating, but there was is a crime against humanity”. “Until still a heavy police presence, with holds and supply depots" in she is 18, a child remains a child, Aleppo. Russia has said its air buses and trucks blocking access that is why this has to be con- roads to the presidential Blue force is only conducting air strikes demned,” said protester Fadik in other parts of Syria. The Dam- House. Temizyurek. Celebrities waded "There have been protesters ascus government describes all the into the debate, with prominent rebels fighting it as terrorists. actor Nurgul Yesilcay tweeting that on the streets in smaller numbers “what we are talking about is not throughout Saturday. But the num- being a woman in this country, or bers have built up significantly as Iraqi tro o ps face being a man, but staying a human we approached the official start of being”. On Twitter, the hashtag the demonstration [in the e n tre n ch e d ISIS #TecavuzMesrulastirilamaz (Rape evening]," Al Jazeera's Wayne Cannot be Legitimised) became a Haye said, reporting from Seoul. in eastern Mo sul top-trending topic as users took "It seems that hundreds of to social media to express their thousands of people are going to anger. “The AKP is pushing be here by the time this protest through a text which pardons those comes to an end later." who marry the child that they The president has defied calls raped,” said an MP for the oppo- to step down, but her lawyer said sition Republican People's Party that she would cooperate with (CHP) Ozgur Ozel. A petition on public prosecutors who sought to change.org urging the authorities to question her next week. block the legislation has received Prosecutors said that they over 600,000 signatures. The pro- planned to formally charge Choi government Women's and Democ- by Sunday. They are also seeking racy Association (KADEM), to indict two of Park's former aides whose deputy chairman is who allegedly conspired with Military vehicle of Erdogan's younger daughter Choi. Shi'ite fighters drive Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar, said Separately, opposition parties during a battle with ISIS one of the biggest problems of the Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration against the visit of President Obama [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters] used their parliamentary majority militants at the airport bill would be proving on a legal to pass a law that would allow for o f Ta l Afa r w es t o f basis what constituted force or thens, Greece - Police to the area of the Athens Polytech- ident came to Athens 17 years ago, Cold War. It is important we ac- a special prosecutor to investigate consent. “How can the 'own will' have battled with anar nic, a campus anarchists have used violent protests again marred the knowledge that," Clinton said to the scandal. M o s u l, Ir a q No v . 18 , Opposition parties have yet 20 16 . (R eu t er s ) of such a young girl be identified?” chists late into the night in the past as a safe haven from visit. NATO ended the Yugoslav thunderous applause. On Novem- it asked. “We would like to draw following two marches police, who are not allowed on to war in 1999 by bombing Greece's ber 14, 1973, students at the Ath- to seriously push for Park's im- A senior military commander attention to issues that might arise protesting against US President university grounds without a re- Orthodox ally Serbia. Anger against ens Polytechnic went on strike to peachment because they fear trig- says Iraqi troops are facing stiff in case of it coming into force.” Barack Obama's visit. Greek po- quest from the chancellor. Some NATO's deployment against a protest against Greece's US-backed gering a backlash from conserva- resistance from ISIS militants as Yildirim said the measure would lice estimated that as many as 150 8,000 protesters walked through European country and US ally in military regime. On November 17, tive voters, which could hurt them they push deeper into eastern only be applied once on past con- anarchists were involved in Tues- central avenues chanting slogans World War II fuelled protesters' the army stormed the Polytechnic in next year's presidential election. Mosul. victions, applying to offences day's clashes. They responded to against the European Union, anger at the time. But then-presi- and killed an unknown number of However, there is a growing Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi of committed before November 11.“ rocks and Molotov cocktails with NATO, and the International dent Bill Clinton defused the ten- students. voice within the opposition that the Iraqi special forces says his There are people who get married tear gas and stun grenades. "A Monetary Fund, a staple of left- sion by apologising for US sup- Earlier on Tuesday, President says an impeachment attempt is troops moved early Saturday before reaching the legal age. They march by PAME [the communist wing marches. Leftists normally port for the military dictatorship Obama and Alexis Tsipras, inevitable because it is unlikely morning into the Muharabeen just don't know the law,” he told party labour union] ended peace- hold an annual protest march out- that crushed the Polytechnic up- Greece's prime minister, exchanged Park will resign and give up her and Ulama neighborhoods after reporters in Ankara, adding that fully. A second march pushed up side the US embassy on Novem- rising. "When the junta took over complimentary remarks. "In the immunity from prosecution. fully liberating the adjacent the measure aims to “get rid of this against a police cordon and pro- ber 17 to commemorate the crush- in 1967 here, the US allowed its economic crisis of 2008, [Obama] Park's term lasts until Febru- Tahrir neighborhood on Friday. injustice”. He said claims that the testers threw two Molotov cock- ing of a student uprising by a mil- interests in prosecuting the Cold led the US economy on a com- ary 24, 2018. If she steps down Al-Aridi said ISIS militants law would de-facto legalise rape tails," an Athens police spokesman itary dictatorship in 1973. But War to prevail over its interest - I pletely different path to that cho- before the presidential vote on are fighting back with snipers, were “completely false”, accusing told Al Jazeera. "That's when the Obama's arrival two days before should say obligation - to support sen by Europe," Tsipras said. December 20, 2017, an election rocket-propelled grenades and the CHP of exploiting the issue for clashes began." By late at night, kicked off demonstrations early democracy, which was after all the "Eight years later, the results must be held within 60 days. mortar rounds. Hhick black col- political gain. police had confined the violence this year. The last time a US pres- cause for which we fought the are more than visible." Al Jazeera And Agencies umns of smoke were seen billow- ing from the two areas. The offensive to retake ISIS- held Mosul, which was launched on Oct. 17, is the biggest mili- Sa ud i-led co a lit io n t o st a r t Dutch expert: ISIS has tary operation in Iraq since American troops left in 2011. If successful, the retaking of Mosul 4 8 -ho ur t r uce in Yem en would be the strongest blow dealt 60-80 operatives in Europe to IS' self-styled caliphate Deal reached that Saudi Arabia says could be extended if Houthi rebels adhere to it. stretching into Syria. Intelligence experts estimate that Schoof, who was in New York “They are Dutch citizens,” he the ISIS extremist group has be- to speak at a roundtable on “re- said. “There are some in the Neth- tween 60 and 80 operatives turning foreign terrorist fighters,” erlands who say shut down Sisi: Don’t 'jump to planted in Europe to carry out at- said the Netherlands’ program to mosques. That’s absolutely wrong conclusions' on Trump tacks, the Dutch counterterrorism deal with the threat balances “re- policy.” coordinator said. pression and prevention” and re- But Van Aartsen said there is a Dick Schoof said in an inter- lies on strong cooperation between need for vigilance. “The appara- Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah view with The Associated Press local and national authorities. tus of local government can be very el-Sisi has praised US President- that would-be fighters are also On the “repression” side, he important as a watchdog against elect Donald J. Trump, saying heeding messages from the militant said, fighters returning from Syria radicalization,” he said. that his inflammatory statements group “asking them not to come or Iraq are taken into custody and Schoof stressed that the Neth- from the campaign trail do not to Syria and Iraq, but to prepare prosecuted, and courts have re- erlands does not tolerate “anti- necessarily reflect the actions he attacks in Europe.” cently handed down six-year democratic behavior.” will take as president. One result is that over the last prison sentences in several cases. “We try to prevent hate Sisi, in an interview with six months the number of “foreign The government also takes away preachers coming in by not giving Portuguese news agency LUSA terrorist fighters” hasn’t grown, he passports, freezes assets, and has them a visa,” he said. released on Saturday, said, "let's said, but the fact that they’re not beefed up security measures and The government is also con- not jump into conclusions or traveling “does not mean that the the police force, he said. cerned about the development of worry" about future US actions potential threat of those who On the prevention side, Schoof an ultraconservative strain of Is- or policies in the Middle East. would have traveled is diminished.” said, there’s a lot of family sup- lam known as Salafism, he said. The army chief-turned-presi- Schoof said military opera- port, with local authorities decid- Last week, Schoof said, the dent was interviewed prior to his tions to oust ISIS from its self- ing the best interventions and pro- Federation of Mosques, without upcoming Nov. 21 visit to Por- declared caliphate in Syria and Iraq viding education and psychologi- any urging, sent a letter to all tugal. are scattering the extremist group’s cal help if needed - but there also mosques in the country saying Sisi was among the very first fighters and supporters. could be arrests. “the mosques themselves must foreign leaders to congratulate This will probably lead to a Jozias van Aartsen, the mayor realize that hate speech should not Trump's on his presidential vic- Mo re th an 7,0 0 0 pe o ple h ave be e n kille d s in ce th e Arab co alitio n be gan its gradual increase of refugees that of The Hague, said building trust be accepted in the mosques.” tory. will pose a danger to the national and having close relations with the “Those are important signals "We have to distinguish be- m ilitary cam p aign [ Mo h am e d al-Saya gh i/ Re u te rs ] security of the Netherlands and Muslim community is very impor- that you can build on in your trust tween the rhetoric that takes other European countries, he said. tant. relationships,” he said. place within presidential cam- A Saudi Arabia-led coalition sup- should the rebels or troops loyal on the outskirts of the third big- Schoof said even though the paigns and the real and actual porting Yemen's government to former president Ali Abdullah gest city Taez, medical and mili- Netherlands hasn’t been hit by a administration of a country af- against Houthi rebels has declared Saleh make any military moves in tary sources said. Six attempts to major attack by extremists such as ter the inauguration," he said. a 48-hour ceasefire to begin on Sat- the area, the coalition would re- clinch a ceasefire in Yemen have those in Belgium and France, “the "There will be a chance for more urday, according to local media. spond. The naval and air "block- foundered, including a three-day chance of attack in the Netherlands thorough readings." "It has been decided to begin a ade" would also remain in place October truce that fell apart as is real.” Sisi's remarks echoed senti- 48-hour ceasefire from 12:00 noon and surveillance jets would con- soon as it went into force. It was “We have seen 294 terrorist ments that have been circulating in Yemen's timing (09:00 GMT) tinue to fly over Yemen, it added. designed to allow aid deliveries to fighters go overseas in Iraq and on local and regional media, with on Saturday," a coalition statement The coalition has been supporting millions of homeless and hungry Syria and there are still 190 over columnists speculating that carried by Saudi Arabia's official forces loyal to Hadi's government Yemenis. "There has been severe there,” he said. “And what hap- Trump campaign rhetoric - such SPA news agency said, adding that since March 2015. There was no and heavy clashes on different pened in France and Brussels and as his call for a ban on Muslims the truce could be renewed if immediate word from the rebels on fronts in Yemen recently, now Germany could happen to us.” entering the US - will be watered Houthi fighters and their allies abid- whether they would abide by the with this ceasefire, there will be a There are probably between down. Trump and Sisi have al- ed by it and allowed aid into be- truce. The US chief diplomat had decerase in the number of air 4,000 and 5,000 European “for- ready shown a certain bond. sieged cities. The coalition an- said after meeting with Houthi ne- strikes and heavy clashes but at eign terrorist fighters” in Iraq and Trump said there was "good nouncement came after a request gotiators in Oman that they were the same time, inside the country, Syria, Schoof said. chemistry" when they met on for a ceasefire by Yemen's Presi- ready to observe the ceasefire plan, we are going to see the same heavy While the number from the the sidelines of the UN General dent Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, but Hadi's government said it was clashes going on despite the an- Netherlands, a nation of 17 mil- Assembly in September. Sisi said himself based in Riyadh, to Saudi not aware of any new peace initia- nouncement of the ceasefire by the lion people, may seem low, he said, Trump would "without a doubt" King Salman, the statement said. tive. Since Thursday, more than 50 Saudi-led coalition," Baaran “whether there’s 190 or 350, I In te llige n ce e xpe rts e s tim ate th at th e ISIS e xtre m - make a strong leader. "Coalition forces will abide by the people have been killed in clashes Shiban, a London-based human think the number is big enough to is t gro u p h as be tw e e n 6 0 an d 8 0 o pe rative s plan te d ceasefire," it said, but warned that between the rebels and loyalists rights worker, told Al Jazeera. worry.” in Euro pe. (File pho to : AP) SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion The fall of Kabul, 15 years on AFGHANISTAN TIMES By Ivan Watson Some Afghans were more ruption. they are also suffering record Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir It was a moment I will never for- vindictive. That day, I stared at Even though the US war in high casualties. get. Fifteen years ago this week, the corpse of a slain man — al- Afghanistan cost some $780 A Western official in Kabul Phone No: +93-772364666 I was marching into the capital legedly a Taliban militant from billion US taxpayer dollars — sadly predicted that depending E-mail: [email protected] of Afghanistan along with Pakistan — who was left beat- according to a study by Brown on how things ago, Western- thousands of cheering, trium- en to death under a rusty bas- University — there are still dirt ers could be fleeing from heli- Email: [email protected] phant Afghan fighters from the ketball hoop in Kabul’s leafy roads and chronic power out- copters off the roof of diplo- US backed-Northern Alliance. Share Naw Park. ages in the center of Kabul. matic buildings within two www.afghanistantimes.af Suddenly, something For the US, the overthrow Today, a US-brokered pow- years, in scenes frighteningly of the Taliban was a military re- er-sharing agreement between reminiscent of the US evacua- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi struck me in my face. It was a silver foil-wrapped candy sponse to the trauma of the two political factions in the Af- tion from Saigon in 1975. Advisory editorial board thrown by the cheering resi- September 11 terror attacks, ghan government teeters on Some observers argue it’s dents lining the streets as they which had been planned and the brink of collapse. time to bring an end to the con- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, welcomed the arriving fighters. orchestrated by Al Qaeda lead- As for the Taliban, it has re- flict. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal The hard, celebratory choc- er Osama Bin Laden. grouped and begun fighting “It’s our longest war and we olate-in-the-face was almost as In the aftermath, the Taliban back. The conflict cost at least don’t seem to be making any Graphic-Designer: abrupt and startling as the sud- refused to hand over their ally, 2,380 American lives and killed progress,” said retired US Air Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi den collapse of the Taliban. Bin Laden. tens of thousands of Afghan Force lieutenant colonel Rick Just hours earlier, the mili- It took the US another 10 civilians. Francona. Marketing & Advertising: tants had abandoned their years before American Special According to recent US “It brings back for those of Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 front line positions and fled Forces soldiers killed the Al military estimates, the Taliban us who served in Vietnam, bad Mailing address: P.O. 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Abbottabad. that’s home to more than a third But an abrupt US with- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press That swift military victory In the interim, Washington of the country’s population. drawal under a future Trump took place on November 13, embarked on a costly campaign The days when a foreign Administration could imperil an 2001. of nation-building in a country journalist could travel in rela- entire generation of Afghans At the time, I never imag- devastated by decades of in- tive safety for hours on bone- raised on promises from the in- The constitution says ined that Afghanistan would vasion and civil war. breaking dirt roads visiting re- ternational community. become the longest foreign war Then-President George W. mote corners of the country are “The only option out of in US history. Bush invoked memories of a long gone. this war is to defeat those ex- For Afghans like my good World War II-era Marshall Plan Today, due to the threat of tremist, medieval, dark-minded Article 17: friend Najib Sharifi, who was for Afghanistan, after pledging kidnapping and terror attacks, terrorists,” said Sharifi. The state shall adopt necessary measures to foster education at all levels, only 19 years old at the time, billions of dollars to help re- US diplomats don’t even drive Several months after the develop religious teachings, regulate and improve the conditions of the defeat of the men who had build the country. the short distance from Kabul 2001 fall of Kabul, I remember imposed their strict version of There have been bright Airport to the US Embassy. In- being stunned at the sight of mosques, religious schools as well as religious centers. Islam on Kabul was a pivotal spots since. Several times, Af- stead, they fly by helicopter. US soldiers and Apache attack moment. ghans have lined up in their fin- “I could never imagine that helicopters deployed in large “It was probably the hap- est clothes to vote in national the Taliban would be back at numbers in dusty mountains of piest day of my life,” he said. elections. the gates of Kabul,” said Na- Shah-i-Kot in Eastern Afghan- Najib recalled how 15 years The school doors opened jib, shaking his head in dismay. istan. ago residents forced one of the to millions of girls who had “How could one imagine Fifteen years ago, the world Taliban’s most notorious reli- been denied education by the that a disorganized group like was not accustomed to US mil- gious police enforcers to dance Taliban. the Taliban would fight with all itary forces fighting wars with- for hours in a public square to Companies built a national the world power and gain so out end in the Middle East and music that had been banned by cell phone grid, bringing an end much ground?” he asked Central Asia. the former regime. to the days when Afghans had There are still around 9,800 But the swift collapse of the Unchecked authority “If he stopped dancing to travel to neighboring Paki- US troops deployed in Afghan- Taliban ushered in a new era of The western introduced and backed democracy is not working in people would go and beat him stan just to make a phone call. istan, along with several thou- US military adventurism and Afghanistan. Words of the powerful individuals, groups and in- up,” Najib said, laughing out But the establishment of sand soldiers from more than nation-building. It remains to loud at the memory. Najib is elected, Western-backed gov- 30 other countries. The Afghan be seen what President-Elect stitutions become laws in this land. If this was not the case the now the director of the Afghan ernments in Kabul was marred security forces now do the bulk Trump will do with that trou- general masses would have unprecedented trust over the govern- Journalists’ Safety Committee. by allegations of rampant cor- of the fighting, but this year bled legacy.—(CNN) ment. Unfortunately, the trust deficit between the state and public is widening with each passing day. Bills targeted at public wel- fare seldom appear in the parliament because national interests Saudi culture dialogue center and public interests are interpreted by the lawmakers according to their own view. The Law on Elimination of Violence Against needs to get its message across Women is a single example to get an idea about how parliamen- By Samar Fatany gious leaders to promote peace and said: “Diversity and co-existence conducive to dialogue, tolerance tarians work for welfare of the common people. The law is social cohesion. have been hallmarks of the civili- and moderation. The role of reli- victim of prejudice. Girls are married forcefully women are tor- The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz KAICIID Deputy Secretary zation of the Arab States region, gious leaders has been weak and International Center for Interreli- General for External Relations and indeed this has been among our ineffective in countering the ter- tured and killed. However, there is no law to address this issue gious and Intercultural Dialogue Ambassador Alvaro Albacete said: greatest strengths. There is an ur- rorist campaign. KAICIID can (KAICIID) has recently stepped “The Arab region is enduring an gent need across our region to re- mobilize religious leaders of all effectively and provide cheap and easy justice to the victims. up its efforts to play an effective unprecedented period of crisis, inforce our embrace of diversity, faiths to promote world peace and Similarly, executive branch is always caught in controversies. role in addressing the critical situ- which threatens to undermine the and move toward increased resil- global coexistence. The center has ation in the Middle East. KAICI- religious pluralism that has defined ience forged on the bedrock of so- the potential to pressure world Nepotism, favoritism and rampant corruption are not the only ID has formed an alliance with the these societies for so long. The in- cial peace. Working together, leaders to find solutions to global issues that have eroded the good image of the government. Un- United Nations Development Pro- ternational community needs to UNDP and KAICIID aim to make tensions and sectarian conflicts. gram (UNDP) to address the wars act. Religious leaders have always a major contribution toward this The collaboration with the UNDP, checked authority of the parliament is also posing threat to the and conflicts in the region and the played an important role in com- important objective.” a significant global body, has re- existence of the government. Lawmakers often pressurize the gov- global humanitarian refugee crisis. munities; in many parts of the United against Violence in the newed confidence that the religious The cooperation of two global world they are leaders in provid- Name of Religion, in collaboration center will have a more effective ernment to accept their demands—legitimate and illegitimate— bodies to promote intercommunal ing development assistance and with the UNDP Regional Bureau impact on peace in the region. to approve the ministerial nominees from the Wolesi Jirga or peace in the region is an important promoting social cohesion. We for the Arab States, is also work- KAICIID, which was one of King development that is long overdue. look forward to working with ing on a regional project to increase Abdullah’s greatest achievements, save the ministers from disqualification. If the leaders resist the Officials of both organizations UNDP to help religious leaders, social cohesion in the region, and was established in 2012. It has demands it would pay the cost by consuming lot of time to search have outlined their objectives to and other leaders in communities, to evaluate the impact of peace been created to empower religious help communities build resilience like women and young people, to building, resilience and conflict leaders to influence peace in trou- for right candidates and secure votes of confidence. Resistance to conflict and strengthen influenc- promote social cohesion.” prevention programs. bled areas of the international com- ers in communities, such as wom- The role of religious leaders Such initiatives are critical and munity. The Center was founded of the government is taken as announcement of battle for interests en, youth, religious leaders and the has been weak and ineffective in strong statements from the two by Saudi Arabia, Austria and Spain, on legal grounds by most of lawmakers. There are still some media. The cooperation will also countering the terrorist campaign recognized global centers can have with the Holy See as Founding support the development of edu- but KAICIID can mobilize reli- a great impact on the international Observer. Its Board of Directors good legislators in the parliament who cannot be blamed for the cational curricula that promote gious leaders of all faiths community that has done little to includes prominent representa- decisions taken by the self-centric members of the parliament. values of peace, acceptance and Sima Bahous, UNDP Assistant address the atrocities of conflicts tives from five major world reli- equality. Officials of KAICIID and Administrator and Director of the and wars in the region. More work gions (Buddhism, Christianity, Disqualification of seven ministers, a few days ago, has opened the UNDP have promised to en- Regional Bureau for Arab States, is needed to build a global society Hinduism, Islam and Judaism). the lid from the uncontrolled authority of the Wolesi Jirga. The hance the constructive role of reli- parliament decided to summon 19 ministers for not spending 70 percent of the development budget. It was decided that those ministers who could not satisfy the inquisitive minds on floor of the Wolesi Jirga would be sacked. The first day gave the impres- sion that the lawmakers were doing serious job this time. But on the third and fourth day, the MPs did something that left many in shock. Some ministers did not appear before the Wolesi Jirga but they were not fired. The reason was the same though—spend- ing of the development budget. Since the public trust over the parliamentarians is all-times low, therefore, people with wis- dom knew the outcome. However, the disqualification process and criteria had left room for constitutional interpretation and debate open. As the executive and legislative branches are standing against each oth- er and the public are paying the cost. Therefore, the Supreme Court cannot remain silent and watch the constitutional battle as spectator. It is duty of the apex court to interpret the constitution and maintain balance between the two other branches. Interven- tion of the Supreme Court in this matter is absolutely necessary. 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. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

By Yasmeen El Khoudary of Israel. Public Affairs Committee - dur- US President Bill Clinton ing his campaign: He believed On December 14, 1998, we had and the late Palestinian leader that "Jerusalem will remain the a day off at school. As an eight- Yasser Arafat during the offi- undivided capital of Israel" and year-old child, I couldn't be cial opening ceremony for the was opposed to the right of re- happier. passenger terminal at Gaza In- turn. All the shops were closed ternational Airport in Rafah on Hope quickly evaporated and there were roadblocks ev- December 14, 1998 [AP] as Obama's eight years in of- erywhere. The streets were In the meantime, Clinton fice proved to be no different filled with Palestinian flags, and was busy co-sponsoring a for the Palestinians, especially white and red striped flags I Congress resolution entitled, those besieged in Gaza. couldn't recognise. I asked my "The Palestinian Anti-Terror- With Clinton as secretary of father and he explained that ism Act of 2006". The resolu- state, things got even worse: those were American flags, and tion, which was introduced af- in her own words to the AIPAC, that Bill Clinton, the President ter Hamas won the elections Clinton was an outspoken en- of the United States, was go- and taken over Gaza as a result emy of BDS (the Boycott, Di- ing to visit Gaza City later that of Bush's interference, denied vestment, Sanctions move- day. Hamas any participation in the ment), a proud opponent of any Little did I know that I would "peace process" unless it rec- Palestine-related UN resolu- be hearing Clinton's name al- ognised Israel, disarmed and re- tions, a proud condemner of the most every day for the next 18 nounced violence. Goldstone Report, a staunch years, but it will not be on hap- The bill was signed into law defender of Israel's assaults on py occasions. by Bush in December 2006, and Gaza, and a major factor behind The late Palestinian Presi- was effectively the approval Is- the US blocking Palestine's dent, Yasser Arafat, had invit- rael needed to launch its ongo- statehood bids at the UN. ed Bill Clinton and First Lady ing siege of Gaza. Effectively, When the US announced a Hillary Clinton to inaugurate Bush and Clinton tried to plan to provide Israel with the Gaza International Airport change the results of the elec- $38bn in military aid over the . Clinton's helicopters landed tions they forced upon us with next decade, sealing off on the airport's runway in a violent civil war, and when Obama's heroic and peaceful Rafah and then took off to Gaza that failed, they decided to pun- legacy, Clinton expressed her City, where Clinton addressed ish us for making the "wrong delight in a statement congrat- the Palestinian National Coun- democratic choice". ulating Obama and Netanyahu cil in what went down in histo- When Hamas won Bush's on this important "diplomatic ry as the first visit ever by an elections, I had just graduated achievement". She promised American president to a "sov- from school and was ready to that "as president", she would ereign" Palestinian entity. leave Gaza to study at the Amer- work to implement this agree- Clinton's Palestine con- ican University in Cairo. From ment. cerns that year on, crossing the bor- Sadly for Clinton, the plan The following year, my sib- der out of or into Gaza turned will be implemented without her. lings and I joined 65 other stu- into a fine experience of hell on She missed a historic opportu- dents in the newly opened earth. nity to reaffirm her unwavering American International School The US, like any other support to Israel. But has any- in Gaza, a school fully staffed country on a divinely inspired one in the US asked why this by American and Canadian global peace-promoting mis- plan is the only one that was teachers, with textbooks that sion, had decided to lead an passed down from Obama to By Richard Javad Heydarian tary of State, Clinton managed paign slogan, suggests his cial arrangements, which are had come all the way from the international boycott of Pales- Trump without question? Is United States to Gaza. In one of history's most shock- to normalise relations between preference for a more transac- crucial to the US' strategic in- tine due to the failure of both sending military aid to Israel Washington and Hanoi, con- tional, introverted foreign poli- fluence and economic wellbe- Hillary Rodham Clinton is the elections and the civil war more important than Obamac- ing electoral upsets, Republi- pictured with Yasser Arafat's it ignited in tipping the balance are, for example? Why do the can presidential nominee, solidate relations with the cy, which puts America's short- ing. wife Suha at the Beach refugee of power as it wanted it. The AIPAC and Israel always Donald Trump, pulled off a de- democratising regime in Myan- term interests ahead of the in- His plans to impose heavy camp in Gaza on December 14, boycott entailed vigorous US emerge as victors regardless of cisive victory against his Dem- mar, and lay the ground for a ternational liberal order. tariffs on trading partners in 1998. [AP] support for Israel's complete who sits in the oval office? ocratic rival, Hillary Clinton. It deepened American military This is precisely why he has Asia, introduce "extreme vet- In the meantime, Senator imprisonment of the Gaza Strip's Crime spirals amid Israeli was an outcome that defied footprint in archipelagic South- repeatedly questioned Wash- ting" on immigrants, and scrap Hillary Clinton joined Elie Wie- inhabitants with occasional siege of Gaza As a woman, I'm sel in addressing "anti-Israel" practically all leading pundits east Asia, particularly the Phil- ington's long-standing military the TPP agreement will heavily military assaults - three in less deeply offended by Trump's and polls, putting into jeopar- ippines and Singapore. commitments in both Asia and undermine the US' leadership and "anti-Semitic" rhetoric in than six years. victory. As a Palestinian, how- Palestinian textbooks ( PDF ). dy the credibility of established There was also greater en- Europe, which have benefited in the region. Doesn't matter who is in the ever, particularly after watching gagement with the Association from decades of US security Trump's threat to overturn In 2001, she sent a letter to White House Trump's speech to the AIPAC , media outlets and experts. President George W Bush urg- As a student activist cam- I couldn't care less who won. Though Clinton clinched of Southeast Asian Nations umbrella. Obamacare, the Illegal Immigra- ing him to force Yasser Arafat paigning for Palestine in the In truth, I stopped caring more popular votes, Trump (ASEAN) as a whole, as Wash- He has threatened to with- tion Act, and other key lega- into changing the Palestinian American University in Cairo , about American elections once pierced through the Rust Belts ington appointed an ambassa- draw American military support cies of his predecessor will Authority's "hateful rhetoric" my colleagues and I found our- Obama slapped us in the face and shattered the "blue wall" dor to the regional body and from vulnerable allies, ranging surely provoke a backlash at as a condition for peace. selves engaging in endless with staggering indifference to of Democratic dominance in studiously deployed senior from the Baltic States which home, further deepening Amer- In 2007, she questioned conversations with American Palestine, which in fact made Mahmoud Abbas' eligibility as one swing state after the other. policymakers, including outgo- confront a Russian threat to ica's internal polarisation. study-abroad students, who our lives a living hell. While it is too early to judge ing President Barack Obama, to South Korea which faces a vol- Rodrigo Duterte: The Pres- a "partner for peace", given that had a positive opinion about Hereby, I dedicate Trump's textbooks issued under his ad- the merits and impact of a regional fora. atile North Korea, unless they ident's Report Card - 101 East the Bush administration's poli- victory to every democracy- His 'America first' philoso- provide strategic "tribute" and The president-elect's mer- ministration were "inciting ha- cies towards Palestine, to con- loving American senator, con- Trump administration, the im- tred". vince them of the results of the gressman/woman, and cam- mediate effect has been less phy, coupled with his 'Make fulfil their respective "obliga- curial temperament, incendiary This came after she co- democratic elections that had paigner, who gambled with our than encouraging. America Great Again' campaign tions". rhetoric, and often-contradic- sponsored a Congress resolu- just brought Hamas to power. lives and futures in order to win As post-election market slogan, suggests his prefer- No wonder then, shortly tory policy remarks have sim- tion that supported the build- After all, these students need- more AIPAC votes. fluctuation and nationwide ence for a more transactional, after his election victory, Seoul ply compounded a profound ing of Israel's apartheid wall in ed to know the truth before In particular, I dedicate it to anti-Trump protests demon- introverted foreign policy, convened an emergency Na- sense of uncertainty over the the West Bank, which she de- voting in the next US presiden- Hillary Clinton and her estab- fended by saying: "This is not strate, the United States is a which puts America's short- tional Security Council meeting US' role in the region in the tial elections in 2008. lishment, and to everyone who deeply polarised nation haunt- term interests ahead of the in- to assess risks of a potential coming years. against the Palestinian people, Barack Obama was running was distraught by the outcome this is against terrorists." De- ed by political uncertainty, ternational liberal order. American disengagement from After all, it takes more than for office and our hopes were of the democratic elections that In stark contrast, neither the region. Strategic anxiety a gracious, reassuring victory spite Clinton's passionate inter- up in the sky, to the extent that led to Trump's victory. which will certainly have a cas- est in Palestinian education, a group of Palestinians in Gaza Will Clinton call for boycott- cading effect on the rest of the Trump nor his core team of ad- also permeates halls of power speech for Trump to restore she had little praise for Gaza's joined his campaign over Skype ing her own people for "mak- world. visers exhibit similar credentials in Tokyo, Manila, Canberra and and harness regional trust in American school; on the con- , hoping that Obama's victory ing the wrong democratic The US' troubles at home or inspire much confidence. other traditional allied nations. America and its commitment to trary, when two American sup- was going to bring a just solu- choice", will she impose collec- will undoubtedly put into ques- Trump, a billionaire business- Not too dissimilar from the the Asian strategic order. plied Israeli F-16 jets razed the tion to their misery. It didn't. tive punishment on them like tion its global commitments, man, has had no relevant dip- George W Bush administration, He will have to dramatical- school to the ground in 2008/ Hereby, I dedicate Trump's she encouraged Israel to do 9, Secretary of State Hillary particularly in key strategic the- lomatic engagement with Asia. Trump has expressed more pref- ly distance his actual policy victory to every democracy- with us? Will she justify the atres such as Asia. Moreover, Much of his exposure to the erence for unilateral assertion from his campaign rhetoric, sign Clinton had nothing to say. loving American senator, con- misery that American people Her indifference came as no Trump's abject lack of political region is based on pure busi- of American military muscle, up credible foreign policy ad- gressman/woman, and cam- will face under Trump like she ness deals. particularly in the South China visers, constantly reiterate surprise, and was no different paigner, who gambled with our justified the people of Gaza's experience, divisive and often than her reaction, or lack there- lives and futures in order to win suffering under the 2014 Israeli offensive rhetoric, and neo- So far, Trump's roster of ad- Sea, rather than harnessing re- Washington's commitment to of, to Israel's destruction of more AIPAC votes. assault by saying , "they're isolationist philosophy will test visers includes loyal friends gional institutions, internation- regional alliances and the Gaza's Airport three years after Stuck in Cairo during the trapped by their leadership, Washington's leadership in and supporters, namely former al law and multilateral diploma- broader strategic order, and she herself had inaugurated it spring break because of the US unfortunately"? Asia like never before. governor Chris Christie, who is cy. propose a positive-sum eco- with Arafat and her husband. and Israel's continuous siege Yasmeen Elkhoudary is a In contrast, China is likely overseeing the transition team, Grand bargains nomic initiative, which will Driven by a mission from on Gaza, I remember watching Palestinian from Gaza current- God to spread peace and de- to be seen as a relative rock of former House speaker Newt He seems to be more con- deepen, not reduce, trade and Obama's 2009 speech in Cairo ly based in London. She is an stability and bastion of mature Gingrich and former mayor cerned with striking grand bar- investment linkages in the Asia- mocracy in the Middle East, University with mixed feelings. independent researcher speci- Bush pressed for a Palestinian leadership by a growing num- Rudy Giuliani. But there are in- gains with major powers, par- Pacific theatre. Despite his attempt to offer alised in Gaza's archaeological dications that Washington in- ticularly Russia, than engaging Otherwise, Trump's presi- National Council against all a more reconciliatory tone, he and cultural heritage. ber of countries. UpFront - odds in 2006. But when Hamas, had already stated his posi- The views expressed in this Should the world be worried by siders are considering joining with smaller nations and mobil- dency could very well mark the as predicted, won the elections, tions on fundamental Palestin- article are the author's own and a President Trump? in. The neo-isolationist ising allies for preservation of end of "American exceptional- he approved a plan to over- ian issues in two speeches to do not necessarily reflect Al The shocker Aside from his lack of rele- public international goods. ism", or any credible claim to throw Hamas by igniting a Pal- AIPAC - the American Israel Jazeera's editorial policy. Conversations with senior vant experience, Trump's rhet- Trump's anti-trade rhetoric, such. estinian civil war with the help policymakers and analysts oric has also been a source of which has transformed the Richard Javad Heydarian is across the region suggest that deep concern across the re- (white) working class into his a specialist in Asian geopoliti- Clinton was by far the preferred gion. Throughout decades, in core constituency, also doesn't cal/economic affairs and author candidate in Asia, with the no- one interview after the other, bode well for the US' economic of Asia's New Battlefield: The LETTER TO THE EDITOR table exception of China. As Trump has consistently advo- engagement with the region. USA, China, and the Struggle one of the architects of the Piv- cated a mercantilist conception He has opposed both exist- for the Western Pacific. ot to Asia policy, she oversaw of American global interest. ing (North America Free Trade The views expressed in this deeper engagement with allies His "America first" philos- Agreement) and proposed article are the author's own and and rivals across the region. ophy, coupled with his "Make (Transpacific Partnership do not necessarily reflect Al Impeachment process During her tenure as Secre- America Great Again" cam- Agreement) regional commer- Jazeera's editorial policy.

The Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of the Parliament has disqualified seven ministers who have spent less than 70 percent of their development budgets. However, impeachment processes have been concluded by dismissing seven ministers out of 17. At the future the reaming ministers would face similar fate if they fail in spending their allocated budgets. The key problem of the less budget utilization lies in its factors. One of these factors is the low capacity of the ministers and their teams; however there are also other causes which should not be disregarded. The low development budget spending doubtlessly hurts the country, especially in the current critical situation where unemployment rated it is record high. If the development budget is spent on development affairs, it can create a lot of jobs in addition to having other economic benefits. Despite all that, the problem of budget under spending cannot be solved by disqualifying the ministers. Basir Ahmad, Kabul, Afghanistan Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: [email protected]

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

"White Am erica m ay be sho cked by the electio n o f Do n ald Trum p, but black an d bro w n Am erica sm elt it co m in g." hroughout this summer was a small minority of people changed), a white lesbian woman first fascist demagogue." America William told me to be careful ing here. This is a trend that has lamette River, a white man "in and autumn, I have inter filled with hate. who wants to remain anonymous has made our choice. of that retribution when I write. been nearly a century in the mak- well-worn clothes" shouted that he viewed fellow minorities, We assumed that the smell for fear of a backlash at the legal Rebecca Romani, an adjunct "You can't afford to go full bore." ing. Minority people across Amer- was "a faggot". Another white asking them about their would go away on its own. practice where she works outside professor of ESL (English as a sec- But that is the silence that allows ica - especially black women - have woman, wearing a scarf to cover feelings and experiences regarding For months, news stories Portland, Oregon. ond language) and Media Studies fascism to rise. That fear causes been warning us about it while Lib- her head from the chill, was told to this presidential election. In all of abounded about white people ver- "Because I just want to avoid at San Diego State University, has the silence Sarah Kendzior warns eral America laughed at John Oliv- go back to her own country. these interviews, one thing was bally or physically attacking mi- the chance of getting into 'that in- seen this in other countries and has us about. She noted on Twitter that er's jokes. Martha, a white public school clear: We knew this was coming. norities, LGBT people, and peo- teraction' again." been "deeply appalled and offend- researchers pitched a story about Now Liberal America is reel- teacher is "furious at myself, a To some of us, it hung like a ple with disabilities. Still, many "That interaction" was being ed that we are heading down the how white nationalists were radi- ing. Hamid Dabashi wrote in Al middle-class heterosexual white foul smell in the air. The acrid people - mostly white allies - verbally assaulted and called "evil" slippery slope to racially - and eco- calised online, but the story was Jazeera that "Liberal America is woman, for being a part of what stench that generations before thought that it was rare. Not some- because she spoke about wanting nomically - inspired fascism". refused because the media was now scared that [he] will do to got this country to last night's hor- somehow learned to live with, thing to worry about. to marry her partner. Even in Port- "My grandparents were ene- afraid to run it . America what America has done ror show. My heart was shredded though it choked them. Many of Miguel is a black designer who land, national symbol of quirkiness, my aliens in World War II, we were The New York Times report- to the world." last night for those in our country us coughed and spluttered when was living in Philadelphia in July, a lesbian woman felt afraid to ar- almost in internment again in 2003, ed that The American Bar Associ- "… For the world at large," whose lives have been pushed even that suffocating air filled our lungs. but was returning to his native San gue for her right to a marriage that and I feel the icy breath of the ghost ation refused to publish a report Dabashi wrote, "and at the receiv- further to the margins by their fel- Some of us cried out in warning. Francisco. "My white girlfriend the state had already given her. of E0 9066 rising for me, some of about the presidential candidate ing end of American military might, low Americans." But when those of us who and I are moving back to Califor- William James, a black writer my friends and extended family." citing the threat of being sued. Let [he] is the very quintessence of But this isn't about the histor- spoke up were heard at all, we were nia this summer," he told me then. and actor in Orlando, Florida, who Executive Order 9066 was the that sink in: The governing body America because [he] is what ically marginalised any more. As greeted with disbelief, or with "We had originally planned to did not want his real name used, presidential authorisation for Jap- of America's lawyers is afraid of America does to the world, and of this election, even straight, white laughter. Like some others, I wrote drive across the country and stop had a somewhat similar take on anese internment during World being sued. now it has come dangerously close Americans will be pushed to the about that laughter. in Atlanta, New Orleans, Austin, avoiding arguments when he talked War II. They were scared into silence to do unto itself what it has habit- margins. We have not only embo- We were given the assurance and Phoenix. Needless to say, about the police. "The goal is not "I fear a return to some dysto- by our (now) president elect. This ually done unto others." ldened a white racist backlash that yes, there were some for we're not doing that any more." to win the argument," he told me. pian 1950s idyll where women and is the silence that allows fascism This is certainly true, but it's against black and brown people, whom that acrid stench was a Miguel and his girlfriend took an "The goal is to get home alive." others knew their place." to rise. not the entire truth. The truth is we have emboldened a backlash breath of fresh air, but those fool- plane instead. Too many stories William happens to be 4ft tall and Miguel, now returned to his Silence is what hog-tied the that America is dangerously close against anyone who is not white ish people were few and unimpor- of white backlash attacks in too his car is fitted with special gear- native San Francisco, put it more Republican Party, fear of retribu- to doing unto it's white self what in the right way. tant. We were told the smell would many disparate places made them ing to allow him to drive only with bluntly: "I've been saying all along tion caused them to accept their it has habitually done to others. This is what we have become. go away on its own. It went no- cancel their trip. his hands. It is a car that only some- that I'd wake up this morning still fate. The silence of Liberal Ameri- America, as a whole, has never had This is what decades of Democratic where. It lingered. And it got stron- "I was jokingly worried about one his size can operate. black in America, no matter who ca allowed a demagogue to rise as much of a problem doing exactly complacency and Republican rac- ger. being 'a big, opinionated negro' in "But a white cop pulls me over won. The south is unsafe for me they laughed at him and his fol- that to its black and brown citi- ism have led to. This is what de- And for some of us, it was the south before this summer," he one day," he told me, "and is look- because of the people there and lowers. zens. cades of liberals' silent acceptance more than a smell. For some un- said. "But now? It's untenable. It's ing me up and down, looking at their politics, not because of who's And then there's the silence of Ask black and Latino people of racism and misogyny have led lucky ones such as Kozen Samp- incredibly sad that in 2016, I can't my insurance and my registration, president." the Democratic Party. A silence of who have lived for generations to. This backlash is what comes son, it became a physical assault. feel safe in a third of my own coun- and he asks me 'Is this your car?' I William had been expecting it short-term economic goals and the with an increasingly militarised from liberal talk of "post-racial" In February, Kozen parked his try." mean, what is that question sup- as well. "As people of colour we've knowledge that they didn't have police force if things will sudden- America simply because we had a car in my beloved town of Hood Miguel is not alone. By spring, posed to mean? We all know what known that racism has always been to actually perform for margina- ly be different for them in Ameri- black president. River, Oregon, to take his dog for many minority people in America it's supposed to mean. You're look- out there, but it's been 'somewhat' lised communities in order to be ca. Ask the Native people protest- It's disheartening, but it's not a walk. As Kozen told the town's had already changed their behav- ing at my registration, and I have a under wraps. Now it's been given "owed" their votes. ing for water security at Standing surprising. Many of us knew this newspaper, "I started to get out iour and outlook. Marina (name car only I can drive. I know why a voice and subsequent free reign." Many of us know that the Rock if life will suddenly be dif- was coming. We have choked on of the car, and heard someone yell, changed), an Asian artist from Los you're asking that question, but I'm "I'm just so very sad," he con- Democratic Party was no small ferent for them in America. the foul stench of white suprema- 'Hey,' … The car door smacked Angeles, began to avoid eye con- not going to say that, because the tinued, "that Obama has to hand part of what was to come. When has America not been a cy for a very long time. In many my head and then my head hit the tact with people on the metro goal is to get home alive, so I just over the keys to the very man who This has been brewing since colonial power to its black and ways, it was what we expected to door frame … I lost part of my when someone looked at her and say 'Yes, sir. It is'." called his humanity into question. the neo-liberals took over Con- brown people? At its best, Amer- happen. memory for about 15 minutes." said, "Chinese people are so I heard similar responses Just like those mothers of the gress, increasingly gutting anti- ica holds a grudging tolerance for Miguel put it best: "That a When news of the assault hit filthy". throughout the summer and au- movement, he doesn't get the lux- trust regulations, workers' protec- us - giving us access to the legal white millionaire huckster won the our small town, it shocked us all. "These experiences with re- tumn: Minority people universal- ury of voicing his anger. He has to tions, promoting violent policies system, yes, but modifying it for presidency on the back of racism, We had a hard time believing it, marks, actions and violence have ly spoke of this election as a threat, be the role model." towards other nations "in our na- white convenience and "safety". At misogyny, breaking of treaties with especially when Kozen reported existed before but haven't gotten they spoke of being scared. White Some people feel sad, some are tional interests", and ever moving its worst, America attacks black natives, and media trickery is the that the only other words he heard the attention they're getting now. people universally saw it as com- angry, many are just more scared the party towards the right. and brown citizens with laws de- most American thing to ever hap- were "F****** Muslim." Kozen, Also, social media makes sharing ical, an accidental event that would than they were before. This sum- The appearance of Democrats signed to deny black agency and pen in America." you see, is not a Muslim, he is a these experiences easier than ever just disappear, that couldn't really mer, such an outcome was only a as disconnected and "the educated meets black freedom with military White America may be sur- Buddhist monk and, in typical before, so things I've encountered happen here. possibility; now, it is a reality. elite" was bolstered by the fact force. Even now, America gasses prised by this election's result, but Buddhist monk fashion, his re- I've kept to myself, but with Fa- Sarah Kendzior warned us of The day after the election, that, by and large, the national par- indigenous brown people on their black and brown people have sponse was filled with compas- cebook and Twitter I'm talking exactly that sentiment. A political William and I talked about our out- ty turned its back on both actual native land in favour of a corpo- warned of this for a long time. It's sion. about it." writer who studied fascism, Sarah look and about the older genera- peace in the rest of the world and rate entity. just that white America doesn't "I am happy it happened to Talking with people through- has written of the seriousness of tion of black people who are now on the survival of the working- The truth is that for many mi- seem able to listen to a black voice. me and not to a Muslim," he said. out the summer, I saw this pattern this election in numerous essays, speaking words like "Hold your class whites who should have been nority people America has always John Metta has worked as a In my church, we spoke at repeated. Minority people of var- telling us that "it can't happen here" tongue" and "Be careful," words part of its base. treated them the way that it has cook, groundskeeper, store clerk, length about the assault and what ious ethnic, religious, and racial is exactly how fascism happens. they used in the days before and Today working-class whites treated the world. The only thing park ranger, Navy submariner, it meant. By February, we had al- groups were all doing the same Her essays are like a plan for how during the Civil Rights Movement. can't look to the Democrats for real that has changed is that now Amer- Army wartime medic, hydrologist, ready seen that racism and white things. to avoid a catastrophe, yet it seems "Being a part of that older gen- support, and minority people are ica is about to turn on its white school teacher, software develop- nationalism were on the rise. The They were talking about the that no one wanted to bring her eration," he said, "I have to agree increasingly angered that their vote citizens too. er, mathematical modeller, and un- fact that an innocent Buddhist foul smell in the air, pointing out map on this journey. with them. [White men] are taking never results in substantive change This is what Jean-Paul derwater archaeologist. Before any monk was attacked at all was the real danger to anyone who In August, I warned us too, America back … to the 1850s. The for the better. Is it any surprise Voilleque, a straight, white lawyer of these jobs, and during them all, shocking, but that he was attacked would listen, and they were all writing that "we are on the cusp of landscape is changing. Those in that the minority vote was apa- in Portland, found the day after he was writing. Always writing. for being something he wasn't, for being more cautious around white a historic decision in the US. We power who have a similar point of thetic and the white vote was the election. He was dressed in his The views expressed in this being nothing more than "proba- people. Many of them changed can make history and transition view as yourself may not be in against them? business casual jeans and a bright article are the author's own and do bly not white" was what really their behaviour in small, subtle from the first black to the first fe- power tomorrow. And let's not And yet, still, many people blue shirt, and was met on his way not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's smelled. Still, my town assumed ways. "I wear headphones more male president. The alternative is forget the promised bald-faced ret- were surprised. to work by the new regime. Cross- editorial policy. it was isolated. We assumed there at work now," said Deborah (name to make history by electing our ribution." There is nothing at all surpris- ing a footbridge over the Wil- Al Jazeera News ‘Anything that flies is an enem y’: Film ing al-Shabab w ith a drone Al Ja z eer a 's H a m za M o ha m ed w a n t ed t o film a l-Sha b a b fig ht er s in t heir t r a in in g ca m p usin g a d r o n e - it w a s a r isk y a n d d elica t e m o v e.

"Anything that flies that's not a a smartphone - another device the Once the group's leaders bird, we consider it an enemy." armed group has banned in the re- granted us permission, the fight- That's how Hassan Yakub, al- gions it controls. ers were informed by their com- Shabab's most senior leader in Al-Shabab is so sensitive mander that the drone was not an Somalia's Galguduud region, re- about mobile phones that in many American one and that it was not sponded when I requested that we areas they don't allow phones with going to rain down missiles on use a drone to film his fighters at cameras - let alone a smartphone them. Chef Joudie Kalla speaks with Al Jazeera about her new book, Palestine on a Plate. one of the armed group's training like the one we were planning on Curiosity quickly set in. The camps. His reaction was not sur- using. fighters wanted to see what drone The book Palestine on a Plate: prising. IN PICTURES: Al-Shabab It was a risky and delicate footage looked like. Memories from my Mother's moves in on central Somalia Over move. You spend months negoti- "We all look the same," a Kitchen by chef Joudie Kalla was the past few years, drone strikes ating access, only to risk been young plump fighter said after see- initially launched in 2014 as a have killed dozens of al-Shabab kicked out for bringing a drone. ing what the unmanned aircraft had cooking app to showcase a small fighters, including the group's Then there were other secu- captured. selection of Palestinian recipes. former leader and at least 10 of its rity matters to worry about. “You can't tell who is fat or As the app gained popularity, senior commanders. The last drone What if the drone was com- short. We all look the same. This Kalla's Instagram page caught the 'W e are hit to target the al-Qaeda-linked promised and we were tracked is good," he said out loud, drawing eye of the Jacqui Small publishing e m b ra cin g group's leaders happened just a down by security services? Would big laughs from fellow fighters. house, and the idea for the book w here w e month ago, in the East African they accuse the team of being US "So, this is how the Americans was born. The newly published co m e fro m country's Lower Juba region. spies? see things? You can't recognise book takes a historical look at the an d w h at o u r Al-Shabab fighters have been Al-Shabab has killed by firing anyone from this," a fighter said. recipes of Kalla's family through lan d h as to trained to hide from drones or, if squad people they accuse of being "No wonder they bomb the the generations. o ffe r,' Kalla the unmanned aircraft are low spies. wrong targets," another shouted. Born to Palestinian parents in says [Ph o to enough, to shoot them down. And in rural Somalia, most As we packed up to leave the Syria, Kalla grew up in London and Our local fixer was equally re- bathrooms have an open roof and al-Shabab training camp, the fight- studied architecture, design and co u rte s y o f luctant. the possibility that residents could ers' commander warned his relaxed French culture, after which she Jaso n de "Absolutely mad idea," he report us for flying a drone over men that anything in the skies from opted to follow her dream to be- S i lva ] said. their wash rooms while they were that moment on was again an en- come a chef. After attending the Our cameraman was also not attending to nature’s call was a real emy aircraft - and not a harmless prestigious Leiths School of Food enthusiastic about taking a drone and frightening possibility. drone. and Wine, she went on to work in to an area controlled by al-Shabab. If that happened, what were Follow Hamza Mohamed on several top restaurants, including To complicate things further, the consequences? Flogging in Twitter: @Hamza_Africa Daphne's, Papillon and Pengel- tiful country and its food and peo- tinues to gain as much traction as same. I am not claiming that this the drone had to be operated using public at best, perhaps. Al Jazeera News ley's, a Gordon Ramsay restaurant. ple, then that is what I would like possible. Also, we are donating 50 book is the only way, but it is the In 2010, Kalla opened her own to do. The fact that it has Pales- percent from all US sales to the way of my family in Palestine. deli in London, called Baity Kitch- tine on the front cover is so im- Palestinian House of Friendship Al Jazeera: What is the histor- en, and began recording details of portant for me and many people, children's charity, so there is also a ical significance of including these Al-Shabab lost at least 10 senior the dishes that she made, all passed because we are embracing where good cause behind it. dishes in your book? Aalla: The down from her mother. we come from and what our land Kalla: My favourite dish to- significance is to keep them alive commanders - including their former leader - Kalla spoke to Al Jazeera about has to offer. It is an ode to our day is musakhan, although this and give them an identity. I think her newly released book and the history. Al Jazeera: In your view, changes daily. I just love the sim- it's fair to say that if Japan claimed to dro ne strikes [H am za Mo ham ed/ Al Jazeera] importance of maintaining the iden- what distinguishes Palestinian cui- plicity of it and the flavour. It just pizza as their national dish, it tity of Palestinian cuisine. sine from other Middle Eastern blows my mind every time I eat it. would seem slightly out there, and Al Jazeera: Why did you de- food? Kalla: There are a few dif- The onions, draped in sumac I think many people will agree that cide to write this book, and what ferences, but mainly I am focusing and olive oil, with the delicious while our land can be appropriat- does it mean to you? it on the way my mother, aunts, chicken and taboon bread are just ed, our history cannot be forgot- Joudie Kalla: I put a lot of grandmothers and their mothers exquisite. It is a simple, poor man's ten. thought and effort into keeping its before them cooked, and that is food taken to another level. It real- Through our food and people focus on Palestine, but not some- what makes it Palestinian. They ly represents Palestine for me and like me, and others who are really thing political - to show the posi- only knew this land, so what they home. trying to make a voice for us, tra- tive side of it, to keep my family taught us is what makes it Pales- Al Jazeera: Different regions ditions live on, and we are the gen- history alive and to bring me clos- tinian. Kalla: The reactions to the in Palestine have different ways eration that is doing that. We are er to my home. book have been extremely positive of cooking certain dishes. How did grabbing hold of the past to really This book came about because - more than I imagined. you choose which method to fol- identify with a place called home, I noticed that many of our cultural In the Middle East, even low? where our ancestors are from and foods were being labelled incorrect- though people know how to cook Kalla: I chose the methods my where our family still lives, and ly and being used as national dish- most of the dishes, they are buy- family used. I didn't want to be where amazing, healthy, wonder- es of other countries, and I think ing the book out of support, to inauthentic and try to figure out ful dishes have been created. There there has to be a line drawn. help raise awareness and make this things that I had no idea about, so are so many stories behind each Of course we can't take away book really visible; to not allow I kept it as real as possible. dish, and it would take another the fact that Palestinians live in the our history to fade into the dark- My family were from all over book to really delve into that. same country as Israelis and influ- ness. It has also been well received the place - from Nazareth, Ramal- I hope to write some more ences are passed on, but there has around the globe; I have received lah, Yaffa, Safed, al-Lydd - and I books and keep the narrative go- to be a moment when someone emails from people in Hong Kong, am sure they learned many differ- ing in a positive light, to foster says, "Actually, this is food from South Africa, Australia and Eu- ent styles of cooking things, and it positive views about my home a time before 1948, and it has mean- rope, who love this wonderful shows in the recipes. country through this universal ing to millions of people." style of amazingly varied food. Every home has a version of medium of food. It means a lot to me to write For me, this is so very special. their own; even if you live on the This interview has been edit- this book, as I am Palestinian, and I cannot be more happy with the same street in Palestine, I guaran- ed for length. if I can help give a voice to a beau- way things are going. I hope it con- tee you that no one will cook the Al Jazeera SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The US House of Representatives can-led House by 243-174 largely efforts by congressional Republi- smuggled or improvised parts af- sale could cost jobs. But oppo- ing the current Congress. It would agreed to curtain its nuclear pro- passed a bill on Thursday that along party lines. Eight Democrats cans to counteract the internation- ter years of sanctions. Although nents, particularly Republicans need to pass the Senate, where it gram in exchange for sanctions re- would block the sale of commer- joined Republicans in favor. All al nuclear deal between Iran, the Airbus is based in France, it must who unanimously opposed the would face stiff opposition from lief. However, the climate for the cial aircraft to Iran, a bid to stop 174 “no” votes were from Demo- United States and other world have the US Treasury Depart- nuclear agreement, argue that the Democrats. And the White House nuclear pact could change once Re- sales by Boeing and Airbus that crats. The measure would bar US powers. The deals by Airbus and ment’s approval for the sale be- passenger aircraft could be used for said Obama would veto the mea- publican President-elect Donald have already been approved by Treasury Department from issu- Boeing to sell or lease over 200 cause at least 10 percent of the air- military purposes such as trans- sure even if it did pass the Senate. Trump takes office on Jan. 20. President Barack Obama’s admin- ing licenses that US banks would jets to IranAir would help mod- craft’s components are American- porting fighters to battle US The administration believes the Trump was harshly critical of the istration. need to finance sales of commer- ernize and expand the country’s made. Some members of Congress troops or allies in Syria. The mea- legislation would be a violation of nuclear agreement during his cam- The bill passed the Republi- cial aircraft, the latest in a series of elderly fleet, held together by have raised concerns that killing the sure is unlikely to become law dur- the nuclear pact, in which Iran paign.

ew visa fees will not de dom, which seeks to attract quali- visa consultant earlier told AFP the sources earlier told AFP the new merce and investment, heads an ter investment in Saudi ty investment,” a statement issued one or two-year visas cost 5,000 fees, effective last month, risk de- executive committee to improve Arabia, which is easing to AFP by his spokesman said. and 8,000 riyals ($1,333 and terring foreign investment needed the kingdom’s business environ- procedures for foreign Investors and business people $2,133). to transform the economy. ment. Ca n Chin a k eep up it s g r o w t h a n d d eliv er o n business, the commerce minister could now get multiple entry vi- Also read: Saudi Arabia to im- The changes do not apply to He said plans by authorities it s “ha r m o n y ” p a ct w it h t he Chin es e p eo p le? said Thursday. Dr. Majed Al-Gas- sas for up to two years, allowing plement new visa application fee the European Union or United to automate the granting of visas bi, minister of commerce and in- them “to repeatedly enter the king- Single-entry business visas are States, while fees for British na- to foreign investors are in “their hina’s largest and most prominent success thus far has been in vestment “confirms the charges for dom as required by their interests”, now priced at 2,000 riyals, several tionals have only slightly increased, final stages”. This would cut the the economic sphere. Thanks to Deng Xiaoping’s policies, entry visas will not affect the flow the statement said. The previous times higher than before, the con- the visa consultant said. Dr. Ma- time needed to issue the entry per- China, by opening itself up to the world, has allowed its econ of foreign investments to the king- maximum validity was one year. A sultant said. Diplomats and other jed Al-Gasbi, the minister of com- mits, he said. omy to flourish and grow, becoming the second largest econo- my in the world in less than four decades. The Middle Kingdom has come to embody the notion of an Asian economic miracle, but can the miracle last? Donald Following Deng Xiaoping’s moves to decrease the cult of Mao Ze- dong and open up to the world, China moved first from a closed commu- nist system to a planned economy, then to a “partial” market-oriented Trump economy (where the Chinese Communist Party, CCP, is pulling the strings). China’s reforms were made gradually. The state began first by could save phasing out collective farming, introducing a gradual liberalization of prices and fiscal decentralization, creating a diversified banking system, and developing stock markets. Increasing autonomy was granted to state- the oil owned enterprises (SOE), while private sector growth and foreign in- vestments were allowed but controlled. International trade was now market becoming the basis of China’s growth. These changes resulted in im- Germany, seeking to reassert lead- Marrakech, where 200 nations have proved living and working conditions, far removed from China’s dire ership on climate action and help convened with the goal to begin to days under Mao. build political momentum, spelled make good on the promises of last However, given the unsettled nature of today’s worldwide econo- out its plan this week to effective- year's Paris climate treaty. The talks my, the current Chinese economic situation is under scrutiny by many ly stop using fossil fuels and re- have been overshadowed by con- foreign observers. With growth slowing, observers around the world are duce greenhouse gas emissions by cerns about Trump's promise to exit wondering: What is the real pulse of the Chinese economy? between 80 and 95 percent by mid- the Paris treaty and the impact that One of the factors analysts are keen to understand is the Chinese century. As the world's fourth-larg- would have on the ambition of oth- employment market. From 1980 until 2014, China’s long-term average est economy and a global leader in er nations. Scientists say the world unemployment rate was around 3.86 percent. It reached a low of 1.8 In the aftermath of Donald clean energy, Germany hoped to must not only meet the Paris goals, percent in 1985 and a high of 4.9 percent (both in 1980 and 1991, during Trump’s win and his appointment provide some optimism at the glo- but also exceed them to avert a wors- global recessions). The projections for 2015-2017 are showing an un- as President-elect, experts are bal climate talks in Marrakech, ening crisis. The U.S. announced its precedented high unemployment rate. closely monitoring the global mar- Morocco in the face of uncertain- plan on Wednesday, envisioning at At first, the unemployment rate seems relatively constant, but we ket trends. His plan consists of ty over what the U.S. policies will least an 80 percent cut in emissions know that China’s official statistics are just that: Official. The real num- expanding the oil supply and rigs be with Donald Trump as presi- from 2005 levels by 2050. Canada bers are probably both higher and more volatile than what it is present- in the United States, which could dent. "By 2050, the whole Ger- and Mexico also released their na- ed. challenge the oil prices that lost 50 man economy will be fully renew- tional plans this week, a step that's The ‘traditional’ equation used to calculate the unemployment rate percent of its value since mid-2014. able," said Jochen Flasbarth, the expected by 2020 from all countries has its limitations when applied China. Both the informal economy, as The OPEC mission is to restore state secretary for the Ministry of under the Paris agreement. Ques- well as the vestiges of communism and its social safety nets, cloud the balance to a difficult oil market, in Environment. The Klimaschutz tions about the U.S. commitment, economic landscape. light of the persistence of the top 2050 plan envisions a carbon-neu- though, appear to have prompted The problem for China is that while maintaining an upward trend in producers to get their full market tral Germany by 2050, a long- Germany to take a more vocal stand rooted in a grassroots movement liamentary leaders to discuss the wealth, salaries are expected to rise as well. This is where the CCP’s share, along with a frenzied race to standing target. But for the first at the global summit this week. that started in the 1980s to end potential need for new laws. The headache grows. Moreover, there is the famous “harmony” pact be- raise production to ensure the least time, it gets specific. The plan de- "There was some discussion over nuclear power and gained more mo- specific targets mean that every sec- tween the CCP and the Chinese that must be kept in mind: As long as the concession possible. Trump’s win tails how much each sector of the coming to Marrakech with empty mentum after the Chernobyl and tor of the economy will have to step state continues to hire millions of young people in its SOEs, as well as is making the task very difficult. economy will reduce emissions to hands, until Merkel forced a com- Fukushima nuclear disasters. It up its efforts, without relying on allowing the emergence of a middle class that is getting wealthier over OPEC is struggling under the meet the intermediate goal of a 55 promise at the last moment, as Ger- became official government poli- other industries to do the job for time, the Chinese agree to accept limitations on their freedoms. With gloomiest global economic pros- percent carbon reduction in the man ministers prepared for their trip cy in 2010. Germany now gets them, Hendricks said Tuesday at a millions of young people joining the labor market annually, and salaries pects, with Trump pursuing a pol- next 15 years. In previous climate to the COP22 conference," said Re- about 27 percent of its energy from press conference in Marrakech. She increasing, the situation is unsustainable in the long term, especially icy of protectionism, as well as plans, there were no goals for trans- imund Schwarze, a climate econo- renewable sources, including solar, said the specific 2030 targets are with the burden of the informal economy getting out of hand. increasing the US oil production portation and agriculture, but now mist with the Leipzig-based Helm- wind and bioenergy, according to the key element of the plan, ranging Moreover, the foreign companies that came to China for its cheap as he pledged to open all Federal all major polluters will have to pull holtz Centre for Environmental Re- the International Energy Agency. from energy reductions of 61-62 labor (around 20,000 companies per year since 1979) have started to land to the exploration for oil and their weight, German officials said. search-UFZ. "That was something Coal still carries a heavy load, pro- percent to transportation reductions leave for neighboring countries, where the lower costs are becoming gas. The new president criticized The plan unveils a catalog of 97 Merkel did in the very last moment viding about 44 percent of Germa- of 40-42 percent and agriculture 31- more attractive each day. For example, during the period from 2010- the agreement between the West measures, and while it does not ex- to show that Germany is in a lead- ny's energy in 2015. Natural gas 34 percent. The mark set for ener- 2013, Nike production shares in China dropped from 40 percent to 30 and Tehran. Trump is seeking to plicitly say that burning of fossil ership role in climate policy," and it provides about 10 percent and will gy reductions is particularly impor- percent while Vietnam’s shares increased from 13 percent to 42 percent. annul the agreement that was fuels must end, its architects say "may have been influenced by the remain in the energy mix longer tant because all the other sectors What is more worrying for China’s economy is that even some Chinese signed in early 2016 after long and the goals can't be reached without Trump election," he said. Germany than coal. According to Barbara will largely rely on decarbonization companies have started outsourcing part of their production to other arduous negotiations. If this hap- phasing them out. It's "impossible is 30 years years into its Energie- Hendricks, Germany's environ- of energy. And the goal for reducing countries, including Vietnam and Bangladesh, which is unprecedented. pens, it could be the greatest me- to achieve 2050 neutrality if you wende, the world's most ambitious ment minister, adoption of the plan emissions from buildings (66-67 With a labor force of around 804 million people of working age lioration for the global oil markets, still count on fossil fuel energy energy transformation. It seeks to is only the beginning of a long pro- percent) has to take into account (between 15-64 years old), China cannot afford a domestic crisis be- since it would absorb about one sources," Flasbarth said. Germa- end the nation's use of fossil fuels cess. A federal commission will be the long lead time for investments cause of outsourcing. That’s especially true at a time when external million barrels per day from the ny's mid-century plan was the first and nuclear energy, and power its charged with keeping the effort and planning of carbon-neutral factors, such as the worldwide economic slowdown, oscillating stock market, which would relieve the to be announced at the talks in economy on clean fuels. The shift is moving and consulting with par- buildings, she said. markets, tumbling oil prices, and intense competition from other coun- organization. Upon Trump’s elec- tries, including India, are complicating matters for the CCP. tion, President Hassan Rouhani That said, China continues to export its labor force overcapacity stated that Trump cannot declare around the world, especially to Africa, through various projects. China invalid the nuclear agreement with Singapore to release final Q3 GDP figures on Nov 24 has extended more loans to African countries than the usual Western Iran, given that the agreement can- organizations such as the World Bank; Beijing then signs infrastructure not be canceled unilaterally. How- contracts that allow Chinese companies to work onsite, bringing with ever, Bloomberg Oil expert Julian them the labor force and machinery. This is a rising trend in Africa, Lee cited two probable possibili- although a few African countries (e.g. Morocco) now ask for the partic- ties of canceling the nuclear deal, ipation of their local labor force, in order to stimulate their own econo- which will have international con- mies. The infrastructure projects of the new Silk Road in Eurasia, Oce- sequences. The first hypothesis is ania, and Africa help as well, and China has kept on pushing them, and based on the fact that the former developing them at a good pace. US president Barack Obama im- China’s GDP growth trend follows a reverse trend with regards to posed the nuclear agreement un- China’s unemployment rate — as unemployment rises, GDP growth der the ‘executive order’ after Con- falls. In general, China has followed the same pattern as the world’s gress refused to ratify it, this GDP growth, albeit at much higher rates. While the world’s average means that Trump could circum- growth maxed out at 4.6 percent in 1983, China’s growth was then over vent it and find a way to annul it. three times higher, at 15.2 percent. China’s entry into the World Trade The second hypothesis is based Organization in 2001 had a positive impact on the rise of the GDP, while on the conditions of the agreement the worldwide financial crisis in 2007-08 had a negative one.Projected itself. If one of the parties is not GDP growth for 2016 and 2017 shows a decline. Despite this slow- satisfied, and believes that there down, China’s economy is in relatively good shape compared to many has been a breach, he can refer the other Western countries. file to the UN Security Council, However, the question of the comparison reaches its limits when which will meet to vote on the ‘con- China enters the equation: While Western countries are capitalist, China tinuity of the lifting of sanctions is not (for now). China abides by a different set of rules, and its domestic on Tehran.’ Simply put, since the functioning is different as well: more complex, tangled, and less clear for United States enjoys the right of Westerners. veto as a member of the Security This said, China’s economic slowdown is due to both external fac- Council, there is a high probabili- tors such as the worldwide economic slowdown (leaving China’s trading ty that Trump will use this lever- partners in bad shape) and to internal factors such as the inefficient age to put sanctions on Iran. The allocation of capital by state-owned Banks, industrial overcapacity and doors of Europe will remain some- well-known ticking debt-bomb that nobody can evaluate accurately. what open in front of Tehran, but Skyline of Singapore at the Central Business District area.PHOTO: BLOOMBERG This year, the Institute of International Finance estimated that the total according to Mr. Lee, this will not payload debt-to-GDP ratio is 295 percent. With the gloomy global be effective. Despite the lifting of SINGAPORE: The Ministry of the July-September quarter, in- showed Singapore's economy grew slump since 2012. Since then, economic climate, China’s debt problem is not reassuring — mostly sanctions on Iran, Europeans com- Trade and Industry (MTI) will cluding detailed information on a meagre 0.6 per cent from a year MAS forecasters have downgrad- because nobody knows the real extent of it. panies remain shy in numbers. release the third quarter economic sectoral performance, sources of ago, sharply lower than econo- ed their economic projections for The uncertainty leads to speculations of all sorts, ranging from de- OPEC will meet on the 30th of survey of Singapore on Nov 24 at growth, inflation, employment and mists' median forecast of 1.7 per this year and next, expecting 2016 scriptions of China’s debt as “wet powder” (i.e., a situation that will be November to develop a prelimi- 8.00am. productivity. The advance estimate cent growth. Compared to the pre- growth to come in at the lower end defused by the government as usual) by some optimistic investors to nary agreement on the reduction The report will give the final of third quarter gross domestic vious quarter, the economy con- of their 1 to 2 per cent forecast, predictions of an unprecedented “global financial cataclysm” by other, of production. growth figures for the economy for product (GDP) released on Oct 14 tracted by 4.1 per cent, the biggest and "only slightly higher" in 2017. more pessimistic hedge fund managers. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Lisa H aydo n o pen s up

spree in 2013 with a $100 million commitment for two seasons of Kevin Spacey’s House of Cards abo ut bein g and will spend upward of $6 bil- lion on original content this year. Netflix even beat HBO to pay Chris Rock $20 million for each of bullie d the two stand-up comedy spe- cials. But neither Netflix nor the actors are the problem anymore. Russell’s per episode budget for the Amazon show is said to be $7 million. At HBO, Ballers star Dwayne Johnson receives $450,000 per episode for the hit show. Then, of course, stars on established hits still make the most. The Big Bang Theory’s leads command $1 million per episode. The five “A-tier” stars of HBO’s Game of Thrones — Peter Din- klage, Kit Harington, Emilia Clar- ke, Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau — recently con- cluded a renegotiation that will pay them each $1.1 million per episode for the show’s upcoming last two seasons. According to insiders, the sky-high fees will continue to climb until networks back off on original series. But with scripted originals predicted to approach 500 in 2017, the demand for a star-driven, easy- to-market new show is greater than it ever has been. “Viewership is shrinking on a per-show basis, so what [these networks] are doing is trying to break through the crowd with big- star and big-ticket names,” noted Henry Schafer, executive VP at brand specialist Q Scores. One factor is that with outlets such as HBO, Amazon and espe- Actor and model Lisa Haydon makes you quite complex too. I cially Netflix are now demanding opened up about being bullied in just remember being picked on for global rights to shows. Most of childhood for being as skinny as a being a toothpick. Really skinny Netflix deals insist on flat ‘buy out’ toothpick. and really tall,” Lisa said. ISA must rates. “That’s why the checks are Lisa Haydon slams Indian pub- work pro-actively: Marriyum so big,” Netflix chief content of- lication for saying she married a “Eventually, you fill out and then, ficer Ted Sarandos said. ‘Pakistani’ She therefore shared you tend to not put on weight, And then there was Woody that it is not just overweight peo- when you are older. But, when you Allen’s first TV series, the poorly ple who get body shamed. During are younger and if you are really reviewed Crisis in Six Scenes, an appearance on an episode of TV thin, people just make fun of you,” With the audience shifting from 50 outlets producing scripted orig- ting $750,000 for each of 20 epi- miniseries The Nix, which has yet which cost Amazon a huge fee. show Vogue BFFs, Lisa spoke she added. The show airs on Col- That leads to a concern that enor- about the body issues she had as a ors Infinity and the episode fea- conventional media to digital inal programming, the competition sodes of an upcoming Amazon se- to land at a network. One veteran mous budgets and big names won’t streaming platforms, the so-called for available stars and thus, the ries produced by film-maker Dav- TV buyer said, “Someone is going child, read a statement. “People turing Lisa — who recently got always guarantee success. Snarks always think that if you are on the married — will air on Saturday. Golden Age of Television is living price tag for Hollywood’s upper id O Russell. Meryl Streep is said to crack the $1 million mark.” one agent: “It could be like House up to its name for many top tal- echelon have skyrocketed beyond to have commanded a whopping Many on the network side blame larger side or you are overweight, Have something to add to the of Cards or it could be like Woody then you become complex. But I story? Share it in the comments ents, according to The Hollywood what longtime TV insiders have $825,000 per episode to sign on Netflix for the rising salaries. The Allen’s Amazon show.” Reporter. With the influx of over ever seen. Robert De Niro is get- for J J Abrams’ Warner Bros. TV streaming network kicked off the think, being a really skinny kid below. Gossip Girl actor Lisa Lynn Masters hangs herself in ctor Isla Fisher’s loved ones once failed to realise a “family” photo featured on the actor’s annual Christ mas card actually featured a picture of Amy Adams in hotel room her place. The Wedding Crashers star has revealed she is frequently mistaken for her fellow red-head, her co-star in new movie Noc- turnal Animals, so one year, she and her comedian husband Sacha Baron Cohen decided to try and trick their friends and relatives. But the prank didn’t quite play out as planned, reported Contactmusic. “One year for our holiday greeting card, I cut-and-pasted Amy Adams’ face over mine, so it was Sacha, Amy, and the kids, and then we said, ‘Seasons greetings from Sacha, Isla and (the kids)’. And no one noticed!” she told US breakfast show Today. Co n firm ed:?Jo hn Wick FORCE 2 REVIEW: Lo gic is in versely co -directo r David Leitch pro po rtio n al to Jo hn w ill helm Deadpo o l 2 Abraham ’s m uscles

Gossip Girl actress Lisa Lynn Authorities in the South Amer- A funny looking gangster is in the Here’s one example. Thou- Masters, who was battling depres- ican country’s capital Lima said midst of negotiating a deal when a sands of rounds of bullets are fired sion, was reportedly found dead that they found two letters which bike stops in front of him. The rider during a chase, and just when we inside her hotel room closet in Peru. revealed her mental health issues is a tough cop whose shirt is doing thought it’s never going to end, According to Peru21 newspa- at the Nuevo Mundo Hotel, re- a bad job of containing his bulging John says: ‘They don’t want to per, the 52 year old who was from ports mirror.co.uk. biceps. Soon we are told that he kill us, they are here for something Brooklyn, was found deceased in- Priyanka ‘tried to commit sui- doesn’t fear death... because he lost else.’ So, basically they are firing side of her Nuevo Mundo hotel cide,’ says ex-manager his wife five years ago. During the point blank just to say hello. And fight that follows, one of the gang- they get killed just for fun! Simi- room in Lima earlier this week, re- Her husband William Brooks Deadpool 2 will start its produc- project back in October due to cre- Deadpool 2, he, along with his John ports eonline.com. was in shock after her death, ac- ster’s sidekicks attacks the cop and larly, Sonakshi Sinha says, ‘We tion soon with David Leitch serv- ative differences with actor/co-pro- Wick co-helmer Chad Stahelski, has a nail pierces through his shoulder. have to save our next agent in 30 A spokesperson for Masters cording to a friend who wrote on a ing as the new director. ducer Ryan Reynolds. He will di- been tapped to direct several big- — known for featuring in TV GoFundMe page set up to pay for It’s a good excuse for him to do minutes.’ Rest assured, this half According to The Hollywood Re- rect the sequel from a screenplay screen adaptations, including away with the shirt. So, he removes an hour lasts longer than eternity. shows like Ugly Betty, Law & her body’s repatriation to the US. porter, the John Wick co-helmer written by Rhett Reese and Paul Cowboy Ninja Viking starring his shirt, flashes his chiseled body What surprises even more is that Order: Special Victims Unit and The fundraising page, which has finally sealed the deal with Wernick, who also wrote the first Chris Pratt as well as Valiant’s (of course the camera angles are the director has shown the end of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — hit its 24,000 pounds goal in one 20th Century Fox to direct the movie. As of now, Deadpool 2 has Bloodshot. He is also well known the key here), beats up the bad the day and the beginning of the released a statement: “As to her day, will pay for funeral expenses much-awaited sequel to 2015’s yet to set a release date. David re- as stunt actor and stunt coordina- guys, and walks away in super evening in one transition. How can husband and family’s wishes, we and help her widower, who works Deadpool after weeks of negotia- cently wrapped filming on The tor. He had roles in several movies slow motion. Mumbai police’s you show such transitions when hope that the industry can mourn as a healing arts practitioner in tions. Leitch has been selected to Coldest City, a cold war thriller like Tron: Legacy and The Matrix cynical officer Yashvardhan (John you are not sure about the time her death without details.” Brooklyn. Ani Mason wrote on replace Tim Miller, who quit the starring Charlize Theron. Besides Revolutions. Abraham) receives a courier which passed in between! The talkative Not done yet: Robbie wants the page: “Our dear friend Lisa is actually a code sent by his friend villain likes to play mouth organ, ‘Suicide Squad’ reboot Masters passed away tragically in RAW (Research And Analysis and that provides for a good back- “In these darkening days, we and unexpectedly. Wing). It turns out to be the begin- ground score for some action hope those who have had the plea- “Lisa’s genuine warmth, gen- Suicide Squad extended cut review : More ning of a high profile case which scenes. The only problem is that sure of knowing her will see how erosity and tenacious strength will takes him to Budapest. Agent KK every such scene ends with Abra- brightly she shined and will find be deeply missed.” Leonard Co- Joker, m ore Harley Quinn, m ore nonsense (Sonakshi Sinha) is his boss and ham pointing a gun at Bhasin’s that light within themselves and hen, music’s poetic visionary, died partner on the mission. They are temple. After a while you wish to continue to share it with others just in his sleep after fall We got one for Batman v Super- tails, and watched a loading bar for Bohemian Rhapsody trailers did a up against an international syndi- see the villain dead just to get rid as she would have,” the statement She added: “Lisa’s beloved man: Dawn of Justice, and now, a couple of seconds), we gave the really good job hypnotising us with cate run by Shiv Sharma (Tahir Raj of the recurring shot. Nobody added. husband William is shocked and we have an extended cut for Sui- Suicide Squad Extended Cut our their psychedelic pinks and stra- Bhasin): he looks like a regular guy, obliges though. Initially, Abhinay cide Squad. It’s our own doing, this. unwitting endorsement – and more tegically placed Jared Letos. We but deep beneath he is a highly Deo, the director, tries to infuse According to the local media grieving her sudden loss. In the How can we ever complain about worryingly, also to extended cuts looked right into their eyes and fell motivated criminal. On the face of some quirky elements. Even John report, she was found inside of her midst of this mourning, William such decisions when it is our fault of The Flash, Aquaman 12, and for it, without realising, that at the it, there’s nothing wrong in this Abraham attempts dead-pan hu- closet and appeared to have hanged faces daunting financial challeng- really, that they happen in the first Justice League 34 (which has al- very same moment that we were setting: Perfect for high speed chas- mour. But these efforts give way herself with her skirt. Police offi- es, including the substantial funer- place? The second we slapped our ready been slated for a prime July, staring at a screen, drooling at a es and daredevil stunts. Trouble to lethargic chase sequences. cials also claimed to have found al and transport expenses for Lisa money down on the counter (or, 2068 release). * It’s not that we glimpse of Batman, the capitalist is, things start getting out of the Budapest’s scenic beauty takes the anti-depressants in her hotel room in and between Peru and the Unit- more likely, pressed a button on- were too dim to realise what was machinery had already begun plot- director’s grip very soon into the attention further away from what’s at the time of the investigation. ed States.” line, punched in our payment de- going on, but in hindsight, those ting its next nefarious scheme - this. film and that is not good news. happening on the screen. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES New Zealan d in charge as Wagn er, Bo ult shatter Pakis tan

In the league of not-so-extraordi- nary foreigners that the ISL3 has been, Jerry Lalrinzuala stands out. Because he is not a foreigner but from Mizoram, India’s newest football cradle. And because at 18, the left back has played in all 10 games for Chennaiyin FC. “He can have a great career ahead,” Chen- naiyin FC coach Marco Materazzi has said. I-League clubs are said to be courting Lalrinzuala. The start was anything but auspicious. Soon after coming on in their opener, away to Atletico de Kolkata, Lal- rinzuala pushed Sameehg Doutie and Iain Hume converted the pen- Neil Wagner and Trent Boult left cessive balls but he pulled the next alty to make it 2-2. “I felt respon- Pakistan's second innings in tat- delivery to Boult running around sible for throwing away two ters Saturday to put New Zealand the long-leg boundary and he was points,” said Lalrinzuala, in an in- in sight of a comprehensive first gone for 13. teraction over e-mail. Materazzi Test victory at the end of the third An inspired Boult then bowled though gave him another substi- day in Christchurch. Azhar to end the opener's mara- tute appearance in the next game The tourists lost six wickets thon innings in which he faced 173 and Lalrinzuala got a break when in the final session at Hagley Oval balls in more than four hours for Dhanachandra Singh was injured to be 129-7 at stumps, ahead by only 31 runs. out of the ISL. “At 18, we all made only 62 runs with two days re- Boult, on a roll, bowled Sarfraz mistakes… I saw his quality dur- maining. Ahmed for two and had ing pre-season,” said Materazzi Boult had three for 18 off 15 Mohammad Amir caught for six. who has preferred him over the overs while Wagner, who started Until the late collapse Paki- more experienced N Mohanraj. the wicket spree, had two for 21. stan had been all concentration with Lalrinzuala has played 776 min- Not out for Pakistan were Sohail only 44 runs scored in the middle utes and started in eight games Khan on 22 and Asad Shafiq on six session to be 50 for one at tea. Colin winning four Emerging Player of with the Test likely to be all over de Grandhomme, whose first in- the Match awards; the maximum in three playing days after the nings 6-41 was the best bowling so far in ISL3. Football’s like a re- scheduled first day was washed performance by a New Zealander ligion in Mizoram, he said. After out. on debut, made the opening break- Shylo Malsawmtluanga broke the Until Wagner struck, Pakistan through in Pakistan's second in- glass ceiling, the fervour’s just got were clawing their way back into nings when he had Sami Aslam, more intense. Lalawnpuia Pachau the Test having started the day on who faced 57 deliveries, out for meteored through the top flight but the back foot. seven. Malsawmtluanga has stayed the They ripped out the last seven After New Zealand resumed course. India striker and Chennaiy- New Zealand wickets for only 96 the day in a commanding position in FC teammate Jeje Lalpehklua runs and Azhar Ali and Babar Azam at 104-3, some impetuous shot- and ATK’s Lalrindika Ralte are were painstakingly building their making saw them all out for 200 as two top names in the ISL from second innings -- accumulating 37 they tried to hurry the score along Mizoram which won the Santosh runs in 23 overs. under cloudy skies and a pitch that Trophy in 2014. Twice rejected in But, in the sixth over after tea suited seam bowlers. state trials, Lalrinzuala didn’t give Azam on 29 attempted to fend Overnight batsmen Jeet Raval up, just as he ignored parents to away a Wagner ball targeting his and Henry Nicholls were gone in focus on academics by hiding foot- ribs only for it to skim the gloves the first four overs with Raval un- ball shoes and taking them to and wicket-keeper BJ Watling able to add to his overnight 55 and school. “When I got selected for completed the dismissal. Nicholls adding only one run to be Mizoram U-14 team after trials, I It gave Wagner his 100th scalp gone for 30. knew I wanted to become a foot- in his 26th Test, making him the De Grandhomme, who has baller,” he said. From there to In- second-fastest New Zealander to rarely been out of the spotlight in dia U-14 trials and progress claim a century of wickets after his maiden Test, belted a quickfire through age-group ranks with the Richard Hadlee reached the mark 29 that included six boundaries national team has been an eventful in 25 matches. while Southee (22) and Wagner journey with a memorable stop in Younis Khan lasted only eight (21) also plundered quick runs in Nepal in 2013 when India won the balls before he gloved a Wagner their brief cameos. under-16 SAFF Championship. bouncer to Watling and Pakistan The New Zealand innings Lalrinzuala scored the matchwin- had gone from 58-1 to 64-3 and folded in 55.5 overs, just four more ner in the final with a screamer of a whom Real Madrid and Brazil left- ation’s Elite Academy in Goa to years, Lalrinzuala has gone from get even better should he, like Sand- were still three runs in deficit and than Pakistan's first innings of 133. right-footer from nearly 30 yards, back Marcelo is the player to be, train at Ligue 1 team FC Metz. being a rejected triallist in Mizo- esh Jhingan and Dhanachandra, the rot had started. Rahat Ali was the chief destroyer unusual for a naturally left-footed was among five under-19 players Chennaiyin FC picked up the tab ram to training at Metz and lining make it to the national team riding Captain Misbah-ul-Haq tried for Pakistan with four for 62 while player. This year, Lalrinzuala, for from the All India Football Feder- and signed the quintet. In four up against Helder Postiga. It could on performance in the ISL. to knock Tim Southee out of the Sohail Khan and Mohammad Amir attack with a four and two off suc- took three wickets each. Gro ves Ghent Six Day: Sir Bradley Wiggins Richard Johnson rides and Mark Cavendish drop to third Coneygree in Betfair im presses in Chase at H aydo ck

Views from connections ahead of Wem bley w in the Betfair Chase, in which Rich- ard Johnson will ride Coneygree after Menorah was withdrawn. Richard Johnson will partner comeback kid Coneygree in what promises to be a fascinating Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday. The champion jockey was lined up as the preferred pilot for the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero after regular rider Nico de Boinville broke his arm in a fall at Cheltenham last week. However, he was committed to riding Menorah for boss Philip Hobbs in the Merseyside feature and, as a result, Aidan Coleman was booked for the Coneygree ride in the knowledge that Johnson would take over in the saddle if proven good ground performer Menorah Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark compete in a series of races for six price Belgian duo Kenny De Ketele was taken out on account of the Cavendish dropped one place to consecutive nights, with the win- and Moreno De Pauw lead after deteriorating conditions. While third at the halfway mark of the ners being the pair who amass the three days with 230 points, 15 trainer Hobbs appeared keen to eorge Groves remains on fore going on to dominate the Ghent Six Day track cycling event most laps and points over the points ahead of second-placed Elia saddle Menorah early on Friday Rich ard Jo hn s o n : course for a fourth crack eighth, dictating behind his reliable in Belgium. The pair are attempt- course of the week. Viviani and Iljo Keisse and 26 afternoon, it later emerged his Rides Co n e ygre e at a world title after a jab. ing to win the event for the first Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch points ahead of Wiggins and charge would not run, leaving unanimous points victo- A nasty cut then opened time in what is Wiggins' final race Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday Cavendish. Ghent Six Day stand- Johnson free to partner Coneygree perfectly happy being the super- ry over Eduard Gutknecht at the above Gutknecht's right eye as before retirement. Teams of two and get the first six months half ings after day three for the second time. Johnson said: sub and we'll definitely put him SSE Arena in Wembley. Groves landed blow after blow in "I've spoken to Philip and up if we don't have another jockey Gutknecht is an experienced the ninth. Menorah isn't going to run. "It's again in the future. "The fact is fighter and made Groves work And Gutknecht was in trou- sad for Menorah as he's in really Richard has ridden Coneygree be- hard but the 28-year-old Lon- ble again in the 10th but stayed on good form. Hopefully we'll find fore and he's the champion jockey, donder was too slick and comfort- his feet and keep Groves up to his Sergio Garcia and Francesco something that's up his street in so he was the first jockey we were ably defended his WBA Interna- work. The Brit landed some more the next couple of weeks. "On the going to turn to." Of Coneygree, tional super-middleweight title. solid shots in the 11th but he sen- other hand it means I get to ride she added: "We have been walking And there was distressing sibly kept his exhausted opponent Molinari tied at the top in Dubai Coneygree again and one thing we him three and a half hours a day as news after the fight, when Gut- at a distance. Gutknecht thoroughly Sergio Garcia raced into a share of do know about him is he handles part of his recuperation. Here we knecht fell ill in his changing room deserved to reach the final bell and the lead with Francesco Molinari softer ground. "It will be great to are, miraculously he is back and he and was taken out on a stretcher duly did so after a fairly quiet 12th as Lee Westwood stumbled late on get him back nd I'm really looking feels really good. "I know that to hospital. but Groves was in charge once day two of the DP World Tour forward to it." physically he feels back to his best, Upcoming Fights,Tomorrow, again and there was no doubt he Championship. Coneygree has packed an aw- but there is always the worry with 08:30am had done enough to secure the win. Garcia and Molinari both card- ful lot into his career to date, win- horses about whether their self The German landed the first Groves out-pointed Gutknecht at ed six-birdie 67s to hit the front on ning nine of his 12 starts, but he confidence has been knocked. "I good shot of the night but that the Wembley SSE Arena Groves nine under at the halfway stage, has only been seen once since don't think there is any sign that it served to liven up Groves, who out-pointed Gutknecht at the while overnight leader Westwood claiming the Cheltenham Gold Cup has, but the frightening thing is that quickly began to settle in and be- Wembley SSE Arena Two of the slipped a shot off the pace after as a novice in 2015. To say it has he has to come back into racing at gan landing shots with regularity. judges scored it 119-109 to Groves dropping only his second shot of not been easy for Mark and Sara such a high level. "The instructions Upgrade to Sky Sports to and the other made it 119-110, leav- the tournament at the last. Henrik Bradstock would be an understate- to the jockey will be to ride him to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Sat- ing him well placed for another Stenson remained firmly on course ment, but despite all his setbacks win but, if he does get tired, to urday and get the first six months shot at that elusive world title. to regain the Race to Dubai crown the one glimpse racegoers did get look after him." Mark Bradstock half price Groves told Boxing on 5 after the as an incident-packed 69 pulled of him last season suggested his said: "It is going to be quite an ask Groves lost his footing when fight: "I am very happy with the him level with closest rival Danny huge engine remained intact. The for him after having a year off, but he was pushed in the second but way I fought. Willett, while third-placed Alex prevailing fast ground during the we are looking forward to it. that did not disturb his equilibri- "We knew he was fit and had Noren is one ahead of the top two early part of the winter hindered "He is a pretty cool horse. um and he landed a really good shot great powers of recovery but I feel despite a faltering finish to his 69. ing into the weekend. Sergio Gar- der, only to dump his second into his preparation once more, but at Luckily, his owners are very pa- in the fourth. I set a great tempo. "I learned a lot Rory McIlroy revived his hopes cia reflects on his second-round 67 the water at 16 and run up a dou- least the rain has arrived in time tient. I have a wife who spends The Brit was searching for a tonight and it has been less than a of retaining his title as he bounced that earned him a share of the half- ble-bogey six. for him to run. Sara Bradstock, more time looking after Coneygree fourth consecutive win after the year I have been working with back from Thursday's 75 - his way lead at the DP World Tour But he hit his stride early on Coneygree's regular rider at home, than she does me! "He has done disappointment of losing to Ba- Shane McGuigan. worst score in 29 rounds on the Championship Garcia had looked day two as he converted three bird- said: "Everything is good and Ri- plenty of work and had a very dou Jack last year and he really "We are going from strength to Earth Course - with a classy 68, to be heading for the first-round ie chances in five holes in an out- chard will ride him. "I haven't spo- good preparation because he did began to up his game in the sev- strength and next year we are go- but that still left him eight shots lead when he rolled in a huge eagle ward 33, before picking up anoth- ken to Aidan myself, but Dave not have a complete holiday out in enth, landing a powerful right, be- ing to take over the world!" behind Garcia and Molinari head- putt on the 14th to get to six un- er shot at the 11th. Roberts (agent) told me he was the field. SUNDAY . NOVEMBER 20. 2016-Aqrab 30, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 111 Price: Afs.15

The Envoy:From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World The Pentagon has notified Con- gress that it plans to stop buying Clearly unenthused by my sugges- Russian Mi17 helicopters for Af- tion, he offered a different idea: ghanistan and will start buying “Well, why don’t you do it?” To American helicopters. the chagrin of my security detail, I “I’ll never understand why the agreed. Despite the sizzling sum- U.S. government sent taxpayer mertime temperatures during the money to Russia for helicopters daytime, Afghanistan had cool, dry in Afghanistan while Russia was nights at that time of the year. If supporting the Assad regime in nothing else, I figured it was a good Syria and invading eastern time of the day to deal with inflamed Ukraine," said U.S. Senator Chris tempers. When my car pulled up at Murphy in announcing the deci- the Loya Jirga site, the delegates sion on November 18. were startled to see me. They were "When the Pentagon buys he- sitting on the carpeted floor chat- licopters, they should be made in ting over pots of tea, surrounded by America,” he said. a perimeter of two ten-foot-tall The Department of Defense, barbed-wire fences with mounted after buying Russian helicopters machine guns. They were not ex- for Afghan forces, said it will tran- pecting the American envoy. For the sition to buying Sikorsky Black- next few hours, I went from tent to hawk helicopters that are made in tent, talking to delegates, explaining Connecticut, Murphy's home the issue with Zahir Shah, and try- state. Ironically, sanctions im- ing to persuade them to stick with posed on Russia by the West for the political process. I had a few its aggression in Ukraine have ham- tense exchange-especially with pered the delivery of Russian heli- Pacha Khan Zadran. “Zahir Shah copters and parts to Afghanistan himself had declared that he is not a in the last two years. candidate,” I finally told him. “But “In the face of Russia’s at- if you went to push for the king at tempts to undermine our foreign the Loya Jirga, feel free to do so.” policy goals in the Middle East and Generally, by the time I left near its continuing aggression in midnight, I sensed a clear change in Ukraine, it is time that the United sentiment. Most of the delegates States end its reliance on Russian- were so positively disposed toward made helicopters for operations in the United States that they were will- they did not invite the Taliban to presided over the Loya Jirga’s Afghanistan," said Representative ing to give American officials the participate, but the permissive rules opening ceremonies. Divisions in Rosa DeLauro. RFERL benefit of the doubt. THE NEXT of the Loya Jirga elections provid- the room seemed to fade as the MORNING, I walked toward the ed ample opportunity for former king, dressed in a dark suite, slow- front of the stage. From above the members of the Taliban to join the ly ascended onto the stage, sup- Daesh kill stage, two large monitors displayed political process. It is doubtful that ported by two aides. The delegates the speakers. The delegation repre- the more committed Taliban would rose to their feet and applauded sented Afghanistan’s diversity, but have been cooperative. The Taliban for several minutes as he made his religious the Taliban were not present. In ret- made decisions via a shura of Islam- way toward the front table, draped rospect, some have suggested that ic scholars. The very concept of a with newly minted Afghan flags in scholar in we erred in not encouraging the Tal- Loya Jirga was anathema to them, a soft but invigorated voice, Zahir iban to participate in the Emergen- representing the democratic and na- Shah pleaded for “the unity and Nangarhar cy Loya Jirga. While its true that tional values they despised. Formal- independence of Afghanistan” and we underestimated the Taliban’s re- ly involving the Taliban, moreover, reiterated that his “only wish” was AT News Report siliency at the time, I think, even in The Anti-Corruption Criminal would have provoked the Northern “to bring peace in the country.” hindsight, that the United Nations Alliance’s ire, jeopardizing the Loya Now it was time t start debating KABUL: The Daesh terrorists Justice Center's (ACJC) primary and the Afghans made the right call: have killed a religious scholar in court, in its second public trial on Jirga’s broader success. Zahir Shah the issues. (To be continued) the Rodat district of the eastern Saturday, sentenced a military at- Nangarhar province, local officials torney to two years and six said on Saturday. “The victim was months imprisonment after he was 36 militants killed in massive crackdowns identified as Maulawi Abdul found guilty of taking a 50,000 Afs AT News Report Samed who was Imam of a mosque bribe. Abdulhai Jurat, the suspect, and 36 others were injured. Afghan forces succeeded to arrest six insur- in Qala Akhond area of Rodat dis- however claimed the issue was a KABUL: At least 36 Taliban fight- gents during the operations. The detained militants were handed over to trict,” provincial governor spokes- plot against him, but the court an- ers were killed and 36 others were the relevant judicial body for interrogation. ANA discovered and confis- man Attaullah Khogyani said. nounced its verdict after assessing wounded in different crackdowns cated weapons and ammunition in the operations as well, the ministry He said Daesh terrorists had all documents against the military within past 24 hours. claimed without providing details. kidnapped him late Friday, adding attorney – including a recording In a press release issued here, that he had not any relationship taken when he accepted the bribe. Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said with the government. "We have found that 50,000 that Afghan National Army Afghanistan’s northern city Meanwhile, a top leader of the Afs was taken from his [Abdul- (ANA) in collaboration with Af- Daesh terrorist group was killed hai's] left pocket and was thrown ghan NationalPolice (ANP) and falls to Taliban, MP says along with his seven fighters in a in a garden. He was arrested on the the National Directorate of Secu- US drone strike in Nangarhar. spot," said Atiqullah, an attorney. KABUL A senior member of Afghanistan’s parliament said Taliban mil- primary court announced the ver- ruption cases. "The investigation rity (NDS) has conducted joint itants have taken the control of the northern city of Sayyad in Sar-e-Pul “The drone strike was carried out "Mr. Attorney claims that I dict and said: "According to article team has started assessing cases operations against insurgents in Province. According to Tasnim dispatches, MP Muhammad Hassan in Laghar Joy area of Kot district was arrested with the money, while 255 of the penal code, you Abdul- related to ministries of defense, different areas of Nangarhar, Pak- Sharifi Balkhabi said Sayyad has fallen into the hands of Taliban mili- late Friday,” Khogyani said. “The there were several meters distance hai Jurat son of Abdul Shokur are interior, telecommunication, pub- tika, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Badghis, tants and warned that since the district is mountainous, recapturing the commander were identified as between me and the money. It was sentenced to two years and six lic health as well as the electronic Farah, Ghor, Kunduz, Herat, Sar- areas would be difficult for the central government. The lawmaker also Mullah Burzog and some ammu- not taken from my pocket or desk months imprisonment and you are national identity cards depart- e-Pul, Badakhshan and Helmand called on the Kabul government to take a serious measure to end insecu- nition were also destroyed as well or my hand," said Abdulhai Jurat, fined 50,000 Afs." Meanwhile, ment," he added. This comes after provinces. In these operations rity in Sar-e-Pul Province. Over the past months, various districts in the during the operation,” No civil- the accused, in testimony. Jamshed Rasuli, spokesman for the ACJC's primary court started more than 36 rebels were killed province have been attacked by Taliban militants. (Tasnim) ian’s casualties have been report- At the end of the hearing, Sher the Attorney General's Office, said public trials of corruption cases ed during the operation, he added. Aqa Munib, head of the ACJC the center is working on 50 cor- last week. (ToloNews) Taliban’s weapon Afghan Wireless, the first Apple Certified supplier arrested EPAPREDICTSLITTLESNOW,MORE and Authorized Distributor in Afghanistan, in Kabul POLLUTIONTHISWINTERFORKABUL brings iPhone 7 and 7 plus to Afghanistan! AT News Report Afghanistan's National Environ- Afghan Wireless, based on an KABUL: The National Director- mental Protection Agency (EPA) agreement with Apple Company, ate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said on Saturday that according to have gotten the Official Authorized said that a Taliban weapons and forecasts, Kabul will get less snow Distributor License of Apple iP- ammunition supplier was arrested this winter but will see higher lev- hone in Afghanistan – AWCC was in Kabul. The intelligence opera- els of pollution. also the Authorized Distributor for tives arrested two insurgents who The EPA warned that if Kabul iPhone 6s and 6s Plus launch in were supplying weapons and am- residents do not pay special at- munition for Taliban fighters in 2015. Now once again Afghan tention to what they use as fuel, Wireless Communication Compa- Kabul, said NDS in a statement. the pollution levels will increase The captured insurgents identified ny is the Official Authorized Dis- and more people will fall ill. tributor of Apple’s latest and most as Ikram and Hasibullah, who dur- "Forecasts show that this win- ing primary investigation accept advanced product – iPhone 7 & 7 ter Kabul and a few other provinc- plus – Making them available to their crime, added the statement. es, like last winter, will get less Two AK47 machineguns, one rock- our corporate customers as well snow and rain. However, the fore- years, especially in the past few tients come to this hospital. Most as to our regular consumers. et propelled grenade, one pistol, casts also show that mountainous months, the percentage of patients of them fell ill because of the pol- 13 grenades, 18 bullet magazines Afghan Wireless now offers and high-lying provinces will wit- with pollution-related illnesses has lution," said Sayed Jan Qazizada, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus, the with some explosive devices were ness more snow," said Abdul Wali increased. Thus we should be pre- a doctor at the hospital. Abdul discovered and confiscated from best, most advanced iPhone ever, Modaqiq, EPA's deputy director pared for the upcoming winter," Aziz is the father of a four-year- featuring new advanced camera the detained rebels, said the state- general. said Khawja Qamaruddin Siddiqi, old girl who has been in hospital ment. The seized ammunition was systems, the best battery life ever Meanwhile, the Ministry of an advisor to the MoPH. Officials for 19 days. "Rabia got pneumo- on an iPhone and water and dust placed skillfully in a Toyota-Co- Public Health (MoPH) said that a rolla vehicle, noted the statement. from Indira Gandhi Children's nia and her illness got worse day resistance. The captured people were used to lack of rain has resulted in the in- Hospital also said about 200 chil- by day. Then we came here and it For more information on iP- transfer the ammunition and weap- crease of respiratory illnesses dren who suffer from respiratory is the 19th day that we stayed here. hone, please Visit: ons from Wardak province to Kab- among Kabul residents and that if illnesses are brought to the hospi- I spent around 35,000 Afs, but still www.apple.com/iphone or ul and planned to use them in ter- little snow falls this winter, many tal for treatment each day. "Near- she does not feel well," Abdul Aziz www.afghan-wireless.com web- Mr. Amin Ramin-Managing Director, Afghan Wireless rorist activities. people will fall ill. "In the past few ly 200 hundred respiratory pa- said. (ToloNews) sites. unboxing the first iPhone 7 in Afghanistan