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UAE pledges to equip Afghan security forces AT Monitoring Desk

KABUL: The United Arab Emir- ates (UAE) has pledged to equip Afghan security forces with mod- ern weapons. This comes at a time that the Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum during an official trip to the UAE has recently urged the country to support Afghan forces. Sultan Faizi, media advi- sor to Dostum, told Azadi Radio that the UAE has created a spe- cial committee in this regard. This was a fruitful trip, for the UAE officials pledged to support Af- AT Monitoring Desk all available resources to end war. ed. Hinting at importance of the Silk ghan security forces, he said, add- The West in cooperation with Route project, Hamid Karzai said ing that a representative of the KABUL: Ex-President Hamid China, Russia and India should de- that revival of the ancient route was country will pay a visit to Afghan- Karzai stressed global cooperation vise a comprehensive strategy to in the greater interest of Afghani- istan soon. Faizi said that despite in fight against insurgency. Ha- eliminate militant groups in the re- stan as well as the entire region. equipping security forces, the mid Karzai expressed his deep gion, he added. Karzai said that This route will help alleviate re- UAE has also pledged to support concerns over mounting militan- war against militants is underway gional poverty and improve econo- Afghanistan in diverse fields in- cy and violence in the region and over the past 13 years in Afghani- my and bring the regional countries cluding education, healthcare, said that despite regional countries stan; however, it hasn t yielded in closer, he added. In response to trade and repatriation of refugees. The UAE vowed to invest in the West and United States should any result so far. He urged the US query that whether insecurity will mining sector of Afghanistan, he By Abubakar Siddique [spring] offensive, an Afghan of- ating legal proceedings against also sincerely cooperate in fight and its allies to support Afghani- hamper implementation of the added.It is worth mentioning the ficial familiar with the letter told them for threatening security of against the menace. In an inter- stan and stay in the country. How- project, Karzai said that revival of UAE has recently deported some In a sign that Afghanistan is re- RFE/RL s Gandhara website. Pa- friendly states, said the official, view with China s state-run Chi- ever, the US presence in Afghani- Silk Route will, on the contrary, help 600 Afghan workers and traders. thinking its outreach efforts to kistan should extend counterter- who requested anonymity. na Central Television, or CCTV, stan should bring lasting peace and to subdue insecurity. Terrorists Zalmai Wardak, a political ana- Pakistan, President Ashraf Ghani rorism operations to the Haqqani He said Ghani has also asked Hamid Karzai said that the entire stability to the war-hit country and usually recruit unemployed youth. lyst, believes that the UAE s sup- has demanded that Islamabad end network and arrest those respon- Islamabad to agree to an exchange region should cooperate in fight not to weaken our national unity Once the project was implemented port is of great importance for its longstanding support for the sible for the recent terrorist activ- of prisoners, deny Taliban com- against militants and if the West and undermine our sovereignty, it will create jobs and security situ- Afghanistan, as it was not in- Afghan Taliban. ities inside Afghanistan, the offi- batants medical treatment inside wants to cooperate, it should use the former Afghan president add- ation will improve, he argued. volved in the proxy wars. In a letter to Pakistani civilian cial said. In one of the most re- Pakistan, and limit the sale of fer- and military leaders, Ghani has vealing demands, Ghani has asked tilizers and electrical switches that requested specific steps to end the Pakistan s military leadership to can be used in detonating impro- Wolesi Jirga Rabbani, Aziz in Kuwait: Kabul, Islamabad Taliban s sanctuary in their coun- issue a directive to deny sanc- vised explosive devices (IEDs) seeks education try and help in addressing their tuary for the Afghan Taliban. a common killer of Afghan troops REVIEW PEACE EFFORTS eral cooperation in different fields. violent campaign inside Afghani- For the past 14 years, Kabul and civilians. The letter is a marked credentials of According to the statement, the stan. Insiders at the Arg presiden- and its western allies have accused turnaround for the Afghan leader, AT News Report of Foreign Affairs, Salahuddin two diplomats also discussed co- tial palace in Kabul have confirmed the powerful Pakistani military of who made cultivating a coopera- MASOOM Rabbani, and Pakistani Prime operation between the two coun- that Ghani wrote a letter to Paki- turning a blind eye or even sup- tive, bilateral relationship with Pa- KABUL: Amid rise in the Tali- Minister s Advisor on Foreign tries to facilitate an Afghan-led and stani leaders this week asking porting the remnants of the Af- kistan one of his key foreign pol- STANIKZAI ban attacks, top Afghan and Pa- Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, took the op- Afghan-owned peace and reconcil- them to prove their sincerity in ghan Taliban regime hiding in and icy initiatives and a way of kistani diplomats reviewed peace portunity to discuss peace and iation process. The meeting comes backing the Afghan peace process operating from Pakistan. Another ending his country s decades-old Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi efforts in Afghanistan. On the reconciliation efforts. A statement at a time that Pakistan has recent- by taking seven steps in the next major demand included placing war after assuming office in sidelines of Organization Islam- issued by Pakistan s Foreign Of- ly warned the Taliban to stop their three weeks. Islamabad should Quetta and Peshawar shura (the September. During the past seven KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) ic Conference (OIC) foreign min- fice said that Rabbani and Aziz spring offensive, or otherwise face issue an official declaration con- Taliban leadership council) mem- months, Ghani has worked hard or Lower House of the parliament isters in Kuwait, the Minister emphasized on the need for bilat- the consequences. demning the launch of the Taliban bers under house arrest and initi- to improve relations between ..P2 asked the government for educa- tion credentials of the recently 32 INSURGENTS nominated defense minister on Affluent patients will have 41 arrested on charges of Taliban Saturday. Muhammad Masoom KILLED IN SEARCH Stanikzai was nominated as de- to pay for medical care in commander fense minister by President Ashraf OPERATIONS different crimes in Kabul killed in Ghani more than a week ago. The AT News Report government was urged when the public hospitals: Wolesi Jirga AT News Report declined recently as a result of MPs expressed concerns over in- public cooperation with police. Samangan: NDS AT News Report ever, he assured that normal and KABUL: At least 32 armed Tali- KABUL: As many as 41 suspects It comes as the Interior Min- security in the country. ban fighters were killed and five ister recently said that will treat Speaker of the WJ, Abdul Rauf emergency medication would be others were wounded in different were arrested on charges of dif- AT News Report KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) equally delivered to all. Regarding ferent crimes, including murder, drug dealers and terrorist the same Ibrahimi, said that he has received on Saturday amended Article 2 of crackdowns within past 24 hours. way and there will be no discrim- only the official letter about in- identification of rich and poor In a press release issued here, drug dealing, robbery and other KABUL: The National Director- the Public Health Law in order to patients, he said that a mechanism Ministry of Interior (MoI) said crimes in the capital city, Kabul. ination in fight against these two ate of Security (NDS) on Satur- troducing of the nominated min- generate funds and support the groups. ister for defense, but the educa- would be introduced later by a that Afghan National Police Head of Police Emergency day said that a Taliban command- health sector. specific joint commission in this (ANP) in collaboration with Af- Services Unit, Mohammad Hum- Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi said that er was killed in Aybak district of tion-related data has not been re- According to the amendment, the regard. Spokesman of the Minis- ayun Aini, said that one of the 41 has ordered police to use all force ceived. He asked the government ghan National Army (ANA) and Samangan province. haves-class would have to pay for try of Public Health, Muhammad the National Directorate of Secu- men has allegedly killed a man in to arrest drug sellers and drug traf- In a media statement issued to send the required documents the advanced medical care in the Ismail Kawoosi, told Afghanistan rity (NDS) has conducted clear- Wasil Abad area of Kabul two days fickers. to the WJ in order to speed up the here, the spy agency said that its state-run hospitals. Deputy Chief Times that the advanced medical ance operations against insurgents back. He said that a number of A recent survey reveals that operatives have killed the notori- confidence voting procedure. of the Health, Youth and Sports care would not be free of cost for in different areas of Nangarhar, the arrested men have been sent number of drug users has increased In the Saturday s session the Kunduz, Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul, ous Taliban commander Abdul Committee of the WJ said that all, because foreign donations to judiciaries for further investi- from 1.6 million in 2012 to three Majeed in a clearance operation MPs also criticized the govern- those who are rich would pay for would not last forever. He said Ghazni, Uruzgan, Paktika and gation and cases of other suspects million this year which is a matter Herat provinces. In these opera- in Aybak district. ment for failure to come up with a the advanced healthcare as the that this step would improve qual- are under police investigation. of concern for counternarcotics Three other terrorists identi- better security policy to over- government lacks budget. Muham- tions 32 rebels were eliminated efforts and for the society. ity of the healthcare services. He and five others injured. He said that crime level has fied as Abdul Ahmad, Mohammad come insurgency. mad Salih Saljoqi said the amend- said that fees received from rich Akbar and Qari Mawluddin were Drafting of a result-oriented ment was introduced by the law- people would be spent on pur- also arrested in the same district. security strategy has remained key makers after approval of the cab- chase of modern machinery for demand of the lawmakers since inet. He said that people would hospitals. establishment of the National now visit local hospitals instead Some lawmakers termed the Takhar land Unity Government. The Wolesi of leaving for abroad. amendment against the Constitu- Jirga has already directed the In- The advanced medical care tion. Ramazan Bashardost, an MP suitable for ternational Relations Committee includes transplantation, angiog- from Kabul, said that the amend- saffron cultivation, (IRC), the Internal Security Com- raphy, angioplasty and dialysis. ment was against Article 52 of the mittee (ISC) and the Defense People who do not enjoy good constitution. He said that lack of says official Committee (DC) to prepare a economic status will access the budget was not a good excuse of strategy for the government to facilities free of cost, he said. How- the health ministry. TALUQAN: The official of agri- deal with deteriorating law and culture department in northern order situation. Takhar province said they culti- Sayed Ali Kazemi, a member REBELS KILL HPC vated saffron over 16 fields to test of the IRC of WJ, said the com- it cultivation and growth and the mittee has submitted its work on result of the crop was extremely military strategy, but the remain- MEMBER IN BADGHIS positive. The crop was cultivated ing two committees yet to take a in Taluqan, the provincial capital, step forward in this regard. Insurgents forced into the host s house and shot the HPC member and Farkhar, Rustaq, Dasht Kala, Ali Akbar Qasemi, a member dead and took two of his colleagues hostage at around 12: 00 am. Bangi and Shakmash districts of the Defense Committee, said where saffron was cultivated over that sketching a military strategy QALA-I-NAW: A provincial High forced into the host s house and half acres of land and each crop is a major task that requires ser- Peace Council (HPC) member has shot the HPC member dead and produced 600 kilograms of saf- vices of army officials. been killed by militants in north- took two of his colleagues hos- fron. The Saffron Development western Badghis province, an of- tage at around 12: 00 am. Director Farima termed the pro- Ali Akbar, who is an MP from duction satisfactory, adding that Bamian as well, showed disagree- ficial said Saturday. Provincial Police shifted Akhtar s body police chief Col. Mohammad to his home and an investigation normally half acre of land pro- ment over decision of the WJ to duced 500 to 600 kilograms of carve out the security plan. He Qayyum Angar told Pajhwok Af- was underway to to ensure release ghan News HPC member Moham- of the kidnapped men, he added. harvest. said that it was duty of the pres- mad Akhtar was invited to The owner of the house has He said currently the price of ident, interior and defense minis- Jawaligh village of Qadas district been detained, he said. one gram of saffron was ranges ters to chalk-out such security when he came under rebels attack Taliban did not comment on between 200 to 250 Afghanis in strategy. last night. He said insurgents the incident so far. (Pajhwok) open market. (Pajhwok)

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SUNDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES The underground girls of Kabul review Majority of Afghanistan s gender-bending traditions Americans say US failed Jenny Nordberg s delicate book explores why some families dress their daughters as boys until they trade their freedom for the limitations of Afghan womanhood in Afghanistan: Pew lieves there has been a glitch in their English. It slowly transpires, howev- er, that the spiky-haired, exuber- ant child is a result of Afghanistan s covert tradition of bacha posh: girls who dress as boys at least until puberty, when they must relin- quish their relative freedom for the crushing limitations of Afghan womanhood. Nordberg s investigation into the phenomenon carefully unpicks the threads of history, religion, cul- ture and economics that lead fam- ilies to redefine their daughters as sons, and her findings repeatedly underscore the appallingly low sta- tus of women in Afghanistan, where the failure to produce sons is a matter of profound shame. Female and foreign, Nordberg often finds herself on shaky ground, yet she manages to reach into the silence to access the sto- ries of the bacha posh, conveying 'Nordberg's findings undercore the appalingly low status of women in Afghanistan' Mehran the textures of Kabul s domestic Rafaat, seven, with her mother at their family home in Qala i Naw. Photograph: Adam Ferguson life with the same delicacy and deftness she uses to untangle the When Jenny Nordberg meets 10- heshta at their home in Kabul and Mehran is actually a girl, the New gender politics of a damaged coun- According to a Pew survey, 56 percent of those surveyed said that the US has mostly failed in year-old twins Benafsha and Be- they tell her their younger brother York-based journalist initially be- try. achieving its goals in Afghanistan. Thirty six percent said the US has mostly succeeded. These views are little changed from early last year, Pew said.

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): A bility in Afghanistan. Just 29 per- percent) of Americans support the Afghanistan is no Iraq but cannot be forgotten majority of Americans believe that cent say it is likely that Afghani- US drone strikes in Pakistan and the United States has failed in Af- stan will be able to maintain a sta- other countries. About a third (35 ghanistan, a latest Pew survey has ble government following the de- percent) disapproves of US drone revealed. parture of US forces from the coun- attacks, Pew said. Public opinion According to a Pew survey, 56 try. More than twice as many (68 about US drone strikes has changed percent of those surveyed said that percent) say this outcome is un- only modestly since February the US has mostly failed in achiev- likely. 2013, when 56 percent approved ing its goals in Afghanistan. Thir- These opinions have become of them. Support for drone strikes ty six percent said the US has more negative since 2011, when 38 crosses party lines, though Repub- mostly succeeded. These views are percent saw some likelihood of licans (74 percent) are more likely little changed from early last year, Afghanistan maintaining a stable than independents (56 percent) or Pew said. government after US forces left the Democrats (52 percent) to favor A declining share of Americans country, it said. the use of drones to target extrem- sees prospects for long-term sta- In the survey, majority (58 ists. (Pajhwok)

Australia's efforts in its longest war, in Afghanistan, were neither an absolute success nor a total failure, but the region is clearly no closer to stability. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Fighting has pushed Oruzgan to cent weeks mean Australia failed? the southern provinces and insur- But Oruzgan remains hostage the edge and the news is startling. Like Afghanistan itself, the answer gent strongholds. The Taliban is to far larger dynamics. Former To think the Afghan province is a very complicated: "no and no longer as fearful of death from president Hamid Karzai's govern- where Australians did most of their yes". Australia succeeded in get- the air, so the conflict has trans- ment had lost all legitimacy, but fighting and dying, in what was our ting local forces to standard wide- formed. The new normal will in- hopes under the new leadership of longest war, could fall to the ene- ly referred to in military circles as volve more close-quarter fighting. Ashraf Ghani suffered from his my. But in many ways, the col- "Afghan good enough", or "Afghan That means heavily loses on both tendency to micromanage. Afghan's lapse is not surprising. And it's too right". That's another way of say- sides and a test of morale. Austra- leaders will warn of Islamic State's early to draw comparisons be- ing well short of perfect. As indi- lia suffered casualties from defec- cancerous spread to the country, tween the shock advance of Islam- vidual soldiers, or in small groups, tors during the years in Oruzgan but treat this with some scepti- ic State in Iraq a year ago and what the Afghan army has proved le- and close observers know loyalty cism. Afghanistan's future might hold. thal. But what has changed is the in Afghanistan is often bought. While there are undoubtedly Remember, Australia's goal in withdrawal of what the military No better was this shown than radical adherents, mostly the warn- FAIZABAD: A five-year devel- shortcomings. He told Pajhwok partment was also of the view that Oruzgan was never to pacify the call "enablers" - drones, strike jets by the killing in March of Austra- ings stem from a determination opment plan in northeastern Bada- Afghan News the plan should the plan had short-comings. province. The aim was to build a and much of the artillery that West- lia's favoured warlord, the Oruz- Afghanistan does not again become khshan province has been have been prepared in a manner Abdul Ghafoor Forogh, direc- local Afghan army able do the fight- ern nations deployed. The Afghan gan police chief Mutiullah Khan, the "Forgotten War" as the world launched amid criticism from that it should have taken griev- tor economy department, said a ing, a very different objective. "Special Mission Wing" is a dead- which ended a patronage network concentrates on Iraq. economy department and provin- ances of bordering districts into lot of technical work had been There was always going to be vio- ly air force but mostly stationed and exposed misplaced faith in a It is obvious Afghans have cial council s that it has neglected consideration. In the five-year done while preparing the plan but lence. Does the Taliban gains in re- close to the capital Kabul, far from single commander. problems enough. remote districts. The plan has plan there are lesser projects for it did not take into consideration been drafted in seven sections that far-flung districts. He said the the view from key departments included good governance, rule of plan s focus should ve been those of the province. Husband guns Amid deteriorating ties with Pakistan . . . law and human rights, education bordering districts residents. Tal- Osama Basir, head of the ser- down wife and culture, health and nutrition, abuddin Qaderi, provincial coun- vices sector, said the plan was ..P1 the two neighbors from what erations in the country. The New kistani media reported that Islama- social safety, natural resources and cil deputy, said one of the short- developed based on the size and in Helmand he termed undeclared hostilities York Times recently reported that bad has issued a stern warning to sub-soil assets, agriculture and comings of the plan was that population of every district. by clandestinely supporting in- Afghan casualties are increasing at Afghan Taliban leaders to immedi- rural development and private sec- projects for some districts were He added more than 2,300 A wife has been gunned down by surgents toward friendship by in- an alarming rate. During the first ately cease fighting in Afghanistan tor. Badakhshan is among the allocated while some were give development projects have been her husband in restive Helmand voking regional cooperation and quarter of 2015, some 1,800 Af- or face consequences. But Rubin, mountainous provinces of Afghan- less schemes. He added in remote enlisted in the plan and on yearly province. Colonel Padshah Gul trust between the two nations. To ghan forces were killed and twice who has formerly advised Wash- istan, having borders with Tajiki- areas less development projects basis 470 projects would be im- Bakhtyar, security chief in provin- address Pakistani suspicions, he as many wounded a casualty ington on Afghanistan policy, says stan, China and Pakistan. The res- have been implemented. Balance plemented in 28 districts of the cial police headquarters say that has toned down Afghanistan s rate 65 percent higher compared so far Kabul does not see any ac- tive districts of the province re- has not been taken into consider- province. the incident took place in Kart-e- traditional alliance with India and with the same period last year. In tion. Yes, the Pakistan military and main cutoff from the rest of the ation in the plan. For instance, Basir did not specify the bud- Lagan area of Police District 2 this even attempted unprecedented se- what is being viewed as a last-ditch ISI delivered what I understand was province for six months in a year Qaderi said, there were lack of get of the projects, but said they morning. He said soon after the in- curity cooperation with Islama- diplomatic effort to salvage rela- a strong message urging the Taliban due to heavy snow-fall. Abdullah roads, health clinics, potable wa- were being paid by Germany s cident police arrived at the site and bad despite facing a crescendo of tions with Ghani, Pakistani Prime to enter into negotiations with the Naji Nazari, provincial council ter and schools in Darwazha, Federal Ministry for Economic apprehended the man who is cur- domestic opposition. Barnett Ru- Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Afghan government and stop fight- rently behind the bars. head, welcomed the development Sheghnan or Raghestan districts. Cooperation and Development. bin, a veteran scholar of Afghani- military chief visited Kabul on ing, he said. But there have been plan, saying it was not without The provincial economy de- (Pajhwok) Another report from the same stan, says Ghani has gotten little May 12. We strongly condemn no consequences for those who re- southern province indicates that in return for taking considerable the increase in violence and the Op- fused. For years Islamabad denied unknown gunmen have killed a political risk by reaching out to eration Azm offensive by the Af- any Afghan Taliban presence on its teacher in another part of its capi- Pakistan and trying to assuage the ghan Taliban, Sharif told report- soil after remnants of the hard-line tal city of Lashkargah. Bakhtyar concerns its powerful security es- ers in an apparent bid to address regime set up its headquarters in said gunmen fled after committing tablishment claims to have about Ghani s demands. The continua- Quetta, the capital of southwest- Kunduz residents commend the crime in Teachers city are of Afghanistan. Since he made all tion of such attacks and the offen- ern Balochistan Province. Observ- Lashkargah city yesterday. The these efforts, the Taliban based in sive will be construed as terrorist ers say that in recent years Paki- man killed is identified as Abdul Pakistan have launched their big- acts, and we condemn such attacks stan has arrested some Taliban lead- PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ROLE Bari who was a teacher at Shaheed gest spring offensive ever, and I in the strongest terms, he added. ers whenever they crossed its red Abdul Mateen High School. The have not seen any evidence that Sharif even promised that Taliban lines such as establishing contact motive behind both killings is yet anyone in Pakistan is trying to sanctuaries, when found, will be with Kabul. The ISI knows who KUNDUZ CITY: The residents al disputes, judicial and other is- unknown. (KP) stop them, Rubin said. Unless eliminated by direct action, and will in the Taliban leadership is block- of northeastern Kunduz province sues. He added the complaints Ghani can show Afghans that his be monitored by the existing mech- ing efforts to start talks. If they have registered around 500 com- were addressed in shortest possi- efforts lead to concrete improve- anism and any effort by any can t or don t want to arrest ev- plaints about growing insecurity ble time. He said that they also Gunmen kill ments in security and the pros- militant or group to destabilize eryone, they could at least detain specifically militants highhanded- attracted attention of officials to pect of a peace agreement, he will Afghanistan will be dealt with se- those who refused their demand to ness and inefficiency of judiciary, tackle corruption in some offices TEACHER IN have no choice than to state pub- verely and such elements will be negotiate, Rubin said. But they provincial council officials said on in the province after evaluation of licly that Pakistan is trying to de- outlawed and hunted down. In have not arrested even one person. Saturday. The provincial council departments by the council. Ayu- HELMAND stabilize Afghanistan, he said. another sign of good will last week, Compare that to how they treat election results of the April 5 bal- bi did not reveal the names of the Pakistani civilian and military Pakistan s Inter-Services Intelli- Baluch separatists or the TTP (Te- lot were announced in November departments accused of corrup- leaders, however, have made prag- gence (ISI) directorate facilitated hrik-e Taliban Pakistan), and the LASHKARGAH: Unidentified 2014. After the elections result, tion but said that all provinces had matic statements. Afghan officials talks between some Afghan Tali- statements that Afghanistan s en- the parliament decided to curtail corruption problem. gunmen shot dead a teacher in were elated when Pakistan s pow- ban leaders and Afghanistan s new- emies are their enemies look like southern Helmand province, an role of provincial council regard- Referring to insecurity, Ayubi erful military chief, General Ra- ly nominated defense minister, empty words, he said. Rubin says ing evaluation of performance of said: Security situation has wors- official said on Saturday. heel Sharif, declared that the en- Masoum Stanikzai, in the north- the letter seems to have no direct Col. Bacha Gul Bakhtyar, di- emies of Afghanistan are enemies western Chinese city of Urumqi. relationship to the strong opposi- local departments and let them ened and the departments con- rector of National Directorate of of Pakistan during a visit to Kabul Stanikzai was previously head of tion to the recent agreement over only to advise local officials. cerned should adopt measures for Security (NDS), told Pajhwok in February. But their hopes of the Afghan Peace Council secretar- an intelligence-sharing agreement However, provincial council bolstering security. Afghan News the teacher Abdul seeing decisive action against the iat and was Kabul s point man for between the spy services of the two members opposed the parlia- The provincial council depu- Bari was teaching at Shaheed Ab- Afghan Taliban in Pakistan were peace talks. Rubin, however, said countries. The opposition to the ment s step and as a protest they ty head Amruddin Wali said that dul Matin High School. dashed when the insurgents an- the talks failed to impress Kabul Memorandum of Understanding is closed the councils offices for a lack of coordination among their Armed gunmen in a brazen nounced their spring offensive on because two of the three Taliban just one expression of the deep month. After getting back the office and government depart- attack gunned him down in the April 24. With the start of the leaders who participated, Mullah doubt that Afghans feel about any powers, Kunduz provincial coun- ments had caused rebels to accel- teacher s township area. He said Taliban Azm (determination) Abdul Jalil and Mullah Abdul Pakistani pledge of cooperation, cil members said that they evalu- erate their activities in the prov- 16,000 civilians displaced as a re- police were investigating the case campaign, insecurity rapidly in- Razaq, have not held power with- he said. A palace insider says that ated performance of local depart- ince. He said a large number of sult of insecurity in Kunduz. but no one had been arrested so creased as the Taliban turned to in the Taliban organization for before sending the letter to Paki- We build pressure on gov- far. ments and complaints of hun- people were displaced as a result more conventional tactics in an years. The third, Mullah Hasan stan Ghani consulted key lawmak- dreds of people were referred to of deteriorated law and order but ernment to address people s prob- Education Director Abdul effort to control territory. Their Rahmani, is not part of the top de- ers in Kabul. He says the briefing Matin Jafar confirmed the incident the council s office. the government did not have a lems. We will our struggle to re- violent campaign is being aided by cision-making team, so they could helped quell tempers over the in- Mohammad Yousuf Ayubi, clear plan to ensure peace and sta- solve problems being faced by and said the assailants called Ab- thousands of Central Asian fight- not produce any results, he said. telligence deal and lawmakers dul Bari on the phone and then provincial council head, told Pa- bility. Insecurity continue to haunt people of the area, Wali said. ers, most of whom fled into Af- It might have been a useful ex- scrapped summons for the Afghan jhwok Afghan News his office several areas, including Chahard- Sayedullah, a displaced per- opened fire on him after he came ghanistan last year after the Paki- change of ideas, but it is unlikely spy chief and the national security out of his home. addressed more than 500 com- ara, Imam Sahib and Dasht-i-Ar- son from Chahardara district, said stani military targeted their to be a step toward genuine nego- adviser to explain the deal before provincial council officials had met Separately, a man killed his stronghold in the northwestern tiations. A nonofficial meeting parliament. Rubin foresees little plaints of people from Imam Sa- chi districts where a thousand se- wife inside in the Numro locality hib, Dasht-i-Archi, Chahardara, curity forces launched operation them and promised to help them North Waziristan tribal district between Afghan officials and Tali- concrete Pakistani action in the near repatriate to their hometown soon. of the Lashkargah, the provincial along Afghanistan s southeastern ban representatives in the Qatari future. What is astonishing is that Khanabad, Aliabad and Qala-i-Zal and pushed Taliban back. capital, said Bakhtyar. Soon after border Taliban violence has capital of Doha at the beginning of it seems that so far they have not district. Most of the complaints, According to local officials, He acknowledged provincial the incident, police detained the strained the Afghan forces, who May merely ended in an agreement done any of the things Ghani asked he said were related to insecurity, 200 insurgents and 20 security council had extended all out co- man who was being interrogated. are mostly fighting on their own that the two sides will hold similar for except issue statements, he emergence of militants in rural ar- personnel were so far killed and operation to the people to tackle (Pajhwok) after NATO ended its combat op- summits in future. This week, Pa- said. eas, project implementations, trib- 220 civilians injured, another their problems. (Pajhwok) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Insecurity causes schools closure in Baghlan A number of schools and educa- will face a public outcry. ? "We are tion centers have been closed due concerned about security in to missile attacks in Pol-e-Khomre Baghlan and if the government capital, northern Baghlan province. does not pay attention the people According to local officials will go to streets and will rise up clashes and the recent increase in against the government," Baghlan missile attacks in Pol-e-Khomre provincial council head Dr. Safdar have forced authorities to send stu- Muhssini said. dents home. "The recent missile In addition, a number of pro- attacks have forced the officials to vincial council members blame lo- take the decision to stop students cal officials for siding with the from going to school," said Abdul Taliban. "Both local officials and Qayoum Shariyati one private military generals have ties with the school director. "In consultation Taliban and giving opportunities with the Baghlan education depart- to the Taliban to increase the war ment we have taken the decision in the province," said provincial to close schools? for few days," council member Bismillah Attash. said Saiful Rahman Farhadi a Pol- "The government got the power EMERGENCY e-Khomre's Schools director. and now they don't pay attention Baghlan education department to the people. CALLS confirmed the decision and said National unity leaders! When schools closed three days ago due you got to power now you have to the attacks. "We dismiss stu- to pay attention for those poor Police dents for one day but on Wednes- people who are losing their close day and Thursday the students ones and day to day they are be- 100 - 119 did not attend schools as it is a coming poor. Ignorance is enough matter of concern," said Abdul now," said provincial council mem- Rashid Baghlan education depart- ber Shamsulhaq Barakzai. The Hospitals ment acting-director. Baghlan pro- provincial council said insecurity vincial council warns that if the is because there is only an acting government does not take serious governor appointed. FMIC Hospital Lower House Second Deputy firmed that AAF pilots have gone AAF has been cited as a decisive past few years, the issue has end- steps to improve security in The provincial council of Behind Kabul Medical Speaker Mohammad Nazir Ah- absent without leave (AWOL) factor in determining the success ed." Meanwhile, the Ministry of Baghlan province soon the prov- Baghlan province urges the central University: madzai on Friday spoke out about while abroad for training, they tried or failure of the Afghan govern- Interior (MoI) has confirmed that ince will change to one of the inse- government to take steps to bring a worrying trend of Afghan Air to downplay the gravity of the sit- ment's struggle to defeat the Tali- a number of police officers have cure provinces and the government an end to the problem. 0202500200-+93793275595 Force (AAF) recruits seeking asy- uation. They highlighted that Af- ban and other militants groups de- also been sent abroad through the lum while abroad for training pur- ghan National Army (ANA) offic- stabilizing the country. Currently, MoD program and not returned to poses. He urged the Ministry of ers, as well as members of the na- AAF officers receive training in Afghanistan. Unlike the Defense Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Defense (MoD) to put in place a tional football and cricket teams, key NATO ally states such as the Ministry, however, MoI officials Pule Bagh-e- Umomi number of safeguards and restric- have done similar things while US, UK, Italy, India and UAE. have openly blamed influential tions in place to curb the trend. abroad. To make matters worse, sourc- powerbroker a inside and outside 070263672 "The pilots issue is quite a "You are aware that it is a gen- es say it is often top figures with- of the government for abusing the concerning one," Ahmadzai said on eral problem for all Afghan insti- in the security forces who are able program through nepotism. "With Friday. "There is a need for a guar- tutions," MoD spokesman Daw- to leverage their influence to get the support of Allah, we have pro- Khairkhana Hospital antee to be taken from the recruits lat Waziri told TOLOnews. "Even their sons and relatives into the fessional cadres in the air force, sent for training abroad. During the some of the football and cricket AAF training programs. These in- even if politicians have gotten 0799-321007 tenure of the ex-defense minister, players who travelled for compe- dividuals enter the programs with enough experience and are willing 2401352 one of our colonels ran off and titions didn't come back, and some- no intention of returning to Af- to serve, they are welcome to serve asked for asylum; therefore, this times the Ministry of Defense fac- ghanistan once abroad. the people of Afghanistan, this is is quite a concerning issue, and our es the same issue." Yet the MoD maintains the extremely difficult task and we Indira Gandhi Children expectations and hope for the se- Nevertheless, on the surface, trends are headed in the opposite need more capacities," MoI curity institutions, particularly the the disappearance of AAF offic- direction. "When they [recruits] spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Hospital, Wazir Akbar Ministry of Defense, is to ask for ers - the training of whom the Af- are being sent for training, one or Friday. The AAF has over 100 air- a guarantee from any officer who ghan government has invested im- two of them do not return. In re- crafts and helicopters, and current- Khan, Kabul 2301372 is supposed to go abroad for pilot mense amounts of money - seems cent years, it was a major issue, ly 130 recruits are receiving relat- training." like a greater loss than the other because more people were going ed training in the U.S. While MoD officials con- examples. The development of the abroad," Waziri said. "But over the (TOLONews) Ibn-e- Seena Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Outcry over We are revamping agriculture 2100359 closure of Wazir Akbar Khan hospital s and livestock sectors: Minister Hospital By Akhtar M. Nikzad the development programs and re- and Nangarhar provinces will be main entrance store public trust, the ministry s distributed, and all irrigation canals 2301741, 2301743 The closure of the main entrance 100-day action plan in divided into will be modernized and surveyed of the Kabul Police Hospital has eight segments, the minister said. though the GIS [geographic infor- Ali Abad sparked an outcry as ambulances According to the action plan, ex- mation system], Zamir said. carrying injured soldiers are forced pansion of irrigation system, food Speaking about the food security, Shahrara, Kabul to use the long rutted route around security and construction of he said that a comprehensive plan wheat storage centers, increased would be carved out to store wheat 2100439 the back of the building which is AT Monitoring Desk According to him, the minis- believed to jeopardize the lives of production of fruit and vegetables, at stocks and utilize the wheat in improvement of livestock, and emergency. He added that strate- try is leading 17 military opera- critically wounded patients. A KABUL: The Ministry of De- tions in 16 provinces. Around sev- Malalai Maternity source from the hospital told transparency in recruitment sys- gic stocks would be constructed for tem are top priorities of the min- 2,5000 families in 10 different fense (MoD) on Saturday said en Taliban fighters were held and TOLOnews that the decision was large-scale military operations are dozens others were injured in the Hospital taken by the Council of Ministers istry. He said that awareness provinces. Keeping the increased drives would be launched to pro- consumption of vegetables in view, ongoing in 16 provinces, and in- crackdowns. 2201377/ 2301743 on the recommendation of the surgents have suffered heavy loss- Ministry of Higher Education tect the natural resources includ- he said the ministry has planned A number of reports suggest ing forests. The minister said that to build gardens on 3,500 acre lands es in the offensives. that militants have mounted their (MoHE). The hospital is situated Quoted by TOLOnews, the Banks next to the Kabul Polytechnic inauguration and completion of 13 in 15 provinces. He went on to say resistance in Baghlan and Uruz- University. However, Afghan Na- irrigation canals in five zone; re- that 95 cold storage centers would MoD deputy spokesman, Daulat gan province after they took con- KABUL: The newly-appointed construction of three others irri- be built in Nangarhar, Helmand, Waziri, said that nearly 100 rebels trol of a number of areas. Howev- Da Afghanistan Bank tional Police (ANP) members have Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation complained that this move means gation canals in Kabul, Nangarhar Badakhshan and Parwan provinc- have been killed during the mili- er, the Interior Ministry rejects 2100302, 2100303 and Livestock (MAIL) on Satur- and Balkh provinces; survey and es. Control of animals disease, es- tary operations. He said at least the reports and says the provinc- that wounded and injured police day said that agriculture sector officers are subjected to more dis- designing of 16 irrigation canals in tablishing of 115 educational cen- nine army troops have lost their es will totally under control of the should be revamped for the com- Kabul, Parwan and Logar prov- ters for farmers, 30 mobile clinics, lives in the crackdowns. Waziri Kabul Bank comfort when being transported by mon good of Afghans. Briefing security forces, and the Taliban ambulance. They complained that inces; and construction of 200 organizing of 10 public awareness said the military operations were were not able to resist against Af- media-persons on the 100-day water reservoirs in Kabul, Herat, units in 10 different provinces, 222666, 070285285 the added distance to the hospital plan that he recently presented to aimed at restraining the Taliban ghan troops. now also puts critical patients' Nangarhar, Kundoz, Kabul and construction of two poultry farms, militants and other rebel groups. Azizi Bank the president, Asadullah Zamir Balkh provinces are on the cards. establishment of a factory to pro- Lawmakers from Uruzgan lives at risk. Meanwhile, an ambu- said that without improvement in No mercy was shown for insur- have expressed concern over what lance driver confirmed the prob- He said that within the next 100 duce food for chickens and various 0799 700900 agriculture and livestock sectors, days, the ministry would draft the other project are on the table for gents during the military opera- they call the possible falling of a lem and said a prosecutor, who was national development was not tions, he added. The military op- number of districts into the hand Pashtany Bank injured recently in the Darul Aman national irrigation plan. Thirty improvement of the livestock sec- possible. Therefore, to support solar water pumps in Herat, Balkh tor, he said. erations have been carried out in of the Taliban. bombing, lost his life while being Herat, Badghis, Ghazni, Nangar- Lawmaker Raihana Azad said 2102908, 2103868 ferried on the alternative route to har, Paktia, Paktika, Daikundi, the hospital. He said more patients that four districts will collapse in Kandahar, Sar-i-Pul, Badakhshan, Uruzgan if the government did not Air Services were dying due to the closure of Insecurity in north will spur poppy Kunduz, Balkh, Baghlan, Hel- the entrance. "Definitely, casualty pay serious attention on security mand and Uruzgan provinces. situation in the province. figures increase in such cases. We stan and that powerful figures and Safi Airways transport the injured with great cultivation: MoCN local commanders are involved in difficulty," an ambulance driver Ali poppy cultivation and drug smug- 020 22 22 222 Ahmad said. The ambulances are AT Monitoring Desk they fear that tens of hectares of gling. Critics support the remarks Afghan ICT company now forced to drive through the land which are under control of and say a number of district chiefs Ariana Bagh-e-Bala hill a narrow and KABUL: The Ministry of Coun- militants in northern provinces and local commanders push farm- GTR nominated for prestigious broken road where most of the ternarcotics (MoCN) on Saturday will change into poppy-cultivat- ers to cultivate poppy on their 020-2100270 time, the vehicles get stuck in the concerned over insecurity in ed fields. Insecurity is a big threat lands. international award mud. An injured police officer, Ab- northern provinces and said it will for provinces which are zero as Former minister of counter- dul Ghani, said his wounds got Kam Air pave the ground for poppy culti- per poppy cultivation. Deterio- narcotics, General Khudaidad, AT News Report worse when he was in the ambu- vation. The ministry speaks of rated security situation in north- said poppy elimination drives 0799974422 lance for a long time due to the starting anti-poppy cultivation ern provinces can face our mis- have decreased this year and has closure of the main entrance of the KABUL: The Europe Business campaigns in southern provinces, sion with several problems, he taken out of government s control. Assembly (EBA) has nominated Hotels 200-bed hospital. "We want the and says the mission will elimi- added. According to him, anti- The only thing that the govern- government to consider the lives the Grand Technology Resources nate at least 20,000 hectares of poppy cultivation campaigns are ment should do is to find a motive (GTR), an Afghan company, for Safi Landmark of injured soldiers and provide poppy cultivated land in the ar- ongoing in Helmand, Kandahar, for fight against terrorism and comfortable facilities," he said. prestigious international award. eas. Insecurity in north has turned Zabul, Farah and Uruzgan prov- poppy cultivation without dis- The GTR has earned reputa- Interior Ministry spokesman, a matter of concern for the MoCN inces. The provinces produce 95 crimination, quoted by Radio 020-2203131 Sediq Sediqqi, confirmed the clo- tion across the world, especially as the provinces are zero accord- percent of poppy cultivated all Azadi, he said. in Asia, as an ICT company that ERENA sure and also said the entrance ing to poppy cultivation but offi- over the country. Insecurity has The remarks come as the In- S should be reopened. employed cutting-edge technolo- cials say deteriorated security sit- increased this illegal trend, he re- terior Minister told newsmen last gy and provides optimum quality "We request the higher educa- uation will pave the ground for marked. Recently the United Na- week that there will be no discrim- 0799654000 tion ministry to temporarily re- services. Talking to Afghanistan winners receive the right to use this illicit business. Quoted by tions counternarcotics mission ination between drug smugglers Times, the GTR s president Mir- the United Kingdom (UK) regis- open the route until our hospital Radio Azadi, the MoCN spokes- said poppy cultivation and pro- and terrorists, and they will be is completely built," Sediqqi said. wais Alizai said that the Socrates tered award logo for advertising New Rumi Restaurant man, Abdul Qayum Samer, said duction has increased in Afghani- treated the same way. Committee has nominated the purposes showing recognition in company for the prestigious in- accordance to the highest interna- 0776351347 ternational award in quality and tional standards. Information management spheres best enter- about the winners will be pub- Internet Services prise in the Europe Business As- lished on the EBA website in the sembly. He said that excellent busi- official catalogue and in the So- UA Telecom ness reputation, effective manage- crates Almanac. European quali- 0796701701 / 0796702702 ment and constant growth of the ty recipients will receive consul- enterprise were the main factors tation from the EBA experts con- behind this success. The GTR was cerning company promotion for Exchange Rate shortlisted among 146 companies. national and regional markets. The Now four companies will com- GTR is one of the leading ICT Purchase: pete in the final round. Alizai was company in Afghanistan. It was presented with the best manager founded in Malaysia in 2003. In One US$ = of the year title. He said the GTR 2006, the company opened its was chosen when ranked against office in Afghanistan. In 2009, Mr. 59.56Afs the following criteria such as in- Alizai purchased the company One Pound Sterling= vestment attraction, high technol- shares and announced the compa- ogies and quality with profession- ny as fully Afghan with main 89.10Afs al staffs and modern management office in Kabul. The GTR has One Euro = methods. The research was con- branches in the Middle East, Ma- ducted by the analytical center of laysia and South Korea. The com- 60Afs the EBA Oxford, the United King- pany has executed vital projects 1000 Pak Rs = dom, with aim to select success- in the country, including the cen- 562Afs ful dynamic companies, from join- ter of information of Afghanistan ing the prime business destination at the Ministry of Telecommuni- Sale: project and their special support cation and Information Technolo- One US$ = and investment promotion. The gy. The company is also working best enterprise awards will be pre- on the national electronic identity 59.76 Afs sented in Montreux, Switzerland, cards (e-Tazkira) project. The One Pound Sterling= during the summit of excellence GTR has become a one stop 90.71Afs in quality from June 30 to July leading company in the field of 2, 2015. The event will be attend- ICT, dedicated to helping multi- One Euro= ed by prominent regional compa- national businesses, governmen- 65.60 Afs nies, businessmen and internation- tal and non-governmental organi- 1000 Pak Rs= 570Afs al quality experts. Best enterprise zations. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . MAY 31 , 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES With focus on India, Russia eyes massive nuclear Nawaz vows to counter submarine deal with India Russia may help India build nu- clear submarines and stealth war- “anti-Pakistan” acts ships, according to Indian media reports. Last week India’s Economic Times reported that the Indian conglomerate Reliance Infrastruc- ture—which owns stakes in nu- merous Indian defense compa- nies—is seeking Russian assis- tance for programs to locally pro- duce nuclear submarines and other stealth warships. According to the report, top Reliance executives were in Mos- cow last week to meet with Rus- sian defense officials about find- ing a partner for a joint venture between a Russian defense com- pany and Pipavav Defence & Off- shore Engineering, India’s largest defense shipyard, which Reliance has an 18 percent stake in. Specif- ically, Reliance is looking for a Russian partner with the “requi- site technology expertise for man- ufacturing warships in India.” As the Economic Times points out, the meetings come on the heels ISLAMABAD: During a visit to Sharif met with Director General gence agency and they deserve due of India’s Cabinet Committee on the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) ISI Major Rizwan Akhtar today, recognition and acknowledge- Security (CCS) approving a plan headquarters in the federal capital who briefed them on the internal ment,” said PM Nawaz. for an Indian company to locally on Saturday, Prime Minister and external security situation of Nawaz said that terrorism and manufacture six nuclear subma- Nawaz Sharif expressed serious the country as well as ongoing extremism are the biggest challeng- rines and seven stealth warships. concern over recent statements counter-terrorism operations. The es to a secure and prosperous Pa- The initial investment outlay for made by the Indian political lead- ongoing successful Intelligence kistan. He showed his concern over the project was set at Rs 1 trillion ership, and said that all possible Based Operations (IBOs), the actions of foreign intelligence agen- ($15.67 billion.) measures will be taken to counter number of terrorist attempts avert- cies in destabilising the country. Although the Russian govern- told the Indian newspaper, “We from 26 percent before Modi ap- marines. India also currently op- "anti-Pakistan" acts. ed recently as well as terrorists Nawaz also emphasised the ment refused to specifically con- are deeply committed to invest- proved the changes. erates a number of Kilo-class sub- Earlier, Indian Defence Min- networks busted across the coun- need for a more proactive and co- firm the report, it did sound re- ments in the defence sector and the Russia would arguably be the marines, which are designated as ister Manohar Parrikar, in a shock- try came under discussion during ordinated role of intelligence agen- ceptive to such a possibility. PM's Make In India program,” re- most sensible foreign partner for Sindhughosh-class submarines by ing statement, asserted that terror- the meeting. Take a look: RAW cies to defeat all threats. Finance "The Russian side is open to ferring to Indian Prime Minister India as the two countries have an the Indian Navy. Near the end of ists have to be neutralised only instigating terrorism, says army Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Min- negotiations with Indian partners Modi. Besides the Make in India extensive defense technology rela- the Cold War, India also briefly through terrorists. PM Nawaz lauded the efforts and ister Khawaja Asif, Interior Min- on various projects, including co- program, the prospective joint ven- tionship that dates back to the leased a nuclear-powered subma- “India will take proactive achievements of the ISI in coun- ister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, operation and JV [joint ventures] ture would likely take advantage Soviet Union days. This has most rine from the Soviet Union. More steps to prevent a 26/11 type at- tering terrorist activities, and paid Adviser to PM on National Secu- to manufacture modern defense of the amendments Modi ap- certainly included submarines. In recently, in 2011 India began op- tack,” Press Trust of India had rich tributes to the officers and men rity and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz equipment," a Russian official at proved in the Foreign Direct In- the 1960s and 1970s, for example, erating an Akula II nuclear attack quoted him saying. of the agency who have laid down and Special Assistant to PM on the embassy in Delhi told ET in vestment (FDI) laws last year. FDI the Soviet Union sold India eight submarine under a ten-year lease PM Nawaz and Chief of Army their lives in the line of duty. Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi ac- response to a query. is now allowed to make up 49 per- Foxtrot-class submarines, which from Russia. That lease was val- Staff (COAS) General Raheel “We are proud of our intelli- companied the PM. (DAWN) For its part, a Reliance official cent of defense sector projects, up India operated as Vela-class sub- ued at $970 million. Indian PM’s Six people killed in Bangladesh visit an clashes during Khyber opportunity to resolve Pakhtunkhwa LG polls PESHAWAR: Six people were killed while 47 injured in clashes through- unsettled issues out on Saturday as the local government elections in Khyber Pakh- tunkhwa witnessed mismanagement, poor security measures and con- SILIGURI: Prime Minister Naren- said representatives of many trade flicts between different rival groups in different parts of the province dra Modi's visit to Bangladesh commercial organizations. which hampered the polling process. Sources said that three people could be an opportunity for both The first one among them is tion. "We all remember the diffi- were killed in Charsada, two in DI khan and another lost his life during nations to resolve many issues ly- the Tetulia Corridor—a proposed cult times they faced," said Sirise- clashes in Kohat. Polling for the largest LG elections in the history of ing unsettled for long between the 6-km strip of land that will con- na, who pledged to restore full free- KP took place across the province in which citizens voted to elect two neighbours. nect Chopra and Mayanaguri on dom of media when he challenged 41,762 councilors in the three tiers of local councils. Strict security Bangladesh expects a favour- the Indian mainland through Bang- his predecessor Mahinda Rajapak- arrangements were made to ensure a smooth polling process with some able outcome on the Teesta water- ladesh. This will shorten travel dis- sa in January's presidential elec- 86,115 security personnel deployed at the polling stations. However, sharing issue from bilateral dia- tance of 60km for all Northeast tion. Rajapaksa's rule became not- due to a poor law and order situation across the province, polling in logues. The Indian side is looking region-bound traffic. Though In- ed for the intimidation of journal- various stations was suspended. Various people received injuries when for opening of the Tetulia corridor dia has already allowed a similar ists. Several journalists fled the unknown assailants opened firing on two polling stations of females in and widening of 'Chicken neck' area Bangladesh-to-Bangladesh Tinbig- country while editor of the pro- Union Council Naspa and Regai areas. The injured persons were rushed in West Bengal, people familiar ha Corridor, Tetulia is still to get a opposition Sunday Leader Lasan- to hospital where their condition was stated as stable, police told. Sim- with the matter said. nod from Dhaka. The next is a tha Wickrematunga was murdered ilarly, clashes between rival groups and exchange of firing were also Two important rivers—Tees- less than 40-km-wide Indian main- in a street here in broad daylight in reported from different polling stations of Madran, Swat, Kohat, DI ta and Mahananda—with Bang- land known as 'Chicken neck' at January, 2009. During Rajapaksa's Khan and Nowshera districts and Malakand and Hazara divisions, while ladesh in downstream, flow north Dinajpore district in West military campaign, which crushed in district Swabi the security was handed over to security forces after through control barrage gates in Bengal with Nepal in northwest the LTTE, Sri Lanka was dubbed severe clashes between two rival groups. Inspector-General Police Na- Gajaldoba and Fulbari in West and Bangladesh to its southeast. as one of the unsafest places to sir Khan Durrani took notice of the incidents and ordered a First Infor- Bengal while feeding the Rs 2,988- The entire northeastern region of COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Presi- dia personnel in the recent past," practice journalism. mation Report (FIR) to be recorded in areas where weapons were fired crore Teesta Barrage Irrigation India and the Sino-Indian border, dent Maithripala Sirisena said he Sirisena said addressing an event Although investigations were or ballot boxes were broken. Polling was suspended in a number of Project (TBP). which deserve high-security ar- wants to re-open investigations here last night to mark the disap- initiated on attacks on journalists, stations in Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda, Swat and Nowshera and "To keep TBP running, Indian rangements, are connected to the into all past murders and disap- pearance of cartoonist Prageeth they have not resulted in anyone others after ballot boxes and windows were broken. Security forces authorities often block a lion's remaining part of the country only pearances of journalists. Eknaligoda. Sirisena being prosecuted. In the latest were unable to control the situation and polling was suspended. Some share of the Teesta and Mahanan- through this corridor. "We hope "As the new government, we Eknaligoda went missing in World Press Freedom Index rank- ballot papers were found in Peshawar which were already stamped. The da water flow, making Bangladesh Mr Modi will now initiate new want to re-open investigations on January, 2010 while he was work- ings issues in April this year, Sri deputy commissioner of Nowshera confirmed that angry workers of dry. For this, Rangpoor region persuasion with Bangladesh to all disappearances, murders and ing in the opposition election cam- Lanka was ranked 165 out of 180 some political parties put the ballot papers on fire in reaction to alleged alone has lost over 7,50,000 ha of spare certain areas for widening other challenges faced by the me- paign in the then presidential elec- countries. rigging during polling process. farmland," an environment activ- 'Chicken Neck'," said a person as- ist said. Now Bangladesh wants sociated with a security agency. India to release more water. "Reasonable and logical resolution "With this on one side of the of these issues can strengthen Indo- discussion table, we expect India Bangla friendship," Rahul Sinha, to take initiative to get two impor- BJP's West Bengal state president, tant issues cleared by Bangladesh," had said earlier. Nepal’s crisis like our own: New Delhi Hospitals urged to give emergency treatment to people suffering from heatstroke as hundreds more die over past day. Dizzying temperatures have caused water shortages in thou- sands of Indian villages and killed hundreds more people over the past day, driving the death toll from a weeks-long heat wave to at least 1,826, officials have said. Hospitals were urged to give emergency treatment to people suffering from heatstroke as au- thorities on Friday cancelled doc- tors' leave, set up water distribu- tion points and warned people not to venture out. "The main thing is prevention in this situation to ensure that pre- NEW DELHI, MAY 30 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ventive measures are being taken," said that India considers Nepal’s present crisis like its own and urged all said Charan Singh, additional di- “to come together to identify problems and resolve them”. Modi made rector of public health in Delhi, such remarks in a meeting with Nepali Ambassador to India Deep Ku- where top temperatures have hit mar Upadhayay at his office . 45 degrees Celsius. Meteorologi- The courtesy meeting was mostly focused on the situation in Nepal cal officials have called the heat in the aftermath of the Great Earthquake, and the reconstruction and wave "severe" and warned that it rehabilitation bids. The Indian PM expressed his confidence that the would continue for at least anoth- Nepalis are able to rebuild the damaged structures on their own. “In this er two days across a huge swath context, we need to manage resources and create a conducive environ- of the South Asian country from ment.” Recalling the Gujarat earthquake of 2001, when he was the chief Tamil Nadu in the south to the Hi- minister of the state, Modi shared that over 1200 aftershocks were malayan foothill state of Himachal recorded on a day. “Gujarat shook the whole day, we experienced after- Pradesh. Most of those killed by shocks for days and days,” Modi shared his experience with the ambas- heat-related conditions including sador. “In the aftermath of a calamity, we should remain alert for secu- dehydration and heat stroke, have rity and awareness.” Upadhayay informed Modi that PM Koirala is been in the southern states of awaiting the final report of the damage caused by the earthquakes and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, that Nepal would hold the international donor conference on June 25. where 100 people died on Thurs- Amid efforts to set a bilateral visit by Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, it day as temperatures hovered at would difficult for the PM to go to India without the post disaster needs about 43C. Thousands of water Delhi, there are growing concerns Jazeera's Nidhi Dutt, reporting and drinking lots of water to try to poverished elderly were among the assessment. According to the ambassador, the visit of Koirala figured in tankers were delivering supplies to on the part of doctors and health from Delhi, said. Hundreds of main- beat the heat. Scorched crops and most vulnerable. "How do we cope the meeting. Modi said that both the sides can sit together to finalise a more than 4,000 villages and ham- experts that the high temperatures ly poor people die at the height of dying wildlife were reported, with up with the heat? We have to raise mutually agreed date. Meanwhile, National Planning Commission Vice- lets facing acute water shortages that Delhi is experiencing along summer every year in India, but some animals succumbing to thirst. kids and so we have to work even chairman Govinda Raj Pokharel also held consultations with senior of- in the central state of Maharash- with dust is trapping dangerous this year's figures are already near- Many farmers and construction though it's hot. Otherwise what ficials at the National Niti Ayog of India and National Disaster Manage- tra, state officials told the Press toxins in the air which could have ly double the annual average. Peo- workers struggling with poverty will our children eat?" said 38-year- ment Authority regarding the rehabilitation of earthquake victims and Trust of India news agency. Mon- long-term dangerous consequenc- ple across India have been plung- were still working outdoors despite old bricklayer Sunder in Gurgaon, Nepal’s reconstruction efforts. soon delayed "In the capital New es for millions of residents," Al ing into rivers, staying in the shade the risks, they along with the im- a satellite town near Delhi. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Top US official's call for "lasting halt" to reclamation works in disputed waters immediately slammed by China. The US has condemned China's the US and across the Asia-Pacific this stretch of water has become land reclamation in the South Chi- that China will use the land recla- the source of tension in the region na Sea, saying it is out of step with mation projects for military pur- and front-page news around the international rules. poses. world." Defence secretary Ash Carter Last week the Chinese military Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas, called for an "immediate and last- ordered a US Navy P-8 Poseidon who's been following events at the ing halt" of the works during the surveillance aircraft to leave an area conference explained "freedom of annual Shangri-La Dialogue, an in- above the heavily disputed Sprat- navigation has basically been as- ternational security conference, in ly Islands. But the US plane ig- sured over 70 years, greatly be- Singapore on Saturday. nored the demand. cause of the US presence. Should "First, we want a peaceful res- "There should be no mistake: there be a tip in that power bal- olution of all disputes. To that end, the United States will fly, sail, and ance, there's fear the chaos will re- there should be an immediate and operate wherever international law sult in instability in the region". lasting halt to land reclamation by allows, as US forces do all around Ortigas added that nothing all claimants," Carter said at the the world," Carter said in Sin- "concrete in terms of policy or conference. A Chinese military of- gapore. agreements" is likely to come from ficer, also at the conference, im- He acknowledged that other the conference, but that it did al- mediately disputed the comments claimants have developed outposts low for a "comfortable, stable as "groundless and not construc- of differing scope and degree, in- space for constructive discus- tive". Carter's comments came as cluding Vietnam with 48, the Phil- sions." defence officials revealed that Chi- ippines with eight, Malaysia with China claims nearly all of the na had put two large artillery vehi- five and Taiwan with one. South China Sea, on the basis of cles on one of the artificial islands "Yet, one country has gone lines on Chinese maps published it is creating in the South China much farther and much faster than in the 1940s and locking it into dis- Sea. any other, and that's China." putes with several Southeast Asian The discovery, made at least "It is unclear how much far- neighbours - including Vietnam, the A series of barrel bombs dropped by Syria's regime killed at least 71 civilians and wounded dozens in Aleppo province on Saturday, said the Syrian several weeks ago, fuels fears in ther China will go. That is why Philippines and Malaysia. Observatory for Human Rights, according to AFP. “At least 71 civilians were killed, and dozens were wounded, when regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the city of Al-Bab and in eastern neighbourhoods of Aleppo,” the Britain-based Observatory reported. Al-Bab, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of Aleppo city, is controlled by the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while the east of the provincial capital is in rebel hands. Activist Iran rejects site inspections Mohammed Soltan released in a nuclear deal from Egypt prison Jailed activist Mohammed Soltan, who has been on hunger strike for over a year in protest against his detention in Egypt, has been freed and sent back to his home coun- try, the United States. Al Jazeera learned that Soltan boarded a flight from Cairo to Washington on Sat- urday with a US consulate official and medical staff. Soltan, a 27- year-old US-Egyptian dual citizen and human rights activist, was ar- rested in September 2013 when police was searching for his father, a senior member of the now out- lawed Muslim Brotherhood group. Last month, Mohammed was sen- tenced to life in prison for alleged- ly supporting the group, a verdict his family challenges, saying that there was no evidence against him. Saudi-led A website calling for his release also Putin getting left out said he was not a member of the strikes pound Brotherhood, describing him as a US-educated peace activist who of G-7 meeting, but Yemen capital was involved in youth events and charities. The website shows pic- Saudi-led coalition warplanes tures of him lying emaciated on a not much else pounded Houthi positions across Senior Iranian negotiator Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that questioning Iranian scientists and military site stretcher while in detention. The Sanaa overnight, only hours after inspections are "out of the question" in a final nuclear agreement with world powers. Araghchi's comments to US embassy said at the time of the ASHINGTON :When President Barack Obama and other world the U.N. envoy to Yemen arrived state television come as Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry verdict that it was "gravely con- leaders gather in Germany next week, Russia's Vladimir Putin in the militia-held capital, residents were meeting for crucial talks in Geneva to try and hammer out a historic nuclear deal ahead of a June 30 cerned" about Mohamed Soltan Wwill be left off the guest list, part of his punishment for more said Saturday. deadline. and would "continue to monitor than a year of alleged Kremlin-supported aggression in Ukraine.But Among the air strike targets his case closely and to provide him despite vows from Obama and his European counterparts to isolate was a house of deposed president with all possible support". His fa- Putin as long as the crisis in Ukraine remains unresolved, the Russian Ali Abdullah Saleh in his home ther, Salah Soltan, was arrested in leader is still a central player in major international affairs, including the town of Sanhan, south of the cap- October 2013 and was later sen- U.S.-led nuclear talks with Iran. Just this month, German Chancellor ital. The latest air raids also hit the 4,200 more migrants tenced to death. Thousands of Angela Merkel traveled to Moscow for talks with Putin and Secretary militia-held air force headquarters Brotherhood supporters have been of State John Kerry went to Sochi to confer with the Russian leader. in Sanaa, arms depots in Sanhan, arrested and hundreds handed the Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron also spoke by phone as well as the Dailami air base, also death sentence in a campaign that in recent days and agreed to resume talks aimed at ending Syria's civil in the capital, witnesses told saved off Libya’s human rights groups say shows war, another matter where Putin's cooperation is crucial. U.S. officials Agence France-Presse. the incumbent government is sys- defend the engagement with Russia, saying it's limited to areas where Other raids targeted Houthi tematically repressing opponents. Moscow and the West have shared interests. Outreach to Putin on such militia positions in the oil-rich east- The Soltan family released a state- matters, officials argue, should not be seen as a sign that the West has ern province of Marib and the ment in which it expressed grati- accepted the status quo in Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists con- western region of Hodaidah. U.N. coasts, 17 die: Italy special envoy arrival The raids tude for the support that lead to tinue to stoke instability. "It makes sense to cooperate where there is a Mohamed’s release. "By the grace clear mutual interest as long as you're not being asked to back off mat- came only hours after U.N. spe- The Italian coast guard says it has sels. In all, 4,243 rescued migrants ty in Africa, the Mideast and else- of God, we are incredibly happy ters of principle that matter to the security and well-being of your cial envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh coordinated the rescue of more than were being brought to Italian har- where. to confirm that Mohamed is on his country and your allies and your friends," Vice President Joe Biden said Ahmed flew in to Sanaa for talks 4,000 migrants off Libya’s coast bors. Cargo ships and Irish and Ger- way home after nearly two years Wednesday. However, some regional analysts say the West risks send- with political parties, according to in 22 separate operations. Smugglers are reaping millions man navy vessels helped Italian in captivity. After extensive ef- ing mixed signals to Ukraine, where the government been pushing for a militia-run website. A conference The rescues, from 13 boats and by overcrowding unseaworthy military craft in Friday’s rescues. forts, the US Government has suc- more support. Matthew Rojanksy, an expert on the former Soviet states on Yemen which was due to take nine motorized rubber dinghies, boats with migrants on Libya’s Italy has demanded its European cessfully secured Mohamed's de- at the Wilson Center, said there is "growing disappointment" in Ukraine place in Geneva last Thursday was took place Friday. The coast guard Mediterranean coast to set out for partners help more with migrants, portation back home to the US, about what officials there see as the West's "pale commitment" to pro- postponed, in a fresh blow to U.N. said Saturday that 17 migrants were Italian shores. The migrants are who have been coming in huge mercifully concluding this dark tecting its sovereignty. "They are all deeply worried that the United efforts to broker peace in the coun- found dead aboard one of the ves- fleeing war, persecution or pover- numbers this year. chapter for Mohamed and our States will throw them under the bus to make a grand bargain with try where the conflict has killed family. "We are forever indebted Putin," Rojanksy wrote in an email from Kiev, where he was meeting almost 2,000 people since March. Saudi to the countless individuals who with government officials and civil society groups. The conflict be- ‘Millions of dollars’ The raids Tense anti-Islam protest have been working tirelessly be- tween Russia and Ukraine escalated last year when the Kremlin-backed came after Saleh said, in an inter- hind the scenes to secure his re- president in Kiev fled amid protests. Pro-Russian separatists moved to view broadcast late Friday, that he religious body lease, the vast majority of whom take over the strategically important Crimean Peninsula, which was had rejected a Saudi offer of “mil- outside US mosque have never even met Mohamed. To then formally annexed by Russia. While the West doesn't recognize the lions of dollars” to oppose the Iran- slams mosque witness you all - regardless of race, annexation of Crimea, the U.S. and Europe have largely given up on backed militias. The interview was More than 200 protesters, some don for several blocks. religion, political affiliation, gen- Russia returning the area to Ukraine. Instead, the West's focus has been aired on the Beirut-based Al-May- attackers armed, berated Islam and its Proph- Among the anti-Islam protest- der, age - come together during this on Russia's threatening moves in eastern Ukraine, the site of months of adeen television channel whose et Mohammed outside an Arizona ers, some of whom called Islam a time has been greatly illustrative clashes between government forces and rebels that Kiev says are backed presenter said he spoke from San- Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior mosque on Friday in a provoca- "religion of murderers," more than of the power of the human spirit by Moscow. A fragile cease-fire agreed to in February has been repeat- aa. In Friday's interview, Saleh re- Scholars on Friday condemned the tive protest that was denounced a dozen men in military clothing and we are in awe of each and ev- edly violated. he West wielded the threat of diplomatic isolation as a newed calls for talks in Geneva suicide attack near Al-Anoud by counter protesters shouting "Go carried semi-automatic weapons. ery one of you," the statement punishment for Russia based in part on the belief that Putin values being between the Yemeni parties, as well Mosque in Dammam. home, Nazis," weeks after an anti- Others waved copies of caricatures read. seen as a major player on the world stage. as negotiations between Yemenis The council, also known as the Muslim event in Texas came un- of the Prophet Mohammad drawn and Saudi Arabia -- which he ac- Senior Council of Ulema, is the der attack by two gunmen. at the Texas event. cused of seeking to sow “sedition” Saudi Arabia's highest religious The anti-Muslim event out- By late Friday night, virtually in the war-torn country. But body and advises the king on reli- side the Islamic Community Cen- all the protesters and police had Strong earthquake “sooner or later we will hold talks gious matters. ter of Phoenix was organized by left the area with no reports of vi- with Saudi Arabia,” said the former Four people were killed Fri- an Iraq war veteran who posted olent flare-ups or arrests. president. Saleh said the Geneva day when a car exploded near a photos of himself online wearing a Depictions of Mohammad, talks [on Yemen], which he him- mosque in Saudi Arabia’s eastern T-shirt with a crude slogan deni- which many Muslims view as blas- shakes buildings in Tokyo self first proposed, should focus city of Dammam, the state-run grating Islam and waving the U.S. phemous, have been a flashpoint on “power transfer, choosing a Saudi Press Agency reported, add- flag, according to Reuters news for violence in Europe and the A powerful and extremely deep new authority, and the return to ing that militants failed in their bid agency. United States in recent months earthquake struck a group of re- elections,” as well as “condemn- to hit the mosque after security As the event got under way, where those displaying or creating mote Japanese islands and shook ing the Saudi aggression”. And officials foiled the attack. demonstrators on both sides such images have been targeted by Tokyo on Saturday, but officials while he indicated that the rule of The attack targeted worship- screamed obscenities at each other militants. said there was no danger of a tsu- President Abdrabbu Mansour pers in al-Anoud mosque during as police in riot gear swiftly sepa- Anti-Muslim groups have nami, and no injuries or damage Hadi “is over”, he insisted that “I Friday prayers, a ministry spokes- rated the two groups, each with been active in the United States, were immediately reported. will not accept power for myself person said, quoted by the Saudi about 250 people, using police buying ads and staging demonstra- The offshore earthquake or my son” Ahmed, who led the state news agency SPA. The Is- tape and barricades. tions characterizing Islam as vio- struck off the Ogasawara islands elite Republican Guard troops lamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) "This is in response to the re- lent, often citing the murderous at 8:24 p.m. at a depth of 590 kilo- during his rule. As for Iran, which claimed the suicide bombing. The cent attack in Texas," organizer Jon brutality of Islamic State militants meters (370 miles), Japan's Mete- he said he was not directly in con- blast comes days after a May 22 Ritzheimer wrote on his Facebook in Iraq and Syria. orological Agency said. The U.S. tact with, Saleh said the Shiite- suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque page announcing the event at a ‘Love your neighbor’ Geological Survey said the quake dominated Islamic republic “does in a village in Eastern Province mosque targeted in part because The Phoenix mosque targeted had a magnitude of 7.8 and a depth not pose a threat to Yemen at all”. killed 21 people. ISIS had also the two Texas gunmen had wor- on Friday has condemned such vi- of 678 kilometers (421 miles). Saleh was forced to resign in early claimed that attack. In a statement shipped there. olence and held a series of sermons Public broadcaster NHK said 2012 after waging a bloody crack- issued on Friday and carried by More than 900 people re- at Friday prayers last year by an there were no immediate reports down on a year of protests calling the Saudi Press Agency, the board sponded on the event’s Facebook imam who criticized militant Is- of injuries or damage. for an end to his three decades of said the "terrorist groups behind page that they would attend, and lamist groups such as ISIS, al Qae- But the temblor was powerful there reports that parts of the capital were without power. The meteo- iron-fisted rule. His forces have the ghastly attack on Al-Anoud police expanded their presence in da and Nigeria’s Boko Haram. The enough to rattle large parts of Ja- rological agency did not issue a tsunami warning because the quake been backing the Houthi militias Mosque and Al-Qudaih's Ali Bin the evening in anticipation of grow- president of the center had urged pan's main island of Honshu. Build- struck so far beneath the earth's surface. Deep earthquakes usually who seized Sanaa in September Abi Talib Mosque have exposed ing crowds. Officers with riot hel- worshippers not to engage with the ings swayed in Tokyo and stopped cause less damage at the surface than shallow ones. The Ogasawara before expanding across other their hideous faces." mets and gas masks formed a cor- demonstrators. some train services in the city, and islands are about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Tokyo. parts of the country. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. 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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 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] She had been raped by a man in her village, and became pregnant. Email: [email protected] The elders decided she should be stoned to death... www.afghanistantimes.af By Chelsea Matiash Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Five years ago, photographer Gab- Advisory editorial board riela Maj met Fareshte, an inmate of Badam Bagh women’s prison, while Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, on assignment in Afghanistan. At the time, Fareshte had been incar- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal cerated and was awaiting two sen- tences related to so-called moral Graphic-Designers: crimes. She told Ms. Maj she had been Mansoor Faizy and Edriss Akbari raped by a man in her village, and Marketing & Advertising: became pregnant. The elders decid- ed she should be stoned to death, Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 but her father intervened with a let- ter to the police. She was arrested Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan and incarcerated at Badam Bagh, Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 where she shared a cell with several other women and her son, who was Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press born in prison. “I will always remember Fareshte’s story because it was the first one I heard on my very first The constitution says visit to Badam Bagh,” Ms. Maj said in interview. “It also speaks to a Article 149: common thread in every incarcerat- The principles of adherence to the tenets of the Holy religion of Islam as well as Islamic Republicanism shall ed woman’s story, one in which vic- not be amended. Amending fundamental rights of the people shall be permitted only to improve them. tims of abuse are transformed into Amending other articles of this Constitution, with due respect to new experiences and requirements of the criminals via the distorted lens of time, as well as provisions of Articles Sixty-Seven and One Hundred Forty-Six of this Constitution, shall the Afghan justice system. It is also sold into prostitution to fleeing from pher visited. Ms. Maj’s extraordi- eign one, was not considered a become effective with the proposal of the President and approval of the majority of National Assembly a story that speaks to larger societal forced marriages. The series of unti- nary access didn’t come easily. While threat…being overlooked in this members. issues in which a lack of gender tled, intimate portraits and vignettes working in open prison environ- way became a strategy that ulti- equality denies woman their basic have been woven into a monograph, ments, the photographer said she mately exposed the context with- human rights.” Woman imprisoned titled “Almond Garden,” available faced “crowding, extreme heat, vio- in which I was working, one where in Badam Bagh in Kabul, Afghani- in June (Daylight Books, $45). The lence and aggressive guards.” Once women’s narratives were consid- Editorial stan. (Photo: Gabriela portraits and the stories about the she worked with subjects, it was ered irrelevant to the power dy- Maj)Fareshte’s story was the first women are deliberately separated, difficult to stay in touch, or to find namics that ran the country.” Five of many the Polish-Canadian pho- and pseudonyms are used to pro- them after release. Challenges aside, years later, the project serves as tographer would hear in her travels tect the women’s privacy. By pre- Ms. Maj said she found an advan- both a testimony and a call to ac- over the next four years spent doc- senting the stories and images in this tage as a solitary female photogra- tion. “My hope is that ‘Almond The fledging Afghan air umenting women’s prisons in Af- manner, Ms. Maj gave the women a pher, in that she was often left alone Garden’ serves as a record which ghanistan. Many of the women Ms. voice—while not identifying them with her subjects. In her essay in honors the individuals portrayed Maj encountered were imprisoned by their accused crimes. The title is the book, Ms. Maj writes: “My in this book and an advocacy tool for moral and domestic crimes. Their the English translation of Bagdam sense was that unaccompanied by for change,” Ms. Maj said. (Cour- force and challenges alleged offenses ranged from being Bagh, the first prison the photogra- any security, a woman, albeit a for- tesy: RAWA) Afghanistan’s air force tradition dates back to 1924—by the 1980s, but the force remains the world’s poorly trained and equipped, because of the fall of Kabul in 1990s. During the Tal- iban era, Pakistan took over the foreign tutelage role. Neverthe- less, after the ouster of the Taliban in 2001, the experiences that survived the brutal times was the human capital that started re- building. The training and capacity building of this newly built ning role model he should be for threat to Western countries ... but anism and the movement he pio- By Heathcote Williams Muslim youth; yet while a statue without a ‘war’ there is no need neered was inclusive and tolerant. air force started bearing fruits in 2006 as its airlifting capabili- of Gandhi was unveiled in Lon- for arms. We needed a new enemy What a formidable force the Speaking in my hometown, Ox- don’s Parliament Square in March and, having deployed the mujahed- world’s 1.6 billion Muslims would ties rose up. The Afghan air force which is part of Afghan Na- ford, on Tuesday, Qatar’s Shaikha this year, few today have even din as their main weapon against constitute if they were united. tional Army had over 60-thousand personnel, enough air support Moza told an audience at the uni- heard of Badshah Abdul Gaffar the USSR in Afghanistan, the West Would Israel continue to steal land versity that Muslims are being “de- Khan. (America in particular) swiftly re- belonging to the Palestinians and to the ground forces, but still they need training and improve- humanised” by Western media cov- In the 1940s, while sectarian packaged Islamic extremism as attack the imprisoned people of ment. This force is way far from self-sufficiency before the start erage of violent Islamic extremism conflict was tearing India apart, public enemy number one little Gaza with impunity? Would West- and identified as “something fear- this gentle Pashtun giant of a man more than a decade later. Islam ern companies continue to extract of 2017. Even then it will have limited combat capabilities. Amid ful and unknowable”. established a 100,000-strong ‘Is- has replaced communism in the the profits from the region’s natu- I have to agree and do not con- lamic Peace Army’ composed of global political paradigm — terri- ral resources which could be used such a situation, the second deputy of the Wolesi Jirga (Parlia- sider this phenomenon to be par- unarmed men and a few brave fying, brutal, ruthless and alien. instead to the benefit of its peo- ment) Mohammad Nazir Ahmadzai said that whenever the air ticularly new. The British tabloids women. Working side by side with This image has been propagated ple? Would there be any further have worked hard to present Mus- Gandhi, Badshah Khan cam- by the state and media alike to the need for the region’s gargantuan force cadets are sent on foreign tours for training purposes some lims at home and abroad as back- paigned for peace and an end to extent that the notion of a peace- defence spending? of them runaway and seek asylum. It is quite annoying, because ward and hostile. I imagine this British occupation. His followers loving Muslim has become oxy- You can see where I am going makes it easier to kill them when mounted huge demonstrations and moronic, while peace-loving Chris- with this ... ‘divide and rule’ — it is a national betrayal. The government must call on the inter- we send bombs and armed drones offered no retaliation when scores tians, Hindus, Sikhs and Jews the term was first used by that national community not to accept asylum seeking applications of into Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. of their number were shot dead by abound. War is a lucrative business ‘friend of the Arabs’, T.E. It is not only the media, but the British Badshah Khan was and in the absence of a tangible Lawrence — proved to be an ef- those who run away from training. The host countries should our preparation of History itself considered so powerful, so noto- enemy, the ‘War on Terror’ (read fective formula in preventing (or that obscures the peaceful, rious, and such a threat to British Islamic extremism) keeps the glo- at least postponing) effective re- devise a biometric system which makes it difficult for the Af- thoughtful and creative Muslim. colonial rule that he was repeated- bal arms industry — currently bellion against colonialism in the ghan air force trainees to escape the training and move to anoth- Having Muslim friends who ly imprisoned for sedition, spend- worth $1.3 trillion (Dh4.77 trillion) Middle East and was applied in were being made to feel extremely ing many of his 96 years in jail a year — in clover; we cannot have India too. er country for asylum seeking. Moreover, at home such cadets uncomfortable after 9/11, I began where, even as an old man, he was a cuddly Islam any more than we It is my hope that, in redis- must be selected for foreign training tours, who are trust worthy, to wonder if there were any Mus- tortured. Why then has Badshah could have had cuddly Commu- covering Badshah Khan, the Mus- lim pacifists. I discovered that Khan been forgotten? Part of the nism. Muslim peace icons like lim world will reclaim its own because the desertion for asylum seeking purposes is not only there were, and principal among blame must lie with his own coun- Badshah Khan, then, are simply peaceful role model; an Islamic them was the Pashtun ‘peace war- trymen and fellow religionists for not welcome in this monetised re- icon, the Muslim Gandhi. annoying but causing a serious blot on our national image. Since rior’ Badshah Abdul Gaffar Khan, not taking ownership of their his- writing of history. There is also Badshah Khan: Islamic Peace this force comes under the Ministry of Defense, therefore, it must a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi tory; allowing it, instead, to be re- the problem of sectarianism which Warrior an investigative poem by — who described him as ‘a mira- packaged within the parameters of fragments and dilutes Islam and Heathcote Williams will be pub- put a number of measures and restrictions in place to curb the cle’ — and, in every sense, his foreign agendas. Since the ‘Cold lies at the heart of the current cha- lished by Thin Man Press on June trend, lest the training tours will become just a gateway to asy- Muslim counterpart. War’ ended twenty five years ago os across the Middle East. Bad- 2, 2015 and is available on Ama- lum seeking. Though the Ministry of Defense acknowledges that What a remarkable and stun- there has been no real, existential, shah Khan fought against sectari- zon. Afghan air force trainees have gone absent without leave while they were abroad for training, however the ministry downplayed the gravity of the situation. The ministry’s standpoint on the is- sue too is annoying as it says that Afghan National Army offic- ers, members of the national football and cricket teams, have don’t the same acts during their foreign tours. This statement is unwelcoming and looks very odd from such a biggest and pow- erful ministry whose decisions and strategies make a biggest difference. The spokesman of the Defense Ministry Dawlat Wazi- ri while talking to a private news channel said that it was a general problem for all Afghan institutions. This explanation looks raw and irksome. If others are doing something wrong, it doesn’t provide any justification that you must also do the same. Moreover, it is said that when you cannot make a difference, at least you must not speak up irrationally. Instead of giving such statements which are encouraging the deserters, the ministry should take concrete steps to overcome the issue.

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ble destruction of a few fishing the course of history boats on the Libyan coast remains to be seen. The criminal nature of By Mahir Ali cipline, but designating them has offered resettlement on a small people-smuggling networks across wholesale as illegal immigrants is scale - while the prime minister of the world is generally beyond By Hisham Melhem memories were passed from one Anatolia. I don’t know how many There are inevitable differences as outrageous, given that many of the richest country in the region, doubt: they feast upon the des- This is a year of reckoning with generation to the next. One century times my grandmother Martha well as inescapable similarities be- them have known no other home Australia, has gone to the other peration of those who see no via- the memories of genocide, massa- later, we are going through another would tell me the story of his suf- tween the refugee crises that have for generations, and that under extreme by decreeing that no Ro- ble alternatives, charging them huge cres, expulsion, famine and death hellish transition, and no one knows fering and her loss, how my father lately been brewing simultaneous- British Raj an international border hingya will set foot on his nation’s amounts for the privilege of risk- marches in the deserts of the Mid- when it will end and what it will was a lone child, and how she ly in the unforgiving waters off between India and Burma did not soil. ing their lives on rickety vessels, dle East a century ago. This is a bring in its wake. would never forgive or forget. Ob- southern Europe and Southeast exist until 1937. Intriguingly, some Tony Abbott has suggested increasingly casting them adrift year of living through and witness- The aristocracy of pain viously, I channeled her raw ha- Asia. representatives of the Muslims of that even the smallest gesture of without a crew on open seas, and ing massacres, famine, displace- Today the Levant and Iraq (but tred of those ‘monstrous Turks The most obvious parallel is Arakan - as Rakhine was previ- generosity amid what is clearly an occasionally contributing even ment of minorities and death also Libya, Yemen and to a lesser who killed your grandfather’. The that in both cases they relate largely ously known - sought incorpora- emergency would only encourage more directly to the death toll. marches in the same cursed region. extent Lebanon and even Egypt) are power of personal tragedies being to segments of humanity desper- tion of their territory into Paki- other would-be refugees to set off Tackling the root causes of the What makes the centennial com- lands populated by mostly margin- transmitted through loved ones to ate enough to risk their lives in a stan, but Mohammed Ali Jinnah in unseaworthy boats. It takes a various forms of despair that trig- memoration of the Armenian geno- alized peoples who see themselves impressionistic children is im- quest for safe havens. Other par- rejected the idea of interference in considerable amount of ignorance, ger the mass-migration impulse can cide, the famine that ravaged Leb- as victims; victims of authoritari- mense. The Turks were thorough- allels are to be found in the moti- Burmese matter and conveyed as though, to fail to recognize that only be a long-term objective, with anon and Syria, the rape and ab- anism, discrimination, sectarianism ly demonized in our collective vations and behaviour of the par- much to General Aung San. The those in fear for their lives are un- few indications in most cases of duction of countless women and and other forms of disenfranchise- memories. I brought my memories ties that demand top dollar for ar- latter’s daughter, Suu Kyi, has late- likely to wait for encouragement what can be done. What are the children, and the endless trekking ment. Many of them have elevated with me when I came to America ranging the passage, as well as the ly been at the receiving end of con- from him or anyone else. They will practical pathways to restoring of refugees in 1915 spine chilling their victimhood into the highest in 1972. With the passage of time, today, is the cruel realization that fact that some of those embarking siderable flak for refusing to pub- take their chances, even though peace in Syria, for example? Or level of an imaginary hierarchy learning the history of the Great we are bearing witness to similar on these high-risk journeys are licly empathize with the Rohing- word must have filtered through rooting out entrenched racism in of pain. The collective pain of the War and the Ottomans, meeting atrocities against the descendants seeking to escape economic despair yas, presumably on the basis that of the fate they risk not just in Myanmar? There is strong case to community and the collective mem- and befriending Turks and visiting of some of the same groups and ory of that pain is the stuff of my- Istanbul, I finally exorcised my rather than existential threats. any humanitarian gesture would treacherous waters but at the oth- be made in instances such as these minorities that were brutalized one thology with some groups. The own demons, and escaped my own In the Asian case, the latter harm the electoral prospects of her er end, with reports of mass graves for a coordinated emergency re- hundred years ago. When we look motto is: my pain is more genuine trap. But it took me a long time to dichotomy divides Rohingyas, National League for Democracy, emerging from countries such as sponse, involving large-scale reset- at the Armenian genocide in the than yours, it is nobler. Is there re- liberate myself from the pull of faced in Myanmar with a situa- given that much of Myanmar’s Thailand. tlement if necessary, preferably context of a world war and the col- ally such a thing as the aristocracy collective memories. Intellectual- tion increasingly seen as verging Buddhist majority seems disin- In view of what the Australian with the burden shared by a num- lapse of the Ottoman Empire, with of pain? I have always wondered. ly I can talk about the family his- on genocide, from Bangladeshis clined to accept that ethnic group government perceives as its suc- ber of states. its complex intermingled popula- Clearly, there are legal and moral tory, but I have to admit that emo- seeking a better life in Malaysia. even as fellow human beings, let cess in warding off refugee boats At the same time, even if the tions, we see that the more than distinctions between, massacres, tionally I may not be able to com- They invariably end up in the same alone fellow citizens. through military action - with the immediate crises can miraculously million Armenian victims of the atrocities, and genocide. And then pletely get over it. boat, and conflicts on the high seas With thousands of Rohingya “operational details” largely ob- be headed off, it is vital to realize genocide, were the primary but not there is the uniqueness of the Ho- The history of today over scraps of food are believed to (and Bangladeshi) refugees adrift scured from public view - Abbott that regional conflicts, the conse- the only targets of cleansing Otto- locaust. Many people are flippant When we look at what is hap- have led to the loss of hundreds of in the Andaman Sea, Myanmarese has also been keen to dispense ad- quences of climate change and, man lands of Christians and other in their use (and understanding) of pening in Syria and Iraq we see lives. Prime Minister Hasina Wa- officials agreed some days ago to vice to European counterparts. It more broadly, glaring economic dis- non-Muslim groups such as the these complex terms. But if you flashes of the Great War. The death jed has deplored the damage to participate in emergency talks may peripherally have contribut- parities in an increasingly unequal Assyrians, Yazidis and Greeks. have lost your family in a massa- marches in the deserts in 1915 in- Bangladesh’s reputation as a con- scheduled for Friday in Thailand. ed to the European Union’s deci- global order can only exacerbate Then and now The Ottomans be- cre, genocide or in the Holocaust, volved Armenians, Assyrians and sequence of the exodus. The au- After refugee boats were pushed sion to militarily attack the means the tendency for substantial seg- gan cleansing Anatolia of its non- the personal loss and the personal Yezidis. We have seen the grainy thorities in Myanmar, meanwhile, away from many a coast, Indone- of transport whereby beleaguered ments of humanity to seek refuge Turkish populations decades be- pain are felt the same, even though black and white photos, of hag- refuse to countenance any usage sia and Malaysia have agreed to folk from Africa and the Middle in other lands. Ultimately, the fore their systematic war against the context in which the loss oc- gard women and crying children. of the term “Rohingya”, classify- accept some of the asylum-seek- East set off for Europe, with hun- world’s ability to cope may de- the Armenians in 1915, a process curred is very important political- We have seen the empty eyes of that continued until the mid-1920s, ing the Muslim residents of Ra- ers on a temporary basis, while the dreds routinely perishing on the pend on its willingness to change ly and historically. emaciated mothers clutching the in which the well-established Ar- khine state as Bengalis and deny- Philippines has responded to the way. the course of history.—(Khaleej I believe in personal and collec- bodies of their bloated children menian, Greek and Assyrian com- ing them citizenship or civil rights. crisis with decidedly greater gen- Precisely what this determina- Times) Mahir Ali is a journalist tive moral responsibility, which I during the darkest days of the fam- munities were subjected to geno- don’t equate with collective guilt. ine in Lebanon and Syria. The Rohingya history is a fraught dis- erosity and even the United States tion will lead to beyond the possi- based in Sydney. cide, massacres and expulsion. The And while I don’t believe in inher- death marches in 2015 are not that horrors of 1915 were preceded by ited collective guilt, I do believe that different. The victims today are violent spasms, that spoke of the societies should own their histories. also Christians, Assyrians, and greater annihilation to come; the Those Germans who lived through Yazidis. In 1915 the Yazidis of Sin- Greece: What went wrong? massacre of 20 thousand Arme- the horrors of the Nazi era and its jar Mountains in Iraq were sub- By C J Polychroniou the euro, Greece's political elite took punish the Greek people for bring- [REUTERS] Hence, eurozone nians in Adana in 1909, and the wars and the Holocaust are moral- jected to atrocities at the hands of advantage of the cheap borrowing ing the eurozone to the brink of col- leaders have blocked the release of mass killings of Assyrians during ly responsible for those monstros- the Ottomans and their auxiliaries, Two centuries ago, the celebrated costs and engaged in reckless spend- lapse. Indeed, the policy measures over 7 billion euros ($7.6bn) of the Great War (estimated 200 thou- ities. Societies, should own their his- including the abduction and raping English poet Lord Byron pub- ing, pushing debt and deficits to un- imposed on Greece secured repay- bailout funds for Greece, causing a sands killed), the burning of Smyr- tories good or bad just as individu- of women; a century later ISIS sub- sustainable levels. Greece's econom- ment of the loans and thus kept the huge liquidity crisis, in an attempt lished a poem that aptly captured na (Izmir) once a truly cosmopol- als should own their negative or jected the Yazidis to similar atroc- the contrast between ancient ic growth of the last decade was country from defaulting, but wiped to force the Syriza-led government itan Mediterranean city in 1922, spurred on by bubbles virtually all 20 percent off the national output, to accept a humiliating agreement. positive past. The Turks today are ities. Today, we see the death Greece and the Greece of his own and finally the 1924 Turkish/ time. It included these famous lines: across the economy. Of course, it caused the unemployment rate to But time is running out. Greece is still struggling with the terrible leg- marches in real time and on You- Fair Greece! Sad relic of departed was all done with the help of highly soar to stratospheric levels (between now bust and, as the interior min- Greek population exchange. Today acies of a century ago. And Turkish Tube, and the photos, of the vic- worth! Immortal, though no more! irresponsible European leaders and 27-26 percent), and created a man- ister announced a few days ago, the perpetrators of mass killings, society will remain a torturous one tims of the deliberate famine im- Though fallen, great! One wonders predatory financial institutions. In- made humanitarian crisis. All Greek unable to make payments in June the expulsion of minorities includ- unless it deals openly and critically posed by the Syrian regime on deed, how could anyone lend hun- governments up to early 2015 went to the IMF. The above statement what Byron would think of ing the Christians, Assyrians and with its past. When Turkey does some communities, are not grainy present-day Greece if he were alive dreds of billions of euros to a coun- along willingly with the destruction reveals the truth about the govern- the Yazidis, and those carrying out try that was already posting the of the country as they were politi- ment's financial position, but also that, there will be a collective sigh but sharp and in color. We go back today. For the past five years, sectarian cleansing of Shiites and Greece has experienced an econom- highest debt-to-GDP level in all of cally and ideologically committed to seeks to add a new twist to the of relief. a full century and do we see? The ic and social catastrophe of unpar- Europe, had a political regime that the vision of a neoliberal eurozone. standoff between Greece and its Sunnis in Syria and Iraq, are both As was noted during the con- horrors of our present day. alleled proportions for an ad- was notoriously corrupt, and lacked However, after five years of hard- creditors. To be sure, this tactic the Syrian and Iraqi regimes, as ference post war Germany exor- Living in the past vanced economy in peacetime con- structures and processes of trans- ships, the Greek people voted into was reinforced only yesterday well as sectarian non-state actors cised its Nazi demons openly and Collective memories die hard. parency, democratic accountability, power the Coalition of the Radical with a statement by the Greek fi- ditions. The country is now finan- and/or allies such as Hezbollah, and honestly. But Germany is the ex- Today there is an Assyrian father cially bust, and one step closer to and openness? When it joined the Left (Syriza), which stood against nance minister himself, who said ISIS, among others. euro, Greece's political elite took ad- austerity and the bailout terms. Syr- that "without an agreement, Greece ception. States with dark histories telling his son that his mother was an exit from the eurozone. What Armenians and the legacies of went wrong? How could a nation's vantage of the cheap borrowing costs iza's rise to power came with a clear will not make a payment to the (and most states, particularly old abducted by ISIS and sold to sla- economy that was apparently and engaged in reckless spending, mandate to end austerity, secure a IMF". Indeed, an agreement needs World War I and large ones have such histories) very. There is a Christian mother growing faster in the early to mid- pushing debt and deficits to unsus- debt write-off, and address the hu- to be reached by early June, or Earlier this month, the Brook- rarely engage in self-criticism or telling her daughter that her father 2000s than the economy of any tainable levels. Hardly surprising, manitarian crisis. Four months lat- both Greece and the eurozone are ings Institution in conjunction with apologize to their victims (the in- was killed because he was Chris- therefore, the Greek debt crisis was er, Syriza has not moved an inch headed for uncharted waters. Yet other nation in the eurozone be- the Carnegie Endowment and MIT digenous populations and the de- tian; there is an old Yazidi man still come a basket case in only a few the only real fiscal crisis in all of the closer to realising any of the above the German side appears unwill- Center for InternationalStudies eurozone as the calamities that be- goals partly because it lacks a clear ing to give ground, although Syri- scendants of the slaves in America looking for members of his family years' time and be treated like a held a one day conference to dis- colony by Germany? Greece pres- fell the other peripheral member strategic vision on how to do so, za has already made major com- for example). who were driven out from their sured to cut pensions further In states (Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and but mainly because of the determi- promises on German demands for cuss the Armenians and the lega- A history of violence ancestral villages by the maraud- the course of the rise and fall of Cyprus) were caused by their pri- nation of Greece's lenders not to al- economic reform, including the pri- cies of World War I. We don’t have to go back to ing ISIS killers. But this is no long- nations, internal and external pres- vate banking sector. The crisis in the low the Syriza-led government to vatisation of many assets still left The purpose of the conference as 1915, or the Great War and its af- er a tragic chronicle of the travails rest of the eurozone was a typical challenge austerity and the terms of under state control, a "compro- sures work in tandem - and this is Fiona Hill, the director of the Cen- termath to speak of moral respon- of minorities. The sectarian blood- no different in the case of early banking and financial crisis precipi- the bailout package. Eurozone's eco- mise" that does not sit well with ter on the United States and Eu- tated by the practises of predatory nomic dogma Eurozone has made the very radical elements inside sibility for the killings of millions letting by Sunnis and Shiites and 21st century Greece. Still, most of rope at Brookings said was to try Greece's current problems are of capitalism that the European Union austerity its official economic dog- Syriza. Indeed, at this point in the of civilians in cold blood; Arme- the resulting cleansings encouraged its own creation, although they had fully adopted in the course of ma and the key actors in it (mainly game, one wonders if Germany, in to understand how the debate nians, Assyrians, Yazidis, Greeks, by the Syrian and Iraqi regimes were truly intensified as a result the last two decades. The bailout Germany) want to make sure that particular, would still like to see about the Armenian genocide has Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Jews and oth- have created countless of orphans of its entry into a monetary union package that was put together for grassroot challenges to austerity do Greece remain in the euro.A man- evolved from the context of World ers. In my life time, more than one and widows. And their sad stories Greece in May 2010 by the so- not spread like wildfire to the rest ageable Grexit On the other hand, in which it was not fit to compete. War I to 2015; noting that ‘today Arab leader was accused of com- are being passed to their children, Paternalistic political culture called "troika" of the European of the euro area, although the out- there are many inside Syriza, in- in 2015 we are all bearing witness Commission, International Mone- come of the local elections in Spain cluding influential ministers and mitting war crimes or crimes against who will pass it years later to their Greece's paternalistic political cul- to other atrocities in the Middle ture and thoroughly corrupt pub- tary Fund, and European Central that were held on May 24, as well MPs, who look forward to an exit humanity. I struggled with many own children, creating a hundred lic institutions have hindered sus- Bank was designed primarily in or- as the size of recent street demon- from the eurozone. East…So today’s events in the Arabs when Saddam Hussein’s re- years of cycles of bitter collective tainable economic growth and der to rescue Europe's banks and strations in Portugal and Italy, re- Moreover, they seem to believe, Middle East are creating new trau- gime in Iraq waged a genocidal war memories. And many of these chil- blocked the changes and adjust- prevent the break-up of the euro- veal that the Greek "anti-austerity" as several of them proclaimed at ma and cycles of collective griev- against the Kurds, and committed dren may not be as lucky as I was zone. Punishing the Greek people wave is spreading throughout south- the party's latest central commit- ments that all societies need to ance and recrimination’. atrocities against the Shiites in the and escape those vicious cycles, make in the contemporary world Not only was the bailout package ern Europe. Greek Prime Minister tee meeting held just this past The persistence of collective not meant to rescue the Greek econ- Alexis Tsipras at a meeting at the weekend, that a "Grexit" is quite South including destroying their particularly since there those pol- in order not to remain static and memories backward-looking.When it joined omy, but it's actual intention was to finance ministry in Athens, Greece manageable. way of life and turning their tradi- iticians and intellectuals who em- I was asked to participate in tional wet lands into a desert. There bellish and exaggerate the painful the panel that tried to connect the was no collective outcry in the Arab collective memories for their own horrors of the distant past to the world. There were other atrocities parochial interests. calamities unfolding today in the committed against ethnic and reli- Collective memories of trage- ETTER TO THE EDITOR former Ottoman lands of the Le- gious groups in the Arab world, and dies can have their positive side. vant and Iraq. Its title explains it- they were met with the same col- They can be cathartic. It is impor- self: 2015 and its horrors: a centu- lective silence. tant for the community to honor ry after 1915. I was recruited to Childhood memories and remember its victims, but it is this task because of my writings I grew up close to an Armenian another thing to use their memo- Help Kabul become clean, green on this website, particularly the neighborhood outside Beirut. I went ries for political revenge, or to even one titled ‘The twilight of Middle to school with Armenian kids, and ‘commercialize’ the memories and Eastern Christianity’. I have al- in my early teen years I knew benefit from them, or to embellish Our ancient city, Kabul, is surrounded with several problems. Air pollution, poor canalization system, sub-standard roads, lack of traffic signals ways been intrigued by the power enough Armenians to converse with the tragedy and to perpetuate the and several others are the main hurdles for improvement of this city. of entrenched collective memories, the parents of my Armenian friends aristocracy of pain. Hundreds of buildings have been built out of standards. Their waste water goes nowhere but into streets and also into streams. Some so I chose to address this thorny shopkeepers through water of these streams on roads in order to overcome spreading of the dust outside of their shop but they are unaware of who spoke poor Arabic. The peoples of the Middle the fact that water of the streams double the danger of the dust and also increases the air pollution as water of such streams is full of dangerous issue by fusing my family history, (Elder Armenians would con- East region need to revise their his- elements to human’s health. my upbringing in Beirut and the verse in Turkish, and I was happy tories; and this applies to Arabs, Kabul should become a clean and green city. This requires the cooperation of citizens, government, MPs and media outlets. TV and radio current unraveling of the brittle to enrich my vocabulary of cuss Turks, Iranians, Kurds and Israe- channels should broadcast programs for encouraging the residents to take part in greenery and cleaning of the city. political order that emerged from words by adding to it colorful Turk- lis, to Jews, Muslims and Chris- Mohammad Aziz, Khairkhana, Kabul the wreckage of the Great War. ish ones). tians. The words of Hrant Dink, a I began by saying that I am The horror stories of Armenian Turkish journalist who was assas- not a historian of Turkey or Ar- genocide, that my friends heard sinated in 2007, were invoked dur- menia, but that I am one of those from their parents and relayed to ing the conference. journalists who write the first ten- me, reinforced my ownfamily They were directed to Turks tative drafts of history, before the history of horror emanating from and Armenians. But they are true professional historians botch them the last days of Ottoman rule in to all the peoples of the region and by rewriting them. In 1915 and Lebanon. As I narrated in my arti- they are more relevant today than afterwards, the former lands of the cle about the ‘The twilight of Mid- ever: ‘come; let us first understand Disclaimer: Ottoman Empire went through a dle Eastern Christianity’, my pa- each other. Come; let us first re- historic transformation. ternal grandfather Elias Habib was spect each other’s pain. Come; let The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) The transition, coming after abducted by the Ottoman army and us first let one another live’. It is the western colonial powers im- taken along with thousands of high time to say; enough is enough, and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. pose their new political order, was young able bodied Christian men and never again. difficult, tragic and its wrenching from the Levant to do slave labor in (Courtesy: Al Arabiya) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES Former Vietnam War refugees

ident of the UCSA, said in a state- sympathise ment that there were serious con- cerns within the community. He with migrants added that there are elders who world...pushes them to challenge have “become haggard and de- Vietnamese who took At least 23 South Africans join ISIL, raising concerns of the status quo,” said Moulana pressed, and miserable” because of dangerous sea journey Ebrahim Bham, secretary-general the intention of family members recount their ordeal as of Jamiatul Ulama South Africa, a to join ISIL. recruitment in country, Al Jazeera investigation reveals. Muslim religious body based in Reacting to the latest develop- they show concern for ments, Na’eem Jeenah, director of persecuted Rohingyas the Afro-Middle East Centre, said in Myanmar. that while ISIL recruitment in South Africa is indeed a reality, he cau- Manila: During a sweltering May tioned against linking the greater evening in 1988, a 20-year-old Kieu Muslim community to the group. Phung and five members of her "The concern about South Af- family escaped from Vietnam. ricans trying to join ISIL emanates Kieu's father, a doctor for the from our doubts about the conduct South Vietnamese army, had just of the group," Bham says. "Abus- been released from prison, where es in the name of Islam perpetrat- he had been held since the fall of ed by ISIL have not spared any- Saigon at the end of the Vietnam one, Muslim and non-Muslim war in 1975. Being on the "losing alike." side" of the war, Kieu's family was Jeenah told Al Jazeera that on the communist government's support for ISIL was an aberra- blacklist, and was frequently ha- tion to the deep-seated sense of rassed by the police. She and her belonging among Muslims in siblings were even barred from at- South Africa. tending university, she said. Her “It is clear that the mainstream family had little choice but to leave in the Muslim community, and al- their homeland. Kieu, now a med- most all Muslim organisations ical doctor and wife of Denmark's oppose ISIL and reject - many of ambassador to the Philippines, re- them publicly - ISIL's ideology,” counted her family’s story, as she Jeenah said. expressed misgivings over the On Friday, the country's Ule- treatment of thousands of refugees ma have scheduled a series of ser- who fled Myanmar and Bang- mons warning South Africans ladesh in recent weeks, and are still about ISIL recruitment[AP] lost at sea. She said the ongoing In early April, a 15-year-old ordeal faced by the Rohingya girl was removed from an aircraft brings back memories of her own in Cape Town after police had re- family's experience, when Viet- ceived a tip-off indicating she namese refugees were "pushed might have been headed for ISIL. back into the sea". As leaders of Later that month, another girl was the Asia-Pacific region met on Fri- taken off a plane for the same rea- day in Thailand to discuss the son. State Security have since de- Rohingya migrant crisis, Kieu is nied there was a second incident, adding her voice to the call to save but sources close to the case say the lives of the refugees. "I can un- the girl, who is a minor, was in- derstand how desperate these ref- deed prevented from travelling to ugees feel," she said in an inter- Turkey. Brian Dube, the South Af- view with Al Jazeera. "It's a mat- SOUTH AFRICA: At least 23 Some 14,500 people from all ant capacity. There have, howev- ics of the case, except to note that Johannesburg. Likewise, the Iraqi rican State Security Agency’s ter of life and death." Kieu said South African citizens have trav- over the world have been placed er, been reports of at least two the individuals had returned to ambassador to South Africa, Dr spokesperson said the government other countries in the Asia Pacific elled to Iraq and Syria to join the on a “no fly” list that the Turkish South Africans who died in battle South Africa. Hisham Al Alawi, told Al Jazeera was aware of various forms of re- region can learn from the example Islamic State of Iraq and the Le- government has compiled in con- in Syria. While some reports sug- “We heard of those reports of that the powerful propaganda ma- cruitment taking place across the of the Philippines. "I think it is vant group (ISIL), raising concerns sultation with other governments, gest the men were killed in a car 11 people being brought back. We chine of ISIL puts every commu- country. The problem, however is our obligation to save their lives of recruitment activity among the including South Africa, the official crash in Syria in 2014, relatives of cannot confirm this at this stage,” nity at risk of recruitment. not uniquely South African. Last first. It is not acceptable to push country’s sizeable Muslim com- said. The list is an attempt to im- one of the deceased men confirmed Dube told Al Jazeera earlier this “If we allow this trend to con- month, the Associated Press news them back to sea to die." 'Not des- munity, an Al Jazeera investigation pede volunteer fighters from trav- he had died in combat. Deported month. tinue, it will distort the positive agency revealed that a classified tined to die' On the night Kieu's has revealed. elling to Turkey to enter ISIL-held from Turkey “It is clear that the Meanwhile, the Turkish gov- image that South Africa is known United Nations report had found family escaped, they were joined Various sources have con- territory in Syria. mainstream in the Muslim com- ernment said they remained con- for, the Muslim community is that 15,000 foreign fighters are cur- by 46 other migrants as they firmed with Al Jazeera that at least According to a Jasmine Op- munity, and almost all Muslim or- cerned about foreigners transiting known for,” al Alawi said. Com- rently in Syria and Iraq. While crammed into a 12-metre long car- 23 people, including families with perman, a Cape Town based ana- ganisations oppose ISIL and reject in Turkey to enter ISIL territory, bating propaganda South Africa’s Regulation of For- go boat operated by smugglers. children, have left South Africa to lyst with TRAC, a terrorism re- - many of them publicly - ISIL's but they were not particularly con- In efforts to combat ISIL pro- eign Military Assistance Act for- The deck was so crowded that join ISIL over the past year. At search and consultant consortium, ideology Na'eem Jeenah, Afro- cerned with ISIL recruits from paganda, the United Ulema Coun- bids citizens from participating in there was only enough space to least eight families are believed to there are three categories of South Middle East Centre Brian Dube, South Africa. cil of South Africa (UCSA), an military activities abroad, South sit, Kieu said. One pregnant wom- be among the recruits. Africans currently travelling to spokesperson for South African “We are, after all, dealing with umbrella body of Muslim organi- African mercenaries are well an was allowed to lie down, she Some of the affected families Syria. state security in Pretoria, declined thousands of fighters from some sations in the country, has issued known to be active in Somalia, reminisces. During the first day of have reacted with shock and con- She said there are those look- to comment on the number of South 90 countries,” the official said. a national khutbah, or sermon, “en- Nigeria, Afghanistan and Iraq their journey, they had a bowl of fusion to the defection of their rel- ing to assist with the humanitarian Africans who travelled to Syria to Muslims comprise just 1.5 couraging Muslims to be wary of while, South Africans with dual rice to eat, but that did not go far atives. An official in the Turkish emergencies of refugees, others join ISIL over the past year, but percent of South Africa’s popula- recruitment activities of the ISIL Israeli citizenship have also been and they were forced to subsist on foreign ministry, who asked to re- seeking to assist ISIL in bolstering did admit “online recruitment was tion and feature prominently in group in South Africa”. noted to have actively participat- candies and lemons. Water was ra- main anonymous because they are its administration and emergency taking place, among other things public life in the country. Religious The sermon, scheduled for Fri- ed in battle for the Israeli army. tioned, and each passenger got one not authorised to speak to the services and a final group of peo- [that] targeted young people”. leaders, however, say that the con- day, is the latest in a series of pub- While several warnings have been sip each day from a container that media, confirmed that around a ple, who travel with the express The South African State Secu- flict in the Middle East has affect- lic lectures and messages dissemi- issued against South Africans fight- smelled of gasoline. Every day that dozen South Africans were de- intention of joining the war. rity agency would neither confirm ed the morale of young Muslims nated by Muslim organisations ing abroad, to date, no South Afri- passed by drifting at sea, they be- tained and subsequently deported Most South Africans, who trav- nor deny the April deportations, in the country. against ISIL, as fears over the in- can has been tried for being in con- came more desperate, Kieu said. to South Africa for attempting to el to ISIL-held territory, Opper- and lawyers close to the case “The desire to do something fluence of ISIL in the country grow. travention of this law. "We had many children in the boat. reach ISIL territory last month. man said, do so in a non-combat- would not comment on the specif- meaningful to change the Sheikh Ihsaan Taliep, the pres- (AL JAZEERA) My sister, who was 13, had a fe- ver and she was severely dehydrat- ed. We were so thirsty, so we took the [salt] water from the sea just Magazine: The girls of the Lord’s Resistance Army to cool off our mouth." Through- out the trip, many large ships that passed by rejected their cries for These are lines from a poem writ- so I was now a rebel wife." "He many times that price. "Life is hard help, Kieu said. But somehow, she ten by Betty Ejang, a former child blamed me, saying that I was re- now," she says. "I have no man to did not lose hope, and she felt that soldier with the Lord's Resistance sponsible for my abduction be- support me. I'm often not paid on she "was not destined to die". Army (LRA). Thanks to the infa- cause I always made myself smart time and yet my children have to "Throughout the trip, many large mous KONY 2012 campaign you and wanted to look beautiful." The eat, and I have to pay rent and ships that passed by rejected their probably now know that the LRA 42-year-old says she is now by medical bills." Agnes Akello: 'When cries for help, Kieu said. But some- abducted more than 30,000 chil- herself. "I can't even farm my own the spirits come' Agnes Akello how, she did not lose hope, and dren from their Ugandan homes in little plot of land now because of still bears machete scars on her she felt that she “was not destined a conflict that spanned two de- the chest pain I now have from shoulder and abdomen [Marc Elli- to die.” [Photo courtesy: Kieu cades. You will have heard how my wounds," she says. "I'm just son] The impatient spirits don't Phung ] ‘Original exodus’ Like these boys and girls – some as doing my best to try and survive." wait until night to haunt Agnes Kieu’s family, John Vien The young as six – were beaten, raped Lily Aketowang: 'I feel like killing Akello – they come for her as she Nguyen, a reverend, and his fami- and forced to loot and kill. A child- myself' Lily Aketowang was left sweeps her compound under a blis- ly also left Vietnam, during the hood interrupted, a childhood lost. for dead after being shot in the leg tering Ugandan sun. The presence "original exodus" in 1975, when the But having worked with more during battle [Marc Ellison] Lily of the spirits – or cen in the Luo war in Vietnam was still raging. As than 40 female former child sol- Aketowang lived with the LRA for dialect – triggers flashbacks to her they were leaving the country, diers since 2011, I can tell you that a mercifully short time. But, she five years with the LRA. One Nguyen, then 11 years old, remem- is not the whole story. says, those two weeks changed her moment she's approached by a bered that the propeller of the boat More than a quarter – approx- life forever. Left for dead after be- dreadlocked soldier who handcuffs they were on, got snagged in steel imately 8,000 – of these abduct- ing shot in the leg during battle, her with coarse rope; the next she cable, and took "hours" to untan- ees were young girls like Betty. she was later found by the Ugan- shoots a fleeing man through the gle. "Meanwhile the shelling was Contrary to the popularised im- dan army. As she shifts position chest; then she caves in the head all around us, and there were a lot age of the child soldier as a teenage on her rickety wooden chair, her of a baby. Her body begins to shake of people killed. I remember the boy gripping a Kalashnikov, fe- scarred and misshapen right shin- and her heart races. When she waves were pretty bad, and I went male abductees also fought in the bone is visible. Thirteen years on, comes round, she crawls into the to the front of the ship just to feel conflict, sometimes running into she says her leg still causes her shade of her hut, curls into a foetal the waves, although I didn’t know battle with their babies strapped great pain and she can barely walk. ball, and prays herself to sleep. how to swim," he said. After three to their backs. But unable to afford even the bus Agnes' story is fairly typical of days in the rough seas, a barge, al- But the biggest misconception fare to the nearest health centre, those abducted by the LRA. She ready carrying "thousands" of surrounding Ugandan child soldiers she cannot contemplate paying for was taken by the rebel army in people, rescued them. That barge is that their struggles ended when the painkillers she so desperately 1999 when she was just 18, wit- was then towed to a US ship, they were able to escape the LRA. needs. Her husband rejected her nessing the murder of her father where they joined thousands of Although the guns have been si- upon her return, calling her a "rebel and brother before being forced to other rescued refugees. "When we lent in Uganda for more than half a whore". She's now forced to do march for miles carrying heavy lug- other 'wives'," she says. "I was told ting used to life at home but when parents took care of them. It is the arrived, the first thing I recalled was decade, many female former child manual labour on other people's gage. Anyone who complained was I was too young to do anything. things get hard, I sometimes feel children that make my life feel ru- eating one fourth of an apple, and soldiers have been unable to rein- land in order to feed her two sons. beaten or killed. Fifteen years on, But I was then given as a 'wife' that I would be good if I was in the ined." Betty Ejang: 'She was my taking a shower from a faucet," said tegrate fully into their communi- "Now when I first wake up every she still bears machete scars on her when I was 12 – if you refuse, they bush because I had power and ac- friend but if I had refused, they Nguyen, whose family were shel- ties. Often returning home HIV- day, I feel like killing myself," she shoulder and abdomen where she will kill you," she explains. Mary cess to whatever I wanted," she would have killed me' Betty Ejang tered at the US naval base in Subic positive and bearing the physical says. Jennifer Apio: 'My parents was hacked at with a panga for is now back in her old community says. "In the bush with the LRA was 13 years old when she was in northern Philippines, before and mental scars of conflict, they feared I would try to kill them' dropping a load she was carrying. of Olupe, but her mother refuses you could get what you want from abducted. She was one of Joseph they were transferred to Guam and face stigma and poverty. Rose Jennifer Apio was abducted by the She says she was only made to be to let her live in the family com- people because you have a gun – Kony's 'wives' for four years be- finally resettled in the US main- Achayo, former child soldier, pulls LRA when she was just 14 years a 'wife', but over the course of our pound. " Last year she tried to but here I do not have a gun. In the fore finally escaping. "Some of us land. Later, as a student for Cath- down the front of her dress to re- old [Marc Ellison] Jennifer Apio conversation she hints at being come back and the community bush we were free to do anything were ordered to help kill my friend olic priesthood in the US, Nguyen veal a series of scars that mark her holds baby Mao as she prepares forced to kill. Government forces chased her away," Mary's mother we want without much control." who was overheard talking about would return to the Philippines to chest [Marc Ellison] At the end of dinner for her family in Gulu town, finally rescued her in 2005, but she explains. "If she comes back to live, Abducted when she was 19, she escaping," she explains. "We were volunteer at a Vietnamese refugee our hour-long interview, Rose northern Uganda. She was abduct- still suffers from PTSD today. people have said they will burn spent three-and-a-half years with asked to each pick a different part camp in island of Palawan between Achayo motions to me that she ed by the LRA when she was just Mary: 'If you refuse, they will kill her in our hut alive. They don't the LRA as a porter, babysitter and of her body, like the arm. They 1983 and 1984. And for the last wants to show me something. The 14 years old and given as a 'wife' you' Abducted when she was just want her here because they believe fighter. She was never officially then gave us machetes and told us three years, he has been back in former child soldier pulls down the to an LRA commander. When she six years old, Mary spent 11 years she took part in a massacre and given as a 'wife', but says she was to cut it into pieces. I really cried the same island, serving as a priest front of her dress to reveal a series was rescued by Ugandan army in the bush with the LRA [Marc participated in slaughtering peo- raped by one commander. Since because she was my friend but if I to do a "partial repayment of the of dark scars that mark her chest. troops two years later, she re- Ellison] Outwardly Mary ap- ple. Even now though, when Mary returning she says she has been had refused, they would have kindness" the Philippines showed She says members of the LRA cut turned to Gulu with her daughter, pears like any other 21-year-old. comes to visit, people threaten to stigmatised by her community and killed me." At the end of our inter- to the Vietnamese refugees. Nguy- her with a bayonet when she but was spurned by her family. She's vivacious, full of life and al- put petrol on my doors and burn that people shout insults at her as view, Betty casually mentions that en said that he was "extremely hap- dropped a heavy load of rice she "My parents feared I would try to ways smiling. But that smile van- me alive." Alice Oyella: 'In the bush she waits in line at the borehole. she has written poems about her py" to learn that the Philippine had been carrying for many miles. kill them in the night," she says. ishes when she talks about her life I had power' Alice Oyella spent Her past has also impacted her experiences. She says they are a government said it would not turn Rose is a three-time victim: torn "And my older brother said he since she was abducted by the three-and-a-half years with the ability to find a husband. " When I form of catharsis for her – a way away Rohingya refugees, if they away from her home by the LRA didn't want his children hanging LRA. She looks down at the floor, LRA as a porter, babysitter and came back home a boy seduced me of dealing with the mental trauma made it to the Philippine shores. rebels; forced to be a 'wife' in the around me in case they too became away from the camera, and re- fighter [Marc Ellison] Alice Oyel- and I had two children with him," she still grapples with years after 'Palawanese' It was also at the Pal- bush, and now stigmatised by her a prostitute." Having only had a sponds haltingly about the prob- la is a woman of contradictions : Alice says. "Later he started call- the guns were silenced. This story awan refugee camp, where Kieu community and even her family brief, interrupted education, Jen- lems still facing her seven years haunted nightly by the spirits of ing me a rebel and [saying] that I'm first appeared in the August 2014, Phung's family disembarked, as upon return. nifer says there are limited oppor- after her return. Abducted when those she killed and clearly still haunted by the spirits of those I issue of the Al Jazeera Magazine. they awaited for their asylum pa- "My husband did not want me tunities for former combatants like she was just six years old, Mary traumatised, she nevertheless says killed. He no longer wants to be For more compelling human sto- pers to Canada. By then, it was as a wife again when I came home," herself. She makes about $10 a spent 11 years in the bush with she misses the elevated status she with me …. I came home and ig- ries, download it here for iPads only the Philippines that allowed says Rose. "He would tell me the week knitting dolls for a local NGO the LRA. "Initially I was a enjoyed as part of the LRA's elite nored our children. I wanted to and iPhones and here for An- entry of Vietnamese refugees. rebels had already slept with me – dolls which are sold online for babysitter to the children of the Chapu battalion."Now I am get- throw them in a pit latrine so my droid devices. (AL JAZEERA) This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES US economy contracts Pak’s Privatisation Commission appoints in first quarter; dollar financial advisers for seven power firms hurts corporate profits

much lower than Rs365.5 million quoted by the consortium of Guernsey, which included AKD Securities, for Hesco. JS Global will receive approximately Rs123.4 million for advisory ser- vices for the Sukkur power distri- bution company, much lower than Rs362.7 million quoted by the consortium of Guernsey. The government will pay about Rs211.5 million to JS Glo- bal against Rs453.8 million quot- ed by the consortium of Guernsey for the Quetta power distribution company. For the privatisation of Lakhra Power Generation Company, four parties had submitted technical and financial bids. These included the consortium of JS Global, consor- tium of Bridge Factor, consortium of Guernsey and consortium of UBL and Ernst and Young (EY). However, the consortium of JS Global scored the highest with 95.9 points, followed by UBL-EY con- sortium with 90.9 points. The gov- WASHINGTON : The U.S. econ- higher, while the dollar was large- ernment will pay Rs104.1 million omy contracted in the first quarter ly unchanged against a basket of in consultancy fee to the top- as it buckled under the weight of currencies. Stocks on Wall Street ranked consortium. unusually heavy snowfalls, a re- fell. Apart from the statistical The PC board approved the surgent dollar and disruptions at quirk, the economy, which expand- consortium of National Bank of West Coast ports, but activity al- ed at a 2.2 percent pace in the Pakistan, MAS Clear Sight, Bridge ready has rebounded modestly. fourth quarter, was hammered by Factor and Topline Securities for The government on Friday a sharp decline in investment the privatisation of Peshawar Elec- slashed its gross domestic prod- spending in the energy sector as tricity Supply Company. The uct estimate to show GDP shrink- companies such as Schlumberger government will pay Rs150.8 mil- ing at a 0.7 percent annual rate in- (SLB.N) and Halliburton (HAL.N) lion in consultancy fee to Bridge stead of the 0.2 percent growth responded to the plunge in crude Factor. pace it estimated last month. oil prices. Six consortia had submitted A larger trade deficit and a Spending on mining explora- technical and financial bids for fi- smaller accumulation of invento- tion, shafts and wells plunged at a nancial advisory services for the ries by businesses than previous- 48.6 percent pace in the first quar- ISLAMABAD: As power sector’s for the privatisation of Lakhra the timeframe has now been After Fesco, the Lahore Electric privatisation of Central Power ly thought accounted for much of ter, the largest drop since the sec- privatisation programme moves Power Generation Company and pushed to the end of December. Supply Company and Islamabad Generation Company. The PC the downward revision. There was ond quarter of 2009. ahead painstakingly, the Privatisa- Central Power Generation Com- There were delays in seeking the Electric Supply Company are the board approved the consortium of also a modest downward revision Economists estimate unusual- tion Commission (PC) board on pany. In October 2013, the Cabi- National Electric Power Regulato- next in line. The PC board on Fri- United Bank Limited, Ernst and to consumer spending. ly heavy snowfalls in February Friday approved the award of sev- net Committee on Privatisation ry Authority’s (Nepra) approval day approved the appointment of Young, Lahmeyer Group, Pakistan With growth estimates for the chopped at least one percentage en contracts for financial advisory had approved an early implemen- for multi-year tariffs and conduct- a top-ranked consortium of JS Engineering Services (Private) Lim- second quarter currently around 2 point from growth. services for selling five power dis- tation of the privatisation pro- ing technical due diligence of Fes- Global as financial adviser for the ited, Haider Mota BNR and Ex- percent, the economy appears Trade was hit both by the tribution and two power genera- gramme designed for 39 public sec- co, said PC Chairman Mohammad Hyderabad, Sukkur and Quetta celerate with a score of 91.72. It poised for its worst first-half per- strong dollar and the ports labor tion companies. A consortium led tor enterprises (PSEs). These in- Zubair while talking to The Ex- power distribution companies. will charge a fee of Rs226.6 mil- formance since 2011. The econo- dispute, which weighed on exports by Jehangir Siddiqui (JS) Global cluded nine power distribution press Tribune. He said the issues JS Global, with Fieldstone and lion. The second-ranked consor- my's recovery from the 2007-2009 through the quarter and then un- bagged four contracts, outbidding companies and four power gener- had been resolved and the compa- Burj Bank as partners, also grabbed tium of JSGCL, FieldStone and financial crisis has been erratic. leashed a flood of imports in its competitor – AKD Securities’ ation companies. The privatisation ny would be sold by December. In the contract for advisory services Burj Capital had quoted Rs132.7 Weak data on consumer senti- March after it was resolved. consortium. The PC board ap- of power companies is said to be order to make it attractive for pro- for the sale of Lakhra Power Gen- million in fee but lost to the top- ment and factory activity in the That resulted in a trade deficit proved financial advisers for the more complex and faces almost spective buyers, Nepra would ap- eration Company. It will get ranked consortium with a thin Midwest on Friday suggested that that subtracted 1.90 percentage privatisation of Hyderabad, Suk- similar issues. The government prove a five-year tariff plan, he said. Rs580.3 million in consultancy fee margin. Its cumulative score was while the economy has pulled out points from GDP, the largest drag kur, Quetta, Peshawar and Mul- wanted to first privatise Faisala- “To address employee concerns, a for the four companies. 90.29, just 1.43 points less than of its first-quarter soft patch, the in 31 years, instead of the 1.25 tan power distribution companies. bad Electric Supply Company ministerial committee is also ne- The government will pay a fee that got by the UBL-EY consor- growth pace was modest early in percentage points reported last It also awarded advisory contracts (Fesco) by August this year, but gotiating with the labour union.” of Rs141.3 million to JS Global, tium. the second quarter. That mirrored month. other recent soft data on retail sales The GDP report also showed and industrial production. after-tax corporate profits declined But reports on housing and 8.7 percent. That was the largest business spending plans have in- drop in a year and the second quar- dicated momentum could be build- terly fall, as the strong dollar bur- ing, which would keep the Federal dened multinational corporations Reserve on track to raise interest and oil prices hurt domestic firms. rates later this year. Multinationals like Microsoft Economists caution against Corp (MSFT.O), household prod- reading too much into the slump ucts maker Procter & Gamble Co in output. They argue the GDP (PG.N) and healthcare conglomer- Turkish authorities announced figure for the first quarter was held ate Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) they had taken control of the coun- down by a confluence of tempo- have warned the dollar will hit sales try's 10th largest lender, Bank rary factors, including a problem and profits this year. Aysa, which is linked to an ally- with the model the government Unlike 2014, when growth turned-foe of President Recep uses to smooth the data for sea- snapped back quickly after a dis- Tayyip Erdogan, U.S.-based cler- sonal fluctuations. mal first quarter, the dollar and in- ic Fethullah Gulen. Economists, including those at vestment cuts by energy compa- In a statement, the Banking the San Francisco Federal Reserve nies continue to hamstring Regulation and Supervision Agen- Bank, have cast doubts on the ac- activity.But growth could acceler- cy said it had handed over the reins curacy of GDP estimates for the ate as the year progresses. of the bank to the state-run Sav- first quarter, which have tended to The value of inventory accu- ings Deposit Insurance Fund show weakness over the last sev- mulated in the first quarter was (TMSF) eight days before legisla- eral years. They argued the so- revised down to an increase of $95 tive elections on June 7. called seasonal adjustment is not billion from the lofty $110.3 bil- Justifying its move, the watch- fully stripping out seasonal pat- lion rise reported last month. dog said "problems" in the bank's terns, leaving "residual" seasonali- That meant inventories con- activities through its "financial ty. The government said last week tributed 0.33 percentage point to structure, partners and the com- it was aware of the potential prob- GDP instead of the previously re- position of its board of directors lem and was working to minimize ported 0.74 percentage point, sug- constituted a danger... to the con- it. "Obviously the economy is gesting warehouses are not bulg- fidence and stability of the finan- weaker than we would like it to ing with unwanted merchandise cial system". be, but the first quarter overstates and businesses have latitude to The Turkish government ini- that," said Robert Dye, chief econ- order more goods from factories. tiated the move against the Islamic omist at Comerica in Dallas. "We're While consumer spending, lender, founded by Gulen's follow- going see enough growth to keep which accounts for more than two- ers in 1996, in February. job creation in place and allow the thirds of U.S. economic activity, At the time, the TMSF took Fed to maintain their lift-off sched- was revised down by one-tenth of 63 percent of Bank Asya shortly ule for September." a percentage point to a 1.8 percent after the BDDK ruled in favour of When measured from the in- rate, it could finally get a lift from its seizure, and sacked the entire come side, the economy expanded the considerable savings house- existing management team, citing a at a 1.4 percent rate in the first holds amassed because of cheaper lack of transparency. A new board quarter. A measure of domestic gasoline. of directors was appointed. demand growth was revised up Personal savings increased at The management called the came his nemesis over a corruption scandal at the end of 2013. Since then, Erdogan has ordered huge purges of alleged Gulen supporters in the slightly and business spending on a robust $726.4 billion pace. "The decision "illegal", while the oppo- police, judiciary and civil service after government ministers and his own family were implicated in what was country's largest ever corruption equipment was much stronger than outlook for the economy is very sition denounced the swoop as a scandal. The Turkish imam lives in the U.S. and runs an influential network of schools, charities and organisations based in Turkey and around the previously estimated, taking some encouraging," said Paul Ashworth, scandal. An ally of Erdogan's when world. Erdogan has accused Gulen and his supporters of setting up a "parallel state" to concoct the graft scandal and spread leaks in social media edge off the slump in output. chief U.S. economist at Capital he took office in 2002, Gulen be- to topple his government. U.S. Treasuries were trading Economics in Toronto.

NEW YORK: Shares of U.S. au- boost demand for sports utility and Ford appear undervalued at tomakers may finally be able to vehicles and trucks, which have current levels. GM's forward accelerate. higher price tags and better mar- price-to-earnings ratio is 7.62, well Investors are closely awaiting gins. There is also pent-up demand below the S&P 500's 17.4 ratio, next week's May sales data, ex- for new vehicles as consumers while Ford's P/E is 8.77, according pected to come in near record lev- have been holding on to their cars to Thomson Reuters data. Both els. Meeting those forecasts could for longer since the financial crisis. also rank among the cheapest S&P be enough to lift the sector - among The average age of U.S. cars is now 500 stocks per StarMine's intrin- the cheapest in the market - put- between 10 and 11 years, Kudla sic value, which looks at anticipat- ting the sting of product recalls and said. The timing of the Memorial ed growth over the next decade. tepid recent growth in the rear view Day holiday also helped May GM is the fourth-cheapest stock mirror. sales, according to Jessica Cald- in the S&P by this metric, with Estimated sales of 1.6 million well, senior analyst at StarMine estimating that shares new cars and trucks in May would Edmunds.com in Santa Monica, should trade at $81.69, more than make for a seasonally-adjusted California.“Because there was a twice its Thursday closing price annual rate of 17.4 million vehi- full week of May after the holiday of $36.39. StarMine calculates that cles, according to Edmunds.com, a weekend, shoppers had plenty of Ford is the 10th cheapest stock in car buying platform. time to take advantage of the deals the S&P, and that it would need to "This is going to be one of the being widely communicated in rise 79 percent to meet its intrin- best months ever," said David dealer and automaker marketing sic value. Despite that, shares of Kudla, chief investment strategist messages,” Caldwell said. Credit Ford are down 1.7 percent in 2015, of Mainstay Capital Management for auto loans is expanding, a pos- underperforming the S&P's 2.6 in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Kudla itive sign for the sector, noted Jack percent rise. GM is up 3 percent sees May sales approaching $40 Ablin, chief investment officer at on the year, thanks largely to a $5 billion, not far from the $40.3 bil- BMO Private Bank in Chicago. billion stock buyback program an- lion record in August 2014. "The strong dollar created a head- nounced in March. While auto Weak auto results contribut- wind, and GM had some high-pro- stocks could rally if the sales come ed to flat overall retail sales in April, file product recalls, but given cur- in as expected, it could spell bad could nudge the U.S. Federal Reserve into raising interest rates more quickly that is currently anticipated. Most analysts expect the first rate hike but May is expected to represent rent trends, I would expect sales news for the broader market, as to come later this year, but opinions are split on whether it will occur in September or December. "Good data would make the Fed raise rates sooner. a rebound. Lower gas prices could growth to continue." Both GM any sign of consumer strength I believe the stock market would sell off (on strong auto data) because it would shorten that timeline," said Battle who expects a rate hike in the fall. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES These Bollywood actors have no qualms about playing ON-SCREEN PARENT As Aamir Khan gears up to por- tray a 55-year-old with four adult daughters in his next, we list other A-list Bollywood actors who had fone is to mobile network providers what Nando's is to the no issues playing papa to grown- restaurant arena — their marketing is brilliant, witty and far ups on reel. Aamir Khan. How- Usuperior than the rest. It's no shocker that their new commercial ever, things seem to be changing starring the versatile Sanam Saeed and the handsome Mikaal Zulfiqar is with several A-listers opening up a hoot. That starts off as a typical TVC will catch you by surprise just to the idea of playing father to teen- 14 seconds into it. Sanam plays the role of a seemingly meek housewife, agers and adults. They do not mind who turns into a wifezilla when her husband asks her to account for the acting their age or essaying even money he gave her last week - something many women can relate to. an older character if that is what Is there anything that Taylor Swift world with her fantastically hon- her fans on her various social me- According to this list, the the script demands. Aamir Khan, cannot do? Now, at 25 years old, est lyrics, but she has proven her- dia accounts, mentioning that this world’s most powerful woman is who is currently prepping for she has become the youngest self as an impressive businesswom- has helped her to re-define the term German Chancellor Angela Mer- Dangal, will be seen playing father woman ever to be included on the an.” The publication went on to “celebrity”. kel followed in second place by The ‘Sounds of to four grown-up girls in the film Forbes list of The World’s 100 describe her as a “bona fide cross- It also cited her decision to pull Hilary Clinton. Michelle Obama inspired by wrestling coach Ma- Most Powerful Women. genre, global megastar”, citing the her music from the streaming ser- is in tenth place on the list and havir Singh Phogat, who trained According to Forbes, the sing- success of her album 1989, her third vice Spotify, which had sparked Queen Elizabeth II is at 41. The Kolachi’ reverberate three Commonwealth Games gold er-songwriter features at number consecutive release to sell one mil- immense controversy at the time. list also includes Oprah Winfrey medalists - his daughters Geeta and 64 in the list released on Tuesday lion copies in its first week alone. “There’s no denying that she’s one (at 12), Beyonce (at 21), Angelina Babita Kumari as well as niece because she “has not only broken The magazine also credited her of the most significant cultural in- Jolie (at 54) and Bangladeshi prime Vinesh. The star has four different record sales and captivated the for interacting quite actively with fluencers of our time,” Forbes said. minister Shaikh Hasina (at 59). looks in Dangal, one of which is of a 55-year-old man. And consider- ing the age, he will have silver streaks in his hair. hitlist focuses on other actors who don't mind Funny or not? Gaga to start clothing playing parent to grown-ups... Ajay Devgn, 46 His last two films, Action Jackson and Singham line for pups Returns, may have depicted him Salman Khan jokes as a volatile character bulldozing anything and everything that dares br/> The 29-year-old singer has pets and their owners to bond! I to cross his path. Ajay Devgn will ABOUT JAIL TIME announced that she will be love to eat while I sketch my ideas have the 20-something Ishita Dut- designing "creative and functional for the fashionable puppy line I'm ta (right) as his elder daughter in ways for pets and their owners to starting! (sic)." br/> Later on, the Drishyam In his upcoming film bond" via her and her fiance Taylor "Born this way" hitmaker posted Drishyam, which is the remake of Kinney's puppy Asia's Instagram an image of Asia wearing a dress a 2014 Malayalam film of the same account, reports femalefirst.co.uk. that protects her against her "skin name, Devgn turns emotional. He br/> Along with an image of and food allergies". br/> She wrote: not only plays father to two girls the little pug surrounded by "In the afternoon, I go for a ride. I (essayed by newcomers Ishita Dutta and Mrinal Jadhav), but is sketches and a platter of dog treats, have SKIN & FOOD Gaga wrote: "I get hooked up with ALLERGIES, so I'm an expert in KARACHI: Although the country incorporating it into our ensem- out to save his family from falling is brimming with musical talent, ble,” he said. He also hinted that into a trap. The actor apparently Sounds of Kolachi’s distinctive Sounds of Kolachi is looking to- had no qualms playing daddy due sound sets it apart. The band, re- wards collaborating with renowned to the compelling script of the nowned for its experimental mu- musicians on their upcoming sin- emotional thriller. Shriya Saran, sic, has gradually started to devel- gles. Describing the band in detail, who will be seen on screen after a op a cult following of its own. the frontman revealed that al- hiatus, plays Devgn's wife. Anil Speaking to The Express Tribune, though the size of the group con- Kapoor, 58 Ahsan Bari, who is the co-produc- tinues to swell, with around 22 The fit-as-a-fiddle star has er and instrumentalist for the band, members now, the core formation hardly aged since the '90s, when revealed how the success of one of will continue to remain the same. he romanced Madhuri Dixit and their recent releases , Allah Hi “We used to be around 14 band Sridevi. He may be in his late 50s, Is he covering up his embarrass- a little impromptu performance of Dega, has forced them to consider members, but now the size of the but could pass off as a 30-some- ment or is he genuinely remorse- the song 'Hangover' from Kick. shooting for a music video, slated group has increased. Just the choir thing guy-Arjun Kapoor had once less? Either way, Salman Khan Although his last song was in to release around Eidul Fitr this for the group comprises around said that his Anil chachu could play hasn't lost many fans, if scenes poor taste, his fans lapped it up. year. “Noticing how popular Al- eight people but, despite this, the his on-screen brother to conviction. from the Arab Indo Bollywood The Dabangg star was greeted lah Hi Dega had become after it core formation stays as it is,” he Anil Kapoor (centre) features Awards in Dubai are to be believed. by his deafening screams when he went viral on social media web- said. The seven main members of in Dil Dhadakne Do as Priyanka When Khan handed over the waded through the crowd with his sites, such as Facebook, we have the group include him, Sameer Chopra and Ranveer Singh's father award for best debut director to swarm of black-suited men to get decided to shoot a music video for Ahmed Bakhtiari (bass guitar), Gul Anil took everyone by sur- Sajid Nadiadwala, the director said to his seat. His arrival on foot came the song in the coming month,” he Muhammad (sarangi), Waqas Hus- prise when he greenlighted Zoya making Kick was so nerve-wrack- as a surprise to many, as Khan was said. According to Bari, the music sain (sitar) and Quaid Ahmed, Na- Akhtar's Dil Dhadakne Do in ing that he probably won’t be earlier said to be sailing into the video will be different from the tasha Beyg and M Ghazanfar (vo- which he plays father to two of making another film for the next awards arena atop a hot air bal- videos being released these days. cals). Bollywood's reigning stars - Priy- the finest in puppy products, so I the most PROTECTIVE, anka Chopra (32) and Ranveer five to six years. “That’s because I loon. Also read: What, me, jail? Sal- really have a knack for what's COMFY, & STYLISH FABRICS In fact, it will be more of a “short But for now, Bari is ensuring have no dates available,” Khan man proves his brush with prison story.” On what the band has in that their audiences walk away Singh (29). He even sports salt- quality. My vision is to find FOR DOGS. Sometimes even store for the audience apart from from their concerts with a great and-pepper hair in the film to look quipped, referring to his recently hasn't fazed him creative and functional ways for Mommy's jealous of my looks." the music video, Bari said that al- experience and is considering the like a daddy. Reportedly, his wife suspended sentence in a hit-and- “You see that thing behind though there are no plans to re- possibility of transforming live Sunita was taken aback when he run case. Also read: Salman Khan you?,” he asked the audience prior lease an album, audiences should performances into an audio-visual agreed to take up the role. All these gets brief respite as court suspends to his performance. “It was taking expect a lot of new stuff coming experience. “I want our concerts years, Anil always enacted char- his sentence me half an hour to climb into that their way. “We don’t want to stick to have audio-visual experiences acters far younger to his real age. Khan, who requires permis- basket and then climbing out. I felt Kate Moss feels she’s as to one type of sound and want to similar to the performances by While Priyanka feels he is Bolly- sion from a Mumbai court to leave it was a total waste of time”. play around with other genres of Roger Waters and Pink Floyd, as wood's answer to Hollywood hot- India, also danced to the songs Well, if nothing else, it seems music. I also want to experiment they would include visuals to en- tie George Clooney, Ranveer con- 'Mashallah' (Ek Tha Tiger) and his recent brush with jail has taught famous as Katie Price siders him as his 'bro'. with electronic music and keen on gage the crowd.” 'Fevicol Se' (Dabangg 2), and gave Khan some consideration for time. Supermodel Kate Moss says her popularity equals that of reality TV stars Kerry Katona and Katie Nargis the Price. Whoa! At last Sonakshi's dream Despite being one of the world's most in-demand and new spy highest-paid supermodels, Moss considers herself to just be a normal TURNS INTO A REALITY? British girl who has made a success babe of of her chosen career -- just like Katona and Price, reports Bollywood? Sonakshi Sinha says she always femalefirst.co.uk. dreamt of performing like a "rock- Moss says she's never been star" in front of a live audience, allowed to become arrogant because and her singing act at the forth- she's "from Croydon and if you coming 16th edition of the three- day International Indian Film Acad- get above your station someone emy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards will f***ing knock you down". in June, will fulfil her dream. "Especially when my mum is my mum and my dad is my dad of fame, Moss replied: "There has "I'm all set for IIFA. I always been loads. Kerry Katona, Katie had this 'rockstar' dream in my life and my brother is my brother. You that I am singing at a concert... and can't go around with airs and graces Price." Revealing how she reacts this is going to be as close to it as at all and I would never want to," to her billboard campaigns, she possible. In a way, my dream is she said in a video interview, added: "Sometimes I'm still like, coming true. So, yes, I am very featuring her being questioned by 'Ooh look there's me.' I'm never like, excited," the "Dabangg" actress photographer Nick Knight. 'Wow look at me on the bus.' You told IANS on the sidelines of the When asked if there are many have to be a bit grounded about announcement of the seventh edi- other celebrities with the same level things like that." tion of BMW India Bridal Fash- ion Week here on Friday. The actress, who is working The gorgeous Nargis Fakhri at- hard on A.R. Murugadoss's Here's what Sonam tended the premiere of her upcom- "Akira", has been named the face ing Hollywood film 'Spy' in Lon- of the five-day fashion extravagan- don recently and she was definite- za, which will start here on July has to say to her ly a sight to behold. Dressed in an 15. Meanwhile, Sonakshi is excit- elegant red gown by Monisha Jais- ed to head out to Kuala Lumpur, ing paired with nude Louboutins, Malaysia, where the IIFA celebra- FASHION CRITICS she had her hair tied up for a sexy- tions will begin on June 5. natural look. Sonakshi will perform at IIFA Remember the dress that Sonam After turning heads with her Rocks, an exclusive musical extrav- mann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra, on the starting day. She will also lend her energy and grace to a live act Kapoor wore to Cannes that was bold avatar in London, the talent- aganza, hosted by actors Ayush- on the concluding awards night on June 7. panned by Twitterati? Sonam has ed lady will soon be taking off to finally responded to the memes New York City to attend the pre- created on the outfit and here's miere of the film there along with what she has to say: the rest of the cast and we can't "I felt like a princess just so wait to see what she surprises us Iggy Azalea cancels tour you know!" read Sonam Kapoor's with at this premiere. post on her Twitter and Instagram 'Spy' will see Nargis in a com- inger Iggy Azalea has report around Iggy's new record to be re- accounts. The actress sportingly pletely new look and her action edly cancelled her upcoming leased in 2016 and we apologise shared a collage of the memes sequence has already created quite SNorth American Great Es- for any inconvenience." made on her dress and commented a buzz worldwide. Her screen pres- cape Tour after postponing it in The "Pretty girls" hitmaker that it was hilarious. ence is definitely something to March. first announced she was postpon- Here's what Sonam Kapoor has watch out for, with her effortless The 24-year-old pop star was ing the tour in March "due to tour to say to her fashion critics knife-fighting moves for which she set to begin the series of 21 con- production delays", but insisted it One of the many memes cre- underwent a special training. Her certs in San Diego on September would take place later this year. ated on Sonam Kapoor's Cannes fans have seen a glimpse of this 19, but has now cancelled the per- A spokesperson said at the outfit. Picture courtesy: Twitter knife fight scene in the trailer and formances, reports femalefirst time: "To accommodate for cre- account of Ripper @Ace_Of_Pace have since been waiting to see her .co.uk. ative team availability and tour The Bollywood fashionista in action. AXS ticketing company an- production plans, it was determined sported the Elie Saab outfit to the Spy is set to release on June nounced the news to ticket-hold- that the tour will not be ready this premiere of movie 'Inside Out' on 19th 2015. The film also stars ers on Friday via an email that spring. May 18 at Cannes International Hollywood actors Melissa Mc- reads: "The Iggy Azalea 'Great It is extremely important to Film Festival 2015 and the gown Carthy, Jason Statham, Rose By- Escape Tour' scheduled for this fall Iggy that she delivers the show she instantly invited jokes on Twitter. rne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Can- has been cancelled and refunds are envisaged to share with her fans On the professional front, ic and Sooraj Barjatya's 'Prem Ra- navale, Allison Janney, and Jude available at point of purchase. and that requires more time in de- Sonam Kapoor is currently busy tan Dhan Payo' opposite Salman Law. There will be a new tour planned velopment." shooting for Neerja Bhanot's biop- Khan. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . MAY 31, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES FIA opens tender

Amir Khan claimed a unanimous process for new F1 points victory over American Chris Algieri in their welterweight bout in New York. The Bolton team to join grid fighter was handed the verdict 117- 111, 117-111 and 115-113 on the three judges' scorecards as he notched his fifth successive win in 2016 or 2017 and took his overall record to 31- 3. Two-time world champion Khan Governing body begins process with a used his speed and counter punch- view to the "sustainability and future es to keep Algieri at bay for much of the fight, the American landing success of the Formula One World a strong combination early in the Championship"; American Haas team eighth round but unable to connect often enough to claim victory. Al- already joining the grid next year gieri fell to 20-2 with his second defeat in a row, the other coming last November in Macau at the hands of Manny Pacquiao. Khan said: "He came to fight, wanted to win, had his home crowd, but I came here to win. "The crowd re- ally fired me up the last three rounds when Chris really came at me hard. "I thought I worked well inside. I've never done a lot of work in the pocket like that and I plan to do more of that in the future. "Chris gave it his all. This is the best Algieri we've seen in a long time, and if he'd have fought Man- ny that way, he might have won." Algieri and Khan duke it out at Barclays Center of Brooklyn Alg- ieri and Khan duke it out at Bar- clays Center of Brooklyn Khan has now set his sights on a showdown with Floyd Mayweather, who kept his unbeaten record by defeating Pacquiao earlier this month. "Amir Khan wants to fight Floyd May- weather!" he screamed in the ring. "I want that next. I'm number one The FIA has opened the tender process for a new team to join the F1 World Boxing Council (challenger). grid from as early as next season. Citing “due regard for the sustainabil- He's the champion. So let's make ity and future success of the Formula One World Championship”, the it happen." sport’s governing body is looking for a new team to enter the champion- ship at either the start of the 2016 or 2017 season. After the demise of Irish Open: Caterham over the winter, the grid consists of just 10 teams in 2015 – although Haas F1 are gearing up to make their F1 debut next year after Rory McIlroy Michael van Gerwen wins third successive coming through the FIA’s previous tender process in 2013-14. Prospec- tive candidates in this latest tender have to formally notify the FIA of their interest by June 30, with full applications then to be made by misses the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters title September 1. A decision will be made on September 30, although the FIA stressed that if no team is considered suitable then none will be cut for the Michael van Gerwen won a third the feat before overcoming Adrian well in this event. "It was in my own hands and selected. All applicants will have to undergo due diligence on their plans, successive Dubai Duty Free Darts Lewis 11-9 in the semi-finals. "I missed a couple of chances missing darts at doubles broke my with their technical ability, resources, experience, funding and the value third year in Masters title with a thrilling 11-8 He also trailed 8-6 against Tay- at the beginning of the final and heart, but I've got to take the pos- they may bring to the championship all put under the microscope. The comeback win against Phil Taylor lor in the final, but responded su- Phil punished me, but I stayed itives because I've not played this sustainability of the current grid has proved a hot topic of debate since a row in Friday's final of the PDC World perbly to surge to victory with five close and was waiting for him to well before in Dubai," said Taylor. the end of last season, with the smaller outfits believing the sport’s Rory McIlroy admits he left him- Series of Darts event. unanswered legs. make a mistake and I took advan- "Michael's a special player, he powerbrokers aren’t doing enough to ensure their survival. Following self too much to do to avoid miss- The Dutchman had claimed "It's a brilliant win for me and tage. hits the right shots at the right time the pre-Monaco GP meeting of F1's Strategy Group, the FIA said that ing the Irish Open cut for the third victory in the first two years of I'm really proud," said Van Ger- "To beat Phil in the final is al- and he bullies people during the a "comprehensive proposal to ensure the sustainability of the sport has year running. The world No 1 al- the tournament at the Dubai Duty wen. "I'm delighted because this is ways special and I'm really glad to game. emerged" and that “the Strategy Group member Teams have committed ways faced an uphill battle to avoid Free Tennis Stadium, and battled the hardest tournament I've had to win here again." "He's a phenomenal player and to refine it in the next few weeks". Although not explicitly mentioned in a third straight cut in the event af- his way to glory with a gutsy dis- win here, beating Raymond, Adri- Taylor had booked his place I love playing him, and I think me their press release outlining the proposals that were devised to spice up ter crashing to an opening 80, with play to continue his winning run. an and then Phil. in the final with a ruthless 11-3 and him are going to have a lot of the sport over the next two seasons, the Strategy Group are thought to McIlroy failing to make the week- Having had to hit back from "It's been an amazing tourna- demolition of world champion battles over the next 12 months or have again discussed customer cars as a contingency plan. Were a pro- end after a second round 71 at three legs down in Thursday's quar- ment, really difficult and the games Gary Anderson in their semi-final, two years because I'm playing well spective entrant to get the green light to join the grid from as early as Royal County Down GC. McIl- ter-final against Raymond van were so tough so I couldn't wish before being overhauled by Van again and everything's coming to- 2016, they would have around only six months to get their F1 operation roy made his first gain of the round Barneveld, Van Gerwen repeated for any more - every player played Gerwen's late surge in the final. gether." up and running before racing for the first time. with a lengthy putt at the seventh, before keeping his slim hopes alive with a birdie at the 12th to move Giro d'Italia: Fabio Aru climbs to back within two of the projected Andy Murray beats Nick cut. After a five foot par-save drib- bled in at the 14th, McIlroy lost second with win on stage 19 his advantage with a double-bogey Kyrgios in straight sets to reach at the next, sending his second shot Fabio Aru returned to second place into the rough and thinning his third overall and took a small chunk out past the green before three-putting of Alberto Contador’s lead of the French Open fourth round from 40 feet. Birdie chances from Giro d’Italia with a rousing solo within 10 feet at both the 16th and win on stage 19. 17th were dragged wide of the cup, Aru (Astana) attacked out a before the tournament host gave small group of favourites with the sell-out crowd something to 7.7km remaining to the summit fin- cheer about by rattling in a lengthy ish in Cervinia and crossed the line birdie at the last. “When the wind 28 seconds ahead of runner-up is like this, even when you’re giv- Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale- ing yourself birdie chances it’s hard Garmin) and 1min 10sec in front to take them,” McIlroy told Sky of third-placed Rigoberto Uran Sports 4. “I was trying out there (Etixx – Quick-Step). as hard as I could, but just couldn’t Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and get a run of holes going and any Mikel Landa (Astana), who start- momentum. “I was a couple under ed the day second overall, followed through 14 but still needed a good another eight seconds later in sixth finish, but unfortunately I wasn’t and seventh respectively after both able to do that. I left myself too showed no interest in trying to much to do from yesterday and chase down Aru. felt I played a solid round of golf The result means Contador is today but just wasn’t enough. now 4min 37sec ahead of Aru in “The support out here is phenom- the general classification, while enal; it’s the third year in a row Landa drops to third but remains that they’re not going to get to see 5min 15sec adrift of the pink jer- me play over the weekend, so it’s sey with one mountain stage and disappointing to say the least.” one sprint stage remaining. Ryder Cup team-mates Martin Team Sky’s Leopold Konig has Kaymer, Sergio Garcia and Victor climbed one place to fifth after fin- if you ask anyone which they would prefer, a stage win or the maglia Dubuisson also failed to reach the ishing three second down on Con- rosa [pink jersey], they will say the maglia rosa." weekend, while American star tador’s group in eighth place. Stage 19 took the riders on a mountainous 236km route and after all Rickie Fowler is safely through Contador said: "I kept and eye of the race favourites arrived at the final climb together, Landa launched after carding a second consecutive on my closest rival, Mikel Landa. the first attack and Aru's recent struggles looked set to continue when he level par 71 of the week. “I left You have to take a tactical deci- was briefly dropped. some out there today, it would have sion in the end. Landa and Aru The group soon came back together, though, and Hesjedal capital- been nice to finish a bit better,” could have taken turns to attack ised on a brief lull in action to attack and move into a lone lead. Fowler told Sky Sports 4. “I’m in all the way up the final climb. Aru was then allowed to set off in pursuit and after catching and a great spot for the weekend so "Obviously, I would like to win passing Hesjedal, he built up an unassailable advantage as both Conta- I’m looking forward to bettering a stage, but it is hard. The result dor and Landa opted to conserve energy for Saturday's 20th stage, my play of the past two days. today is perfect for me. Anyway, which ends with the race's sixth and final summit finish, at Sestriere. Poole keep pressure on Elite League Andy Murray booked his place in hit a stunning lob through his legs before his opponent called for treat- pace-setters with win over Leicester the French Open fourth round with which had the crowd inside the ment on his right arm. Nick Kyr- a straight sets win over Australia's stadium on their feet, but moments gios hits a hot-dog shots against Nick Kyrgios on Saturday. later a backhand into the net and a Andy Murray Nick Kyrgios hits Poole moved into second place in In an entertaining match full forehand wide gave Murray the a hot-dog shots against Andy the Elite League after a 52-38 win of flair, both players tested their decisive break he needed to serve Murray Murray lost his first ser- over Leicester at Wimborne Road. opponents guile with numerous out the set. After 10 games of drop vice game in the third set but he The Pirates were tracking their drop-shots, lobs and a couple of shots, lobs and double faults the broke back immediately, prompt- full one-to-seven for only the third hot-dog shots being witnessed on contest began to flatten out and a ing Kyrgios to slam the ball out of time this season and ex-world the Suzanne Lenglen Court by the brilliant backhand winner from the stadium in frustration, for champion Chris Holder weighed in French fans. Murray secured another break in which he was given a warning. with 13+1 points, just two nights Kyrgios is considered one of the fifth game of the second set. Thereafter, there was little to after a below-par show in the re- the most talented players on the The umpire came down to check trouble Murray as Kyrgios pro- verse fixture at Leicester. circuit but the 20-year-old was too the mark but Kyrgios, always duced the occasional winner to Holder said: “That was a dif- inconsistent to trouble the British ready to please the crowd, knew it keep the crowd enthralled, but the ferent story for me tonight after No 1, who came through 6-4 6-2 was good and waved him back. The errors were far more frequent and the embarrassment of Monday.“I 6-3. "Tough match because he was Australian should have hit back Murray was able to break again to had no excuses really for that but I going for huge shots," said Mur- immediately in the next game seal a comfortable win in one hour have to say tonight felt much bet- ray, a losing semi-finalist to Rafael when, after opening up two break and 59 minutes. ter, the bikes were going good and for Great Britain to race in event two on his home Elite League track at King’s Lynn on June 8. Nadal last year. He noted that points, a poor Murray drop shot "Andy is one of the best de- I could have no complaints what- Lambert, who also rides for Premier League high-flyers Peterborough, joins former world champion Tai Kyrgios' arm problem, for which gave him the whole court to find a fenders at the moment," said Kyr- soever.” Meanwhile, Robert Lam- Woffinden, Grand Prix ace Chris Harris and Danny King in the line-up to face Australia, America and Latvia. he was treated and got taping and winner but the youngster some- gios, who knocked Rafael Nadal bert has spoken of his delight at “It was an honour just to be named in the provisional squad so to make the final team is another big step for massage in the second set, "slowed how ballooned it long. Murray out of Wimbledon last year and receiving a World Cup call-up. The me," said Lambert. “I feel ready for the challenge but I’m not going to put myself under any pressure. I will down his serve which is one of his never looked back, sealing another beat Roger Federer in Madrid this 17 year-old sensation’s rapid rise soak up the atmosphere and get everything I can out of the experience. “I’m sure people will expect me to do biggest weapons." break via a wild Kyrgios backhand month. "But I wasn't near 100 per continued as he made the final cut well as I’m riding at one of my home tracks and hopefully I can help us reach the final.” In the seventh game, Kyrgios and serving out the set with ease cent today." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. SUNDAY . MAY 31 . 2015-Jawza 10, 1394 H.S Vol:IX Issue No:295 Price: Afs.15

22 KILLED IN Wolesi Jirga throws weight behind public uprisings Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi erly by the authorities. Abdul tants are now under control of the in Qadis, Aab-e-Kamari, Aab- heem. Raihana Aazad, a legislator BALOCHISTAN S Woodod Paiman, an MP from security forces. However, the Band and Dewreen districts of the from Uruzgan province, said that embers of the Wolesi Jir Kunduz, said that if the public government needs a comprehen- province. He said that Jawand dis- the militias were vital to help the ga said on Saturday that uprisings are well managed against sive military strategy to clean the trict was retaken from the Tali- security forces against the insur- Mastung laid to rest Mpublic uprisings were the Taliban insurgents, security remaining areas of the insurgents ban. Responding to a question gents. She said that if public failed very effective to maintain law and would be restored soon in the res- as well, he said. Sharefi Balkha- regarding armed people, who vio- to support the government against order situation in those parts of tive provinces. He said that the bi, an MP from Sar-e-Pul, said late laws and annoy public, the the militants then security chal- the country where militants pose militiamen played important role that many areas were controlled lawmaker said that it was the up- lenges would remain. serious security threats. The law- in bringing back those areas under by the government, but seized rising movement that liberated the She also criticized the govern- makers said that due to public the government s control in Kun- again by the Taliban because the areas from militants, because 100 ment for flawed security strategy uprisings the government was able duz province that were seized by authorities failed to support the policemen were unable to fight the in Uruzgan. Gizab, Char-Chino to bring in control areas where in- the insurgents. The MP said that uprising movements. Haji Abdul miscreants. Jawand district is and Khas Uruzgan are under seri- surgents were outnumber as com- most of the militiamen are jihadis Raheem, an MP from Badghis, 162 kilometers far from Qala-e- ous security threat as the govern- pared to the security forces. They who have experience. They said that the militiamen were fight- Naw, the capital of Badghis. It was ment is in defensive mode. The said that the pro-government mi- pushed back the Taliban 30 to 60 ing the Taliban on three fronts in retaken by the locals who were government shall deploy more litias would prove more effective kilometers away from Kunduz his province. He said the militias once mujahideen and now support security personnel in Uruzgan if supported and managed prop- City. In areas cleared off the mili- are currently fighting insurgents the government, said Abdul Ra- province, she suggested. Security forces support sought in curbing illegal mining New Nangarhar governor vows to AT Monitoring Desk legally. He added that cooperation that tens of workers are killed an- fight corruption, ensure security of security forces will add to effi- nually while illegally extracting AT Monitoring Desk ensuring durable peace and stabili- KABUL: The Ministry of Mines cacy of this drive and will enable coalmines in parts of the coun- ty in the province. He said he will and Petroleum (MoMP) on Sat- the ministry to prevent illegal try particularly northern prov- bring reforms in government depart- Relatives mourn the death of a family urday said that works on prepar- KABUL: The Independent Direc- member killed in an attack on a bus during a protest mining countrywide. Civil work- inces. Illegal mining is ongoing in torate of Local Governance ments in Nangarhar. Kunduzi ing a report about areas where ers of the ministry will not be able several parts of the country in- pledged to resolve all problems against the attack in Quetta on May 30, 2015.-AFP mines are extracted illegally, and (IDLG) director on Saturday in- to prevent this illegal trend alone; cluding Talak, coalmines in Saman- troduced Salim Khan Kunduzi as faced by the people and he will is it will need security forces coop- they need the support of security gan, chromate deposits, and em- committed to hold face-to-face meet- AT Monitoring Desk eration to stop illegal mining in the new governor for eastern Nan- Mir Sarfraz Bugti confirmed the forces. We will soon prepare a re- erald mines in Panjsher province. garhar province. A ceremony was ings with Nangarhar residents to incident and the death toll. He said parts of the country. Quoted by port of the areas where mines are In the meantime, the Ministry of find out better ways for addressing Radio Azadi, the MoMP spokes- held for this purpose in Jalalabad their problems. QUETTA: Victims of the Mas- most of the abducted passengers extracted illegally, he mentioned. Interior (MoI) assures that police city which was attended by high tung tragedy were laid to rest in were Pashtun. He added that the man, Muhayuddin Noori, said It comes as recently five people are committed to prevent illegal The IDLG director, Ghulam Jilani they have started work on pre- mining every hook and nook of ranking officials, a number of MPs Popal, said Kunduzi was a quali- Pishin, a district of the troubled gunmen were wearing uniforms of were killed and four others wound- and tribal elders. Kunduzi told the Balochistan province in Pakistan. the security forces. Bugti alleged paring a report which will include ed during illegal extraction of part the country. Police will take ac- fied and experienced individual and information about areas where tion against illegal mining wheth- gathering that he will leave no has served as acting minister of ag- The death toll rose to 22 when that Indian Intelligence Agency of Dara-i-Suf coalmine in north- stone unturned to fight corruption, another body was recovered on RAW was behind the killings and mineral resources are extracted il- ern Samangan province. It is said er it is every part of the country. riculture and livestock in the past. Saturday. Families and relatives of that the incident has taken place those killed by militants in Mas- after Kashmiri people, in occupied tung protested outside the CM Kashmir, waved and hoisted Pa- and Governor Houses along with kistani flags again in the valley. Six MUDA suspended the bodies of their loved ones. Official sources confirmed that The families after their pro- five of the kidnapped passengers officials referred to judiciary test left for Pishin where the vic- were released, two of which were tims of the tragedy are being laid said to be injured. According to Presidential palace has referred six khtyar, Director of Housing En- to rest. In reaction to the tragedy, survivors, four to six gunmen high ranking officials from the terprise, Director Finance Apart- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and dressed in security forces uni- Ministry of Urban Development ments Cohesion Syed Aman Sa- Chief Minister Balochistan Dr forms stopped the buses and took Affairs and Housing to judiciary dat. Together with these six offi- Abdul Malik Baloch have agreed all the passengers to the moun- who were recently suspended over cials, President Ghani suspended to convene an All Parties Confer- tains, where 30 to 35 more terror- corruption charges. Hamidullah the Acting and Vice Presidents of ence to discuss the security situa- ists were waiting. The survivors Mohib, acting spokesman for Pres- the Afghanistan Investment Sup- tion in Balochistan. The confer- added that after checking CNIC ident Mohammad Ashraf Ghani port Agency (AISA), the agency ence will be held next week in cards, they began killing the pas- says that the introduction of these responsible for facilitating the reg- Quetta. Unidentified gunmen late sengers. A three day mourning has six suspended officials to the At- istration, licensing and promotion Friday stormed two Karachi- been announced throughout the torney General s Officer to face of all investments in Afghanistan, bound passenger coaches arriving province. judiciary is part of the govern- on Thursday. But Mohib said that from Quetta near Mastung. Geo Taking notice of the incident, ment s solid intention of fighting a committee has been formed to News quoted Levies sources as: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif corruption. The six suspended of- investigation the allegation on Mo- Two Karachi-bound buses from sought a swift probe report of the ficials are Ahmadshah Shah Hemat, hammad Ibrahim Shams, the Act- Quetta the capital of Balochistan incident. Urban Development Director, Gul ing President of AISA and the agen- were intercepted near Mastung s He expressed deep grief over Rahim Ziarmal, Plan and Policy cy s Vice President. President Mo- Khad Koocha area by militants. the tragic incident saying the gov- Director, Mohammad Aminullah hammad Ashraf Ghani has prom- They hand-picked several passen- ernment stands united with the Qani, Head of Apartments Cohe- ised firm fight against corruption gers from the buses and took them victims families. The premier also sion, Mohammad Aminullah Amin, in the country that creates distance away, they added. vowed to bring the culprits be- Director of Property and Accom- between government and public. Balochistan Home Minister hind the incident to justice. modation and Ahmad Nawaz Ba- (KP) A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a destroyed house on the front line facing pro-Russian separatists near Donetsk. (AFP/Genya This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.