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By Farhad Naibkhel Out of over 700 applicants, and criteria during selection of nees, adding that “the process was selected for the Independent Elec- the selection committee has short- nominees for the two electoral bod- followed freely and fairly.” toral Complaints Commission KABUL: The Selection Com- listed 21 nominees for the Inde- ies. Provincial and gender balanc- (IECC). mittee of Election Commis- pendent Election Commission Abdullah Shefahi, a member of es were also kept in view, he not- Transparent Election Founda- sioners on Thursday said that (IEC) and 15 for the Independent the Selection Committee, said that ed. tion of Afghanistan (TEFA) has after reviewing 722 applica- Electoral Complaints Commission work experience, related education- Maria Akrami, another mem- showed doubts over selection of tions it has shortlisted 36 can- (IECC). al qualification, profession and re- ber of the committee, said that the the candidates. didates for the positions of “The selection committee has quired skills were the main stan- list of the candidates was submit- Mobinullah Aymaq, in charge electoral commissioners. The struggled to select qualified figures dards and criteria for selection of ted to the president. Out of 21 of TEFA, said the list of shortlist- list has been submitted to Pres- through a transparent process,” the candidates. nominees, seven will be selected ed nominees was not shared with ident Ashraf Ghani who will said Head of the Selection Com- He also rejected reports perti- as commissioners for the Indepen- the civil society while the commit- finalize names of those fit for mittee, Jawid Rashidi. He said the nent to any pressure over the com- dent Election Commission (IEC). tee also failed to address com- the positions. committee considered all standards mittee during selection of nomi- Out of 15 candidates, five will be plaints of the rejected applicants.

TALOQAN : A huge market Women Affairs Razmara Hawash wash promised tight security here. She hailed the market a big of Taloqan city. Some 40 women for women sellers and buyers hoped creation of the market would around the market would be main- step for businesswomen. Mean- have opened shops in the park but has been built in capital of go a long way in promoting wom- tained to encourage women into while, a women-only park was in- many women could not visit the northeastern Takhar province. en’s economic empowerment. Ha- launching processes and shopping augurated in the Ay Khanum area shops due to its distant location. This market has many shops, but only six women have opened shops there so far. Madar Jan Rostaye is the first woman to have opened a shop in the market. She told Pajh- wok News efforts were being made to encourage more wom- en to make shops in the mar- At least seven civilians including but the local officials said the ket. “Women can also shop women and children were killed in IED was planted by the Tal- here. I am the first woman to an explosion in southern Kanda- iban insurgents, the main anti- open a shop. “I encourage other har province of Afghanistan. government armed militant women to follow suit. Now I Local officials in Kandahar group in the country. am very happy that we have said the incident took place late Taliban insurgents and six women shopkeepers here. on Wednesday in Shawali Kot dis- militants belonging to the in- I believe women can also be trict. surgent groups frequently use good shopkeepers,” Rostaye Provincial governor’s spokes- Improvised Explosive Device remarked. Zarmina, a resident man Samim Khpolwak said the (IED) as the weapon of their of the provincial capital, said civilians were killed after their ve- choice to target the Afghan in a conservative country like hicle struck an Improvised Explo- security forces and the gov- Afghanistan, women were un- sive Device (IED). ernment officials. able to deal with male shop- Khpolwak further added that However, in majority of keepers. “If such markets are three children, two women, and such attacks the ordinary ci- constructed all over the coun- two men were among those killed. vilians are targeted as the mil- try, women will be able to help No group including the Tali- itant groups are accused of their families in economic mat- ban insurgents has so far claimed causing the majority of the ters,” she added. Director of responsibility behind the incident civilian casualties. (KP) FRIDAY .NOVEBMER 11, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal Graphic-Designers: Edriss Akbari and Bilal Yusufi Marketing & Advertising: Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press The constitution says Article 117 The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end of their term. By Lauren Carasik to cast democratic ballots. Yet former democratic presidential the nuclear codes or with stew- Trump continued to stoke fears candidate Bernie Sanders who ardship of a planet imperilled Despite tightening polls in the of a rigged election, and issued represented the opportunity to by the climate change he de- days leading up to the US pres- dog-whistle calls to monitor uproot the status quo by con- nies. Editorial idential election, many believed polls in urban areas , raising the fronting crony capitalism and Under Trump, the US will that Hillary Clinton would eke prospect of voter intimidation. the institutions that entrench probably continue to fall short out a victory, in part because His unfounded claims of voter it. of international human rights she had been consistently fraud were intended as a bul- For some with a more glo- ideals. He has evinced his hos- ahead in predictions, and in wark against the humiliation of bal view, Trump's victory pre- tility to even the small number part because the alternative defeat. sents some solace. Clinton is of Syrian refugees admitted to was an unthinkable descent Yet, there are real threats to generally viewed as more of a the US, suggesting that the into fascism and hatred. democracy that went unad- hawk than Trump. She sup- desperate families fleeing the In the end, voters embraced dressed, including the influx of ported the Iraq war, which pro- same extremist terrorism from Donald Trump's intolerance money into politics that uphold voked a humanitarian catastro- which he wants to keep Ameri- and vitriol, in a campaign that the interests of the 1 percent phe and is partially responsi- can safe pose a danger to us It seems that the Taliban want to be responsible for more civil- edged political discourse into and a craven media that failed ble for the rise of the Islamic instead, and has threatened to a mockery of truth, civility and miserably to hold him to any State of Iraq and the Levant Muslims from entering the ian killings on the Day of Judgment before the almighty God, as substance. His presidency will standard of veracity. (ISIL), promoted regime country. the group is urging the continuation of war. Improvised explo- be a catastrophe for human He will now govern a bit- change in Libya to disastrous Trump seems likely to con- rights and the rule of law. Trump terly divided country that has effect, and has called for a no- tinue the use of drones for ex- sive devises (IED) planted by the insurgents are killing scores denigrated African Americans completely lost sight of its fly zone in Syria, which could trajudicial assassination de- of innocent women, children and men on weekly basis—more as monolithic denizens of inner founding ideals, exacerbate its lead to more serious confron- spite civilian casualties: in fact, often daily. city bedlam, demonised immi- existing troubles, and imperil its tation with Russia. he once said the families of ter- grants and Muslims, mocked a very democracy. Her Latin American policies rorists should be targeted as The group as the major armed opposition of the government man with disabilities and de- Trump positioned himself have been dismal. Some leftists well. has been busy in a proxy war for a decade and half since it was graded women. as an authentic, anti-establish- feared a Clinton presidency He has called for the water- ousted from power. The militant group said recently that it would US election: Donald Trump ment candidate who can "Make would continue to project its boarding of terrorists, despite wins the White House America great again", but as military might and economic its lack of efficacy and illegali- not accept an Islamic conference suggested by the government He turned unbounded critics grimly joked, the more priorities across the globe, en- ty, and said that Guantanamo to help for the solution of the war of attrition. The government greed into a virtue, elevated for- honest slogan was to "Make gage in endless war, and un- Bay prison will be expanded had called on the Islamic scholars to help the people of Afghan- profit business to a governance America hate again". dermine, not advance, human under his watch, where even model, and threatened to sue His victory has caused rights in places like Honduras US citizens could be tried and istan in a conference in Saudi Arabia to put an end to the war his critics. panic for many vulnerable and Haiti. held. Many Americans will start and Riyadh had vowed to help. His bellicose language groups: Muslims, African As they are right to note, their new day in a state of In a message sent to the “noble scholars of the Islamic World”, translated into behaviour in a Americans, LGBTI people, the human rights of those liv- shock and despair, fearing what climate of increased bullying in women, immigrants and others ing outside the US also matter. will become of their country. the Taliban called its fight as “jihad against Western invaders”, schools against populations he in the US petrified of the fall- Hawkish international policies The US does not always urging that the conference should not be allowed to be inter- targeted and a surge in hate out from the nationalism, xeno- have domestic implications as live up to its vaunted ideals, but preted as support for the “aggressors”. crimes against Muslims. A phobia, misogyny and racism well: costly military entangle- a Trump presidency will tram- black church in Mississippi that he has unleashed. ments deplete coffers that ple them altogether. Those who The militant group is well aware that the victims of their was burned , with "Vote Trump" He will now govern a bit- could be used instead to fill the believe in a more just and equi- attacks and bombings are the poor innocent civilians who work inscribed on the wall, and terly divided country that has gaping shortages in funding table world will have their work hard from dawn till dusk to make their families’ livelihood that Trump fans called for Clinton's completely lost sight of its for job creation, education, cut out for them. Lauren Car- incarceration and even execu- founding ideals, exacerbate its healthcare, infrastructure and asik is a clinical professor of law is an Islamic obligation just like prayer, fasting and other obli- tion. existing troubles and imperil its reducing reliance on fossil fu- and the Director of the Interna- gations. 'Make America hate again' very democracy. els. What will become of Amer- tional Human Rights Clinic at On the other hand, the insurgents say they keep fighting for The first presidential elec- Economic and social ine- ica? But though he espouses a Western New England Univer- tion held since a 2013 Supreme quality will continue to subvert more isolationist foreign poli- sity School of Law. the welfare of the people and to help them to have a peaceful Court decision gutted the Vot- the American dream and racial cy, Trump's vindictiveness, im- The views expressed in this life. If the Taliban really care for the people and the homeland, ing Rights Act occurred amid tensions will grow worse. pulsivity and incoherence article are the author's own and people are exhausted of war and fratricidal. The country is alarming efforts to suppress Trump was never the outsider make it hard to fathom how peo- do not necessarily reflect Al enough ruined for nearly 40 years. So, what are they fighting votes among those most likely who could fix the nation. It was ple feel safe entrusting him with Jazeera's editorial policy. for? They should realize the war they are urging for is only in the benefit of the enemies of the Afghans and Afghanistan. This war defames them at first because they stand against their motherland, brothers and sisters—an attempt that nobody with wisdom does. This is a good opportunity to close the war chapter as the Islamic scholars are supposed to mediate. There should be no excuse for the Taliban if they are really Muslims as they have frequently emphasized on the formation of a government based on the Islamic values. Taliban that has been already introduced as a killer group is trying to show another picture of its intentions for the continua- tion of killing civilians. Now the group is going to lose sympa- thy from some Islamic countries who used to support them con- sidering them as a Muslim movement, as their calculations ap- peared wrong after the insurgent group rejected the Islamic con- ference. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. FRIDAY .NOVEBMER 11, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

after Mr. Trump gave a mild vic- tory speech that included a pledge to increase American infrastructure spending. In the United States, the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500- stock index closed up 1.1 percent on Wednesday. The Nasdaq com- posite index also ended up 1.1 per- cent, while the Dow Jones indus- trial average rose 1.4 percent. Trad- ing volume was the heaviest since the market turmoil of late June af- ter Britain’s vote to leave the Eu- ropean Union. “The market was quickly piv- oted yesterday from doomsday scenario to refocus on what presi- dent-elect Trump means for both the global and U.S. economy,” Stephen Innes, a senior currency trader at Oanda in Singapore, said in a research note. “This will take some time to understand the im- plications, especially in the areas of trade, globalization and the Fed- eral Reserve.” Before the election on Tues- day, government bond interest rates had been inching upward. On Wednesday, there was a sharp sell- off of Treasury securities, push- ing the yield — which moves in the opposite direction from the price — on the benchmark 10-year note past 2 percent for the first Stock markets in Asia traded about 5 percent on Wednesday. finished up 1.4 percent, having fall- commanding leads over Hillary time since January. The yield end- sharply up on Thursday and Eu- In Hong Kong, stocks were en by less than that amount on Clinton in crucial states in the ed Wednesday at 2.07 percent. ropean shares opened broadly about 2 percent higher at the end Wednesday. United States election, reflecting Similar bonds issued by Japan higher, continuing a global rebound of trading, making up for most of Stocks in London, Paris and uncertainty over what Mr. Trump, and Germany, which this year be- in share prices that followed a their drop on Wednesday. In Aus- Frankfurt moved higher as trading a political neophyte and a critic of gan offering negative yields, were plunge after Donald J. Trump’s tralia, shares closed 3.3 percent opened Thursday morning, but not global trade deals, might do in of- creeping toward positive territo- presidential victory. higher. as sharply as Asian markets. fice. European stocks also opened ry. Ten-year Japanese government In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index Shares in Shanghai, which do Asian stock markets plunged lower on Wednesday, but they re- bonds had a yield of 0.037 percent closed up 6.7 percent. It had fallen not always track global markets, on Wednesday as Mr. Trump took bounded later in the trading day Thursday morning.

Goldman names 84 new members to SHANGHAI: China sold 20% tinue to subsidize purchases of more new cars in October than the small vehicles, albeit at a smaller year before, the slowest pace of scale. He thinks the Chinese gov- growth in four months as the rush ernment will raise the purchase partner class, six more than prior group by consumers to tap a tax break on tax from 5% to 7.5% in 2017, he vehicle purchases appeared to be said, still below the original 10%. leveling off. China has said the current tax Goldman Sachs Group Inc elevat- Lloyd Blankfein or Chief Operat- class, a 50 percent jump from third-quarter profit last month as percent in the July-September pe- Foreign and domestic car mak- break will expire by the end of ed 84 employees on Wednesday ing Officer Gary Cohn on Wednes- 2014. The Asia-Pacific promo- bond trading rebounded, saw its riod from 16 percent a year ago ers delivered 2.34 million passen- December. to its prestigious partner class. The day morning. Goldman Sachs' tions, based in Hong Kong, China, September quarter pre-tax earnings and 10 percent in the first six ger cars—including sedans, cross- Fitch Ratings said it expects new group has six more people Asia-Pacific business, which post- Singapore and Australia, account- in Asia rise to $543 million from months of this year. (Reporting by overs and minivans—to dealers policy to remain supportive, es- than the prior class, which was ed a 61 percent rise in pre-tax earn- ed for 14 percent of this year's glo- $337 million, according to a regu- Olivia Oran in New York; Addi- last month, the government-backed pecially if there is a risk of a de- announced in 2014. The latest in- ings in the third quarter from a sharp bal partner class, the highest share latory filing last week. The share tional reporting by Sumeet Chat- China Association of Automobile mand slowdown. “The automo- duction will bring the total num- drop in the preceding three months, in recent years. Goldman, which of Asia in the Wall Street bank's terjee in Hong Kong; Editing by Manufacturers said Thursday, up tive industry is a pillar industry ber of partners to around 484, or added 12 bankers in the partner reported a 58 percent jump in overall pre-tax earnings grew to 19 Dan Grebler and Stephen Coates) from 1.94 million units in the year- for the Chinese economy, and 1.4 percent of Goldman's work earlier period. whose performance is critical to force. Nearly a quarter of the class Sales in the world’s largest car economic stability. The govern- is female, the highest percentage market have rebounded significant- ment would have multiple policy promoted from managing director ly since October last year when tools to boost car demand should to partner in the firm's history. China’s central government halved there be a weakening in auto Goldman, which announces the 10% purchase tax on vehicles sales,” said Fitch in a recent note. new partners every two years, has with 1.6-liter engines or smaller. Most car makers have reported cut the number by almost a quar- The tax cut was in response to four rosy results for October. General ter since 2010, when it appointed straight months of slow sales. Motors Co. said its China sales 110 to the coveted ranks. The pull- More than 70% of cars sold in increased 5.7% year-over-year, back comes as the bank looks to China qualify for the incentive, Ford Motor Co. posted a 14% cut costs broadly as increased reg- which helps consumers save up to gain, and Nissan Motor Co.’s ulation after the financial crisis has 10,000 yuan when buying a new rose 16%. Chinese auto makers, made traditional profit areas, like vehicle. The data illustrate the crit- whose consumers are more price bond trading, less lucrative. ical role government policy plays sensitive, gained more. Great Wall Goldman embarked on a cost- in China’s car sales. October’s Motor Co., China’s biggest mak- cutting plan in the first half of the growth was strong, but marked a er of crossovers, said its sales rose year intended to save $700 million significant slowdown compared 20% year over year, and Geely a year. Employee pay is Gold- with the previous three months, Automobile Holding Ltd., whose man's biggest expense and the title when auto sales rose at least 26% parent owns Volvo Cars, almost of partner comes with more re- each month, underlining industry doubled its sales from a year ear- sponsibility and higher pay. concerns that the tax break has lier. As the year-end approaches, While Goldman went public in largely pulled demand forward. auto makers are quickening the 1999, the partnership hearkens This could lead to flat growth pace of shipping vehicles to deal- back to the bank's time as a pri- next year. As U.S. auto sales are ers in an effort to improve their vate company in which partners tapering off and other emerging sales revenue, causing an uptick pooled their own money to sup- markets are shrinking, a severe in dealer inventories. According port trading and investment bank- slowdown in China would add to a to the China Automobile Dealers ing and split the resulting profits bleak outlook for the global auto Association, an index created by or losses. Partner selection in- industry, say analysts. the trade group measuring inven- volves a rigorous process known So far this year, China’s new- tories rose to the highest level as "cross-ruffing" - a reference to a car sales are at 19 million vehicles, since July in October. Overall, move from the card game bridge - a 15% increase from the same pe- sales of all motor vehicles, includ- in which candidates are evaluated riod a year earlier, when sales grew ing cars, vans, buses and trucks, by Goldman employees who are less than 4% from the year before. rose 19% from a year earlier to not in their own divisions. The Robin Zhu, a senior analyst 2.65 million last month. Year to new partners received a call from with research firm Sanford C. Bern- date, China’s motor vehicle sales Goldman Chief Executive Officer stein, said he expects China to con- gained 14% to 22 million units. I slamic Development Bank offers $500m for TAPI pipeline ISLAMABAD: The Islamic De- duct roadshows in the United Arab expected to bring peace and stability in the region because of cooperation among regional countries and reliance on each other for meeting the energy needs. The pipeline will connect velopment Bank (IDB) – an inter- Emirates, Singapore and London South and Central Asia. Pakistan and India will receive 1.325 billion cubic feet of gas per day each whereas Afghanistan will get 500 million cubic feet per day. Turkmenistan is expected national Islamic financial institu- in an effort to raise financing for to achieve financial close of the project by December this year. tion based in Saudi Arabia – has the engineering, procurement and offered $500 million in loans fi- construction contract for the Tapi nance the Turkmenistan, Afghani- pipeline,” said a senior government stan, Pakistan and India (Tapi) gas official. It is expected to hold the pipeline project, which will meet roadshows soon. growing energy needs of three China has emerged as a leading countries, an official says. player in laying the pipeline in Turkmenistan will contribute Turkmenistan. A Chinese compa- 85% of the pipeline cost estimat- ny has won a contract that will ed at $10 billion whereas Afghani- build the pipeline over an area of stan, Pakistan and India will have 300 kilometres in the Central Asian a 5% share each in investments. state. This cost is in addition to the $15 “Pipeline contracts in Afghan- billion capital injection required for istan and Pakistan will be awarded developing a gas field from where by Tapi Company, which has been Turkmenistan will supply gas to set up by the project stakehold- the three countries. ers,” the official said. Four countries ink deal for $10 The company will run and billion TAPI gas pipeline project maintain the pipeline whereas Pa- Of the 85% cost, Turkmeni- kistan, Afghanistan and India will stan will provide 51% of funds and pay a tolling fee. the remaining 34% will be arranged ‘TAPI pipeline to be complet- by different financiers. “The three ed by 2019’ gas consumers could also enhance Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, their investment share if desired,” Pakistan and India have already the official said. signed an initial investment agree- The field development work ment for the Tapi gas pipeline in a has been awarded to a consortium bid to kick off work, update feasi- of Japanese companies, which will bility study and finalise a pipeline explore gas against a service fee and route in conflict-stricken Afghani- will not have any shareholding in stan. the field. On the other side, the Leaders of the four countries pipeline laying requires a huge performed the ground-breaking of quantity of pipeline material as the project in December last year, well as compressors. which would help ease energy def- “The government of Turkmen- icit in South Asia. With the title of istan has finalised a plan to con- peace pipeline, the Tapi project is FRIDAY .NOVEBMER 11, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Your smartphone may be hurting your sleep A new promising Zika vaccine de- members have been stationed in veloped by scientists at Walter places where the climate and mos- You love your smartphone, but it Reed Army Institute of Research quito population promotes further may be ruining your ZZZ's. Use earlier this year has finally entered outbreak, the DoD quickly ana- of these devices, especially near the first phase of its clinical trial. lyzed and developed a possible bedtime, is associated with worse According to the report from vaccine against Zika. So far, about quality of sleep, according to a new Army Times, the Phase 1 of the 149 cases of Zika infection had study. "When we looked at smart- clinical trial for the purified, inac- been confirmed within the U.S. phone use around the time when tivated Zika virus vaccine or ZPIV military health system. These in- participants reported they went to will test its safety and ability to clude four pregnant service mem- bed, more smartphone use around trigger an immune response. bers and one pregnant family mem- that time in particular was associ- "The Army has moved effi- ber. ated with a longer time to fall ciently from recognizing Zika vi- The ZPIV has been proven to asleep and worse sleep quality rus as a threat, producing ZPIV be effective in developing resis- during the night," said Dr. Grego- for use in animals and demonstrat- tance during its preclinical trials. ry Marcus, author of the study and ing its effectiveness in mice and Rhesus monkeys injected with the an associate professor of medicine monkeys, producing ZPIV for hu- vaccine developed a strong immune at the University of California, San man testing, and now initiating response and were protected Francisco. His research was pub- clinical trials to establish its safe- against two strains of Zika virus. lished Wednesday in the journal ty and build the case for subse- In addition to the ZPIV trial PLOS One. Knowing that smart- quent efficacy trials," said Army being conducted at the Walter Reed phone use has increased in tandem Col. (Dr.) Nelson Michael, direc- Army Institute of Research, three with sleep deprivation rates, Mar- tor of WRAIR's Military HIV other Phase 1 clinical trials are cus and his colleagues decided to Research Program, or MHRP, and scheduled to begin this year. These investigate whether the two might Zika program co-lead, in a press trials will determine the optimal be related. To answer this ques- release. dose and schedule of the vaccine. tion, he used existing information The development of the vac- Additionally, the vaccine's safety collected by an Internet-based cine was part of Department of and immune response in partici- study he started in March 2013. Defense's response to the ongoing pants who have already been nat- "Health eHeart," which was fund- outbreak of Zika virus in North urally exposed to Zika or dengue ed by the National Institutes of America, South America and Asia. viruses will also be examined in Health and endorsed by the Amer- Because many of military service these trials. ican Heart Association, is designed to study cardiovascular health. Anyone 18 years of age or older can enroll in Health eHeart, co- founded by Drs. Mark Pletcher and Jeffrey Olgin, professors at UCSF. After signing a consent form, enrolled participants self- Teens who regularly "vape" e-cig- three days or more each month. er vaped, the study findings report their health data via a series arettes are more likely to become "Why? Because despite hav- showed. of online questionnaires. The in- frequent and heavy cigarette smok- ing a sample size of over 3,000, But the kids who did vape formation is gathered, analyzed ers, new research finds. the authors were only able to iden- were more likely to try cigarette and used to research and develop A survey of students at 10 Los tify a fraction of students who had smoking, and more frequent vap- strategies to prevent and treat all Angeles County public schools progressed onto any cigarette ing was associated with more fre- aspects of heart disease. About found that teens who vape fre- smoking, let alone actual frequent quent and heavier smoking, Lev- 80,000 participants have enrolled quently are more than twice as like- or heavy smoking," said Gregory enthal said. in Health eHeart, Marcus said. ly to start smoking "on about a Conley. He's the president of the It could be that kids get hooked "We've had people from every state weekly basis," said lead research- American Vaping Association. on nicotine and turn to tobacco for in the US, lots of people from ev- er Adam Leventhal. More than one-third of 10th- a stronger fix, Leventhal said. Also, ery state, and we actually have "The more you vape, the more graders in the United States report e-cigarettes might act as a teaching people from 50 countries." Mar- likely in the future you're going to vaping e-cigarettes, the research- aid that prepares them for smok- cus and his co-founders also make be smoking (cigarettes)," said Lev- ers said in background information. ing tobacco cigarettes, he added. the data available to other scien- enthal, an associate professor of For their study, Leventhal and "Once they start smoking, it's tists conducting unrelated studies. preventive medicine and psychol- his colleagues surveyed nearly not a foreign sensation to them," For the new smartphone study, ogy at the University of Southern 3,100 10th-graders in the Los An- Leventhal said. "They've experi- Marcus dipped into this wealth of California Keck School of Medi- geles area — first during fall 2014 enced the act of drawing in these information to conduct his own cine in Los Angeles. "You're going and then six months later. vapor clouds from e-cigarettes and "sub-study." Mining the data Of to be smoking more frequently, and "It was a short period, but it then exhaling them. When they the total Health eHeart enrollees, you're going to smoke more ciga- was an important period," Lev- puff on a regular cigarette, it could 653 people chose to participate in rettes per day on your smoking enthal said. "Teens who start be more pleasing in comparison to and complete the new smart- days." However, the study only smoking and become regular smok- someone who puffs a cigarette for phone-sleep study. Participants found an association between va- ers at this age, around 16, are more the first time and never had the installed an app on their phones ping and smoking, not cause and likely to become chronic smokers experience of inhaling a substance to automatically record the total effect. Previous research has also throughout adulthood." before." The findings give credence afraid this product will addict arettes, Edelman said. The FDA fueled record-breaking declines in number of minutes in each hour found a connection between e-cig- The researchers agreed that not to the worst fears of the American youngsters to nicotine and lead has banned sales of e-cigarettes to teen smoking." So, he added, "it the screen was turned on (total arette use by teens and later to- many kids admitted to either smok- Lung Association, said Dr. Norman them to smoke," Edelman said. minors but can take further steps would be public health malprac- screen time) during a 30-day peri- bacco use. ing or vaping during the previous Edelman, the association's senior Armed with this and other re- such as prohibiting any marketing tice to use studies with poorly od. These participants had already The e-cigarette industry criti- 30 days. About 95 percent of kids scientific adviser. "That's exactly search, the U.S. Food and Drug that appears to target teens, he defined parameters, such as this reported their sleep hours and cized the new study for defining said they were nonsmokers, and what the American Lung Associa- Administration needs to step in said. Conley countered that "the one, as an excuse to deny adults sleep quality using a validated "frequent" vaping or smoking as about 98.5 percent said they'd nev- tion has been worried about. We're and begin strict regulation of e-cig- rise in vaping experimentation has access to these far safer products." questionnaire as part of the gener- al Health eHeart experience, Mar- cus explained. So, when answer- ing the sleep assessment questions, participants also entered demo- graphic data plus information about their alcohol use, physical Q: My daughter was diagnosed surgery is lower than most people cancer is detected in one. is considered to be at average risk itself comes with risks of its own. to have CPM. For example, when activity, smoking habits and other with breast cancer at 54 and had think (around 0.2 to 0.6 percent Research has found, though, for breast cancer if she does not When you have CPM, the risks of women have a mastectomy on one health issues. By answering so surgery to remove one breast. Her per year). And the risk that the that for women with an average have a strong family history of the bleeding and infection due to sur- side and opt for breast reconstruc- many questions, participants were surgeon told her that it wasn’t nec- breast cancer will come back in a risk of breast cancer, CPM doesn’t disease; does not have a gene that gery are double what they would tion, breast symmetry may be a unaware of what the researchers essary to remove both breasts, different part of her body is not prolong life, nor does it change the predisposes her to developing be if you had a mastectomy only consideration. Some women pre- were studying, explained Marcus: because she was not at high risk changed, whether or not her risk of cancer coming back. In fact, breast cancer, such as BRCA1 or on one side. That’s because there fer to have both breasts removed "We wouldn't expect any bias." for developing cancer on the other healthy breast is removed. for this group, studies show that, BRCA2; and does not have a his- are two surgical sites, rather than and reconstructed during the same Analyzing the data, the research- side. How can that be true? Isn’t a The technical term for this even though they have cancer in tory of radiation therapy to the one. Given the lack of survival ben- surgical procedure, so the appear- ers discovered that, on average, recurrence likely if she still has procedure — surgically removing one breast, the risk of cancer de- chest wall at a young age. If your efit or improvement in cancer out- ance of their breasts is similar. That participants used their smart- breast tissue on the other side? a healthy breast in a woman with veloping in the other breast is still daughter had any of these, it’s like- comes with CPM in average-risk is certainly a valid topic to discuss phones for a total of 38.4 hours A: The fact that your daugh- breast cancer — is called a con- relatively low. For these reasons, ly her breast cancer risk would be women, undergoing surgery and with your surgeon if you’re con- over a 30-day period. Individuals ter developed cancer in one breast tralateral prophylactic mastecto- the American Society of Breast considered high, and a CPM may exposing yourself to those surgi- sidering CPM. There are alterna- with a longer average screen time doesn’t mean she is at high risk to my. Many women diagnosed with Surgeons recently recommended be recommended. cal risks may not be worth it. tives for the other breast to achieve were more likely to have poorer develop cancer in the other breast. breast cancer opt to have CPM, against CPM for average-risk Part of the reason for recom- Of course, other factors be- symmetry, including breast reduc- sleep quality and less sleep over- Her risk of developing a new can- because they believe it just makes women with cancer in one breast. mending against CPM in average- yond future cancer risk can come tion or breast augmentation, that all: About 35% of those who used cer in the breast that remains after sense to remove both breasts when Generally speaking, a woman risk women is that the procedure into play when deciding whether preserve breast sensation. their smartphones for shorter amounts of time than average. Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approve recreational use of marijuana Voters in California, Massachu- been a boost to the economy. The the California Democratic Party, Gov. Charlie Baker, a Repub- Medical marijuana has been law will create fines for growing marijuana within public view. You setts and Nevada have decided marijuana industry created more while Republicans were against it. lican, opposed legalization, as did legal in the state since 1996. could also get fined for smoking it in a public place or in a moving that marijuana should be legal to than 18,000 full-time jobs last year House Minority Leader Nan- Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a If voters pass Proposition vehicle. use recreationally, CNN projects. and generated $2.39 billion in eco- cy Pelosi told the Los Angeles Democrat. Baker argued that pas- 205, it would be similar to other No marijuana businesses will be allowed to set up shop within On election day, voters in five nomic activity in Colorado, accord- Times on Friday that she planned sage would exacerbate the state's state laws up for consideration. 1,000 feet of a school and 500 feet of a community facility. states were asked to decide wheth- ing to an analysis from the Mari- to vote in favor of it. That makes opioid epidemic. People 21 or older could have pos- Nevada will also put a 15% excise tax on it. The money will go to er the recreational use of marijua- juana Policy Group. Pelosi the highest-ranking, sitting Roman Catholic bishops in sessed up to 1 ounce and grow up support schools and the regulation of the drug. na should be legalized and so far, There have also been some elected official in either political Massachusetts also argued against to six plants in their homes. three have said yes. Official results health consequences. Emergency party to support legalizing a drug legalization, saying it is "not a path The law would also have cre- have yet to come in for Maine and rooms have seen a significant in- the federal government currently civil society should chose to take." ated a Department of Marijuana Arizona. crease in adult marijuana-related considers a Schedule 1 narcotic. A The Boston Globe wrote in Licenses and Control that would Four other states voted on exposure cases. Schedule 1 narcotic is a drug with support of the ballot measure, ar- have regulated, tested and overseen whether marijuana should be used The number of calls to poison no currently accepted medical use guing, "legal marijuana is coming. sales. for medical reasons. Residents in control centers involving Colorado and a high potential for abuse. The Let's get on with it." People caught smoking it in Florida, Arkansas and North Da- children has gone up, as has the category also includes heroin. Maine: Awaiting result public places would have been kota voted yes, according to their number of children who've been Massachusetts: Approved In Maine, a "yes" on Ques- fined, as would people who pos- election results websites. Resi- taken to the hospital for treatment Massachusetts also voted to tion 1, would make it legal for a sessed more than the legal limit. dents in Montana voted to lift pro- due to unintentional marijuana ex- legalize the recreational use of mar- person 21 or older to use marijua- A 15% sales tax was also vider restrictions. Medical marijua- posure, studies show. There have ijuana. na. The state will also put a 10% planned to be deposited in a Mar- na now legal in more than half of also been more school suspen- Massachusetts already had sales tax on the drug and allow so- ijuana Fund and distributed to the US states. sions, marijuana-related traffic some marijuana-friendly laws in cial clubs and retail groups to sell Department of Marijuana Licens- The number of adults who deaths, pet poisonings and lab ex- place before the decision. Medical it. Maine legalized medical use of es and Control and to the Depart- have smoked weed has nearly dou- plosions. marijuana became legal in 2012, marijuana in 1999. Previous at- ment of Revenue. School districts bled in three years, according to a Being the country's most pop- and a 2008 ballot measure replaced tempts to legalize it for recreational and the state health department Gallup poll released in August. ulous state and the world's sixth- criminal penalties with civil pen- purposes were unsuccessful. would also have received part of It is the No. 1 illicit drug of largest economy, the decision alties on adults who possess an The law will allow people to the money. choice for Americans, according to could have the biggest impact on ounce or less. use it in a nonpublic space or in a Nevada: Approved the 2014 National Survey on Drug the national scene. Question 4, as the recreational private residence and institute a In Nevada, it was a yes. Use, although only one-third of In 1996, the state was the first use measure is called, will legalize sales tax, with 98% of revenue from This "yes" on Question 2 will users reported an addiction to the to make medical marijuana legal. it and allow the commonwealth to sales taxes going to a general fund. make recreational use of 1 ounce substance, unlike most all the oth- The "yes" on Proposition 64 tax and regulate its use and sale, Maine's governor is against the or less legal or one-eighth of an er illicit drugs used. will now make it legal for people much like the way alcohol is han- legislation, saying it's "not just bad ounce or less of concentrated mar- Prior to the vote, it was legal 21 or older to use it recreationally. dled. That means people 21 and for Maine, it can be deadly." But ijuana legal for people age 21 and to use recreational marijuana in There would be a 15% sales tax, older could use it, possess it or supporters have raised more than older. Medical marijuana was le- only four states and in the District and its cultivation will be taxed. grow it. They can have under 10 $3.2 million to fight for it. galized in Nevada in 2000. of Columbia. Colorado and Wash- The money will be used in part to ounces in their home and under 1 The state's newspapers were The new law will allow stores, ington state voted to OK it in 2012. study drug research, to study treat- ounce in public and be allowed to divided on the issue. manufacturers and distributors to Alaska and Oregon voters ap- ment and to help with enforcement grow six plants. Arizona: Awaiting result set up shop in the state. proved it in 2014. of the law. A number of politicians there The battle for legalization in People can also grow six plants For the states where recre- The state's two largest news- support it, as does the American Arizona seems close, according to for personal use as long as it is in ational use is legal, it seems to have papers backed the measure, as did Civil Liberties Union. polls. an enclosed area with a lock. The FRIDAY .NOVEBMER 11, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

Ming-Chi Kuo is at it again. The KGI Securities analyst (widely regarded as “the best Apple AAPL -0.11% analyst on the planet”) has revealed Apple has decided cancel SAN FRANCISCO : For many the annual upgrade of arguably its months, Twitter has been trying most successful iPhone in 2016… to reshape itself as a growing so- In a new research note obtained cial media service. That attempt by MacRumors, Kuo says Apple now includes reshaping the com- has decided not to release a 2017 pany’s top ranks. update of the iPhone SE. The com- On Wednesday, Twitter said pany’s budget friendly 4-inch that Adam Bain, its chief operat- handset has been a surprise criti- ing officer, plans to leave the com- cal and commercial hit and I re- pany. Mr. Bain was well liked by cently argued it is a better buy than Wall Street for building up and run- the iPhone 7. ning Twitter’s once fast-growing So why would Apple consid- advertising business. er such a self inflicted wound? Many of Mr. Bain’s duties and According to Kuo the reasoning is his direct lieutenants, including twofold: those who manage ad sales and To reduce risk of cannibalisa- partnerships with marketers and tion that a 2017 iPhone SE could broadcast media companies, will have on sales of the more profit- be under the purview of Anthony able iPhone 7 It is well known that Noto, Twitter’s chief financial of- Apple is far more interested in ficer. Mr. Noto will take on the profit share than market share, so chief operating officer title, and on a business level both these rea- Notably he forecasts iPhone generations and many years of expensive iPhone 6S (bottom) and support) and the hardier fixed continue to redefine the midrange Twitter said it would begin a search sons make financial sense. Given shipments will drop at least 10% MacBook Pro upgrades when it iPhone 7. Image credit: Gordon home button introduced with the sector than have a year off. Kuo for a new chief financial officer. concerns over iPhone 7 sales, it in the second quarter of 2017 with has deemed existing models still get Kelly The compact iPhone SE iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. More rarely gets things wrong, particu- “The past six years have been also wouldn’t be great PR if future sales at circa 35M compared to the job done. But it would be a (top) is arguably a better buy than devilishly, it could also remove the larly with iPhones. Notably in the incredible, and I’m inspired by financial reports forced Apple to 40.4M in the second quarter of first to see Apple passover an iP- the more expensive iPhone 6S (bot- headphone jack to a) make room last 18 months he has nailed every what Twitter has become and what admit the iPhone 7 was impacted 2016. Kuo notes that the 2016 sec- hone, even if it ties in with the com- tom) and iPhone 7. Image credit: for the haptic motors of these fea- major iPhone 7 feature, every ma- it will be in the future,” Mr. Bain because customers preferred the ond quarter was saved due to “up- pany’s recent claim that custom- Gordon Kelly Personally I’d ar- tures and remove one potential jor iPhone 6S feature and the in- said in a statement. “Anthony and company’s budget model. beat demand for the iPhone SE.” ers are increasingly moving to a gue the move is a mistake – even if advantage the iPhone SE has for troduction of the original iPhone I have worked side by side since The flipside is Kuo says the There is certainly precedent three year upgrade model. The only to tweak the iPhone SE range some customers over the new flag- SE – including its lower pricing). he joined Twitter in July 2014 and decision to ditch a new iPhone SE for Apple’s actions here. The com- compact iPhone SE (top) is argu- to include functionality like 3D ship iPhones. Plus, quite frankly, But let’s hope, just once, he has I have full faith in what he and the will impact raw sales figures. pany has previously skipped iPad ably a better buy than the more Touch (to encourage developer it’s more interesting to see Apple got this one wrong… teams will accomplish in the fu- ture.” Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, added: “Since joining Twitter in 2010, Adam has built an amazing team and a global busi- ness from the ground up.” The changes are more than just the run-of-the-mill executive churn at Twitter, which has seen plenty of departures in the past. Togeth- er, they amount to the most sig- nificant shake-up under Mr. Dors- ey, who was appointed chief exec- Facebook has produced yet anoth- Going on sale in 2017 makers and optical materials ven- into faster, cheaper, mind-blowing networks and data centers because one day we will all be using the social utive in October 2015 after an in- er computer network innovation There are two key thing about dors to do what's never been done network to hang out in virtual reality, in addition to live-streaming more video. terim stint. He has been struggling that will once again floor the $41 this new switch. First, Facebook before, create special chips and "We are now creating more immersive, social, interactive 360 video sorts of experiences and that demands to turn Twitter into a moneymak- billion network tech industry. is turning it over to its game-chang- special optical fiber that brings the a much more scalable and efficient and quick network," he says.Facebook Backpack switch ing enterprise with a growing au- And Facebook will again share ing Open Compute Project, which cost of such switches down. dience, but his efforts have largely it with the world for free, putting has gained cult-like status in the The optical switches on the stalled and the company recently commercial network tech vendors few years since Facebook launched market today are not typically flirted with selling itself. on notice. (We're looking at you, it. Facebook engineer Omar Bal- used in the data center to connect Mr. Bain, 43, had his six-year Cisco). The new innovation, re- donadoLinkedIn/Omar Baldonado servers together. They are typical- anniversary at Twitter in August. vealed on Tuesday, is something OCP creates open source ly used in the "Backplane," the part Over his time at the company, he called Backpack and it's a second- hardware, where engineers can of a network that stretches between helped build Twitter’s ad efforts generation computer switch, the freely take hardware designs and data centers or across cities. from the ground up, and was once successor to the one it released last work on them together. And because they've been tar- considered a top candidate to be year called the 6-Pack that direct- OCP offers designs on racks, geted for metro-scale networks and chief executive before Mr. Dorsey ly challenged tech made by market servers, storage drives and other beyond, such switches tend to use got the job. Inside Twitter, Mr. leader Cisco (and others, like Juni- hardware. Contract manufactures a lot of power, throw off a lot of Bain was seen as a corporate cheer- per). The difference is, the Back- stand by to build them. OCP has heat, and are very expensive. leader who was known for his pos- pack is way, way faster. even inspired other internet play- Facebook helped design a itivity. Last year, employees cir- The 6-Pack was a 40G switch, ers to build their own hardware switch that uses less power and culated a hashtag, #AdamBainIs- which means it could stream 40G completely from scratch, such as generates less heat, can operate at SoNice, after an article about him worth a data around a data center LinkedIn. around 55-degree Celsius, Bal- appeared online in Recode. In re- network. The Backpack is an 100G In the case of Facebook's donado says, which has never been cent quarters, the growth of Twit- optical switch, which means it's switches, Facebook went the ex- done before. Folks in the network ter’s ad business has slowed and 2.5 times faster, and using fiber tra step of arranging for its con- industry have told us Facebook's Mr. Bain has had to grapple with a optics (aka light) to move data tract manufacturer, Accton, to 100G work is "mind blowing." more challenging digital advertis- around instead of the traditional mass produce the devices so any- To bring costs down, this ing environment. Last month, and more limited copper wires. one can buy them. switch, like the other OCP switch- Twitter said it would slash 350 The Backpack is also a com- And Facebook also open es, is modular, meaning you can jobs, or about 9 percent of its work panion to the new switch Face- sources the software to run the pull it apart and swap out parts, force, as part of an attempt to book announced last spring, called switch, and worked with other using different chips, different net- move the company more quickly Wedge 100. The Wedge 100 is network startups to get their soft- work cards and different software. toward profitability in 2017. what's known as a "top of rack" ware to work on its switches. At one point, a former Face- Many of those cuts are focused switch, that connects a computer Facebook plans to do all of this book OCP engineer named Yuval on restructuring Twitter’s sales rack of servers to the network. The for the Backpack, too, Omar Bal- Bachar (who is now working at and marketing efforts, which were Backpack then connects all the donado, a member of Facebook's LinkedIn) declared the a goal that under Mr. Bain. Mr. Noto, 48, Wedge 100 switches together. In network engineering team tells us. networks should cost as little as who joined Twitter two years ago network jargon this is known as a "We anticipate it will follow $1 per gigabyte. This goal has not as chief financial officer, has been "network fabric." same path. Later in 2017, people been achieved, and Baldonado is amassing more responsibilities. He Facebook is attempting to will be able to get a Backpack. We the first to admit it. But with this has been instrumental in helping build itself a fully 100G data cen- are working with the software eco- switch and all the other hardware, to orchestrate and execute Twit- ter and these two pieces get it much system, too. That's why we are Facebook is bringing costs down, ter’s plan to be more of a destina- of the way there, along with the contributing ot OCP," he said. he says. In this case, even if the tion for live streaming video, in- network equipment it announced Mind-blowing technology switch is still pricey to buy, it will cluding striking a partnership with last week that put the telecom In order to create Backpack, cost less to operate, he says. the National Football League to equipment industry on notice. Facebook had to work with chip Facebook is leading this charge stream Thursday night games. 90pc of ivory comes from recently killed elephants More than 90 percent of ivory in each year, or around 96 elephants phant has recently eaten. time of the elephant’s death and Ivory from Tridom was more like- provide information on the health Coauthors are from Save the large, seized shipments comes per day. Demand for elephant ivo- Forensic scientists have used the seizure of the ivory—known ly to contain slow-transit ivory, of elephant populations. Elephants, Oxford University, from elephants that died less than ry and other illegal products de- this “bomb carbon” signature to as the lag time. Nearly all of the and both West African and Zambi- “If all of the seizures are real- Columbia University, and the Uni- three years before, research shows. rived from endangered animals has estimate the ages of human remains analyzed ivory had a lag time of an ivory exhibited intermediate lag ly recent, within the past two to versity of California, Irvine. The Scientists came to the conclu- grown in Asia in recent years, in cold cases and track the transit around two to three years, suggest- times. The information can help three years, we can use that to de- work received funding from the sion by combining a new approach opening a fresh battleground in the time of cocaine shipments. Now ing that the shipments did not law enforcement focus on the termine the overall killing rate of Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to radiocarbon dating for ivory struggle against illegal ivory, even researchers have applied the meth- come from stockpiles or from old worst poaching regions and also elephants in Africa,” Cerling says. and Save the Elephants. samples with genetic analysis as US markets shut down. od to seized ivory. Tiny tusks sources. Instead, large shipments tools that gave conservationists a Bans usually allow the sale of Coauthor Sam Wasser, profes- of ivory are likely composed of picture of when and where poach- ivory that was legally acquired sor of biology at the University of recently poached pieces. ers are killing elephants. prior to 1976, including heirloom Washington, led efforts to gather Ivory DNA pinpoints Africa’s “This work provides for the or antique pieces. Confirming the ivory samples from large stockpiles elephant poachers first time actionable intelligence on age of those pieces, however, re- seized by law enforcement offi- “This work demonstrates that how long it’s taking illegal ivory to lies on proper documentation. cials between 2002 and 2014. little or no ‘old’ ivory, like that held reach the marketplace,” says Les- Traders in illegal ivory sometimes Alerted by contacts in law en- in government stockpiles, is end- ley Chesson, coauthor of a new use this clause as a cover, claiming forcement, officials in the seizing ing up on the black market, which study in the Proceedings of the that their wares are older than they country, or from internet monitor- is good news for the security and National Academy of Sciences and really are. ing, Wasser collected some sam- monitoring of those stockpiles,” CEO of Isoforensics. Ivory trade eradicated ele- ples himself and directed colleagues Chesson says. “There is no other “The answer is not long at all, phants from eastern Africa in sampling the rest. Officials in way to get such intelligence with- which suggests there are very well- Researchers applied radiocar- countries that had seized these out a technique like ‘bomb-curve’ developed and large networks for bon dating—a technique from fo- samples were helpful and cooper- radiocarbon dating.” moving ivory across Africa and out rensic science—to estimate the age ative, Wasser says. “They really Combining Cerling’s radiocar- of the continent.” How old? of samples in seized ivory ship- appreciate the collaborative ef- bon data with Wasser’s genetic “Apart from the actual killing, ments, with some adjustments for fort.” These samples consisted of analysis to determine the geo- there’s the trade on the ground be- a Cold War legacy. small sections, only one or two graphic origin of the ivory, the re- fore it gets to ports, the actual ship- Above-ground nuclear weap- inches on a side, from the inside searchers constructed a picture of ments through shipping contain- ons testing through the 1960s dou- surface of the base of the tusk— which regions have established rap- ers, and then the problem of the bled the concentration of radioac- the freshest material with the ra- id pipelines to get poached ivory demand side,” says lead author tive carbon-14 in the atmosphere. diocarbon signature most recent to to market. Thure Cerling, professor of geolo- This heightened carbon-14 signa- the death of the elephant. The In the study, seized ivory is gy and geophysics at the Univer- ture was preserved in plants— sight of so many tusks in one place classified as either originating in sity of Utah. “This additional in- which take up atmospheric car- was distressing, Wasser says, par- East Africa, the Tridom region of formation can be helpful to peo- bon—and transferred to herbivores ticularly the tusks of young ele- west-central Africa, West Africa, ple trying to address those issues.” like elephants. phants shot by poachers to attract or Zambia. Additionally, samples In June 2016, the United States Carbon-14 levels have been other larger elephants. were classified as having a rapid banned nearly all commerce in ele- declining since the 1960s, and sci- “Sometimes, many of the lag time of less than 12 months, phant ivory, which came 26 years entists can use the carbon-14 sig- tusks are so small that you can’t intermediate lag time of 12 to 24 after a ban on international trade nature in a bone, tusk, or tooth to understand why the animal was months or a slow lag time of great- in ivory. Both measures aimed to determine, within about a year, even killed,” he says. “Tusks can er than 24 months. curtail the widespread poaching of when the material was formed. And weigh less than one pound, with Ivory attributed to East Afri- elephants, whose numbers have since elephants grow new material almost no carvable ivory on them.” ca had a higher proportion of rap- plummeted since the 1980s. at the base of their tusks, the ivo- Lag times Of the 231 samples col- id-transit samples than the other Poaching still kills an estimat- ry there contains the carbon-14 lected, only one returned was regions, suggesting a strong distri- ed 8 percent of African elephants signature of the plants the ele- greater than six years between the bution pipeline from the region. FRIDAY .NOVEMBER 11, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

KARACHI:Many Hollywood A-listers arrived on the red carpet of the 13th annual CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in NYC on November 7 truly dressed to impress.While we saw long skirts, fringe dresses and sequined outfits, one trend that stood out by far was floral prints dresses with high slits. As seen on Karlie Kloss and Olivia Munn, here is how to do this up-and-coming trend justice

Karlie Kloss The model served as muse to Prabal Gurung and the arrived at the CFDA Fashion Fund Awards in a cascading floral- print outfit by the designer. Kloss looked chic as ever, having styled her look with silver twisted sphere earrings and a pair of delicate black Chloe Gosselin sandals. With Richa Chadha has always been the one to step her right foot forward. gelled back hair The acclaimed actress of anyone tied in a tight pony follows her on social media would tail and a stunning know that she's never apologetic pair of strappy to take a stance and support what she strongly feels is right. The ac- black heels, she tress who's currently busy with looked hot to trot. wrapping up the shoot of her web We absolutely love show Powerplay and prep work how she opted for for Fukrey 2 has come forth this minimal makeup time for a rather noble cause. The actress has joined hands with her and let the focus aunt who happens to run a chari- be on her graceful table school in a small town in ensemble.She Uttar Pradesh by the name of Bu- accessorised her landshahr. The school has been running look with Eva for over 20 years by her aunt who Fehren midi-rings left her life in New Delhi to start and fuchsia Chloe this school which aims to provide Gosselin pumps. affordable education till High The colour of her School for all children of the town who belong to low-income groups. shoes was defi- Since the town has incessant pow- nitely the right er cuts, Richa has now stepped in pick, providing help to set up a solar project for the perfect con- the school so that the school never stops operation due to the lack of trast to her ink power which causes hindrance for blue dress. regular day to day functioning of OS ANGELES: Hollywood’s sweetheart Jennifer Aniston shared she finds herself at the crossroads these days, trying to the school. Richa is working on the figure out what really makes her heart sing. The 47-year-old actor may have a huge selection of highly successful project alongside and the project movies to her credit but according to Aniston, she has started getting bored of her life in front of the camera. “This is a will be ready and running by early next year. When asked Richa about time when I’m not completely sure what I’m doing. I’m at this sort of crossroads, trying to figure out what inspires me it she said, "Solar energy is an un- deep in my core,” said the Friends star in a recent interview. “What used to make me tick is not necessarily making me tick der-utilised clean source of energy anymore… The most challenging thing right now is trying to find what it is that makes my heart sing.” Aniston and actor Justin in our country. I am glad I'm able Theroux got married last year in August, after they started dating each other in May 2011. She added Theroux is the right to do something, even at this small person for her. “Why is he the right person for me? All I know is that I feel completely seen and adored, in no matter what state. level in order to ensure that the There’s no part of me that I don’t feel comfortable showing, exposing to him,” Aniston responded when asked to speak about kids at this school can have elec- her marriage. “And it brings forth the best part of myself because I care about him so much and he’s such a good person. It tricity and understand the power hurts me to think of anything hurting him!” shared the We’re the Millers actor. of green energy." Arjun Rampal making time Twinkle Khanna was at her candid best during her visit to filmmaker Karan Johar's popular chat show "Koffee With Karan" along with her husband and actor Akshay for Rock On 2 Kumar. She says drinking coffee with Karan is dangerous. In a promo of the episode, the actress-turned-author and interior promotions designer is seen giving out answers without any inhibitions. When Karan asks Twinkle: "What does Akshay have that the Khans don't?", she said: "Some extra inches!" She then went on to comment: "Don't look at his (Ak- shay's) crotch. I meant his feet." Twinkle expressed her views about the show on Twitter with a post that read: "Dangerous to drink Koffee with Karan Johar he always asks me this very question on every public platform! But I put him on the spot too." Karan -- known for putting ce- lebrities in a difficult spot by ask- ing sensational and personal ques- tions on the chat show -- respond- ed: "Am not half as dangerous as you! I was more scared of you than any of my other guests!"

Neetha Shetty is a renowned tele- vision actor who has done various popular shows like Dhoondh Legi Manzil Humein, Ghar Ki Laksh- mi Betiyann. She was also seen in CID, Crime Patrol and Savdhaan India. Well, many of you might not know that Neetha was seen in Sal- man Khan and Celina Jaitley star- rer film NO ENTRY as Celina's good friend. Rock On 2 is all that the internet has been raving about with exceptional If that just wasn't enough she concerts done by the Rock On 2 team and Arjun Rampal who being so will now be seen in romantic-hor- close to the project makes it a point to be a part of the planning. The ror SAANSEIN as Sonarika National Award winner for supportive role in 2008 for Rock On!! is too Bhadoria's friend and confidant. close to the Rock On team and besides playing his part on screen the When asked Neetha how did actor gives in his 100% off screen as well. Arjun Rampal whose charac- she bag this role, she said, `I have ter from Rock On was loved by all and the actor is quite fervent about done considerable amount of tele- this film and likes to put in efforts when it comes to promotions and vision and auditioned for the film Olivia Munn planning. Whatever the reason be, the actor takes time out from his because I liked the script. It is dif- schedule and stays in touch with both the producers Ritesh and Farhan ferent and so is my character.` The fashion diva struck a pose at the award ceremony in the planning process and gives his bit. Recently the Rock On 2 team Elaborating on her role, she in a Tanya Taylor cocktail dress that featured a high has been on a Live concert spree of which Arjun is seen being a part of. said, `I play Tanya who is Sonari- slit and floral Swarovski crystal embroidery. She The actor who definitely has other commitments seems to have set the ka's friend and they are best of accessorised her look with Eva Fehren midi-rings and film as his priority. Last night too, the team was seen performing at buddies in the film. In fact there fuchsia Chloe Gosselin pumps. The colour of her shoes Ramjas college in Delhi with all their energies intact! During promotions are various twists and turns that too, Arjun makes sure that it's fun and keeps cracking the rest of the take place in Tanya's life, but well was definitely the right pick, providing the perfect Gang! I can't divulge much.` contrast to her ink blue dress. FRIDAY .NOVEMBER 11, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Premier League clubs have agreed that and the pitch. that at least one block of away fans "It's about atmosphere. One of must be located pitch-side at ev- the unique things about our game, ery league game from next season. particularly in England, is the Details of the new rule emerged amount of away fans and the noise as the Premier League published a they create. When an away goal is detailed report into ticket pricing scored, you want that atmosphere and allocation involving its 20 and interaction between the two clubs. Clubs must allow some trav- sets of fans." elling supporters to be in a lower Asked whether it would raise tier but exact locations will depend any issues, particularly around on each ground. "Basically you derby games, Scudamore replied: won't be able to be stuck up in the "Not really. All those issues are third tier, out in the corner, if you're managed very well now." Newly- an away fan," Richard Scudamore, promoted sides from the Champi- Premier League Executive Chair- onship next summer will be un- man, told Sky Sports News HQ. able to prevent the rule coming into "Pitch-side is the easiest way effect. "The fans are an integral part of describing it but clearly some of the Premier League," added ground configurations (mean) there Scudamore. "Their passion, com- might be some gap between where mitment and support are valued the seats actually are, and there enormously by the players, clubs might be something else in between and the League."

Anthony Joshua would relish a for the Molina fight, he admits clash with Luis Ortiz next year if he will be an interested spectator he safely comes through the dual when 'King Kong' enters the ring challenge of Eric Molina and this weekend. We asked our panel to give their Wladimir Klitschko. Joshua told Sky Sports: "I predictions. Check out how our Joshua (17-0-KO17) puts his see how that is going to unfold. Sky Sports pundits think the unbeaten record on the line in front That's another fight, for me, that World Tour Finals will go when it of the Sky Sports Box Office cam- is no problem. gets underway this weekend and eras on December 10, when Amer- "Hopefully I defeat Klitsch- cast your vote at the end. ican Molina (25-3-KO19) bids to ko and then I can fight Luis Or- Can Andy Murray finish of wrest the IBF heavyweight belt tiz. I will be watching him for sure the season in style or will Novak away from him. because he is a competitor in the Djokovic reign supreme? There are The former Olympic champi- division that I could face sooner six other top class players in- on had hoped to be facing Klitsch- or later, so I have to put him as a volved, including two former ko, with his own belt and the priority. Eric Molina is Joshua's Grand Slam winners and two WBA super title on the line, but next opponent at the Manches- former major finalists. an injury to the Ukraine great ter Arena on December 10 The competition is red-hot meant that bout having to be put "If we fight Ortiz, it would this year so we have asked our off until early next year. be a good scrap because I like panel to give their fight predictions. Before Joshua gets back into fighting southpaws. I've got a The blockbuster week of ac- the ring, Ortiz (25-0-KO22) will powerful right hand that I could tion will take place at London's O2 make his European debut, when whip into the body or straight to Arena, live on Sky Sports. Former he takes on Malik Scott (38-2-1- the head. greats of the game have all had their KO13) on Saturday in a bout you "It will be a good challenge say on the big week ahead... can see live on Sky Sports from and a good name to have on the Two players that have shown Monte Carlo. record at some stage, but first let's this year that they can win Slams, And although Joshua is not focus on The Drummer Boy, Eric but Stan is the wildcard. No one taking his focus off preparations Molina." really knows how he's going to play. He could come out and play unbelievable tennis but it was my fear this match could happen. Petch - Murray v Nishikori Sir Dave Brailsford asked to appear at I think Nishikori, certainly at the US Open this year, had a cou- ple of twists, serving and volley- ing a bit. He's definitely trying to select committee inquiry protect his serve a bit better this year against obviously great return- Team Sky principal Sir Dave asked about Sir Bradley Wiggins' TUE. MPs are also set to interview British Cycling chairman Bob Howden and head of the governing body's ers. He's a great returner himself Brailsford has been asked to ap- use of TUEs Wiggins has denied ethics commission George Gilbert at a hearing, where World Anti-Doping Agency president Sir Craig Reedie which is why I kind of like the pear before the Culture Media and any wrongdoing and insisted he will give evidence, on December 19. match-up. There's going to be a lot form, you've got Nishikori as Sport select committee as part of was not trying to gain an "unfair of opportunities for both players Petch said, in great form. You've its inquiry into how cycling has advantage". to break serve and it's just a ques- got Stan, who beat Murray a cou- handled anti-doping issues and the CMS committee chairman tion of who can play the big points ple of years ago, and you've got use of therapeutic use exemptions. Damian Collins told The Times: well. Andy in the form of his life. All Brailsford is likely to be asked "Sir Dave Brailsford has been one Stan is always unpredictable, those four guys are going to have about Sir Bradley Wiggins being of the most senior figures in Brit- always dangerous and obviously to play an 8 out of 10 or a 9 out of granted three TUEs to take the ish cycling over the last 10 years shocked everyone like he always 10. If they don't, they're behind. powerful anti-inflammatory drug and we thought it important to does to win the US Open. Every Petch - Marin Cilic triamcinolone to deal with a pol- speak to him as part of our inqui- Slam that he's won, he crept He's a guy with his serve that len allergy that aggravates his long- ry into how the sport has handled through the draw and then sudden- can take the racket out of the hand. standing asthma condition. anti-doping issues and the ethics ly he wins it. He's probably going The other ones you feel have got Five-time Olympic champion around TUEs. to be quite fresh and hungry. I think some play on the ball, whereas Wiggins was given injections of CMS committee chairman he hasn't played his best tennis Marin - if he serves well, as we triamcinolone shortly before the Damian Collins MP wants to leading into it necessarily, but I just saw at the US Open in 2014 - ac- 2011 and 2012 editions of the Tour speak to Brailsford think for me that match stands out. tually is unplayable. He's the guy de France and the 2013 Giro Brailsford is also likely to face Who is the dark horse? people feel is possibly not going d'Italia. questions about a mystery deliv- I think every possible scenar- to get through that group, but is Brailsford is likely to be asked ery of a medical package to Team io could happen in that group be- equally as dangerous as everyone about Sir Bradley Wiggins' use of Sky in France in June 2011, short- cause you've got Cilic, in great else. And he's confident. TUEs Brailsford is likely to be ly before Wiggins secured his first Why Nico Rosberg would be a worthy champion A lucky champion? An undeserved playing admirable fortitude and elbows out' and play dirty to pre- yards at Mercedes, shown loyal- Hamilton has been capable of scal- team-mate long before Hamilton seems unconvinced Rosberg has champion? Or a worthy champi- resilience, Rosberg bounced back vail over Hamilton. Apparently ty and commitment, and seen the ing throughout his career, a cluster was scuppered by an engine fail- raised his game. If he does win the on? As Nico Rosberg prepares for with victory in Mexico - the first unconvinced that 'Mr Nasty' good times and bad at Brackley. of Rosberg's performances this ure at the start of Q3. In Singapore, championship this season, it would match point in Brazil, where he of seven successive victories for would work, Rosberg instead opt- Does it therefore follow he deserves year have been truly outstanding. his qualifying lap was the best of be fitting he does so in a season can wrap up the 2016 drivers' title the German. "Since the pain in de- ed to be 'Mr Nice' for 2016. As to reap the rewards? F1 needs a "Some of his drives have been im- his career as he out-paced Hamil- when he's actually driven like a with victory, is it time to recon- feat in Austin we've all seen a early as April, his disarming de- new champion Between them, peccable," says Hill. Former Mer- ton by over half a second - the larg- champion. And then's the impor- sider the German's candidature for changed Nico," says an admiring scription of Hamilton as "the Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel cedes boss Ross Brawn thinks est such defeat Rosberg has inflict- tance of the final act to consider. If Formula 1 immortality? Damon Hill. benchmark" had become a familiar have won the last six drivers' world Nico Rosberg's preparation off the ed on Hamilton during their four Rosberg does win the champion- There's no denying Rosberg's Whatever your opinion of refrain. "Nico's self-discipline has championships and all-but one of track has given him the edge on years together. This is his year ship in Brazil then, barring an ab- CV has imperfections. Conspicu- Rosberg the driver, it's impossible been taken to new levels this year," the last eight. Regardles of wheth- Lewis Hamilton this year. Former Rosberg has never been better and erration or a car failure for his team- ous by its absence is an overtaking not to be impressed by his tenaci- said Wolff last month. "He er Nico is worthy or not, F1 could Mercedes boss Ross Brawn thinks in all probability, given that he is mate, he'll win it in the most wor- move on his Mercedes team-mate ty. He's been more consistent than wouldn't even read a news article do with a new champ as a buffer Nico Rosberg's preparation off the already 31, has been at the abso- thy way possible: with a race vic- - and solitary title rival - Lewis Hamilton Rosberg doesn't have that is bad for him because it would against accusations of predictabil- track has given him the edge on lute peak of his powers in 2016. tory. In that scenario, a champion Hamilton. He's beaten Hamilton Hamilton's pace. He doesn't have annoy him. He just hides every- ity. At times this season Rosberg Lewis Hamilton this year. In Chi- After Singapore, Wolff said "that drive for a championship, would off the line on a few occasions this Hamilton's skill at overtaking. And thing away that might distract." has been exceptional While he's na, Nico won by almost forty sec- is the best Nico Rosberg I have anyone really argue he doesn't de- year but those spurts to the first he doesn't have his team-mate's ca- In the testosterone-driven perhaps never hit the heights onds and had the edge over his ever seen" and only Hamilton serve it? corner owe more to computer soft- pacity to ignite a weekend from world of the F1 grid, where the ware than driver skill. the mundane to Box Office enter- DNA of every driver is built on an And he's had a lot of luck - or, tainment. unyielding conviction they are to be more accurate, Hamilton has But neither has Rosberg self- uniquely special, Rosberg's self- had a lot of bad luck. But the for- destructed in the manner of Hamil- denial and modesty makes for an tunes of fate play a part in every ton in Baku, when Lewis crashed unusual approach. But by enabling sport. If an asterisk was put along- into a wall during qualifying, or in him to simply focus entirely on side every champion who enjoyed Suzuka where Lewis' distractions his own performances without good luck the rollcall would look were well snapped and well docu- fretting about any of his team- like an item of morse code. mented. Rosberg has instead been mate's superiorities, it's one which Nobody, not even Nico or his a model of consistency. His one has worked for him. most committed supporters, is poor performance occurred on race To repeat what we wrote in saying he is a faster driver than day in Monaco and his only race- September: 'Nico doesn't have Hamilton or the best in F1. But is day 'mistakes', when tangling with Hamilton's pace but he has resolve, it fair to argue that if Nico does Hamilton twice in Spain and Aus- defiance and a capacity for clear win the title, either in Brazil or Abu tria and with Max Verstappen in thinking which is standing him in Dhabi, it would be fair reward, fair Germany, are open to alternative good stead against the occasional enough, and good fare for Formula description. torpedo from his team-mate. 1? Here are seven reasons why In qualifying, he has scarcely 'Hanging in there' isn't a motif leg- Rosberg would be a worthy win- put a wheel off line all year - as ends are written around but it's an ner of this year's title - if he wins testified by the fact he has quali- approach which is working for it... It would be a triumph from fied on the front-row for every sin- Nico, a driver whose greatest adversity Barely a year ago, Ros- gle race. As Wolff remarked after strength is his acceptance of his berg looked a broken man - and a the Japanese GP: "If you want to weaknesses.' He's done the hard broken driver. What's remarkable be a world champion, you have to yards Been there, worked it, de- about his 2016 title push is that it minimise mistakes, and that's what served to win it? As Martin Brun- began less than a week after his Nico is doing." dle recently noted: 'Nico joined lowest moment: 'Cap spat' at the He'll have won it his way Mercedes when they weren't suc- US GP when his mistake allowed Rosberg surprised reporters at cessful; he has worked hard and Hamilton through to wrap up the the start of 2016 by scoffing at been integral to their development'. title. The following Sunday, dis- suggestions he needed to 'get his In other words, he's done the hard FRIDAY . NOVEMBER 11. 2016 -Aqrab 21, 1395 H.S Vol:X Issue No:102 Price: Afs.15

Traces of ISIS ‘mass grave’ rot in Iraqi town On the banks of the Tigris river, men sit and watch, smiling with relief as Iraqi policemen, soldiers and local youths bathe in muddy spring water in a town that was recaptured from ISIS just a few show that civil society was resil- Grabbed America by the Pussy!” ient. “It’s a hard time for a lot of before marching uptown in the days ago. Across town, there is a Americans,” he told AFP. “We saw thousands to chant in front of grimmer scene: two stinking a campaign that was filled with rac- Trump Tower. “The electoral col- corpses, their feet tied together, ism and misogyny and whole host lege is broken,” protester Nicho- rot in the sun in a large dirt quad- of other terrible tactics that ultimate- las Forker said of the US indirect rant walled by four man-made ly were successful for winning the voting system. “I think it definite- earth berms. electoral college.” “But we’re not ly needs to be reformed... I think One body is intact. The oth- going to let a Donald Trump presi- it’s ridiculous.” In Chicago, sever- er has parts missing. A severed dency stop the progress in this coun- al thousand people gathered head lies next to them, its skull try,” he added. “We’re going to con- around Trump Tower, blocking mostly visible. What appear to tinue to organize and fight for the downtown streets and traffic while be several other corpses protrude rights of all people and to protect other staged a counter-protest on from the dirt and detritus. A po- the safety of our brothers and sis- the opposite side of the building. liceman cautions not to approach ters.” Supporters attending the ral- Across the country, high school and or touch the bodies, in case they ly appeared less optimistic. Joanne college students also staged cam- are booby-trapped. Narrow, shal- Paradis, 31, who was born in Mex- pus demonstrations and walkouts low trenches up to 20 yards long ico and works in international com- from classes. In Los Angeles, hun- have been dug in some parts of munications for a non-profit group dreds of teens and young adults the quadrant. Residents of the in Washington, said she attended the rallied outside City Hall chanting town, Hammam al-Alil, say this rally to “share some solidarity.” “I “Not my president!” In Oregon, is the site of a mass grave which feel pretty down,” she said. Asked demonstrators blocked traffic in Iraqi forces reported to have un- if the country could weather a downtown Portland, forcing a de- covered on Monday after driving Trump presidency, she said, “I don’t lay on two light-rail lines. The out ISIS militants. Iraq has know.” “But we have to acknowl- crowd there grew to about 300 launched an investigation into edge what happened to deal with it, people, local reports said, includ- what would be further evidence to face it and talk about it and be ing some who sat in the middle of of the ultra-hardline group’s bru- honest about it.” a road to block traffic. Others tality against people living in ar- “I just came here to mourn,” said burned American flags. In Penn- eas under its control since it es- Chris Hassan, 28, who works for an sylvania, hundreds of University tablished its self-styled "caliph- NGO. Growing, mostly peaceful of Pittsburgh students marched ate" across much of northern Iraq protests were held in other cities through the streets, with some in and Syria more than two years across the country, gathering thou- the crowd calling for unity. ago. An operation involving the Thousands of protesters rallied Washington, several hundred gath- and “Education for all!” One of the ened,” he said. “We are here be- sands of people in Boston, Phila- The rallies followed protests over- Iraqi army, Kurdish forces, Shi’ite across the United States Wednes- ered in front of the White House organizers, Ben Wikler – Washing- cause in these darkest moments, delphia, Portland, Oregon, Seattle night on Tuesday as voting results and tribal militias and backed by day expressing shock and anger for a candlelight vigil on a damp, ton director of the liberal advocacy we are not alone,” he added, be- and other cities under the slogan were being tallied, when at least US-led air strikes has driven the over Donald Trump’s election, chilly evening, criticizing what group MoveOn.org – told the crowd fore leading chants of “We are not “Not my president.” In New York one person was seriously injured jihadists out of many areas sur- vowing to oppose divisive views they called Trump’s racism, sex- that others were coming together in alone!” Ethan Miller of the work- City, demonstrators gathered in in Oakland, California, where dem- rounding Mosul, with the aim of they say helped the Republican ism and xenophobia, and carrying hundreds of communities around the ers’ rights group Jobs with Justice Union Square holding signs saying onstrators broke store windows recapturing its last major city billionaire win the presidency. In signs reading “We have a voice!” country. “People are justly fright- said organizers held the vigil to “Love Trumps Hate” and “Trump and set garbage alight. stronghold in Iraq. As ISIS has retreated, it has lashed out, with local residents such as those of Hammam al-Alil paying the price. “Some were beheaded, and Iran once again exceeds a some were shot,” said 35-year- old Odeh, whose brother was taken away by ISIS militants in the town near the start of the nuclear deal limit: IAEA report Mosul operation last month. “They rounded up people from Iran has exceeded a soft limit on the town, and from other areas, sensitive material set under its nu- and killed them there, where the clear deal with major powers, the grave is. It was revenge, they took UN atomic watchdog said on it out on anyone over the age of Wednesday, hours after Donald 15,” he said. Trump - who has strongly criti- ISIS held the agricultural col- cized the agreement - won the US lege, 200 yards from the site, as a presidential election. base and a place to torture or kill It is the second time Tehran people, residents said. Many es- has surpassed the 130 metric tonne timated that up to 200 people threshold for heavy water, a mate- were killed in the weeks before rial used as a moderator in reactors ISIS withdrew from the town. like Iran's unfinished one at Arak, Reuters could not access the since the deal was put in place in January. It had 130.1 tonnes of the college because Iraqi police said material on Tuesday, the watch- it had not been cleared and might dog said. The last time Iran over- still be rigged with explosives. Aid stepped that mark was brief, pass- organizations and local officials ing without major criticism from have cited reports that Islamic the other countries that signed the State executed dozens of people nuclear deal last year. But there are in Hammam al-Alil and barracks questions about whether the in- nearby on suspicion of planning coming Trump administration will rebellions in and around Mosul react to such incidents the same to aid the advancing troops. The way. "On 2 November 2016, the Iraqi military said its forces at the director general expressed con- complex discovered the decapi- cerns related to Iran's stock of Germany. The agreement also lift- firmed Iran's intention to export available for export to the interna- tated corpses of at least 100 ci- heavy water to the vice president ed international sanctions against the excess heavy water. tional market". vilians. Bodies dumped in Tigris of Iran and president of the Atom- Tehran. Iran told the agency it "It's important to note that Trump has called the agree- The militants transported ic Energy Organization of Iran,... would prepare to transfer 5 tonnes Iran made no effort to hide this, ment, one of President Barack 1,600 abducted civilians from the town of Hammam al-Alil to Tal Russian warships in the eastern marine, while en route to eastern Ali Akbar Salehi," the Internation- of heavy water out of the country, hide what it was doing from the Obama's top achievements, "the al Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as provided for in the deal, and a IAEA," spokesman Mark Toner worst deal ever negotiated" and Afar last week, possibly for use Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday Mediterranean waters. as human shields against air drove away a Dutch submarine A NATO official, who spoke said in a confidential report seen senior diplomat said Iran planned said. Rather than setting a strict said he would "police that contract by Reuters. The IAEA is policing to carry out the shipment in the limit on heavy water as it does for so tough they (the Iranians) don't strikes, and told some they may shadowing the squadron, the mili- on condition of anonymity because be taken to Syria. They also took tary said. he wasn't allowed to discuss the the restrictions placed on Iran's coming days. enriched uranium, the deal esti- have a chance". nuclear activities under the deal it A US State Department mates Iran's needs to be 130 tonnes Iran also exceeded the heavy- 150 families from Hammam al- Russian Defense Ministry sensitive issue on the record, said Alil to Mosul. Most of those ex- spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Ko- the alliance's navies have been signed with the United States, spokesman, speaking at a regular and says any amount beyond the water limit in February, with 130.9 Russia, China, Britain, France and news briefing in Washington, con- country's needs "will be made tonnes. ecuted in Hammam al-Alil were nashenkov said two Russian navy monitoring the Russian fleet in re- former members of the Iraqi po- destroyers spotted the Walrus- cent weeks in a "measured and re- lice and army, taken from villages class submarine Wednesday while sponsible way, as is customary." the group was forced to abandon, it was 20 kilometers (some 11 nau- He refused to elaborate on how US-led coalition raid ‘kills 20 civilians’near Syria’s Raqqa tical miles) away from the Admi- NATO was doing that. a local official said. Residents confirmed most of ral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and In a tweet, the Dutch Defense A US-led coalition air strike killed ians, including nine women and two Democratic Forces (SDF) as it ue into the incident and stressed its escorting ships. Ministry said it does not comment those taken were police or their 20 civilians, including two chil- children," Observatory chief Rami pushes to capture the militants' that coalition forces adhere to family members, including the The destroyers had tracked the on operations conducted by its dren, overnight in a village near the Abdul Rahman said. bastion of Raqqa. "stringent targeting processes and submarine for more than an hour, submarines. The Admiral Kuz- ISIS group's Syrian stronghold of The monitor had earlier given Colonel John Dorrian, a procedures" to minimize civilian brother of Mohammed Hassan, using anti-submarine helicopters, netsov aircraft carrier is being ac- Raqqa, a monitor said Wednesday. a death toll of 16. spokesman for the coalition, told casualties. A spokeswoman for the himself a former policeman. “My before forcing it to leave the area, companied by the nuclear-pow- The coalition confirmed that Abdul Rahman said 32 people AFP that an "initial assessment" Kurdish-Arab alliance, however, brother Ahmed was killed - I heard Konashenkov said. He didn't elab- ered Peter the Great missile cruis- it had carried out strikes in the area, were also injured in the strikes, confirmed there had been strikes dismissed the reports of civilian he was among those executed. orate how the warships prompted er and several other ships on a mis- but said it was investigating adding that all the casualties were in the area. "After an initial assess- deaths. "There is no such thing, They (ISIS) pulled him out of my the submarine to leave. sion to Syria's shores, the Russian whether they had killed civilians. civilians. ment of strike logs against the date and any such claims are IS news," car, because he had been in the The spokesman added that navy's largest deployment since The Britain-based Syrian Ob- The Observatory said the lat- and location of the alleged civilian Jihan Sheikh Ahmed told AFP. The police. He might be in the grave,” such "clumsy" attempts to maneu- the 1991 collapse of the Soviet servatory for Human Rights said est deaths brought the number of casualties, the coalition confirms SDF's media account said at least said Hassan, who was sitting by ver close to the Russian squadron Union. NATO has expressed con- dozens of people were also civilians killed since US-led air it did conduct strikes in the area six ISIS fighters were killed by co- the river. “He might also be in could have resulted in an accident. cern, saying the move could wounded in the strikes Tuesday strikes in Syria began in Septem- described in the allegation," he alition air strikes on the village and there,” he said, pointing at the Konashenkov said the Russian presage an increase in the number night on the village of Al-Heisha, ber 2014 to 680, including 169 chil- said. "However, more specific in- accused the extremist group of pre- water. “They killed people here, squadron had previously spotted of Russian air raids in Syria, par- 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of dren. Al-Heisha is controlled by formation is needed to conclusive- venting civilians from leaving Al- too. They would execute them on several NATO submarines, includ- ticularly around the besieged city Raqqa. ISIS and has been a target in a new ly determine responsibility." He Heisha in a bid to use them as "hu- the bank and throw them into the ing a US Virginia-class nuclear sub- of Aleppo. "The toll has risen to 20 civil- assault by the US-backed Syrian said investigations would contin- man shields". river.”

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