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AT News Report man, Mohammad Reza Ghafoori said. KABUL: Ten police officers and a He blamed the newly emerged in the neighboring country’s terri- woman were killed after gunmen Daesh terrorist group for the tory. “The railway will have two opened fire at them outside a shooting, saying that the wife of trucks. mosque in the northern province an officer who arrived at the scene “The sub-grade of one of the of Jawzjan, local officials said Sat- after learning of her husband’s kill- tracks has been laid by 50 percent, urday. ing was also shot dead. while the second track’s sub-grade The incident took place late Taliban spokesman Zabihullah is only 25 percent ready,” he add- Friday in Sardar village of the Darz- Mujahid, however, said on Twit- ed. ab district when the officers were ter that their militants killed po- He added that connecting Iran’s coming out of a mosque after the lice officers in Darzab and cap- railways to neighboring countries’ evening prayer, provincial spokes- tured the village. railroads is a priority for Iran. In addition to that this project would boost the volume of trade and to enhance bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Iran and Six Daesh leaders it would link Afghanistan with Europe, China and Central Asia via the transit corridor of Iran. Earlier this year the top leadership of Af- among 47 killed ghanistan, Iran and India has signed AT News Report were also destroyed during opera- Chabahar port agreement in Te- tion. hran, the capital city of Iran. Cha- KABUL: At least six leaders of the According to the statement, bahar would provide an opportu- Islamic State (IS), aka, Daesh ter- one PK machine gun, one rocket nity to the landlocked country of rorist group were among 47 other launcher, two AK47, and 4 motor- Afghanistan to have access to hot- militants killed in an air and ground cycles of the Daesh terrorist were water. The three regional countries operations carried by the Afghan also confiscated by the Afghan se- has signed a historic deal to devel- security forces in Haska Meean and curity forces. op the strategic port of Chabahar Bati Kot districts of eastern Nan- The killing Daesh fighter in Iran and agreed on a three-na- garhar province,” the provincial comes as recently the group had tion pact to build a transport-and- press office said in a statement. 25 kicked off recruiting process to trade corridor through Afghanistan other Daesh fighters were also bring more fighters in their mili- that could help halve the time and wounded in operation within past tancy rank. Hameedullah Hameed, cost of doing business with Cen- 24 hours, the statement added. administrative chief for Azra dis- tral Asia and Europe. Moreover, The statement added that two trict of Logar province, said that Afghanistan has three railroad lines anti-vehicle mines, two machine Daesh was recruiting youngsters in the north of the country. The guns, one 82mm cannon and two to swell its ranks in the embattled first is between Mazar-e-Sharif depots of Daesh terrorist group district. and the border town of Hairatan in Balkh province, which then con- nects with the rail network of neigh- boring Uzbekistan. The second ‘Pakistan wants good links Toraghundi in Herat province AT Monitoring Desk Hossein Ashouri said Iran’s and “Iran has constructed a rail- ready by 2018,” Ashouri said. with Serhetabat in Turkmenistan. relation with Afghanistan’ Afghanistan’s railways to connect road till border with Afghanistan, Infrastructure in Afghanistan The third is between Aqina in KABUL: The Deputy Head of in early 2018, Mehr, an Iranian however the remaining railroad in- is also ready, he said, adding that Faryab province and neighboring Iranian Railway Company, news agency reported on Saturday. side Afghanistan is expected to be two railing blocks are being built Turkmenistan. KABUL : Pakistan Prime Minis- ter Nawaz Sharif has said his coun- try wanted good relation with Af- ghanistan and was a well-wisher for the war-torn country, a media 10 students suffer report said on Saturday. Sharif expressed the view while talking to journalist in An- casualties as rocket hits kara, the capital of Turkey where he has been on a three-day official visit, a according to express tri- school in Laghman bune. He urged the government in (CPEC), Sharif said some regional MEHTARLAM : Two students dent. The injured were evacuated Kabul that realise that. “Pakistan countries were opposed to the were killed and eight others injured to hospital for treatment, he said, has always desire peace and sta- multibillion project in the region when a rocket struck a school in assuring of stable health condition bility in Afghanistan and wants to without naming any country. He eastern Laghman province on Sat- of the wounded. contribute to its development.” ruled out if the US and western urday, an official said. However, Laghman education When asked about the China countries were conspiring against Governor’s spokesman, Sarha- director, Mohammad Hazrat Mu- Pakistan Economic Corridor the vital project. (Pajhwok) di Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan jadadi, said two students were News a rocket fired by militants killed and eight others suffered in- targeted a school in Basram area juries in the incident. “It is still on the outskirts of the provincial unclear who fired the rocket but Pakistan deports 234 capital around 10:30am today. an investigation is underway into He said two students were the incident,” he said. No militant killed and six others along with a group has so far commented about Afghan nationals despite teacher were wounded in the inci- the incident. (Pajhwok) KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met Saturday with a number of the Walasr Intellectual Movement of Afghanistan, discussing the role of having legal documents educated youths in making a developed and self-sufficient society. JALALABAD : Pakistan has de- deported Afghan nationals. Javed Daesh set free 42 kidnapped ported as many as 234 Afghan na- Shena, a shopkeeper in Torkham Badakhshan: Food tionals who owned legal documents, dry-port told Pajhwok Afghan civilians in Nangarhar Mass grave discovered an official said on Saturday. Ghulam News the Afghan national were in aid distributed to Haidar Faqirzai, head of the refu- bad situation when they were JALALABAD : The 42 civilians kidnappees were released in Ag- gees and repatriation department, kidnapped by Daesh have been haz locality of Haska Mena and handed over to Afghan Border Po- 550 poor families said Afghan nationals who recently lice. Pakistan has launched coun- released by mediation and efforts 26 others in Janjal Ghondai area of in Faryab, says police traveled to Pakistan and had legal try-wide offensive against terror- of tribal elders, officials said on Kot district. The released men were travel documents were sent back via ist after fresh wave of terrorist at- Saturday. handed over to their families by rotten bones, which are earlier FAIZABAD : The People's Re- MAIMANA : A mass grave has Torkham last night. He said old men, tacks in major cities of the neigh- The Nangarhar governor’s security personnel. There has been shifted here.” public of China distributed food been discovered in Maimana city, He said while considering the aid to around 550 impoverished women and youth were among the bouring country. (Pajhwok) spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, so far no word from insurgents in the provincial capital of north- told Pajhwok Afghan News the 42 this regard. (Pajhwok) decomposed bones it was estimat- families in northeastern Badkhs- western Faryab province, local ed that about 20 to 30 people were han province, an official said on civilians were abducted about four officials said on Saturday. months back by Daesh in Pachi- collectively killed. However, a bag Saturday. The food items included Col. Mir Amanullah Zafir, pro- of the bone would also be sent to 25 tonnes of rice, 30 tonnes of ragam district of the province. vincial police chief, told Pajhwok With efforts by the Presiden- Kabul for forensic test, he added. flour, five tonnes of ghee (cooking Afghan News that according to Dr. Abdul Basir, Chaghatak oil) and 5.7 tonnes of salt. Abdul- tial advisor and Nangarhar gover- inhabitants of Chaghatak village, nor, Mohammad Gulab Mangal village residents’ representative, lah Naji, provincial council head, which is located in limits of 9th said the mass grave surfaced after said the aid package from China and tribal elders’ assistance the municipal district of the city, se- kidnappees were set free. people started digging in a grave- wash handed over to the authori- curity and discovery team of 2nd yard to burry a body. He said the ties of Wakhan district and was Khogyani said the captives police district had found the col- were all men, who were transferred bones might date back to the era of then distributed among 550 fami- lective grave. Soviet Union invasion of Maima- lies of Pamir under the supervi- to Haska Mena and Kot districts “The grave had seven bags of after abduction. He said 16 of the na city. (Pajhwok) sion of district council. (Pajhwok) SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES I ndia plans building low-cost which trains officers of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) cadre also conducted a 12-day session for 34 homes in Afghanistan Afghan officers. "India has built roads connect- ing key cities in the country and set up power transmission lines. The Chahbhar port in Iran, which is a being developed as a part of trilateral agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan will provide a key link between the nations," he said. India offers scholarship to 1000 Afghan students each year Shamim Shahid ternal hardships, Afghanistan is authorities behind sealing of its for courses up to PhD. The scheme facing problems to raise the issue borders along with Afghanistan but has been extended for next five PESHAWAR: Reluctance on the or to earn sympathies of the inter- its fate will not be different from years. Later, addressing the Afghan part of rulers from both the neigh- national community. Sealing of recent past experiments and ad- trainees, director general of bouring countries of recognizing border is not only lead to discon- ventures. At the moment, Afghan- NADT, RN Jha said that income each other’s sovereign and auton- necting of every sort of bilateral istan shifted over half of its transit tax department looked forward to omous status is considered the trade and transportation but it trade from Karachi Fort to neigh- more cooperation between the main cause behind sealing of Pak forced thousands of civilians to bouring Iran and other Central countries. During the training ses- Afghan border thus putting at halt strand. Affected people are not Asian Republics which causing sion, Indian officials too got a all sort of trading and travelling. common but they included pa- billion of rupees annual deficits chance to understand the Afghan Not for the first time but formally, tients, students, women and chil- only to Pakistan Railway. Similar- tax laws. Meanwhile, members of for fourth time in current calendar dren, even newly married bride- ly bilateral trade, which at once was the Afghan team said they were year, Pakistani authorities sealed grooms and wedding processions. reached to five billion US dollars trained in aspects like transfer-pric- the border. History of bad days in Pak (both documented and undocu- ing which is a key aspect in deal- No doubt to mention that re- Afghan relations, took another turn mented) now reduced to one bil- ing with global business entities. lations between Pakistan and Af- when on one hand Pakistani rulers lion US dollars. One year back this "Even as we would present the ghanistan always remain critical. made doubling in its commitments trade was 2.5 billion US dollars. entire system before the authori- In fact, Afghanistan made initia- in war on terror and on the other Unrest amongst local people, ties in Afghanistan, the most im- tion by refusing recognition of some of its policy makers made mostly tribesmen who are depend- portant aspect will be the use of newly born neighbor-Pakistan in attempt of shifting hostilities from ing in trade and business links be- information technology. The tax second half 1947. Since then from eastern to western border. And they tween the two neighbouring coun- administration procedures need to time to time, both the neighbour- succeeded in the second motive to tries fuelling day by day. Due to be computerized in Afghanistan ing countries instead of becoming some extent but due to its own fail- fear they are silent but till how long and other countries too. This will friends, emerged as foes. At each ures and blunders. Geographically they will remain. Right from Bolan NAGPUR: India is planning to tion and distribution of medicines tory function of the first ever train- help combating corruption," said and every international forums, establishing its influence in Af- in Baluchistan till Arandu in Chi- build affordable homes in Afghan- too, said M Subbarayudu, the joint ing batch of officers from Afghan one of the trainees. Stay updated both the countries remain on ri- ghanistan is not any easy task for tral, almost of tribesmen in partic- istan meant for refugees in the coun- secretary for development part- Revenue Department, at National on the go with Times of India val’s fronts and even its succes- India. But Indian rulers have suc- ular and thousands of businessmen try, as a part of its efforts to re- nership agreement, in the Indian Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) News App. Click here to down- sive rulers made didn’t misused cessfully availed the opportunity, and labourers from all the country build the war torn nation. There ministry of external affairs. here. As a part of cooperation be- load it for your device. any opportunity of creating hard- created due to failure of Pakistan. are depending in trading with Af- will be focus on sectors like irriga- He was addressing the valedic- tween the two countries, NADT, (Times of India) ships and trouble for each other’s. Compare to India, Pakistan had ghanistan. Afghans can easily re- But the unceremonial memo- made not only thousands of friends cover their losses by diverting trade ries of so-called war had enabled but millions as supporters and links towards Iran and Central Pakistan to establish its influence sympathizer’s who not only re- Asian Republics but no one is in and image in Afghanistan. But Pa- main as refugees but have got max- position to say something about Flour, gold prices up in Kabul markets kistani’s rulers by dreaming in “Is- imum socio-economic freedom future of these affected Pakistanis. lamic Empire” in the region during their prolong stay. But un- Both the countries are not only KABUL : The prices of flour and said. Pakistan shut its borders with grocery store in Taimani neighbor- same quantity of Arabian variety through US led allies backed Mus- fortunately dreaming the biggest sharing similar history, geography, Russian gold have slightly in- Afghanistan on February 15. hood, said a 49kg bag of Kazakh- remained steady at 2,300afs. How- lim fighters from all over the world, empire in the region through joint culture and religion but now facing creased while the rates of other However, Fazal Rahman said the stani flour was sold for 1,280afs, ever, the prices of liquefied gas and deprived them of that great oppor- ventures along with Islamic hard- similar security and economic is- items remain steady this week in closure of borders did not impact 49kg sack of Pakistani sugar for fuel remain unchanged. Ahmad Si- tunity. Instead of getting some- liners, earlier called as Mujahideen sues. The two countries can easily the capital Kabul, market sources the prices of other essential items. 2,290afs. yar, a gas seller in Kolola Poshta, thing through such dreams Paki- and later familiar as Taliban result- emerge Europe like prosperous said Saturday. He said 49kg of Pakistani sug- He sold 16-litre tin of Khur- sold a kilogram of gas at 55afs, the stan is now paying due to wrong ed not only a second neighbouring and progressive corners in the Food Traders Union head, ar cost 2,230afs, 24.5 kilograms of shid ghee for 1,180afs, 24.5kg sack same rate as of last week’s. Abdul doings of its rulers and policy mak- foe but even made a natural ally of world whenever its rulers forget Fazal Rahman told Pajhwok Af- Pakistani rice 1,600afs and a tin of of Pakistani rice for 1,800afs, a kilo Hadi, a worker at Wazirabad Fuel ers. Irrespective of pros and cons the previous one. And now Paki- the past and think about trust- ghan News that the price of 49 ki- 16 liters of Khurshid ghee of Madina green tea for 280afs and Station, said a liter of petrol cost Pakistan suffered a lot at hands of stan is ahead with foes on two sides worthy future planning. It is the lograms of Kazakhstani flour in- 1,100afs, the same prices of last the same quantity of African black 45afs and the same quantity of die- those whom its rulers prepared for whereas third side is covered by time to think otherwise frequent creased from 1,130 Afghanis to week’s. tea for 300afs -- higher than whole- sel 41afs, registering no change. regional neighbours and still pay- another neighbouring Islamic Re- sealing of borders could be con- 1,160 Afghanis this week. Haji Rahmatullah, a tea seller sale prices. Sayed Islam, a firewood seller ing for that blunders. Afghanistan public Iran which didn’t trust Pa- verted into huge walls, which He linked the hike in flour in Kabul Mandavi, said a kilogram The price of Russian gold also in Charahi-i-Shahid area of Kabul, is a landlocked country and de- kistan due to its alliance with Sau- could be harmful to the very inter- price to closure of the country’s of Madina green tea cost 240afs increased. Mohammad Fawad, a said 560 kilograms of peeled oak pending on its neighbours and in di Arab. Only a small corner is left, ests of both the countries. And like borders with Pakistan. Besides and the same amount of African jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said cost 6,900 afghanis and the same according to international laws and which is now being used for the of German’s voices on both sides Kazkhistan and some other coun- black tea 260afs, the same rates as the price of one gram of Russian quantity of cedar 6,700afs, the UN charters, sealing of its borders construction of latest Internation- of walls couldn’t be made on dis- tries, Afghanistan imports a por- of last week’s. gold increased from 1,800afs to same rates of the last week. along with Pakistan is unwanted. al trade route. Whatever might be tance from each other’s for a long tion of flour from Pakistan too, he Ahmad Sharif, who owns a 1,850afs while the price of the (Pajhwok) But due to certain internal and ex- strategic purposes of Pakistani time.

( Irrigation Restoration and Development Project NATIONALCOMPETITIVEBIDDING Invitation for Bids (IFB) For Procurement of Works forRehabilitation/Ahangaran Village River Bank Protection Works IFB No: MEW/PCU/IRDP/HR02/HRT/NCB Date:26-Feb-17 1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business published on 11 January 2011. 2. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Energy & Water has received a grant from the International Development Association toward the cost of Irrigation Restoration and Development Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the Contract for the Sub project given in para 3 below. 3. The Project Coordination Unit, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Energy & Water, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Rehabilitation Works for Ahangaran Village River Bank Protection ( Gabion wall Structures)) (HR02/HRT).The construction period is 14 months which includes slack period of 5 months for flood/ adverse weather conditions and resolving community/farmers needs/disputes etc. 4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits,dated January 2011 and revised in July 2014and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents. 5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Eng. Nasir Ahmad “Ahadi”, Acting Director and Procurement Officer, Project Coordination Unit, Afghanistan and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 to 16:30Hrs from Saturday to Wednesday (Except public holidays). 6. Qualifications requirements include: (a) The minimum required annual volume of construction work for the successful bidder in any of the last five years - 22 Million Afs. (a) Experience as prime contractor in the construction of at least one works of nature and complexity equivalent to this work during the last five (5) years - 13 Million Afs. (b) Proposals for the timely acquisition (own, lease, hire, etc.) of the essential equipment as given in the bidding document. (c) Contract Manager with five years’ experience in works of an equivalent nature and volume, including no less than three years as Manager. (e) Liquid assets and/or credit facilities, net of other contractual commitments and exclusive of any advance payments which may be made under the Contract 5 Million Afs. For detailed post qualification verification please refer to Section I - Instructions to Bidders and Section II- Bid Data Sheet of the bidding documents. A margin of preference for eligible national contractors/joint ventures shall not be applied. 7.A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of 2,500 AFN. The method of payment will be Cash/Direct Payment. The Bidding Documents shall be collected by the bidders from the address below. 8. The bidders or their authorized representatives are invited to attend a pre-bid meeting which will take place on 11 -March-17at 10 AM in the meeting room at the address given below to explain the procedure of proper preparation and submission of bid, clarify issues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage. 9. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10 AM of 25 -March-17(if this date is announced an official holiday, then bids must be submitted next working day at the same time and venue). Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at 25 -March-17 10. All bids shall be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of amount: 500,000 Afghanis. 11. The address referred to above is: Eng. Nasir Ahmad “Ahadi” Procurement officer IRDP Project Coordination Unit PCU/KBL Mobile: +93(0)700686110), SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Nangarhar Sikh community’s children want building for school

JALALABAD : The only prima- He said earlier the school chil- ry school students of Sikh com- dren were deprived of education munity in eastern Nangarhar had due to lack of a special school and to continue their education in few now there was no building where small rooms of their worship place the student could study. called Daramsal and complained no Baba Kabir Primary School’s proper infrastructure for the headmaster, Mohammad Akram school was provided to them. Tarin, told Pajhwok the 60 enrolled They said most of the time students at the school were being their school remained closed be- taught by four teachers. cause it was a worship place and He said the school had two their teachers were not allowed formal teachers and as many con- during special religious ceremonies. tracted teachers. Besides the edu- The Baba Kabir primary cation ministry’s curriculum, EMERGENCY school founded in 2012 but could Sikhism and Hindko language-- not be constructed until now al- mother tongue of Sikhs--were also CALLS though the plot had been bought being taught to students, he add- and provided by the Sikh commu- ed. Tarin also asked the education Police nity. Around 60 students were department to give priority to con- being imparted education in the structing a building for the special school by four teachers who faced school for Sikhs in order the teach- 100 - 119 multiple problems and strict secu- ers go to school easily and stu- rity search while entering to the dents attend classes in a comfort- Hospitals Daramsal. able environment. In addition teaching in the Sikh On the other hand, Nangarhar FMIC Hospital community school was not an easy education department officials, task too because of communica- while acknowledging the issues Behind Kabul Medical tion barrier as all of the students faced by the students, said the con- University: were not Pushto speakers. struction work on the special Amdaf Singh, the student of school building halted due to the 0202500200-+93793275595 fourth class, said their school re- lack of budget. mained shut most of the time be- Proposals of the school con- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital cause of religious events or guest struction had been sent to a num- who attend the religious events. ber of organizations, said the edu- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi He demanded the construction cation department’s spokesman, 070263672 of a separate school where the stu- Mohammad Asif Shinwari. The dent could comfortably study. school has also been given priori- Currently boys and girls study ty in the next 1396 solar year’s Khairkhana Hospital in the same school but they feared budget, he stated. 0799-321007 that some families my stop their They were ready to construct daughters when they rose up. the school building if the budget 2401352 Prena, the student of fourth was approved on time or an orga- class, said her family may not al- nization came forward to provide low her to continue co-education assistance in this regard. Indira Gandhi Children in the future asking for a facility “We will increase the teacher Hospital, Wazir Akbar where girls and boys could study staff as students’ number grows separately. Ustad Iqbal, a teacher and when the number reached the Khan, Kabul 2301372 and religious scholar, expressed specific level, boys and girls will similar concerns. He said three of be segregated and taught in sepa- their teachers were Muslims who rate classes in line with the minis- Ibn-e- Seena were not allowed during religious try’s regulations.” However, he events in the Daramsal. assured all the issues of the school Pul-e-Artan, Kabul The Sikh community has also would be addressed. Currently 2100359 allotted land for a special school about 80 Sikh families live in Jala- but no practical work has been so labad city amounting to a total of far carried out by the Education 500 people, who are suffering Wazir Akbar Khan department after promises it held from various issues besides the Hospital for many years, Iqbal lamented. education problem. (Pajhwok) 2301741, 2301743

Ali Abad UAERCto build Shahrara, Kabul school in Nimroz 2100439 Malalai Maternity Hospital 2201377/ 2301743 Banks Da Afghanistan Bank 2100302, 2100303 Bakhtar Bank 0776777000 Human trafficking has many fac- husband in compromising position woman to a helpful citizen. It fills wronged becoming the wrongdoer ets in the context of Afghanistan, with a boy “I was shaking due to me with extreme content when I is seen by them as a revenge for Azizi Bank involving men, women and children the fear and horror from what I see people feeling proud of me.” their crushed self-esteem and lost 0799 700900 who often suffer at the hands of had witnessed. My husband, in- According to her, whenever dignity during their childhood.” those who take advantage of their stead warned me against talking people are subjected to violence Referring to ambiguities in AT News Report hian High School”, which would Pashtany Bank vulnerability. Those who experi- about what she had seen.” and injustice, they should try to country's penal code that makes it be constructed in one floor with 2102908, 2103868 ence trafficking are often not in a She informed her mother find out solution from the support difficult to prosecute the offend- KABUL: The Kabul office of the 12 classrooms with complete position of strength to be able to about her husband's ever increas- system available to them such as ers, she noted: "In Afghanistan's United Arab Emirates Red Cres- staffs such as chairs and tables, one stand up against it, whether in ing indulgence in Bachabazi, how- judicial institutions. “It is sadden- penal code, Bachabazi is not con- cent (UAERC) in collaboration bookstore, and two laboratories, Air Services public or domestic situations. This ever, she advised her to live with ing to find that many women com- sidered a crime which makes it dif- with the United Arab Emirate the statement added. According to report looks at the case of a rare her husband. She gave in to her mit suicide to escape the cruelty ficult for the authorities to put a (UAE) embassy based in Kabul the statement, the construction of Safi Airways young Afghan woman who took a mother's advise and continued liv- and injustice, which is a cowardice cap on this indecent act." has decided to build a school in school is just aimed at improving southern Nimroz province. stand against her husband’s indul- ing her husband. and un-Islamic act. Problems and To overcome this shortcoming relation between the two countries, 020 22 22 222 A press statement emailed to as well as strengthening humani- gence of Bachabazi. Despite her persuations, her solutions co-exist. All what is in law, eight months ago, AIHRC Afghanistan Times, the UAE em- Challenging deep-rooted unfair husband continued with this im- needed is courage to stay calm and formed a committee comprising of tarian assistance in Afghanistan. Ariana bassy said that the Kabul office of Beside school construction the yet prevalent tradition, braving moral act. "Even on Eid festival, I have faith in God. Had I commit- various departments and prepared the UAERC signed an agreement 020-2100270 various societal pressures, an Af- saw my husband sleeping with ted suicide, I would have wasted a draft an Anti-Pederasty which UAERC has helped Afghan peo- to build a school in Zaranj center ple through other humanitarian ghan woman raised her voice against that boy," Bushra said. my life in this world and the faced has been submitted to Ministry of of Nimroz province. injustice that brought shame to the Her husband's immorality had the hell fire on the day of Judge- Justice and the president's office, programs such as providing food Kam Air The school would be named items, sacrificed meets and digging oppressor and comfort to op- crossed all limits when he tried to ment.” Religious scholars: Sobhrang said. “Shaikh Zayed Ben Sultan Al Na- 0799974422 pressed. It is the story of Bushra, molest a six year old girl during Bushra’s act must be appreciated She clarified that the said draft wells in the country. 32, who initially opted silence over funeral ceremony of Bushra's two Shamsurrahman Frotan, a covers every aspect of pederasty continued social injustice and un- brothers who died in a car acci- member of Ulema (Scholars) Coun- including provisions of punish- Hotels fair treatment, but raised her voice dent. "It was beyond my imagina- cil of Afghanitan said, Pederasty ments. The AIHRC commission- Smugglers arrested with 4 kg Safi Landmark against overt indulgence of her hus- tion that her husband could con- (Boy Play) is a bad and shameful er, however, noted that the draft band in Bachabazi (involving sex- tinue with his deeds in this hour tradition, which is haram and pun- has so far not been approval of of heroin in capital Kabul ual relations between older men while I was grieving for my broth- ishable in Islam. Citing Holy Qu- parliament and the president. 020-2203131 and younger adolescent men, or ers." "I had two options, either ran, he said: "Allah destroyed en- Terming Bushra a courageous SERENA boys). Now, Bushra is providing commit suicide or raise my voice tire Lot tribe for its indulgence in woman, AIHRC official noted: A group of three smugglers were cent months. According to the last legal assistance to Afghan victims against injustice, I chose the lat- such a practice." "Bushra's story is an outstanding arrested by the security forces in survey report, there has been a 43 and survivors of trafficking in per- ter." Local tribal Jirga grants divorse He commended Burshra's act of bravery by an Afghan wom- the outskirts of Kabul city as they per cent rise in opium cultivation 0799654000 sons. It was Bushra's resolve that She shared the issue with all courage by saying that "what she an who comes out victorious in her were attempting to smuggle 4 kg in Afghanistan. The survey joint- kept her fight against injustice. her family members and her father has done is laudable and highly fight against injustice. Her strug- of heroin. The Ministry of Interi- ly conducted by the Afghan au- New Rumi Restaurant During four long years of struggle, decided to resolve the issue through praiseworthy." gle deserves to be recorded in a or (MoI) said the smugglers had thorities and United Nations Of- 0776351347 despite knowing the implications, the local tribal Jirga. AIHRC: Bushra's struggle de- book and documented in film." placed the heroin in their shoes in fice on Drugs and Crime, around she was determined to take her The Jirga comprising of tribal serves to be documented in film Anti-Pederasty law awaiting a very professional way but were 201,000 acres of land were culti- Internet Services fight against injustice to conclu- elders, family members of both the Dr. Soraya Sobhrang, president's approval identified and arrested by the se- vated with opium in 2016. The sion, come what may. sides and religious leaders conclud- Woman Commissioner at Afghan- TiP High Commission mem- curity forces in the control doors report further added that estimates UA Telecom She said she wanted to contin- ed that my rights have been istan Independent Human Rights ber and head of Legislative Depart- of Kabul city. This comes as there show a total of 4,800 metric tons 0796701701 / 0796702702 ue her education after she complet- wronged and granted divorce from Commission (AIHRC), termed ment of Justice Ministry, Abdul has been a sharp rise in opium cul- of opium will be produced in 2016. ed secondary level school educa- her husband. After the divorce, her Bacha Bazi is a despicable custom Majeed Ghanizada said, there is tivation, production and smuggling According to the officials, insta- tion, but a marriage proposal by husband threatened to kill her. and a sensitive issue to address. no specific law about the preven- across the country during the re- bility, lack of funds. (KP) Exchange Rate her family came in the way of real- “Threats did not scare me anymore She noted that the indecent tion of Pederasty, but lately a Ped- izing her dreams. rather made me more determined practice of Bachabazi exists in erasty Prohibition Law has been Purchase: Bushra was in 10th class when towards my resolve to fight for most parts of the country. Unfor- submitted to the ministry by the her family got her engaged to an myself and the voiceless of my tunately, due to the stigma at- Human Rights Commission which Nabi,Shazad win best One US$ = illiterate person in Mazar-i Sharif society,” she said. tached to sexual exploitation, com- is awaiting president's approval. 66.75Afs and was forced by her future hus- She said that the immoral prac- plainant do not come forward to Ghanizada said, under this law associated nation player band to not pursue her further stud- tice of deviant sexual conduct has report to authorities consequent- organizing and participation in One Pound Sterling= ies. Bushra said she got a hint about social implications apart from de- ly the problem remains unresolved. parties in which boys are enslaved, 80.87Afs this person's indulgence in Bacha- stroying the self esteem of those "Lack of security, lax law en- forced to dance for sexual amuse- of the year award One Euro = bazi and despite sharing her con- who are abused. "Bachabazi is an forcement, rampant corruption, ment of others is an punishable cern with her family, her parents un-Islamic and inhuman act which and the culture of impunity are offence. KABUL : Afghan cricket players which he played in the fourth con- 70.05Afs decided to go ahead with her mar- should be eradicated from our so- among reason for ever increasing Usually, people endure injus- Mohammad Shahzad and Moham- secutive limited-over series win 1000 Pak Rs = riage for fear of social stigma. ciety." trends in Bachabazi," she re- tice done to them and bury it deep mad Nabi topped the list of best over Zimbabwe in the space of 611Afs Wedded to exploitation With the encouragement of her marked. inside, however, Bushra refused to individual batting and bowling per- three months. “It took him eight Recounting her ordeal, right parents and renewed zeal, Bushra "People do not dare to com- bear injustice, because she believed formance for the ESPN cricinfo balls to hit his first six on the Sale: from the first day of her marriage, completed her law degree with the plain against these individuals as that burying the injustice inside is Statsguru Award, a media report evening, but by the end of his One US$ = Bushara said her husband demand- intent of helping the voiceless of 99.99 per cent of them have pow- like sowing seeds of pain that will said on Saturday. knock he had done it seven more The Statsguru Awards go be- times, and hit ten fours besides.” 66.95 Afs ed total submission to his de- the society. “I took a vow to help er of guns and money," she added. someday manifest in violence. One Pound Sterling= mands. With disgust and agony the victims of such exploitation “We have found in our inves- Bushra, didn’t endure exploi- yond run scored, wickets taken or Mohammad Nabi is another evident in her voice, she said: “That and eradicate this custom from my tigations that the sexually abused tation, rather resisted, raised her averages and are the result of de- top of the list Afghan cricketer for 81.67Afs night he behaved in a wild manner society,” Bushra added. boys later become pedophile them- voice and finally, emerged as a tailed data analysis of performanc- the Statsguru Award who is con- One Euro= with me.” “I am happy to have trans- selves. brave and victorious Afghan wom- es, the report said. sidered to be Afghanistan’s key for 70.65 Afs After a week, when I saw my formed myself from a helpless The phenomena of the an. (PAJHWOK) Mohammad Shahzad’s 118 of continued push to the test and Full 67 balls innings was impressive Membership status. (KP) 1000 Pak Rs= 619 SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Srinivas Kuchibhotla: Wife questioned safety in US The wife of an Indian man shot dead in a US bar said she expressed ANKARA: Prime Minister US can’t concern about the targeting of im- Nawaz Sharif on Friday said he migrants in the United States be- did not feel the United States or fore the attack, but her husband the West are opposed to the Chi- ignore India: told her not to worry. na-Pakistan Economic Corridor Speaking at a news conference (CPEC), but added that some ‘re- Nasscom on on Friday in Kansas, the victim's gional powers’ appear to have a wife, Sunayana Dumala, said she problem with the multibillion-dol- had questioned whether it was safe lar project. proposed to live in the US after other shoot- “I don’t sense any conspiracy ing incidents. is being hatched by the US or the H-1B visa "We always wondered how West against CPEC,” the premier safe it was to stay in the United told reporters at a breakfast meet- States of America, but he always ing in Ankara before leaving for curb assured me that only good things Pakistan after completing his India’s apex IT industry lobby happen to good people," said Du- three-day visit. “But some region- Nasscom has said the US just mala. "He did not deserve a death al powers are unhappy with this can’t afford to ignore India as it like this." project,” he said in reply to a ques- lacked the required skills. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was tion about the economic corridor. The Nasscom made the ob- killed and Alok Madasani - also 32 Chinese daily terms CPEC servation amid diplomatic chan- and from India - wounded in Aus- door to ‘foreign investment’ nels opening up in both the coun- tin's Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kan- Speaking about Afghanistan, tries to discuss the issue of pro- sas on Wednesday night. Ameri- Premier Nawaz said Pakistan was posed curb on H-1B visa by the can Ian Grillot, 24, was shot, but a well-wisher for the war-torn coun- US and outsourcing work outside survived after he chased down the try and urged the government in America by India. attacker. At least one bystander Kabul to realise that. “Pakistan has The US grapples with the told the Kansas City Star news- always desire peace and stability manpower challenges and faces paper the gunman shouted: "Get in Afghanistan and wants to con- serious STEM (Science, Technol- out of my country" before shoot- tribute to its development,” he said. ogy, Engineering, and Maths) skill ing the Indian victims. When asked about the recent gap issues, said Shivendra Singh, The Federal Bureau of Inves- wave of terror incidents in Paki- vice president and head of global tigation (FBI) is investigating stan, the prime minister said that trade development, Nasscom. whether the attack was a hate crime even though many of those attacks Indian IT companies help the - the official term for crimes moti- had been traced back to elements US in filling this gap, he said. vated by bias or prejudice. hiding in Afghanistan, Islamabad “There is a challenge on the Pratik Mathur, spokesman for still wants to see its neighbour supply side in the US. There is the Indian embassy in Washington achieve stability. “A peaceful Af- STEM-skill gap which has been DC, said India had requested a ghanistan is in the interest of Paki- acknowledged by all credible US "thorough and speedy investiga- stan and the region,” he added. sources. As per US department tion" by US authorities. (TRIBUNE) of labour, there will be 2.4 million The shooting triggered outrage unskilled STEM jobs by 2018 - on social media with people voic- more than 50% in the computer ing concern that Trump's "Ameri- and IT related area,” Singh said. ca First" position on immigration SRI LANKA: India is the biggest beneficia- and jobs has fuelled a climate of ries of H-1B visas in the world intolerance. White House spokes- FORMER with about 58% (majority from man Sean Spicer said on Friday US) of the total global outsourc- any loss of life was tragic, but it PRESIDENT ing business coming to it. would be "absurd" to link the kill- The H-1B is a non-immigrant ing to Trump's rhetoric. 'Mindset MAHINDA visa in the US, which allows Amer- of hate' The suspect fled and was ican employers to temporarily arrested five hours later at a res- RAJAPAKSA The Islamabad High Court on Sat- Khurram Ali Khan with fabricated granted bail to the suspects. Zahoor Hassan — who began a employ foreign workers in spe- taurant in Missouri. He reported- urday adjourned till March 25 the stories," the request stated, add- Case history practice in Islamabad a couple of cialty occupations. Amid H- ly told an employee there he need- THREATENS TO indictment of a judge and his wife ing that negative propaganda was Tayyaba, who was allegedly years ago — was of key interest 1B?visa concerns, EU says open ed a place to hide because he had accused of torturing a 10-year-old created via social media reports of tortured by Khan's family, was with regard to the "illegitimate" to accommodate more Indian pro- killed two Middle Eastern men, the SUE CENTRAL girl working in their house as a maid. Tayyaba's torture. In the latest rescued from his house in Islama- compromise first reached between fessionals India discusses H1B Star reported. Both accused, former addition- hearing in the IHC on the matter, bad with visible wounds on Dec the suspects and the child’s fami- visa, IPR issues with US lawmak- Adam Purinton, 51, was BANK OVER al district and sessions judge held on Feb 10, Tayyaba's father 28, 2016. A First Information Re- ly. ers But India will not be affected charged on Thursday with one (ADSJ) Raja Khurram Ali Khan had submitted an affidavit to a lo- port was registered against him and Chief Justice of Pakistan Sa- alone if there is any H-1B visa count of premeditated first-degree ‘BOND SCAM’ and his wife, Maheen Zafar, were cal court claiming her employers his wife, Maheen Zafar, on Dec qib Nisar had remarked during restriction, industry leaders said, murder and two counts of attempt- called more than twice when the did not torture her, bringing the 29, 2016. proceedings that there was no even the US will face the man- ed premeditated first-degree mur- Former Sri Lankan president Ma- hearing began. However, both case back to where it was at the On Jan 2, 2017, the ADSJ had doubt that a criminal act had been hinda Rajapaksa today threatened power-related problem. der, District Attorney Stephen failed to show up. start of the year. reached a compromise with Tayy- committed in the Tayyaba case. Senior IT industry leaders in Howe told reporters. to sue the Finance Ministry and An application was submitted This was the second time aba’s parents, on the basis of which The court had also directed the Central Bank over the alleged Bond India dared US President Donald At Kuchibhotla's family home on behalf of the two while the hear- Tayyaba's father made the claim. Zafar secured pre-arrest bail from police to investigate how the com- J Trump to follow Mahatma Gan- near the Indian tech hub of Hyder- scam, saying someone committed ing was underway, asking the court Mohammad Azam, the child’s the court of ADSJ Raja Asif Meh- promise deed was prepared, as a “major fraud” using his name. His dhi’s Swadeshi Movement abad, relatives backed government to exempt the accused from attend- father, had dismissed media re- mood the same day. On Jan 3, well as matters related to internal launched in early 1900s during calls to ensure the safety of Indi- comments came as the Special ing it. Judicial Magistrate Haider ports about Tayyaba’s abuse in the ADSJ Atta Rabbani had handed trafficking of child labour. Presidential panel to investigate the pre-independence era in India, and ans living in the United States. Shah, presiding over the case, ap- affidavit, saying that after looking over custody of Tayyaba to her In its report, the police had ask Americans to burn free-credit "The government should voice Bond scam suspended its sittings proved the request, saying the ac- into the matter he had concluded parents. focused only on the child’s abuse on Thursday to verify the issue cards and get ready to pay $150 out this strongly because our cused must attend the next hearing that both Khan and his wife were On Jan 4, the Supreme Court and the possible involvement of for the same. Indians had then brothers, sisters and our relatives date of a government gazette dat- scheduled for March 25. innocent. had taken suo motu notice of the the suspects. On Jan 26, the SC ed January 1, 2015 just a week burnt the imported clothes and are there," the victim's brother, Earlier, Maheen Zafar had sub- He said the media had misre- matter. had expressed displeasure with the boycotted imported sugar as part Venu Madhav, told Reuters Tele- before Rajapaksa was defeated by mitted a written request to the in- ported the facts of the case, and he The court had directed police way the police investigated the President Maithripala Sirisena. of the Swadeshi movement. vision. Madhav said the US gov- terior ministry on Feb 20, stating had reserved the right to take ac- to investigate the case from every case. “Trump should follow Gandhi ernment under Trump seems to be Sirisena’s victory ended a nearly that the leader of a "mafia" is con- tion against journalists. Azam said aspect, and on a subsequent hear- The case was referred back to decade-long rule of Rajapaksa in who had called upon its people "cultivating the mindset to hate spiring against her and her hus- he did not want to pursue a case ing on Jan 11, observed that the the IHC by the Supreme Court for to boycott the garments made in Asians and Middle East people". 2015. band. "The mafia maligned Raja and would not object if the court role of Chakwal-based lawyer Raja further deliberations. (DAWN) “I am not the finance minister English factories and gutted them. Dozens of people attended a after January 8. Those in that po- Trump too should tell people to candlelight vigil Friday evening in sition after January 8 have done a boycott free credit cards and pay Olathe at a church across the road major fraud using my name,” Ra- $150 and destroy free cards. He from the bar where Kuchibhotla japaksa said at Colombo east’s should ask the Americans to set was murdered. Hundreds of thou- Horana town. their free cards ablaze,” said Nass- sands of dollars were raised The February 27, 2015 Bond com vice chairman Raman Roy, through crowdfunding sites for the issue raged controversy when 10 Protesters have been camping out- who is also the CMD of the Qua- three victims. "When we peel the billion rupees worth Bonds were side a Sri Lankan Air Force base trro Global Services. Roy who is layer, then we realise, oh, gun vio- put on sale even though the public since January 31 at Keappaapula- one of the pioneers of the BPO lence was actually somebody kill- notice was for just one million. It vu on the north-eastern coast of industry in India, advocated for ing people because they are differ- was alleged that a firm associated the island of Sri Lanka. the “butter and guns”, theory of ent … That's when it became real- with then Central Bank Governor Women are playing a leading Nobel Prize-winning economist ly hard to really make sense of Arjuna Mahendran’s son was ben- role in the protest. They are de- Paul Samuelson (1948)’. He said this," said Olathe resident Shabina efited from the deal through insid- manding the return of their land, that the countries, who are good Kavimandan. Trump's immigration er information. which was taken away to create a at manufacturing guns should restrictions could target skilled In- Mahendran was a handpick of military zone. The Keappaapula- make guns and others produce dian workers as the government Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes- vu base is one of many military butter, if they are good at it. It’s a considers curbing the H-1B visa inghe and the premier’s defence of bases built throughout the north basic economics. Roy said the US programme, worrying both India's the Governor led to a parliamenta- and east of the island. After the lacks the required skill-set such $150bn IT services industry and ry probe on the Bond issues. Ma- defeat of the Liberation Tigers of as engineers. He said general pro- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hendran was later removed by Tamil Eelam, who had been fight- ductivity can be improved by government. Social media lit up Sirisena apparently due to public ing for an independent Tamil home- specialisation as the very basics with responses to the Kansas pressure. (INDIANEXPRESS) land, Tamil areas are under what of the economy. The countries attack."Don't be shocked! Be an- amounts to a military occupation. like India, the Philippines, Sri gry!" Siddharth, a well-known Sri Lankan military intelligence Lanka have the requisite knowl- South Indian actor who uses one has been intimidating the protest- edge and people not the America. name, tweeted to his 2.6 million ors by photographing and filming About 85% of the engineering followers. "Trump is spreading Danish them. A sign was put up threaten- removed after adverse media publicity. The protesters have received solidarity from a range of sources, students who enroll in their uni- hate. This is a hate crime! RIP ing protesters with death if they including Jaffna University students, Tamil and Muslim traders in the town of Mullaitheevu, and some versities are migrants, he said. #SrinivasKuchibhotla." Prince arrives entered the base. This threat was religious figures from the Sinhalese ethnic majority from Sri Lanka’s south. (GREENLEFT) (HINDUSTANTIMES) (Al Jazeera) in Nepal

KATHMANDU - Danish Prince UN demands action on Bangladesh enforced disappearances Joachim Holger Waldemar Chris- tian arrived in Nepal for a 10-day- Dhaka, Bangladesh - A UN group In a statement, the expert UN Toby Cadman, a UK lawyer opposition parties Bangladesh long visit at the invitation of Care has called on the Bangladesh gov- panel said the government should acting for the families of the three Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e- Nepal and Embassy of Denmark, ernment to "immediately reveal the "halt an increasing number of en- men, told Al Jazeera that he un- Islami." Programme Director of Care Ne- whereabouts" of three sons of op- forced disappearances". derstands the men are currently The UN group's appeal was pal Dr Popular Jentle said. position leaders it says were kid- "Enforced disappearance is a held by the military intelligence endorsed by four separate UN The Care Nepal has taken napped six months ago, while heinous crime and an offence to agency, the Directorate General special rapporteurs. Prince Joachim's Nepal visit with sounding a warning on rising en- human dignity and no circumstanc- Forces Intelligence (DGFI), in Lord Carlisle, a member of the due importance which is taking forced disappearances. es whatsoever may be invoked to Dhaka. British House of Lords, has also place at a time when Nepal is mov- In separate incidents, Hum- justify it," the statement said, ap- "The reality is that all three issued a statement criticising the ing ahead on the path of economic mam Quader Chowdhury, Mir pealing to Sheikh Hasina's govern- individuals have been unlawfully alleged detention of the three men. development and infrastructure Ahmed bin Quasem and Brigadier- ment to "take action now". abducted in strikingly similar cir- "These individuals have now construction. General Abdullahil Amaan al-Azmi Chowdhury, Quasem and cumstances and, to date, the gov- been missing for some six months The Danish Prince is sched- went missing in the capital, Dha- Azmil are linked to either the op- ernment has denied all knowledge without access to their families, uled to visit Kavre, Gorkha, ka, in August 2016, allegedly ab- position Bangladesh Nationalist of their whereabouts and refused without access to a lawyer, and Tanahun, Syangja, Kaski, Dha- ducted by Bangladesh security Party or Jamaat-e-Islami, and each to comment. They should be im- without having had their detention nusha, Siraha and Sindhuli and take forces. of their fathers has been convicted mediately released," Cadman said. authorised or supervised by the stock of the different programme In each case, there were multi- and executed by the Bangladesh's Attempts by Al Jazeera to courts," he said. being operated there. It is said that ple witnesses. But in all three International Crimes Tribunal contact the DGFI to respond to "The rule of law has effective- Prince Joachim would visit the lo- events, police deny any involve- (ICT). Cadman's claim were not success- ly broken down in Bangladesh. cations and take information on ment. The ICT was set up in 2010 ful. Security forces are acting with im- earthquake response programme, The United Nations Working to investigate and prosecute those 'Rule of law' broken punity, and the executive [branch] food security and livelihood, sex- Group on Involuntary and En- accused of crimes during the coun- In its recently released annual is failing to fulfil one of its central ual and reproductive health, natu- forced Disappearances said on Fri- try's war of independence in 1971. report, Amnesty International, the obligations as a government, in that ral resource management and di- day that in total now, more than Bangladesh authorities have rights group, said: "Enforced dis- it is failing, or refusing, to protect saster preparedness and others. 40 people have been "disap- repeatedly denied any involvement appearances continued at an alarm- its own citizens, regardless of po- (ANNAPURNAPOST) peared". or knowledge of their whereabouts. ing rate, often of supporters of litical affiliation." (Al Jazeera) SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Who Democrats produced invite the VX immigrants to Trump's poison that Congress Turkey's ruling party has formal- ly launched a campaign urging a killed Kim speech yes vote in a referendum to amend the constitution, eliminating the Jong-nam? Democrats have invited immi- position of prime minister and ex- grants and foreigners to attend tending the powers of the presi- President Donald Trump's first dent. A Syrian cinematographer who address to the US Congress, in Prime Minister Binali Yildirim worked on an Oscar-nominated an effort to put a face on those waved and threw flowers to his documentary has been barred from they say could be hurt by the supporters, among an estimated entering the United States to at- Republican's policies. 40,000 flag-waving members of the tend Sunday's Academy Awards To send a message to Justice and Development Party in ceremony. Trump, lawmakers are inviting Ankara on Saturday, to push for Despite being granted a US people like an Iraqi-born doctor the approval of the bill on April visa, Khaled Khatib, 21 - who doc- who discovered elevated levels 16.Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan, re- umented Syria's civil war in the film of lead in the blood of many chil- porting from Turkey's capital, said The White Helmets - was sched- dren living in Flint, Michigan. the party, known by its Turkish uled to depart from the Turkish They also invited a Paki- acronym AKP, was trying to capital Istanbul on Saturday be- stani-born doctor who delivers project unity amid political divi- fore US officials reportedly dis- critical care to patients in Rhode sions in the country. covered "derogatory information" Island and an American-born But the "irony" of Yildirim's about him. daughter of Palestinian refugees position is that he will be strongly The US Department of Home- who helps people like her fami- arguing for the abolition of his own land Security at the last minute ly resettle in the US. post, Brennan said. blocked Khatib from travelling to "I want Trump to see the The referendum comes less Los Angeles, saying he now need- face of a woman, the face of a than a year after a failed coup at- ed a new passport waiver, accord- Muslim, and the face of some- tempt against the government of ing to documents seen by The As- one whose family has enriched President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. sociated Press news agency. and contributed to this country Erdogan has said the changes Derogatory information is a despite starting out as refugees," will prevent a return to fragile par- broad term that includes a variety said Luis V Gutierrez, whose liamentary coalitions of the past, of allegations, ranging from con- guest on Tuesday will be Fidaa and provide stability at a time of nections to attacks to passport ir- Rashid, a Chicago immigration turmoil. There have been 140,000 regularities. lawyer. Lawmakers typically get people arrested, detained or sus- ers opposing the bill as "terror- He said the main challenge for Er- passed in the referendum, Turkey son can be elected president for According to the Department one guest ticket apiece for pres- pended from public sector posts ists". But critics fear a slide to- dogan and his allies was to assure would head to general and presi- two five-year terms. Erdogan's ex- of Homeland Security correspon- idential addresses, as they will since the coup attempt failed in wards what they call authoritari- voters "that there are safeguards dential elections in November 2019 isting time as president will not be dence, Khatib was detained by for Tuesday's prime-time July 2016. Test of patriotism Er- anism. Al Jazeera's Brennan said put into the proposal" to make - and the proposed powers would counted meaning that, if the legis- Turkish authorities in Istanbul last speech. A group of Democratic dogan also called the vote a test of there are "concerns that too much sure the president does not wield be granted to whoever is elected lation is approved, he could stay week, which led to the US barring lawmakers wrote a letter to col- patriotism. He has referred to vot- power rests with the president." too much power. If the changes are president. The bill indicates a per- in office until 2029. (Al Jazeera) him. leagues earlier this month urging "A valid travel document is them to invite guests who have, required for travel to the United despite discrimination, made States," Department of Homeland positive impacts on their com- Geneva Security spokeswoman Gillian munities. The focus on welcom- Christensen told AP. ing immigrants will also extend It was unclear why he was ar- to the response that Democratic talks: Rebels rested by Turkish authorities, and leaders plan for Trump's speech. his current whereabouts are un- Astrid Silva, who was brought positive known. into the US as a young child, Calls and emails to Khatib by will provide the rebuttal in Span- Al Jazeera were not answered. ish, the AP news agency report- after The incident took place less ed. (Al Jazeraa) The White House has blocked a than a month following President meeting de number of news outlets from cov- Donald Trump's now suspended ering a question-and-answer ses- temporary travel ban, which re- French judge sion with spokesman Sean Spicer stricted entry of people from sev- Mistura held in place of the daily press en Muslim-majority countries, in- briefing. Media organisations in- cluding Syria. takes over Geneva, Switzerland - The Syrian Khatib along with fellow res- opposition has described its first cluding The New York Times, CNN, Politico and Al Jazeera were cue worker Raed al-Saleh were probe into meeting here with the UN envoy both granted visas earlier this in the latest round of peace talks blocked from joining the informal, on-the-record, off-camera press month to attend the Oscars on Fillon 'fake as "generally positive", praising Sunday. him for being more engaged in dis- briefing on Friday, referred to as a "gaggle". In a Twitter post, Saleh said jobs' scandal cussing a political transition. on Friday they would not be at- The comments came a day af- Some of the blocked outlets, including CNN, have been singled tending the event because they are French presidential challenger ter Staffan de Mistura, the UN busy helping people caught in the special envoy for Syria, formally out by President Donald Trump Francois Fillon will face a full as sources of "fake news". conflict. judicial inquiry into allegations launched the fourth round of ne- The White Helmets is a 40- gotiations at the UN offices amid Spicer invited only a pool of he paid family members for fake news organisations that represents minute Netflix documentary nom- parliamentary jobs after the low expectations. inated in the Oscars' short docu- The talks are part of the latest and shares reporting with the larg- country's financial prosecutor er press corps. mentary category. It gives a said he was appointing a magis- political initiative to bring an end tact between the White House and ident Jeff Mason said the group gle, its executive editor, Dean glimpse of the daily lives of the to a six-year war that has killed Journalists from several right- trate to lead a deeper probe. leaning outlets were also allowed Russian officials." was "protesting strongly" against Baquet, said that "nothing like this group - also known as Syria Civil The escalation is another nearly 500,000 people, wounded Typically, the daily briefing is how the gaggle was handled by the has ever happened at the White Defence - whose members volun- more than a million, and displaced into Spicer's office, including the blow to the conservative candi- website Breitbart News, whose televised and open to all news or- White House and that the issue House in our long history of cov- teer as emergency rescue workers date whose status as favorite to nearly half the population. ganisations credentialed to cover would be discussed further with ering multiple administrations of in rebel-held parts of Syria. "We heard positive ideas and former executive chairman, Steve win the presidency has faded Bannon, is Trump's chief strate- the White House. officials. different parties." Among the film's harrowing since the “Penelopegate” affair suggestions from Mr de Mistura," The Associated Press and Speaking to Al Jazeera, Ma- CNN described the move as scenes are images of people dig- Nasser al-Hariri, the lead opposi- gist. When additional news organ- - named after Fillon's wife - first isations attempted to gain access, Time magazine chose not to par- son added that press access to the an "unacceptable development by ging through demolished homes surfaced a month ago. But it may tion negotiator, said at a news con- ticipate in the gaggle after Spicer White House since Trump took the Trump White House". searching for potential survivors ference on Friday. they were not allowed to enter. not stop him from standing in Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett, restricted the number of journal- office in January has been "good". "Apparently this is how they after air strikes or artillery barrag- April-May vote. "I believe he was more enthu- ists present. "There's some irony to that retaliate when you report facts es. Volunteer medical workers are siastic than before in discussing a reporting from the White House, By involving a magistrate in was among those asked to leave. 'Don't need everything on cam- statement because the tone set by they don't like. We'll keep report- at risk of being killed in "double what had so far been a prelimi- political transition in Syria. So far era' Spicer said the White House President Trump about the media, ing regardless," the broadcaster tap" attacks that target first-re- there are no specific measures." "This is really the latest in an nary probe led by police, the ongoing media war with this White held a gaggle rather than an open of course, has been very negative," said in a statement. sponders arriving at the scene and prosecutor is putting more re- Hariri said the opposition pre- briefing because Trump made a he said, "but we have had many The Committee to Protect many have died. sented its "understanding" of House," she said. sources into the investigation. "Some of those who are con- major speech earlier in the day. opportunities to ask questions, Journalists also condemned the The group was also nominat- The inquiry will examine points in UN Security Council "Our job is to make sure that both of the president and Sean move by the White House. ed for a Nobel Peace Prize last year. Resolution 2254 that discuss po- cerned about this are outlets that possible misuse of public funds have been accused by the White we're responsive to folks in the Spicer, his press secretary, and to "We are concerned by the de- Since the start of the Syrian war and a lack of full and proper dis- litical transition in Syria, including media," he said during the briefing. see and take pictures basically of cision to bar reporters from a press that erupted in March 2011, the governance, the formation of a new House of reporting unfavourably, closure, according to the prose- namely that they reported that the "We want to make sure we answer how this White House governs. secretary briefing," CPJ Executive United Nations estimates nearly cutor's statement that was issued constitution and new UN-super- your questions, but we don't need That is a positive thing and a trend Director Joel Simon said in a state- 400,000 people have been killed vised elections. White House recently tried to de- as Fillon took to the stage at a ploy the FBI to counter some neg- to do everything on camera every we hope will continue." ment. "The US should be promot- and more than half the population campaign rally near Paris. 'Just political solution' day." In a statement, White House After The New York Times ing press freedom and access to has been forced to flee the coun- The opposition's goal was to ative reporting with regard to The judge can decide to whether or not there had been con- Correspondents' Association Pres- was barred from attending the gag- information." try. (Al Jazeera) drop the case, place the 62-year- forge "a just political solution that old former prime minister under ensures for the Syrian people its formal investigation, or send the aspirations and dreams, for which case to trial. (BBC) it has paid a very high price", he said. Friday's discussions with de Mistura only covered "procedur- Who produced al" aspects of the ongoing talks, Hariri said, adding that specific the VXpoison points about the shape and scope of any transition would be clari- Iraqi forces have entered a neigh- aid, reporting from Erbil, said that on Thursday, which had been cap- that killed Kim fied in the coming days. bourhood in the western part of ISIL targeted the troops from mul- tured by ISIL fighters when they South African police fired rubber Friday's protests, Mamelodi Con- Opposition officials told Al Mosul for the first time since the tiple fronts, including soldiers who overran Mosul in June 2014. bullets, tear gas and stun grenades cerned Residents, remained peace- Jong-nam? Jazeera that their delegation would launch of an offensive to retake the were stationed at Mosul airport, ISIL's strategy reportedly in- to break up clashes between local ful. respond on Monday to the frame- city from ISIL last year. one of the Iraqi army's most sig- cludes waiting for "darkness to fall" protesters and immigrants at a ral- But Pretoria's police said in a work for political transition sub- Sami al-Aridhi, a lieutenant- nificant achievements in its first before hidden fighters launch a se- ly in Pretoria against foreigners. statement that another group of Malaysian police have general in Iraq's Counter Terror- phase of the offensive. ries of attacks on surrounding sol- launched an investigation into mitted by de Mistura. Hundreds marched towards people from Atteridgeville, which "What will be discussed in the ism Service (CTS), said on Friday "It is one of the largest death diers. the foreign ministry on Friday, call- is west of Pretoria, "blocked roads, how the killers of Kim Jong- that the army was fighting for Al tolls you've seen in the last six days Iraqi forces aim to secure the nam obtained the highly toxic following days is the make-up of a ing for the deportation of foreign- burnt tyres and threw stones". Maamun, a small neighbourhood of this push towards western airport and the camp's surround- ers who they claim have taken Zuma appeals for calm nerve agent allegedly used in the transitional governing body - as in, on the southwestern edge of Mo- Mosul," he said. ing areas, in order to easily bring in their jobs. Police tried to keep pro- Police Commissioner Kho- assassination of the North Ko- who the members of this body would be," Mohammad Sabra, the sul. He said that while ISIL had reinforcements, Al Jazeera's Bin testers, some of them armed with motso Phahlane said officers ar- rean leader's half brother. He told AFP news agency that claimed that it had killed almost Javaid said, adding that "Iraqi forc- sticks and pipes, apart from for- rested 136 people over the past Police have detained and are chief negotiator for the opposition the troops earlier "attacked and 40 Iraqi soldiers, "Iraqi government es realise that taking Mosul is eigners who were gathered to ex- 24 hours. questioning a North Korean delegation, told Al Jazeera. He said the opposition's par- fully control" Ghazlani military officially does not accept or deny weeks, if not months away". press alarm about recent attacks. Protesters handed the minis- national suspected of produc- base and Tal al-Rayyan village out- any of these casualty figures [al- A federal police officer and an ing the chemical, VX, Al ticipation in the latest round of "There was a standoff between try a petition that calls on the gov- side Mosul. though] military sources have been official overseeing operations said 100 protesters and 100 or so most- ernment to teach foreigners how Jazeera's Florence Looi report- Geneva talks was aimed at finding The fighters belonging to ISIL, telling us that dozens of soldiers on Friday that soldiers secured ly Somali nationals who had come to speak properly, according to the ed. Investigators are trying to ways to implement "mechanisms" or the Islamic State of Iraq and the have died in these ISIL attacks". key infrastructures since the op- out onto the streets ... saying they Associated Press news agency. establish whether the man, who to "force the Syrian government Levant, attacked government forc- The attacks came after Iraqi eration to force ISIL out of west- would defend themselves, their "They are arrogant and they don't has a background in science, to comply with UN Security es with a suicide car bombing in forces stormed the city's airport ern Mosul was officially launched families homes and businesses," know how to talk to people," the had the "training and expertise Council resolutions surrounding Tal al-Rayyan and that three other and a nearby military base early on Sunday. (Al Jazeera) said Al Jazeera's Tania Page, re- petition said, singling out Nigeri- to manufacture" the chemical, Syria, if it refuses to do so". "The car bombs were found there, ac- porting from Johannesburg. ans. South African President Ja- possibly in a laboratory in Kua- regime always claims that it is look- cording to Aridhi. "We don't have hate! We don't cob Zuma condemned anti-foreign- la Lumpur, Looi said from the ing for a political solution," Sabra The CTS, the most-seasoned have hate!" one foreign man was er violence and appealed for calm. Malaysian capital on Saturday. said. "So far, it has not said that it force in Iraq, has suffered no loss- heard shouting in a video posted "Many citizens of other countries "The big question is how refuses to implement the resolu- tions. Resolution 2118 stipulates es since the renewed push on west by eNCA, a local broadcaster. living in South Africa are law abid- these two women get hold of Mosul was launched on Sunday, the toxic substance," she said. that in the case of refusal, the Se- South Africa's unemployment ing and contribute to the economy according to Aridhi. rate is above 25 percent. of the country positively," Zuma "How did this highly toxic sub- curity Council can take measures He said some fighters had been While some foreigners are said. "It is wrong to [brand] all stance come into this country?" based on Chapter VII of the UN wounded, however, some of them blamed for "stealing jobs", others non-nationals as drug dealers or VX is a fast-acting toxin that Charter [...] to force the regime to by the weaponised drones that are accused of crimes such as drug- human traffickers." Zuma ac- sparks respiratory collapse and comply with international law, so ISIL - also known as ISIS - has dealing. knowledged complaints about heart failure. Tiny amounts of that we can achieve political tran- increasingly resorted to in recent Resentment against foreigners companies that hire illegal immi- the poison are enough to kill an sition." Shortly after Friday's news conference, the opposition weeks. Earlier casualties has sometimes turned deadly. grants and said the foreign affairs adult, whether it is inhaled or Late on Thursday, ISIL rocket absorbed through the skin. A delegation returned to its hotel and In 2015, anti-immigrant riots office "will be cracking down on attacks killed at least dozens of in and around the city of Durban all employers who continue with leading regional security expert held a closed-door meeting with Iraqi soldiers, a day after the army killed at least six people. In 2008, this practice, which is dangerous told AFP it would not have been Michael Ratney, the US special secured Mosul airport. similar violence killed at least 62 as it pits locals against non-nation- difficult to get VX.(BBC) envoy for Syria, and several Euro- pean diplomats. (BBC) Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Jav- people. The main group behind als". (Al Jazeera) SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 Even their Pakistani Identity Cards wouldn’t help them as Punjab police and Feder- E-mail: [email protected] al Investigation Agency would block these cards after their arrests. By Afrasiab Khattak gerous modern weapons used bombardments and heavy artillery military operations going on ev- Email: [email protected] against Afghan/Pashtun people firing in their own areas and ex- erywhere. There is no cut off date It is official now. The Punjab po- and the horrific devastation caused treme harassment, persecution and to this process and it seems to be www.afghanistantimes.af lice has issued written instructions by them. But if such a research is racial profiling when they enter taking deeper roots with the pas- to its personnel to keep an eye on conducted someday I am sure it Punjab to seek shelter for physi- sage of time. The growing alien- Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi people with Pashtun/Afghan will bring out the fact that both cal security. ation is not limited to Pashtuns. dresses and food habits as terror the arsenal used and the destruc- The ripples created by the is- Baloch are facing a military opera- Advisory editorial board suspects. Police officials of Man- tion caused by it are unprecedent- sue of racial profiling of Pashtuns tion for long years and there is no di Bahaudin were not shy of wide- ed in the history of warfare. also raises questions about the visible effort to find a political so- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, ly circulating written instructions There have been a number of state-building and nation-building lution to the problem. for profiling of Pashtuns/Afghans players from big powers like the project in Pakistan. During the so- The Pakistan Peoples Party Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir with interesting details in this re- former Soviet Union and the US called Afghan Jihad which was functions as a bridge for Sindhis to gard. According to credible press as well as regional states who have supported by western powers and connect them to the mainstream Graphic-Designer: reports Punjab police is keeping shaped the conflict in and around Pakistan Army in 1980s, Pashtun but at times even they are forced thousands of FATA Pashtuns un- Afghanistan by their political and bureaucrats and religious parties to shout out against the high hand- Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi der surveillance and is considering military intervention. All of them were given prominence in Pakistan edness of the big brother. Urdu the issuance of special NIC are responsible for creating this for supporting Zia-ul-Haq’s Af- speaking population in urban ar- Marketing & Advertising: equipped with security chip in large scale and long-term humani- ghan policy. That development had eas of Sindh have their own griev- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0778894038 , 0772122003 Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and tarian crisis of refugees and dis- prompted some analysts to talk ances caused by oppressive state Jehlum. Not that it’s new. This has placed populations. But one play- about the “cooption” of Pashtun policies. The situation is further Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan been a policy implemented by the er that has remained at the core of elites as a “junior partner” in Paki- aggravated by the decline of the Punjab government during the last this conflict almost all the time is stani power structure. But as soon left in country’s politics because Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 so many years. Deputy Commis- the Punjabi dominated security as the Soviet troops withdrew it was instrumental in connecting Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press sioners of Attock, Bhakkar, Chak- establishment of Pakistan and its from Afghanistan the aforemen- national question of the smaller wal and some other districts of policy of the so-called strategic tioned illusion was dispelled as ethnic groups with the class ques- Punjab adjacent to Pakhtunkhwa depth. Taliban project is its favor- Pashtuns lost prominence in the tion, leading to a stronger demo- had been issuing directions to the ite instrument for implementation state system. In fact growing mil- cratic movement. Currently dem- local population for not renting out of the policy of strategic depth. In itarisation has deepened the Pun- ocratic movement is quite frag- The constitution says or selling properties to Pashtuns recent years it has become the sole jabisation of the state in the same mented. This certainly doesn’t hailing from FATA or Pakhtunkh- reason for prolonging the conflict. proportion because security appa- auger well for the future of the fed- Article 92: wa. Victims of the humanitarian crisis ratuses of the country are totally eration. Every wave of Punjab police will obviously feel greater pain dominated by Punjab. Formalisation of the policy of Article Ninety-Two: The House of People, on the proposal of twenty percent of all its action against “terrorists” would when the policy of racial discrim- Even the devolution of pow- racial profiling of Pashtuns in Pun- members, shall make inquiries from each Minister. If the explanations given are not practically mean incarceration of ination is devised and executed by ers to the provinces under the 18th jab is yet another challenge for fed- satisfactory, the House of People shall consider the issue of a no- confidence vote. The large numbers of Pashtuns/Af- the very player that bears the main Constitutional Amendment (which eral democracy and rule of law in ghans. Initially the Afghan refugees responsibility for causing the cri- has yet to be fully implemented) Pakistan. Much of the future will no- confidence vote on a Minister shall be explicit, direct, as well as based on convincing bore the brunt of this policy of reasons. The vote shall be approved by the majority of all members of the House of sis in the first place. Imagine the is apparently of little help as the depend on response to such chal- racial discrimination. But the IDPs dilemma of the Pashtun IDPs from army dominated Apex Committees lenges. People. from Malakand division and FATA FATA who are still facing F-16 are ruling the entire country with also faced similar treatment when they were forced to leave their homes during military operations in their areas. Even their Pakistani Identity Cards wouldn’t help them When cancer treatments as Punjab police and Federal In- vestigation Agency would block these cards after their arrests. Pa- do more harm than good shtun political leaders and parlia- mentarians have raised these issues By Cary Gross severe pain shot through his legs. be cutting regulations “at a level on every level but the arrogant His doctor explained that this nobody’s ever seen before.” His Punjabi bureaucracy has refused to Cary Gross is a professor of “nerve pain” was a side effect from candidates for FDA commissioner budge. Ironically, the Punjabi po- m ed icin e an d can cer r e- the therapy, preventing him from share the view that new drugs need litical elite and their so called main- searcher at Yale Un iversity walking and once again making him to reach the market more quickly School of Medicine. bed-bound. This time, it wasn’t the and with fewer required studies. stream media that clamours a lot disease that was debilitating him; The 21st Century Cures Act has about the unjustness and unfair- When my 80-year-old father was it was the treatment. Like many already created a pathway for com- ness of Muslim profiling in US fails diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease, people in his shoes, my father panies to obtain FDA approvals to see the brazen racial discrimina- he was so weak that he could no opted to try the new drug because with less rigorous evidence. At the tion against Pashtuns under their longer walk, and his oncologist he thought it might help. It was same time, large funders of research nose. The irony is further deep- worried that chemotherapy might expensive, but his insurance would that study the safety and effec- ened by the fact that Afghan Tali- do more harm than good. But there cover it, and the high price seemed tiveness of drugs, such as the Agen- ll set to criminalize the evil practice of “Bachabazi”—sexual ban along with several other pro- was a new drug available, a “tar- to suggest it was special. It was cy for Healthcare Research and exploitation of young boys who are forced to dress up like scribed organisations feel quite geted therapy” that uses antibod- also better than doing nothing. The Quality and the Patient-Centered safe. ies to destroy cancer cells while Food and Drug Administration had Outcomes Research Institute, face girls, and women, with a scenery penalties to those involved The flow of Pashtun/Afghan apparently leaving the rest of the approved the treatment based only uncertain futures in the current population to the south and the patient’s cells alone. My father on a small study of about 100 pa- Congress. To be sure, patients de- in the heinous act. The “play boy” at somehow become a subculture east towards Indian subcontinent understood that signing on for a tients, one-third of whom demon- serve prompt access to effective, has been a constant phenomenon treatment that hadn’t been avail- strated complete remission. Al- cutting-edge treatments. But what in the country, and the poor children have been the worst victim of for a long time in the history of able for very long was risky. “How though side effects were rare, the if a treatment turns out to do more “Bachabazi” for centuries. This long-practice of boy slavery is a South Asia. From seasonal migra- do we know if the new drug is re- average age of patients in the study harm than good? This is why we tion to military invasions and to ally better than the chemothera- was 31. This is typical of cancer- need to double down on our ef- social taboo and its criminalization process must be speed up. The empire building, these population py?” he asked me one day on the treatment studies, which most of- forts to evaluate new treatments movements have taken different phone. “Isn’t this the kind of re- ten test new drugs in younger and in the real world. We need more key reason behind driving force in the rise of Bachabazi is poverty in search that you do?” Indeed it is. forms. But by and large people healthier people — not older peo- evidence, not less. The FDA I’m a cancer outcomes researcher. ple with lots of medical conditions. shouldn’t shy away from requir- the country. The predators are finding it very easy to target young migrating from the northwestern I study whether new cancer treat- highlands were able to integrate New cancer treatments often rep- ing thorough evaluation of new boys through deceiving their families with promises of work and ments that succeed in initial small resent important scientific advanc- drugs. The same level of enthusi- with local populations and become studies actually help people once part of their social and cultural es, but the actual impact on pa- asm and funding that goes into de- education to them. These promises are not only fake, but very much adopted into routine clinical prac- tients is almost always far from a veloping new treatments should be milieu by enriching it. However tice. With no large, reliable studies the massive dislocation of Pash- slam-dunk. The absence of data invested in testing whether they devastation; instead the beleaguered boys force to learn dancing tac- of this particular treatment to guide oversimplifies complex new treat- are safe and effective in patients tuns over the last four decades has his decision, I told him to go with tics and perform to a particular group of men. It is just the start of been caused by the devastating ments as shiny black boxes. There outside of the initial small trials. his gut. Looking back, I wonder appear to be no trade-offs to con- Undertested drugs with unclear their miseries as they also force to put bells on their flowing skirts military conflict in Afghanistan and whether my father would have sider. The default for many pa- safety profiles and efficacy should in the Pashtun belt of Pakistan. chosen the new therapy if he had tients looking for treatment is not be given to broad swaths of and do make up on the faces in a bid to earn more attention of their This is the biggest dislocation in known more about the possible “yes” — cost be damned. Unfor- the population. During one of the male viewers. Pashtun/Afghan history and also side effects. Initially, the tumors tunately, our government’s com- last conversations I had with my caused by the biggest catastrophe shrank and he regained some mitment to evaluating new drugs father before he died, he asked, Once the dancing and the party halted, the true horror of their role ever faced by them. strength, even allowing him to is about to take a step backward. “Shouldn’t you be studying this So far no scientific research walk across the room on his own. At a recent meeting with pharma- in people like me?” A rhetorical is reveals, as the boys are triggering to a private place or a hotel room has been conducted to ascertain the But after a few months, he noted ceutical company executives, Pres- question of sorts, but I still an- where they can be sexually abused. The another tragedy side of the quantity and quality of the dan- some mild pain in his feet. Soon, ident Trump announced he would swered: “Yes, Dad, we should.” issue is that these boys own nothing as their masters keep them, house them and provide them with food and other things they need- ed. At real scene they are sexual slaves. Moreover, their masters are eviler, as not only turn these boys to this business, but also have sex with them. Recently, there was a news published in foreign website where one of master was said that women are for children, and boys are for Home pleasure. It is shocking statement. Such mindset is very much haz- Mad dogs a threat to citizens ardous and totally against humanity, and in contrary with Islamic teachings. It is a shameful act—and unfortunately, the perpetrators of this monstrous crime have been safeguarding by powerful wings. There are several factors behind its spread—absence of rule of law, insecurity, illiteracy, lack of access to justice, and the most and dan- gerous one is the existence of armed group across the country. None- theless, now this evil practice is going to be criminalized and without doubt the Human Rights groups and social activists played a signifi- cant role to ram the government to define and criminalize all forms of Bachabazi. There is no denying to the fact that the victims would come up with feelings of revenge, as they gone through plenty of stress and pessimistic felling. The government should make indefati- gable efforts to end the cycle of abuse by means of brining the cul- prits to the book. 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Significantly, the using protectionism to pick com- By Peter Oborne word began its life with a capital T can jobs by the Chinese, Mexicans care when bandying numbers. But mercial winners and promising and other foreigners. The really in defending the sensible idea of as a proper noun – and it described wondrous benefits from govern- As Max Hill is announced as the UK's a policy adopted by an organised prolific destroyers are Americans. reducing government regulation of new terrorism legislation watchdog, government, not an insurrectionary ment’s deft interventions in eco- As Reason’s John Tamny says, the financial sector, Gary Cohn, Peter Oborne explains how David group. The Oxford English Dictio- nomic life. Today, a Republican Americans streaming movies from director of the president’s Nation- Anderson, the previous appointee, nary recognised this when it defined administration promises that wise- Netflix (based in Los Gatos, Ca- al Economic Council, said this brought insight to one of the defin- terrorism as “government by intim- ly wielded Washington power can ing issues of our age. Politicians of lif.) erase American jobs in movie would save “literally hundreds of idation as directed and carried out rearrange commercial activities in theaters and DVD rental stores. billions of dollars of regulatory all parties and many countries have by the party in power” [my italics]. ways superior to those produced sought to persuade their societies Americans buying books from Se- costs every year.” Former Trea- If that usage had survived, most of by private-sector calculations in attle-based Amazon have caused sury Secretary Larry Summers that terrorism is a unique and spe- the governments in the world today free market transactions. cial form of crime. They place ter- many American bookstores to do notes the implausibility: “Total would be defined as terrorist. According to the Financial what Borders’ (400 stores, 11,000 bank profits last year were about By Sajjad Ahmad attacks in German cities including rorists in a category of psychopathic Instead it fell into disuse, only Munich shootings and Berlin Christ- evil, marked out by their capacity Times, which interviewed him, employees) did: disappear. Amer- $170 billion.” Deregulation will reappearing again in the mid 19th- Peter Navarro, head of the presi- People fleeing from the Middle East mas market attacks. Sadly, the refu- for inhuman violence. They place century. This time, it was a way of icans using San Francisco-based more than double profits? gee crisis has also clearly strength- terrorists beyond the pale of civi- dent’s National Trade Council, Uber are destroying many taxi driv- As today’s Republicans cele- and seeking asylum in Europe is par- getting to grips with anarchist vio- says an administration priority is tially a result of US-led wars and ened European far-right and anti- lised society and, therefore, beyond lence, particularly that directed ers’ jobs. brate a protectionist administra- immigrant political parties. The the reach of negotiation and settle- “unwinding and repatriating the Washington’s policies in the region, against the Tsarist regime in Russia. Evidently our protectors in the tion that is confident that Wash- claimed Germany’s deputy chancel- sudden increase in violent attacks ment. They say that terrorism is international supply chains on administration must believe this: ington’s superior wisdom can im- The term “terrorism”, without a which many U.S. multinational lor Sigmar Gabriel, while defending has also worked as a catalyst in the most dangerous and gravest prob- capital letter, gained currency in the The destruction of American jobs prove upon the market’s allocation strengthening the far-right groups lem of our time. Most of this polit- companies rely.” This will make Germany’s open-door policies to- 50 years before World War One as because Americans buy goods or of economic resources, Democrats wards refugees. He was reacting to and right-wing parties of Europe. In ical narrative is self-seeking non- the result of high-profile attacks on life interesting for, among many services of some American com- must resent Republican plagiarism. the wake of Nice attacks, the sense. It allows politicians to strike others, America’s third and 24th the recent remarks of Trump who ruling dynasties and government panies rather than those of other Who will protect Americans from pointed fingers at German Chancel- French right-wing party National resolute poses. It allows them to seek ministers in Europe and on Ameri- largest corporations, Apple and American companies is benign. their protectors? Front’s leader Marine Le Pen blamed and obtain special powers and to ex- Boeing. The tiny print on the back lor Angela Merkel for making “a can presidents James A Garfield and But the destruction of American (Lasvegassun) catastrophic mistake,” by allowing ‘Islamist Fundamentalists’ behind pend huge sums on combatting ter- William McKinley. Joseph Conrad's of iPhones accurately says it is the attack. The Berlin Christmas rorist threats, to the great benefit refugees into Germany. Trump’s own novel, The Secret Agent, concerns “assembled,” not manufactured, in anti-immigrant measures to ban na- market attack in December 2016, of defence and security interests, one such group, while Fyodor Dos- China. The American Enterprise which killed 12 people and left doz- both public and private. Few con- tionals of various countries sparked toyevsky’s Devils places terrorism Institute’s James Pethokoukis protests and demonstrations in the ens injured, was blamed on Merkel cepts are more widely discussed than in a Russian context. The term cov- notes that parts come from South by a right-wing party, Alternative terrorism, and few as poorly under- The hunt for black US and also in Europe. ered a wide variety of perpetrators Korea, Japan, Italy, Taiwan, Ger- Who knew the issue of refugees for Germany (AfD). The decision stood. The idea is constantly rein- of violence, some isolated and self- to allow over a million refugees in vented, reshaped and distorted to fit many and the United States. Com- would cause divisions in the ‘Free directed assassins, others in well-or- ponents of Boeing airliners’ wings World’? The wave of refugees has Germany was the premise of this transient political agendas. ganised movements with clear po- family history criticism. Trump’s comments came As a result it has become mud- come from Japan, South Korea and undoubtedly brought unforeseen litical objectives, such as the Irish Australia; horizontal stabilizers political, economic and logistical at a time when Merkel is facing a dled. There is no accepted defini- Fenians. It is worth noting that changer. tough re-election battle in Germa- tion. Many authoritarian regimes use and center fuselages from Italy; By Mandisa Routheni challenges to Europe. 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While some EU word almost vanished again after the countries have adopted a somewhat sexual assault on the women at the ful democratic change as ‘terrorist’. from Britain. Navarro’s “unwind- stories" by digging into their fam- include records kept by African- 2016 New Year night celebrations ing and repatriating” is, to say no ily histories. American newspapers, Benevolent dismissive strategy to handle the refugee crisis, Germany is accom- in German city Cologne. The inci- more, part of an improbable Millions of Americans find Societies, churches, and so forth, modating most of the refugees. The dent was blamed upon refugees. project: making American greater meaning from these searches. which are available online and in first wave of refugees in 2015 con- Merkel, despite pressure from vari- by making Apple, Boeing and My mom's one of them. She's public libraries. sisted mainly of Syrians, Iraqis and ous political and social circles, de- many other corporations much less doing a deep dive into our family Finally, DNA tests are anoth- Afghans. Later, nationals of East- fended her open-door policy towards efficient and less competitive. This history, reviving the stories of past er new tool for people tracing their ern European states, North Africa refugees. Amid the violent incidents happened in Germany within a week will further slow economic growth, ancestors in America. ancestry. and even a fairly large number of making even more unattainable the of July 2016 — the axe attack on a She discovered that the Ger- But DNA can reveal a painful Pakistanis arrived in Europe. Con- 4 percent (more than double the cerned with the growing numbers, train, mass shootings in Munich, economy’s average growth this man last name we had wasn't our lineage. For example, black wom- EU Commissioner for Migration machete attack and a suicide attack century) or higher growth that the original family name. Somewhere en were often raped by slave own- Dimitris Avramopoulos called for in Ansbach — Merkel said that a administration says will enable it -- perhaps Ellis Island, once a gate- ers or forced to have intercourse tough actions against Pakistani asy- halt in this humanitarian stance to spend $1 trillion on infrastruc- way for millions of European im- with enslaved men to bear children lum seekers who, according to him, would lead to more dire consequenc- ture (including a $15 billion or so migrants -- our name was changed. into slavery. How do you deal with are not displaced by war but are try- es. With the continued Middle East- ing to seek a better life as migrants. ern crises, the situation in Europe wall on the Mexican border, begun That's made it hard to learn about that in a family tree? I'm grateful will remain volatile. Although with after nearly a decade of net nega- our history before emigration. for the chance to glimpse new The actions recommended suggest a tougher immigration policy with- the recapture of Aleppo from mili- tive immigration from Mexico), On my father's side, though, branches of my family tree. But tants by the Syrian government forc- while substantially increasing mil- in the EU, for example, the depor- the fog of history hides much more ultimately, every one of my Afri- tation of illegal Pakistani migrants, es and the ceasefire has created hope itary spending, leaving entitle- than names -- and it's incredibly can ancestors was kidnapped from which began in December 2015. In to bring some stability, there is a ments unreformed and delivering more painful. You see, my father Africa. popular media the refugees are por- need to formulate viable long-term enormous tax cuts. Cuts that, ac- is African-American. And for black So even if I find a ship mani- trayed as a security challenge for policies towards the Middle East. cording to the Committee for a Europe, mainly after the Paris at- Unless the Middle East is not stabi- Responsible Federal Budget (co- Americans, searches on sites like fest or pay for a DNA test, I'll never lised, as also mentioned by Gabriel, Ancestry.com yield blank spots on fully know the places, stories, and tacks of November 2015. The situ- chaired by Republican Mitch ation further worsened in 2016 when mass movement of people escaping Daniels and Democrat Leon Panet- the family tree. families that are my ancestry. This scores of people in Europe were the war zones and seeking refuge in ta, both former directors of the Before the Civil War, after all, is the painful legacy of our collec- killed in multiple attacks: the bomb Europe will continue — and divi- Office of Management and Bud- our ancestors were considered tive American history. explosions at Brussels airport, the sions among European and Western get), will reduce revenues by $5.8 property, not people. This means (Truthout) lorry attack in Nice during Bastille countries and leaders will continue trillion over 10 years. This, as the there are no marriage certificates, Day celebrations, and the strings of to emerge. (Tribune) Meanwhile in Britain the concept outbreak of World War One for Congressional Budget Office has been reshaped so that it does around half a century. medical records, or school or cen- not apply only to acts of violence, The disappearance is instruc- projects that even without any of sus records. but also to a range of activities which tive. World war and totalitarianism the administration’s proposed Instead, pre-Civil War family fall well short of violence. Terror- changed the perspective. The years spending spree and tax cuts, under research means sifting through bills ists are defined not only as men of 1914-45 saw bloodshed and horror current law the national debt would of sale, auction records, and prop- violence, but also those whose views on a scale that makes the assassina- increase by $9.4 trillion. erty ledgers with uncertainty, as Speaking of supply chains: In can be depicted as threats to the tions and other outrages committed families were often torn apart. British state or the values and way by anarchists and nationalists in the her book “The Travels of a T-Shirt of life of the majority of its people. west before 1914 - or for that mat- in the Global Economy,” George- Even if my family had lived In this way the concept has become ter Islamic terrorists after 2001 - town University’s Pietra Rivoli in a state that abolished slavery part of the apparatus of state ha- inconsequential. recounts a conversation with a man before the Civil War, or if some- rassment. What makes a terrorist? from Shanghai who said that if she one from my family was a freed The terror of a government But we should notice something would come to China he would person in the North, I'd still have The word "terrorism" was in- else. Terrorism in its original sense help her see various places in- to do extensive research to find By Kelly Hayes was far from home, running a di- has always been at the heart of this vented after the French Revolution. - the use of violence by a govern- volved in producing the inexpen- them. rect action training. He asked me government's attacks on Native Following the fall of the Bourbon ment for political purposes against sive T-shirts exported to America. Many free blacks were kid- to come to camp, and I did so, back people. From mass murder to as- dynasty in 1793, the government its internal enemies – describes a She would see where the yarn is Last night, law enforcement an- when there were about 5o people similation and forced relocation, of the new French Republic fell into great deal of what happened after napped and forced back into sla- nounced that the checkpoint near- spun, the fabric is knit and the very under federal laws like the at camp, and, at best, one article these attacks have pushed us -- and more and more radical and extreme 1914 with stunning accuracy. The est the Oceti Sakowin camp would about what was going on there. the heinous acts perpetrated hands, each with an increasingly assaults on the Russian population shirts are sewn. Asked if she could Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and see where the cotton is grown, the become a one-way exit, blockad- That invitation changed my life. against us -- out of public view. shallow political base. The last of by Stalin, the atrocities of Mao’s 1850. African-American genealo- ing further support from reaching From my first trip, when entire American mythology requires us these, headed by Robespierre, ap- communists, the assaults by Hitler's man from China said he could not the camp. Today, a last call to show her that because the cotton gy is also difficult because of Native families participated in ad- to disappear, or else its narratives plied a special regime of executions armies on the civilian populations names. leave the camp, before police ad- of its opponents, based on denunci- of Europe (though not the Holo- probably is grown in “Teksa.” vanced tactical workshops, to my about pioneers, happy Thanksgiv- Enslaved Africans were forced vance, will be issued at noon. Those last, when I watched Water Pro- ings and being a "nation of immi- ation without trial. They described caust, which was genocide) all fit into Rivoli spun a globe around to Chi- who wish to leave will be shuttled this themselves as the “Terror” and the original Oxford English Dictio- na and asked him to point to Tek- to take the last names of slave tectors gassed in a river where they grants" simply won't add up. Eras- owners, which were often changed away. Those who wish to stay face might have drowned, Standing ing us has always been this coun- their policy entered the dictionary nary definition. (Middleeasteye) sa. “He took the globe and spun it arrest at 2pm, when police move when individuals were sold to an- Rock awoke a part of me I never try's intention, because in the eyes in to clear the camps. As I await knew was sleeping. I was already of the state, we have never held other family or institution. what many are calling the "last After the Civil War, emanci- a street organizer, but on that soil, value here, outside of what could stand" at Standing Rock, my heart I was a warrior for my people -- be taken from us. And such efforts pated blacks sometimes took on is heavy and my mind is overrun not because of street action, but have been effective. Our people are the names of their former masters, by fear. I know despair is a weap- because of intention, and a will to surrounded by points of extraction. LETTER TO THE EDITOR as is the case with part of my fam- on, wielded by those who would do the work. All of this is victory, Native children drink tainted wa- ily, or made up new last names al- destroy us, so I don't want to let it as is the interconnectedness many ter and face high rates of suicide. together. take hold. Hope is a discipline, and Native people have found during Our people are more likely to be Even after emancipation, black radical possibilities cannot come this historic time. There have also killed by police than any other to pass without it. So, as I sit here, been disagreements and grievanc- group, and yet few know the Americans continued to face per- far away from a place that brought secution in the South and beyond. es, which will always come when names of our dead. This is because hundreds of Indigenous nations movements are born. Such con- colonialism didn't simply steal and Many fled West or North or together from around the United elsewhere, and the paper trail is flicts will only further escalate destroy. It created a culture that It is crystal clear that a large number of young bloods of Afghanistan left the country States and the world, I want to re- when movements grow quickly, factored us out. toward European countries due to poverty and lack of jobs. The National Unity Govern- nonexistent or impossible to fol- mind us all of a few things. As and organically, when open calls But not anymore. low. When they did make it some- someone who organizes direct ac- for participation are issued, and Our people have risen up. We ment is well aware of this. Several times, the people of Afghanistan called on the gov- tions, I always tell participants ernment to do their best aimed at creating jobs in order to stop the brain drain from the where else, they still faced lynch- when the tactic of occupation is in have been seen. We have battled ings, arson attacks, bombings, and that victory comes in stages. If play. I hope that those who are together, and the world has country. From its part, the government always assured people and also called on the theft from hostile whites. you're in a vehicle with co-strug- still experiencing such conflicts are watched. We have stared down the people not to leave the country. But what happens when a jobless youth, with education These acts of terror erased glers, on your way to deploy, able to enter into some transfor- violence of this government in our that's a huge victory, because hav- mation, on the other side of this own times, with the blood of what decree at hands, come to know that there are plenty of posts in the governmental orga- records and histories, along with ing that crew, that community, that nization which are empty and the government is reluctant to fill the vacant positions families and people. difficult moment, because it's not couldn't be killed in our veins. We is willing to throw down in that always clear what justice looks like, have known that our ancestors through vacancy advertisement aimed at providing jobs to the unemployed youth. Based Now, however, there are some moment, is a victory many op- exciting breakthroughs in the and we sometimes have to take a were with us -- just as they are on reporters there are over 25,000 vacant positions in different government organiza- pressed people never see. The love journey together to find out. with our resisters in Standing Rock search for family history for Afri- and connection we have seen at The truth is, we need each today. This cannot be taken from tions. If the government want to steer the country toward development, should fill the can Americans. The Freedmen's Standing Rock, and the courage of vacant posts by qualified, but jobless youth and put a full stop to the trend of illegal other, now more than ever. us. (Truthout) Bureau Project recently launched Water Protectors as they held fast We Have Been Seen Erasure immigration that claimed several lives of young Afghans. a new website together on Highway 1806 against Mudasir Ahmad, Kabul, Afghanistan Discoverfreedmen.org, which in- water cannons and rubber bullets - cludes the names of almost 2 mil- - this is what that first victory looks like. Because if you have lion men, women, and children. It that, you've given possibility a brings together resources from var- Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must human expression. You have be- ious archives, museums, libraries, come the fight. have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: and digitized documents collected [email protected] That matters. by the Freedmen's Bureau, which Holding space and building a was established in 1865 to pro- moment also matters. #NoDAPL, vide services to newly emancipat- as a movement moment, has ed communities. changed those who've experienced Disclaimer: Its archives include bank it. Whether you see holding space records, marriage and death certif- as an act of prayer, a direct action The views and opinions expressed in the articles are or both, these efforts were made icates, military service records, material, and set the stage for an those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or migration information, and so unprecedented convergence. Na- much more. tive youth rose up and gave us all opinions of the Afghanistan Times. The new site also allows a par- something to believe in. I met one tial name search, which is a game of those youth last spring, while I SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Over 2,000 Terrorists Join ISIL after Intra-Militants Deal The al-Qaeda linked Tahrir al- Sham Hay'at (the Levant Libera- tion Board) could subjugate the China has turned down calls by ISIL-backed Liwa al-Aqsa terror- the United States to confront ists after besieging them in Khan North Korea, saying the handling Sheikhoun and Morek following of Pyongyang’s nuclear program two weeks of bloody clashes in does not concern Beijing. Northern Hama. The response came after US Over 300 rebels were killed in President Donald Trump said Chi- the infighting, most of whom were na could intervene in North Ko- executed Jeish Al-Nasr prisoners rea’s affairs and solve what he of war. Also three convoys belong- called the national security chal- ing to the Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at lenge posed by the country. terrorists were reportedly am- Responding to Trump's re- bushed near Khan Sheikhoun. marks, Chinese Foreign Ministry Faced with the prospects of a spokesman Geng Shuang said, "We protracted siege like Kafraya and have said many times already that Foua’a, Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at ne- the crux of the North Korean nu- gotiated with Liwa al-Aqsa offer- clear issue is the problem between ing a safe exit towards ISIL-held the United States and North Ko- areas East of Hama. rea.” In return, Liwa al-Aqsa would “We hope the relevant parties release its Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at can shoulder their responsibilities, prisoners and relinquish its heavy play the role they should, and to- weapons and vehicles. Prior to the evacuation of the Front (recently renamed to Fatah Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at. gether with China play a construc- al-Sham Front) and several mili- A number of Ahrar al-Sham's tive role for peace and stability on last batch of al-Aqsa militants, the group burnt all its heavy equip- tant groups declared forming a new commanders, including the groups' the Korean peninsula and for its coalition under the name of Tahrir spokesman Abu Yusuf al-Mo- denuclearization.” ment to spite its rival rebels. The evacuation reportedly took place Al-Sham Hay'at to narrow down hajer, Hesam Salameh and Abu al- China's official Xinhua news widening rifts amongst their com- Fatah al-Farqali Mesri also joined agency also rejected comments by along the Syrian army-controlled Ithriya Highway where a number manders and members. the new coalition. Washington, saying Beijing’s influ- The Al-Nusra Front, Nourald- Terrorist groups' websites ence on North Korea had been ex- of convoys belonging to the terror group were ambushed by govern- deen al-Zinki Movement, Jeish al- claimed that Al-Nusra Command- aggerated. Sonah, Jabhat Ansaraldeen and er Abu Mohammad al-Joulani will "The Trump White House ment troops. Liwa al-Aqsa is estimated to Liwa al-Haq announced that they be the top commander of Tahrir needs to make the first move and would act under a united coalition al-Sham Hay'at. talk to Pyongyang. The United number between a thousand and two-thousand men with some un- named the Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at. Ahrar al-Sham rejected its af- States stands to lose nothing for The five merged terrorist filiation to the new coalition, but trying this," the news agency not- confirmed reports suggesting some 2,100 fighters joining the ISIL in groups act under the command of websites close to the terrorist ed. Abu Jaber Hashem al-Sheikh, who groups have disclosed that Ahrar This photo released on Febru- Raqqa. The ISIL will likely use its was one of the commanders of al-Sham, Faylaq al-Sham, Jeish al- ary 13 by North Korea’s official that it is dedicated to enforcing ing that the missile had flown 500 It says it will not abandon the Ahrar al-Sham. The new coalition Izzah, Turkistani party and Liwa Korean Central News Agency United Nations sanctions against kilometers eastwards before fall- missile and nuclear programs un- much needed manpower boost to counterattack the Syrian Demo- led by al-Sheikh is now fighting al-Tamkin will soon start a new (KCNA) shows North Korean North Korea. ing into the Sea of Japan. less the US ends its hostility to- against Ahrar al-Sham, a rival ter- front called Tahrir al-Syria Front. leader Kim Jong-un (C) surround- Last week, China suspended cratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa or North Korea’s official Korean ward Pyongyang. the Syrian army in West of rorist group operating mainly in Nusra terrorists have been at- ed by soldiers as he inspects the imports of North Korean coal in Central News Agency (KCNA) The US has military forces in Northwestern Syria. tacking positions of other terror- test of a ballistic missile. (Via AFP) line with punitive sanctions im- Palmyra or even bolster their confirmed a day later that Pyongy- South Korea and is planning to cracking defenses around Deir Ha- Al-Sheikh resigned from his ist rivals across Northwestern Syr- The remarks are made while posed by the United Nations Se- ang had “successfully” tested a deploy an advanced missile sys- post in Ahrar al-Sham after he was ia. (Farsnews) Beijing, which is North Korea's curity Council against Pyongyang fer in Eastern Aleppo. “surface-to-surface medium long- tem there in response to perceived Late in January, Al-Nusra appointed as the commander of only ally and main trading part- over its recent missile and nuclear range ballistic missile.” threats from the North. The US ner, has so far shown itself reluc- tests. Pyongyang, already under a also occasionally deploys nucle- tant to put too much pressure on On February 13, South Ko- raft of sanctions for its missile and ar-powered warships and aircraft Pyongyang over its previous se- rea’s Defense Ministry announced nuclear programs, says it is devel- capable of carrying atomic weap- ries of ballistic and nuclear missile that its northern neighbor had oping arms as deterrence against ons in the region. tests. launched a new missile test near the United States. (PressTV) China, however, has insisted the western city of Kusong, add-

Syria a ‘testing Mexico has warned the US against (£9.6bn). The president has pro- US Department of Commerce. imposing a unilateral tax on Mexi- posed to levy a 20% tax on Mexi- The wall is a sensitive political ground; for deadly can imports to finance a border can imports to pay for a border subject in Mexico. President En- wall, saying it could respond in wall. In a radio interview on Fri- rique Pena Nieto cancelled a trip kind. Foreign Minister Luis Vide- day, Mr Videgeray said that "Mex- to meet Mr Trump last month over new Russian weapons garay said the government could ico believes in free trade", but the dispute and has said Mexico place tariffs on selected goods "would have to respond" if the US will not fund the wall. Map show- Azerbaijani armed forces rolls from last September's Rus- from US states reliant on exports tried to fund a border wall by im- ing where there is already a fence sian parliamentary elections. to Mexico. Earlier, US President posing a tax on Mexican imports. between the US and Mexico bor- make 2 attempts to attack Shoigu said that Russia has de- Donald Trump vowed to start "What we cannot do is remain with der On Thursday US Secretary of ployed two military police battal- building the wall "soon, way ahead our arms crossed," he said. "Mex- State Rex Tillerson and Homeland ions in Syria, one to Aleppo and of schedule". ico will face this as a reality and Security Secretary John Kelly met at night: Karabakh army another to Wadi Barada near Dam- The US government says it not just as a rhetorical threat be- their Mexican counterparts in Azerbaijani side made two at- erbaijani side suffered at least two ascus. The minister said the mili- will start accepting design propos- cause we have realised that rhetor- Mexico City. tempts to attack at 3a.m. and 4 losses, the bodies are in the neu- tary's special forces have per- als next month. The US Customs ical threats come and go." Accord- Neither side made any men- a.m. in the south-eastern (Martak- tral zone. The Defense Army has formed well in the conflict, target- and Border Protection Agency ing to reports, the foreign minister tion of the wall in Thursday's news ert) and eastern (Akna) directions not suffered casualties. According ing the militant leaders and help- says it will ask companies to sub- has previously identified states in- conference after their closed-door of the line of contact by using dem- to Karabakh army, movement of ing pinpoint targets. "Special op- mit proposals "for the design and cluding Iowa, Texas and Wiscon- meetings. ining and special equipment. troops and equipment was noticed erations forces have demonstrated build of several prototype wall sin as possible targets for retalia- President Trump needs Con- Vanguard units of the Nagor- in the eastern direction of the line their high efficiency," he said. structures" on or around 6 March. tory tariffs. Mexico is by far the gressional approval for funding no-Karabakh Republic (NKR) of contact. The vanguard units of "They have played a key role in A shortlist of the best designs will top destination for Texan exports, before moving forward with con- Defense Army, however, detected the Karabakh army are mobilized liquidating the terrorists, destroy- be drawn up by 20 March, after with goods worth $92.4bn export- struction of the wall. (BBC) the advancement and drove them for defense and are ready to re- ing critically important enemy fa- which bidders will be asked to cost ed there in 2015, according to the back their starting positions while spond adequately to any provo- cilities and directing airstrikes." their ideas. Contracts are expected causing them casualties. The Az- cations. (Trend) The Syrian conflict began when the to be awarded by mid-April. Me- Baath regime, in power since 1963 dia captionFive things we learned and led by Assad, responded with about President Trump from his Armenia attempted military force to peaceful protests address to conservative activists. demanding democratic reforms Addressing the Conservative Po- during the Arab Spring wave of litical Action Congress (CPAC) in frontline provocation,: uprisings, triggering an armed re- Maryland on Friday, President Russia has tested 162 types of new bellion fuelled by mass defections Trump vowed to always put Azerbaijan weapons in its combat in Syria, its from the Syrian army. American citizens first and build a defence minister said, hailing the According to independent "great, great border wall". "We're Armenian army attempted to in- istry. “Azerbaijani military units military's performance in the war- monitors, hundreds of thousands building the wall," he said. "In fact filtrate through the Azerbaijani courageously prevented the at- torn country, in which more than of civilians have been killed in the it's going to start very soon. Way positions along the line of contact tacks and the Armenian side was 310,000 people have been killed. war, mostly by the regime and its ahead of schedule. It's way, way, on the night from Feb. 24 to Feb. forced to retreat,” according to the The weapons have proven powerful allies, and millions have way ahead of schedule." Mr 25, said the Azerbaijani Defense Defense Ministry. Azerbaijan has their worth in the conflict, Sergei been displaced both inside and Trump has pledged that Mexico Ministry Feb. 25. The Armenian casualties as a result of the battles, Shoigu told the Russian parliament outside of Syria. The brutal tac- will pay for the wall, which could side attempted to seize favorable said the ministry. The Armenian on Wednesday, adding that 'only' tics pursued mainly by the regime, cost up to $21.5bn (£17.2bn), ac- positions on the Khojavand-Fuzu- side, which didn’t succeed in mov- 10 weapons failed to meet expec- which have included the use of cording to Reuters, which cited a li part of the frontline, said the ing forward, continues heavy ar- tations. Among the new weapons chemical weapons, sieges, mass Department of Homeland Securi- ministry, adding heavy battles tillery shelling of Azerbaijani po- tested in combat for the first time executions and torture against ci- ty internal report. The figure is took place between Azerbaijani and sitions. The ministry added that in Syria were long-range cruise mis- vilians have led to war crimes in- much higher than Mr Trump's es- Armenian troops. The Armenian adequate response measures are siles carried by navy ships and vestigations. (Alaraby) timated price tag of $12bn side’s large-scale provocation at- being taken against the Armenian strategic bombers. Shoigu said tempt was timely detected and fire positions and force concentra- Russian pilots have flown 1,760 resolutely prevented, said the min- tion zones. (Akpress) combat missions in Syria since the launch of the air campaign in Sep- tember 2015, killing more than Malaysia says will issue arrest warrant for 3,100 alleged militants, including Turkmenistan names new 26 "warlords". The Russian de- fence minister said nothing about N-Korean diplomat in Kim Jong Nam murder heads of power structures thousands of Syrian civilians re- ported killed in Russian airstrikes. Malaysia said on Saturday it he told reporters. Turkmenistan’s president, Su- Khallyev – as prosecutor general, He added that nearly 90 percent would issue an arrest warrant Eight North Koreans are preme Commander-in-Chief of Dovrangeldi Bayramov – as min- of all Russian military pilots have for a North Korean diplomat wanted in connection with the Armed Forces Gurbanguly Ber- ister of national security. More- gained combat experience in the wanted for questioning over case, including the diplomat. dimuhamedov has appointed the over, Berdimuhamedov has ap- skies over Syria, claiming a recent the murder of Kim Jong Nam if One has been detained by the heads of military and law enforce- pointed Mammetkhan Chakyev as mission of the Russian aircraft car- he doesn't voluntarily cooper- Malaysian police, four are be- ment authorities of the country, the chairman of the country’s State rier group near Syria's shores was ate with the police. lieved to have fled to North the Turkmen government said in a Customs Service, Meylis Nobatov a 'success' despite the loss of two "Reasonable" time will be Korea, while two others are still message. The message says that – as the chairman of the State Mi- carrier-borne fighters in accidents. given for the diplomat to come in Malaysia. Yaylim Berdiyev has been appoint- gration Service, Begmyrat When Russia intervened in Syria, forward before police take fur- Kim Jong Nam was mur- ed the minister of defense and sec- Mukhamedov – as the minister of Syrian President Bashar al-As- ther action, said Abdul Samah dered on Feb. 13 at the Kuala retary of the State Security Coun- justice. A presidential election was sad's government was teetering on Mat, the police chief for Selang- Lumpur international airport by cil of Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, held on Feb. 12 in Turkmenistan. the brink of collapse. The Russian or state. VX nerve agent, classified by Begenc Gundogdiyev has been Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, air support allowed the regime On Wednesday, Malaysia the United Nations as a weap- appointed as chief of the State who has been the president since forces to win some key ground. said 44-year-old Hyon Kwang on of mass destruction, Malay- Border Service, Isgender Mulikov 2007, was re-elected for a third "The breakup of the Syrian state Song, a second secretary at the sian police said on Friday. – as interior minister, Amanmyrat term with 97.69 percent of votes. has been prevented, a civil war has North Korean embassy in Kua- Two women - one Indone- been practically stopped," Shoigu la Lumpur, was wanted for ques- sian and one Vietnamese - have said. The minister appeared to re- tioning over the death of the also been detained. Police had Kyrgyzstan: Interrogation fer to December's truce brokered estranged half brother of North said on Friday that one of them brings opposition onto streets by Russia and Turkey, even Korean leader Kim Jong Un. had suffered from the effects though Russian and regime forces Samah said if the person con- of VX and had been vomiting. The sight of large, angry crowds or GKNB, in protest at the mara- continued to fight. cerned did not cooperate the Samah also confirmed that outside government buildings has thon interrogation of a prominent He boasted about a massive police would issue a notice authorities raided an apartment become relatively rare in Kyr- opposition politician Almanbet effort to maintain the Syrian cam- under Malaysian law, "compel- in an upscale Kuala Lumpur gyzstan of late, so the rally out- Shykmamatov. The former justice paign, saying that it has seen 2,000 ling" them to appear before the suburb on Wednesday in con- side the headquarters of the secu- minister, a leading member of the metric tons of cargo supplied to investigation team. "And if he nection with the killing. rity services on February 24 Ata-Meken party, is ostensibly Syria daily by sea and air. There failed to turn up upon given Investigators were still look- brought back some unnerving suspected of corruption, although have been no official data on the this notice, then we will go to ing for any traces of chemicals ABDUL SAMAH: And if he failed to turn up upon giv- memories. Dozens of people row- his supporters have little doubt the number of Russian troops in Syr- the next step by getting a war- in the apartment, he added. en this notice, then we will go to the next step by getting dily mustered outside the State investigations are politically mo- ia, but the Russian media estimat- rant of arrest from the court," (Astroawani) Committee for National Security, tivated. (AP) ed it at over 4,000 based on voter a warrant of arrest from the court. SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES China Usurps US As Germany’s

the Trump administration has ac- Biggest Trade Partner cused of exploiting currency ma- nipulation practices, even though China has taken another step in the euro’s monetary policy is de- global economic dominance after termined by the 19 member states becoming Germany’s most signif- of the European Central Bank. icant international trading partner, Optimism among exporters in India is attracting strong a place once occupied by the US. China, the world’s third-largest foreign investment flows Germany sent and received economy, is “rising further,” ac- as the country is one of with China goods and services cording to Clemens Faust of the the fastest economy. worth approximately $180 billion Ifo Institute for Economic Re- in 2016, according to recent Fed- search, a Munich-based think tank. India witnessed a 18 percent jump eral Statistics Office data. France German Vice Chancellor Sig- in foreign direct investment, up was Germany’s second-largest mar Gabriel has advocated that the from $39.32 billion in 2015, to trade ally, while the US ranked EU pivot economic policy toward touch $46 billion in 2016. Bulk of third. In 2015, the US enjoyed a Asia if Trump follows through the FDI came in from Japan, Mau- brief stint as Germany’s top trade with protectionist, beggar-thy- ritius, Singapore and the Nether- partner, a spot occupied by France neighbor policies. lands. during the previous half-century. Australia does more trade with According to the DIPP data, The setback for the US comes China than the US, according to the main sectors which attracted in the wake of comments by US Ian Bremmer, president and the highest foreign inflows include President Donald Trump’s top founder of the Eurasia Group, a services, telecom, trading, comput- trade adviser, Peter Navarro, that global political risk consulting firm. er hardware and software and au- Germany has capitalized on a “South Korea enjoys higher trade tomobile. “grossly undervalued” euro to ex- volumes with China than with the India is attracting strong for- “fairly good shape” and it is likely shock to the global growth and pand Germany’s trade surplus, US and Japan combined,” Brem- eign investment flows as the coun- to be less affected than other emerg- thereby global demand, we think suggesting that a more diversified mer wrote in a blog post. “Wel- try is one of the fastest economy ing economies if there is a further India will not be unaffected but will portfolio of trading partners come to the China Decade,” the at a time when global growth is shock to the global economy. be less affected,” said P.A. Cash- would bode well for Berlin. Ger- New York University researcher anaemic. “We’ve seen pretty tepid global in, IMF’s mission chief of India. many is just one of several targets said in 2015. (Reuters) IMF said the economy is in a growth rates. If there’s any adverse (Asianage) Indonesia seeks to boost exports UAE tele- to South Korea through AKC coms firm The Trade Ministry has expressed du targets its commitment to boosting trade with South Korea through the ASEAN Korea Center (AKC), $272m in which aims to achieve trade worth pan to Pakistan and Tariq Mah- a total of US$200 billion by 2020. mood Pasha, Secretary of Econom- The commitment was made dur- savings by ic Affairs Division (EAD). This ing the ninth council of the AKC grant aid is designed to support in Seoul on Feb. 16-17. 2019 the promotion of the economic “In this year’s work program, and social development in the field we’ve committed to partaking ac- Emirates Integrated Telecommuni- of security improvement and coun- tively in the game exhibition in cations Co is targeting 1 billion terterrorism by providing ad- Busan. We’ll also hold a joint work- dirhams ($272 million) in savings vanced face recognition systems to shop on food for SMEs [small and by 2019 as government taxes erode major international airports of Pa- medium enterprises] in Jakarta and profit at the UAE’s second-larg- kistan. Makassar,” said Ari Satria, the est telecoms company, its chief At the signing ceremony, Am- ministry’s secretary general for executive said on Thursday. bassador Takashi Kurai expressed export development in a press Results have been under pres- his deepest condolence to the vic- statement on Friday. sure since late 2014, with the pace tims of the terror attacks in Lahore The AKC is an inter-govern- Workers unload a ship at Tanjung Emas seaport in of growth in the mobile market on the as well as in Peshawar and mental organization supporting Central Java’s capital of Semarang unable to match the rise in the rate Japan has agreed to extend a grant at major international airports of other places, by stating, “Terror and improving cooperation among of royalties paid to the government, aid of worth 500 million Japanese Pakistan for the improvement of attack cannot be justified for any ASEAN countries and South Ko- million deficit in the same period ner for South Korea according to which have increased steadily since yen, equivalent to around Rs 453 security. reasons”. Ambassador Kurai said, rea through people-to-people con- in 2015. ministry data. 2012. million ($ 4.43 million) to Paki- The signing ceremony to this “This grant aid reflects our strong tact. For the January-to-Novem- Since ASEAN and South Ko- “We hope to ride on the coop- The telecoms firm, commonly stan under its “Economic and So- effect was held Friday at the Eco- commitment to support the effort ber 2016 period, Indonesia en- rea cooperation started in 1989, eration in the AKC to benefit In- known as du, expects “at least” 1 cial Development Programme”, for nomic Affairs Division between of Pakistan against terrorism”. joyed a trade surplus of $253.8 Korea has become the fifth-biggest donesia, in terms of increasing our billion dirhams in savings over installing face recognition systems Takashi Kurai, Ambassador of Ja- (Pakistantoday) million through the facility, a no- ASEAN trading partner. ASEAN exports,” Ari added. (AGS) three years from changes to its table improvement from a $669.42 is the second-biggest trading part- costs of sales, operational expens- es and capital expenditure, CEO Osman Sultan told reporters on a conference call. He later said the British Airways figure could be higher. The firm, which ended rival Etisalat’s domestic monopoly in parent lifts profit 2007, started restructuring in the second quarter last year which has included “tens” of job cuts, Sultan despite weak pound said on Jan. 31. Upcoming joint meeting seeks to tackle obstacles to trade between Turkey, Egypt The company this week re- IAG, parent group of British Air- Britain voting in June to exit the ported a 20 percent fall in fourth- ways and Spanish carrier Iberia, European Union, hurting IAG as quarter profit. Businessmen and investors can grew profits in 2016 as lower fuel it converts income from BA ticket Du’s royalty payment in 2016 work together to resolve disputes costs helped to offset the impact sales into euros. between Egypt and Turkey, the increased to 2.111 billion dirhams of a weaker pound, results showed “While a low oil price helped compared to 1.921 billion dirhams chairman of the Turkish-Egyptian on Friday. boost profitability, 2016 was a dif- Business Council of Turkey’s For- Net profit rose almost a third ficult year for the airlines,” Har- in the previous year, according to eign Economic Relations Board to 1.93 billion euros ($2.0 billion) greaves Lansdown stockbrokers Reuters calculations. It is yet to (DEIK) said on Friday. compared with 2015, IAG said in said in a note to clients. be given guidance by government "We want to reinforce a win- an earnings statement. “As economic uncertainty for the 2017 royalty rate, Sultan win strategy over all African coun- Lower oil prices resulted in the rocketed, sentiment around the said. tries," Mesut Toprak told Anado- company’s jet fuel costs falling by sector plummeted... IAG has been Du will also increase focus on lu Agency. 20 percent last year. However caught up in the trend for lower non-traditional revenue streams Toprak noted Egyptian busi- IAG’s “performance was affected fares as increasing supply squeez- including hosting data centres, nessmen’s desire to develop bilat- by an adverse currency impact of es pricing,” it added. managed services and services re- eral relations by settling political 460 million euros”, chief executive Shares in IAG, which also lated to smart cities, Sultan said. disputes. Willie Walsh said in an earnings owns Irish airline Aer Lingus, were Dubai is embarking on a major He said the Africa Business statement. up 2.4 percent at 516.50 pence in smart city strategy to integrate the Councils of DEIK had arranged “In particular, this was due to London morning deals, outper- emirate’s infrastructure with on- high-level trips and signed bilater- the weak pound following the forming the FTSE 100 index, line technology . al agreements in order to improve UK’s EU referendum.” Sterling which was down about half a per- “This is where the highest economic cooperation with the slumped by around 15 percent in cent. growth will come from,” Sultan continent. value last year, largely owing to (Alarabya) said. On Egypt, Toprak said a Tur- The telecom announced on key-Egypt Business Council joint Jan. 31 it had acquired a licence to meeting would be held on March operate Virgin Mobile-branded 12. prak said. Recalling Turkish ex- total exports," he added. Toprak ner in Africa, for enhancing bilat- services in the country. “We aim to carry out efficient Earlier on Thursday du said its activities by forming executive ports to Egypt in 2015, Toprak also stated that the total trade vol- eral trade relations in the period of said: "Turkey's exports decreased ume between Turkey and Egypt 2016-2017," he said. Turkey's top board was recommending a full- committee for the Egyptian side year dividend of 0.34 dirhams per of the council. In the following joint by five percent to $3.1 billion com- stood at $4.1 billion last year, not- export products to Egypt are steel pared to 2014 due to the political ing $2.7 billion Turkish exports and iron plus construction materi- share compared to a dividend pay- meetings, current disputes will be out of 0.43 dirhams per share in discussed and new solutions will instability in the region." "In that and $1.4 billion Egyptian exports. als followed by textile, cement and period, Egypt fell to 14th among "Turkey's ministry of economy agricultural goods like lentil red and 2015 which included a special div- be developed to boost trade be- idend payment of 0.10 dirhams tween the two countries," he said. Turkey's export partners, with a gave priority to Egypt, which is nut. Toprak said Egypt's producer 2.1 percent share of the country's Turkey's number one export part- (AA) per share. register system posed obstacles for (BBC) Turkish companies. "The system, which was launched by Egypt to protect its domestic market, poses an obsta- cle for Turkey's exports by unnec- essarily limiting trade," he said. Toprak warned that problems will persist despite measures to The United Nations needs at estimated 5 million said to be at facilitate trade: "This system will least $4.4 billion by the end of the verge of facing starvation. 1.4 million children face famine in four countries continue as long as Egypt's for- next month to prevent "a ca- The UN children’s agency Almost 1.4 million children suf- 185,000 children on the brink of eign currency problems continue," tastrophe" of hunger and fam- UNICEF said almost 1.4 million fering from severe malnutrition famine but that figure is expect- he said. ine in South Sudan, Nigeria, children acutely malnourished could die this year from famine ed to reach 270,000 in the next He said their aim was to en- in Nigeria, Somalia, South few months, said Unicef. hance sectoral cooperation with Somalia and Yemen, its newly- in Nigeria, Somalia, South Egypt, especially in the agriculture appointed Secretary-General, Sudan and Yemen could die Sudan and Yemen, the UN chil- In South Sudan, over and energy fields. Antonio Guterres, said. from famine in coming months. dren’s agency Unicef said re- 270,000 children are malnour- "An Africa Agriculture Sum- More than 20 million peo- "The situation is dire," cently. ished and a famine has just mit will be held in Antalya on April ple face starvation in the four stressed Guterres. In Yemen, where war has been declared in parts of Unity 27-28 in order to create a platform countries and action is urgent- "Millions of people are been raging for nearly two State in the north of the coun- for the private and public sectors ly needed now to avert a hu- barely surviving in the space years, 462,000 children are suf- try, where 20,000 children live. and the representatives of Egypt's manitarian disaster, Guterres between malnutrition and fering from acute malnutrition Unicef director Anthony business environment will join," he said on Wednesday. death, vulnerable to diseases while 450,000 children are se- Lake appealed for quick action. added. "We need $4.4 billion by the and outbreaks, forced to kill verely malnourished in north- “We can still save many lives,” The council head pointed out end of March to avert a catas- their animals for food and eat east Nigeria. he said. that visa approval of about three trophe," he said. the grain they saved for next Fews Net, the famine early UN Security Council am- weeks with only a single entry According to Guterres, the year’s seeds," he added. warning system, said some re- bassadors are due to travel to document, created problems for world body has only managed In South Sudan, tens of mote areas of Nigeria’s Borno northern Nigeria, Cameroon, Turkish business people. to raise $90m of what it needs. thousands of people have been state are already affected by Chad and Niger in March to "Moreover, the differences in killed and nearly two million famine since late last year and draw international attention to applications among customs based Three U.N agencies and displaced in the country’s the disaster is likely to contin- the humanitarian crisis trig- in Egypt plus very busy paper- South Sudan government on worst ever outbreak of violence ue as aid agencies are unable gered by the conflict with Boko work could be listed as other prob- Monday declared famine in since it seceded from Sudan. to reach those in need. Haram militants. (AFP) lems that should be solved," To- parts of the country, with an Drought in Somalia has left SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

FPW 2017 Day 2: The looks, the razzmatazz

There may be a hidden dark side to upbeat music may have a hidden dark side, suggests new research. Ac- cording to recent findings, listening to happy music can increase one’s willingness to hurt others and bend what they deem morally acceptable, reported Daily Mail. They say the findings reveal just how powerful music can be in influencing our behaviour. Volunteers were asked to do the researchers a favour by telling a student they could not take part in work they needed to do in order to complete their course. When James Brown’s hit I Got You (I Feel Good) or Mozart’s A Little Night Music were playing the background, the volunteers were more likely to agree. This contrasts with the idea that aggressive music like metal and rap may encourage violence, instead suggesting upbeat music is also a risk. Dr Naomi Ziv, a psychologist who led the study, said upbeat music seems to make people more accepting of what they are told or being asked to do, even if it goes against their morals. She warned the effect could be exploited by politicians or radical groups hoping to spread messages of hate or encourage people to harm others. he line-up for Day Two of Fashion Pakistan Week (FPW) Taylor Swift surprises in new song with Zayn 2017 included collections by acclaimed designers such “In politics, it is used all the time to create enthu- as Nida Azwer, Amir Adnan, Deepak Perwani, and a spe- siasm and agreement. There are many social contexts T when people are together, singing or hearing music cial showcase by Munib Nawaz, Zuria Dor, The Pink Tree Com- pany, Jeem, Sonya Batla and Gulabo. The evening ended with together. It creates a feeling of group cohesion and a special segment featuring the top designers of Pakistan, in- agreement,” she stated. In a series of studies pub- cluding Bunto Kazmi, Shamaeel Ansari, HSY, Umar Sayeed, lished in the journal Psychology of Music, scientists asked volunteers to listen to fictional radio adverts Sana Safinaz, Nomi Ansari, Amir Adnan, Nilofer Shahid and that offered them forged documents for higher pen- Maheen Khan. sions. Those who listened to the advert with Mozart The collection is deeply en- playing in the background were more accepting of trenched in a serious endeav- cheating in this way. In another test, volunteers were or to revive and rejuvenate told to perform a grammar test and then asked if they traditional craft, specifical- could do the scientists a favour. While most ly embroideries in Pakistan. people would balk at doing someone else’s Drawing inspiration from dirty work, surprisingly, when the James interior Sindh’s age-old em- Brown hit was playing in the background, broideries, the collection re- 82% agreed to do it. In contrast, the major- invents stitches such as the ity of those asked to do the Hurmich, Seesha Tanka, favour when no music was Moti Tanka and Heera Tan- playing refused. The world’s ka on fine quality organza highest-paid women in music and silk. The collection in- 2016 “What is most concern- cluded ghararas, saris, du- ing is that this was pattas and ajkans on neutral just background tones including off white, music – they were beige and grey. not actively listen- The idea behind Munib ing,” said Dr Ziv. Nawaz’s FPW 2017 collec- tion was to infuse science into design. Key to the collection Sushant Singh Rajput’s big Shooting is the fabrications and pro- Bhansali truly makes cesses: handmade slub cot- blanks: ton tailored into a bomber NeilArmstrong moment an artiste out of me: jacket or over dyed soft den- Jackie review im shirting. The Pink Tree Company’s Autumn/Winter Priyanka Chopra by Rashid 2017 is made up of emerald Priyanka Chopra is all praises for upcoming project Padmavati, greens, peacock blues and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who turned which was in the line of fire last Irani sun kissed orange silks and 54 on Friday, and says the film- month. The film stars Ranveer hand- woven organza. Zard- maker makes an artiste out of her Singh, Deepika Padukone and Sha- ozi has been used to embel- every time she collaborates with hid Kapoor. lish the garments. him. The actress has worked with Activists of the Karni Sena the film-maker in Bajirao Mastani damaged some cameras and other and Goliyon Ki Raasleela – Ram equipment on the sets of Padma- Leela. “Happy birthday Sanjay vati in January in Jaipur as they Leela Bhansali…You truly make opposed what they called was dis- an artiste out of me every time we tortion of historical facts in the film, work together. Here’s to many which is about Alauddin Khilji, the more years of your magic,” Priy- medieval-era Delhi ruler, who fell anka tweeted on Friday. Current- in love with Rajput queen Padma- ly, Bhansali is busy filming for his vati. (Santa Banta)

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput has first look as Sanjay Dutt from biop- Celebrated Chilean director Pablo started preparing for his role in the ic is finally out! Sushant, who was Larrian makes an inauspicious upcoming Hindi film Chanda last seen on screen in the biopic transition to Hollywood with the Mama Door Ke. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, first English-language film of his The 31-year-old actor, on will reportedly be playing an as- career. Not nearly as involving as Tuesday, shared a photograph of tronaut in Sanjay Puran Singh it aspires to be, Jackie is a portrait flight journals titled ‘Apollo 11’ Chauhan’s directorial. of the former First Lady and 1960s and ‘Chanda Mama Door Ke Apol- For the project, Sanjay has style icon in the aftermath of the lo Programme’. The former was apparently been spending a lot of assassination of her husband, Pres- the spaceflight that landed the first time researching at the National ident John F. Kennedy in Novem- two humans, who were Americans, Aeronautics and Space Adminis- ber 1963. Failing to convey a sense on the Moon. “I’d always won- tration (NASA). Filming for Chan- of immediacy, the non-linear nar- dered how Neil Armstrong, Buzz da Mama Door Ke will start some- rative begins with a hackneyed Aldrin and Michael Collins were time in July. The movie also stars framing device. Barely a week af- feeling during those nine days to 3 Idiots actor R Madhavan. Other ter JKF’s murder, his widow the Moon. Well, now I know… details about the space adventure (Portman) summons a journalist Flight journal Apollo 11,” Sushant film are still under wraps. (Crudup) to her Massachusetts captioned image. Ranbir Kapoor’s (Hindustan Times) mansion for an exclusive one-on- one interview. (Holleywoodlife) TV actor Ridhima Pandit’s personal I Got Labeled Right style is drastically different from the Away: Jennifer Lopez on dating younger men characters she plays Recently in the news for a bud- was the first guy I ever dated Jahan is a glimpse of Pakistan. ding relationship with Canadian younger than me and then I got It is the story of our heritage Her on-screen avatar wears a lot of heels, kurtis rapper Drake, Jennifer Lopez has labeled right away,” she continued. and culture to the world out- and saris. But off screen, actor Ridhima Pandit finally opened up as to what was “If they’re older, they’re older. If side. Hamza Bokhari, the de- prefers denims and flats. really going on between her and they’re younger, they’re younger. signer behind Jeem has become the One Dance singer. JLo ap- It doesn’t matter. It’s whether or known for using traditional Her on-screen avatar wears a lot shopping, but, at peared on The Ellen DeGeneres not I’m attracted to them or not, artisan techniques complement- of heels, kurtis and saris. But off times, my hectic work Show, and was called out for dat- attracted to their spirit, their soul, ed by unique silhouettes, co- screen, actor Ridhima Pandit pre- schedule forces me to ing younger men by the host, re- whatever their energy is.” the lours and detailing. Songs of fers denims and flats. buy clothes online. ports US Magazine. To which, Dance Again singer concluded. my Nation caters to women we are waiting at TV actor Ri- My go-to sites are the On The Floor singer aptly re- Discussing her equation with who do not follow fashion but dhima Pandit’s Vile Parle residence. A s o s . c o m , plied, “OK, first of all, stop. I don’t Drake, Lopez said that the duo was embody it, appreciate art and She walks in an hour later and apol- Pernias.com and date younger men,” Lopez, 47, ar- just hanging out while they collab- have an eye for skillfully craft- ogises, blaming Mumbai’s traffic Edgeclothing.com.” gued with host Ellen. “It’s not like orated on a song. “We were just ed pieces and modern tailor- for the delay. After a round of small Favourite shopping you have to be younger, it’s not hanging out,” Lopez joked of the ing. Battla’s Autumn/Winter talk, the 26-year-old gives us the destination: “Dubai. I about that. I just meet people and photo of herself and the Hotline 2017 collection was inspired by low-down of her closet staples — go twice a year to if I go out with them, I go out with Bling singer, which took internet the Sufi shrines of Pakistan and denim trousers and jackets, funky shop.” Old is gold: “I them, and if I like them, I like them by storm. To which, DeGeneres, the world of Sufism. Karachi accessories, and make-up. Ward- have a 12-year-old and if I don’t, I don’t. It’s just 59, replied: “I hang out with a lot inspired the colour palette, robe staples: “I always have a pair denim jacket that I can- about the person. It’s about who of friends and we never hang out which includes beautiful blue of nude pump shoes, a little black not part with. I was in they are, it has nothing to do with like that.” Lopez went on to say, tonal dyes and washes. Gula- dress, ripped jeans, ganjis from my first year of col- age.” she said. “I dated Casper “He sent me a song that he wanted bo’s signature graphic and tech- Zara and track pants.” lege when I bought it. Smart and he was younger and that me to be on. (AFP) nicolor prints, inspired by tra- No heel policy: “I am not a I got it from New Jer- ditional Pakistani folk truck fan of fancy footwear. In fact, I sey. art, create their instantly rec- prefer flats over heels whereever Every time I clean my ward- splurged on a Michael Kors bag. It ognisable design identity. The possible. But, my work demands robe, I usually get rid of the stuff I cost me around Rs 25,000 back FPW 2017 collection was in- heels, so I have to give in. My lat- then. I still have it.” spired by the hippie movement est buy is a pair of wine-coloured don’t wear often, but this jacket stayed with me.” Impulse buyer: Accessorise it: “I hoard make- of the sixties and seventies. tie-up shoes from Aldo. up and accessories. I just can’t stop Aesthetics of Everyday They seem to be in style — I “About six years ago, I used to be an artist manager. I was touring spending on them. My favourite points to the concept that some saw Alia Bhatt wearing them as brands are MAC, Color Bar and activities and objects transcend well.” Online, not by choice: “I with one of the artists, and before buying anything, I kept calculat- Kiko. cultural differences, individual- have a problem with online shop- I like experimenting with ac- ity and gender stereotypes to ping, and it’s about size. ing how much it would cost me in Indian currency. cessories — floral hairbands, create basic utility. It shows a The websites often mention a chunky chokers and beads are cur- new frontier and draws appeal certain size, but almost always However, on the last leg of the from the mundane by blurring deliver a different one. trip, at Heathrow airport in Lon- rently my go-to choices.” the lines of divide. I try to stay away from online don, I stopped counting and (Tribune) SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Eoin Morgan focus fully Rickie Fowler on leading England at in contention at halfway 2019 World Cup stage of Honda Eoin Morgan has forsaken his Test He is therefore focused on career as he concentrates all inter- England's white-ball aspirations national ambition on leading En- and specifically campaigns in this Classic gland to the 2019 World Cup. summer's Champions Trophy and Morgan, who also revealed he the World Cup two years later, would undertake an extra 10,000 both on home soil. mile round trip back to the Indian Morgan anticipates being in Premier League after two May one- charge for both, adding: "Yes, ab- day games against his native Ire- solutely. That's where all the plans land at Bristol and Lord's, was not are going towards, what we're announcing his retirement from working towards as a side so it will Test cricket. England's white-ball be great to be a part of it." captain was speaking on the eve He will try to fit in Specsav- of the first warm-up match, facing ers County Championship fixtures the UWI Vice-Chancellor's XI at with Middlesex this summer. Warner Park before three ODIs "I think it's more important for against West Indies, as he mapped me to actually strive to keep work- out his and his team's short and ing on my game in red-ball cricket, long-term plans. to continue to work on the first 30 They will include ensuring all balls I face in a white-ball game," 14 tourists take part in at least one he added of the two List A fixtures, on Sat- "While that desire is still there, urday and Monday - and will not the idea in my mind that I need to necessarily feature Alex Hales on keep working on the red-ball game, this tour despite the opener's an- I'll stick with it." Being signed by ticipated addition to England's Kings XI Punjab at this week's IPL squad following a scan on Mon- auction means he will head to In- day to confirm the extent of his dia to lead England against Ireland recovery from a broken hand. on May 5 and 7 and return on May Hales' potential, rather than 8 for a maximum two remaining definite, return means there will be IPL fixtures before all of England's much to be gained over the next likely Champions Trophy squad three days by others. must report on May 14 for a train- Asked about his prospects of ing camp in Spain. returning to the longer format he The first task for Morgan's last played more than five years team is to dispel all memories of ago, he said: "I think Test cricket their last white-ball match - which Rickie Fowler is just one shot off has gone for me. I don't think I'll ended in an embarrassing 75-run the lead at the halfway stage of the ever play it again." At 30, the in- Twenty20 defeat against India in Honda Classic as Martin Kaymer Stoke boss Mark Hughes says Jack backs - touch wood - since the last itation. He is really enjoying it. test could see Stoke's January sign- ventive left-hander is already a Bangalore, after they lost their last and Tyrrell Hatton remained in Butland could finally be available operation so the feeling is we're They're working him exceptional- ing from West Brom, Saido Bera- veteran of 240 limited-overs inter- eight wickets for eight runs. contention on day two. Wes Bry- for selection again by the middle very hopeful that he'll be back very ly hard and he is going to benefit hino, make his first start for his nationals. (Fox Sport) an retained a share of the lead with of next month. soon. "I think he's got a meeting from that. New customers: Grab a new club against a side who had Ryan Palmer, who set the early The Potters goalkeeper sus- with a consultant in a week or two's Sky Sports Month Pass for multiple bids for him rejected by target at nine under par after shoot- tained a fractured ankle while on time and I think that's when he'll £20pm for the first 2 months. No Albion in the summer of 2015. ing a best-of-the-day 65, while England duty against Germany 11 hopefully be given a green light to contract. "We had a good week in That memorably prompted a tweet Fowler matched his first-round 66 months ago and has not played do anything he wants in terms of Dubai, even though we didn't quite from the forward in which he made at PGA National. Kaymer could since, with his attempts to return full integration, so we're looking get the weather we had been hop- an apparent strike threat but Hugh- not emulate his first-day form as a to fitness being hit by setbacks. forward to that. "Once he gets that ing for. Arguably, it was sunnier es said: "I'm sure he's not thinking level-par 70 left him on five under Butland underwent his most then it'll be maybe a couple of here in Stoke this morning than it about Spurs any more. He is very with rising English star Hatton, recent operation on the ankle in weeks more that he'll be available was in Dubai! much a Stoke player. whose long-range eagle at the 18th December and he is currently un- for selection. That'd be great." "He "But the key was just to get "No doubt he'll play a part - was the highlight of his 67, while dergoing rehabilitation in Qatar. flew in to see the guys and he is in everybody together and enjoy the whether or not it's a start, we'll course-specialist Luke Donald is Giving an update on the 23- good form," Hughes added ahead training we did, which was of a have to wait and see. He's looking one further adrift. New custom- year-old on Friday, Hughes said of Sunday's Premier League away high level - it's been really good really sharp and not a million miles ers: Grab a Sky Sports Month Pass that by mid-March Butland "could clash with Tottenham. "He was preparation for the weekend. It's a away. If it is not this weekend, then for £20pm for the first 2 months. very well be an option". The only there for a day then flew back big test but we'll see the impact he's very close to it." No contract. Palmer atoned for an Welshman said: "He's had no set- out to Qatar to resume his rehabil- the trip has had." Sunday's con- (Sky Sport) opening bogey at the 10th with three straight birdies from the 13th, although he gave a shot back when he three-putted the 17th green be- Conor Adam, Simon Yates to fore making four birdies in a flaw- McDonnell vs Vargas: Tony less front-nine 31 which gave him McGregor is the outright lead. miss Tour de France Bryan shared the overnight hell of a Bellew backs gym-mate Gavin Adam and Simon Yates will sit out the last two Tours, said he was lead with fellow PGA Tour rookie this year's Tour de France to con- looking forward to a change in fo- Cody Gribble, and he made a hot fighter, says centrate on the Giro d'Italia and cus and a Giro debut. start to his second round as he bird- McDonnell to win world title Vuelta a Espana, their Orica-Scott "Two Grand Tours is some- ied the opening three holes before Floyd team have announced. thing I have never done and it's a going long and left with his ap- Adam Yates was a revelation new challenge," he said. "I have rid- proach to the fourth and stumbling Mayweather at last year's Tour, winning the best den the Tour [de France] now for to a bogey. He got the shot back at young rider's classification and the past couple of years and even the 10th before getting into tree- narrowly missing out on a podium my first year as a professional, I trouble at 13, but he negotiated the Floyd Mayweather has urged fearsome Bear Trap in par and Conor McGregor to speak to his place. This year, the Australian rode the Tour programme without team plan to send their emerging doing the Tour, so I think a change holed a 10-foot putt for birdie at UFC bosses and "make a fight Colombian star Esteban Chaves to is good and a new challenge is the last to cap a three-under 67. happen" between the pair. France to carry their general clas- good... Fowler started with a birdie at Retired five-weight champi- sification hopes, while the 24-year- "The 100th edition gives the the 10th and made three in four on Mayweather and MMA star old Yates twins gear up to ride two Giro some big prestige this year. If holes from the 15th, including a McGregor have spent the past Grand Tours in the same season we can get as close to the podium superb tee-shot to six feet at 17 year talking up a cross-codes for the first time in their careers. as possible, that is the aim. There which offset a bogey at the 16th. showdown in a boxing ring. "People on the outside might think is a lot of time trialling and a lot of The world No 14 picked up McGregor has never fought it's a bit strange that we are not big names but we are putting the further shots at the third and professionally in the ring, lead- sending a lad that finished fourth work in, we are working hard and fourth, but a poor tee-shot to the ing many to dismiss a possible last year back to the Tour de we will see how it goes." Simon par-three seventh cost him anoth- clash between the pair as a mis- France," said Orica-Scott sport Yates missed last year's Tour as he er bogey as he slipped to eight match. director Matt White. "But it's sim- served a four-month ban for a dop- under, one ahead of India's Anir- ban Lahiri. Kaymer was one over However, Mayweather, who ple, we want to give the guys a ing violation - something the team bigger foundation for the future blamed on an administrative error for his round after a scrappy bo- turned 40 on Friday, has defend- gey-six at the third - his 12th - but ed the Irishman's stand-up skills because that's where their biggest as they failed to apply for a thera- potential lies." Adam Yates, who peutic use exemption for his asth- the German got back to five under and says he is a "hell of a fight- when he produced a sublime chip- er." made his Grand Tour debut in the ma treatment. 2014 Vuelta before competing in (Sky Sport) in for birdie at the fifth before par- Jose Aldo believes UFC will ring in to stay within four of the never allow a fight between lead. Hatton dropped two shots McGregor and Mayweather Tony Bellew believes gym-mate He didn't stick to the game- up as well. If it is 3-3 after six over his last three holes either side "I'm here, let's make it hap- Gavin McDonnell is Britain's most plan on that night and it shows rounds or close at least, I can see of his fourth birdie of the day at pen," Mayweather said to Show- improved fighter and is backing what can happen. Sometimes fight- him going on to win it, I really can. the eighth, but he had earlier hit time's Steve Farhood. him to be crowned WBC super- ers are so evenly matched that it This is all about the styles of one of the best tee shots of the "Every time McGregor goes bantamweight champion on Satur- comes right down to who gets it these two and how Gav dictates field at the daunting 17th to set up out there and competes and wins, day night... right on the night. I don't think this the pace, how he uses his brain, a birdie from four feet, which he he does it standing up. When This is going to be a tough fight fight will just go down to who is his footwork and his judgement of followed by nailing a 45-foot putt Conor McGregor did lose, he lost for Gavin McDonnell, but I will better because I don't see anything distance. They will all play a big for eagle at 18. The confident 25- say now, I think he will do it. Rey between them. I simply think it part. year-old added a 67 to his opening on the ground. He didn't lose Vargas is a serious puncher, a top will go down to who sticks to their Vargas looks a tall, rangy fight- standing up so here a hell of a 68, while compatriot Donald was fighter and has pedigree but he gameplan. Eddie Hearn has called er who can bang as well, but it up also three under for a day which fighter. hasn't really beaten a top fighter for a 'bear pit' atmosphere in Hull to Gavin McDonnell to really McGregor has posted a spar- started brightly when he holed his yet and Gavin is a top-level fight- to help McDonnell against Vargas make a statement and you know 161-yard approach to the 12th for ring video on his Instagram er. And he is, in my opinion, the As I say, we do know Vargas can what? He can and he will. I am McGregor has posted a spar- a stunning eagle-two. most improved fighter in Britain. bang, but I just think Gavin needs predicting Gavin McDonnell on Defending champion Adam ring video on his Instagram He really is. He's been absolutely to get through the first six rounds, points. "He's a very, very tough com- Scott got to five under when he fantastic since teaming up with the but he needs to pick some of them (Sky Sport) made his third birdie of the round petitor and he has a will to win. coach and I've seen him improve at the 13th, but he endured a roll- Also, the UFC gloves are no dif- ten-fold. I am not just saying that ercoaster finish as further birdies ferent to boxing gloves, they just because he's in the same gym as at 15 and 18 were offset by two a little bit smaller. But if a guy me and maybe because I have seen bogeys and a costly double-bogey got power, he got power and more of him than most, I say that Colin Tizzard backs Thistlecrack at the 16th, where he dumped his Conor McGregor got power." as just a matter of fact. second from a fairway bunker into Mayweather, who retired Gav has gone from a kid at area water. Ian Poulter kept a bogey off after defeating Andre Berto in level and having tough fights, his card in his opening 66, but he September 2015 to match Rocky through to the European and WBC to make full recovery lost ground on the leaderboards Marciano's perfect 49-0 record, silver titles and has dominated all with a four-bogey 72 on Friday the way. He's beaten some good, Trainer Colin Tizzard says This- positive, though, with his trainer has previously said he would tlecrack "will be fine for next sea- which saw him slip to two under only lace up his gloves again for rated kids, really strong ones and already plotting a return to Kemp- alongside fellow Englishman Paul he has done it with ease. He has son" following the nine-year-old's ton over Christmas for a repeat bid McGregor and demanded a guar- season-ending injury. The domi- Casey and Ryder Cup star Rafa anteed $100m. McGregor be- dominated them. He's dropping in the King George VI Chase. "I Cabrera Bello, while Sergio Garcia them with bodyshots, which is nant force in the staying hurdle came the first UFC fighter to hold was devastated. He is a superstar," dropped two shots over the last something we had never seen be- division last year will not run in said Tizzard. "It got to me a bit two belts after he used his supe- four holes in an erratic 71. fore. Listen, he is going to have a the Cheltenham Gold Cup in but 24 hours later and I'm fine. I'll rior punching skills to defeat Ed- March after being ruled out for the But it was another disappoint- really strong gameplan against Var- take the positives out of it. "We ing performance from Masters die Alvarez in two rounds in No- gas and he will have to stick to it - remainder of the campaign with a found it before it became a proper vember tendon injury. Thistlecrack won champion Danny Willett, who was and I mean stick to it. problem. He's won us the World well placed on three under for the "We already know what my The other McDonnell, Jamie, his first four starts over fences, in- Hurdle and King George and I'm number is. My number is there cluding a scintillating victory in the tournament only to drop shots at is a fantastic fighter as well and he as sure as I could ever be that he'll 12 and 13 before blocking his tee and he has to get his thing in or- was fortunate last time out against King George VI Chase at Kemp- be fine for next season." Tizzard, ton on Boxing Day. Grab a Sky shot into the drink at the 17th - der with his team. Once Conor Solis but at the end of the day he though, still has an imposing hand the resulting double-bogey caus- McGregor speaks to the UFC got the decision and that's all that Sports Month Pass for £20pm for in the Gold Cup bringing the rac- the first 2 months. No contract. ing him to miss the cut on one over and his bosses, then we can make matters. ing festival to a climax with his par. (BBC Sport) it happen because we all know Vargas can bang, but I just Despite suffering a narrow defeat impressive Welsh Grand National that Floyd Mayweather is his think Gavin needs to get through at the hands of the ill-fated Many winner Native River, the new own boss. "We got Showtime the first six rounds, but he needs Clouds in the Cotswold Chase at favourite. He added: "Native Riv- PPV, Mayweather Promotions - to pick some of them up as well. If Cheltenham at the end of January, er had a prep race, didn't he? I know which is the past, the present and it is 3-3 after six rounds or close at Thistlecrack remained at the head it was only a three-runner race at the future of sports entertain- least, I can see him going on to win of the betting for the Timico Gold Newbury, but he showed us some- ment so let's make the fight hap- it, I really can. Cup on March 17, but will not line thing we haven't seen before when up at Prestbury Park.The long- pen." (Sky Sports) Tony Bellew he sprinted clear from the last. term prognosis for Thistlecrack is (AP) SUNDAY . FEBRUARY 26. 2017-Hoot 08, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 207 Price: Afs.20

We added a few events of our own whom the United States did not as well. have direct contact. Qazi was help- When my family’s favorite art- ful at times, but I had hoped that ist, KehindeWiley, held on exhibit the United Nations would play a in Harlem, I invited my colleagues much larger role. The U.N. under- to the event, followed by dinner in performed in assisting with Sun- a local restaurant. Some of the rep- ni-Shia reconciliation, resolution of resentatives asked me privately if the various conflicts between Kur- I was sure that the outing would dish authorities and the central be safe. Through the Art in the government, and the integration of Embassy program, we were able Iraq into the region. to borrow a Kehinde Wiley piece BEFORE MY confirmation for display in the dining room: a hearings, I decided that I would use large portrait, in Renaissance style, my time as permanent representa- of an African American athlete. A tive to focus on a few issues. I delegation from the African Union thought the situations in Afghani- was particularly excited not only stan, Iraq, and Lebanon would by the artist’s work, but also by benefit from a greater U.N. pres- his African first name. ence. On nuclear proliferation, I RELATIONS BETWEEN the wanted to escalate U.N. pressure United Nations had sunk to new on Iran and North Korea. The mas- tablish rapport. Still, I was under lows over the war in Iraq. Still, I sive humanitarian crisis in Darfur, no illusions about the institution viewed the U.N. as an important I thought, called for U.N. interven- as a whole. It needed deep reform. institution that could advance U.S. tion not only to save lives, but also THE UNITED NATIONS IS interests. to operationalize the international structured like a small legislature The key, I thought, was to community’s commitment to end but operates like a three-dimen- maintain a realistic understanding genocide. Finally, I wanted to sional chessboard. At times, it feels By Farhad Naibkhel of the purpose and structure of strengthen U.N. capabilities for like a bazaar. The degree to which that body, how it functioned, and peacekeeping operations. In my countries’ representatives to the KABUL: The Ministry of Rural what it could and could not achieve. confirmation hearings, I told the U.N. have freedom of action var- Rehabilitation and Development My views on the U.N. had been Senate how I intended to pursue ies. Some can make decisions; oth- (MoRRD) on Saturday said that influenced by my experiences as these priorities. One of my ideas er are only mouthpieces for order 6,000 National Solidarity Program ambassador. In Afghanistan, I had was to strengthen the U.N.’s cau- from back home. The intensity of (NSP)’s development projects had worked closely with the U.N.’s cus of democratic countries. The national interests on particular been halted due to insecurity Brahimi and Arnault. The United Non-Aligned Movement and the questions varies. Group dynam- across the country in the past 14 Nations not only supported but Group of 77-organization com- ics-manipulate by the more influ- years. The Ministry said that Cit- actively enabled efforts to stabi- posed of mostly developing coun- ential or ideologically committed izens Charter Program (CCP), that lize Afghanistan and set the coun- tries-were driven by parochial states-are important. Bartering replaced NSP, would cover the try on a path to democracy, all at a views and an instinctive antago- matters as well. States might vote whole communities within one time when Washington was still nism toward Israel and the West. a certain way on an issue on which month. “Insecurity hampered sorting out its longer-term strate- It would take time for democra- they are ambivalent with the ex- 6,000 projects of NSP in different gy. The United Nations’ not cies from the global north and south pectation of eliciting favors down provinces across the country in unique convening power, credibil- to cooperate, and while I did not the line. I liked and respect Secre- the past 14 years,” Minister of ity, and field experience in crisis expect to turn the democracy cau- tary General Ban Ki-moon, and we Rural Rehabilitation and Develop- areas were helpful. U.S. coopera- cus into a voting bloc that could worked well together. A South ment, Nasir Ahmad Durani said. tion with the U.N. was a concrete undercut the NAM/G-77, I did Korean, Ban had witnessed his Briefing newsmen here in Kabul, started in 2003 initiated by the Hundreds of other projects such urban areas would be covered. example of burden-sharing at a time hope to nature it into an influen- country’s transformation from a he termed insecurity as the main government with collaboration as clinics construction, and irriga- “These projects would fill all the when the United States was oth- tial group down the road. The pres- war-torn, impoverished state to a factor that marred NSP projects in with the World Bank and other tion system of one million lands is gaps in areas of development.” erwise taking on ever-greater re- ence of senior diplomats from vibrant, dynamic Asian democra- some provinces. “NSP replaced donors; in which 85,000 projects another projects executed by NSP, “Providing health, education, en- sponsibilities. I was less impressed around the world presented an cy. He understood that without the with CCP, and practical work to at total cost of $1.5 billion has so he asserted. Through NSP, 35000 ergy and transportation facilities by the United Nations’ work in opportunity to engage with my U.S. security umbrella in Ashia, be kicked off in April.” Through far been implemented across the Community Development Coun- to the citizens would be the main Iraq. With Brahimi’s departure in foreign counterparts on a broad this would never have happened. CCP all communities would be country, the Minister elucidated. cil (CDC) have been established, goal of the CCP nationwide with 2004 as U.N. envoy to Iraq, the scale. It was common to have two Ban was well aware of the impor- covered in cities and urban areas, “Construction of 53000km rural and the council member have been equal balance,” he insisted. “The United Nation’s role, never par- dinners on the same night, forcing tance of the United States to The he added. He furthered, “all the un- roads, 100kw solar and generator selected most of the projects in the first phase of CCP is a four years ticularly significant had declined me, as I used to joke, to sacrifice presence of senior diplomats from covered areas would be giving pri- power, 100,000 water reservation, provinces, he claimed. Pointing to program. “One billion would be al- even further. I worked with Brahi- my waistline for my country. I saw around the world presented an op- ority, and those NSP project that 60,000 school classrooms and CCP, as an alternative to NSP that located for the first phase of CCP, mi’s successor, Ashraf Qazi, who them not as tedious duties to be portunity to engage with my for- have been halted in 117 districts wells, are parts of development would start working in April, the and at the moment $630 million provided a channel to Sistani, tolerated but, rather, as opportu- eign counterparts on a broad scale. would be completed through projects that have been completed minister said that through CCP all fund is on hand to start projects,” Sadrists, and Sunni leaders with nity to from friendships and es- CCP.” The NSP program has been through NSP in the past 14 years.” community including cities and he underlined. To be continued Fuel reservoir Man sentenced to death Pakistan catches fire in Helmand historical, cultural Nangarhar: Police by appeal court in Kabul should not JALALABAD : Fire erupted into heritage under threat The Kabul appeal court on Satur- her death,”, the prosecutor said. politicise flames at oil reservoir in Jalalabad day sentenced a man to death who “That night Noorullah was in city, the capital of eastern Nangar- was found guilty of killing his our house. He said to his wife that har province, causing heavy finan- Of the 80 historical castles in Hel- pregnant wife seven months ago they had to talk. But when his wife refugees’ cial losses to people, an official said mand province, 40 are in places in the Macroryan area of the city. wanted to go out of the room, he on Saturday. The fire broke out controlled by the Taliban and un- In an open hearing, the appeal fired at her three times and she, today (Saturday) afternoon in der threat of destruction, says the court upheld the earlier primary along with her child, were killed,” issue:MoRR Bagrami locality of the 7th munic- Directorate of Culture and Infor- court judgement to sentence the said Merwais, brother of the vic- KABUL : The Ministry of Refu- ipal district of Jalalabad city. mation (DoCI) of southern Hel- man, Noorullah, to death. The tim. gees and Repatriation (MoRR) on Fire brigade chief, Maj. Fazal mand province. murderer and the family of the vic- Noorullah said he was not in Saturday welcomed the Pakistan’s Hadi Sahibzada, told Pajhwok Af- “In the provincial center and tim were present in the court as good mental health when he at- fresh commitments about Afghan ghan News the fire broke out due in the districts, there are 80 castles the decision was announced. tacked his wife. He is now regret- refugees but said Islamabad should to the negligence on the part of a and we are trying to preserve “On the charge of killing your ful of what he had done. not politicise migrants’ issues and shopkeeper. “The fire is under con- them,” said Farid Ahmad Farhang, wife, and her child and in terms of “I did not have any problem free the Afghans recently detained trol and it has not spread to other director of the culture and infor- line two of article 22 of the non- with my wife. I did not understand allegedly in connection of terrorist areas but it is still burning.” The mation department. Bost Castle violence act against women, and how it happened, God knows that attacks. official had no information about (Qala-e-Bost), surrounded by according to line seven of article I did not understand how it hap- A statement from MoRR a the losses caused by the fire; how- three acres of land, is one of those er contribute to the destruction of have called on the government save 395 of criminal code, you are sen- pened,” he said. copy of which received by Pajh- ever he guessed heavy financial historical places grabbed by pow- that Bost castle. Abdul Ghani, 80, their cultural heritage. “Everything tenced to death,” said Merajuddin The appeal court also said of- wok Afghan News said Pakistan losses might be occurred. A local erful men. “These are historical has spent 40 years there is looking in this castle is destroyed. If gov- Meraj, head of Kabul appeal court. ficials of Kabul Ninth Police Sta- was host for millions of Afghan resident named Abdulllah thanked sites. Now the land around them after the Castel and is trying to ernment does not do anything The brother of the victim, tion (PD9) should be investigated refugees in the recent past and fire extinguishing team, insisting has been grabbed or is being de- keep from being destroyed. “Bost about it, it will be gone,” Samiul- Merwais, and the case prosecutor, by judicial departments, because around 1.3 million registered and other organisations should also stroyed,” said Abdullah Zahir, a Castle is our cultural heritage and lah, a student said. It is not only Obaidullah Samsor, said the child they did not submit 600,000 others unregistered Af- cooperate as the fire was strongly staff member of the culture and we should save it. Afghanistan’s Bost Castle that is being destroy- of the victim also was died when the weapon of the murderer. ghans were still living in the neigh- flaming up. Another local resident information department. Govern- history lives in this castle,” he said. ing, but 50 % of Helmand artifac- the mother was killed Noorullah killed his wife us- bor country. Zar Mohammad criticized fire bri- ment negligence, rains, storms and Helmand youths spend some of tual and historical sites are under “He confessed that he fired ing an illegal weapon. However, the ministry said a gade team’s process as they were water rising for the Helmand Riv- their weekends at this castle and Taliban control. (Tolo News) three times at his wife and caused (Tolo News) number of Afghan refugees have unable to put out the fire for the been detained and harassed by Pa- past three hours. Efforts at seek- kistani forces allegedly in connec- ing comments from shopkeepers tion to recent terrorist attacks in about losses did not succeed. parts Pakistan. Earlier, several times fires have A number of Afghans have broken out in Jalalabad due to care- been freed as result of the Afghan lessness by shopkeepers that have embassy’s efforts in Pakistan and inflicted heavy financial losses on efforts were underway to release people. (Pajhwok) the rest of other Afghan refugees still kept in police custody, the source said. The ministry said Pakistan FIFA warns cabinet has recently extended stay A major ski competition was orga- security and stability across the taba son of Abdul Hussain second position, and Mateen son of Na- jeebullah third position. (KP) of Afghan refugees with valid Afghan football nized in the central Bamyan prov- country. Calling Bamyan a sym- Proof of Registration (PoR) cards ince of Afghanistan to pay tribute bol of unity, devotion, and peace until the end of 2017 and approved federation to to fallen soldiers of the National and stability, Mr. Sadat said the the registration of unregistered ref- Directorate of Security (NDS). National Directorate of Security ugees. A Memorandum of Under- end rift The competition was orga- remains committed to financially standing (MoU) was also signed nized in three stages, for the support the Oqab ski club in a bid in this regard during a trilateral The Afghanistan Football Federa- youths, youngsters, and girls. to help support the ski competi- meeting of Afghanistan, Pakistan tion (AFF) is in danger of losing The Afghanistan National Di- tions in this province. The com- and UNHCR in Islamabad on Feb- its membership of the International rectorate of Security (NDS) finan- petition concluded with Nasrullah ruary 15, the source added. Based Football Federation Association cially sponsored the competition son of Ahmad Ali winning the first on the MoU, all the three sides (FIFA). FIFA has warned the AFF where more than 70 athletes par- position, Mujtaba son of Aslam should be committed to the volun- to end their differences on the se- ticipated. second position, and Mujtaba son tary repatriation of Afghan refu- lection of its members, otherwise, The competition was inaugu- of Haji Hassan third position gees and the migration should not it will suspend the membership of rated by the provincial governor’s among the youth athletes. Sahat be used as a political pressure. The the AFF in the federation. The spokesman Abdul Rahman Ahma- daughter of Mohammad Afzal se- Afghan government welcomes world body sent an official letter di and Syed Zamanuddin Sadat, the cured first position, Zahra daugh- hosting of Afghan refugees and the to the AFF asking the Afghan fed- provincial deputy chief of the NDS ter of Mohammad Ewaz second Pakistan’s new commitments in eration to stop its election process for sports and physical fitness. position, and Rehana daughter of the regard, but Afghanistan wants until it (FIFA) assesses the pro- The participants of the com- Mohammad Daud third position Pakistan not to politicize the refu- cess. Part of the letter says that petition paid tribute to the fallen among the female athletes. On the gees matter and help release the the FIFA member federations shall NDS forces and hailed their sacri- youngsters side, Yahya son of Afghans detained in that country, carry on their duties. (Tolo News) fices and devotion to ensure for Raza secured first position, Muj- MoRR said. (Pajhwok)