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www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes MONDAY. FEBRUARY 29. 2016 -Hoot 10, 1394 HS Yo ur Yo ur ad ad he re he re 0778894038 0778894038 Karzai calls Salangi honest police officer : Former President Hamid Karzai on Sunday met former dep- uty minister of interior Gen. Mo- hammad Ayoub Salangi, praising his efforts in serving for security. In the meeting held in Salan- gi’s residence, Karzai thanked him for carrying out his duties with very honesty in the past 13 years. The ex-president called Salan- KABUL: During the regime of According to Mullah Zaif, first the presidency of General Parwiz provinces. But the 1893 agreement gi a patriotic person and praised Taliban, Islamabad tried to make time Pakistan urged Taliban to ac- Musharaf. The line was drawn in which was for 100 years has been his services as police chief of Her- the over 2,000-kilometre Durand cept the border when Mullah Ab- 1893 as a temporarily border be- expired. Pakistan which does not at, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Kab- Line a permanent border between dul Raziq appointed as the interi- tween and the British agree to return Afghanistan’s land ul provinces as well as deputy in- Afghanistan and Pakistan, a former or minister, second time the regime India based on an agreement. even tried during the Presidency terior minister. Salangi welcomed diplomat of Taliban reveals. was forced during the visit of Pa- When India partitioned in 1947 of Hamid Karzai to give the bor- Karzai to his house and vowed to Mullah Abdul Salam Zaif who kistan’s interior minister Moinud- and Pakistan created, the Durand der a permanent status but it again help the people and government was ambassador of Taliban to Is- din Haider to Kabul who also trav- Line became a border between Af- received a negative response. as his national obligation. He ex- lamabad says the country tried elled to Kandahar for the same ghanistan and Pakistan. Most of the issues between the pressed readiness to serve the coun- three times to formalize the bor- purpose. The line gives some of Afghan- two countries are believed to be try and people anytime needed. der but it repeatedly received a Mullah Zaif says the demand istan’s land to Pakistan’s Khyber the result of this line. He lauded Karzai’s efforts for negative response. was made for the third time during Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan (Khaama Press) founding the infrastructure of the Afghan National Police. Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Kunduz he Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Sunday the exodus of Afghans was a human capital flight. ? The MoRR said that every asylum seeker spends between air, ground operations T$6 thousand and $20 000 USD to reach Europe. Their statements comes as thousands of Afghan refugees are stranded at borders, mostly in Greece and Macedonia. This has not however, put people off and thousands would like to leave the country. The International Organization of Migration (IOM) meanwhile said the government should The Taliban militants have suf- take more steps to create jobs. A large number of people leave their country by selling all what they have. They face many hardships along the way to Europe, but after reaching their fered heavy casualties in a series destiny they feel the joirney was not worth everything. At least 125 Afghans voluntarily returned from Germany last week. of air and ground operations in northern of Af- MoD hands over Taliban’s shadow ghanistan, local officials said Sun- Cabinet forms prosecution day. four helicopters district chief among Provincial police chief Mo- Horrific video shows 6 killed in Faryab hammad Qasim Jangalbagh said to Selab Military committee to pursue slain clashes are underway in Dasht-e- Taliban torturing, MAIMANA: A Taliban des- Archi district as the Afghan forces Corps executing Badghis journalists’ cases ignated district chief and five are busy in clearance operations other rebels have been killed against the anti-government armed The Ministry of Defense (MoD) By Akhtar M. Nikzad militants. handed over four A29 helicopters tribal elder in the Pashtoonkot district of NDS arrests teenage KABUL: Amid increasing viola- According to the statement, northwestern Faryab prov- He said at least 61 militants to 201st Selab Military Corps on A distressing video has emerged tions against journalists and media the committee would start to work have been killed so far which in- suicide bomber Sunday. from the northwestern Badghis ince, an official said on Sun- workers, second vice president, in the next week and media sup- day. Governor Syed Anwar clude 3 of the group’s command- The Afghan air force said that province of Afghanistan which Mohammad Sarwar Danish or- porting bodies will contribute in ers and scores of others were in- AT News Report the helicopters are equipped with purportedly shows horrific torture Sadattold Pajhwok Afghan dered governmental to establish a evaluation of violations against News Damla Noorul Haq, the jured. KABUL: The National Director- modern weapons and will prove of a tribal elder by the Taliban mil- joint committee to prosecute the journalists. Meanwhile, at least 10 mili- ate of Security (NDS) on Sunday effective in the fight against mili- itants before he is executed. shadow district chief, was hit by a mortar shell fired by the tants were killed in separate oper- said that its operatives had arrest- tants. Local police officials have con- ations involving air raids in Chard- ed a 14-year-old boy in Kabul, who "These helicopters are firmed that the tribal elder Haji army in Khwaja Musa area on was believed to commit suicide Saturday night. ara and Khanabad districts, the equipped with four kinds of weap- Allah Dad was recently captured officials added. attack. by the Taliban militants after he He said five associates of The captured teenage boy was ons and modern bombs. They are The local officials are saying identified as Nabiullah, who was also equipped with laser and can visited the Taliban-controlled area. the Taliban district chief were also killed during.Noorul Haq the anti-government armed mili- sent to Kabul with the aim of car- fly up to 36,000 feet above ground Provincial police chief Abdul tants have been dispersed as a re- rying out suicide attack, the NDS and will be flown by two pilots," Halim Saberi said the Haji Allah had recently warned the gov- ernment of torchingoil tankers sult of the military operations and said in a statement. “He had al- said the commander of Kabul air Dad was cooperating with the Af- it would be difficult for them to ready received military trainings,” force, Suleman Shah. ghan Local Police (ALP) forces in and cutting power cables if the the statement added. fuel supplies were not allowed consolidate their activities due to Meanwhile, the commander of Khana Neshin area. the heavy casualties they have suf- The 14-old-boy was sent to Saberi told BBC that the per- to area under Taliban control. Kabul via , and But the governor categor- fered. petrators involved in the brutal The Taliban militants group was identified and arrested before torture and murder of the tribal el- ically refused to allow fuel committing suicide attack. supplies to the area. While has not commented regarding the It is pertained to mention that der have been identified and efforts dossiers of slain reporters. The government said that the reports so far. this is not the first time that Tali- have been put in place to detain spurning Haq’s warning, he In the cabinet meeting held committee will assess all dossiers said clearing operations would Kunduz is among the volatile ban misusing children for military them. Sunday, Danish criticized judicia- of the slain journalists and the vio- provinces in northern Afghanistan purposes and suicide attack many He admitted that the arrest of be launched soon against the cases recorded in Kandahar, Hel- ry organs for delay in prosecution lations cases against media work- militants. where anti-government armed mil- the perpetrators would be difficult of killed journalists’ dossiers. ers as its first step and would itants are actively operating and mand and some other provinces. as Taliban militants are having The National Journalist Uni- present its report to the cabinet major influence in Qads area where ty said in a statement that the cab- meeting. the tribal elder was tortured and inet took decision to prosecute the Culture minister reported the France to help attract foreign aid for Nangarhar 201st Selab Military Corps, Za- killed. dossiers of murdered journalists cabinet about the number of viola- : The French am- eign organizations either suspend- Khan Kunduzi, promised he would man Waziri, said that from now on The video was widely shared through establishment of a joint tions against journalists. bassador on Sunday said he would ed or reduced their activities in initiate talks with ambassadors of they will take immediate action online on social media websites committee. The report had mentioned 625 persuade his counterparts Nangarhar following the emer- foreign countries on his return to against militants' attacks. He add- which purportedly shows humili- The statement added that Dan- cases of violations against report- in Kabul to increase their coun- gence of Afghanistan chapter of Kabul from Jalalabad. Kunduzi’s ed that the helicopters will help ation of the elder besides he was ish ordered to ministries of interi- ers and said that 59 journalists were tries’ cooperation and assistance the self-styled Islamic State mili- spokesman Attaullah Khogyani them eliminate insurgents. brutally tortured. or, culture, Attorney General Of- killed in the past 15 years. with eastern tant outfit in the Shinwari zone. In told Pajhwok Afghan News that "These helicopters will be ef- The Taliban militants group fice and National Directorate of Nai, the body working in sup- in areas of this regard, French envoy Jean the French ambassador said he fective to strengthen ground troops has not commented regarding the Security to prosecute the viola- port of open media in Afghanistan higher education, agriculture and Michel Marlaud, during a meeting would invite foreign envoys to ex- and soon we will be able to turn execution of the tribal so far. tions against journalists. See P2 development projects. Many for- with Nangarhar governor Salim tend their countries’ development the war in the favor of Afghan forc- programmes to Nangarhar. Jean es. With these helicopters we will Michel Marlaud said his country be able to repel militants' attacks," had approved scholarships for he added. Nangarhar students besides assist- The deputy governor of east- ing agriculture and livestock sec- ern Nangarhar province, Moham- tors of the province. Governor mad Hanif Gardiwal, urged army Kunduzi urged the French envoy troops to make good use of these CITY: An arms depot Hayatullah Rostazada told a news bullets, he said. Taliban or any other militants to er ammunition belonged to Rus- to provide technical aid, training helicopters. and improved quality seeds to "I appreciate the Ministry of containing “Iranian-made” ammu- conference here that the cache was He said the cache belonged stand groun in Bamyan. We have sia. A security official, wishing not nition and explosives has been dis- discovered in an impassable area to Mullah Seddiqullah, a Taliban neutralised the plots of our ene- to be named, said militants had the Nangarhar farmers. “France has Defense for giving these helicop- established a well-equipped hos- ters to 201st Selab Military Corps. covered in central Bamyan prov- in Shibar district of Bamyan. commander in Tala Wa Barfak dis- mies,” the official said. Governor plan to disrupt security of Bamy- ince, an intelligence official claimed The discovery included 33 an- trict of northern , Tahir Zuhair said the seizure pre- an by using the explosives. pital in Kabul and we expect Paris From now on, our security forces to open a special ward in the civil will be able to use them in repel- on Sunday. tipersonnel bombs, eight anti-tank and he was planning to use them vented terrorist plot and would He said Taliban had recently Provincial National Director- mines, 25 RPG rockets, three mis- for destructive activities in Bamy- help improve security. He said the installed their shadow governor for hospital of Nangarhar in order lo- ling fresh attacks of the Taliban," cal residents are offered good ate of Security (NDS) chief Gen. siles and two boxes of machinegun an. “There is no opportunity for bombs were Iranian-made and oth- . (PAJHWOK) he added. healthcare services,” he said.

KABUL: Election watchdogs Committee from continuing its Roshan Seran, a member of istration of voters, making the elec- ber of Independent Election Com- have expressed their concern over job. ACSEN, also insisted on the im- tion bodies accountable and the mission (IEC) members be reduced the delay in releasing a second Habib Rahman Nang, the Af- plementation of reforms in the elec- presence of two foreigners on the from nine to seven and the IECC presidential decree on reforming ghan Civil Society Network (AC- toral system. He said “empty” Independent Election Complaints from seven to five. Wolesi Jirga, the country’s electoral regime. SEN) chief executive, told report- slogans about electoral reform Commission (IECC). Also, the however, rejected the presidential Reliable government sources ers in Kabul that the government would not help democracy pros- panel suggested the reservation of decree on ERC suggestions. The say President Ashraf Ghani is ex- had failed to keep its promise of per. one Wolesi Jirga (lower house) seat rejection has darkened the fate of pected to issue his second decree taking concert steps toward re- Some months ago, the Elector- for the Hindu minority and identi- the entire process. The lower on electoral reforms before forming the country’s election sys- al Reform Commission (ERC) pre- fication and shrinking of constitu- house revoked the decree because the Wolesi Jirga returns from its tem. sented the government an eight- encies. Other proposals are the election laws already approved by winter recess. Cleaning up the election sys- point reform list. President Ghani distribution of computerised iden- it and endorsed by the president Ghani’s previous decree in tem was necessary, he said, asking decreed seven of the suggestions tity cards, 25 percent representa- were in force. In line with Article this regard had been rejected by the government to embark on the and called for urgent measures to tion for women on provincial and 14 of the law, if there is a need for the lower house, jeopardizing ef- important task. Any further delay provide legal cover for the propos- district councils and invalidation amendments, the issue should be forts at revamping the electoral in the process would lead to seri- als. of the current voter cards. The referred to the Independent Elec- system and barring the Selection ous complications, he warned. Major proposals include reg- ERC has also proposed the num- tion Commission (IEC). This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Kabul's cruel king of yore rides high on skull Bones in wall back buried-bodies tale until tests find they’re not old enough

FARAH CITY: A research shows and each tree had raised by 50cm. trees could be planted in Juwayn than 30-year-old, produced kilos water and climate of western Farah Matin said a date tree could pro- and Bakwa districts of the prov- of date every year. According to is suitable for growing date trees duce dates for 100 years and it start- ince. Deputy Governor Moham- reports, date trees could be plant- and if necessary measures are tak- ed bearing dates after four years. mad Younis Rasouli said Farah’s ed in 33 countries of the world. Of en, the province could become a The saplings planted in these weather conditions were suitable these countries, 14 states are in dates exporting region, an official farms had been imported from for the plantation of date trees, Asia such as Saudi Arabia, the Unit- says. Qatar. Matin said besides Farah adding that a few date trees at the ed Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Agriculture Director Eng. Ab- City, the provincial capital, date governor’s house, which were more Syria, Kuwait, Bahrian and Jordan. dul Manan Matin told Pajhwok Afghan News they conducted the research on the growth of date trees in Farah during the past two years. He said water and weather of Farah was more similar to that of gulf countries and therefore date trees could grow and produce a bumper crop if cultivated. He said the soil in Farah had all minerals and materials required for date trees and hot sun here would help the dates ripen. He said four to five centuries ago, there had been date orchards in Khurmaliq locality, but they were destroyed with the passage of time and their ruins still existed. Eng. Matin said he had the plan to develop date orchards which had This skull, found in April 2013 after heavy rains collapsed part of the Great Wall of been ignored in the past in Farah. Matin said an agreement be- Kabul, was determined to be less that 500 years old. tween the Ministry of Agriculture and a Qatari charity, Al-Gharafa, KABUL: Nearly everyone in Kab- "Afghanistan is a very ancient Three years ago, spring show- had been inked on the development ul knows the legend. They recite it country," Panjshiri said. "It was ers revealed the skull and other of date orchards in Farah. at random moments, whenever the citadel of central Asia, the cen- bones. In April 2013, Mohammad According to the agreement, they catch sight of Sher Darwaza ter of the ." Younas Nawandish, then mayor of the Al-Gharafa would own date Mountain in the distance. Look The city of in northern Kabul, sent Panjshiri and a pho- farms for 25 years before handing closely, they tell visitors, and you Afghanistan is almost 5,700 years tographer to investigate. them over the Afghan government. will see an ancient wall running old, he said proudly. Known as Word spread around Kabul that He said 10 months had passed along the mountain's edge like the Bactra, it was once one of the great- the legend was true. But when since date saplings were planted teeth of a saw. est cities on the planet: the center German scientists analyzed the This is the Great Wall of Kab- of a vast empire stretching from skull and dated it from about A.D. ul. And according to local lore, it Greece in the west to India in the 1550, a millennium after Zamburak holds terrible secrets. east. Shah, it showed that at least that The legend is usually set in the Kabul's Great Wall has its own section of the wall was built, or America's utter failure in Afghanistan, sixth or seventh century, when long history. It was once used to rebuilt, long after the rampart's Kabul's ruthless king is said to have keep out Muslim invaders, then original construction, Panjshiri forced his male subjects to build Muslims used it to thwart their said. the Great Wall to protect the city own enemies. In 1879, during the The discovery of the skull has, in one depressing statistic from invaders. Those who would second Afghan-Anglo war, British disconcertingly to some, shifted A new government report on Af- World War II. And despite spend- at any time since 2001." Bill Rog- countries involved in Afghanistan not work on the wall were doomed colonialists destroyed a fort, Bala the legendary act of cruelty onto a ghanistan reconstruction includes ing a similar amount of money on gio, editor of the Long War Jour- haven't achieved anything quite to be buried inside it. Hissar, connected to the wall. A line of popular mughal kings who a startling fact: The US has spent a relatively narrower mission in nal, found as of October of 2015 like a Marshall Plan, there have "Maybe something like that century later, Afghan mujahedeen ruled Kabul in the 16th century. more money — a lot more money Afghanistan, we have much, much that about one-fifth of Afghanistan been some positive developments. happened," said Aziz Ahmed Pan- backed by America and Britain The greatest of these kings, known — trying to rebuild Afghanistan less to show for it. It's staggering. was verifiably controlled or con- In August 2015, Stephen jshiri, a historian. "We have many used the wall to resist Soviet oc- as Babur, was a hard-drinking war- than we did rebuilding Europe af- Between 1948 and 1952, the tested by the Taliban. In reality, Watts and Sean Mann of RAND ter World War II. US gave approximately $13.3 bil- he wrote then, "they probably ei- noted that according to the World legends about the cruel king. cupiers. Today, only a fraction of rior poet who loved Kabul so much The Special Inspector Gener- lion to 16 Western European coun- ther control or heavily influence Bank's World Development Indi- "But it belongs to history to the wall is still standing. that he was buried there. al for Afghanistan Reconstruction tries to help them recover and re- about a half of the country." cators, in Afghanistan "child mor- make clear what was the reality." Debate over the wall's history But Thomas Barfield, an an- (SIGAR) submitted a statement to build in the aftermath of World War ISIS has now established a foot- tality rates have fallen by over one- A few years ago, history got has proved almost as intense as thropology professor at Boston Congress on Wednesday in a hear- II. And although economists still hold in Afghanistan. Though it is quarter, more than half of children some help. the history itself. Some scholars University, warned against using ing to review the fiscal year 2017 debate exactly what role the Mar- estimated to have only between attend school (compared to ap- In April 2013, heavy rains say it was built in the fifth centu- the skull to assign blame retroac- budget request and funding justifi- shall Plan funds played in Europe's 1,000 and 3,000 fighters in the proximately 15 percent — none caused a section of the wall to col- ry A.D. Most believe it was erect- tively, especially until more re- cation for the US Department of economic recovery, the fact re- country, it is launching attacks — of them girls — under the Taliban), lapse. Amid the damp dirt shone ed about 200 years later, but Pan- search is completed. State. It included this line: mains that the Western Europe that including, most recently, bombing and income levels are roughly six something smooth and pale. jshiri claims it is much older. "When skeletons or skulls Since FY 2002, Congress has emerged from the Marshall Plan the Pakistani consulate in Jalala- times what they were before the It was a human skull. "This wall was a contempo- come up, it's easy to weave sto- appropriated approximately years was a much more stable, bad, killing seven people. And it is US intervention." The discovery added some rary with the Great Wall of Chi- ries around them," he said, adding $113.1 billion to rebuild Afghani- prosperous, peaceful place than it building what Defense Secretary Those positive developments weight to what previously had na," he says, dating both structures that such stories can be more use- stan. That is at least $10 billion had been beforehand. Ashton Carter called "little nests" are a reminder that while Afghani- been a tall but rather thin tale. from about 200 B.C. As evidence, ful and interesting in what they more, adjusted for inflation, than The political effects of the in the country's east. stan today sure doesn't look like "This skull shows that the sto- he cites the ancient Greek geogra- reveal about the present than the the amount the United States com- Marshall Plan were also profound. The Afghan security forces are Western Europe after the Marshall ries were true," said Abdul Ahad pher Strabo, who reportedly men- past. mitted in civilian assistance to help As Diane Kunz, a history profes- a mess. In August 2015, Afghani- Plan, it also started at a much low- Abassy, director of Afghanistan's tioned the wall in a book written "Often they are comments on rebuild Western Europe after sor at Yale University, explained stan expert Gary Owen wrote, er point. But it's also a reminder Department of Historical Monu- 2,000 years ago. what is happening now, sometimes World War II. in DW, "The Marshall Plan served "Since the Afghans assumed con- that the country's increasingly un- ments. Panjshiri's research, however, directly but sometimes it is almost This obviously depends on as the economic and political foun- trol of the country’s security in stable security situation and resur- But science has added another is no match for the power of leg- subconscious." how you do the calculation. The dation for the Western alliance that 2014, more civilians have been gence of the Taliban threaten to twist to the legend of Kabul's cru- end. In one popular parable, the Painting past kings as either method SIGAR says it used gave waged the Cold War." killed, more soldiers have died, undo even those modest achieve- el king. wall was built in the sixth century good or evil, when the reality is them an adjusted total of $103.4 So we spent the equivalent of more Afghan troops have deserted ments. Experts in Germany deter- by Zamburak Shah, a ruler so ruth- usually somewhere in between, billion in 2014 dollars for the Mar- more than $100 billion, and what than ever before, and security forc- The bottom line is that, un- shall Plan. When I ran a simple we got for our money was a major es are still torturing one-third of like the brilliant success story that mined that the skull is not 1,500 less that his overworked subjects may serve moral or political agen- comparison of 1952 spending ver- continent-wide economic recovery their detainees." was Western Europe after the years old. Instead, it is about a third revolted, killing the king and bury- das in a country that continues to sus 2016 spending, adjusting for and an alliance that defeated the Afghans are fleeing the coun- Marshall Plan, we have very little that age. The revelation has thrown ing him inside his own wall. Some- be racked by war, he said. inflation, I found that US spend- Soviet Union. Not too shabby. try in droves. In just the third quar- to show for the billions of dollars the legend for a loop. times, the tale includes the flour- Or it may just make for a good ing on the Marshall Plan actually Now let's compare that with ter of 2015 alone, some 56,700 we have spent trying to rebuild "They sent it back and said, ish that it was a beautiful slave girl yarn. translates into $118 billion in to- what we've gotten for our $113.1 Afghans filed applications seeking Afghanistan. This is a major finan- 'This is not old,'" Panjshiri said. who fatally tricked the king. "Sometimes archaeologists are day's dollars, so a bit more than billion investment in rebuilding asylum in the EU, according to cial blow for US taxpayers and, Only in a country like Afghan- The most common legend says considered spoilsports because we spent in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Eurostat data. Afghan refugees are more importantly, a tragedy for the istan, which is so layered with his- the king buried his tired or rebel- they figure out that the story But the point remains that our The Taliban is resurgent. Ac- second only to the number of Syr- millions of Afghans who were tory that it wears its invasions like lious subjects in the wall with im- doesn't quite fit," Barfield said with spending on Afghanistan today is cording to another SIGAR report ians seeking asylum in the EU from promised the world and are still rings on a tree, could a nearly 500- punity. In true Afghan fashion, this a laugh. "Once again, science ruins pretty similar to what we spent to from last month, "The Taliban the brutal civil war in Syria. waiting for that promise to be ful- year-old skull be scoffed at. version has no happy ending. a really good story." rebuild Western Europe after now controls more territory than But while the US and other filled. VOX

IN their first-ever World T20 encounter, Zimbabwe captured global attention when a team made up of rookies led by humbled mighty Australia on September 12 2007 at the Newlands Ground in Cape Town, South Africa. It was a star-studded Aussies team possibility of being knocked out group winners will progress to the They have given us a tough time in the line and we are looking to get 13th place, while Hong Kong are Kong on March 8 in Nagpur, be- that had the likes of Adam Gil- in the first round by bogey associ- Super 10 stage. recent months, but it’s always nice back at them at the most impor- 15th position. fore entertaining Scotland on christ, Mathew Hayden, Ricky ate nation Afghanistan. On the eve of the team’s de- to be reminded of what we did in tant stage, the World T20 world In this instance, however, the March 10 with the final qualifier Ponting, Andrew Symonds and How times change. But who parture for United Arab Emirates, 2007,” said the top order batsman championship,” Masakadza said. national cricket team is buoyed by match against Afghanistan slated Brett Lee among others. can blame the Dav Whatmore- where they are currently camping, who was part of the team that took Masakadza, Elton Chigumbu- the addition of South African bowl- for March 12. Despite failing to progress to coached side that has a perfect los- down Australia back in 2007. ra, and Chamu Chib- ing legend Makhaya Ntini, as well The winner of the group will the Super 8 stage, back then in a ing record against the Afghans, hav- could draw comfort from the win “Afghanistan has been a very habha, who is on standby, are some as former Sri Lankan top order join England, South Africa, Sri-Lan- group that also had England, that ing lost four times in four meet- over Australia but would be wor- difficult side for us of late, but we of the players, who played in the batter Marvan Atapattu. ka and West Indies in Group 1 of result remains Zimbabwe’s ageless ings — all in the past three months? ried over the Afghanistan threat at have learnt quite a lot from the game that resulted in the epic vic- The team will be making a fifth the Super 10 stage. fairytale in a format of the game in In the first round of the com- World T20 cricket extravaganza. games that we have played against tory over Australia nine years ago. appearance at the World T20 event Zimbabwe squad for World which they have failed to spark petition that kicks-off on March 8 “Obviously, it’s quite a long them. And some of the games that Having played the first T20 after withdrawing from the 2009 T20: Hamilton Masakadza (capt), ever since. in India, Zimbabwe have been time ago and there are things in the they did beat us in were really close match against Bangladesh in No- edition and hopes to progress to Sean Williams, Tendai Chatara, Nine years on, Zimbabwe read- drawn in alongside Afghanistan more recent past that we are look- and we just didn’t get over the line. vember 2006, Zimbabwe has the next round for the first time in Wellington Masakadza, Tinashe ies for yet another escapade at the thus ranked ninth in T20 rankings, ing at. Our main focus is to make “I am really confident that this played a total 48 matches, win- history. Panyangara, , Elton global T20 event fretting over the Scotland and Hong Kong. Only the sure we get back at Afghanistan. time we will really try and get over ning just 10 and losing 37 times, “Our target is to get through Chigumbura, , Rich- with one match ending in a tie. to the Super 10 stage and whatev- mond Mutumbami (wk), Luke Cabinet forms Zimbabwe goes to the World er we get from there will be a bo- Jongwe, , Neville prosecution . . . T20 championships ranked 14th nus,” said Masakadza. Madziva, , Vusi From P1 on the ICC T20 rankings, also be- Whatmore’s men kickstart their Sibanda, ; Donald welcomed government’s decision low first round rivals Scotland in campaign with a date against Hong Tiripano (stand-by) for prosecution of violations against journalists and vowed to closely cooperate with prosecution committee to assess the cases BSC C&C-‘JV’ transparently. 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Cash-strapped Garamsir farmers return to poppies LASHKARGAH : Security relat- ed problems have reduced in the s Germany returns 125 asylum seekers to Afghanistan, one Kabul resident tells of his Garamsir district of southern Hel- mand province, but residents have family’s ill-fated bid to leave for a better life grown poppy crop in their fields in order to meet financial needs, the town’s administrative head In the early morning on 8 Febru- says. ary, before setting off from the Omar Ayub Omari told Pajh- Turkish coast with his family, wok Afghan News during an inter- Firooz Mozafari was on the phone view on Sunday that other districts to his brother Farid in Kabul. They faced more security problems than had spoken every day since Firooz Garamsir where residents had left Afghanistan 48 days earlier, and grown poppy crop. Farid asked him to keep his phone Recently there were reports EMERGENCY on during this last stretch of the that local officials had allowed farm- journey to Europe. ers in Garamsir to cultivate the il- CALLS “I can’t, I’m running out of licit plant in their fields. battery,” Firooz said, hung up, and But Omari said in this regard: Police climbed aboard a small speedboat “No official has allowed farmers with 11 relatives, including his wife to grow poppy crop, these reports and two children. are baseless.” 100 - 119 After two hours without word “We are expecting the provin- from his brother, Farid began to cial administration to launch a gen- worry. The trip across the Aegean eral poppy eradication campaign,” Hospitals should take 40 minutes. A friend the district chief added. reassured him nothing was wrong. He said if farmers were assist- FMIC Hospital “It takes a couple of hours to get ed and informed about the hazards Behind Kabul Medical through immigration,” Farid re- of narcotics, they would shun membered him saying. So he wait- growing the banned plant. University: ed. Omari said the residents of 0202500200-+93793275595 But later he received the terri- Garamsir were fully cooperating ble news: Firooz’s boat had sunk with the government in maintain- 15 minutes after leaving Izmir, with ing security and as a result, all Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital 24 people on board. schools and heath facilities in the As a journalist Firooz had Pule Bagh-e- Umomi known the hazards of the journey 070263672 but, weighing his options, he thought it worth spending his sav- ings on plane tickets to Iran and Khairkhana Hospital smuggler fees to escape the never- 0799-321007 ending war in his homeland. 2401352 Afghans make up a large pro- Firooz Mozafari’s five-year-old son Akbar days before he drowned with the rest of his family in the Aegean. town were operational. portion of the migrants and refu- Without going into details, the gees who are arriving in Europe. stay here with your family’,” Ra- ing about police brutality, particu- official alleged some foreign intel- Indira Gandhi Children Last year more than 210,000 Af- soul remembers telling his son. But larly in Hungary. That option, ligence agencies were trying to cre- ghans arrived, 21% of the total, Farid, who works a lower-paying however, is expensive. Farid ate insecurity in the district. Hospital, Wazir Akbar according to the UN. It is a stag- government job, understood. “I showed the Observer a receipt for He said they had discussed gering number, fully 15 years after would have gone too, if I had the $16,000 that he said he transferred with the provincial government an Khan, Kabul 2301372 the Taliban were driven out of money.” to the smuggler on behalf of his increase in the police strength in Kabul. During that time, Afghani- More than 400 refugees and brother, to take the 12 people by Garamsir and this problem would Ibn-e- Seena stan has received aid greater in val- migrants have disappeared so far boat from Izmir to Greece. be resolved soon. ue than the Marshall Plan, which in 2016 while crossing the Medi- When he turned on the TV and Pak Agha, a farmer in Banadar Pul-e-Artan, Kabul rebuilt Europe after the second terranean to Europe. The waters saw a report that two ships had area of Garamsir, told Pajhwok world war. are particularly treacherous in sunk between Turkey and Greece Afghan News that local residents 2100359 Firooz’s destination was Ger- winter. he called the smuggler, sick with had not been cultivating poppy many. But like many others un- Firooz and his relatives did not worry. The smuggler passed on his crop for the past several years. Wazir Akbar Khan dertaking the risky journey, he had want to wait for spring, though condolences and told him the bad “But they were forced to re- unrealistic expectations. they did skip the most dangerous news. sume cultivation of the plant Hospital The journey northward from part of the route, the land crossing Such stories should deter this solar year due to increased 2301741, 2301743 the Mediterranean is arduous, if to Iran – where border guards are many, but they don’t, said Gha- economic hardships,” he said. not impossible. Last week about known to shoot at refugees – by foor, who was himself a refugee in He said government officials 10,000 migrants, mostly Afghans, flying straight to Tehran. Norway before returning to Af- had so far said nothing whether Ali Abad were stranded in Greece after From Tehran, the group trav- ghanistan. farmers should cultivate poppy or Macedonia closed its borders to elled on to Orumiyeh, where a “They dream about Europe not. Shahrara, Kabul Afghans on the grounds that they smuggler escorted them for 10 and the life they can get there, but Another farmer, Lala Jan, said 2100439 were not fleeing a war zone, like hours to the Turkish border. Five refugees are no longer welcome like poppy crop was grown only on Syrians and Iraqis. days later, in Istanbul, they set- they were.” On 20 February, the usurped lands in Garamsir. After futile pleas to Mace- tled in an Afghan enclave in the bodies of seven people from the According to Helmand coun- Malalai Maternity donia to open its border, Greek Zeytinburnu neighbourhood while boat arrived in Kabul in coffins. ternarcotics department, 80,000 police began moving migrants from waiting for word from another Several hundred people attended hectors of land has been grown with Hospital the frontier to temporary camps smuggler. the funeral. Firooz himself has not poppy crop in the province this 2201377/ 2301743 in Athens. Once in Turkey, asylum seek- been found. Neither has his two- Farid Mozafari (right) and Farhad who holds a photo of their younger season. With the Schengen zone under ers can go north by land, or cross year-old son Yousef, or Massoud, G a r a m s i r strain, European countries are tak- the ocean to Greece. Many Af- 12, Abdul Lateef, 21, and Shakib, brother Firooz and his children, who perished trying to reach Germany, Banks along with nine other family members. borders Pakistan and some inse- ing individual efforts to limit the ghans prefer the latter after hear- 28. The Guardian cure districts of Helmand. influx of migrants. The Mace- Da Afghanistan Bank donian government said it decided to refuse entry for Afghans after 2100302, 2100303 Austria imposed a limit on transit Indian ambassador commends Afghan athletes and asylum applications. Bakhtar Bank Macedonia is not the only By Mansoor Faizy European country to take mea- 0776777000 sures specifically targeting Afghan KABUL: Embassy of India has “Seven gold medals, nine silver bassador added. He congratulated are committed to build a united and Olympic Committee Chairman, Azizi Bank asylum seekers. Germany, where organized an event on Sunday medals and 19 bronze medals. This Afghanistan for achieving fourth peaceful country where every field Mohammad Zahir Aghbar, thanked more than 150,000 Afghans sought evening to praise the achievements was Afghanistan’s largest contin- position in the games. of human activity can be pursed the Ministry of Sports and Youth 0799 700900 asylum last year, has launched bill- of the Afghan athletes who won gent to any South Asian Games “I congratulate each and every normally. “Even while this global Affairs of India for support and Pashtany Bank board campaigns in Afghanistan, medals in the 12th South Asian and its most successful.” one of you, especially, Samya objective continues to be opposed hospitality toward Afghan athletes as well as a Facebook campaign, Games (SAG) held in India. Over He said that Afghanistan’s Ghulami, the first Afghan woman by the enemies of peace it is won- during the games. “Afghan National 2102908, 2103868 warning Afghans not to travel to hundred Afghan athletes were overall rank was fourth at these to win a gold medal at any South derful to see Afghan sportsmen and Olympic Committee and Afghan Europe. present at the event. women already demonstrating that government would send a letter of Afghanistan has won seven achievement of excellent is still appreciation to the India Minis- Air Services During a recent visit to Kabul, gold, nine silver and 19 bronze possible in this country and they try,” he added. He also thanked the the German interior minister, Th- medals, taking its total tally to 35 have shown that sports can be an staffers of the Indian embassy in omas de Maizière, said his gov- at the 12th South Asian Games. antidote to ethnic and sectarian Kabul for providing visa to over Safi Airways ernment would start deporting re- India’s Ambassador in Kabul, division. They give us hope for the 200 Afghan athletes in 24 hours. 020 22 22 222 jected asylum seekers. The Afghan Manpreet Vohra, welcomed the future of Afghanistan,” he said. High ranking Afghan officials, government, meanwhile, has said guests including officials and ath- He said that the government including Deputy Foreign Minis- it will not accept those who are letes who had travelled to India of India is committed to Afghani- ter Hekmat Khalil Karzai, were also Ariana forcibly returned. and exhibited their talent in the stan’s development including present on the occasion. Olympic SAG. sports. “Together, we have built medalist Ruhullah Nekpa said that 020-2100270 Last week, a chartered plane He added that it gives him im- roads, schools, hospitals, irrigation they are in full swing to bring more returned 125 asylum seekers, vol- mense pleasure to welcome the system, power station and trans- medals in the country, but we need untarily, from Germany to Afghan- guests. “This is the first event I mission lines. We are delighted to the government to support us. Kam Air istan. The German embassy in am hosting in my capacity as a new have been able to find a home “The government knows better 0799974422 Kabul said in a statement: “After Indian ambassador and I hope we ground for Afghan National Crick- about our situation.” The first fe- a difficult way to Germany in the will have many more occasions to et Team near Delhi. He furthered male gold medalist, Sumaya Ghul- hands of people smugglers they celebrate together.” eight nations’ games. “Last time Asian Games,” he said. that India would continue support- ami, said that she had defeated Hotels realised their future is in Afghani- “But tonight it is all about sup- Afghanistan secured sixth posi- He furthered that Afghanistan ing Afghanistan as Indian Prime three rivals and won the gold med- porting heroes of Afghanistan who tion. A jump of two positions in is a brave inspiring country. De- Minister Narendra Modi said af- al. “I am proud of being an Afghan Safi Landmark stan and that they are needed in have brought honor and medals to two years is a spectacular achieve- spite facing decades of violence, ter inauguration of the new Afghan female taekwondo athlete,” she their home country.” this great nation,” he said, adding, ment by any standard,” the am- intimidation and terror, Afghans parliament. The Afghan National said. However, Abdul Ghafoor, di- 020-2203131 rector of Afghanistan Migrants SERENA Advice and Support Organisation Insufficient budget hinders environment in Kabul, says Afghans are being Badakhshan passengers fret driven out by multiple sources of 0799654000 despair. The war with the Taliban over rising highway robberies protection programs: NEPA has intensified after the large-scale New Rumi Restaurant FAIZABAD: At least five highway. By Farhad Naibkhel foreign withdrawal, he said, and people were killed by armed rob- Qari Niamatullah, director of 0776351347 Ashraf Ghani’s government has bers who also snatched cash and Ayaran Khurasan Transportation KABUL: The National Environ- tries of finance and economy, but among related organs could also be failed to alleviate economic hard- belongings worth more than 30 Union, said three buses of the ment Protection Agency (NEPA) received no response. the big problem for the environ- Internet Services ship or to provide any glimmer of million afghanis from passengers union had been looted in the Qabr counted low budget allocated to the hope. on the Kabul-Badakhshan high- Qazi area of Kunduz province in agency, fast growing population UA Telecom More than 11,000 people way during the outgoing solar year. the past four months.The robbers and citizens’ negligence to the im- 0796701701 / 0796702702 were killed and injured in Afghan- The robberies took place dur- also snatched 50,000 afghanis the portance of the environment as the istan in 2015, making it the worst ing the past six months on the high- driver had collected from passen- factors harming environment pro- year for Afghan civilians since way that passes through Takhar, gers in fare in addition to ornaments tection programs. Exchange Rate 2001. Kunduz and Baghlan provinces. from women. “The increase of population in “Security is part of what Transport union officials said pas- Niamatullah added last week a the cities, poverty, insecurity, low- Purchase: makes people leave, but even more senger buses usually travelledat driver, who did not stop his bus, er budget for our programs and important is that they have lost night. was shot in the chest by the high- shortage of professional staff are One US$ = faith in the government,” Ghafoor Israel, owner of the Jurm waymen. He is currently under the main factors impair environ- said. Transport Company in Faizabad, medical treatment at a hospital in ment protection programs across 68.78Afs “Those who have genuine said more than five people, includ- Kabul. Proprietors of Nawi Amo, the country,” said Mohammad One Pound Sterling= problems, there’s no way to stop ing a judge of the Kabul appellant Khawak-i-Panjsher, Bazarak-i- Kazem Humaion, the NEPA pro- 98.50Afs them.” court, were killed by highwaymen Pansher and Setara-i-Khurasan gramming manager. and militants in Khanabad district companies confirmed their buses Facebook Twitter Pinterest “The government does not One Euro = Farid Mozafari (right) and of northeastern Kunduz province. were looted on the Takhar-Kun- He told Pajhwok Afghan News duz and Kunduz-Baghlan high- have a policy to encourage people He said that most of people ment protection. 76.78Afs Farhad who holds a photo of their for the environment protection,” use coal and substandard heaters He said that Afghan people younger brother Firooz and his that an Afghan National Army ways. The outlaws allegedly loot- 1000 Pak Rs = (ANA) officer and a soldier were ed tens of thousands of afghanis Humaion said at a conference ti- for heating their houses during the pay hidden cost due to environ- children, who perished trying to tling ‘Does the press do enough winter which help air pollution a mental pollution, because they are 638Afs reach Germany, along with nine also killed on the route.Another from passengers and the driver each ANA officer and a former time, they said. for environmental awareness?’ lot. “The government must pre- affected by different diseases. Sale: other family members. Photo- The program was organized vent the import of Turkey-made “Also, people need to pay more graph: Sune Engel Rasmussen jihadi commander, Dawood, were Wahidullah, a bus driver, said: One US$ = disembarked from a bus and shot “I am personally against travel af- by the Social Association of Af- heaters and must manage the us- for clothes, shoes and other neces- For Firooz, the pull of Ger- ghan Journalists in North (SAJ- age of coal,” he asserted. sary stuffs because of pollution 68.98 Afs many, and the hope of a prosper- dead by militants in the same area. ter 6pm, but unhealthy competi- Transport companies’ owners tion among transport companies NA) with the collaboration of the In order to keep environment and dust.” One Pound Sterling= ous future for his children, was Deutsche Zusammenarbeit Ger- clean, the government must lift gas The government must support stronger than the warnings of his said public goods worth more than is forcing us to do so.”He believed 99.30Afs 20 million afghanis and 10 million the problem could be resolved if man organization. taxes during the winter so people encouragement financial programs One Euro= father, Mohammad Rasoul. “I told afghanis in cash had been snatched security officials and the Minis- He added that the agency had can buy it instead of smoky items, for protection of environment in him, ‘don’t go. This is your home- over the past 11 months by armed try of Transport press the com- presented several environment he insisted. He said that climate order to get more achievements in 77.38 Afs land. You have a job. It’s better to robbers on the Kabul-Badakhshan panies. protection programs to the minis- change and lack of coordination this aspect, he underlined. 1000 Pak Rs= 646Afs This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister passing through a critical stage. Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday, the “This is a battle of good vs evil sacrifices of Pakistan Army sol- and what defines us as a people, diers who are fighting against ter- those who lost their lives today in rorists will not go in vain. this never-ending struggle are wor- “They will be in our hearts and thy of being called pride of our prayers, and we will make sure that nation,” Nawaz said. their sacrifices do not go in vain,” Genrel Raheel vows to elimi- a statement issued by the PM nate terrorists from country House quoted the premier as say- Meanwhile, Chief of Army ing. Staff (COAS) General Raheel The statement comes in wake Sharif has vowed to exterminate of an armed clash in Shawal Valley terrorists from every nook and of North Waziristan Agency on corner of the country. Saturday between troops of the “Determined to finish all ter- Pakistan Army and terrorists, in rorists from their pockets in every which as many as 19 militants nook & corner of country,” DG were killed while four military men, ISPR Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa including an officer, also died in on Sunday said in one of his Twit- the skirmish. ter messages while quoting the Ground battle leaves 23 dead army chief. in Shawal According to ISPR, General Further, the prime minister Raheel attended the funeral of Pa- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered his condolences to the be- kistan Army officer Captain assured financial support for the reaved families of the four military Umair, who died on Saturday in a construction of a world-class the- personnel who were martyred in clash with terrorists in Shawal. atre equipped with cutting-edge Shawal. “Prime Minister Nawaz “They got martyred but did not technology. Sharif sends his condolences to the allow terrorists to escape from the She was inaugurating the new- families and loved ones of those valley,” the army chief said while ly built complex of Bangladesh who lost their lives in the struggle lauding the courage of the soldiers. Mohila Samity in Dhaka’s Bailey against terrorism in Shawal,” the Further, the army chief visit- Road on Saturday. statement read. ed the Combined Military Hospi- The prime minister lamented PM Nawaz lauded the cour- tal in Shawal to inquire after mili- that Bangladesh still lacked an in- age and bravery of the valiant sol- tary men who got injured during ternational-standard theatre. diers who had laid down their lives the clash. “The finance minister is very while defending their homeland. On Saturday, as the final push interested in the issue. He has al- “These men showed bravery and in the densely forested strategic ready committed the money need- courage till their very last breath… Valley picked up pace intense ex- ed for it,” she said. they put the nation and its future change of fire took place after ar- Hasina said such a theatre before their own,” he said. my’s ground forces surrounded a could be located either in Dhaka or However, the prime minister group of fleeing terrorists in the near the convention centre to be emphasised that there is little room Mangroti area near the Pakistan- built on the banks of the Padma for complacency as the nation is Afghanistan border in Shawal. river. Expressing her interest in the- India will post double atre, she said, “I can’t manage time here in the country but I go to the digit growth despite theatre whenever I can manage time during overseas trips.” bottlenecks: KV Recollecting her chats with performers in the greenroom be- Kamath fore she was prime minister, Hasi- SHANGHAI: Indian economy na said she was well aware of the will eventually touch double digit lapses there. growth rate despite bottlenecks “ Mohila Samity theatre is like the stalemate over Goods and A 35-year-old man allegedly mur- “Prima facie evidence suggests well known to me. I used to go Services Tax (GST) as it has con- dered 14 members of his family, that the accused bolted all the there,” she said. ducive conditions, eminent banker including seven children, with a doors of the house and murdered The new five-storey complex and President of BRICS New De- butcher’s knife before committing his family while they were asleep has been built at a cost of Tk 354.42 velopment Bank KV Kamath said suicide outside India’s financial with a knife that we found near his million under a government project today. capital of Mumbai, police said on body,” Ashutosh Dumbre, joint undertaken in 2010-11 fiscal year. "I am wearing a different hat. I Sunday. The attack happened af- commissioner of Thane police, It houses two auditoriums – a will talk wearing that hat. India is ter family members gathered late was quoted saying. 242-seater named after Ivy Rah- one of outlier in what is happen- on Saturday at one of their homes Kabdule said he could not con- man and a 170-seater dubbed after ing around the world. In economic in Thane, some 32 kilometres (20 firm whether the victims had been Nilima Ibrahim. There are also a context we are stable. We have both miles) from Mumbai, for a family sedated, saying investigators were 45-seat conference room and two the deficits under control," he said, function, police said. “The attack- awaiting medical test results. parking lots in the basement. commenting on the economic sur- er, Hasnin Anwar Warekar, hung Television footage showed vey which predicted 7 to 7.5 per himself after slitting the throats of men lifting bodies wrapped in Pakistan opposes cent growth this year. all other family members includ- sheets in to the back of an ambu- "We have very conducive cli- ing his parents,” a Thane police lance, as crowds gathered outside fresh regime for mate with very low commodity spokesman, Gajanan Laxman Kab- the white-walled home. prices and low oil prices. This is dule said. The sole survivor of the Kabdule said details of the at- N-security what is required for driving growth. attack – Warekar’s sister – was tak- tack “are still sketchy” along with en to hospital after neighbours the motive. ISLAMABAD: The last of the We have that in our grasp now," he Nuclear Security Summits (NSS), said. heard her screaming for help after According to the Press Trust "So I can not think of any oth- midnight and alerted police. of India news agency, a property being held in Washington next er country of this size and magni- “We still haven’t been able to dispute was behind the killings, but month, will be succeeded by in- tude which is poised for growth speak with the attacker’s 21-year- Dumbre said initial investigations formal networks, while the partic- like India is. So time perfectly is old sister, the lone survivor of the have so far found no trigger for such ipating states will voluntarily im- right for India to break out of the attack, who is in deep trauma at a an “extreme step”. plement the commitments made shell," he said while talking to PTI city hospital,” Kabdule said. “In our inquiry so far, no one by them. As the process that here. "The government has clearly Warekar attacked his family has yet been able to give the rea- emerged from US President Barack set in motion whole lot of things. after apparently lacing their food son for this,” Dumbre told the ABP Obama’s speech in Prague in 2009, They will take time to take root. with a sedative, according to sev- news channel. eral local media reports. “He worked with a private in which he stressed securing all My view is India is well set to vulnerable nuclear material around start looking at and start touching But the Indian Express news- company in Mumbai. There were paper said the chartered accoun- no known financial troubles or dis- the globe, concludes with the double digit growth in the same fourth and last of the summits, time period. It won't happen over- tant stabbed his victims after they putes and now we are hoping that night but it will certainly get there. went to bed, having all decided to the lone survivor can tell us some- being held from March 31 to April The conditions are very condu- spend the night at the house. thing about the trigger,” he said. 1, the focus has been on how this cive," he said. effort can be continued afterwards. PAKISTAN ARRESTS 20 INDIAN FISHERMEN

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Thursday he is willing to consider international participation in inves- tigating possible war crimes dur- ing the 26-year Tamil insurgency. "I think it is only fair that the victims of the war would want some form of guarantee that the new courts will deliver justice and accountability in a fair manner, and for that we are willing to consider the participation of international actors," Mangala Samaraweera, the minister, said at a Washington think tank. Sri Lankan President Maithri- pala Sirisena has previously said that foreign participation was not needed for an impartial inquiry. The foreign minister's com- ments come after the United Na- tions said earlier this month that it would not force Sri Lanka to ac- KARACHI: Pakistan has arrested ermen are frequently detained on fishermen cept a role for international judg- 20 Indian fisherman for violating the charge, as the two countries’ The fishermen often languish es, but any process must be im- the territorial waters of the coun- borders are not clearly defined in in jail even after serving their term, partial and independent. try, its maritime security agency the Arabian Sea and many fishing as poor diplomatic ties between The United Nations says the said Sunday. boats lack the technology needed the two arch-rivals mean fulfilling Sri Lankan military and Tamil Ti- The Indian fishermen were ar- to be certain of their precise loca- official requirements can take a long ger rebels were both likely to have rested and brought to Karachi ear- tion. time. Shakir Hussain, a senior pris- committed war crimes during the could be forensic experts, investi- lution aims to punish the military He said that while the judicia- ly Sunday morning. Their boats Many are sent to jail before on official at Karachi’s Landhi dis- war, which ended with a military gators, prosecutors, all these op- unfairly. ry was on the right track, it had were also seized. being handed over to the authori- trict jail, said more than 400 Indi- victory in 2009. tions are being looked at," Sama- Samaraweera said the "con- been politicized over the years. “We are preparing documents ties in their homeland. an fishermen were currently de- A U.N. resolution calls for all raweera said. tours and the architecture" of the Samaraweera met with U.S. to produce all of them in court to- “The court is likely to send tained there. India and Pakistan alleged war crimes to be investi- Many Sri Lankans oppose court would be worked on in the Secretary of State John Kerry on morrow,” police official Fida Hus- them to jail for at least a year over have fought three wars since gain- gated and tried in special courts foreign involvement, and support- next five or six months, after con- Thursday and is expected to take sain told AFP. the violation,” Hussain said. ing independence from Britain in by international judges. ers of former President Mahinda sulting with parties including the part in a strategic dialogue between Both Indian and Pakistani fish- India detains eleven Pakistani 1947. "They could be judges, they Rajapaksa believe the U.N. reso- Tamil National Alliance. the two countries later this week. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Algeria jails sus- pect over links to Paris attacks Algerian authorities have jailed a man with dual Algerian and Belgian citizenship for links with the ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Hillary Clinton overwhelmed a court statement said on Sat- Bernie Sanders in Saturday’s South urday. Carolina primary, drawing stagger- The court in the Algerian ing support from the state’s black city of Bejaia said 29-year-old Democrats and putting her in a Zahir Mehdaoui, a resident of strong position as the race barrels Brussels, had been charged with toward crucial multi-state contests belonging to a terrorist group on Tuesday. active overseas. Clinton’s lopsided win - she The court provided no fur- led by 48 points with nearly all ther details and it was not clear precincts counted - provided an when Mehdaoui was arrested. important boost for her campaign Islamist militants killed 130 and a moment to wipe away bitter people at a sports stadium, a memories of her loss to Barack string of cafes and a concert hall Obama in South Carolina eight in and near Paris on Nov. 13. years ago. She won the support of Abaaoud, a 28-year-old nearly 9 in 10 black voters, crucial Belgian citizen, died when po- Democratic backers who aban- lice laid siege to his hideout flat doned her for Obama in 2008. in Saint Denis, north of Paris, War planes attacked six towns in on militants from ISIS or the Nus- Russia said on Saturday that Alwiyat Seif al Sham, said two of During a raucous victory ral- five days later. Syria's northern Aleppo province ra Front - an al-Qaeda affiliate that it would suspend all flights over its fighters had been killed and four ly, Clinton briefly reveled in her early on Sunday, the Syrian Ob- has called for an escalation of at- Syria for one day to ensure no tar- more wounded when government sweeping support from South servatory for Human Rights said, tacks on Friday. gets covered by the truce were hit tanks shelled them in rural areas Carolina voters, hugging backers 20-nation military a day after a cessation of hostili- Abdulrahman said some of the by mistake. Day 1 of ceasefire west of Damascus. and posing with them for selfie drill launched in ties agreement took effect. towns which were attacked, in- Yesterday, the truce seemed A Syrian military source de- photos. But then she pivoted Syrian insurgents said the air cluding Daret Azza, were controled largely to be holding, though rebels nied the army was violating the quickly to the contests to come. Saudi Arabia strikes were carried out by Rus- by Nusra Front and other Islamist reported what they described as truce agreement. State media de- “Tomorrow this campaign A military drill named “North sian war planes in support of Syr- groups. occasional government violations, scribed rocket attacks near Dam- goes national,” she said. “We are lacks Clinton's deep ties to the Thunder” was launched in ia's government, but the Observa- Other attacks hit the villages and one commander warned that ascus and several deadly attacks not taking anything, and we are not African-American community. northern Saudi Arabia on Sat- tory which monitors the conflict and towns of Qabtan al-Jabal, An- unchecked, the breaches could lead by ISIS. But overall the level of taking anyone, for granted.” Tak- Exit polls showed 6 in 10 vot- urday. said the identity of the jets was dan, Hreitan, Kfar Hamra and to the agreement's collapse. violence was far reduced. en together, 865 Democratic dele- ers in the South Carolina primary Countries participating in not clear. "We do not know which Ma'aret al-Arteek, the Observato- Jaish al-Nasr, a group affiliat- "Let's pray that this works gates are up for grabs in the March were black, by far the largest pro- the drill included Saudi Arabia, planes carried out the strikes and ry said, all in the west of the prov- ed to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) because frankly this is the best 1 Super Tuesday contests in 11 portion in any of the contests so the United Arab Emirates, Jor- also we are not sure if this is con- ince where insurgents from the Free which has backed the truce, said opportunity we can imagine the states and American Samoa. far. About 7 in 10 said they want- dan, Bahrain, Senegal, Sudan, sidered a breach to the truce be- Syrian Army, who are covered by government forces had fired mor- Syrian people has had for the last Clinton’s campaign hopes her ed the next president to continue Kuwait, Maldives, Morocco, cause it is not clear if these towns the truce, have operated. tars, rockets and machine guns in five years in order to see some- strong showing in South Carolina Obama’s policies, and only about Pakistan, Chad, Turkey, Tuni- are included in the truce," the Ob- Two videos sent by a rebel Hama province and that warplanes thing better and hopefully some- foreshadows similar outcomes in 20 percent wanted a more liberal sia, Comoros, Djibouti, Oman, servatory's director Rami Abdul- commander to Reuters shows a had been constantly present in the thing related to peace," U.N. Syria states like Georgia, Alabama, Ten- course of action, according to the Qatar, Malaysia, Egypt and rahman said. Syria's state media did strike in another town, Harbnaf- sky. "Compared to the previous envoy Staffan de Mistura said at a nessee and Virginia that vote Tues- polls conducted by Edison Re- Mauritania, in addition to the not mention the strikes. Russia's seh, at 6.30 a.m. (0430 GMT) and days it is nothing, but we consider midnight news conference in Gene- day and have large minority pop- search for The Associated Press Peninsula Shield Forces, the defence ministry declined to com- another at 07:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) that they broke the truce," Mo- va. "I think that the feeling that we ulations. and television networks. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) re- ment. The cessation of hostilities, according to the voice in the video. hamed Rasheed, head of the have today is that the situation is Sanders, expecting defeat in Ghost of the past ported. agreed as part of a U.S. and Rus- The footage shows plumes of group's media office, told Reuters. very different but of course every South Carolina on Saturday, left Clinton's sweeping victory According to SPA, the drill sian plan, does not cover assaults smoke rising into the sky. Another FSA-affiliated group, day has to be monitored," he said. the state even before voting was suggested South Carolina voters is the largest military drill in the finished and turned his attention had put aside any lingering ten- world in terms of the number to some of the states that vote in sions from her heated 2008 con- of participating forces as well next Tuesday’s delegate-rich con- test with Obama. Former Presi- as the breadth of the maneuver tests. In a statement, Sanders dent Bill Clinton made statements area. vowed to fight on aggressively. He during that campaign that were It focuses on training troops drew 10,000 people to a rally in seen by some as questioning the on how to deal with terror Austin, a liberal bastion in conser- legitimacy of the black presiden- groups and how to transfer from vative Texas, the biggest March 1 tial contender. traditional to low-intensity prize. Clinton’s second White House combat operations. “This campaign is just begin- bid lurched to an uneven start, with The drill comes in light of ning,” he said. “Our grass-roots a narrow victory over Sanders in the growing terrorist threats as political revolution is growing Iowa and a crushing loss to the well as the political instability Iranian President Hassan state by state, and we won’t stop senator in New Hampshire. She in the region. It also reflects the Rowhani's allies have won all of now.” The Republican battle pulled off a 5-point win over Sand- desire of the participating coun- the capital's 30 seats in parliament, Clinton’s victory came at the ers in last week’s Nevada caucus- tries in maintaining the region’s with 90 percent of votes counted end of a day that saw Republican es, a crucial victory that helped security and stability. from last week's election, state tele- candidates firing insults at each stem Sanders’ momentum. This article was first pub- vision reported on Sunday. other at rallies in states voting on Clinton will pick up most of lished in the Saudi Gazette on The pro-Rowhani List of Super Tuesday. South Carolina's delegates, widen- Feb. 28, 2016. Hope, led by reformist Moham- Donald Trump, working to ing her overall lead in AP's count. mad Reza Aref, a former vice pres- build an insurmountable lead, was With 53 delegates at stake, Clin- ident, knocked the number one campaigning in Arkansas with ton will receive 39, Sanders at least Russia: New mine conservative candidate, Gholam- former rival New Jersey Gov. 14. Ali Hadad Adel, into 31st place, Chris Christie and calling Florida Going into South Carolina, blast kills 6 as sealing a whitewash, according to Sen. Marco Rubio a “light little Clinton had just a one-delegate trapped reported the preliminary results. nothing.” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was edge over Sanders. However, she The tally showed Hadad Adel asking parents in Atlanta if they also has a massive lead among su- dead more than 6,000 votes behind the would be pleased if their children perdelegates, the Democratic Par- candidate in 30th place with the spouted profanities like the brash ty leaders who can vote for the Six people - most of them res- remaining 10 percent of ballots to billionaire. And Rubio was mock- candidate of their choice at this cuers - have been killed in a new be counted. ing Trump as a “con artist” with summer's national convention, re- explosion in a mine in northern The results were based on “the worst spray tan in America.” gardless of how their states vote. Russia where 26 miners went around 2.6 million votes from a Clinton made a stop in Ala- missing after an accident three total of 2,900,000 in the capital, a bama, a Super Tuesday state, on Because Democrats apportion days ago. key battleground. Saturday before returning to Co- delegates proportionally, Sanders Should the results be con- lumbia, South Carolina’s capital, is simply hoping to stay close to All of the missing miners for an evening victory party. are now also presumed dead, firmed, it would also mean that all Clinton in the South. But he’s fo- eight women on the List of Hope Sanders has energized young cusing most of his attention on officials said on Sunday. people and liberals with his im- states in the Midwest and North- "Six people died, five of would be elected. A total of 290 seats were up passioned calls for breaking up east, including his home state of them rescuers," Anton Koval- outside the capital, 19 went to the main list of conservatives, nine to the pro-Rouhani list and 14 to indepen- Wall Street banks and making tu- Vermont. ishin, a spokesman for the for grabs in Friday's election. In the 260 seats in the prov- dent candidates. ition free at public colleges and On the Republican side, vot- emergencies ministry in the inces, the president's allies fared Of the independents, six had ties to conservatives, five to reformists and three were undeclared. None of universities. But the senator from ers will cast ballots in 11 states, Komi region where the Sever- less well. the remaining 14 seats had a clear winner, meaning a second round of voting will be needed, which is not Vermont, a state where about 1 with 595 delegates at stake on Su- naya mine is located, told the Out of the 56 constituencies expected until April or May. percent of the population is black, per Tuesday. AFP news agency. Separately, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said the 26 missing miners were Hundreds of Boko most likely also dead. The accident at the Sever- naya mine was Russia's worst mining accident in years. Haram hostages freed, On Thursday, four miners were killed and 26 went miss- ing after a collapse at the Sev- ernaya mine in the city of 100 militants killed Vorkuta within the Arctic Cir- cle. Authorities launched a Three people were stabbed, one extremely violent." Luther) King wouldn't approve of massive search operation in- of them critically, and 13 others Some of the protesters started this, please don't harm these men." volving hundreds of rescue were arrested in California on Sat- kicking a man wearing a shirt that After pushing a Klansman workers and until now had re- urday when a Ku Klux Klan rally read "Grand Dragon," said Levin, away from the crowd, Levin said fused to declare the missing erupted into clashes with counter- describing the KKK members' he asked him: "How does it feel miners dead. protesters, witnesses and police wounds as ranging from minor to that your life was just saved by a said. significant. Jewish man?" But Puchkov, speaking to Around midday, half a dozen "He was kicked when he was The man replied "thank you," reporters on Sunday, said the members of the white hate group down" on the ground, he said. according to Levin. 26 could not have survived. arrived at the protest site in Ana- Levin said he had attended the There are currently between "Unfortunately, we are heim where they were "swarmed" rally as an observer, but ended up 5,000 and 8,000 KKK members, forced to acknowledge that all by protesters, who attacked them standing in between the Klansmen according to the Southern Poverty the conditions at that section with at least one wooden plank, and the crowd of angry protesters Law Center. of the mine would not allow a witness Brian Levin told AFP. to try to stem the violence. Although it has historically person to survive," he said, in "Preliminarily, it appears six "I helped two Klansmen get targeted blacks, the Klan has also remarks broadcast by Life- KKK people arrived and were im- out of the way," said Levin as he launched attacks against Jews, im- News television channel. mediately attacked by counter- headed to the police station to give migrants, gays and lesbians. Until Puchkov earlier said rescu- protesters, which led to a counter- his witness statement. recently, it attacked Catholics as ers had risked their lives during protester being stabbed," local "I told the crowd: Dr (Martin well. It was formed in 1865. the search operation working police spokesman Sergeant Daron in tough conditions, including Wyatt said. almost zero visibility, gas-pol- The initial clash spawned sev- eral separate fights, Wyatt added, luted air, and rubble. noting that the three stabbing vic- President Vladimir Putin tims were all counter-protesters, has tasked the government with while another two KKK members creating a special commission were stomped by the crowd. to investigate the accident. Of those arrested, six were Cameroonian and Nigerian forces border with Cameroon. ists. The militant group, which has In 2010, 91 people - min- KKK members and seven were have freed several hundred hostages “Our boys are still on the field pledged its loyalty to ISIS, has ers and rescuers - died after a from the rival demonstration, in a border town held by Boko with Nigerian soldiers and have killed more than 20,000 people and methane explosion at the Ras- Wyatt said. All were men, except Haram including young girls who received instructions to continue displaced 2.8 million in West Afri- padskaya mine in the Siberian for one woman in each group. were being trained as suicide bomb- raids on all Boko Haram border ca, according to the United Na- region of Kemerovo. The counter-protesters ers, the commander of Cameroon- villages until we defeat them,” the tions and Amnesty International. In 2007, 110 people died "smashed the side window of the ian forces said Saturday. general said. The Boko Haram militants at the Ulyanovskaya mine in Klan SUV and the front wind- Soldiers from the two coun- Boko Haram began its insur- gained international attention when the Kemerovo region in the shield," said Levin, who heads the tries also killed about 100 militants gency six years ago in Nigeria, and they kidnapped nearly 300 school- country's worst mining acci- Center for the Study of Hate and while liberating the Nigerian town has since expanded to the coun- girls from the Nigerian town of dent since the Soviet Union Extremism at California State Uni- of Kumshe, Gen. Jacob Kodji told tries of Cameroon, Niger and Chad Chibok. Dozens escaped on their versity in San Bernardino. collapsed in 1991. The Associated Press. The town as those neighbors have aided the own but more than 200 girls from "At that point, the crowd got is 9 miles (15 kilometers) from the military effort to quash the extrem- Chibok remain missing. 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We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion In search of a peace process: A ‘new’ AFGHANISTAN TIMES HPC and an ultimatum for the Taleban Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir By Thomas Ruttig Phone No: +93-772364666 Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and pants, determines “parameters of ‘spring offensive’ this year. (That ing negotiations with the US re- E-mail: [email protected] the US –the Quadrilateral Coordi- shared responsibilities.” It tries to being said, there has been virtually garding the full withdrawal of all nation Group (QCG) – are push- capitalise on the split in the Tale- no lull in fighting over the winter. foreign military forces. Their offi- ing to open a new chapter in the ban insurgency that showed when Many Taleban fighters were or- cial position is that ‘intra-Afghan Email: [email protected] ongoing search for a peace process Mullah Muhammad Mansur offi- dered to stay in their province and talks’ would only be possible fol- for Afghanistan. The group has cially took over as new leader fol- not to retreat to their shelters in lowing this withdrawal (the date www.afghanistantimes.af now met for the fourth time, al- lowing last year’s announcement Pakistan.) This aim – the reduc- of which has now been postponed though direct talks with the Tale- of the death of the movement’s tion of violence in Afghanistan – due to the extension of Mission Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi ban have yet to begin. Earlier this founder-leader Mullah Muham- had been established at the QCG’s Resolute Support beyond the end week, it issued an ultimatum to the mad Omar and a dissident faction second meeting in Kabul in Janu- of 2016). Advisory editorial board Taleban to come to the negotiating emerged under Mullah Muham- ary 2016. There has been one major ex- table with the Afghan government mad Rassul. Currently, it tries to The question remains, howev- ception, though. In the Murree Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, by early March 2016, or face the drive the wedge even deeper, us- er, as to whether such a shift in talks in July 2015, Taleban repre- military heat. At the same time, ing the emergence of further, small- behaviour would fit into Pakistan’s sentatives did in fact sit down for Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal the Afghan High Peace Council er splinter group, related or unre- long-term regional strategy. Until talks with officials from Kabul for (HPC) was revamped so that it lated to the dissidents. (See for in- now, the Taleban have been seen the first time. These talks were Graphic-Designers: could “more effectively” support stance the media reporting on Tale- as its strongest card in the regional quickly abandoned, however, Edriss Akbari and Bilal the envisaged process. This ap- ban infighting in Paktika and in power play with regard to secur- mainly due to the news of Mullah proach, however, risks once again Faryab.) ing influence in post-withdrawal Omar’s death which came out in Marketing & Advertising: derailing talks before they have Analytically and practically, Afghanistan. It seems unlikely that the middle of the sessions and the even begun. AAN co-director Th- the roadmap envisages that the Pakistan would discard the Tale- break of confidentiality about the Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 omas Ruttig takes a closer look. Taleban be divided into those con- ban while bilateral relations remain talks. The Taleban also sat in the Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan For the past months, Afghan- sidered to be ‘conciliatory’ and ‘ir- dominated by mutual mistrust and same room with Afghan govern- istan and its three partners in the reconcilable.’ President Ghani, in accusations of supporting or har- ment representatives in lower key Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 Quadrilateral Coordination Group a press conference on 31 Decem- bouring each other’s armed insur- events not directly related to Af- (QCG) – US, China and Pakistan ber 2015, had already set the tone gents. There are also unsolved is- ghanistan, such as in a March 2015 Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press – have been trying to force a break- for this when he said: “It is obvi- sues, such as the open border ques- peace seminar in Oslo. This might through by creating a viable Af- ous that there are groups of Tali- tion. serve as some indication that there ghan peace process. The current ban, not a unified movement. The The Afghan government used may be some political posturing drive is partly fuelled by a desire fundamental issue here is the the opportunity to restate its main involved and that the ‘precondi- The constitution says within the US administration to choice: choose peace or terrorism. red lines for the envisaged peace tions’ could become negotiable gain as much ground before the next There will be no tolerance for ter- talks. In his speech introducing the once a degree of trust has been es- Article 142 US elections, and partly by the rorism.” Abdul Hakim Mujahed, a revamped High Peace Council on tablished, after the many failed at- recurring hope that Pakistan may former Taleban diplomat now on the day of the QCG meeting, Pres- tempts at getting talks underway. Article One Hundred Forty-Two To implement the provisions as well as attain now be more amenable to peace the Afghan High Peace Council ident Ashraf Ghani urged the Tale- There are two elements in the values enshrined in this Constitution, the state shall establish necessary offices. between the Taleban and the Af- (HPC), made this approach even ban to end their armed campaign, invitation issued by the QCG that ghan government. The initial drive clearer in an interview, where he to “join the caravan of peace” and may well be off-putting to the Tale- for renewed talks came from the said that those deemed irreconcil- to choose “political participation” ban. First, there is the tone, which new Afghan government. The cur- able will be fought. As he put it: under “our constitution.” (2) is one of an ultimatum, when in rent focus in the process is, in the The road map is being pre- The second decision of the fact the Taleban are making steady first instance, to bring the Taleban pared to combat the Afghan insur- fourth QCG meeting was to set territorial gains in parts of the coun- to the negotiating table and get them gency and bring peace and recon- up a joint Afghan-Pakistani work- try where the most intensive fight- to agree to direct talks with the ciliation in Afghanistan. Certainly ing group to mobilise support of ing is taking place. In the strategi- government in Kabul – without all four countries [on the QCG] ulema (religious scholars) from cally important province of Hel- which a genuine peace process will cooperate with each other to both countries for the “peace and mand, for example, the Taleban would be difficult to imagine. combat the insurgency. reconciliation process, including have recently forced the ANSF to An invitation-cum-ultimatum The strategy of seeking to through Fatwas against the ongo- beat a ‘tactical’ retreat from at least and a ‘road map’ widen the split among the Taleban ing senseless violence.” In this way, one district. Furthermore, they are Following the fourth meeting is apparently based on two hopes. the Afghan government is trying still capitalising on their tempo- of the QCG, which took place on Firstly, that either Pakistan, with to flank the talks with activities rary takeover of Kunduz, where a Police force and desertion Tuesday (23 February) in Kabul, China’s prompting, will succeed in that aim to build a constituency dangerous situation continues. the four participants issued an “in- bringing the Taleban mainstream for peace. It is also trying to take Sources from various provinces vitation” to “all Taliban and other faction of Mullah Akhtar Muham- the moral high ground, presenting told AAN how this victory has Running a country with meager resources is a tightrope walk for [armed] groups to participate mad Mansur to the Islamabad talks itself as the party that pushes for boosted the local Taleban’s morale. through their authorized represen- or, alternatively, persuade other an end to the conflict, giving the Secondly, they might be suspi- any leader. Afghanistan is dependent on foreign assistance to sup- tatives in the first round of direct groups (for example Rassul’s fac- other side the choice of whether to cious – given the experience of the peace talks with the Afghan gov- tion or Hezb-e Islami) to join the join or be sent to the warmonger’s Murree talks – that Pakistan’s role port and security forces and other constitutional bodies. When ernment expected to take place by talks. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s fac- corner. as host for the newly envisaged Iraq, Syria and Libya are in media headlines for the rise of Is- the first week of March 2016.” tion, Hezb-e Islami, has been hold- The Taleban reaction talks would once again mean that (The emphasis on “authorised rep- ing direct talks with the Afghan The Taleban, in their first re- Pakistan will determine who lamic State and rebel groups, Afghanistan is covered for wide resentatives” is meant to ensure government for years in an attempt sponse to the QCG statement is- should sit at the table on the Tale- that the insurgent delegation does to increase its political standing and sued by the spokesman of their ban’s behalf. range of issues. The problems are many such as the stalled peace not permanently need to go back might take up the QCG’s offer. political office in Qatar to Radio Finally, the early March dead- to consult its leadership for deci- (Many other Hezbis joined the Free Europe/Radio Liberty, said line for talks seems unrealistic. The process, rampant corruption, violence against women and chil- sions, which also can be a delaying post-2001 political system either they were “unaware of plans for QCG Four might well end up talk- tactic.) Pakistan has agreed to host individually or in groups, registered talks.” The Taleban spokesman, ing with only a few marginal dren, growing insecurity, capital flight, water and energy crisis, these talks in Islamabad. a political party, secured several Muhammad Naim Wardak, added groups (or delaying the timeline). food insecurity, malnutrition, polio cases, training of children by This ‘invitation,’ which bears cabinet positions and one of their that they had not changed their It is unlikely that the short all the hallmarks of an ultimatum leaders is deputy to the CEO. Its position regarding the conditions deadline set by the QCG will in militants, increase civilian and military casualties, differences given the very short deadline, was armed wing, however, has failed under which they would be ready the short run bring about the part of a stern five-paragraph joint so far to come to an agreement to to join a peace process, as an- longed-for reduction of violence in between the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders, timber press release published by the Af- end its armed campaign.) If some nounced at the second Pugwash Afghanistan, as expressed by the ghan foreign ministry after the groups joined the talks, it could meeting in Doha on 23 January officials quoted above. It therefore smuggling, illegal mining, landmines, and most importantly de- QCG meeting. It was preceded by prompt some of the more main- 2016. The conditions include the remains to be seen whether, if the some posturing in the meeting’s stream Taleban to join the band- withdrawal of all foreign troops, talks do not commence by early sertion in police officers ranks. According to the Wall Street Jour- opening statement by Afghan for- wagon of peace talks. official recognition of the Qatar March, the ANSF can make good nal, around 36,000 policemen deserted the force in 2015. The eign minister Salahuddin Rabbani, Mullah Muhammad Rassul’s office, the removal of the Taleban on Kabul’s strong rhetoric and sig- in which he said that his govern- dissident Taleban faction, though, from the UN sanctions list, a halt nificantly increase their pressure desertion cases increased due to poor leadership. ment would welcome any group has also adopted the position that to the “arrest and elimination” of on the Taleban in the spring, there- joining the process, but that it would be ready to engage in peace Taleban fighters, the release of Tale- by turning the military tide and re- As a fact, the NUG cannot resolve all these problems in such a …those elements of the armed talks only after the departure of ban inmates from prisons, and a taking the initiative in the war. In groups who continue to refuse to all foreign troops. stop to what they call “anti-Tale- all probability, this is doubtful, short period of time. However, it could be criticized for its flawed join the peace talks, and continue Secondly, the strategy seems ban propaganda,” including label- according both to the US special the path of violence must realize based on the premise that Paki- ling them as “terrorists.” (The inspector’s latest assessments policies that inflict irreparable damages. Deteriorating law and that our message to them is clear: stan would start clamping down Qatar office has been tasked both (highlighting the ANSF’s five main order situation is an outcome of these failed security policies for our brave security forces will not on ‘irreconcilable’ Taleban even if by the old and the new Taleban challenges including “questionable hesitate in their resolve to fight hitherto it had considered many of leadership to act as the movement’s force strength numbers” and “un- which the nation is paying heavy price. Absence of defense and them resolutely, wherever they are, them allies or assets. According to sole intermediary.) Diplomats in certain long-term sustainability”) to stop them from committing ter- the New York Times earlier this Kabul have interpreted this list of and to what Nur ul-Haq Ulumi, interior ministers are speaking volumes about performance and ror, violence and bloodshed. week, “officials close to the talks Taleban demands as a hardening of interior minister until recently, said Kabul’s approach seems to be process” (it is unclear of which their position in comparison to about the Afghan police – that strategies of the current government. Ministry of Defense is head- based on the – unpublished – road- government) said “Pakistan’s rep- what they said at the first Pug- there were “imaginary units,” “net- map for the envisaged peace pro- resentatives had earlier given as- wash meeting in May 2015. works of financial and political ed by a caretaker who has been supported by presidential de- cess agreed upon by the QCG’s surances that violence will be no- To date, the insurgents have corruption” and “large quantities members during their previous ticeably reduced in coming weeks” officially rejected engaging in di- of untraceable ammunition” under- crees because the Constitution did not allow any caretakers to meeting in Islamabad in early Feb- and that the Taleban might even rect talks with the Afghan govern- mining its fighting capability. hold such important position for more than two months. ruary, which, according to partici- refrain from announcing their ment, as they first insist on hold- To be continued Similarly, the position of interior minister is lying vacant. Noorul Haq Olumi left the post after differences, though he was appointed as ambassador to the Netherland. Olumi tried to ad- Unemployment dress the gray areas and improve the police force but his sugges- tions were ignored. He acknowledged it in media interview. Re- cent report of the Wall Street Journal uncovers the blanket from this not-so-long hidden fact where lack of attention and interest are underlined as reasons for Olumi’s resign. The government had not yet responded in this regard. Most probably, the NUG leadership knows when and where it hit the wrong nail. The important question which begs the answer is that how can the leaders negotiate and reconcile with the Tali- ban when they cannot overcome internal differences. Talking to the militant groups and convincing them to renounce violence is more a far too difficult task than settling internal disputes. 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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES The persistence of poverty in the Arab world

Adel Abdel Ghafar-- Fraus Masri Camelia Entekhabifard 2016 ushered in the revamped under the poverty line. cerns in the quest for victory. The United Nation's Sustainable Devel- Despite a relatively success- international community should The Islamic Republic of Iran has out rate was essentially a carte the demonstrators, who, in 2009, months, the country was in a state opment Goals (SDGs), which built ful and ongoing political transition make preparations for post-war held many elections in its 37-year blanche given to President Hassan protested against the election out- of emergency. on the Millennium Development in Tunisia, one in every six Tuni- reconstruction in Syria and Yemen, history. Some of the elections Rouhani for public satisfaction come. Several people were killed, The militarisation of the re- Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000. sians lives below the poverty line, while also remaining wary of in- opened the doors to reform while with the way the nuclear file was activists were arrested en masse, public Poverty eradication is the number as well. Tunisia is one of the high- complete political settlements that others slammed shut those doors handled. and opposition leaders were Today, he is seeing something one developmental goal of both the est contributors of ISIL fighters raise the prospect for the resump- MDGs and SDGs. per capita, and Tunisian leaders tion of hostilities in the future. in favour of ultra-conservatives. The slight improvement in the placed under house arrest. else in the sky, and it is the threat Over the past two decades, continue to make a direct correla- Even though in Palestine it is From the moment when Mo- country's economy was another Understanding Iran's political posed by IRGC against the repub- global efforts have been success- tion between poverty and terror- unlikely that the Israeli occupation hammad Khatami was elected pres- reason the public responded to developments are not always easy. lic and democracy. ful as the number of people living ism. will end anytime soon, Fatah and ident in 1997 that brought reform- Rouhani's call to vote. Not only Iranians, but many A revolutionary veteran with in poverty declined by more than In the Palestinian territories, a Hamas should work towards a rec- ists to power, to the rise of con- For voters, the parliamentary in the region have been closely political acumen, Rafsanjani used half, from more than 1.9 billion in lack of employment opportunities onciliation to improve the system 1990 to 836 million in 2015. De- due to restrictions imposed by the of governance in the territories. spite such progress, the Arab world Israeli occupation continues to This will provide Palestinians with continues to lag in its efforts to drive rising levels of poverty a united front to tackle the chal- combat poverty. (PDF). Nearly two years after the lenges posed by the occupation and In fact, according to the UN war in Gaza, reconstruction efforts ease the suffering felt in both Gaza Development Programme have slowed to a crawl. Such ef- and the West Bank. (UNDP), between 2010 and 2012, forts promised employment for Arab countries must recogn- the percentage of the population thousands of Palestinians; howev- ise that absolute poverty is only in the region making less than $1.25 er, the slow trickle of foreign do- one dimension of the problem and a day increased from 4.1 percent nations and a deficiency of con- that redistributive policies can only to 7.4 percent (PDF). Previously, struction materials indicate that the go so far to address the issue. The countries in the region had made situation will not improve any time uprisings have shown that Arab progress in reducing poverty, but soon. youth not only protested against high levels of political unrest had Although the outlook for the economic inequality, but also reversed many of these improve- West Bank appears less grim than against marginalisation and politi- ments. in Gaza, high levels of poverty cal disenfranchisement. Any re- The persistence of conflict in persist as many Palestinians hold newed push for more economic Syria, Iraq, and Yemen remains one jobs that pay a meagre wage. This opportunities must also provide of the main drivers of poverty re- shortage of suitable employment Arab youth with a chance to shape gionally. In Syria, after five years forces many Palestinians to seek their future. of civil war, it is estimated that 80 employment from companies op- Lower oil prices will likely af- percent of the population lives in erating in settlements on occupied fect the level of aid wealthier Gulf poverty, and life expectancy has Palestinian territory. Cooperation Council countries been cut by 20 years. Even with some Palestinians give to poorer countries in the re- Almost a decade after the US- performing these jobs out of ne- gion. Nonetheless, such aid should led invasion in 2003, poverty rates cessity, per-capita income in the not simply dry up. are on the rise in Iraq, with statis- West Bank continues to decline. The Saudi-led coalition has tics from the World Bank showing In Gaza, the situation is even worse destroyed a large portion of the that 28 percent of Iraqi families with per-capita income 31 percent Yemeni infrastructure, so the King- live under the poverty line. lower than in 1994. dom and members of its coalition The mass displacement from One step forward, two steps should bear a large part of the re- the Islamic State of Iraq and the back construction effort. Levant (ISIL) controlled areas, the The SDGs provide an ambi- Arab governments should un- decline in global oil prices and high- tious blueprint for global develop- derstand that poverty also has a er unemployment rates has meant ment that includes a focus on edu- security and stability dimension. that despite its oil wealth, the Ira- cation, the environment, women's The 2011 uprisings have shown qi government has failed misera- rights, sustainable water, and many that Arab societies have the abili- bly in addressing the poverty rate other critical areas. While all of ty to challenge incompetent gov- in the country. Arab governments these issues are of importance to ernance and corruption. Food se- should understand that poverty the region, it will become increas- curity remains a huge challenge for also has a security and stability ingly problematic to progress these a region that imports much of its dimension. The 2011 uprisings goals without a renewed emphasis key food staples. Should poverty have shown that Arab societies on poverty eradication. and food security issues not be have the ability to challenge incom- Countries currently in conflict addressed, any future wave of pro- petent governance and corruption. pose the greatest challenge to pov- tests may constitute a "revolution Yemen's poverty rate has in- erty eradication efforts, as partic- of the hungry", that is likely to be creased from 42 percent of the ipants in these conflicts have more violent than the wave of servative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad election was more important than observing this year's elections. his influence to avoid such a desti- population in 2009 to an even more pushed aside humanitarian con- 2011. in 2005, it was clear that each elec- the election of the Assembly of From the Arab point of view, it is ny. alarming 54.5 percent in 2012. tion could mark a dramatic shift Experts since Iran's parliament is not important whether the reform- A strong Assembly of Experts Despite an initial wave of op- forward or backward. mainly in charge of internal poli- ers or hardliners control the par- may save the nation from any mil- timism after the 2011 Arab upris- The latest elections on Febru- cy. liament. For them, a stable nation itary takeover if Khamenei dies ings, countries in North Africa con- ary 26 - both for parliament and The election of the Assembly and a friendly government with during the next term. tinue to face economic challenges that have seen poverty rates in- the Assembly of Experts - once of Experts at this time matters whom they can communicate are One figure whose popularity crease in many areas. again polarised the nation, but not more to political leaders, not least important. appears to be slowly but steadily In Egypt, the Arab world's in the way the 2009 presidential of which Supreme Leader Ayatol- Neighbours know that the Su- growing is Ayatollah Sadeq Lari- most populous country, five years election had. lah Ali Khamenei. The Assembly, preme Leader is the main indicator jani, currently the head of the judi- of political upheaval have taken a Will elections change the coure elected every eight years, is the of Iran's foreign policy, and, of ciary. A man who has proven his toll on the economy. Increased of Iranian politics? body tasked with choosing the course, they have an interest in ability to crush the opposition and unemployment, lower tourist ar- rivals, dwindling foreign currency People opted for rationality Supreme Leader - a lifelong post - which kind of leader succeeds is close to Khamenei, Larijani is reserves and a weaker Egyptian and moderation, avoiding any pro- and monitoring his leadership. Khamenei. touted as the IRGC's favourite as pound has meant that 26 percent vocative actions, which helped Rumours of bad health A parliament that supports the next Supreme Leader. of Egypt's 90 million people live moderate candidates win the elec- In the midst of rumours over Rouzani's social and economic re- What concerns people like tions. the deteriorating health of nearly forms is the president's major in- Rafsanjani is the militarisation of Moving towards stability? 77-year-old Khamenei, this assem- terest in this election. Iran's next the republic in the absence of the LESSONS FROM PUTIN: ENGINEERING Are the results of the two elec- bly may play an historic role by Supreme Leader is a matter of con- current leader and the interference tions an indication that Iran is choosing the next Supreme Lead- cern not only for Arab neighbours, of IRGC in politics. THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE moving towards stability? After er. but also for the international com- To avert such a threat, Rafsan- Dr. Azeem Ibrahim all, regardless of who runs the gov- No matter who is Iran's presi- munity. jani's victory in the Assembly of ernment or enters parliament, a dent and what parliament it has, When Khamenei became the Experts was crucial to forming the Does anyone really understand by brutal repression and large-scale than any other combatant in this sense of stability and peace is what constitutionally, the Supreme Supreme Leader in June 1989, he kind of coalition he is looking for. what the war in Syria is truly about? murder of political dissidents is war by a factor of many multiples, Many analysts working for the just not going to be sustainable in and has done so through many Iranians are looking for. Leader has power above all insti- provided enormous opportunities And of course, a moderate and various governments who have a the long term. It has not been sus- means specifically prohibited by The Guardian Council, the tutions. Whether the next Supreme for the IRGC as his major base independent parliament that can stake in the conflict seem to think tainable up to now. That is how international law such as chemical most influential body in Iran, vet- Leader will be chosen with public supporters. The next Supreme stand for the people - in case it they have a pretty good idea – as the Syrian civil war started in the warfare and mass starvation of ci- ted the candidates and disqualified support or military support, he Leader - aside from his importance becomes necessary - is precious do many independent academics. first place. And nothing is going to vilian populations. many popular reformist candi- will be the one outlining Iran's fu- for Iran's hierarchy - will also im- when history is being made. With Trouble is, there is does not seem fan the flames of Sunni militancy • Since going in, the Rus- dates. These disqualifications did ture. pact the IRGC and its future. these twin elections, Iran is walk- to be very much agreement like the impression that such a bru- sians are committing reported war not disappoint the public enough The mass disqualifications of With these twin elections, Iran ing towards an historic point in the amongst them. tal dictatorship is being acqui- crimes with a gleeful frequency That various “insider” sourc- esced, even supported, by West- that makes even Assad blush. to get them to boycott the elec- well-known reformers - or candi- is walking towards an historic point life of its revolution. es for the Russian or the American ern “imperial” powers. Western The driving force of the con- tions as some pundits had expect- dates close to reformers - speak of in the life of its revolution. Camelia Entekhabifard is an government should disagree pro- leaders coming out for Assad flict ed. Khamenei's wish to keep the con- Some, like former President Iranian journalist, TV commenta- foundly is not that surprising. But would do ISIS all its recruitment From these two facts, I would Instead, the participation of servatives in power. Khamenei and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, pre- tor and author of Camelia: Save when we have a reasonably coher- work for decades to come. conclude that these two actors are around 60 percent of eligible vot- his supporters among the political dicted the street clashes between Yourself by Telling the Truth - a ent narrative in the Western main- The thing about 250,000+ the driving force of the conflict. ers, according to the interior min- elite in Qom and the Iranian Revo- the regime forces and people back Memoir of Iran. stream media which is nonetheless dead people is that they do not get When Assad and the Russians are opposed by prominent commen- to offer their point of view. But coming at you that way, the peo- istry, was a testament to the pub- lutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in 2009. In an address in 2009, The views expressed in this tators and academics such as perhaps the millions of displaced ple on the other side would ally lic's desire to express their will oppose any significant changes to Rafsanjani had spoken of seeing article are the author's own and do Stephen Kinzer, Jeffrey Sachs, survivors will. Who knows? with whomever and would do or through the ballot box. the system. smoke from a faraway fire. He was not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's John Pilger, or Patrick Cockburn, Pilger and other commentators say whatever they thought they The higher-than-expected turn- The IRGC took action against correct in his prediction, and for editorial policy. it is no wonder that the public is similar to him are somewhat blind- would need to in order to survive. confused – or often quite polar- sided, in my opinion, by a world- Anyone would. ized behind twisted, partisan nar- view in which every geo-political The fact that we have promi- ratives. event or occurrence is somehow nent Western journalists and aca- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Quite what the reasons why the outcome of malign Western demics blaming Hilary Clinton or people who are otherwise perfectly imperialist ideas. Now Pilger is an the CIA or whoever else is surely sensible should disagree so deeply award-winning investigative jour- a remarkable coup for the Russian about what are, in principle, mat- nalist for a very good reason. Some propaganda machine. But this is ters of fact, is not always immedi- of his analyses of human rights not necessarily all that surprising. Dusty roads, polluted air ately clear. And the lazy and con- abuses and crimes against human- In all wars, propaganda and venient thing to do here would be ity perpetrated by or enabled by counter-propaganda have muddled Kabul has become a city with dusty and polluted air and destroyed roads. Life has become difficult for those who walk to their offices and to cast doubt on their motivations Western governments have been up the facts for the otherwise dis- workplaces on a daily basis. The street from 500Faimly area of Kabul to Market Roundabout is full of dusty and destroyed roads which or character. There has definitely hugely important contributions to tant global public opinion. What produce tons of dust and polluted air every day. been a lot of that going on as well our democratic discourse. But un- does matter in this conflict, how- I travel in this path every day. I am well aware of the fact that polluted and dusty air creates several health problems. Today I am suffering between commentators on either fortunately, if you get yourself into ever, is that the Russians are put- from ‘red eye’ which is the product of the polluted air in my city. Thousands of other citizens have been affected and are still suffering side of the debate. But I think this the mind-set that no foreign poli- ting their backs into this conflict, from several health problems due to the contaminated air in Kabul. In some parts of the city, people take waste of streams and throw them is something that should be resist- cy initiative by a Western govern- and it seems that they are going to on roadside which contaminate the air after it becomes dry. ed. Yet we can still give a critical ment can possibly have a benign win it. When they do, it is them Once again, the Kabul Municipality is highly requested to pay proper attention towards this issue. It is a really important matter. The account of where they are coming intention, then every conflict any- who will be writing the final ap- president should appoint the new mayor as soon as possible. Please help the city become clean and pollution-free, or else we will witness from. where in the world becomes an praisal of the conflict. Whatever more health problems among our citizens. A large number of Afghan masses are traveling to India and Pakistan for medical treatment. Dusty Largely, I think, people’s anal- American or a British conspiracy. the facts might have been, even our roads and populated air are the sole reason behind the flood of the Afghans toward these two countries for treatment yses will be hugely informed by And Sachs too seems to be in the politicians will find it more conve- Firoz Lalazar, Khairkhana, Kabul the broader world-view that they same mould, though for him the nient to just acquiesce the Russian hold. For example, in the case of malign “enemy” is always a cabal tropes. Nothing else will enable Cockburn, we can surmise that his of right-wing hardliners in the U.S. them to hide the shame of our in- highest priority is ending the war military and intelligence apparatus action and lack of strategy for the Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and as quickly as possible, irrespec- who always seem to hold sway country. address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] tive of what the outcome may be, over what the country ultimately Thus Assad will become the so that we can turn our attention does. saviour of civilization and of the to ISIS. Since this is the priority, The problem is that if you al- minorities in Syria, the only reli- he wants the West to get over its ways assume from the onset that able ally of the whole world against squeamishness, back the brutal dic- you know who the bad guy is, in terrorism in the Levant, and all- tator and “do what needs to be this case, ISIS, or America, or some round misunderstood good guy. Disclaimer: done”. It is an understandable sub-set of the US establishment, And the thing about 250,000+ point of view, but I also believe it then it is entirely too easy to over- dead people is that they do not get The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) is a tragically short-sighted one. A look certain facts that should be to offer their point of view. But minority Shiite Alawite govern- inescapable: perhaps the millions of displaced and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. ment in charge of a population that • Assad has killed more of survivors will. is 80% Sunni maintained in power his own people, mostly civilians, Who knows? This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . FEBRUARY 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

ATHENS: The Facebook messag- According to the IOM, over es are desperate: "We are in the 62,000 people crossed the Aegean street. Sitting on earth. There is no Sea in January, and 272 died on place to sleep. I wish you come. that route [AP] Yiannis Mouza- When will you come here?" las, Greece's migration minister, Phoebe Ramsay, the Canadian has been sounding the warning volunteer receiving these messag- since the beginning of the year that es, was on her way to find Sham, the border with Macedonia will ul- Doha and Wisam, three Syrian sis- timately close. ters whom she had helped on the "The government is preparing island of Leros days before. for this eventuality," he told Mainland Greece is filling up Greece's Mega TV on February 8. with migrants and refugees so fast, Two days later, he attempted to that Ramsay had taken a govern- soothe public opinion. "It's a dif- ment-chartered ferry to Athens ficulty we can manage," he said. along with them. "We're not going to have this She was planning to drive to tragic phenomenon of millions be- the northern Greek border, hoping ing trapped here. It's going to be to help people and find her charg- tens of thousands, I'd say 50,000 es somewhere on the way. They is a fair guess. If we're ready and didn't even know where they were. clear-eyed about what's going on, The gradual but deepening re- it's a number that the Greek peo- strictions on the movement of ref- ple can handle." In an attempt to ugees and migrants through the avoid crowds at the border, police Western Balkans is now bottling have stalled convoys of coaches them up in Greece. on the way, but this has created Earlier this year, authorities in further problems. Distressed peo- Macedonia said they would only ple On Thursday, a group of Syr- allow Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans ians, frustrated with the waiting, through. Last week, they took Af- pushed through a police blockade ghans off the list. Mounting dys- at Tempi in northern Greece. function More than one million ref- Nearby in Katerini, a local ugees and migrants arrived by land grassroots group mobilised to and sea in the European Union in bring food and water to about 300 2015, with the vast majority of distressed people parked for a day them - 821,008 - landing in Greece. at a motorway services site. This year, more than 100,000 Similar delays all along the people have so far crossed the motorway from Athens to the bor- Mediterranean to Greece and Ita- der have kept people in the buses ly, and 413 have lost their lives for up to three days, according to trying, according to the Internation- the volunteers arriving to help al Organization for Migration them. International volunteer The Supreme Master Ching Hai and the Free Syrian Army, you policy failures are responsible for ter Austria called a regional meet- bers] lampooned unilateralism, (IOM). groups take turns cooking lunch Disaster Relief Team. Their slo- have a problem. They take you to the extent of Greece's isolation. ing with Hungary, Poland, the they said: 'We understand the cir- As dysfunction over how to and caring for the refugees [AP] gan was "Be vegan, make peace". prison and only God knows where The UNHCR's Grandi is crit- Czech Republic and Slovakia to cumstances which led these [four] deal with refugees mounts within Further south, in the town of Vo- But peace was the last thing you are - only God and them." ical of the lack of solidarity shown discuss the refugee crisis. countries to it.' This should worry the EU, officials are beginning to los, a bus driver apparently aban- on refugees' minds. Yusuf, a 21-year-old, wanted to Greece by other EU members. Greece's migration minister is us … because it should not be un- admit that Greece will become a doned 60 passengers who had paid Among the 300-odd people at to graduate from a high school in "Europe, the EU in particular, openly concerned about what he derstandable that someone fights de facto repository. to go to the border. the terminal was Samer Mersal, a Iraq's Mosul. which took what I believe were calls 'unilateralism' within the EU against European policy and un- "Greece needs to get prepared All three of Athens' refugee surgeon's assistant who managed "There was no school for two good decisions last year on how to [AP] Nikos Kotzias, Greek for- dermines it." for a higher number of people not camps have been fully packed. The an ophthalmological operating the- years because of the war," he ex- handle this flow ... is not imple- eign minister, called Austria's move The signs imply, however, being able to move further," Filip- government has held passenger fer- atre in Damascus. plains. His sister, whom ISIL tried menting those decisions," Grandi an "unfriendly gesture, that eastern EU states are prepar- po Grandi, of the UN High Com- ries it charters to bring in new ar- He fled after his apartment to recruit as a bride, accompanied said, referring in particular to "the since it creates the impression ing for a total isolation of Greece. missioner for Refugees (UNHCR), rivals on the islands of the East building was demolished by a him. very important decision taken that certain people wish to take On February 18, Austria's said in Athens earlier this week. Aegean at the port until Sunday. Katyusha rocket fired by govern- Unsurprisingly, many are im- many months ago that refugees decisions in our absence, which chief of police met his counterparts He was critical of the restric- This is to allow the camps a ment forces. patient to move on while the bor- arriving in countries at the border directly involve us". from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and tions, some of which "go even chance to empty. Two of Mersal's brothers have der remains open. of Europe ... would be assisted, This Vysegrad group of four Macedonia. against European Union rules and Some are left stranded at the died in prison after being picked Greece's isolation would be supported by the EU in countries has spearheaded resis- They agreed to jointly profile regulations and certainly basic ref- port of Piraeus, where Greek vol- up by Syrian President Bashar al- On Friday morning, two doz- its entirety through a relocation of tance within the EU of refugee refugees and asylum seekers gath- ugee protection norms". unteers have set up a shelter in a Assad's police. A third is missing. en men announced that they were refugees across the different coun- policies such as relocation and the ering at Greece's northern The latest set of restrictions passenger terminal. Women put Asked why they were arrested, going to take their families to the tries of Europe." preservation of open borders. border, effectively creating an came on February 17, when Aus- out washing on makeshift clothes- Mersal is passionate. border while volunteers persuad- In September, the EU pledged Mouzalas, the Greek migra- alternative to the Eurodac finger- tria announced it would place a lines. Boys play football on the "Where you live. The reason ed them that they were better off to take 66,000 asylum seekers off tion minister, is openly concerned print and identity database Greece daily limit of 3,200 people enter- sprawling tarmac in front. mish- [is] where you live. Not what you waiting in Piraeus for a couple more Greece's hands in 2015-16. So far, about what he calls "unilateralism" shares with the rest of ing its territory and accepting no mash of international volunteer do or what you think. Just where days. only a thousand have been relo- within the EU, the EU. more than 80 new asylum appli- groups take turns cooking lunch you live. You live in a place where The war in Syria may be the cated. and the failure to quash it in Once that is in place, the Greek cations per day. Slovenia, to its for the refugees.On Friday, it was there's al-Nusra, [the Islamic State primary cause of the chaos that is On Thursday, Greece with- previous council meetings. border can essentially be treated south, followed suit. the turn of a Korean outfit called of Iraq and the Levant group] ISIL, engulfing Greece, but European drew its ambassador to Vienna af- "Although [other EU mem- as an external EU border. Brazil: Laid-off workers Yazidi rape victims seek occupy factories, demand pay healing in Germany Sao Paulo, Brazil - Until mid-Feb- tinuing to lose out to Asian coun- my family? A person like me with gret the position of the union and ruary, Claudio Aurelio Bernando tries, like China, who produce at registered injury has no chance of the outcome of meetings in order Pessoa, 39, was employed on the lower costs. finding more work," Pessoa said, to efforts together to regularise the after ISIS ‘hell’ production line of a domestic ap- Brazil's current economic re- mentioning that his health plan is situation of workers." 'De-indus- pliance factory in Campinas, the cession, caused by a slowdown of also used to cover a young son, trialisation' One eight-year-old was repeated- largest city on Sao Paulo's indus- trade with China, its biggest trad- who is diabetic. Brazil's industrial sector has ly sold and raped, while another trial belt. ing partner, a fall in commodities Mabe dismissed 1,850 work- seen falling employment for near- girl set herself on fire to make her- Nineteen years of building prices and a huge corruption scan- ers after announcing bankruptcy ly five years, with transport, elec- self less attractive to her miliant cookers and fridges to strict quo- dal at the state oil firm Petrobras, [Sam Cowie/Al Jazeera] Bankrupt- tronic appliances, metal products, captors. tas gave him muscular problems in is also an exacerbating factor. Some cy protection and machinery and equipment be- These are only two of the more his shoulders and right hand, but 1.5 million formal jobs were lost Since 2014, requests for bank- ing the most affected. than 1,400 horror stories German the firm paid for regular treatment in 2015. ruptcy protection, using the 2005 Since the early 2000s, as Bra- doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan has heard and a healthcare plan. Claudio Aurelio worked at a enacted judicial recovery law - zil's currency grew stronger, it be- first-hand from Yazidi women and Because of his work-related in- factory in Campinas making cook- where businesses can negotiate gan to get cheaper to import goods girls once enslaved by Islamic State juries, under Brazilian law, Clau- ers and fridges. Now he is one of with creditors, usually under con- from nations such as China, affect- in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants dio thought he would have a job at thousands of Brazilians to be laid ditions of restructuring - have ing local production. in Iraq. the firm until he retired. He said off as the country goes through a grown by 55 percent. Brazil's "de-industrialisation" "They have been through hell," his salary of R$3,100 ($786) was record downturn [Sam Cowie/Al When Mabe Brasil first sought has also been pegged to bottle- he told AFP in an interview in Gene- enough to give his wife and three Jazeera] Living off donations bankruptcy protection back in necks such as the country's high va. children a reasonable quality of life. Union representatives say that 2013, it had debts amounting to interest rates, poor infrastructure Dr Kizilhan heads a project But in late December, produc- around 1,000 workers are occupy- R$400m ($101m). Today, as well and education. that has brought 1,100 women and tion at the factory stopped and ing the two factories until they re- as the workers' salaries, the firm Analysts say that unlike more girls to Germany to help heal their found themselves back in their tent in the refugee camp, the girl Claudio and his colleagues were ceive their unpaid salaries or until owes around R$20m ($5.1m) to developed economies, Brazilian deep physical and psychological deeply conservative communities dreamt ISIS fighters were outside. sent on a collective "holiday". everyone is rehired. The court-ap- suppliers and creditors. industry never reached the peak it wounds. in northern Iraq with little to no In a panic she poured gasoline over The workers had been grow- pointed administrator dealing with Capital Administradora Judi- should have, mainly due to the debt The project, run by German access to psychological help to herself and lit a match, hoping it ing increasingly suspicious. They Mabe Brasil's bankruptcy - Capi- cial, the administrator dealing with crises following the country's re- state Baden-Wurttemberg, first work through the unspeakable hor- would make her so ugly they would were aware that back in 2013, the tal Administradora Judicial - has Mabe Brasil's bankruptcy, has as- turn to democracy from a military began flying in the traumatised vic- rors they had experienced. not rape her again. firm - Mabe, a Mexican multina- submitted a plan to return to pro- sumed control of the factories and dictatorship. tims from northern Iraq last April, "These women really need Dr Kizilhan had that girl char- tional - had entered into bankrupt- duction. machines. It intends to continue "In the short term, with the and brought the last group over specialised treatment. If we don't tered out immediately for fear she cy protection and managed to reach Mabe owes around R$19m producing household appliances, current devaluation of Brazil's cur- earlier this month. help them, who will?" he asked, might not survive. She remains in an agreement with creditors but ($4.8m) in outstanding salaries. by brands Dako and Continental, rency, we can see some positives, It was in 2014 that authorities speaking on the sidelines of an in- hospital in Germany after more closed a factory in the city of Itu, Negotiations have been held but to pay off Mabe's debts and has especially in the textile industry," in Baden-Wurttemberg decided to ternational conference of human than a dozen operations, and will dismissing 1,300 workers. so far no solutions reached. submitted a request to the court said Carlos Alberto Ramos, a pro- act. rights defenders in Geneva. still need 30 more types of skin Claudio and others began "We are currently living off which is awaiting approval. fessor of economics at the Univer- At the time, ISIS militants were As Yazidis, who follow a and bone surgery. camping outside the Campinas fac- donations, help from families and "Our evaluation is that they sity of Brasilia. Last year, Brazil's making a lightning advance in unique faith despised by ISIS, the Most of the girls and women tory to make sure production the union," said Jose Carlos Tavar- [Mabe] shut the factory and dis- currency, the real, fell to its lowest northern Iraq, massacring Yazidis women raped and sometimes left in the programme were between equipment wasn't removed. es de Oliveira, 41, who has also missed the workers - some that value against the US dollar since in their villages, forcing tens of pregnant by the militants are seen 16 and 20, he said, adding that the Mabe then filed for bankrupt- worked at the plant for 19 years. have been there for five, 10, 15 its introduction in 1994. thousands to flee and kidnapping by many in their community as a oldest was in her 40s. cy at the Campinas and nearby Al Jazeera could not reach years - so they don't have to pay "In the long term, I do not have thousands of girls and women to source of dishonour. The youngest was eight. Hortolandia factories and dis- Mabe Brasil for comment. Its web- what they owe in salaries and ben- any positive expectations regard- force them into sexual slavery. Those who are shunned be- "ISIS sold her eight times dur- missed a total of 1,850 workers. site and call-centre number have efits," said Sidalino Orsi Junior, the ing Brazilian industry. It seems The United Nations has de- come impoverished and risk fall- ing the 10 months she was held Shortly after, Claudio and his col- been deactivated. The lawyer han- president of Metalworkers of that there is no way out," he con- scribed the ISIS attack on the Yazi- ing into prostitution to support hostage, and raped her hundreds leagues stormed the Campinas fac- dling Mabe's case could not be Campinas and Region, a union that cluded. di minority as a possible genocide. themselves, and a large number of times," Dr Kizilhan said, shak- tory and occupied it. They say they reached either, despite contact re- represents 90,000 metal workers After nearly 12 years of steady "It is really an urgent situa- commit suicide, Dr Kizilhan said. ing his head in disgust. are now owed three months' sala- quests made through the Brazilian across nine cities in greater Sao growth, with social and economic tion," Dr Kizilhan said, calling on "Over the last year, I have doc- "This is one of the cases I al- ry, one of which is the 13th month- Bar Association of Sao Paulo. Paulo. reforms that saw millions lifted out other countries and states to fol- umented more than 20 cases of sui- ways have in my mind." ly salary Brazilian workers are The workers say that finding "Then the administrator of poverty, Brazil's economy bare- low Baden-Wurttemberg's exam- cide, but this is surely just the tip Due to her young age, the girl entitled to. a new job, with a similar salary wants to open a new firm and re- ly grew in 2014. ple. of the iceberg," he said, adding the would likely benefit greatly from "They are trying to get out of and benefits, such as subsidised turn to production, hiring just some The Central Bank predicts The south-west German state actual number was likely closer to treatment and a new environment, paying what they owe us," he told health plans - which families could of the workers and paying lower economic growth contractions of budgeted 95 million euros to the 150. Dr Kizilhan shuddered as he he said, voicing hope that "she Al Jazeera. "Our bills are piling up. use - transport and food, in Bra- salaries with no benefits," he con- 3.6 percent and 3 percent in 2015 project and asked Dr Kizilhan and recalled the case of one girl he had could still make something of her The bank doesn't want to know zil's current economic climate is tinued. and 2016 respectfully. his team to decide which of the met in a refugee camp last August, future". that we lost our jobs, they only extremely difficult. Capital Administradora Judi- Workers occupying the victims could benefit most from who suffered burns to over 80 per It will take time though, for all care about receiving their money." Two hundred and eighty work- cial would not comment on the Campinas factory say they think the move. cent of her body. of the victims now settling in Claudio is one of thousands of ers at the Campinas factory, like workers' speculations, but in doc- that shortly, a court order to have The doctor said another 1,200 "She had no nose, no ears left," Baden-Wurttemberg. Brazilian factory workers to be laid Claudio Aurelio Bernando Pessoa, uments sent to Al Jazeera regard- police remove them from the pre- Yazidi women and girls once held he said, adding that he was even Dr Kizilhan said psychother- off as the country's industry goes have work-related injuries. This ing the occupation, mises will be ordered. by ISIS would also benefit from more shocked when he learned apy would not start for another through a record downturn. further diminishes the chance of Yazidi rape victims seek heal- Adrinano Soares do Santos, 39, similar programmes elsewhere - as what had happened to her. three to six months, for fear of re- Last year, according to the finding work, as the injuries are ing in Germany after ISIS ‘hell’ who has worked at the Campinas would the estimated 3,800 be- ISIS fighters had held the girl traumatising the women and girls Labour Ministry, 608,000 indus- noted on their worker's card and factory for 16 years, said that he lieved to remain in captivity, if and her sisters for weeks, raping who have been through hell. trial jobs were lost, the highest employers are reluctant to hire the company said: "We under- will not leave the occupation until they make it out. and torturing them, before they es- "They need the feeling of se- number since records began in them. stand the situation of workers who all the workers are rehired or the He explained that the women caped. curity. That is not easy after what 2002, with national industry con- "What will I do to look after are victims in this process, but re- factory is closed and outstanding who managed to escape from ISIS Then one night sleeping in her they have experienced." This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY . FEBRUARY 29, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES BUFFETT DISAGREES WITH US PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS ON Turkey has begun work to repair a (PKK) militants, who have waged It also highlights how inter- pipeline taking crude oil from a three-decade insurgency in Tur- twined Iraqi Kurdistan's econom- ECONOMY northern Iraq to the Mediterranean key's southeast, carried out a bomb ic woes are with the deteriorating through its restive southeast and attack on the pipeline in the Idil security in Turkey's predominant- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett aims to restore flows soon, the district of Sirnak province on Feb. ly Kurdish southeast, engulfed in said Saturday that the nation’s Turkish energy ministry said on 25. the worst violence since the 1990s economy is in better shape than Saturday. The ministry said there was after a two year-long ceasefire be- the presidential candidates make The pipeline, which has been no fire as a result of the bomb as tween the state and Kurdish mili- it seem, though businesses like his repeatedly sabotaged in recent the crude flow had already been tants collapsed last July. still face challenges. months, normally carries some stopped, but 40-inch and 46-inch Turkish security forces had In his annual letter to Berk- 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of diameter pipes were damaged. detonated explosives set at sever- shire Hathaway shareholders, Buf- crude from Iraq's autonomous "The Ministry of Energy has al points along the pipeline, the fett didn’t name specific candidates Kurdistan region and the disputed launched work to repair the dam- ministry said. Security sources or issues but noted that the nega- Kirkuk oil fields to the port of age to the oil pipeline and the se- told Reuters the devices were set tive drumbeat about the economy, Ceyhan for export. curity forces have taken necessary in the Yeni Mahalle district of Idil health care reform and income ine- Rising security threats in Tur- steps to ensure the pipeline's safe- on the border with Iraq and Syria, quality may get voters down about key's southeast mean Iraqi Kurdi- ty. We expect to restart the oil de- one of the flashpoints in the latest the future. sh exports to world markets livery soon," it said in a statement. violence. “It’s an election year, and can- through the pipeline could remain The outage, one of the longest The security sources said didates can’t stop speaking about halted for another two weeks, in the past two years, is a major around 4,000 gendarmes and spe- our country’s problems (which, of Turkish shipping and industry blow to Iraq's semi-autonomous cial force police officers had been course, only they can solve),” sources said on Friday. region which depends on revenue involved in operations to clear bar- wrote Buffett, who has endorsed The energy ministry said the from oil exports via the pipeline ricades and ditches set up by mil- ers, they said. The PKK, consid- ish state in 1984 in a conflict that ty. It has sealed off entire districts Democratic Hillary Clinton. “That pipeline was most recently sus- as it fights with Islamic State and itants in Yeni Mahalle. Drones ered a terrorist group by Turkey, has killed more than 40,000 peo- of some towns and cities in the view is dead wrong: The babies pended on Feb. 17 due to tempo- is struggling to avert economic col- were being used to locate the mili- the United States and the Europe- ple, mostly Kurds. The PKK says southeast and declared autonomy, being born in America today are rary security measures. lapse amid slumping energy pric- tants, who were then being target- an Union, launched a separatist it is fighting for autonomy for Tur- prompting the security forces to the luckiest crop in history.” Kurdistan Workers Party es. ed by military shelling and snip- armed rebellion against the Turk- key's large ethnic Kurdish minori- step up their operations. Buffett struck an optimistic tone in the wide-ranging letter, which largely focused on what con- tributed to his conglomerate’s $24 billion profit last year and dis- cussed Berkshire’s prospects for the future. The letter also touched on climate change. Buffett defended the lending practices at its mobile home unit, Clayton Homes, and Berkshire’s association with the 3G Capital investment firm. Clayton’s lending practices ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of have been questioned over the past Ports and Shipping is all set to year in stories by The Seattle start a ferry service between Kara- Times and The Center for Public chi and Gwadar from March in an Integrity that suggested the com- effort to facilitate both cargo and pany was using predatory lending passenger traffic including trips for practices. tourists. Buffett said Clayton follows The first-ever ferry service state and federal regulation and re- from the country’s industrial hub tains ownership of every mortgage to the newly developed port city it finances. He included a copy of will be inaugurated by Prime Min- a disclosure form Clayton uses to ister Nawaz Sharif in the middle inform customers about lending of next month. options. Berkshire teamed up with Pakistan Navy increases sur- 3G Capital to buy Kraft Foods and veillance at Gwadar port Heinz - and promptly announced During his visit to Gwadar in layoffs at both firms. Buffett said January, the premier had issued Berkshire has always craved effi- instructions for making arrange- ciency and tends to buy lean com- ments in this regard. panies, while 3G looks for invest- He felt the need of the service ments that need costs reduced. in order to facilitate general com- Edward Jones analyst Jim Sha- muters and tourists as well as se- nahan said Saturday the fact that curity officials and civilians who Buffett devoted space to defend- were working in Gwadar and asked ing 3G and Clayton suggests he’s the ports and shipping authorities BEIJING : U.S. Treasury Secre- through fiscal policies that sup- still hearing criticisms. Buffett has to start the facility immediately. tary Jack Lew said on Sunday that port household demand and actions addressed both topics at share- In addition to the cargo, the it was critical for China to contin- that reduce excess industrial capac- holder meetings in the past. vessel would have the capacity to ue moving toward a more market- ity. We also look forward to seeing The letter also noted that Berk- accommodate more than 400 pas- oriented exchange rate and clearly continued reforms in the financial shire shareholders will be asked sengers. communicate its actions to the sector that also strengthen finan- this year to vote on a proposal re- “The ferry will carry tourists, market. cial stability," he added. quiring the company to prepare a officials and general passengers Lew made the remarks during "It is also critical that China report on the threat climate chance between Karachi and Gwadar and a meeting with Chinese Vice Pre- continue to move toward a more poses for its insurance operation. will be faster than land transport,” mier Wang Yang in Beijing, follow- market-determined exchange rate Buffett said it’s reasonable to said an official in the Ministry of ing the G20 finance ministers' sum- and transparent exchange rate pol- worry about climate change’s ef- Ports and Shipping. “This step mit in Shanghai. icy in an orderly manner and clear- fect on the world, but it shouldn’t will largely address the trouble "As the global economy faces ly communicate its actions to the hurt insurance companies because faced by people travelling between many challenges, our open and market." policy prices are set annually based the two cities.” frank communications are more The world's top economies on that year’s risks. The ferry will take almost 13 important than ever, and we must declared on Saturday after the meet- “As a homeowner in a low- hours to reach Gwadar from Kara- continue to work together for the ing that they need to look beyond According to the official, the service is aimed at facilitating the passengers that commute between the two port lying area, you may wish to con- chi and offer healthcare services, a benefit of both of our nations," ultra-low interest rates and print- cities and the government will bear an annual subsidy of around Rs44 million on the fare. With the departure sider moving,” Buffett said. “But high-standard cafeteria and other Lew said. ing money to shake the global of the ship from Karachi Port, maritime security personnel would provide foolproof security throughout the when you are thinking only as a basic facilities. It will run three "We welcome China's efforts economy out of its torpor, while journey, he said. Gwadar residents voice concerns over CPEC benefits In the next phase, another ferry service shareholder of a major insurer, cli- days a week as well as on week- to transition to a more consump- renewing their focus on structural is expected to be launched between Karachi Port and the Port of Iran for passengers. In this regard, mate change should not be on your end. tion-driven economy, including reform to spark activity. arrangements are being made by the two sides. list of worries.”

As Venezuela grows closer to ex- barrels per day (bpd) in 2015, ished cash flow." hausting nearly every means of PDVSA may be unable to export Refinancing efforts, including paying its debt, some oil market an estimated 235,000 bpd of its a bond swap through its pension participants are seriously ponder- own heavy blends, according to fund, are making little visible ing the possible implications of an calculations based on Thomson progress. Expected dividends from unprecedented event: the default Reuters trade flows data - a dis- its U.S. unit Citgo Petroleum along of a major crude producing com- ruption that could help curb an with money coming from Russian pany. oversupplied global market. Rosneft’s (ROSN.MM) stake in- State-run firm PDVSA faces Most of the country’s estimat- crease in a joint venture would not around $5.2 billion in payments ed 2 million bpd of exports, a por- be enough to reach October with to bondholders in 2016, much of it tion of them secured against long- full pockets, a government source in October and November, a sum term loans, would likely still flow said. Some PDVSA suppliers are that some experts say it will be as PDVSA’s entire output is not already edging away. hard-pressed to meet after the gov- dependent on imports and it has A prominent trading firm has ernment used nearly all of its avail- been increasing shipments to po- recently been using local interme- able cash reserves to pay $1.5 bil- litical allies. diaries in Venezuela to secure pay- lion in maturities last week. Crude blend supplies to the ments when supplying PDVSA, A default could curtail some United States and Asia could also as selling directly or providing it of the OPEC member’s exports by be sustained if PDVSA’s partners, with even minimal credit are no crippling its ability to import crude including U.S. Chevron (CVX.N), longer options, a source said. and fuels used to blend its extra Russia’s Rosneft (ROSN.MM), PDVSA this month failed to heavy oil, experts and sources say. Spain’s Repsol (REP.MC) and award two spot tenders to buy It could also degrade the quality of China’s CNPC, step in to secure gasoline components because of domestic gasoline by limiting pur- more diluents, as PDVSA has al- high price premiums, a reflection, chases of necessary components. ready asked them to do. according to one source who par- With the risk growing and pay- Yet a default would also likely ticipated in the offer, of growing ment delays to suppliers already reduce fuel components imports, payment risks. emerging, some firms that sell to which have risen to some 85,000 To ensure its supply lines re- PDVSA have begun hedging their bpd due to growing use of cheap main open, PDVSA has signed bets by using intermediaries or high-octane gasoline and falling deals with India’s Reliance Indus- seeking higher prices, fearful they domestic production. tries (RELI.NS) and Rosneft to might never get paid, according to Venezuela was the United exchange crude by fuels. sources who deal with the firm. States’ third crude supplier last PDVSA’s close ties with "A possible PDVSA default is year and Latin America’s sixth-larg- CNPC and PetroChina Co worrying for everybody," a source est buyer of U.S. fuels. (601857.SS) could also guarantee from a U.S. oil company that buys Digging out of debt some imports, but those could still from PDVSA told Reuters. And if While PDVSA’s pending be not enough to secure all barrels they scrape together enough funds fourth-quarter debt payments of needed, traders said. to pay off bondholders, "they will some $3.3 billion appear beyond Legal resources not be able to pay suppliers." its means, a default is far from a Even though any legal re- The implications of a default certainty, and its president Eulo- sponse to a default would have to for global oil supplies swamped gio Del Pino said this week it is pass through an external court to by the biggest glut in decades are taking all measures to avoid it. target PDVSA’s assets, clauses in- difficult to divine, but experts are Even so, short of a sudden, cluded in bond contracts make the account in New York. It was done PDVSA has taken steps re- PDVSA sales could also be pro- get rid of all Citgo’s operations to closely watching the deteriorating unexpected recovery in crude pric- company more exposed than the through an extraordinary legal re- cently to protect itself, including tected if it delivers at its ports un- protect the company against po- finances of exporters for anything es, asset sales, new loans or refi- country to any actions taken by source called ‘Mareva injunction’ moving the accounts that collect der prepayment agreements, so tential efforts to seize assets, ac- that could jolt markets. nancing agreements, the odds look creditors to claim owed money, that surprised Venezuela. money from its exports to China’s cargoes are owned by the buyer cording to a document seen by Re- "Of course, Venezuela is at the long, said Benjamin Ramsey from according to lawyers and experts. Even though the injunction was CITIC Bank when leaving Venezuela, lawyers uters. top of the list," Daniel Yergin, vice JP Morgan. Amid ongoing arbitration cas- later overturned, that case and oth- (601998.SS) from Banco Es- said. But even though the U.S. unit chairman of analysis firm IHS, told While not yet calling for a cred- es, oil giant ExxonMobil (XOM.N) ers that followed have exposed pirito Santo (BESN.D). After selling facilities in Ger- was offered for sale, the attempt Reuters last week. it event in Venezuela, a JP Morgan was granted court orders in 2008 PDVSA’s bank accounts, tankers, Getting a court order to freeze many, the Caribbean and the Unit- was abandoned in 2015 after Ven- Without imports of light report said PDVSA’s best inten- that temporarily froze up to $12 cargoes and external terminals and an account in China would be more ed States, PDVSA’s former presi- ezuela asked it to raise $2.5 billion crudes and diluents like naphtha tions "cannot nonetheless trump billion in PDVSA’s overseas assets refineries to the legal power of cred- difficult than acquiring access to dent, Rafael Ramirez, recommend- in loans and bonds on PDVSA’s that have rose to some 110,000 the cold, hard realities of dimin- and $315 million in a joint bank itors. those in the United States. Some ed the government in 2014 to also behalf. 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Bachchan by Gayle MUMBAI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured when West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle presented him with an au- tographed bat as a gift. The actor said he was in awe of the reach of Malaysian make-up artist Saraswati, uses her collection of hijabs and Indian cinema and that finding a make-up (heaps of it, to be precise) to transform herself into Disney fan in Gayle came as a “revelation” princesses. Saraswati posts her transformations on Instagram under the to him. handle, Queenofluna. With nearly 52,000 followers on Instagram, we’d The 73-year-old Bachchan say she’s caught the public’s eye with her stunning metamorphosis. took to various social media plat- But Saraswati doesn’t limit herself to just Disney princesses. She does forms in order to express his hap- comic book characters and even does her own take on “twisted” Disney piness over receiving the token of princesses. love from an international sensation. “Mr Chris Gayle…What an honour,” he tweeted. “I never knew you would know me and am so humbled. We are all great fans of yours. I mean, Chris Gayle, a fan of Hindi mov- ies and presents me a golden bat autographed. I mean, this is a rev- elation!” Bachchan also shared his grat- itude on his Facebook page. “Chris Gayle, the phenomenal cricketer from West Indies sent me a bat autographed!” posted the Paa star. “Amazing… I never knew he was such a fan of our films. Humbled and overwhelmed.” Gayle — who also plays as part of the Indian Premiere League As catwalk stars criss-cross the (IPL) — proclaimed himself to be globe for fashion week season, modelling agencies are increasing- ly using social media worldwide to scout out their new faces, to the alarm of some. Leading agencies such as IMG, Elite and Nevs and fashion houses including Marc Jacobs have all tak- en to sites such as photo-sharing service Instagram to recruit mod- els, revolutionising the business. Kate Moss was famously a big fan of the Bollywood ‘She- scouted while waiting for a flight henshah,’ who has regaled film in New York, while Naomi Camp- buffs for over four decades. bell was out shopping in south “Proud to gift my Spartan bat to a London when she got a tap on the legend @srbachchan. Love his shoulder, but a move online ap- movies and his style…legend. pears to be heralding an end to such Thanks @spartancricket,” Gayle chance encounters… and casting tweeted in response. After Big B studios. responded, Gayle said, “See you IMG’s campaign “We Love soon in India.” Your Genes“, in which aspiring catwalk stars are invited to post pictures on Instagram, has attract- If you’re wondering what this talented make-up artist looks like with- ed over 100,000 followers and led BOLLYWOOD HAS out her heavy contouring and face paint, here she is: to the agency signing up models from “around the globe”. HELPED BOOST “There’s no need to wait to get discovered at your local mall, WORK AND TALENT or in an airport, in the age of Insta- gram,” IMG tells potential mod- REACH, SAYS els on its website. “We’ve signed girls from SHAFQAT AMANAT around the globe — sisters, friends, friends of friends, and friends of ALI friends of other friends — and you’re on our radar,” it said. Pakistani classical singer Shafqat IMG vice president David Amanat Ali has become a force to Cunningham told Fashionista mag- be reckoned with on both sides of azine that social media had “abso- the border, but he admits that it lutely changed” the model agency was Bollywood that gave him the business, slim-lining the recruit- boost he needed. ment process and reducing the fear “Bollywood helps your work, factor for girls nervous about meet- and talent, reach places where there ing agents face-to-face. Kamaal Rashid Khan aka KRK has 130 crore people of India also try HA! Ok I will come to learn from is a huge following for Hindi and “Instagram allows us to see been uttering nonsense for a while very hard to tell you to stop act- you soon because you Urdu work. I always receive com- potential models’ natural beauty now and this time his target is none ing but you keep doing films to @S1dharthM are educated from pliments for my songs like Yeh in their everyday lives. They no other than Bollywood rumoured harass them.” Delhi idea institute.” Honsla, Bin Tere, Tu Hi Mera and longer have to spend lots of mon- couple Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Here’s how Fawad and Alia He further tried to clear the air Teri Jhuki Nazar. People remem- ey on photo shoots or portfoli- Bhatt. celebrated Sidharth’s birthday by saying things are fine between ber them,” said the singer in an in- os,” said IMG colleague Jeni Rose. The Student Of The Year stars Without wasting any further him and the Brothers actor but we terview with Hindustan Times. ADELE EXTENDS SUPPORT US fashion giant Marc Jacobs recently spiced up the cover of time, Sid tried to end the spat by guess it’s just one-sided as Sid Shafqat lent vocals for song posted a casting call for its Spring/ Vogue India. The actors took to suggesting what KRK actually clearly showed no interest in re- Yaari, in Sanam Saeed, Mohib Mir- TO KESHA AT BRIT AWARDS Summer 2015 campaign on Insta- Twitter to share the hot photo needs to do in his life. “I think you sponding: Earlier, Sonam Kapoor za starrer Bachaana, which is a gram, which was won by Sin- shoot in which they are photo- need English reading classes sir, as and Sonakshi Sinha slammed KRK cross border project between In- Singer Adele, who bagged four wins Instagram to tell fans that they are gaporean Nadia Rahmat. graphed wearing swimwear, and you didn’t read and understand my for passing derogatory comments at the BRIT Awards here, is the on Kesha's side. Both stars also She told AFP that social me- dia and Pakistan. He shared that guess what? KRK couldn’t take previous tweet!,” said the actor. about them but we guess Alia the song has been composed by an latest addition to the list of celeb- thanked Lena Dunham, who re- dia was opening doors for models his prying eyes off it! But it didn’t help! KRK re- doesn’t need to play solo with him rities who supported Kesha. cently penned an essay about the in locations previously off the Who sizzled and who fizzled: sponded saying: “HAHAHAHA- as she has got her back! During her acceptance speech "Crazy Kids" singer's legal battle. fashion map. Alia, Sidharth vs Alia, Varun at the awards ceremony, the "Hel- “Social media has broken com- In a desperate attempt to seek lo" hitmaker declared that she sup- munication barriers that were pre- attention as usual, he made a de- Shocking! Anushka avoiding ported the "Tik Tok" singer, who viously almost impossible to get rogatory comment about Alia’s is in the midst of a legal battle around,” Rahmat said. pose. The tweet, which has now against Sony and music producer “I don’t think I would have been deleted read: “Alia looks so everything related to Virat Dr. Luke, the man she accused of received the opportunity if not for bacchi in panty but still some peo- sexual assault, reports social media. It is a revolutionary ple keep forcing her to wear it.” Ever since Anushka Sharma and aceshowbiz.com. platform.” Furious twitteratis took to Virat Kohli split, the actress has Adele, who accepted her tro- But some are concerned that been preferring to maintain a dig- Indian and written by a Pakistani. phy for Best British Female Solo, Twitter to give KRK a reality nified silence. At a recent endorse- encouraging adolescent girls to check once again: Although many a times polit- said: "I'd like to take this moment post selfies online could expose ment event, when the cricketer was ical controversies spur up between to publicly support Kesha. Thank ‘Kapoor and Sons’ trailer is out asked about the parting of ways, them to the darker forces of the and Fawad Khan will melt your the bordering nations, Shafqat feels you very much." Internet. he had quipped that he was not The 27-year-old singer's show heart here to talk about anyone's per- that “such things happen because “I am aware model agents rou- But little did the Deshdrohi the people who cause disruption of support came after she thanked tinely trawl social media to find sonal life. There has also been buzz actor know that Sid himself will that Virat was apparently trying are paid [to do so]. Those who ruin her "management and my record new girls and my big concern is react strongly over the nasty re- peace are nobody’s friends. We label for embracing the fact that that proper regard must be taken to send feelers for a patch up. Now mark about his Kapoor & Sons co- the latest is that Anushka does not should ignore them, and keep pro- I'm a woman and being encouraged to age,” British MP Caroline star. moting harmony.” by it." Noakes, chairman of a parliamen- want any conversation around her He came to Alia’s rescue ex flame. She even prefers to not The singer has come a long way Besides Adele, there are two tary group on body image, told saying:“Sir! We also try very hard watch cricket matches. The actress other female celebrities who AFP. “I am really worried that from where he first started and he to tell you to shut up but you keep starts the shoot for her home pro- attributes that to close proximity showed their support for Kesha, whilst we have a requirement that tweeting! @kamaalrkhan”. duction, Phillauri, next month and whose request to be released from young people between 16-18 must of fame. her contract with the producer was The retaliation led to a banter that will keep her super busy as “I have learnt a lot. Populari- be in education or training, this she is both actress and producer recently turned down by a judge. between the duo as KRK reverted ty was always at close quarters,” appears to be disregarded in the by saying: “Sir Ji @S1dharthM for the project. Actresses Anne Hathaway fashion industry. he said. and Reese Witherspoon took to This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. 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Stephen Curry stuns OKC with buzzer-beater, ties record with Since winning the second season referee Herb Dean for help, Bisp- 12 3-pointers of "The Ultimate Fighter" in 2006 ing left himself wide open. Silva as an undersized light heavy- attacked with a flying knee, almost We have never seen anything like weight, Michael “The Count” knocking Bisping out in the pro- Stephen Curry before, and Satur- Bisping told anyone who would cess. The bell sounded, and Silva day night reminded us we should listen that he was the man to beat ran atop the Octagon in celebra- all thank our lucky stars that we Anderson Silva. tion thinking he had won. He have the ability to watch him near- Well, it took a decade, and hadn’t, and the fight continued. ly nightly while he’s healthy and some unforeseen bumps in the Rounds 4 and 5 showed Bisp- spry. road, but on Saturday, in front of ing’s grit and determination, as he Curry returned from a fright- his hometown faithful at the O2 peppered Silva with jabs and leg ening sprained left ankle in the third Arena in London, England, “The kicks, pinning his opponent quarter to put up 31 points after Count” finally got the victory he against the cage. Silva often looked injury and 46 overall as Golden sought most. complacent, dropping his hands, State finished off a dominant road Bisping won a razor-close in his now-signature displays of trip with a 121-118 victory over unanimous decision over the casualness. Perhaps he was look- Oklahoma City. Curry, who suf- former middleweight champion, ing for that one big punch or kick, fered from numerous ankle inju- Silva, by the scores of 48-47, 48- but it never came. ries early in his career, hit a game- 47, 48-47. When the final bell Visibly defeated and upset by winning 3-pointer in overtime from sounded, “The Spider” looked to the decision, the 40-year-old Silva 32 feet away. be the fresher fighter. Bisping’s thanked his fans for all the years That’s eight feet behind the 3- face was bloodied and battered, of support. point line, as the splash tied an while Silva had a small scratch un- “I need to say thank you for NBA record for 3-pointers in a der his eye. everything,” he said, via transla- game (with 12), all in a game that To his credit, Bisping never let tor. “Thank you to the people who saw him break his own mark for 3- the blood or the vicious onslaught come here to watch the fight. pointers in a season. from Silva deter him. He showed Thank you for helping me.” The reigning MVP now has an incredible amount of heart, en When asked about the deci- 288 3-pointers in a season. We route to the biggest victory of his sion, Silva offered only this: “What should also remind that this game career. can you do man? You saw the fight. was played on Feb. 27, and Curry “This means so much to me, I I thought it went differently. The wrapped up last season’s record don’t know what to say,” Bisping mission was given, and I thought in mid-April. said. “I’m [expletive] crying.” the mission was completed but I The Warriors had every right Turning to his fellow country- guess not.” to be out of this game. The team men and women, Bisping contin- A mission lost for Anderson hasn’t played at home since Feb. ued showing his emotions. Silva, and one step closer to a ca- 9, and the nationally televised pair- “All I know is I wanted this reer mission for Michael Bisping. ing with the Thunder marked the fight my entire life," Bisping said. seventh and final game of a long "Because of you guys, you give road trip for a squad that has me the power. I’m just a guy from played more road contests than a very normal background.” Boozer rallies to win Wawrinka wins Dubai title in any other so far this season. The Bisping spent 10 years and 24 Thunder raced out to a 19-5 lead fights in the world’s premier fight- in the first quarter, looking to add ing organization, and at 36 years Sensational Star at straight sets over Baghdatis a sixth loss to Golden State’s led- old, is widely regarded as the best ger as the Warriors (now 53-5) fighter to never fight for a UFC Santa Anita chase down Chicago’s 20-year old title. Anytime he would get close, record for wins in a season. an ill-timed defeat would clip any Boozer rallied from third with a quarter-mile to go to win the $100,000 That 72-10 Bulls team never momentum. On Saturday night, he Sensational Star Stakes for older horses by a head Saturday at Santa had to face anything like Curry, didn’t get to fight for UFC gold, Anita. though, as the MVP nailed 12 of but he may have earned something Ridden by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, Boozer ran 6 1/2 furlongs 16 from deep and 14 of 24 overall, better: he beat an all-time great. on the downhill turf course in 1:13.03 and paid $14, $6.60 and $2.40 for while adding six assists. Standout And despite any pre-fight trainer Mark Glatt. performances from Klay Thomp- venom that may have been tossed Richard's Boy returned $11.60 and $7, while Forest Chatter was son (31 points, several key defen- around by Bisping, he made it very another length back in third and paid $3 to show as the 8-5 favorite. It sive plays) and Draymond Green clear, Anderson Silva is a man to was Forest Chatter's first lost in six races on the track's turf course after (versatile defense, with 14 re- be respected. he had been off since Nov. 22. bounds, 14 assists, six steals and “Things were said between me It was Boozer's fourth win in eight races on the turf course. four blocks) also aided in the War- and Anderson... I worship this ''When we got to the top of the hill before the race he was on his riors' comeback. guy,” he said. “He is the greatest toes. He was dancin' and prancin' around,'' Stevens said. ''He went to the Oklahoma City’s Kevin Du- martial arts fighter of all-time. gate very aggressive.'' rant added 37 points, 12 rebounds That’s why I’m so emotional right The victory, worth $60,000, increased Boozer's career earnings to and five assists prior to fouling out now. This is a lifelong quest. $463,192, with six wins in 20 starts. in overtime, while Russell West- “Anderson, I know I’ve said brook came through with 26 things, the respect I have for you, points, seven rebounds and 12 as- you cannot measure. You inspired sists, but it wasn’t enough. Noth- me. When I started, I was a young, ing ever seems to be against Gold- cocky kid saying [expletive] I re- en State. gret, and the whole time I was look- Despite the hot start, Thun- ing at this guy thinking, ‘Wow, I der turnovers and strong bench want to be like that guy.’ Ander- play helped Golden State make a son, thank you.” game of it by halftime. The teams Don’t let the post-fight pleas- were trading baskets with OKC up antries fool you: this was a brutal 57-52 with 10 1/2 minutes left in fight. the third when Curry appeared to After spending more than a badly sprain his left ankle on a year away from the sport due to a fruitless fast break. Worse, West- pair of failed drug tests, Silva was brook inadvertently stepped on looking for redemption. Round 1 Curry’s ankle right after the twist. was slow, with plenty of respect Curry, who struggled through sev- being shown between the two vet- eral ankle sprains and a right ankle erans. Near the end of the first, a surgery in his first few seasons, flurry was exchanged between the stayed on the ground and called two, and both Bisping and Silva for an intentional foul to pause suffered damage. Silva took the play before heading to the locker brunt of the exchange and tried to Stan Wawrinka won the battle of month and has won the last nine sixth-seed Feliciano Lopez. ''I room. embrace Bisping in a hug after the the 30-year-olds by defeating finals he's played, including the didn't win the tournament this Emerging with a retaped ankle round ended, but Bisping pushed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 2014 Australian Open and 2015 week but I won a lot more, I won after missing just five minutes of him back, denying the legend. 7-6 (13) to win the Dubai Tennis French Open. He last lost a final my confidence back,'' Baghdatis game time (with the Thunder hav- The proverbial gloves were Championships title Saturday. in 2013. ''There is no explanation,'' said. ''I'm happy I'm back and play- ing added just a single point to off, and the action picked up soon Wawrinka, the second-seed Wawrinka replied when asked why ing this kind of tennis now.'' their lead), Curry started to warm after. who came to Dubai as a solo act he wins so many finals. ''I know Wawrinka, who has beaten Bagh- up by adding 11 points before the Bisping’s best moment came without his coach, had been two that the more I win matches in the datis all six times they've played, end of the third. Oklahoma City at the conclusion of Round 2, when points from defeat in the first same week, the more confidence I broke serve on a fifth set point in kept the Warriors at arm’s length he leveled Silva with a short left round to Sergiy Stakhovsky of get. I know normally when I get the 10th game to close out the first for most of that period and the hook, sending the Brazilian crash- Ukraine. ''It's an amazing end of some finals that I play my best set. Baghdatis double-faulted three fourth, though the Thunder added ing to the mat. It briefly looked as week for sure.'' Wawrinka said. tennis.'' times in that game, including the just another point to their lead if Silva was on the verge of defeat, This is the third time that Wawrin- Baghdatis, who was unseed- final point. There were no break when the MVP took a rest mid- but he collected himself well ka has played in Dubai. In his pre- ed, has now lost his last seven fi- points in the 12 games of the sec- way through the fourth quarter. enough to survive the final sec- vious two visits, the Swiss never nals. Nevertheless, the 2006 Aus- ond set. Wawrinka initially led 4-1 The Warriors were clearly onds. won a match. tralian Open finalist was encour- in the tiebreaker, and saved four tired, unable to corral momentum With seconds left in the third, The victory is Wawrinka's sec- aged by his showing in Dubai, beat- set points to win on his fourth on cuts that usually result in easy controversy struck when Bisping ond title of the year. He won a ing fourth-seed Roberto Bautista match point on a Bagdhatis back- layups, but Oklahoma City just lost his mouth guard. Looking to third consecutive Chennai title last Agut, fifth-seed Viktor Troicki and hand error. could not capitalize. Six turnovers in the second quarter (with 22 over- all; Durant and Westbrook com- Can the new boss A former Wall Street analyst just set a bined for 12) and nine missed free throws helped mitigate an astound- ing 30-rebound advantage for the Thunder. of FIFA clean up the new world hour record in cycling By the time Durant hit a three American Evelyn Stevens set a power numbers, measured in Her trained a former world normally open air, but it was cov- to put Oklahoma City up 103-99 new world hour record in cycling. watts, were "huge." hour-record holder, Rohan Dennis ered temporarily for this event. with 14 seconds left, though, beautiful game? She rode a distance of 47.980 At five-foot-six and 120 of Australia. Built in 1983, it features a things seemed wrapped up. Klay Thompson hit a quick layup fol- The new president of the world intended to make the organisation kilometers (29.81 miles) in one hour pounds, she's compact and very Before the event started, she 333.3-meter (1,093.5-foot) banked at the 7-11 Velodrome in Colorado powerful. bowed her head for the national track for cycling on a cement sur- lowing a timeout, but with OKC governing body has promised to more transparent, professional and inbounding the ball to Durant (an take football forward. accountable. Springs, Colorado. She was beaming after setting anthem. face. She beat the previous record the new world record: This is Stevens on the very It's at about 6,000 feet above 89 percent free-throw shooter) of 46.882 kilometers (29.13 miles) "It's not common that you get first lap. After getting up to speed, sea level and is climate-controlled. prior to an expected intentional set January 22 by Australian Bri- the chance to set a new World she got set into her aero tuck. All of which made for just foul, Golden State seemed set for die O'Donnell in Adelaide, Austra- Record ... I just want to celebrate The velodrome she raced on is about ideal conditions for Stevens. its sixth loss in 59 games. lia. with everyone now!" Stevens said, The Warriors did not foul, A California native, Stevens according to the International Cy- however, trapping Durant and forc- rides for the Dutch-based Boels cling Union (UCI), the sport's gov- ing him into a long cross-court pass Dolmans Cycling Team. erning body. that Klay Thompson tipped. "It couldn't have been a more For a time, the related hashtag Draymond Green chased down and perfect day," Stevens said after her #UCIHourRecord trended world- dove for the loose ball, sending it ride. "Awesome." wide on Twitter, race announcers to Thompson, who proceeded to 'One in 10 million talent' said. do just about everything wrong: Stevens' first coach, Matthew "I would like to congratulate Klay declined to call a timeout and Koschara, told Business Insider in 'Evie' on her achievement," UCI looked off an open Stephen Curry 2014 he was not surprised by her President Brian Cookson added. in order to pass ahead to Andre success. "Bridie O'Donnell's record stood Iguodala. The 2015 Finals MVP He said she is a "one in 10 mil- for five weeks and we have already then decided to take a shot that is lion" talent. seen two attempts this year de- hardly in his repertoire with less Gianni Infantino says: "We The new president should face than a second remaining – a 20- will restore the image and respect much closer scrutiny than Blatter "She has the right appetite, spite only being in February. physiologically and psychological- Stevens was all smiles when foot jumper with Kevin Durant of FIFA and everyone in the world did. He'll have less influence over closing out. will be proud of us." the day-to-day management of ly," Koschara said. "She's old she entered the velodrome. school, she's hard core — she's a She looked very at ease, and Durant fouled Iguodala, Following controversy, cor- business affairs and for the first though, sending him to the line as ruption scandals, arrests and sack- time, the president's salary will be fighter." confident. He pointed to Stevens' remark- Her coach, Neal Henderson, is the buzzer sounded. Iguodala, a 61 ings, Infantino succeeds Sepp Blat- published. percent free-throw shooter who ter as president of FIFA. So, as a new era kicks off, can able power-to-weight ratio, and an expert when it comes to the hour although he would not reveal stats record. has been the target of Hack-a-Dre FIFA's Congress of delegates Infantino make the changes de- intentional fouls both this season from around the world also over- manded by many across the foot- from the time he coached Stevens, He and Stevens started train- he said her three- and 10-minute ing seriously in November. and last, calmly nailed both to whelmingly passed a set of reforms ball world? send the game to overtime. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. MONDAY. 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