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By Farhad Naibkhel Hadith, those who make difficult soil from any sort of aggression is otherwise, at the future they the live of people, closing ways called Jihad, where security forc- would pay 20 times more com- KABUL: The ongoing fighting of and harassing them, is not called es are doing this.” Pointing toward pensation as much as they did the Taliban insurgents is not Ji- Jihad. “Currently, not only peo- rifts among the National Unity with us.” He added that “we don’t had at all, and they (Taliban) ple’s live have become difficult, Government (NUG) leaders, seek enmity with any country,” should not be tempted through but their massacre is going on, Sayyaf called on the both leaders but at the same time he asked all fake fatwa’s, a powerful ex-Jihaid thus they (militants) by practic- to end tensions. He added that we the neighboring countries not to leader said on Monday. ing this evil designs should not call are not in view for the collapse of misuse from current weakness and During commemorating the this as Jihad,” he added. He fur- the current system, but he warned challenges. Praising the interna- 25th anniversary of Mujahedeen ther went on saying, killing of in- that “if internal rifts not resolved tional community’s donation and victory, Jihadi leader, Abdul Rab nocent people, women and chil- the nation would be sinking in it.” support, Sayyaf asked them to Rassoul Sayyaf called on the Tal- dren is forbidden in Islam. “Not- “NUG leaders have to revise over pressurize insurgents and their iban insurgents not to be seduced ing this, the Taliban insurgents their cadre. Afghanistan has able- links to come to the table of nego- by fake fatwa’s. He urged them to have to end such atrocity, or at bodied figures to defend this coun- tiations with the government. He AT News Report stop fighting against innocent Af- least not called their irrational war try,” he insisted. The ex-Jihadi furthered, “if there is no intention ghan masses. “Insurgents must not as Jihad.” “If committing suicide leaders also criticized the neigh- among international community be seduced by Mufti’s and those through putting explosive vest boring countries for their interfer- over pressurizing militants, then KABUL: Chief Executive Officer who gives document of paradise was the right way, why any Muf- ban insurgents not to be seduced ghan security forces, as they are ences in the country and also for they should equip the Afghan se- (CEO) on Monday during the cab- to them. This war of the Taliban ti’s—‘who give this act legitima- by fake fatwas, and join the Af- waging war against salve and for- supporting to the Taliban insur- curity forces with modern and inet council meeting said that Tal- insurgents is not Jihad, it is a to- cy’ have not been carrying out ghan-owned and Afghan-lead eigners,” he said, adding that se- gents. “Neighboring countries heavy weapons, aimed at chasing iban recently announced spring tally astray,” Sayyaf said. He add- suicide attack,” he asked. peace and reconciliation process. curity forces are doing Jihad at real must not misuse our weakness them (militants) across the coun- offensive, but they will fail this ed that according to Islam and Moreover, he urged the Tali- “We support our brave Af- scene. He added, “Defending their through supporting our enemies; try.” year again. Taliban and other re- lated terrorist groups annually accelerate their insurgency activi- ties within the country on spring season and usually Taliban an- nounce their spring offensive and assign goals, but in the past de- cade they failed to gain the objec- tive. As experienced Taliban by announcing spring offensive only have targeted schools, mosques, public areas and highways, where mostly killed innocent Afghans including women and children The first group of HIA prisoners was expected to be set free t, but it was delayed due to some concerns. across the country. “Taliban will be failure as past years at the cur- KABUL : The government on on Monday morning. Dr. Nadir Qarib Rahman Saeed, told Pajhwok rent year,” said CEO Abdullah Monday postponed a planned cer- Afghan, member of HIA media Afghan News that until the issue Abdullah. He said that this is not emony for the release of the first group, told Pajhwok Afghan News of releasing 69 prisoners was not the first time that Taliban an- group of prisoners belonging to the the release of 68 prisoners had been resolved, the group would suspend nounce offensive against the Af- Hezb-i-islami Afghanistan (HIA promised with them and the HIA negations with the government. ghan people. They have an- for unknown reasons. The first rejected the release of 55 prison- Ahmad Farzan, a spokesperson for nounced often spring offensive in group of HIA prisoners was ex- ers instead of 68. Nadir said the the joint government-HIA agree- the past years and killed innocent pected to be set free t, but it was president had signed the decree ment implementation commission, Afghans. Spring offensive an- delayed due to some concerns. An ordering the release of 55 prison- confirmed the president had ap- nouncement by Taliban is against HIA delegation and media report- ers, something against the agree- proved the release of 55 HIA pris- the will of the Afghan people and They also called for the with- ers went to the Pul-i-Charkhi pris- ment signed between the HIA and oners. can only serve the foreign inter- drawal of the US troops from Af- on on eastern outskirts of Kabul the government. He hoped the government would ests on the Afghan soil, he added. ghanistan. to attend the release ceremony of “The HIA executive council will fully implement the peace agree- Announcement of summer The party officials con- HIA prisoners, but the ceremony take a final decision in this regard,” ment’s article 11, relating to release offensive by Taliban is a sign that demned the US bombardment in was postponed at the last minute Nadir said. HIA spokesperson, of prisoners. (Pajhwok) they still believe in war and have Achin, saying Washington should no intentions for peace, he claimed. target the terrorists’ strongholds I would like to assure our peo- in Pakistan. ple that their heroic security forc- They also said that the US Security forces es won’t only protect them but, should clarify the timeline of its destroy their enemies as well as presence in Afghanistan, adding re-take Ghormach will foster ways to reach to peace. that the unclear presence would Meanwhile pointing to the provide opportunity for the Rus- after heavy clash hosting of delegation of Pakistan sians and other countries’ inter- KABUL : A number of Wolesi Jir- (ANA) base in northern Balkh Parliament yesterday, CEO said ference in the country. ga or lower house members on province. that we have discussed the im- They urged that Afghans want Monday criticized the suggestion The April 21 attack left 135 provement of mutual respect and peace and the US and Russia of appointing two top military soldiers dead and 70 others wound- relations. Harakat-e-Inqelab-e-Islami (Movement for Islamic Revolution), a should not turn Afghanistan into officials who recently resigned as ed on the Shaheen Military Corps former jihadi party asked the government to discredit the bilateral their battlefield. ambassadors. base in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital security agreement with the United States. They also called for the Loya On the other hand, the law- of Balkh. Some reports claim the US w elcom es Jirga (Grand Assembly), saying it makers said the government’s se- Ministry of Foreign Affairs AT News Report est non-nuclear bomb in Nangar- would be the only body to solve curity strategy had been unsuc- (MoFA) has suggested the govern- return of har’s Achin district. the current problems. cessful and asked the government ment to appoint the two former KABUL: Harakat-e-Inqelab-e-Is- The party officials in a meet- They said that President to come with an effective military officials as ambassadors to Jordan Afghan security forces Hekmatyar Ghani should resign because he is lami (Movement for Islamic Rev- ing declared support to former strategy. and Kazakhstan. Abdullah Mo- Afghan security forces managed to olution), a former jihadi party on president Hamid Karzai’s stance unable to struggle for peace. AT News Report Defense Minister Gen. Abdul- hammadi, a lawmaker from Saman- reclaim Ghormach district in Monday asked the government to against the US aerial attack, say- They also welcomed the lah Habibi and Chief of Army Staff gan province, told today’s session peace agreement with Gulbuddin northern Faryab province on Mon- discredit the bilateral security ing that the current government Gen. Qadam Shah Shahim had re- that there was no need for priori- day after a three-hour battle with KABUL: The United States wel- agreement with the United States has distanced from the people and Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e- cently resigned after a deadly at- tizing the suggestion. Islami Afghanistan. the Taliban. Local officials said comed the Government of Na- after the latter dropped the larg- cannot solve the problems. tack on an Afghan National Army (Pajhwok) dozens of insurgents launched an tional Unity’s steps to fulfill its attack on the center of Ghormach obligations in implementing the at about 4am local time. Abdul peace agreement signed with the Qahar Aaram, head of the 209 representatives of Hizb-e-Islami Shaheen Army Corps’ media de- Afghanistan (HIA) led by Gulbud- partment in Balkh said security din Hekmatyar, said a statement forces were able to drive back the issued by US Embassy to Kabul. insurgents. “The insurgents were The statement said that con- driven back after three hours,” he tinued, successful progress to- said. However, he did not provide wards this vital goal was most re- further details about the attack nor cently demonstrated by the return about casualties among either se- of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to Af- curity forces or insurgents. This ghanistan. We consider this step comes after Taliban insurgents an- clear evidence of the Afghan Gov- nounced the launch of their spring ernment’s commitment to restor- offensive on Friday. ing peace and stability in Afghan- KABUL: Preventing the Taliban for Afghan security forces, says a for Afghanistan Reconstruction high. Conflict-related casualties projects had been hindered by cor- Already they have increased istan, which will ultimately bene- and other militants from expand- US federal watchdog. In a quarter- (SIGAR) said casualties among had hit an all-time high, with the ruption among Afghan nationals attacks in the country, particularly fit the Afghan people, added ing their control of the country- ly report on Monday, the Office Afghan forces in the war against Taliban still controlling a third of and US contractors, it added. The in Badakhshan, Baghlan and statement. It is evident ...P2 side will continue to be a challenge of the Special Inspector General the insurgents were shockingly the country, where reconstruction report said American ..P2 Faryab. (TOLONews) TUESDAY . MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Can Trum p bo m b Afghan istan an d fight ISIS w itho ut co n gress?

sador to Kabul added. journalists like you.” Afterwards, advisor to First Related to the workshop, Jaw- Lady Office Zuhra Yousuf spoke zjan female journalists association and praised Shafiqa Habibi and director and one of participants of Finnish female trainers for provid- the workshop Fatima Nik Rasoul ing training facility to Afghan fe- said, “I think holding such work- male journalists, adding that female shops is very good and valuable journalists in Afghanistan can be a for Afghan journalists because fe- big achievement in the country. male journalists receive new and Founder and head of Afghan fe- important issues and I promise to male journalists association hold such workshop in my prov- A five-day training workshop ti- journalists association and Finn- Shafiqa Habibi said, “Journalistic ince for female journalists.” tled ‘let’s learn together’was held ish trainers and attended by Af- and photo journalism-related Making CV, marketing how to by Afghan Female Journalists As- ghan female journalists coming training workshops have been held become a good mentor, writing sociation and Finnish female train- from various provinces.” Based on by Finnish female mentors and editorial, video editing, safety in ers from April 22 – 26 in Kabul recent reports, female journalists Afghan female journalists associa- work area and other important is- and attended by government and have increased recently in Afghan- tion for the last nine years in Kab- sues were taught by Afghan and private media organizations’ jour- istan. “2016 was the most bloodi- ul where dozens of female journal- Finnish trainers. Participants in the nalists from 17 provinces. est year for Afghan journalists as ists have received professional workshop have received certifi- Finnish ambassador to Kabul 13 journalists have lost their lives trainings and now working in var- cates distributed by head of Af- Afghan security personnel in Jalalabad this m onth. Noorullah Shirzada/ AFP/ Getty Im ages Anne Meskanen while visiting the during the past one year in Afghan- ious media organizations. I have ghan female journalists association workshop said, “I’ve been the istan, where Taliban are trying to never thought that we could find Shafiqa Habibi and the Finnish Finnish ambassador to Kabul for control the country’s media and nearly 450 members who are work- trainer. Meanwhile, a number of U.S. presidents since World War and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars tions or persons.“ the last two years and it has been journalists, but Afghan brave jour- ing voluntarily in 17 provinces of Afghan female journalists will soon II have asserted more and more following 9/11. President Barack Obama re- my fourth time taking part in the nalists have not stopped their jour- the country and I am very happy pay a visit to Finland for further power, especially when it comes Military action without con- lied on the same legal authority to workshop held by Afghan female nalistic work,” the Finnish ambas- that we have now professional training. (The Kabul Times) to using military force. gressional approval launch strikes against ISIS. ”Un- President Trump recently The constitution is not the der domestic law, and international dropped the “mother of all bombs” only legal authority governing war law, the United States is at war in Afghanistan without seeking powers. In 1973, Congress passed with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and ICC to congressional approval. The attack the War Powers Resolution in an their associated forces,” Obama Casualties am o n g Afghan on ISIS tunnels followed the bomb- attempt to reassert its authority explained. “We are at war with an address ing of a Syrian airfield earlier in the to declare war. The resolution states organization that right now would fo rces sho ckin gly high: SIGAR month. that the president must, in every kill as many Americans as they Afghan President’s war powers possible instance, “consult with could if we did not stop them first. ...P1 taxpayers had paid $48 mil- back control of the lost territory. number ever recorded for that Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 Congress before introducing So, this is a just war — a war waged lion in the last year alone to fund "A dangerous and stubborn insur- month by the UN." The war-torn of the U.S. constitution grants United States Armed Forces into proportionally, in last resort, and merchants’ ammunition for Afghan security gency controls or exerts influence country continued producing a Congress the power to declare war. hostilities or into situations where in self-defense.” personnel, in addition to $32.3 bil- over areas holding about a third of massive amount of opium, giving Meanwhile, the president is autho- imminent involvement in hostili- The problem with Obama’s problems lion for governance and economic the Afghan population," SIGAR rise to a profitable drug trade that rized to serve as commander of the ties is clearly indicated by the cir- reasoning, which Trump now development as of March 2017. noted. "Heavy casualties and ca- funded the Taliban's war effort, the armed forces under Article II, Sec- cumstances.” It also states that seems to have adopted, is that Officials of International Chamber Washington has spent more than pability gaps limit the effective- report said, saying traffickers were tion 2. In drafting the constitution, after engaging in hostilities, the Congress never signed off on war of Commerce (ICC) in Afghanistan $11 billion so far on other weap- ness of Afghan soldiers and po- giving terrorists weapons, money, the founders wanted a system in president must “consult regularly against ISIS or Syria. The last au- said the entity had considerable ons, communications, aircraft, and lice. Opium production stands and support. Afghanistan pro- which neither branch of govern- with the Congress until United thorization dates back nearly 16 achievements over the last months vehicles for the Afghan forces. The near record levels." The UN record- duced roughly 4,800 metric tons ment held too much power and States Armed Forces are no longer years. It is also a stretch to argue and could have addressed the prob- cost to US taxpayers might not ed 5,160 security incidents be- of opium in 2016 alone. In the first engaging in hostilities was a col- engaged in hostilities or have been that ISIS or Syrian President lems of majority of international decline over the coming years, SI- tween November 18, 2016, and six weeks of 2017, 807 security laborative effort. removed from such situations.” Bashar al-Assad are associated and national traders. GAR said. February 14, 2017, representing a forces personnel were kille, while While the War Powers and The terrorist attacks on 9/11 with al-Qaeda or the Taliban. Founder and head of ICC op- The Afghan National Army 10% increase from the same peri- mass casualty attacks against ci- Commander-in-Chief clauses are reignited the debate over the divi- So far, efforts to pass a new erating staff in Afghanistan, Abdul (ANA) continues to take heavy od the previous year, and a 3% vilian targets also increased. The clear, questions regarding how sion of war powers. Following the authorization for the campaign Qadir Bahman told media that the casualties in its fight against the increase from the same period in report cited an attack that killed broadly they should be interpreted attacks, Congress passed the Au- against ISIS have failed. Given that entity has been established less Taliban, something that has left the 2014-2015. The number of secu- 50 people at the Afghanistan's larg- have persisted since the early days thorization for Use of Military the GOP is now in control of Con- then a year ago, during which it troops incapable of running the rity incidents rose by 30 in Janu- est military hospital on March 8. of our country. The most contro- Force (AUMF). gress and the White House, it is has always made effort to meet the operations necessary to wrest ary 2017 to 1,877, the highest (Pajhwok) versial issue is whether the presi- It authorized the president to time for the president and the leg- national and international traders’ dent has the power to use the mili- “use all necessary and appropri- islature to work together to restore problems. tary without a formal congressional ate force against those nations, or- the balance of power. If they don’t, He added that ICC has opera- declaration of war and, if so, how ganizations, or persons he deter- the Supreme Court of the United tional branches in 92 countries, that far the scope of such authority mines planned, authorized, com- States likely will. is why we don’t need to refer to US welcomes return of Hekmatyar extends. During the course of the mitted, or aided the terrorist at- Donald Scarinci is a private sector of other countries 20th and 21st centuries, U.S. presi- tacks that occurred on September managing partner at Lyndhurst, and the entity has eased the work ...P1 that Afghans overwhelming- all sides. break ties with international ter- dents often have engaged in mili- 11, 2001, or harbored such organi- NJ-based law firm Scarinci in this respect. ly yearn for peace, and this agree- The United States continues rorist groups, and accept the Af- tary action without first obtaining zations or persons, in order to pre- Hollenbeck. He is also the “We have connected to the ment will provide an opportuni- to support an Afghan-led, Afghan- ghan Constitution, including pro- congressional consent. Examples vent any future acts of interna- editor of the Constitutional Law world and currently the private ty to bring Afghans together and owned peace process in which tections for women and minori- include the Korean War, the Viet- tional terrorism against the United Reporter and Government and sector can easily connect all inter- ensure the safety and security of armed groups cease violence, ties. nam War, Operation Desert Storm, States by such nations, organiza- Law blogs. national traders, investors, trade and non-profit organizations with each other,” he went on to say. It is merit to mention that the ICC has introduced ‘Business Rule US m ust press Services’ to Afghanistan for the first time, an action that could be effective to solve the international Pakistan to change . . . contracts’ problems. ..P12 and 7,920 wounded) in 2016 tribal militants conducting cross- The reason behind establish- over the previous year. The num- border attacks from Afghan terri- ing ICC in Afghanistan is to find ber of high-profile attacks in Kab- tory,” it adds. solutions for Afghan traders’ prob- ul also was higher during the first The report notes that deterio- lems in other countries. three months of 2017 as compared rating relations between Pakistan The economic experts believe to equivalent periods in previous and Afghanistan have had other that Afghanistan’s ICC member- years. On April 21, Taliban gun- consequences. In 2016, Islamabad ship can pave the ground for mod- men and suicide bombers attacked forcibly repatriated more than ernizing the trade sector, through an Afghan army base in the north- 550,000 Afghans as relations with On a visit to a vaccination pro- Since there were no vaccina- participation. As we move ahead cording to a survey conducted by which the Afghan traders would ern Balkh province, killing over Kabul deteriorated. gram in Kalakan district in Kabul tion campaigns in the past, farm- with implementing the vaccination the Ministry of Public Health in get familiarized with new interna- 100 military and other personnel The report also notes that a Province, I met many farmers who ers had to put sick animals down campaign, we often face challeng- 2015, this drop was only because tional laws and regulations. An eco- and injuring scores more. February 2017 major terror attack were happy and grateful that their and this had a strong negative im- es like security, geographic diffi- of the vaccination campaign by nomic expert, Azrakhsh Hafezi The army chief and defence on a shrine in southern Pakistan animals were being vaccinated. pact on their income. Now we have culties like mountainous places, NHLP. Clearly, public health has told the Kabul Times there is no minister both resigned the follow- was claimed by a Pakistani Tali- Many Afghans today, including active veterinary doctors in dis- villages that do not have proper improved as have productivity doubt that the Afghan traders’ busi- ing day. Two attacks in March tar- ban faction reportedly based in those in the villages, now under- tricts and villages and with animal roads, and poor knowledge of the and production of livestock. A ness could get improved while they geted police stations and a mili- eastern Afghanistan. stand that there are diseases that health becoming a policy priority, community. Despite these prob- strong agrarian base will go a long are familiarized with international tary hospital, killing 73 and In retaliation, Pakistan closed can pass from animals to humans farm animals are assured access to lems, we have implemented the way in stabilizing the country’s standards. An economic expert, wounding over 240 people. its two main border crossings with and the best way to prevent it is timely vaccinations. When I hear project successfully in all the prov- economy and this aspect of my Saifuddin Saihoun said, “Totally, To prevent the insurgency Afghanistan — Torkham and Cha- to vaccinate the animals. farmers tell me that the vaccina- inces with good results in hand. work motivates me as a daily re- the chambers and having member- from spreading further, the report man — for over a month and has One of the farmers told me, tions have helped save the animals, Between 2014 and 2015, the minder of the impact of my work. ship of them, can somehow tackle emphasises the need for limiting begun to fence the border, “a move “In the past we used not to care I feel inspired that I am part of number of incidents dropped by The National Horticulture and the people problems. But as it the scope of ungoverned spaces certain to aggravate tensions inso- about the animals because we this campaign. over 50 percent. In 2015 and 2016, Livestock Project (NHLP), with seems, some of these institutions that could be exploited by regional far as Kabul does not recognise the thought it did not matter. If an an- Through NDCP, we also train about six million vaccines were support from the Afghanistan Re- have not been successful in the re- extremists and transnational terror- Durand Line as the international imal fell sick, we would slaughter farmers on general animal health administered to goats, sheep, and construction Trust Fund (ARTF), spect.” ICC is an organization with- ist groups. boundary”. it and buy a new one. But now we practices and give them informa- cattle all over the country. For us, provided funds for NDCP’s im- in which, most investors have its The report urges the United The report notes that Pakistan understand the value of animal tion on disease management as well as the project team, it was partic- plementation and facilitation, in- membership, but unfortunately, States and other international play- views closer ties between Kabul health and vaccinations. We vacci- as prevention. We conduct these ularly heart-warming and assuring cluding technical assistance, such the problems have been increased ers in Afghanistan to address the and New Delhi as provocative nate our animals and by taking care trainings in public places like when farmers reported a signifi- as capacity building of staff and still the Afghan merchants are widening internal disagreements while Iran has long been suspect- of them, we ensure our good health mosques and promote them via cant decrease in brucellosis inci- through training and sharing of ex- facing with many problems, he and political partisanship in Af- ed of providing military hardware too.” Afghanistan’s economy is mass media to ensure maximum dents, especially in humans. Ac- periences. further said. He asked the ICC to ghanistan as these “permeate all to some Taliban factions. highly dependent on animal hus- do its best in meeting the traders’ levels of the security apparatus The report quotes senior US bandry and this makes the popu- Sin ce 2 0 13 , t h r o u g h v a ccin a t io n ca m p a ig n s fo r d o m e s t ic a n im a ls a n d challenges, otherwise, the Afghan and have undermined the official military officials as saying that lation susceptible to a host of ani- a w a r en es s a b o u t ho w a n im a l d isea s es co n v ey t o hu m a n , t her e is traders will transfer their capitals Afghan forces command and con- Russia recently has upped its in- mal-borne infections. Additional- to abroad. At the same time, Asa- trol structures”. volvement, reaching out to the Tal- ly, the country is a large importer im p r o v em en t in liv es t o ck p r o d u ct s a n d p u b lic h e a lt h . dullah Kakar, an ICC member in The report points out that in- iban and “providing them with for livestock products, and it is sig- Afghanistan and a national trader tra-governmental divisions in Af- some military support. Russia has nificantly important to improve said the entity could address some ghanistan have also impeded the also proposed to lead a new nego- the Afghan livestock sector traders’ problems and increase the implementation of reforms neces- tiation process which could fur- through better animal health to investment in the country. He be- sary to mitigate the effects of cor- ther complicate Afghanistan’s se- gradually substitute imports. One lieves if the ICC seriously does its ruption, nepotism and factional- curity dynamics, the report adds. such infection is brucellosis, which related tasks, it can tackle all trad- ism in the Afghan National Army is highly contagious and spreads ers’ problems in the future. He and particularly the Afghan Na- To convince Pakistan that its to humans from infected domesti- asked ICC officials to increase the tional Police. interests would be better served cated animals, such as goats, cat- number of their branches in other The report claims that Afghan- by a political settlement in Afghan- tle, sheep, or dogs. It is caused by provinces through which to ad- istan’s neighbours are more aggres- istan than by continued Taliban consumption of contaminated dress other merchants’ problems sively promoting what they per- insurgency, the report urges the food, especially raw meat and un- as well. Earlier, Chief Executive ceive to be their own national se- United States to condition its mil- pasteurized milk. The bacteria can Dr. Abdullah Abdullah said “Es- curity interests. itary support to Islamabad to also spread through air or on con- tablishment of ICC branch in Af- “This most notably is the case working with Kabul to bring the tact with an open wound and even ghanistan is a step the government of Pakistan, whose relations with insurgents to the negotiating table on contact with skin. and people were expecting for.” Afghanistan continue to be and rethinking its alleged support Brucellosis was identified as The International Chamber of strained. Islamabad remains un- to the Taliban’s Quetta Shura and the flagship disease to be con- Commerce (ICC; French: Cham- willing to facilitate talks between the Haqqani network. trolled under the National Disease bre de commerce internationale the Taliban and Kabul, and contin- “While the US is best placed Control Program (NDCP), a na- (CCI)) is the largest, most repre- ues supporting its Afghan prox- to pressure Pakistan to reverse its tionwide government program en- sentative business organization in ies, allowing them to recruit, fund- support for Afghan proxies, the visaged as a wide-ranging health- the world. raise, as well as plan and conduct EU and member states should use care initiative under the Ministry Its hundreds of thousands of operations from safe havens inside trade and diplomatic ties with Pa- of Agriculture, Irrigation and Live- member companies in over 130 Pakistan,” the report alleges. kistan and financial assistance to stock. A vaccination campaign countries have interests spanning “Pakistan in turn accuses Kab- Afghanistan as leverage to per- against brucellosis was launched in every sector of private enterprise. ul of at best turning a blind eye, if suade them to peacefully resolve 2013 and is continuing till the dis- (The Kabul Times) not actively supporting, Pakistani their differences,” the report adds. ease is mitigated and controlled. TUESDAY . MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq speaks to reporters in Islamabad.— DawnNews

Returning from a two-day official kistan — the government, the op- ported. He acknowledged the con- visit to Afghanistan, National As- position and the people of the tributions of Pakistan during the EMERGENCY sembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on country — and that Pakistan's ‘Afghan jihad’ and thanked the Monday said the Afghan leader- "desire is to restart the process of people of the country for their gen- CALLS ship and the people of the coun- meetings that had been halted". erous hospitality for the Afghan try had shown the utmost respect "We are more than just neighbours refugees. Ghani stressed a “five Police to the delegation of Pakistani law- and brothers ... if there is peace in principles” approach, comprising makers. Afghanistan, there will be peace in a prime focus on state-to-state re- Sadiq had visited Afghanistan Pakistan," Sadiq said. The speaker lations instead of seeking peace 100 - 119 on the invitation of the Afghan said the Afghan leadership had with individual groups; honouring president with an aim to ease the "promised" that former Afghan each other’s sovereignty; ensuring tensions between the neighbouring president Hamid Karzai and Chief that either's territory is not used Hospitals states. He led an unprecedented 15- Executive Abdullah Abdullah will against the other; agreement on a member parliamentary delegation soon visit Pakistan "and the pro- common definition of terrorism; FMIC Hospital of top leaders from both houses of cess [of dialogue] that has been and the opening up of transit Parliament. "Our dialogue pro- broken will be restarted". Sadiq routes. Behind Kabul Medical ceeded in a pleasant environment. said a written message by Prime The parliamentary leaders' University: They provided us with every com- Minister Nawaz Sharif was also visit came two days after a top- fort and gave us the respect that is delivered in which the premier ex- level Army delegation visited 0202500200-+93793275595 given not only to a neighbouring pressed his condolences over the Kabul and held negotiations with country, but to a brother," the loss of lives in a terrorist attack on the Afghan officials on various is- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital speaker told reporters in a base in Mazar-e-Sharif in which sues relating to security. Inter-Ser- Islamabad. Sadiq also said he held close to 200 soldiers were killed. vices Public Relations in a state- Pule Bagh-e- Umomi a frank, “heart-to-heart” meeting In his message, the prime minister ment issued after the day-long visit 070263672 for over five hours with Afghan also promised co-operation and in- of the army delegation, led by President Ashraf Ghani. "We saw telligence sharing between the two Chief of the General Staff Lt Gen that the desire among the Afghan countries. Bilal Akbar, said “terrorists are [a] Khairkhana Hospital leadership, elected members of par- "We [the delegation] went common threat and shall be de- liament and the Afghan people was there for a new start, for better re- feated”. 0799-321007 for better relations and nothing lations," the speaker said. The resolve was 'conveyed' to else," the speaker added. He said During the meeting, Ghani Afghanistan's acting Defence Min- 2401352 the leadership in Afghanistan was stressed the need for the coexist- ister Tariq Shah Bahramee and Af- also informed that the visiting del- ence of a stable Pakistan with a ghan Chief of Army Staff Gen egation was representing all of Pa- stable Afghanistan, Dawn re- Mohammad Sharif Yaftali. Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Wazir Akbar US Airmen, Afghan government to establish 46 Khan, Kabul 2301372 more vocational training centers F-16 jets leave The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission said Hekmatyar needs to Ibn-e- Seena Italy for come to terms with the massive changes the country has undergone. Pul-e-Artan, Kabul Afghanistan - 2100359 The Afghan Independent Human nology in the city. Socially, huge punishment and Hekmatyar must NATO mission Rights Commission (AIHRC) head strides have been made in 15 years, not compare the current situation Sima Samar told TOLOnews on in particular that within the edu- with that 20 years ago; he must Wazir Akbar Khan The NATO-led R es o lu t e Sunday that Gulbuddin Hekmat- cation sphere. One example of this accept Afghanistan’s constitu- Hospital Su p p o r t m is s io n a n - yar needs to put aside his views is Farzan Sadat who was educated tion,” said Raihana Azad, another n o u n ced o n M o n d a y t ha t and accept Afghanistan for what it in the field of journalism a few MP. 2301741, 2301743 F-16 fig ht er jet s a lo n g has accomplished in the past 15 years ago and now works as a jour- But, the AIHRC said that pros- with US airmen have years. Samar also said government nalist. As a woman, this would not ecution of those who committed departed their base in The Afghan Ministry of Labor, due to lack of skilled workers in needs to end its culture of impuni- have happened 20 years ago. human rights violations was also Ali Abad It a ly fo r Afg ha n is t a n . Social Affairs, Martyrs and Dis- the country. The Chamber called ty and implement the law on ev- “The presence of women in necessary. Shahrara, Kabul abled (MoLSAMD) said 46 more on the government to step in and eryone equally. Samar said that as society beside men is very impor- “The culture of impunity must vocational training centers would set up training centers to help train Afghanistan has witnessed an evo- tant and we do not want that right end in Afghanistan and anyone 2100439 WASHINGTON: The United be established in the near future. more Afghan youths. “We are lution over the past 15 years, so and freedom taken away from us,” who is guilty should be held ac- States and its allies launched a mil- Presently, there are 45 voca- obliged to hire 80% of workers too must Hekmatyar change his Sadat said. A number of MPs have countable,” Samar said. itary operation in Afghanistan in tional training schools across the from abroad to fill the gap as there point of view. “We don’t want to also said that Hekmatyar now This comes after Hekmatyar’s Malalai Maternity 2001 following 9/11 terror attacks. country that are providing educa- is no other option,” said Khan Jan lose the past years’ achievements needs to adjust himself to the cur- return to Afghanistan a few days The mission in Afghanistan ended tion to locals in various fields in- Alokozay, ACCI deputy chief. Hospital on December 28, 2014. On Janu- that we gained with lots of sacri- rent system and its relatively new ago. On Saturday he addressed a cluding auto repair, electrical engi- The Afghan-Korea Vocational fices; we don’t want to lose them social customs. “Every leader that public gathering for the first time 2201377/ 2301743 ary 1, 2015, NATO announced its neering, plumbing, construction, Training Center is the biggest in- with the return of a person or a wants to survive politically must in about 20 years. new mission in the country, called tailoring, general maintenance and stitution providing training to commander,” said Sama. As has align himself with the current evo- Speaking to his supporters in Resolute Support, to train and as- computer technology. According to around 1,000 Afghans. Trainers at the city of Kabul’s appearance lution and progress which is tak- Laghman province he urged them Banks sist the Afghan security forces. Afghan Chamber of Commerce and the institution urged the govern- U.S. Airmen and F-16 Fight- changed over the past 20 years, in ing shape,” said Fawzia Koofi, an to forget the past but he did not Industry (ACCI), almost 80% of ment to support the institution and Hekmatyar’s absence, so too has MP.“Laws do not give the right to express any regret over his deeds Da Afghanistan Bank ing Falcons depart Aviano Air skilled workers in Afghanistan’s boost their capacity so that more the social fabric and level of tech- anyone to forgive someone for during the civil war. Base, #Italy for Bagram Airfield. job market are hired from abroad students can join. 2100302, 2100303 They are ready to be here #ForAFG! pic.twitter.com/ sIa93407sl Bakhtar Bank — Resolute Support (@Res- oluteSupport) 1 ??? 2017 ?. 0776777000 ?Earlier the US Army an- Azizi Bank nounced in a statement on Thurs- day it will send about 1,500 sol- 0799 700900 diers to Afghanistan during the summer months in support of Pashtany Bank Operation Freedom's Sentinel. 2102908, 2103868 Afghanistan has been experi- encing significant political, social and security-related instability for Air Services decades, as terrorist organizations, including the Taliban and Daesh, Safi Airways both outlawed in Russia, continue to stage attacks against civilian and 020 22 22 222 military targets. (Sputnik) Ariana Taliban 020-2100270 threaten shaved Kam Air Paktika students 0799974422 with heavy fine Hotels SHARANA: The Taliban have warned school students of fining Safi Landmark them up to 500,000 Pakistani ru- pees for shaving beard, wearing tie or establishing contact with gov- 020-2203131 ernment officials, residents of ERENA Gayan district of southeastern S Paktika province claimed on Mon- day. One of the residents, who de- 0799654000 clined to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban invited New Rumi Restaurant students to a gathering and warned them of cash penalty amounting 0776351347 to Rs500,000 if they wore tie, shaved beard or held contact with Internet Services government.“The Taliban take 500,000 rupees from each student UA Telecom and ask other individuals to guar- 0796701701 / 0796702702 antee the new rules set by the group are honored,” he said. A tribal elder Surat Khan confirmed the Exchange Rate Taliban had set new rules for resi- dents who were under immense Purchase: pressures. “The economic condi- tion of the people is not good in Gayan district, how they can give One US$ = the Taliban the mammoth amount 66.75Afs of 500,000 rupees,” he said. The A p o licem a n ho ld s p o p p y p la n t s. R EUTER S/ Da m ir Sa g o lj elder asked the government to take One Pound Sterling= immediate action and protect the 80.87Afs residents from Taliban’s atrocities. One Euro = Yaqub Khan Mansour, a cultural Afghanistan set new records for Narcotics’ ineffective management stan until the U.S. military inter- exporter — producing an estimat- quarter, but drug “use among wom- opium production in 2016 despite all contributed to the paltry eradi- vention following the Sept. 11, ed 80 percent of the world’s hero- en and children is among the high- 70.05Afs society head, said he was aware of an $8.5 billion counternarcotics cation results in 2016,” the report 2001, al Qaeda terrorist attack in in. While U.S. heroin mainly est documented worldwide, and the issue in Gayan. He said stu- campaign investment by U.S. agen- said. Poppy “cultivation remained New York and Washington, D.C. comes from Mexico, Afghan hero- 30.6 percent of households tested 1000 Pak Rs = dents were neutral in the conflict cies, a special government watch- near historically high levels com- that killed more than 3,000 peo- in does make up the majority of positive for some form of illicit 611Afs and the Taliban instead of resolv- dog reported Sunday. pared with the past several de- ple. The Taliban allowed al Qaeda heroin consumed in Canada and the drug,” the report said. ing their issues should not create Sale: more problems for them. Abdul Opium production increased cades.” to use Afghanistan as its training rest of the world.” John Sopko, who is in his fifth Malik, a teacher in the district, said 43 percent in 2016, while poppy Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s base for attacks against the U.S. The Department of Defense year as SIGAR, recommended that One US$ = eradication hit a 10-year low and “narcotics industry — coupled and other Western nations. and the Drug Enforcement Admin- President Donald Trump establish 68.30 Afs the Taliban distributed a ‘permis- was “nearly imperceptible,” ac- with rampant corruption and fraud “Traffickers provide weap- istration interdicted nearly “a U.S. counternarcotics strategy, sion note’ to allow a student to One Pound Sterling= study in school against 500,000 cording to the Special Inspector — is a major source of illicit reve- ons, funding, and material support 450,000 kilograms of opium from now years overdue, to reduce the rupees or a guarantee on his part. General for Afghanistan Recon- nue,” the report said. to the insurgency in exchange for 2008 through March 22, 2017, but illicit commerce that provides the 81.67Afs struction’s (SIGAR) latest Quar- The “opium trade provides protection, while insurgent lead- that amounts to less than one per- Taliban with the bulk of their rev- One Euro= Pajhwok obtained a copy of the terly Report to Congress. about 60 percent of the Taliban’s ers traffic drugs to nance their op- cent of Afghanistan’s total produc- enue.” note that reads ‘without this per- “Deteriorating security condi- funding.” erations,” the report said. tion. Follow Ethan on Twitter. Send 72.50 Afs mission note, registration with the tions, a lack of political will and The Taliban is an Islamic ex- Afghanistan “remains the Drug interdictions did, how- tips to 1000 Pak Rs= 631 Islamic Emirates is not allowed.’ the Afghan Ministry of Counter tremist group that ruled Afghani- world’s largest opium producer and ever, rise 60 percent over the last [email protected]. TUESDAY . MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Terrorists kill 5 police constables, two J,K bank officials, decamp with SLR rifles Five policemen and two Jammu & militants. Kashmir bank officials were killed Earlier in the day, two securi- in a terror attack in south Kashmir ty personnel were killed and their district of Kulgam on Monday af- bodies mutilated by a Pakistan ternoon, a police official said. The army team which sneaked about Amid the worsening ties between en cooperation, both bilaterally official said that the militants at- 250 metres into Indian territory India and Pakistan, Prime Minis- and multilaterally to counter ter- tacked a bank van and decamped along the Line of Control (LoC) in ter Narendra Modi on Monday rorism. Meanwhile, Turkish Pres- with SLR rifles. A manhunt has Poonch district of Jammu and urged all nations to work unani- ident Erdogan extended support to been launched by the police and Kashmir. mously to uproot the terrorism India's bid to counter terrorism, the security agencies to nab the (Outlookindia) network, while adding that no re- while saying that terrorist outfits gion could "validate terrorism." tried to launch their propaganda Terrorism is a shared worry, we over people's sufferings. 'Turkey agreed, no impact or goal and no will always be by the side of India region can validate terrorism,' he in full solidarity while battling ter- said, while issuing a joint statement rorism. Terrorist organisations with Turkish President Tayyip want to launch their propaganda Erdogan here. Prime Minister over the sufferings of people and Modi also, in another veiled attack are willing to create future for on Islamabad, asserted that stern themselves out of the victims' pain,' action should also be taken against the Turkish President said. the countries that "shelter terror- Turkish President Erdogan, ism." who arrived in India on Sunday on 'The nations of the world need a two-day visit, was accorded a to work as one to disrupt the ter- ceremonial reception at the Rash- rorist networks, their financing and trapati Bhawan ahead of his dele- cross border movement of terror- gation level talks with Prime Min- ists,' he added. Prime Minister ister Modi. This is his first visit to Modi further said that an action India as the President. He visited should be taken against those who India in 2008 as the Prime Minis- create and conceive, support and ter of Turkey. He also paid his trib- sustain, shelter and spread ideolo- ute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, gies of violence. He added that both following which he addressed a the nations (India and Turkey) FICCI business summit with Nepal moves to would work together to strength- Prime Minister Modi. impeach first (DNAINDIA) female chief justice Islamabad Airport: FIA Mumbai Crime: Man official involved in thrashing arrested for impregnating passengers dismissed 15-year-old step daughter The Federal Investigation Agency A 51-year-old man was arrest- unconscious, he would rape (FIA), on Monday, dismissed one ed in Sewri on Monday for rap- her. He even threatened her. of its officials in connection with ing his 15-year-old stepdaugh- She was reluctant to talk about the mishandling of two Norwegian ter several times over the past her ordeal as she was afraid of nationals at Benazir Bhutto Inter- year and impregnating her. The him,” an officer from the Sewri national Airport (BBIA) in Islam- teen revealed that her father police station told Hindustan abad more than two weeks ago. On would offer her soft drinks Times. The matter was dis- April 22, an inquiry committee mixed with sedatives which closed after the girl complained found three FIA officials guilty of would make her dizzy. Then he about having pain in the stom- assault and battery. Director Ad- would rape her after she fell un- ach. Initially, her mother would ministration of the agency, Ahmad conscious. Also Read: Beggar massage her stomach but when Nepal’s first female chief justice ed Jaya Bahadur Chand as police Mukkaram, heading the commit- gets 10 years in jail for forcibly the pain started on a regular has been suspended after the gov- chief, but the court ruled that the tee, also recommended stern disci- marrying, torturing minor basis, her mother took her to ernment filed a motion to impeach highest-ranking officer Navaraj Sil- plinary action against all officials her, triggering protests within the wal should take the top job. Mumbai girl According to Se- the local hospital where tests involved. Sources confirmed that wri police, the girl lives with her revealed that she was three- fragile ruling coalition. The two Nepal has a history of politi- a departmental inquiry has led to main parties in the coalition ac- cal interference in key civil ap- the dismissal of an immigration of- mother and two younger broth- and-a-half months pregnant. cused Sushila Karki of interference pointments such as the head of ficial, Ghazala Shaheen, from ser- ers. Her biological father died The girl and her mother regis- after the Supreme Court last police. The impoverished Hima- vice, while “required action against when she was three years tered a complaint at the Sewri month overturned the govern- layan country has had nine gov- two other officials involved has old.?Then her mother remar- police against her step-father ment’s choice for chief of police. ernments since the end of the civil also been taken.” The affected fe- ried. Her step-father used to after which he was arrested. “We have decided to impeach war in 2006, with each successive male passengers were allowed to rape the girl when she was The accused was booked un- Chief Justice Sushila Karki… af- administration seeking to fill key fly back to Oslo three days ago, partment and she had nothing to do with providing toilet paper, an alone at home. "The man would der sections 367 (rape) and 328 ter she visibly started taking sides positions with their loyalists. Po- they added. The video, shot from apparently menial job allocated specifically for cleaners only. Responding take advantage of his wife and (causing hurt by means of poi- in cases,” Min Biswakarma, a litical analyst Lok Raj Baral said a cell phone, showed two female to the somewhat rude reply from the immigration official, Fouzia asked sons’ absence. When his wife son, etc., with intent to commit member of the ruling coalition who the coalition government was held FIA constables grabbing Haseena her not to misbehave with travellers. The two continued to then ex- left for work and his sons went an offence) of the Indian Penal proposed the motion, told Agence together only by the desire of its Bibi and her daughter, Fauzia, then change harsh words. Noshila allegedly threatened that she would not let to school, he would offer his Code. He was produced in court France-Presse on Monday. Hours constituent parties to stay in pow- dragging them as they cried for the family travel to Norway, leading to the altercation. stepdaughter soft drinks mixed and remanded in judicial cus- later, Deputy Prime Minister Bi- er. “There is constant bargaining help. The video showed how oth- (Pakistantoday) with sedatives. When she fell tody. (Mid-day) malendra Nidhi resigned in protest. (within the parties) for them to er FIA officials stood by watching One of the smaller coalition par- strengthen their position,” he told the incident unfold without inter- ties has also threatened to quit the Agence France-Presse, describing vening. On April 21, the FIA re- government. Karki’s supporters the impeachment of the chief jus- moved the passengers from Qatar say she has taken a strong stance tice as another attempt to remove Airways flight at Bacha Khan In- against corruption during her year- any obstacles. Local elections are ternational Airport Peshawar af- long tenure as head of the supreme due later this month, followed by ter it emerged they had been nom- court. A committee will now be es- provincial and then national elec- inated in an FIR lodged in Islama- tablished to investigate the allega- tions by the end of the year. The bad. The incident began on April tions of bias, after which parlia- parties that make up the current 15 when Fouzia asked for some ment will vote on whether to im- coalition are expected to perform toilet paper from female staff the peach her. But the process is un- badly as disillusionment mounts airport. The staffer, later identi- Bangladesh Film Directors Asso- likely to get that far as she is due with the constant political bicker- fied as FIA official, Noshila, was ciation has declared boycott of su- to retire in June when she turns ing and slow pace of change. irked by the request and said that perstar Shakib Khan for indefinite 65. The government had appoint- (AFP) she was from the immigration de- period for his ‘derogatory remarks’ on directors and actors. Associa- tion chief Badiul Alam Khokan al- leged that Shakib recently made derogatory remarks insulting film Sri Lankan Navy arrests directors while talking to journal- ists. Following this, the associa- tion sent a legal notice to Shakib on April 25 and asked all directors to 5 Tamil Nadu fishermen postpone shooting with the actor until the matter comes to an end. However, the popular Bangla film 12 fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested by Sri Lankan navy for allegedly actor didn’t give any reply to it, fishing in the island nation's territorial waters. forcing the film directors to take the decision, Khokan said while Rameshwaram: Five Tamil Nadu reading out a written statement. fishermen were arrested on Mon- Besides, the association scrapped day and their boat impounded by the membership of director Shamim the media throughout the country. tions on the actor arranging a press part, and I am not afraid of the the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly Ahmed Rony for continuing shoot- The event occurred after a two- conference. consequences it will have on my fishing in their territorial waters. ing with Shakib for new movie year self-imposed exile during This rumour was rebutted by career. My fans have been loyal The incident occurred this morn- Rangbazz, violating the associa- which Apu mysteriously disap- Shakib Khan, who said, “Why throughout these years, and I have ing when five fishermen from tion’s decision. Shakib has been hit- peared from the limelight. would I arrange a press conference faith that they will stand by me Thangachimadam near Ramesh- ting headlines since his actress wife The talk show featured the when I was not the one to spread now.” waram were fishing near Apu Biswas came in a live televi- once highly sought actress Apu the news?” However, the actor has The issue of Apu and Shakib Katchatheevu and were rounded sion talk show on April 10 and dis- Biswas revealing that her son was had a change of heart and in a state- tying the knot had been under me- up by the Lankan Navy and taken closed that she got married with fathered by film superstar Shakib ment given later said: “It had come dia speculation for the last two to Thalaimannar in the island na- Shakib in 2008 and the couple has Khan. The claim was later con- as an angry surprise to me when years, along with the grapevine tion, police said. a baby boy too. The surprising turn firmed by the father in question Apu appeared on television with news that the actress had been in On March 26, 12 fishermen of events witnessed Apu Biswas himself, who stated, “He is my son, my son in that manner. India for some time to deliver her from Pudukottai district were ar- and her infant son on a live TV pro- but I will not take any responsi- However, I have made a deci- son. These claims were later ce- rested by Sri Lankan navy for al- gramme. The heart-felt and tragic bility for Apu.” The statement sion; I would like for all of us to mented as fact by Apu Biswas in legedly fishing in the island na- tell-all interview captivated mil- roused much controversy on so- live as a family. This choice has the momentous interview. tion’s territorial waters. lions and gripped the attention of cial media, giving rise to specula- been made deliberately on my own (Gulf-times) (AP) 'Pakistan not producing goods China needs' SL tourist dies in Chennai cab accident A Sri Lankan tourist was killed when the cab she was travelling in with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan expressed by the business commu- American think tank report “Af- her family plunged nearly 20 feet into the RBI subway at Parrys in Sun Weidong has emphasised that nity and others about the China- ter overcoming the energy crisis, Chennai on Sunday, the Indian Express reported today. The police said Pakistan is not producing the Pakistan Economic Corridor we will develop infrastructure and the driver, Muthishwaran, seemed to have been over speeding and lost goods needed in China, which is a (CPEC) as speculation, saying in the last leg initiate the process control of the vehicle when he rammed on the parapet wall of the reason behind the trade imbalance, time would tell the reality. He clar- of industrialisation.” Sun empha- subway. The parapet wall of the half-century-old subway gave way but the situation will change when ified that not a single Chinese com- sised that the security of econom- and the car plunged into the middle of the subway, missing the lane for Chinese companies start produc- pany would be allowed to install ic zones must be ensured so that two-wheelers located at a higher elevation in the subway. Police officers ing such products. “Pakistan can used machinery in Pakistan and Chinese experts working in Paki- said the car “landed a little safely”. The family inside was rushed to the enhance its exports to $35 billion transfer of technology would be a stan could feel safe. He revealed Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, but hospital sources said for which serious efforts are need- prerequisite. “Settling energy cri- that visa procedure was being im- Shithiki Rithviya (54) had already succumbed to injuries. Rithviya was ed,” he said while talking to Feder- sis in Pakistan is our top priority proved for Pakistani businessmen visiting Chennai with her sons, Mohammed Ashad Rabat (34) and ation of Pakistan Chambers of and we will add 11,000 megawatts and the business community Mohammed Ajmal (30), and daughter-in-law Jima Nazad Amjal. Police Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) of electricity to the national grid should participate in exhibitions sources quoting the family said they were returning to their hotel at President Zubair Tufail and Coor- as soon as possible through highly and seminars in China to improve Mannady after shopping at T Nagar. “If this didn’t happen on a Sun- dination Committee Chairman efficient power plants,” he said. the understanding and trade. The day, there would have been more casualties,” said a police officer, high- Malik Sohail Hussain. The ambas- 2001-2015: Trade deficit with ambassador was of the view that lighting how busy the subway would be on weekdays. The family had sador described the reservations China cost US 3.4m jobs, says growing relations. originally planned to leave for Sri Lanka on May 3. (BBC) TUESDAY . MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief UN rights chief warns US budget: against Saudi-led attack Funding on Yemen port The United Nations is continuing to receive signals that the Saudi-led deal reached coalition in Yemen could attack the key port of Hodeidah, causing hu- manitarian suffering and loss of life, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein said on Monday. A Saudi-led military coalition backing the to avert internationally-recognised government in its war against the Houthi rebels has been preparing an assault on Hodeidah. "The U.N. is con- shutdown cerned about the humanitarian repercussions of such an attack in terms of inflaming the humanitarian crisis even further, let alone our concerns Congressional negotiators have about loss of civilian life were there to be a large-scale attack on port," reached an agreement on a spend- Zeid told a news conference in Geneva. ing bill to keep the US govern- Last week Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr repeat- ment running until 30 Septem- ed allegations that the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels were smuggling weap- ber. The bipartisan deal boosts ons into Yemen through Hodeidah and said his government preferred military spending but does not U.N. supervision of the port rather than an attack. (Reuters) include funding for President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the Mexico border. The re- ported $1 trillion deal (£770bn) America's CIA director is making needs to be approved by law- an unannounced visit to South makers. On Friday Congress Korea amid heightened tension on approved a stop-gap spending the Korean Peninsula. An embas- bill that averted a government sy official said Mike Pompeo and shutdown at midnight on that his wife were in the South Kore- day. That gave Congress one an capital on Monday, but would more week to work out federal not say for how long. South Ko- spending for the last five months rean media reports said the CIA of the fiscal year. Lawmakers are chief arrived in South Korea over expected to vote on the package the weekend for meetings with in the coming days. The failure the head of South Korea's Nation- to act would have closed nation- al Intelligence Service and high- al parks and monuments and laid level officials in the presidential off federal employees. The last office. The visit comes after shutdown, in 2013, lasted for 17 North Korea conducted another days. What is at stake? missile test on Saturday, and a US Turkish police fire tear gas Full details of the agreement on aircraft carrier group was in near- a spending bill are yet to be made by waters. public. But US media reports A Japanese destroyer left port at May Day demonstrators that it gives President Donald Monday, reportedly to escort US Five killed in crane accident Trump a $12.5bn increase in naval ships as Japan increases its defence spending and another military role in the region. The $1.5bn for border security. Japanese destroyer Izumo, a he- in Istanbul at Samsung shipyard in licopter carrier, departed from Yo- Police in Istanbul fired tear gas and rubber kosuka port south of Tokyo. Jap- bullets to break up a group of May Day South Korea anese media reports said it will demonstrators on Monday, a Reuters wit- ‘Oldest human’ meet up with and escort a US ness said, as authorities detained more than Five people died and about 20 were injured when a crane collapsed at a supply ship, a first-time mission 200 people at protests around the city. Pro- Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea during construc- dies in Indonesia under new security legislation tests for May Day, the international work- tion of an oil platform for French energy company Total, the two com- that allows Japan's military a ers' holiday, are an annual occurrence in panies said on Monday. The yard in Geoje is building the platform for ‘aged 146’ greater role overseas. They said Turkey and have in the past been charac- Total's Martin Linge field off Norway. the US ship is expected to refuel terised by widespread police actions against Total's Norwegian subsidiary said none of its employees were among The Indonesian man who other American warships, includ- demonstrators. Protests were expected to the killed or injured in the accident which took place at 0745 CET (0545 claimed to be 146 years old - the ing the USS Carl Vinson carrier be more subdued this year after unions said GMT). longest living human ever - has strike group. Japan's Defence they would not attempt to march on Tak- died in his village in Central Java. Ministry only said that the sim Square, a traditional rallying point for According to his papers, Izumo would participate in an anti-government protests that has been de- Hundreds of protesters Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah international naval event in Sin- clared off-limits for demonstrators. Police Ghoto (grandpa Ghoto), was gapore on May 15. In Australia, presence was heavy across the city, with born in December 1870. But In- Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull helicopters buzzing overhead. Tensions are demand end to slavery donesia only started recording used a commemoration of a Sec- particularly high after President Tayyip births in 1900 - and there have ond World War naval battle to Erdogan narrowly won a referendum last to make their way to Taksim. "A total of 207 people have been been mistakes before. Yet offi- warn North Korea against desta- month giving him sweeping new powers. detained," the Istanbul governor's office said in a statement, in Mauritania cials told the BBC his papers bilising the region. "Today Aus- Police in the Mecidiyekoy neighbourhood adding that some 40 Molotov cocktails, 17 hand grenades and were valid, based on documents tralia and the United States con- used tear gas and rubber bullets on a group 176 fireworks had been confiscated. Illegal posters were also he provided and interviews with tinue to work with our allies to of protesters who were attempting to march seized, it said. Rights groups and some of Turkey's Western him. He was taken to hospital address new security threats towards Taksim Square. They were shout- allies say Ankara has sharply curtailed freedom of speech and on 12 April because of deterio- around the world," Mr Turnbull ing "Taksim is ours and it will remain ours". other basic rights in the crackdown that followed a failed coup rating health. Six days later he said. "Together, we're taking a The square became the focal point for weeks last year. Since his referendum win, Erdogan has conducted two insisted on checking out to re- strong message to North Korea of anti-Erdogan demonstrations in 2013. further purges, targeting the police, civil service and military. turn home. "Since he came back that we will not tolerate reckless, Two demonstrators who managed to reach Over the weekend, 3,900 people were removed from the civil from the hospital, he only ate dangerous threats to the peace and it were detained shortly after they unfurled service and the armed forces, while authorities blocked access spoonfuls of porridge and drank stability of our region." a banner, Dogan news agency said. In the to online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, citing a law allowing the very little," his grandson Suyanto Mr Turnbull is to meet Mr Besiktas neighbourhood, where two years banning of access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to told the BBC. "It only lasted a Trump for the first time on ago police used water cannon on stone- national security. Erdogan says the measures are necessary couple of days. From that mo- Thursday in New York. throwing May Day demonstrators, dozens given the security threats faced by Turkey. ment on to his death, he refused (AP) of people were rounded up for attempting (BBC) to eat and drink." Media cap- tionThe longest living human ever? Patience and love When asked about the secret 870 Palestinians remain Saudi Arabia sets out of his longevity, Mbah Ghoto Hundreds of people have marched ritania centuries ago. "This has be- told the BBC last year that pa- for the rights of former slaves in come an annual tradition and it is tience was key and that he had on hunger strike, 10 more programs to Mauritania and to denounce injus- now attracting more and more par- "a long life because I have peo- tice against them in the West Afri- ticipation from the social elite, in- ple that love me looking after can nation where slavery persists dicating that there is popular sup- me". Israeli: Officials achieve vision 2030 despite being officially abolished port for our demands," activist A heavy smoker until the decades ago. The march on Satur- Samba Ould Yahya told The New end, he outlived four wives, 10 day in the capital Nouakchott Arab. siblings and all his children. In marked the fourth anniversary of "Thousands of former slaves his village, he was a local hero the founding of the Haratine Char- are left in poverty because of our famous for telling great stories ter – a group calling for the rights lack of education while slavery about the wars against Japan and of slaves and former slaves. De- persists and those who practice it the Dutch colonisers. spite being officially abolished in are left unpunished." Ould Yahya (BBC) 1981, slavery is still deeply en- called on the government to pros- trenched in the vast, largely desert ecute slave owners and work to nation where light-skinned Berber- integrate former slaves into soci- Arab Moors enslaved local black ety. Turkey deploys populations after settling in Mau- (ALARABY) The Saudi Council of Economic Af- grams were established to support ‘anti-Kurdish’ fairs and Development identified the achievement of Vision 2030 in ten programs of strategic impor- making the kingdom’s economy reinforcements tance for the government to achieve more prosperous and its society France election: Le Vision 2030, which had previously more vibrant, adhering to Islamic to Syria amid been approved by the Council of values, and the well-established na- Pen attacks Macron as An Israel official says that on the The strike catapulted impris- Ministers under the leadership of the tional identity. These programs rep- escalation 15th day of a hunger strike, the oned organizer Marwan Barghou- Custodian of the Two Holy resent the system of achieving the number of Palestinian prisoners ti back into the spotlight and boost- Mosques, King Salman on April 25, vision, which the council will mon- ‘candidate of continuity’ The Turkish army made a large participating in the protest has ed his national leadership creden- 2016. These programs are consid- itor its implementation until 2020 deployment of reinforcement dropped to 870, from 1,300 last tials. ered the extension of the previous- by following the approved gover- weaponry to Syrian border posts week. The strike is among the larg- Israel Prison Service spokes- ly approved programs in National nance that ensures accountability, on Saturday morning after a re- est such protests in years. The man Assaf Librati did not elabo- Transformation Program 2020 transparency and continuous moni- cent spate of heavy fighting with strikers demand better conditions rate Monday on why over 400 (NTP), launched on June 6, 2016 toring, and activation of the meth- a US-backed Kurdish faction in in Israeli prisons. Support for the prisoners quit the strike. He says and the Financial Balancing Pro- ods of monitoring and implement- Syria. Turkish state TV showed strike has gained momentum with the strikers are held in separate gram 2020, launched on December ing the initiatives. An accountabili- footage of a large convoy of weap- West Bank marches and a social wings, monitored by medical staff. 22, 2016. Their mechanisms were ty mechanism has been devised to onry heading towards the border media campaign showing celebri- He says several are held in isola- formulated in accordance with the follow up on the implementation town Tel Abyad from Sanliurfa, ties in the Arab world drinking tion. vision’s governance, which was ap- of programs and the direct and indi- days after Kurdish artillery salty water in solidarity. (CBSNEWS) proved on May 31, 2016. The pro- rect goals linked to them. This mech- shelled a number of Turkish bor- anism also helps understand the re- der posts. The United States, a lations among the different goals and NATO ally with Turkey, sought manage them via commissions head- to deflate tensions and fears of a Ten people arrested after fatal ed by ministers and relevant experts. Turkish invasion by deploying The performance of the ministers Far-right French presidential can- FN. This is where Jean-Marie Le ground troops on Friday to pa- and experts will be supervised by the didate Marine Le Pen has accused Pen traditionally held his May Day trol the border region. "We have stabbing of man in north Wales Council of Economic Affairs and her pro-EU centrist rival Emman- rallies but this year's event was forces in the entirety of northern Development and they will be held uel Macron of being the "candi- attended by only a couple of hun- Syria, the border is among the accountable according to the ap- date of continuity". She linked Mr dred of the party's old guard, the area where they operate,” Navy proved procedure and escalatory Macron to the unpopular current BBC's Hugh Schofield reports. Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon measures will be resorted to if there President, Francois Hollande, in Media captionEmmanuel Macron spokesman, told The Military is a need. The new plan will imple- whose cabinet he once served. Mr pledges EU reform if elected Ma- Times The Pentagon has previ- ment specialized programs in hous- Macron, who holds a rally later, rine Le Pen has sought to modern- ously reported that hundreds of ing, improving the lifestyle, serv- earlier told the BBC the EU must ise the FN in recent years and at US troops are positioned on the ing pilgrims and other programs reform or face the prospect of "Fr- her rally in Paris, she called herself ground in Syria to help with the that support national leadership in exit". He is currently 20 percent- the candidate of change, belief and Raqqa offensive against Islamic Four teenage boys are among 10 age boys, two aged 16, one 15 and viding support to the victim’s fam- industry and financial markets, age points ahead of Ms Le Pen in action. She launched a full-throt- State. Ankara views the main people to have been arrested after one 17, on suspicion of murder. ily. Beck sought to reassure the strengthen national identity and the polls ahead of Sunday's sec- tled attack on Mr Macron, calling Kurdish force in northern Syria, a man was stabbed to death in the Five other men remain in custody public not to be alarmed by the bolster national culture, arts and en- ond round of voting. France is on him the candidate of "a morbid con- the People's Protection Units seaside town of Rhyl, north Wales. on suspicion of public order of- increased police activity in Rhyl tertainment, and will be operation- high alert as traditional May Day tinuity, littered with the corpses (YPG) as an offshoot of the Police were called to reports of a fences. After the incident, three as officers carry out their investi- al as soon as its plans are completed protests, on the left and the right, of jobs transferred off-shore, the banned "terrorist group", the violent disturbance at an address other males were taken to hospital gations. “There will also be extra during the third quarter of 2017. Kurdistan Workers' Party get under way. Although five big ruins of bust businesses, and the in Prince Edward Avenue at with non-life threatening injuries. reassurance patrols in the area,” she Fiscal Balance Program 2020: The unions have urged their members gaping holes of deficit and debt". (PKK), which has been engaged 3.03am on Sunday. A 37-year-old Police said they were not looking said. Police have appealed for any- program was launched to establish a in a three-decade war with Tur- not to vote for National Front (FN) Ms Le Pen, 48, has capitalised on man from Manchester was found for any more suspects. one with information to come for- balanced budget. Through the pro- leader Ms Le Pen, only two have anti-EU feeling, and has promised key. The YPG and Turkey have at the scene with severe stab “This was a shocking incident in ward. gram, a number of procedures have been exchanging artillery fire since expressed their support for Mr a referendum on France's member- wounds. Despite efforts by po- which a man has sadly died,” said They are particularly keen to hear been announced to benefit from the Macron.Earlier, Ms Le Pen's es- ship. She has won support in rural Tuesday and Washington has ex- lice and paramedics, he was pro- Supt Sian Beck, of North Wales from people who might have heard opportunities. It will also assign 200 pressed concerns that this aggres- tranged 88-year-old father and the and former industrial areas by nounced dead at Glan Clwyd hos- police. “Our thoughts are with the or witnessed a disturbance in billion SAR to support the private founder of the FN was at a rally promising to retake control of sion may escalate while its troops pital a short while later. North victim’s family at this extremely Prince Edward Avenue at about sector which will enhance a sustain- are on the ground. by the statue of Joan of Arc, a long- France's borders from the EU and Wales police said they had arrest- difficult time.” Greater Manches- 3am on Sunday. able fiscal structure. time symbol of patriotism for the slash immigration. (AP) (ALARABY) ed a 47-year-old man and four teen- ter police are thought to be pro- (Theguardian) (AAWSAT) TUESDAY . MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

We a r e a n a t ion a l in st it u t ion a n d n ot t h e voice of a gov t or a p r iva t e or ga n iza t ion Ny Nourn: A domestic violence survivor AFGHANISTAN TIMES imprisoned for seeking help Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 By Nichola Torbett by going to the police, she was in- death threats led her to stead arrested and sentenced to life go to the police to ex- E-mail: [email protected] without parole. The abuse she suf- plain the unsolved mur- At age 18, Ny Nourn -- a survivor fered from her older lover, includ- der. Which Ny will Gov. of sexual and domestic violence -- ing being regularly beaten and sexu- Brown see: the "Asian si- Email: [email protected] was blamed for a murder committed ally assaulted, was not considered at ren" portrayed on TV and by her abuser and sentenced to life her first trial. It is by no means cer- castigated on social me- www.afghanistantimes.af in prison without parole. Her sen- tain that Gov. Brown will sign Nourn dia, or the real woman tence was reduced to 15 years to life out of prison. Several TV shows and who is working hard to Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi with a chance of parole, when a sec- articles have demonized her as a full heal from her traumas? ond trial finally considered her do- accomplice in the murder, while so- Activists are circulating a mestic abuse. Now, after 16 years in cial media commenters cite those petition, exhorting him Advisory editorial board prison, the Parole Board has found shows when describing her as to believe the experiences of survi- solidarity with survivors of domes- her suitable to leave. But will Cali- "EVIL," "horrible" or "a disgusting vors and grant Ny parole. If it gains tic violence to let Jerry Brown know Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, fornia Gov. Jerry Brown sign her piece of crap." Others tell the truth: enough signatures, this demonstra- there is a constituency behind Nourn out? If he does, will she be deported that she was a survivor of war and tion of his constituents' support for and all incarcerated victims of do- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir to Cambodia, a country she has never immigration, followed by rape, bat- Nourn could outweigh the demoniz- mestic violence. However, even if been to, instead of being allowed to tering, and abuse as a teenager by an ing narratives that are circulating in Brown approves Nourn's parole, the Graphic-Designers: stay in the US as the victim of abuse older male partner, Ronald Barker. the mainstream media. Only three struggle won't end there. If he lets that she is? Nourn was born in a At her second trial her lawyer said states -- California, Maryland and her out, ICE will be waiting to send Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada refugee camp in Thailand after her Barker "raped and beat Nourn, shot Oklahoma -- allow their governor her back to a country she has never Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: Cambodian mother had fled the at her, threatened her with a knife to veto a parole board decision to known. She will still have a felony American carpet bombing of Cam- and burned her with an iron, calling let a person serving a life sentence conviction on her record, even Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 bodia and the Khmer Rouge geno- him a 'man who would not let her out. Previous California governors though she never would have been cide. Nourn's father returned to out of his claws.'" When she was notoriously vetoed many such deci- convicted if her court had under- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan Cambodia, but her mother made it attracted to another older man, her sions, but Brown approved 82 per- stood domestic violence. What she to San Diego, where she remarried. boss at work, she agreed to set up a cent of them in his first years in truly needs is a pardon. The US is all Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 But as a child, Nourn saw her step- meeting between the two of them. office. So whom did he deny? He she has known since an early age, Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press father verbally and physically abuse "She never thought that Barker was has vetoed parole for many people like so many Dreamers. This is her her mother. As a teen, she also be- going to kill David Stevens," her involved in a sex crime or a case in country now. If Nourn is freed, all came involved with an older man lawyer said. "He [Barker] said, 'If which a law officer was killed, and of us who mobilized for her parole who abused and controlled her, and you ever tell anybody about this, he also often says "no" when there will be standing ready for the next who shot another older man who I'm going to kill you and I'm going is a group of organized angry vic- phase of this struggle: the fight The constitution says was attracted to her. When she fi- to kill your family.'" She kept silent tim's rights supporters. Now is the against her deportation. nally sought refuge from the abuse for three years, but eventually more time for everyone who stands in (Truthout) Article 134 Article One Hundred Thirty-Four: Discovery of crimes shall be the duty of police, and investigation and filing the case against the accused in the court shall be the responsibility of the Attorney’s Office, in accordance with the provisions of the law. The Attorney’s Office shall be part of the Executive organ and Trump’s populism has nothing to do with shall be independent in its performance. The organization, authority as well as method of work of the Attorney’s Office shall be regulated by law. Special law shall regulate discovery and investigation of crimes of duty by the armed forces, police and officials of national security. helping the people who voted for him By E.J. Dionne Jr. If words could bring legal actions, “populism” would sue for aggravat- ed abuse. And President Trump would be a co-defendant. In a sea- son of dispiriting tidings, few habits have been more infuriating than the ease with which political commen- tators of all stripes have applied the P-word to Trump. Trump has court- ed this with old-fashioned union-hall rhetoric about his devotion to “hard- working men and women.” Trump claimed during his campaign that he would curb tax breaks for the onditions for press freedom in the country have been improved wealthy, and his chief of staff game- ly insisted on Sunday that the car- unprecedentedly during 16 years. This breakthrough comes ried-interest loophole for hedge- fund managers was still “on the ta- amid at greater media steadiness, rising professional standards ble.” We’ll see. Trump also said he’d for journalists, and a decline in legal harassment and censorship. How- rip up trade treaties and be vigilant against the flight of jobs to China ever, violence against journalists remained a serious problem, as the — pronouncing its name in a men- acing way. But as is the case with country has been suffering from growing insecurity, and the media everything involving Trump, his continued to face legal and other interference from the authorities. words had no connection to thought. They were all about the Last year was the deadliest year on record for Afghan media, with 13 effect they would have. Trump had warned us about this in bestsellers journalists killed, the Afghanistan Journalist Safety Committee report- where he admitted that he uses words ed in that time. The press group documented at least 101 incidents of primarily to get the deal he wants. This hasn’t stopped the cruel mis- killing, assault, intimidation, abuse, and other physical attacks, a 38 treatment of the concept of popu- Trump’s emporium) and policies for fect Trump sound bite: oily and ut- argues that populists “claim that percent increase over numbers recovered in 2015. Undoubtedly, if lism, invoked again and again to turn his buddies. None of the economic terly meaningless. He has also aban- they, and they alone, represent the Trump into a latter-day William executive orders he has issued — the doned his tough-on-China stance people.” They try to define a “sin- this trend continued, and necessary actions are not taken, 2017 could Jennings Bryan (a deeply religious ones that aren’t just meaningless wholesale. Then came his tax pro- gle, homogeneous, authentic peo- and, on most things, very progres- calls for studies and commissions — posal — or rather, his single page of ple,” and “treat their political op- worse. This is absolutely an ugly and worrying situation for the Af- sive figure who would likely be ap- has strengthened the hand of work- talking points. Whatever else is clear ponents as ‘enemies of the people’ ghan journalists. But despite all these challenges, free media is con- palled by Trump) or Pitchfork Ben ers or consumers. Instead, they are about the plan, it is a classic tax and seek to exclude them altogeth- Tillman. That Trump spends almost aimed at getting rid of rules that giveaway to the wealthy, especially er.” Trump reassures supporters: sidered as one of great achievements of the incumbent and the former all of his time with very wealthy corporations would prefer not to to Trump himself. We can’t know 'We’re going to have the wall' Play people and only appears truly hap- live by. Then came Trump’s con- for sure because he won’t show us Video2:58 President Trump reas- governments. They are proud of having free media. It is worth men- py when he’s at one of his resorts tent-free approach to scuttling his tax returns. But his outline is sured cheering supporters at a rally never seems to lower his populist Obamacare. He had promised a more about as “populist” as the member- in Harrisburg, Pa., April 29 that he tioning that free media doesn’t mean to have unbalanced report. The score. The defense is to ask: Why generous system. But in his eager- ship list at Mar-a-Lago. To be fair, stills plans to build a wall along the Afghan journalists maintained this at level best, that’s why there are can’t a rich guy speak for the peo- ness to sign something, anything, there is one area where those claim- border with Mexico. (The Washing- ple? Well, yes, Franklin D. Roosevelt he embraced a bill that would have ing Trump as a populist could make ton Post) This is certainly insight- no journalists in jail in the whole country for reporting unbalance or was called a traitor to his class. But deprived millions of health cover- their case in court. Although he has ful about leaders of Trump’s stripe, Trump is nothing of the sort. Just age, many of them his own support- given up for now on funding The even if other takes on populism put one sided report. Taking this view, the Afghan government and the take a look at the net worth of those ers. He didn’t care. He just wanted a Wall, he keeps making anti-immi- more stress on its authentically dem- people would not let anyone to undermine this achievement. Howev- staffing his administration. We now “win” to tweet about. The various grant pronouncements and has is- ocratic side. What it shows is that know that what he said during the repeal schemes have been so bad that sued and defended constitutionally all that remains of Trump’s popu- er, recently Hezb-e-Islami leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar addressing a campaign to win blue-collar votes even this Pyrrhic victory has elud- dubious executive orders to show how lism is the part that focuses on ha- in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wis- ed him. And on trade, he has walked hostile he is toward outsiders. tred and division. Giving actual help crowd of supporters in eastern Afghanistan has described some me- consin was disconnected from any away from his pledges on the North Trump’s nativism does fit one of to the people who voted for him is dia outlets as cursed, saying they must stop promoting sedition and intentions he had — or, alternative- American Free Trade Agreement, the many conflicting definitions not part of the plan. May I thus ly, that he never pondered the mean- though his position changes almost that scholars offer of populism, this propose a Populism Legal Defense ethnic division. But thanks to the Ministry of Information and Culture ing of his words until he got elected. hourly. “Hey, I’m a nationalist and one from Princeton University’s Fund? The word deserves better than Trumpism means verbiage for the a globalist,” Trump said last week. Jan-Werner Müller in his recent it’s getting. that struck back at Hekmatyar, saying that no official or any party workers (words really are cheap in “I’m both.” This may be the per- book, “What Is Populism?” Muller (WP) could slap restrictions on the media in the country. Furthermore, NAI— Organization Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan said Hekmat- yar’s attacks on the media was an insult. This stance is very interest- ing, because it has been for two days that Hekmatyar appeared in public, but he directly attacked media. Old and extremist view on media is not acceptable to any level. NIA said that Hekmatyar does not believe in democracy, press freedom and would try to put pres- sure on the media. It is very much important for Hekmatyar to get realize of the changed that has been made in the country. Afghanistan is practicing democracy, it is not old Afghanistan or under civil war. The freedom of media gained at cost of lives of several reporters, and it’s imperative to every political party to feel responsibility over its protection. At the same time it is the duty of the National Unity Government to make sure no group allowed pressurizing media out- lets. It is very much important for Hekmatyar to put aside his views and go with what Afghanistan accomplished at the absence of him in the past 15 years. Media is a source of information, don’t try to restrict it. Let’s not forget that media is playing a role of mediation, and it is media that reaching the voice of Hekmatyar himself to the public. Media voice is your voices don’t forget. Subscription Rates Note: The following rates will apply from January 01, 2017. 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Almost a month Marine Le Pen’s after Trump’s airstrike, Syria woman card remains a barbaric By Leonid Issaev battlefield Nearly a month has passed since a Leonid Issaev is a Senior Lecturer of the De- sarin gas attack on the Syrian vil- partment for Political Science of the National lage of Khan Sheikhoun prompted Research University. President Trump to bombard a gov- ernment airbase with cruise missiles. The good news since then is that there have been no further attacks on civilians using sarin — though the regime of Bashar al-Assad is be- By Andrey Zakharov lieved to possess several tons more of it — or chlorine, though “barrel bombs” filled with that chemical were routinely dropped on hospi- Andrey Zakharov is the editor of the "Ne- tals, schools and apartment build- prikosnovenny Zapas: Debates on Politics and ings before April 7. Now for the bad Culture" magazine. dependence referendum. Why? The duced the provision that a referen- news, which has been almost entire- revival of this bargaining chip can dum in Kirkuk must be held before ly ignored by a White House that long ago moved on to other issues: Badinter, to attack open-door mi- be explained by several factors. the end of 2007 - either leaving these By Agnes Poirier At the end of March, Iraqi Kurdis- solidated a division of oil revenues Firstly, there are the personal ambi- oil territories under the control of Syrian and Russian planes have been gration policies. In an opinion piece tan President Masoud Barzani met that is currently comfortable for the pounding civilian targets across Syria Is the gender issue looming large in published in the French daily tions of Masoud Barzani whose le- Baghdad or transferring them to new UN Secretary-General Antonio Iraqi leadership, mainly because the gitimacy as a leader is being ques- Erbil (Article 140). The Iraqi gov- on a daily basis with bunker busters, the French Presidential elections or, L'Opinion, she wrote: "I am revolt- Guterres and once again drew atten- principal issues concerning the dis- cluster bombs, phosphorus and bar- as with most things, the French do ed today by the unacceptable silence tioned. Formally, Barzani's powers ernment has not yet fulfilled this tion to a forthcoming referendum tribution of tax revenues have not as the president of Iraqi Kurdistan condition, and the threat of seces- rel bombs packed with shrapnel. On it differently? Unlike in the US, for and, therefore, tacit consent of the called to allow the region the right yet been resolved in full. At the same French Left in the face of these fun- expired on August 19, 2015 when sion posed by Kurdistan can serve a typical day last week, between 70 instance, where Marine Le Pen's of "self-determination". The Kurds' time, the status of primus inter pares and 80 people were killed in the civil gender and its impact on the elec- damental attacks on the rights of the regional parliament refused to as an effective means of persuading desire to determine their own future allows Erbil to attract oil investors extend the term of his mandate. At Baghdad to act on it. Since real se- war, according to reports from the torate's choice would be discussed at women. I am scared that the mi- is understandable. To date, about 20 through tax rates that are lower than grant crisis signals the beginning of that time, the growing threat from cession, if it takes place, would be Syrian Observatory for Human length, hardly any political analysts million Kurds live in the Middle East federal ones. By mid-2010, the gov- Rights — about the same number as in France have commented on the the end of women's rights". In her ISIL obscured the conflict between unreasonable, because it would only and the South Caucasus countries - ernment of Iraqi Kurdistan signed the president and the legislators, but worsen the situation of the Iraqi died from the gas attack in Khan fact that Marine Le Pen's chances 2017 political manifesto, Marine Le Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Arme- more than 40 major international of becoming the first female French Pen develops 144 proposals in a 24- the gradual decline of the terrorist Kurds and their elites, this renewed Sheikhoun. Did Trump make Syri- page long document. The word nia. The presence of such a large contracts mainly related to oil pro- threat once again has raised ques- talk of independence is most likely ans any safer? “Sadly speaking, no,” president may be enhanced or un- ethnic group that after two world duction. Baghdad, of course, grum- dermined by her very gender. In the "women" only appears twice. For tions about the legitimacy of the a political game - a deliberate and says Raed al-Saleh, the head of the feminists, such fact is revealing wars has not acquired its own na- bles about this, but after all, Iraqi Kurdish leader. This is what makes purposeful bluff meant to frighten White Helmets civil defense orga- case of Marine Le Pen, the gender tion-state, could be considered a geo- Kurdistan has no autonomous ac- issue is a complex one. Its impact enough. Although stopping short him think about new big projects to an opponent and force out conces- nization, which told the world about being intertwined with other factors from presenting herself as a "femi- political paradox. As a result, the cess to the sea, and all the pipelines undertake, one of which inevitably sions. the sarin attack. “They managed to such as generation, policies, personal nist", she has also tried to appeal to Kurds along with the Islamic State are controlled by the Iraqi state. is the "game of independence". Fur- All this litigation is reminiscent of stop the use of chemical weapons. history, and character. Nevertheless, French women by looking and be- of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, Since real secession, if it takes place, thermore, ISIL's ongoing retreat in the so-called "parade of sovereign- But the killing still goes on with all her being a woman, and one born in having in a more approachable way. also known as ISIS), in recent years would be unjustified by rational rea- Iraq and Baghdad regaining control ties" that unfolded in Russia in the the other kinds of weapons.” 1968, has allowed her to profound- She may have inherited the forceful have turned into one of the most sons, because it can only worsen the over territories occupied by the 1990s. Back then Tatarstan and oth- Thought-provoking opinions and ly transform the party from the in- voice and physique of her father, influential forces openly encroach- situation of the Iraqi Kurds and their group is weakening the Kurds' posi- er resource republics repeatedly commentary, in your inbox daily. side and the outside. Some will argu- but she chose to change the party's ing on the administrative-territori- elites, it is most likely a political tion in negotiations with the feder- threatened the federal centre with During a visit to Washington last ably say that all she has done is to logo, a flame, for a blue rose. On al order that emerged after World game in which a deliberate and pur- al state. As the chance for a revi- independence, but did not really con- week, Saleh grimly described the rub- create the convincing illusion that the poster for the second round cam- War I and decolonisation. So, what poseful bluff is meant to frighten an sion of the federal contract is di- sider pursuing it. Instead, they used ble his teams have been digging she has detoxified and modernised paign, she very unusually wears a kind of an arrangement are the Ira- opponent and induce it to conces- minishing, Erbil is trying to act this threat to acquire maximum ad- through in the past several weeks. the party but the fact is that she has skirt, and smiles, posing in front of qi Kurds living under today and why sions. In general, the federal reor- ahead of the game and not allow vantage within the federal union. In There was the Shaam Hospital, considerably broadened the party's bookcases. The poster's slogan, does the option of independence ganisation of Iraq made it possible Baghdad to take political advantage the Russian case, this tactic proved which was built into an underground electoral base. During the time Ma- "Choose France" shows that she is seem attractive to them? Federali- to preserve the territorial unity of of the military successes. Finally, the effective: even now, after a unitary cave six miles west of Khan rine Le Pen's father, Jean-Marie, was trying to appear as the Mother of sation: Failure or success? After the the country, to satisfy an eternally threat of independence can be used system was built in the country, the Sheikhoun: Russian planes dropped at the helm of the party - between the Nation. In fact, she is deliber- collapse of the Baath regime, Iraq dissatisfied minority and to divide by Erbil to try to expand the terri- Kremlin still has not succeeded in six bunker busters on it on April 22, collapsing it and trapping doctors 1972 and 2011 - the party's elec- ately tapping into the national un- was transformed into an asymmet- the commodity rent. Never in Iraq's tories of Iraqi Kurdistan. The con- taking away from the resource re- torate was predominantly male and conscious: the French Republic is ric federation. Iraqi federalism is history have Iraqi Kurds enjoyed and patients under heavy stone. On stitutional deal between the Arabs publics those advantages that they Wednesday and Thursday, three old, with twice as many male votes represented by a female figure wear- often criticised for giving preferenc- such freedom politically, economi- and the Kurds was supposed to re- claimed for themselves 15 years ago. for every female vote. Jean-Marie ing the revolutionary red Phrygian es to one ethnic group, which is a cally, and culturally as now. Never- more hospitals were bombed in the solve the issue of disputed territo- Time will only tell whether Iraqi same northwestern region. In two Le Pen, a former paratrooper, par- cap known as Marianne, and best minority, at the expense of others. theless, contrary to the evidence and ries claimed by both communities. Kurdistan will be equally successful ticularly scared women voters. Un- remembered in the Delacroix paint- According to the 2005 Constitu- common sense, Erbil again an- of those cases, the planes came back It was at the Kurds' insistence that in its independence game. to strike the White Helmets’ rescue der his leadership, the party was in ing. Every town hall and state schools tion, only three of the 18 Iraqi prov- nounced the preparation of an in- the 2005 Iraqi Constitution intro- (Aljazeera) bed with ultra-Catholics and op- in France has a bust of Marianne inces which have Kurdish popula- operations. The organization has posed, for instance, abortion rights and every stamp and French euro tion are part of the autonomous become a prime Russian target since which Le Pen senior called "geno- coin show her face or profile. Re- Kurdish region. But the autonomy it provided evidence of the sarin cide". For him, women were child cently, Marine Le Pen's strategy has of Iraqi Kurdistan is truly boundless: attack, Saleh said. In the days after bearers and homemakers. His wife been to particularly target working- Its government has the right to have the U.S. missile salvo the White and mother of his three daughters, class women who may fear their its own armed forces, conduct inde- Helmets’ center in Khan Sheikhoun Pierrette, famously posed naked on poorly paid jobs are at risk from pendent foreign policy, and attract was bombed; the staff survived in an the cover of Playboy in 1987 to get immigrants. French women being foreign investments. The 15 prov- underground shelter but all their ve- back at him after their acrimonious represented in the service proletar- inces in which the Arabs live, do not hicles were destroyed. Two other divorce. Since she took over from iat may feel particularly inclined to have anything of that kind, which nearby White Helmets facilities her father, Marine Le Pen managed vote for the anti-globalisation and gives them legitimate reasons for were struck, including in Saleh’s to close the gender gap, as well as protectionist Marine Le Pen. Of discontent. In this regard, in the hometown of Jisr ash-Shugur. Mean- the age gap. During her first presi- course, some feminists, such as fol- academic and political communities while Russia launched an all-out pro- dential bid in 2012, when she scored lowers of the Femen movement, of the Middle East, where the tradi- By Dimitar Bechev paganda offensive: In a briefing in 17.9 percent of the vote (6.4 mil- who are based in Paris, try as often tions of monolithic and indivisible Moscow on Thursday, a Foreign lion votes), the number of male and as they can to call her bluff. They power are strong, the Iraqi federal- donia's politicians made use of the Ministry spokeswoman accused the regularly ambush Marine Le Pen female voters who chose her party ist experiment is often recognised deadlock. The party leadership group of collaborating with the Is- was almost equal. In many ways, she during public events, conferences or Dimitar Bechev is a Nonresident Senior Fel- lamic State and an al-Qaeda affili- as a failure. But what, in fact, can be low at the Atlantic Council. maintains that joining the EU and has modernised her party. After all, public speeches with, for instance, NATO are important long-term ate as well as providing “the U.S. a the words "Marine: Fake Feminist" considered a success of federalisa- her personal story shows a modern tion in an ethnically and religiously goals, but in reality, they have punted pretext to carry out an act of ag- woman. She is a twice-divorced sin- or "Le Pen Top Fascist" painted and Viktor Orban, VMRO-DPMNE on fulfilling Brussels' pesky condi- gression.” In fact the White Hel- gle mother of three who is person- across their chests. The Femen and diverse society torn apart by civil unrest? If we consider the preserva- has been in charge for more than a tionalities. The dual impasses have mets have been an island of human- ally pro-abortion rights and pro-gay other French feminists insist that You rarely get to hear about Mace- decade. Marred by high-level and ity in an otherwise bleak barbarian Le Pen is using women's issues for tion of the state within the borders furnished Gruevski and his partisans rights. She certainly doesn't scare donia, but in the Balkans, it is some- pervasive state capture, their rule an excellent opportunity to grab landscape. As of last week they had female voters, young or old, the way xenophobic purposes, as a way to recognised by the international com- thing of a bellwether. A decade ago, munity as success, we can say that came under attack in 2015 when power at home while wearing the counted nearly 91,000?people saved her father did. In the last six years, push forward an anti-immigrant it set an example of a multiethnic since Saleh helped to establish the Iraq's federalisation has been success- Zaev produced incriminating tapes mantle of the nation's protector the National Front's stances on agenda. democracy - fragile and dysfunc- implicating Gruevski and his close group in rebel-controlled northern In her 2017 political manifesto, ful. The decentralisation of power from internal and external adver- many women's issues, such as abor- tional, to be sure, yet somehow keep- entourage, including family mem- saries. However, the opposition is Syria in 2013. He says it now has tion, have been toned down. There Marine Le Pen develops 144 pro- allowed Iraqi Kurds, who make up ing afloat and gravitating towards 3,300 workers in 120 centers across about 20 percent of the country's bers, of abuse of power on a grand not innocent either. It was SDSM, is no talk about repealling the abor- posals in a 24-page long document. the European Union and NATO. scale. After a wave of protests, nine Syrian provinces. One hundred The word "women" only appears population, to remove the issue of heir to the Yugoslav-period com- tion legislation or banning the pill More recently, however, it morphed Macedonian parties agreed under EU munists, that fathered the clientelis- eighty-four have been killed and 500 any longer. Marine Le Pen is also twice. For feminists, such fact is re- complete independence from the into a one-party state, a replica of injured, including eight who died in agenda in the mid-2000s. The fed- mediation to hold early elections tic system and used it in its favour rather shrewd whenever she talks vealing enough. In fact, as the skilled Viktor Orban's Hungary with a Bal- and set up a special prosecutor to an airstrike Saturday. Many of the about Islam. She does it often by politician she is, Marine Le Pen has eration that combines self-rule and while it was in charge in the 1990s kan twist - a combination of old- investigate the tapes. What we see and between 2002-2006. All casualties came in deliberate bomb- mentioning the Islamic veil or the managed to use her gender to give shared rule, assumes "dosed" sover- fashioned clientelism and kitsch ings of rescue operations. Yet Saleh the party a veneer of respectability, eignty: While the complete politi- in Macedonia is the norm across the Gruevski did was take over and up- burqa. She talks about the oppres- nationalism. A stroll around down- post-Yugoslav space: Governments says there is a long waiting list of sion of imposing the veil and burqa competence and modernity. If many cal autonomy of Iraqi Kurdistan grade the machinery he inherited - town Skopje reveals a city trans- pay lip service to the EU precepts assume control over public sector volunteers ready to join when spots on women. That way, she both in- French people can still see through would not suit any of the regional formed into a one-of-a-kind histor- open up: “When we request 10 vol- the illusion, others, among them political players, a configuration but care little about the substance of jobs, budgetary resources, and the vokes and exploits the French secu- ical theme park adorned with the democratic and rule-of-law reforms. unteers we get applications from lar traditions and feminist fight many women, have chosen to be- that offers semi-independent Erbil police and you run the show in Mace- monumental statues of Philip and Postponed twice, the vote was held donia (or any country in its neigh- 700.” The rescuers are paid a against patriarchy. After the mass lieve it. They may, however, not be within the framework of a common Alexander the Great standing along- monthly salary of about $150 — sexual assaults in Cologne, Germa- numerous enough for Marine Le Pen state is much less troubling and in December 2016. VMRO-DPMNE bourhood). Albanian parties are im- side medieval monarchs and anti- had a narrow lead but could not form plicated as well - as coalition part- but their real motivation is saving ny, in December 2016, Marine Le to become France's first female pres- thereby contributes to the mainte- Ottoman revolutionaries. Sadly, their friends and neighbors. “Every Pen invoked, for the first time, Si- ident. nance of regional security. More- a coalition because it would not ac- ners they have also had a piece of these days it is not the overblown cept the conditions put forward by time they pull a baby from the rub- mone de Beauvoir and Elizabeth (Aljazeera) over, the 2005 Constitution con- the pie. And now they have upped cult to imagined forefathers which the DUI, its former partner, and the the ante by promulgating, together ble they find the motivation to go draws world media to the tiny Bal- rest of the Albanian bloc. Under the with the Albanian Prime Minister on,” said Farouq Habib, an aid and kan republic. Rather, it is its vola- constitution, it is the turn of SDSM. Edi Rama, the so-called Tirana Plat- training coordinator for the group. tile politics. Last Thursday, a na- But the Macedonian President form which seeks to upgrade their International support has been tionalist mob stormed parliament George Ivanov, elected on a VMRO- community's status and make Alba- heavy: Most major Western gov- and beat up Zoran Zaev, the leader DPMNE ticket, refuses to hand the nian an official language. They have ernments have supplied funding, in- LETTER TO THE EDITOR of the Social Democratic Union mandate to the Social Democrats. handed Gruevski a pretext to enact cluding more than $20 million from (SDSM) which has been in opposi- The justification for breaking the his spoiler tactics. What we see in the Obama administration; an on- tion since 2006, along with several constitution is the threat of SDSM Macedonia is the norm across the line campaign has attracted more of his fellow party members and a "Albanianising" Macedonia. The post-Yugoslav space: Governments than 200,000 small donors and more prominent Albanian politician. The real reason: Gruevski does not want pay lip service to the EU precepts than $12 million in contributions. reason: SDSM and the Albanian par- to be in opposition. Being indicted but care little about the substance of The White Helmets have become a ties had the audacity to elect as by the special prosecutor and end- democratic and rule-of-law reforms. leading candidate for a Nobel Peace Agriculture sector speaker Talat Xhaferi, an ethnic ing up behind the bars as Croatia's Prize. But the 34-year-old man who International democratisation Albanian from the Albanian Demo- erstwhile Prime Minister Ivo San- watchdogs, such as Freedom House, leads them is anything but sanguine. cratic Union for Integration (DUI) ader is not a welcome prospect. So, register a multi-year trend of stag- Wearing a black suit, black shirt and As a landlocked country, Afghanistan has few choices for economic improvement. One who once served as deputy defence it is not the love of the motherland nation or, in some cases, backslid- black tie with purple stripes, Saleh of these options is agriculture. Economy of most of citizens is depended on this sector, minister. The protesters, calling that is at stake, much less Putin stir- ing to authoritarianism. Nowhere is spoke in a funereal monotone as he particularly in remote provinces. Afghanistan has enormous water resources and rivers. themselves "For a Shared Mace- ring trouble in a far-off corner of this more visible than in the area of described the group’s strategy for donia" movement claimed SDSM southeast Europe. It is the crude re- media: Freedom of expression has avoiding Russia’s “double-tap” This water flows into neighboring countries without proper using inside Afghanistan. staged a coup with Albanian back- alities of Balkan politics. The on- been in steady decline while econom- strikes on rescuers: “We don’t have This country needs mechanized agriculture. The government should mount the allocated ing. They see a plot to transform going drama in Skopje illustrates the ic hardship has heightened vulnera- one. We have to be available imme- budget for this important sector. Moreover, Afghan farmers need packaging and storage Macedonia into a binational state dire straits of Western policy in the bility to political pressure and given diately at the site. Minutes or sec- abetted by the West and sinister onds can save lives. So we don’t have facilities inside the country. Most of Afghan fruits are sent to Pakistan for storage and region. In the early 2000s, Mace- political elites the means to coopt backroom operators such as philan- donia was the poster child of the or silence critics. Back in Decem- the option to wait.” When I asked packaging. Agriculture products of Afghan farmers have a good place in international thropist George Soros, the bete noire EU's transformative power. Emerg- ber, optimists hoped for a change Saleh how Syria’s carnage could end, market but more work is needed to be done by the government in this regard. of the nationalists. Lately, there ing from a brief conflict with ethnic of government and a rollback of he cited what he said was the only Agriculture is one of the few options that would lead Afghanistan towards self- have been even calls for a wholesale Albanian militants in 2001, it was Gruevski's power networks. In prin- day since 2011 when no Syrians "de-Sorosisation" of the country. the second post-Yugoslav country ciple, that would have been a good were killed: Feb. 28, 2016, when a sufficiency and an improved economy if the government thoroughly implements mega They have become the staple of (after Slovenia) to sign an associa- thing. The orderly passage of pow- cease-fire brokered by the United projects in this vital sector. Macedonia's principal centre-right tion agreement with Brussels. The er from a governing party to the States and Russia went into effect. Mustafa Fayez, Shahr-e-Now, Afghanistan party, VMRO-Democratic Party for diminutive republic muddled opposition and back is the hallmark It soon crumbled, but Saleh says that Macedonian National Unity through, against all odds - through of a democratic regime. In theory, is the only way out: “a political so- (VMRO-DPMNE), which is the driv- political turbulence, conflicts rip- it would have been a healthy devel- lution” that comes about from “se- ing force behind the "civic" protest ping apart Bosnia and neighbouring opment for VMRO-DPMNE as a rious will from the major political escalating into mob rule. Western powers.” In other words, a single U.S. Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must Kosovo, and a trade embargo im- party to return to opposition and commentators have succumbed to posed by Greece due to a dispute over disentangle itself from the state. airstrike isn’t enough. Unless and have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: the temptation to read the periodic until Trump is willing to do more, [email protected] the country's name. (Greece claims Gruevski's retirement would give outbursts in this chronic crisis as that the country's name implies ter- room for a new generation to step the White Helmets will still be dig- driven by the ethnic divide between ritorial claims on its own region of up. However, recent events have ging though rubble. Macedonians and Albanians. Some Macedonia. But the West was on its cast a shadow over such expecta- have even seen Russia's hand in it - side and prospects still seemed bright. tions. a a default explanation when anything Unfortunately for Macedonia, the The incumbent elite's unwillingness Disclaimer: goes wrong in this part of Europe. whole "Europeanisation" project to surrender power confirms that But what is at play, really, are the ground to a halt after Greece im- Macedonia fails even the minimal- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are pathologies of Macedonia's party posed a veto on its NATO and EU ist definition of democracy. The those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or politics. Here is how it goes. Led by accession in 2008-2009, once again ethnicisation of the crisis is a har- Nikola Gruevski, a one-time tech- citing the name issue. But one should binger of more trouble. There will opinions of the Afghanistan Times. nocrat who turned into a populist in not get carried away faulting Ath- be more bad news from Skopje. the mould of Recep Tayyip Erdogan ens. The fact remains that Mace- (Aljazeera) TUESDAY. MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES Germany offers military training to Myanmar

Germany's Chief of Defence Gen- eral Volker Wieker offered to train North Korea has yet to meet its goal of developing a ment store perhaps’. Photo: AP A curity or any other unusual devel- possible missile strike and what opment around here.” North Ko- Myanmar's officers in Germany nuclear-tipped m issile that can reach the US mainland, when he met Senior General Min but analysts believe its current arsenal is capable of to do about it have dominated TV rea launched four ballistic missiles talk shows and other media in Ja- that landed off the Japanese coast Aung Hlaing. The commander-in- striking the 50 ,0 0 0 US troops stationed across J apan pan in recent weeks as regional ten- in March. File photo: EPA For 75- chief said there had been coopera- tion between the two militaries for Residents living near US military er in Fussa, near Yokota Air Base. sion has spiked, with the North year-old Yoshio Takagi, the talk of Turkey arrests Iranian, bases in Japan are facing a fresh “We don’t have bunkers, shelters Korean regime continuing to test- North Korean missiles brings back many years and Myanmar wanted reality: their neighbourhoods are or anything like that.” His compa- fire rockets and US President memories of the second world war, to further promote relations. He on the frontline of North Korea’s ny recently instructed drivers to Donald Trump sending an aircraft when he had to temporarily relo- called for more cooperation to tack- seizes anti-tank dispute with the United States and park their cabs and take immedi- carrier to nearby waters in a show cate to a rural village to avoid Amer- le terrorism and invited Wieker to if Pyongyang were to attack they ate refuge in the event of an attack, of force. North Korea has yet to ican bombs falling in and around visit. would have just minutes to shelter but he isn’t sure where he could meet its goal of developing a nu- Tokyo that killed his two older The delegation also visited missile parts from incoming missiles. “It’s im- go. “All we can do is run into a clear-tipped missile that can reach brothers. He remains opposed to Austria and General Othmar Com- possible. There is no way we can department store perhaps,” he the US mainland, but analysts be- the use of weapons, but is also re- menda from the Austrian armed run away from it,” said Seijiro said. Taxi driver Seijiro Kurosawa: lieve its current arsenal is capable alistic about current circumstanc- forces offered to train officers, the Kurosawa, a 58-year-old taxi driv- ‘all we can do is run into a depart- of striking the 50,000 US troops es. “Tension has escalated and the announcement said. Min Aung stationed across Japan. The gov- situation has become more unpre- ernment raised caution levels in dictable under Trump,” he said. Hlaing and Weiker laid wreaths and March after Pyongyang said four “But Japan relies on the US mili- paid tribute to fallen German per- ballistic missiles that landed a few tary and there is a base here. I think sonnel at the Bundeswehr memo- hundred kilometres off Japan’s we just have to accept the conse- rial and visited the Military Histo- coast were meant to simulate a quences.” A PAC-3 Patriot missile ry Museum in Gatow, Berlin. He nuclear strike on US bases there. unit deployed in Tokyo. Photo: then visited tourist sites such as While Japanese tabloids and tele- APVisits to a government crisis the Berlin Wall, Check Point Char- vision programmes have reported management website surged to the lie and the Brandenburg Gate. He on nuclear shelters ordered by a millions in April from a previous also went to the Friedrich Ebert handful of rich people or touted record of tens of thousands in Stiftung-FES political foundation. gas masks as a more affordable March, as the government tweet- The delegation met Dr Markus Turkish authorities have arrested Ukraine. option, it’s largely business as usu- ed and put out fresh instructions Ederer, state secretary of the For- an Iranian national who they say A ministry statement said the al in Fussa, a town of 58,000 peo- for what to do in the event of a eign Office in Berlin, to discuss the tried to smuggle in parts of a Rus- truck was officially carrying dia- ple in Tokyo’s western suburbs. missile attack. The instructions are democratic transition, increased sian-made anti-tank missile sys- pers but inside was found the “Whatever will be, will be,” said simple: if you are outdoors, take cooperation, peace process and tem with the suspected aim of de- "main parts" of a Russian-made Turkey,Azerbaijan armies 34-year-old Jumpei Takemiya, refuge in strong buildings or un- livering them to a terror organiza- system used by violent groups, who runs a shoe repair shop across derground shopping arcades and if border affairs, the military in Nay tion. including Kurdish rebels and Islam- from Yokota Air Base. “Just think no such facilities are nearby, drop Pyi Taw said. The Customs and Trade Ministry ic State militants. conduct joint exercises calmly about it. Is Yokota really to the ground and cover your head. The Myanmar delegation said Sunday that the man, identi- The ministry said authorities The armed forces of Turkey and try of Defense of Azerbaijan. going to be the first one to be hit? A chemical weapon is possible, so went to the Army Combat Train- fied only by his initials E.E., was believe the missile parts had prob- Azerbaijan will conduct joint mil- Earlier it became known that I doubt it, and frankly I’m not so the instructions advise covering ing Centre in Letzlingen village on detained at the port in the Black ably been sent for repairs and were itary and tactical exercises, from Georgia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan nervous,” he said. Looking out his your nose and mouth with a cloth April 28 and they met Myanmar Sea city of Zonguldak, after offi- being returned to a terror organi- Monday to Friday. Air defense and will carry out joint military exer- shop window, he added: “As you and shutting doors and windows. embassy staff. cials searched his truck that had zation. antiaircraft units also will take part cises in Georgia, between June 4 can see, there is no heightened se- (SCMP) (Nationmultimedia) arrived aboard a vessel from (Theglobeandmail) in these maneuvers, vesti.az news and 14. agency reported citing the Minis- (NEWS) Triangular diplomacy at work again with China, Life in rural Kyrgyzstan: Long-liver woman in Naryn India, Russia playing one off against the other Cary Huang says triangular diplomacy seems to have shares secret behind living made a comeback as the three, unlikely allies in a West-dominated global order, try to gain a strategic up to being 105 years old advantage over each other. A true alliance may be out Anipa Baimurzayeva is 105 years narian mother of village." "I don't of reach for now old. She lives in Uchkun village in know which exactly month I was Naryn region. The long-liver gave born. I was the second wife of my “Triangular diplomacy”, a term forum of foreign ministers, held 14 birth to 10 children, has 68 grand- husband. We've been together coined by former US secretary of times since 2002. There are also children and 130 great-grandchil- through hunger, cold, and war. I state Henry Kissinger in reference several trilateral forums, including dren. Turmush correspondent worked during the WWII home- to the confrontation and coopera- an experts’ meeting on disaster talked to youngest son, Mairam- front times. tion between the US, the Soviet management, a business forum, bek Baiburzayev, who said that his After war ended, my husband and Union and China during the cold and a dialogue involving scholars. mother was born in 1911. "My I started doing animal husbandry. war, seems to be back again, but in However, these meetings have so mother's health is deteriorating Almost all my life I spent in the a new form and with new strategic far failed to be upgraded to sum- every year. But despite this, she pasture," she recollects. "The se- significance. The strategy ex- mit level, like the G7 or BRICS can walk on her own," he said. The cret of my long life is a clean jailoo plained the informal alliance be- (Brazil, Russia, India, China and entire village is proud that they air," she noted. tween Washington and Beijing; US South Africa). How China, Russia have her. They call her "a cente- (Akpress) president Richard Nixon and Kiss- and India will seek to shape Eur- inger managed, 45 years ago, to pit asia in their own distinct ways The Beijing and Moscow against each fragile alliance suffered a further other by forging a closer partner- setback last month when China Kazakhstan: UN Chief Welcomes ship with China. But relations be- rejected a Russian request to hold tween China and Russia have a trilateral meeting of defence min- Astana's Efforts toward steadily improved since the col- isters. The proposed meeting lapse of the Soviet Union, which would have been held last Tues- also resulted in the death of the day in the Russian capital, a day Reconciliation in Syria US-China alliance. Trump will try before the Moscow Conference on the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said istry said in a statement. During to smash the China-Russia-Iran International Security, which was Iran’s revolutionary guards’active the UN chief expressed full sup- the meeting, Guterres said he triangle ... here’s why he will fail attended by Chinese Defence Min- port of the country’s efforts to- would take part in the Shanghai Since US President Donald Trump ister Chang Wanquan (???) and his ward reconciliation in Syria at a Cooperation Organization summit took office, however, heavy- Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley. in dozens of ‘premises’ in Mosul meeting with Kazakhstan’s top and the opening of the Expo-2017 weights like Kissinger, who is now Although they were allies dur- diplomat in New York. Kazakh exhibition in the Kazakh capital on Trump’s foreign policy guru, and ing the two world wars and now The Quds Force of Iran’s Revolu- Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakh- May 8-9. "It was stressed that it geostrategist Zbigniew Brzezins- find themselves as potential part- tionary Guards is active in Mosul manov met with UN Secretary will be his second visit to Kazakh- ki, have spoken of the necessity ners in dealing with a world order through dozens of military and General Antonio Guterres during stan in six months, which demon- to drive a wedge between China established by the West, the Eur- political premises established in his visit to the United States on strates that the UN pays great at- and Russia, as a potentially formi- asian giants share little history, the western side of the city under Sunday, TASS reported. "The min- tention to cooperation with Kaza- dable Eurasia alliance is in the mak- culture, religion, ideology or poli- the wings of the Popular Mobili- ister informed the secretary gener- khstan and other Central Asian ing, dubbed RIC, for Russia-India- tics. Instead, they have all along zation Forces, informed sources al about the negotiation process on countries," the Kazakh Foreign China. Advocated by former Rus- been geostrategic competitors in told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday. Syria in Astana. Guterres ex- Ministry said. Kazakhstan also sian prime minister Yevgeny Pri- the region. Sheikh Muzahim Huwet, the pressed his full support to the pro- suggested setting up an interna- makov, the RIC is led by an annual (SCMP) spokesperson for the Arab tribes cess, because, in his opinion, these tional UN hub in the Kazakh city negotiations pave the way for suc- of Almaty and said it was ready to in Nineveh, said that former Iraqi Prime Minister cess of the Geneva talks," the min- allocate a building for the purpose. Nouri al-Maliki “is currently working to form sev- Brexit is a pessimistic decision, 20 years after Labour’s eral tribal councils in Nineveh that are linked to him and directly supported by Iran’s Revolutionary landslide victory I’m coming back to politics: Blair Guards and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.” Hu- wet added: “They seek to win the largest number of Popular campaign from Tony Blair has announced his re- negotiations before making a final parliamentary seats in Mosul and also the majority turn to British politics, two de- decision. “We don’t know yet of seats at the governorate’s council, in order to AtaBank starts again cades after he led Labour to its what the final deal on Brexit will factionalize the Sunni Arabs, to Shi’itize Mosul greatest ever victory, in a bid to be. We are advocating a very sim- and fight the Kurdistan district.” The Quds Force is Pay non-cash, get cash stimulat- other banks will get one lottery fight against Brexit. The former ple British common sense posi- a special forces unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ing lottery by AtaBank OJSC coupon for every provided receipt prime minister ruled out coming tion, which is to say, ‘let’s see what responsible for their extraterritorial operations. Sep- starts again. Stimulating lottery with amount of transaction 20 back to the House of Commons the Tories come up with first’,” he arately, section XIV Kurdistan Democratic Party started on May 1, 2017 and will manats. To get the coupons of lot- but said he wanted to reconnect said. “Because there is a bit of the relations official in Mosul, Sheikh Muhyiddin Me- continue till December 31, 2017. tery the cardholders should collect with voters even if it meant having Tory Party determined to deliver zouari uncovered the presence of “Sunni tribes Lottery is designed for residents all receipts of payments via POS- a “bucket of wotsit” poured over Brexit no matter what the cost,” linked to the Maliki movement,” adding that those engaged in non-cash transactions terminals of AtaBank OJSC with- him. “This Brexit thing has given he warns. “The single market put tribes possess arms. “The political forces support- by any card issued by banks oper- in a calendar month and submit me a direct motivation to get more us in the Champions League of ing those tribes seek to shake the security situation ating in Azerbaijan, using POS-ter- them to any office or branch of the involved in the politics,” he told trading agreements. A free trade in the liberated areas and to ignite strife between minals installed by AtaBank at bank. It should be noted that there The Mirror. “You need to get your agreement is like League One. We that means getting out into the country and reconnect- residents,” Mezouari said. Also, an official from various commercial, residential and will be lots of prizes. It should also hands dirty and I will.” are relegating ourselves,” he says, ing.” “I know the moment I stick my head out the door one of the Popular Mobilization Forces’ factions public services. Similar to the pre- be mentioned, that the campaign Blair was speaking in the run- repeating the metaphor used in a I’ll get a bucket of wotsit poured all over me, but I with offices in Mosul said that Iranian officers are vious year’s campaign this year goal is to accelerate cashless pay- up to local elections on Thursday Sky News interview from last really do feel passionate about this. I don’t want to be constantly present in those offices, adding that few holders of AtaBank cards will get ments promotional activity in the and then a snap general election on week. “We live in a world defined in the situation where we pass through this moment of days ago, Iran provided its militias in Mosul with one lottery coupon for every pro- country. AtaBank OJSC is a high- June 8 which, if Labour loses, by change. There are cultural history and I hadn’t said anything because that would heavy weapons and drones. However, the official vided receipt with amount of trans- tech universal Azerbaijani bank could prompt a leadership contest stresses, people are worried about mean I didn’t care about this country. I do.” He clari- did not elaborate. Iran seeks to open a ground road action 10 manats. Cardholders of with 100% domestic capital. (AP) and a debate on the party’s direc- immigration, the way their com- fies, “It is not frontline politics in the sense I am not from Mosul to the Syrian territories to supply the tion. He issued a warning over munities have changed, economic standing for parliament.” “I am not sure I can turn some- regime of Bashar Assad and the “Hezbollah” party Theresa May’s approach to leav- stresses, people are worried about thing into a political movement but I think there is a with arms and militants and to increase its powers ing the EU, after previously de- the quality of their job… whether body of ideas out there people would support.” Re- in the area by controlling the city of Mosul and scribing her strategy as “unreason- they will have a job.” “I am going sponding to the suggestion that his presence itself harms getting closer to the borders of Irbil, the capital of able”, and repeated his plea for to be taking an active part in try- the arguments he is making,even if he is right, Blair Kurdistan. voters to look at the outcome of ing to shape the policy debate and defended his reputation and voters’ views of him today. (AAWSAT) TUESDAY. MAY 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Oil prices inch down on China economy Action needed to ‘keep worries, but OPEC cuts support Northern Ireland’s lights Oil prices edged down on Mon- which Tehran would also back. day as a disappointing Chinese [nL8N1I10GF] The Organization economic survey clouded the out- of the Petroleum Exporting Coun- look for demand, although talk that tries (OPEC)meets this month to on’ beyond 2021 OPEC-led crude output cuts could discuss oil supply policy. If OPEC be extended continued to offer sup- agrees to extend the cuts, then Northern Ireland could struggle to port. NYMEX crude for June de- bloated global inventories could “keep the lights on” beyond 2021 livery was down 12 cents drain by the end of the year, a Re- unless decisions are taken to se- at $49.21 a barrel by 0619 GMT. uters poll of economists and ana- cure sustainable electricity sup- London Brent crude for new front- lysts showed. [nL8N1HZA1E] plies, a new report has revealed. month delivery in July Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister With the main power stations at was down 15 cents at $51.90. A Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday Kilroot and Ballylumford nearing faster-than-expected slowdown of there was consensus with Central the end of their operational growth in China's manufacturing Asia over oil markets and produc- lifespans – relying largely on im- sector in April weighed on prices. tion levels. [nL8N1I10BV]. Mon- ported gas, coal and oil – the North- An official survey showed on Sun- ey managers cut their net long U.S. ern Ireland Affairs Committee at day that producer price inflation crude futures and options posi- Westminster has heard evidence cooled and policymakers' efforts tions for the first time in four describing the proposed new to curtail financial risks in the econ- weeks in the week to April 25, the North-South Interconnector as omy weighed on demand. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading “essential”. South Antrim Ulster [nL4N1I200S] "The moderation in Commission (CFTC) said on Fri- Unionist MP Danny Kinahan sits the China PMI could see commod- day. [nEMN4NWHYX] U.S. Pres- on the committee. He said the prob- ity prices come under some mod- ident Donald Trump on Sunday lems for the energy sector were est pressure," ANZ said in a note. stepped up contacts with allies in worsening due to a lack of minis- The price declines mark the third Asia to secure their cooperation ters at Stormont to “take strategic consecutive week that oil has start- to pressure North Korea over its decisions”. “I have long argued that land. “The then minister for the financially and technologically im- ed with a drop, with high invento- nuclear and missile programs. the previous economy minister economy, Simon Hamilton MLA, practicable,” the report adds. • In ries also dragging on markets that [nL1N1I2086] Trump's calls to was complacent regarding the long- described it as, ‘perhaps the key his evidence to the Westminster have been grappling with a global the two Asian leaders came after term future of Northern Ireland’s piece of new energy infrastructure committee, the then minister for supply glut for the last few years. North Korea test-launched anoth- energy supply, indeed such con- in Northern Ireland’. “SONI’s the economy, Simon Hamilton, Iran's oil minister said on Satur- er missile that Washington and cerns were considered ‘alarmist’ by [System Operator NI] evidence said he had no concerns about se- day that OPEC and non-OPEC Seoul said was unsuccessful but minister Hamilton,” he said. “In was particularly striking ...’with- curity of supply up until 2020. countries had given positive sig- which drew widespread interna- their evidence to the committee the out the second North–South inter- The committee’s report states: nals for an extension of output cuts, tional condemnation. (AP) CBI noted that the lack of long- connector, as [the system opera- “He also told us it was not neces- term certainty regarding our ener- tor] SONI cannot be confident that sary to be ‘alarmist’ regarding se- gy supply has hindered our abili- we can ‘keep the lights on’ beyond curity of supply concerns beyond ty to attract foreign direct invest- 2021.” The report goes on to say then, but that he was mindful of Japan final Nikkei Britain’s misplaced ment,” Mr Kinahan added. The that the interconnector proposal the importance of the issue.” The report, which is published today, “has near unanimous support from reports adds that Mr Hamilton states: “Of all the evidence we took across the electricity sector” in believed Northern Ireland “could PMI confirmed at during the committee’s inquiry, one Northern Ireland. “We recognise be in a far worse position,” as the sense of economic of the most clear and consistent that there are objections to the new new interconnector, the proposed messages we heard was that the interconnector regarding its likely new power station at Belfast Har- new North–South Interconnector impact on the landscape. “How- bour and other options mean ‘we 52.7 in April superiority (cross-border overhead power ca- ever, the evidence we have received will look back and say we were ble) was essential for ensuring se- strongly suggests building the in- worrying about nothing’ in years curity of supply in Northern Ire- terconnector underground would be to come. 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Britain is traditionally confident level of taxes with European ser- about its economic place on the vice standards would be for it to Japan’s manufacturing sector ex- around the 2% mark,” IHS Markit planet. With the fifth-largest econ- have much higher productivity panded at a slightly faster pace in senior economist Paul Smith said omy in the world, the UK cleverly than both. That way, a low tax April, final PMI data confirmed in a statement. Stronger exports combines American levels of taxa- burden could produce so much tax on Monday. The Markit/Nikkei fi- have fueled domestic manufactur- tion with a European welfare state. revenue that the nation could buy nal manufacturing purchasing man- ers and helped to stabilize Japan’s Theresa May repeated 11 times in the desired standard of public ser- agers’ index (PMI) came in at 52.7 economy. Tokyo posted a mer- parliament on Wednesday that the vices with the tax rates it wants to in April, down slightly from the chandise trade surplus of ¥614.7 country boasted a “strong econo- pay. Much as it would be lovely preliminary estimate of 52.8, billion in March, as exports surged my” that depended on her “strong to highlight Britain’s productivity which was based on 85-90% of 12% annually. Economists and and stable leadership”. On some as a national strength, it is actually total survey responses. Manufac- market participants anticipate fast- counts, the prime minister is cor- Britain’s international weak spot. turing PMI came weakened to 52.4 er expansion for the Japanese econ- rect. Britain’s economy is no bas- The US, Germany and France are in March. Any PMI above 50 sig- omy throughout the year. The In- ket case but as a nation we suffer far ahead of Britain in the produc- nals expansion, while readings be- ternational Monetary Fund (IMF) from misplaced economic superi- tivity league table and output per low that level point to contraction. recently upgraded its forecast on ority and exaggeration of our suc- head and per worker does not even April marked the eighth successive 2017 growth to 1.2% from a pre- cess. It is time for some truth tell- match that of Italy. After Brexit, Having secured an electoral win in from a weak global demand and er market and destination for di- month Japan’s manufacturing PMI vious estimate of 0.8%. Last week, ing. On current exchange rates, Brit- public finances, taxation and ser- the critical constitutional amend- stagnant growth after the global rect investments. Turkey is cur- was above 50. “Growth of the the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its ain is indeed the world’s fifth-larg- vices are likely to dominate the ment referendum for a presiden- financial crisis, during which even rently striving to diversify its in- Japanese manufacturing sector is 2017-18 outlook to reflect 1.6% est economy, but no one seriously coming election debate as always. tial system, President Recep Tayy- China began to lose its growth ternational trade profile heavily being sustained at a healthy clip at growth from a previous estimate believes it produces more goods The political arguments will sadly ip Erdogan is heading to India this momentum, India's economic per- dominated by the European Union the start of the second quarter, of 1.5%. Policymakers lowered and services than India, Brazil or be about the trivialities. Are the weekend for an official visit. Er- formance has been eye catching. and, as a rapidly growing consum- with the data remaining consistent their outlook on core inflation to indeed Indonesia. On a purchasing Tories breaking promises if they dogan's trip to New Delhi consti- With a gross domestic product er market with a 300 million mid- with underlying rises in official 1.4% from 1.5%. power parity basis, which ac- do not guarantee to lock the rates tutes the first part of a series of (GDP) growth of 7.6 percent in dle class citizens, India carries manufacturing production of (Economiccalendar) counts for what money can actu- of income tax, national insurance visits in May with comprehensive 2016, the highest in the G20, and a massive potential. Currently, In- ally buy, the UK comes ninth in or value added tax? Does Labour delegations of established and massive population around 1.3 bil- dia is Turkey's second-largest trade the world. That is still big but not understand who in Britain is rich emerging powers in the global sys- lion, India carries the promise of partner in the Asia Pacific follow- necessarily big enough to justify a and can afford to pay a lot more tem. Following India, the presi- becoming the next growth engine ing China, but the trade figures US Economy grows single seat on the board of the In- tax? Should ministers guarantee the dent's schedule includes the Silk of the world's economy, potential- show a constant deficit against ternational Monetary Fund when state pension will rise in line with Road Summit in Beijing in the con- ly taking over China's spot. As Turkey that needs to be amelio- India, Brazil and Indonesia all are the highest of prices, average earn- text of China's "One Belt, One Prime Minister Narendra Modi rated. In 2016, Turkish exports to at weakest rate in forced to share. The UK’s pros- ings growth and 2.5 per cent in Road Initiative," and his first offi- tries to stimulate economic growth India were about $5.7 billion, most- perity level is not even in the top perpetuity? These are all impor- cial visit to Washington during the on the basis of manufacturing and ly focused on primary products 15 per cent of 189 IMF members. tant questions, but cannot be an- term of President Donald Trump production through initiatives such such as unprocessed gold, silver past 3 years While Britain enjoyed a relatively swered unless Britain decides the for a face-to-face meeting. This as "Make in India," the country's and metal ores. Therefore, great strong period between 1979 and sort of country it wants to be. itinerary is indicative of Turkey's influence in the global economy potential exists to increase Tur- 2007, the performance of the past We are stuck in the middle with- rejuvenated attention to interna- keeps increasing, in both the rising key's manufacturing exports, as decade, overseen by Labour, Con- out low US tax rates, without Ger- tional politics as an emerging power sectors of the knowledge econo- well as promoting joint invest- servative and Liberal Democrat man public services and without following a long interlude dominat- my, such as software, biotechnol- ments with Indian companies in ministers, was weak. That strong even Italian productivity levels. ed by the nitty-gritty of the refer- ogy and pharmaceuticals and in the the fields of construction and ser- economy hailed by Mrs May had Once, this peculiarly British com- endum campaign's domestic poli- traditional sectors of industry, such vices. Currently, there are only 13 one of the deepest recessions and promise seemed to satisfy the pub- tics. Erdogan's visit to India at this as steel, car production, textiles registered Turkish companies op- weakest recoveries of its peers. lic. juncture is particularly critical as and white goods. Following the erating in the Indian market, how- Greece is the only advanced na- That is no longer true. The public both Turkey and India represent global power indexes formed ever, this number could easily reach tion with lower real wage growth become angry with politicians who emerging powers with a strong through weighted averages of the hundreds given the Indian gov- since 2008. Rather than enjoying contemplate higher taxes, are furi- determination for industrial-tech- shares in the global GDP, world ernment's tendency to open up the US taxation levels with European ous that public services are under nological modernization and socio- trade and capital flows, India seems economy for international inves- levels of public services, the truth such pressure and become incan- economic development. However, to be poised to become the third tors. The total figure of Turkish is that the UK sits uneasily be- descent if anyone suggests produc- the depth and scope of bilateral most economically powerful coun- foreign direct investment (FDI) in tween the two. tivity-enhancing reforms that in- relations and trade so far have been try in the world in the medium India was around $210 million, At 36 per cent of national income, volve building projects near their far from satisfactory. Following term, following the U.S. and Chi- which placed Turkey in a disap- The U.S. economy got off to a in-three-years headline, there are the tax burden is 6 percentage homes or foreigners improving the many years of economic stagna- na. Therefore, as far as Turkey's pointing 41st position among the rocky start this year. That's ac- actually some good signs for the points of gross domestic product dynamism of the economy. Brit- tion, India embarked on a process long-term strategic objectives in the countries that have investments in cording to the latest numbers from economy. For one thing, she says higher than in the US. Spending on ain likes to look at the eurozone of economic opening and rapid global political economy are con- India. Therefore, there is substan- the Commerce Department. The in recent years, businesses have public services is severely strained: and laugh at its tendency to kick growth over the course of the last cerned, improving bilateral rela- tial scope for increasing the direct economy grew at just 0.7 percent been too cautious to spend on bet- at 39 per cent of national income, decisions into the long grass and two decades in a manner reminis- tions with New Delhi carries great investment capacity through care- in the first quarter, the weakest rate ter equipment and new technolo- it is 5 percentage points below that stall necessary reforms. We need cent of its neighbor China. As such, significance in light of the major ful and forward-thinking market in three years. Growth barely gy. And she says that slowed of Germany. The only way for to get over ourselves. at a time when the industrialized potential represented by the Indi- research. above zero is nobody's idea of down innovation and so-called Britain to be able to boast a US (Thenews) Western economies were suffering an economy as a massive consum- (Dailysabah) boom time, but as NPR's Chris productivity gains. Those are re- Arnold reports, it may not be as ally important for a healthy econ- bad as it looks. CHRIS ARNOLD, omy. In this report, though, busi- BYLINE: President Trump says nesses were spending a lot more German finance minister hails progress in Greek economic reforms his policies are going to dramati- money in the first quarter. cally boost economic growth. But STEVENSON: That is really Greece has received some rare praise for its reform push from Germa- those funds to be released so that this report seems to show that that exciting, and that suggests that ny’s finance minister, who has raised hopes that the debt-stricken country it can avoid a default on debt re- is not happening yet. we're moving into the right trajec- will get more bailout funds soon. Wolfgang Schäuble, who recently said payments. Loans of €7.5 billion BETSEY STEVENSON: I tory, that that will lead us to the Greece must implement unpopular economic reforms or leave the euro- (£6.3 billion), due to be repaid by think that there's probably a lot of higher productivity gains and the zone, appeared to soften his tone in an interview published over the Athens, mature in July. In return disappointment in the White higher economic growth that in- weekend. He implied that a review into Greece’s compliance with re- for emergency funds, Alexis House today. vestments and physical capital can form demands was progressing and could pave the way for the release Tsipras’s leftwing government in ARNOLD: Betsey Stevenson generate. of more bailout funds that are badly needed to help Athens meet debt Greece has agreed to swallow aus- was an economic adviser to Presi- ARNOLD: On the downside, repayments due in July, theguardian.com wrote. “If the Greek govern- terity demands but his popularity dent Obama, so she knows what though, consumer spending was ment keeps to all the agreements, the eurozone finance ministers could ratings have suffered as a result. it's like for a White House to get a very weak, the worst quarterly conclude the review on 22 May and soon after that release the next Despite pressure from Germany, weak report on the economy. numbers since 2009. tranche,” Schäuble told the Funke group of newspapers. The German the International Monetary Fund STEVENSON: They were But in any one quarterly re- finance minister said: “The longer it takes, the more it unsettles the has so far declined to join other hoping to see a big Trump bump port, analysts say you don't want markets and businesses.” The interviewers said Schäuble had praised international lenders — the Euro- in the Q1 GDP estimate. And ob- to make too much of the good or Greece’s progress on reforms. He also said that thanks to a tough pean Central Bank and the Euro- viously the only way to see that the bad. Randall Kroszner is a negotiating stance from Greece’s creditors, Athens had agreed to reform pean Union — in funding Greece’s bump is to squint. University of Chicago economist state pensions in order to fit the economic circumstances. “That is not third bailout, worth €86 billion. ARNOLD: But actually, and a former governor of the Fed- easy, I know,” he said. “And it wants to improve the tax system so that Berlin has said the IMF’s involve- Stevenson says if you do squint at eral Reserve. revenues start rising again from 2020.” Greece’s third bailout was agreed ment is crucial if support for Greece this report and ignore the worst- (NPR) in August 2015 and the country is anxiously awaiting for a tranche of is to continue. (BBC) TUESDAY . MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Anushka Sharma: NH 10, Phillauri, other best films of the

Bollywood actor-producer Anush- birthday girl ka Sharma turns 28 on Monday. From the bubbly, happy-go-lucky- girl to a ghost, Anushka has es- sayed a variety of roles, showcas- ing her immense talent in her nine- year-long career. Anushka was last seen in Phillauri opposite Diljit Dosanjh. Born in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) to Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma and Ashima Sharma, Anushka began her career with modelling and did campaigns for the brands Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio. In 2007, she made her runway de- However, Anushka received rave but at the Lakme Fashion Week reviews for her performance. for designer Wendell Rodricks’s Anushka played Alizeh in the Les Vamps Show. Anushka had a film—a woman who lives for the ‘Mah-e-Mir’ dream Bollywood debut with Yash moment, realises that she is suf- Raj Films’ Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi fering from cancer and then takes opposite romance king Shah Rukh certain decisions that affect her Khan. She has already worked relationships. wins big at with the three Khans (Aamir Phillauri (2017) Khan’s PK and Salman Khan’s Anushka’s second production Sultan). Not many know that she venture, Phillauri, was a take on also had a brief appearance in San- blind beliefs, superstitious tradi- Dada Saheb Film jay Dutt’s Lage Raho Munnabhai tions and a lot more. While the film (2006). SRK played a humble, did not leave much of an impact, middle-class man who puts on a Anushka’s charm impressed fans loaned persona to impress his wife, and critics alike. Festival in India Anushka aka Tani. Anushka’s (Hindustan Times) chemistry with Shah Rukh was Fahad Mustafa and Iman Ali star- impressive and got her critical ap- rer Mah-e-Mir won the Best Film and Best Music awards at Dada preciation. Anushka also won the Saheb Film Festival this year, held Apsara Film & Television Produc- in Delhi. Indo peace activist Harsh ers Guild Awards Best Female Narayan collected the award on Debut award for the movie. Anush- behalf of the cast and crew. Pro- ka made a huge splash with her duced under the banner of Hum bubbly character opposite Ran- Films, Mah-e-Mir features an en- veer Singh. She won the Hot Pair semble cast of Alyy Khan, Man- and Best Female Actor at IIFA for It has been three years since Virat knot with cricketers such as Harb- zar Sehbai, Paras Masroor and Band Baaja Baarat that also marked Sanam Saeed. The film was re- Kohli and Anushka Sharma hajan Singh and Geeta Basra, Ranveer’s Bollywood debut. leased on May 6 alongside Cap- sparked rumours of being in a rela- Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech. NH 10 (2015) tain America: Civil War. Mah-e-Mir tionship. The couple was seen to- Recently, Zaheer Khan, too, put Anushka Sharma turned pro- was also chosen by Pakistan’s gether on many occasions, sup- the ring in longtime girlfriend Sa- ducer with Navdeep Singh’s thrill- Academy Selection Committee as porting each other through every- garika Ghatge’s finger in Goa. Are er NH10. Anushka received rave it was shortlisted as the nation’s thing and came back stronger ev- Virat and Anushka keeping their reviews for her performance as a official submission for consider- ery time. Watch how Anushka relationship low-key? strong woman who fights for her ation in the Best Foreign Language Sharma reacts to Virat Kohli’s So, will Virat join the bandwagon own and retaliates, much in the Film Award category at the 89th name Now, the Indian cricket too? A couple of weeks ago, Virat typical Bollywood her style. The Academy Awards. Written by Sar- team’s main man’s lady love turned and Anushka made headlines when film was loosely adapted on the mad Sehbai, Mah-e-Mir is set in 29 today, and we wonder if he will he changed his Instagram profile 2007 Manoj-Babli honour killing contemporary times. The film finally ask Anushka the big ques- picture to his and Anushka’s. And case. chronicles the life of a young anar- tion! Though they had broken up just a few days ago the couple’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) chist poet who experiences the last year, they reconciled soon and adorable banter regarding Virat’s Karan Johar made a comeback suffering that accompanies love, ever since then Virat and Anushka beard was just too sweet to miss! to direction after four years with separation and poverty while de- are going strong, and if the report However, coming back to the huge the film that also starred Ranbir nouncing tradition. Driven to mad- in Mid-day to be trusted, there are question, in case that happens, Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ness, he discovers celebrated 18th slight chances of Virat proposing what a glorious birthday would it and Fawad Khan. Ae Dil Hai century Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir. marriage to his longtime girlfriend. be for Anushka! Mushkil opened to mixed reviews The movie also won big at Guam Since long ago, many actors tie the (Tribune) but scored well at the box office. International Film Festival last year. (Tribune) Shah Rukh Khan’s Ayushmann Wraps up Shilpa’s name dragged in fan moment with business row to create Shubh Mangal Savdhan hype: Raj Kundra Hollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana has had a blast shooting for his forthcoming film Shubh Mangal Savdhan op- posite Bhumi Pednekar. A plot that Warren Beatty has been kept strictly under wraps, the film's first look poster Superstar Shah Rukh Khan met his ed for 18 Golden Globe Awards, garnered huge interest on social favourite star – Hollywood legend winning six, including the Golden media. Now that the film's shoot Warren Beatty. Shah Rukh, who Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, has been wrapped up, Ayushmann delivered his first speech in TED which he was honoured with in is a satisfied actor. He said, "The Talk in Vancouver earlier this week, 2007. filming of Shubh Mangal Savdhan tweeted on Saturday to share a Among his Golden Globe-nomi- has been one of the smoothest photograph of himself along with nated films are Splendor in the shoots ever. The quirky subject, Beatty. “After a whirlwind travel- Grass, Bonnie and Clyde, Sham- brilliant cast and the unique script ling spree, spent a quiet evening poo, Dick Tracy, Bugsy and Rules made it a joyride. Can't believe I with friends in Los Angeles and Don’t Apply, all of which he also have wrapped this up in fifty odds met one of my fav stars…Warren produced. Earlier this year, Beat- straight!" Shot in the heartland of Beatty,” he captioned the image. ty was part of the Oscar blunder India, with touches of small town Beatty has been nominated for 14 which saw the musical La La Land flavours and a schedule in New Academy Awards. In 1999, he was announced as the winner of the Delhi, Shubh Mangal Savdhan awarded the Academy’s highest coveted Best Picture accolade in- promises to be an entertaining re- honour, the Irving G. Thalberg stead of Moonlight. lationship drama. Directed by RS Award. Beatty has been nominat- (Santa Banta) Prasanna, the film is produced by Anand L Rai. Bhumi and Ayush- After a criminal case was lodged wound up due to the business fail- mann made for a winning onscreen against Bollywood star Shilpa Sh- ing and we are following the laws pair in the runaway hit Dum Laga etty and her husband Raj Kundra of the land to close the various Ke Haisha. With Shubh Mangal for duping a textile firm owner for matters properly,” Kundra said in Savdhan, and all the fun that mak- INR2.4 million, the businessman a statement. Kundra also added ing it has been for Ayushmann and said his wife’s name has been that Shilpa has nothing to do with the film's team, a new facet of their dragged to create media hypes. the daily running of the business. onscreen pairing is bound to find Kundar released a statement on Shilpa Shetty shares the secret to expression. (Santa Banta) Friday in which he says that “the a successful marriage vendor is misusing his connections “It’s sad that at every step of in various stations”. “This is a civil the way, my wife’s name is matter and an abuse of the law. We dragged in to create media hype. Preity Zinta hails have tight contracts signed and on She was a non-executive, who had the contrary, the vendor owes us nothing to do with the daily run- money for not fulfilling orders. ning of the business,” he said. PM’s initiative to Beat deal is unfortunately being (Tribune) end VIP culture Actress Preity Zinta yesterday hailed the steps taken by the government to end the VIP culture in India. The 42-year-old actress praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his intent is to make difference to the lives of ordinary citizens. "For our prime minister every person is important and he means it. I think we are lucky to have a prime minister, who not only is thinking about taking the country forward, but he is also thinking about taking each citizen forward," Zinta said. She also praised the initiatives like Swachh Bharat and Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao cam- paigns. "I also like the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign. As a woman, safety and education, these things are important. I am an army kid and it's nice to see him (PM) talking about patriotism and our soldiers. I am happy," she said. Asked about her upcom- ing Bollywood projects, Zinta said, "My next film will release soon. I might be signing a new film also". Zinta is also working on a women's safety project. "I have the biggest project of my life, which is a big project on women's safety, I have been work- ing on it for five years and finally it's going to come out this year, so I have my hands full," she added. (Santa Banta) TUESDAY. MAY 02, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Ligue 1: Nine-man Paris Saint-Germain suffer title blow at Nice A superb goal from Nice's Ricardo Pereira dealt Paris Saint-Germain a severe blow in their bid to win the Ligue 1 title at the Allianz Riv- iera. PSG were looking to go level on points with league leaders Mo- naco, but were comfortably beat- en 3-1 before ending a fiery con- RL Cup review: test with nine men. Thiago Motta and Angel Di Maria were sent off in the dying moments as the visi- Gloucestershire tors' frustrations got the better of them, but Nice were always in control as they moved to within earn improbable three points of their opponents. Pereira was the main man to make a difference on the night, set- ting up Mario Balotelli in the first win at Middlesex half following a fine break, before An unbeaten sixth-wicket 192-run Merwe had smashed 165 not out the former Liverpool and partnership by Ian Cockbain and in the win over Surrey. Chasing 165 Manchester City striker held off a Benny Howell earned Gloucester- in 20 overs after two rain delays, challenge and hit a fine finish into shire an improbable Royal London Sussex finished on 155-9. Laurie the bottom corner for his 14th goal One-Day Cup victory over Mid- Evans smashed five sixes in 40 off of the season. Pereira was then on dlesex in the South Group on Sun- 20 balls to give Sussex a chance, the end of another fine counter af- day. The visitors, chasing 257 to but their hopes effectively ended ter half-time, cutting in onto his win at Lord's, looked like suffer- when he was caught at deep point weaker foot before curling high into ing their second defeat in as many off Lewis Gregory. Mark Stone- the top corner to double the lead. matches when they slipped to 65- man and Kumar Sangakkara guid- PSG finally pulled a goal back 5. But Cockbain, who finished ed Surrey to a comfortable victory after the hour mark when Marquin- with 108 not out from 123 balls, at the expense of Glamorgan. Hav- and Howell (86 not out off 71 ing restricted the hosts to 239 from hos flicked in from Thiago Silva's balls), chased down the target with 48.3 overs after opting to bowl first header as Nice's struggles at set- five balls and five wickets to spare. at the SSE SWALEC, the visitors pieces continued, but they were Middlesex had also been indebted easily chased down the amended be tweaked. Wilder, knowing his unable to push for an equaliser as to a middle-innings partnership - target - under the Duckworth/ own most interesting options they grew more frustrated. Lucas 111 by Adam Voges (81) and Toby Lewis method - of 182 in 29 overs. speak with English accents, was volleyed wide with five minutes Roland-Jones (65) - but unlike Opener Stoneman hit 74 while ringside to watch Joshua and to remaining before Motta was given Cockbain and Howell, they were Sangakkara finished unbeaten on bicker with Tony Bellew. a straight red for an off-the-ball unable to bat through the innings. 81 as Surrey cruised to 183-2 from Asked if he saw Joshua as an incident and Di Maria's wild lunge Middlesex, having elected to bat, just 24 overs. Earlier Jacques Ru- opponent this year, Wilder said: also saw him sent off deep into had been reduced to 114-6 by Liam dolph, following on from the 121 "Most definitely. It's all about uni- stoppage time. Anastasios Donis Norwell. The in-form 25-year-old, he scored against Gloucestershire fications now. I want to do my added a third, heading in at the back bowling his allotted 10 overs from in the opening game, scored 57 thing and get [Joseph Parker's] belt the start, picked up his fourth five- from 65 balls, with nine fours, be- then, at the end of the year, we post, as Nice wrapped up the win to leave Unai Emery's side three for of this season for 36 runs. Dean fore he was bowled off the inside- have a mega-fight. Winner-takes- Elgar became the second Somerset edge by Sam Curran. Tom West- all, bragging rights." points behind Monaco having played a game more. Florian Thau- batsman to score an unbeaten cen- ley's hard-hitting 93 runs from 98 The paradox about Wilder is tury in this season's competition balls helped set up Essex's 25-run that appears still to be a prospect vin struck a hat-trick as Marseille boosted their hopes of European as his side beat Sussex by nine runs victory over Hampshire, at yet he is 31-years-old, is the long- under the Duckworth/Lewis meth- Chelmsford. Westley shared part- est reigning heavyweight champi- football next season with a 5-1 vic- tory at Caen. There was a dramat- od at Hove. Elgar made an unbeat- nerships of 103 with Alastair Cook on, and won all 38 of his fights en 131, his highest List A score, in for the second wicket and 60 with with just a single opponent avoid- ic start to the game as Marseille scored twice in the opening five Somerset's 303-5 from 49 overs Varun Chopra for the third. ing a knockout. two days after Roelof van der (Sky Sport) His critics cite a lack of tech- minutes through Thauvin and nique, and Wilder was certainly Maxime Lopez. Ivan Santini out-boxed in the early rounds of halved the deficit after nine min- his most recent defence against utes, but 19-year-old Lopez (27) Gerald Washington, but he pos- restored the visitors' two-goal Indianapolis Colts The mandatory challenger to the the IBF's top contender. His pro- nent. The veteran Bulgarian has sesses the same stunning weapon cushion as he became the young- IBF heavyweight championship moters, the Sauerlands, tweeted: strung together five wins since los- that Joshua relied upon against est Marseille player to score a that Joshua has owned for a year, "CONFIRMED: Winner of ing to Klitschko in 2014 - that re- Klitschko. Pure power is an at- obliging a bout against Pulev could #JoshuaKlitchsko MUST face sult remains his only defeat. Ex- brace in Ligue 1 for 30 years. sign receiver Trey tribute that cannot be taught and Thauvin, who is on loan from be fundamental to the young cham- Pulev next or be stripped. Look- perienced and rugged but without Wilder's right hand, usually deliv- pion keeping his belt. The IBF are, ing forward to that one." Highlights the obvious skill of Klitschko, Newcastle, took his league tally for ered fast and straight like Joshua's, the season to 15 with further remember, the same organisation from Anthony Joshua's titanic Pulev, 35, could be identified as would account for any heavy- Griffey strikes after 63 and 89 minutes as that stripped Tyson Fury of the heavyweight title fight victory someone that Joshua could brush weight if it lands flush. A fight to title for not immediately accept- over Wladimir Klitschko at Wem- off his own cobwebs against. The unify the world titles belonging to Marseille coasted home. Dijon ing his mandatory challenger in the bley stadium The prospect of WBC heavyweight champion from America's champion and Britain's gained a valuable point in the rele- aftermath of his own win against Joshua being stripped or vacating Alabama was always seen as equivalent, whether it be in Vegas gation battle with a goalless draw Klitschko in November 2015. Pu- his IBF belt is plausible, his pro- Joshua's obvious route into the or London, has the potential to be at home to Bordeaux, moving them lev beat Kevin Johnson [a former moter Eddie Hearn confirmed last United States, but after a mammoth an occasion that would dwarf even out of the bottom three at the ex- opponent of Joshua's] last Friday week, but equally they might deem occasion on British soil like we saw Joshua-Klitschko. pense of Caen. night to maintain his position as Pulev to be a realistic next oppo- on Saturday night, that plan might (BBC Sport) (Sky Sport) SkyAcademy Sports Scholar Haru Nomura claims road cyclist Lucy Garner proud Texas Shootout title at sixth extra play-off hole to get through Tour de Yorkshire Trey Griffey, the son of Baseball His father Ken Griffey Snr was Hall of Fame legend Ken Griffey a three-time All-Star outfielder Lucy Garner has expressed her re- Jnr, has joined the Indianapolis who won World Series crowns in lief and pride at overcoming the Colts. Griffey was not picked up 1975 and 1976 with Cincinnati. He "killer climbs" of the Tour de York- in the NFL Draft that ended Sat- played from 1973 to 1991 for the shire on Saturday. The Sky Acad- urday but made 23 catches for 382 Reds, New York Yankees, Atlanta emy Sports Scholar was unable to yards for the University of Arizo- Braves and Seattle. repeat her heroics from last year na last season. He made 31 catch- Trey Griffey, 23, was select- in Doncaster when she secured a es for 405 yards in 2014. Griffey ed by the Mariners in last year's stunning second spot in the noto- Jnr, who smashed 630 career home MLB draft in the 24th round, riously gruelling event because of runs, was inducted into the Hall of matching his father's jersey num- its hills. It was former world cham- Fame last year after 22 Major ber, despite not having played pion Lizzie Deignan who took the League Baseball seasons with the baseball competitively since before honours in style, delighting the lo- Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds high school. cal crowd as she stormed to victo- and the Chicago White Sox. (BBC News) ry in Harrogate after fighting off the chasing pack. Giorgia Bronzi- ni, of the British-registered Wiggle Haru Nomura secured her third frogged Nomura with a birdie-two High5 team, finished third, with LPGA Tour title with victory over at the penultimate hole. Needing a Garner playing a crucial support- Cristie Kerr in a lengthy play-off final-hole birdie to force a play- ing role to the Italian and her four at the Volunteers of America Texas off, Nomura almost holed her third Peace Envoy’s other team-mates. "I was satisfied Shootout. shot from the rough before sinking with my own performance," the Normura prevailed at the sixth the 10-foot putt to close a five- 22-year-old from Leicester said. sudden-death hole in strong winds over 76 and take the contest to "The course wasn't at all suited to at Las Collinas Country Club, af- extra holes. Jessica Korda birdied Naas mission in me but I gave it my best shot for ter the pair had been tied on three the last to close a two-over 73 and the team. Early on in the race [be- under after 72 holes. The pair had grab third spot, with Sung Hyun fore the killer climb] I did a lot for both made par on each of their pre- Park a further shot back on level Tetrarch Stakes the team. I chased down breaks vious five returns to the 18th tee, par. Charley Hull was one of four and tried to protect my team as before Normura tapped in for bird- players to share ninth spot along- Peace Envoy steps down from the Curragh. Son Of Rest showed much as possible. ie at the sixth attempt to claim vic- side Ariya Jutanugarn, So Yeon Ryu Group-race company for the first his well-being ahead of this Listed s"The hill came and that was the tory. Beginning the day two and Amy Yang, who fired a round- time in nearly 12 months as the contest when opening his account end of it for me but I still got strokes clear, Nomura bogeyed the of-the-day 69. colt bids to kick-start his three- in impressive style in a five-fur- around to the finish. The crowds second but birdied the short sixth Inbee Park saw her hopes end year-old career with victory in the long maiden at Cork four weeks were amazing! "I'm so happy for to move five clear of the chasing with a quadruple-bogey at the 15th Roger Federer says Power Irish EBF Tetrarch Stakes ago. "I hope we get a little drop of Giorgia, though. pack. Nomura kicked off her back after finding the water, with the at Naas on Monday. A winner at rain for him. I'm looking forward She is super-strong at the moment nine with successive blemishes and South Korean closing a nine-over both Group Three and Listed lev- to running him," said Stack. "He and showed it on Saturday by get- saw her lead reduced further with 80. Amateur Eun Jeong Seong, who he plans to play at el as a juvenile, the son of Power had a good run in the National ting a third place." The 122.5km dropped shots at the 14th and began the day in a share of second, ended the last campaign with runs Stakes behind Churchill and then route between Tadcaster and Har- 16th, before holing a 12-footer to ended in a share of 40th after a 15- in two Group One races. A highly- he won his maiden at Cork." Jessi- rogate also formed stage two of the double-bogey the 17th after twice over 86, while Angela Stanford creditable third to American speed- ca Harrington, fresh from her suc- men's race later in the day won by narrowly avoiding the hazard. Kerr propped up the leaderboard fol- French Open ster Lady Aurelia in the Prix cess at Punchestown's National French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni. reached the turn in 39 and dropped lowing a final-round 89. Morny at Deauville in August, he Hunt Festival, runs Drumfad Bay, (BBC Sport) another shot at the 14th, but leap- (Fox News) Roger Federer has confirmed he plans to play in next month's French may have been slightly over the who was unplaced in the Leop- Open. The 35-year-old did not compete in last year's tournament be- top when unplaced for the first ardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial on cause of knee and back problems. But Federer intends to play at Roland time in eight starts in the Middle her return. Henry de Bromhead, Garros following his victories at the Australian Open and ATP events in Park Stakes at Newmarket in Sep- also better known as a leading Indian Wells and Miami. "I am registered and my intention is to play," tember. Trainer Aidan O'Brien said: jumps trainer, sends out Pecheurs he said, after beating John Isner in an exhibition match in Washington. "I "He's in good form. We're happy De Perles, who recently got off the feel very privileged to be back on a tennis court. Last year was extreme- with him since last year but he's mark in a Tipperary maiden. Mak- ly difficult, having had surgery and the knee never healing. "Then I had just ready to start off." Fozzy ing up the list of nine runners are back pain too, and it all got too much at Wimbledon and I was out for six Stack is expecting a bold show from the Ger Lyons-trained pair of Doc- months. "But I was able to spend some incredible time with the family Son Of Rest, who was pitched into tor Geoff and Noivado, Dermot and start preparing for this season and hoping that the work that I put a Group One on only his second Weld's Firey Speech, Jim Bolger's in in the off-season was going to really pay off. "I was going to get a outing last term and performed Radio Silence and True Valour from second chance to really play tennis again on the professional tour and so admirably when fourth to Johnny Murtagh's stable. when I did come back in Australia, it was really exciting." Churchill in the National Stakes at (Sky Sport) (Sky Sport) TUESDAY . MAY 02. 2017-Sawar 12, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 268 Price: Afs.20

Hekmatyar’s peaceful return encouraging step: UNAMA KABUL: The UN Assistance Mis- sion in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a statement on Monday said they were encouraged by progress on peace in Afghanistan in the form of Gulbadin Hekmatyar, head of his own Hizb-e-Islami, peaceful return to the country. UNAMA support- ed the efforts by Afghanistan’s WASHINGTON: The United National Unity Government to en- States should condition its military gage all those interested in estab- aid to Pakistan to force Islamabad lishing an equitable peace and re- to rethink its alleged support to nouncing violence for good, the the Afghan insurgency, says a re- WASHINGTON D.C. [United the families of thousands of inno- Rights to investigate and document statement said. The agreement with port released by the International States]: Afghan-Americans from cent civilians who have lost their the incidents of war crimes in Af- Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin demon- Crisis Group (ICG) on Sunday. various walks of life, living in the lives as a result of the continued ghanistan, including attacks on strated the preparedness of Afghan- The transnational think tank, Washington D.C. area and beyond, terrorism in the region Afghans houses of worship, hospitals, and istan’s government to seek peace which provides policy inputs to held a protest against Pakistan for around the world have already ex- public structures, and identify and with armed anti-government ele- the World Bank, the United Na- supporting terrorist groups and pressed their disgust toward con- prosecute the perpetrators in- ments, and UNAMA looks forward tions and the European Union, organizations in Afghanistan. tinued terrorism and bloodshed in volved in the incidents," they said. to its full implementation and to emphasises the need for the inter- The protestors called on the their homeland.The Afghan-Amer- "We believe that a peaceful and other armed actors joining a peace national community to get more United States and the rest of the icans, who have been directly or stable Afghanistan is crucial for a process. A credible peace process actively involved in resolving the international community to put indirectly impacted by events in stable region and a stable world, must remain owned and driven by Afghan conflict. pressure on Pakistan to stop its Afghanistan, called on the Taliban thus we consider it a regional and Afghans, who would build a future In a report released simulta- support of terrorist groups and and other terrorist groups to put international responsibility to en- together. The UN welcomed agree- organizations in Afghanistan and down their arms and cease hostili- sure that Afghanistan does not be- ments that would contribute to a neously in Europe and the United reduction of violence in Afghanistan States, the group warns that “no the surrounding region, and elimi- ties toward against the people of come a haven for international ter- nate terrorist sanctuaries in that Afghanistan and the surrounding rorism again," the Afghan-Ameri- and allow Afghans to live in peace internationally-led negotiations with each other. After decades of will work unless there is a consen- country.The protestors also ex- region. They asked the United cans added. The protestors asked pressed their deepest condolences States and NATO to provide deci- Afghan government to launch an war in Afghanistan, the UN sees all sus among Afghans, both those steps towards reconciliation, inclu- backing and opposing the govern- to the families of the Afghan sol- sive help to the Government of Af- independent investigation into the sive peace and a lasting end to the ment, to pursue a negotiated peace diers who had lost their lives in a ghanistan and its security forces Balkh and other recent terror at- conflict as positive, but remains rather than continued conflict”. terror attack on the 209 Shaheen to defeat, and eliminate the Tali- tacks in which terrorist infiltrated mindful of the issues around tran- The first condition for restor- Corps in Balkh Province recently. ban and all other terrorist groups. several layers of security and sitional justice and the importance ing peace to Afghanistan is to con- The Afghan-Americans con- "We call on United Nations launched their savage attacks. ernment to implement fundamen- dress the leadership crisis in the of upholding human rights. tain the insurgency, the ICG ar- veyed their deepest sympathies to High Commissioner for Human They called on the Afghan gov- tal reforms and immediately ad- country's security sector. (ANI) (Pajhwok) gues, and the second is to develop a consensus among Afghan groups. “A third essential element is for Pakistan to become convinced that UK to deploy m ore soldiers in Afghanistan its interests would be better served by a political settlement in Afghan- AT Monitoring Desk a British newspaper reported ian said. The newspaper added mandos are mostly deployed to istan than by continued Taliban Monday. The US-led NATO that the deployment of US ma- provide security around the capi- insurgency,” it adds. The report AT Monitoring Desk forces in combat against Taliban KABUL: The United Kingdom is member countries are deliberate- rines in the volatile province of tal Kabul. points out that after the transition insurgents and other terrorist out- going to deploy more troops in ly thinking over a plan to increase Helmand is part of new strategy The British Ministry of Defense to Afghan security forces in 2014, fits. Jens Stoltenberg said in an Afghanistan under a NATO plan, the number of Resolute Support of war to chase insurgency in the has not yet received any formal the thinly stretched official Afghan interview the decision on the aimed at strengthening its military Mission personnel beyond the ex- country. Currently, the British request for a sudden increase in forces have been battling a grow- troop surge would be taken by presence in the war-torn country, isting level of 13,000, The Guard- service members, include com- troops level. ing insurgency on several fronts. June this year. He pointed out a Quoting from the US Special In- new prolonged deployment pro- spector General for Afghanis-tan cedure could also be approved. Reconstruction’s observation, the He told the German newspa- US, NATO reaffirm support for Afghan-owned peace process ICG points out only 57.2 per cent per ‘Die Welt’ the alliance would of 375 districts were under gov- prolong the mission for a “longer KABUL: The United States on bility in the country, which would for women and minorities. In a sep- tant peace agreement which is a crit- ernment control or influence by term” instead of extending it ev- Monday hailed the Afghan govern- ultimately benefit the people. “It is arate statement by the NATO ci- ical step to peace for all Afghans. It Feb 1, 2017, an almost 15pc de- ery year. He added, in addition to ment’s steps to fulfill its obliga- evident that Afghans overwhelming- vilian mission welcomed the Afghan is vital that HIA stated renuncia- cline since end-2015. According to the training responsibility, NATO tions in implementing the peace ly yearn for peace, and this agree- government’s continued steps to- tion of violence and commitment to the special inspector general, 6,785 KABUL: NATO member coun- could also widen its role against agreement with Hezb-i-Islami Af- ment will provide an opportunity wards full implementation of its the rule of law be matched by ac- Afghan personnel were killed and tries are evaluating the deploy- war on terrorism. “We already do ghanistan (HIA). “Continued, suc- to bring Afghans together and en- peace agreement with Hizb-e Isla- tion. NATO continued to support another 11,777 wounded from Jan- ment of additional troops in Af- it to some extent, for example, in cessful progress towards this vital sure the safety and security of all mi Afghanistan (HIA). “This is a an inclusive, Afghan-led and Afghan- uary to November 2016, signifi- ghanistan and extending the time- Afghanistan and Iraq but we have goal was most recently demonstrat- sides.” The statement said the US positive indication of the Afghan owned peace and reconciliation pro- cant losses at a time when securi- frame of its mission in the coun- a potential to do even more. In ed by the return of Gulbadin Hek- continued to support an Afghan-led, government’s ongoing commitment cess, in which armed groups cease ty forces are struggling with per- try, the Secretary General said. such a way, we make them capa- matyar to Afghanistan,” the US Afghan-owned peace process in to the restoration of peace and sta- violence, break ties with internation- sonnel retention. The UN Mission The additional troops are likely ble of stabilizing their land on their Embassy said in a statement. It which armed groups ceased violence, bility in Afghanistan,” the state- al terrorist groups and respect the in Afghanistan (UNAMA) also re- to join the Resolute Support mis- own. It is better than sending viewed the step as clear evidence broke ties with international terror- ment said. In moving forward, it is Afghan constitution and human ported a 3pc increase in civilian sion, which is training, assisting NATO troops that have then to of the Afghan government’s com- ist outfits and accept the Afghan critical that all parties continue to rights, in particular the rights of casualties (3,498 killed ..P2 and advising the Afghan security defend those countries.” mitment to restoring peace and sta- constitution, including protections abide by the terms of this impor- women and minorities. (Pajhwok)