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Accusing Islamabad of playing a US Defence Intelligence Agency, ous country, observing America “double game” in Afghanistan by General Michael Flynn, has said would have a significant problem supporting the Taliban and then that he was more concerned about at hand if that happened. pretending to endorse Washington Pakistan collapsing due to the in- Expressing his views in the May 28 Al-Jazeera Television pro- gramme “Arena,” which had brought him and former ISI Chief Lt. General (R) Asad Durrani to deliberate upon the delicately poised relationship of their respec- tive nations, General Flynn said: “The number of people residing in Pakistan is five times more than the Afghan population. So, we are more concerned about Pakistan failing in this war than we are wor- ried for Afghanistan.” Upon this, General Asad Dur- rani chipped in saying it was heart- AT News Report warming when people expressed their concerns about Pakistan. DC’s policies in the region at the stability caused by the militant General Durrani opined that inter- Sholgara same time, former Director of the factions in the war-torn mountain- ests of Islamabad and Washington DC were certainly not the same as the two sides were perusing dif- district ferent objectives. The Al-Jazeera TV programme police chief under review was recorded prior to the US drone strike in Pakistan that had killed Afghan Taliban lead- killed AT News Report AT News Report er Mulla Akhtar Mansour. At the start, the talk show host KABUL: Sholgara district police KABUL:At least six people including a police officer were killed in a Mehdi Hasan said in his opening Chief was killed as the result of suicide attack targeting appeal court in southern Ghazni province. remarks that about a month after mine explosion in Balkh prov- “Six people including one police were killed and 12 others slightly it was revealed that the US Cen- ince, said a provincial security injured mostly civilian after four suicide bomber attacked appeal court tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) had official. in Ghazni province capital,” an official at the province said. suspected its Islamabad station Shirkhan Durani, for pro- He said that the suicide bomber blew up a parked vehicle near chief might have been poisoned vincial police Chief Spokesman appeal court and latter four of them struggled to storm inside the court. following the 2011 raid that killed said that Sholgara district police Three of the attackers before entering the court were shot dead and Osama bin Laden, the distrust was chief was killed and his two bodyguards injured by impro- one succeeded to enter to the court, but after few minutes the last growing between the two coun- vised mine inside their vehicle. attacker was also killed by Afghan forces, he added. tries. He said the situation had “The mine was improvised in the “All employees of the court were evacuated and they are safe now” made the Americans argue that Is- car belonged to Besmillah Khan, he said. The wounded people shifted to hospital and further investiga- lamabad was playing a “double KABUL: Karzai Foundation for pay for higher education, he un- secondary school, his family came the police chief of Sholgara dis- tion is going on the case, he added. The Ministry of Interior in a media game” by supporting the Taliban the first time started cultural pro- derlined. to Kabul and he continued educa- trict and the incident took place statement said that a group of four suicide bombers attacked the appel- and claiming at the same time it grams and marked Professor Mir Mir Hussain Shah an Afghan tion till 12th graduation in Habibia in the morning in the way of late court of Ghazni province, on Wednesday morning 09:50, in which endorsed Washington DC’s role in Hussain Shah’s 90th birth anniver- professor who did enough in the high school. Later, he started sub- Mazar-e Sharif,” he added. He four suicide bombers, one Afghan National Police officer were killed. the region. As stated in the intro- sary in Kabul on Wednesday. education field. He wrote differ- duing higher education in literature said the injured bodyguards were Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack,saying that a car explosion ductory paragraph of this story, Ex-President Hamid Karzai ent academic articles and has done faculty in Kabul and after that took shifted to the nearby hospital in said: “I hope running of such cul- enough for fostering education master degree from India. Balkh province. Taliban in a in front of the court killed and wounded several policemen. General Michael Flynn had cate- statement to the media claimed gorically agreed with the pro- tural programs continue in future opportunity in the country. Mir Hussain Shah had worked It is pertained to mention that last week Taliban suicide bomber had and through Afghan Ulema, aca- Mir Hussain Shah was born in also as deputy of literature facul- the responsibility of the explo- targeted MaidanWardak appeal court staffs in Paghman area of Kabul, gramme host on this point. Al- demic and cultural professors re- 1926 in Kandahar province and ty and dean of the mentioned fac- sion and they alleged two police which as result 10 people were killed though the reports pertaining to spected in the country by own- after completion of primary and ulty. killed in the blast. the alleged poisoning of See P2 Afghans.” He said that it is essential for Taliban release professors particularly those who are alive honored by Afghans via Execution of 700 death row prisoners eight passengers such programs. Karzai urged youth to contin- in Kunduz ue education and be good servants awaits president’s approval AT News Report for the country. “Despite of different challeng- KABUL: Second Vice-President been decided to reduce the number man rights, particularly women’s KABUL: The Taliban insurgents Sarwar Danish on Wednesday said of crimes punishable by death by rights, had been given a high place on Tuesday night release eight more es and limitations Professor Mir Hussain Shah served very good for the execution of more than 700 amending the country’s penal code. in Islam and the Afghan govern- kidnapped passengers, while the death row prisoners awaited the He said it had been recom- ment was committed to protect group still has 10 others in captiv- that time generations in the coun- ity, a provincial official said. try,” said Sayed Makhdoom Ra- approval of the president. mended to convert the death pen- these rights. She said the Afghan “The overnight release has heen, former culture minister. Danish was speaking at the alty in some cases into life impris- government was committed to im- made possible due to tribal elders’ Chief Executive Officer of second joint sitting of Afghan and onment. He said death sentences plementing human rights enshrined mediation,” acting provincial po- Karzai Foundation Dr. Rangeen European Union officials to dis- were awarded under specific cir- in the country’s constitution. Eu- lice chief, Col. Masumi Hashimi Dadfar Spanta said that today the cuss human rights situation in Af- cumstances where people’s secu- ropean Union special representa- told Pajhwok Afghan News. He foundation started its cultural pro- ghanistan in Kabul. rity and lives were threatened. tive for Afghanistan Franz-Michael pledge to set free remaining ab- grams and kicked off this process Danish said more than 700 He said death sentences were Skjold Mellbin said though the ductees from Taliban cell soon. by marking Mir Hussain Shah birth prisoners who had been sentenced awarded in cases of mass murder human rights situation in Afghani- This comes after the Talban anniversary. fighters killed at least 12 people, to death by the country’s courts and associated bomb explosions stan was extremely bad, yet it was “This foundation will be far would be executed after the ap- that resulted in the fall of the coun- important the Afghan government after kidnapping more than 220 from political issues and will fo- passengers from several busses on proval from the president. try’s soil into the hands of the en- should keep its promises in this the Kabul-Kunduz highway in cus on cultural and educational He said the approval of death emy. Deputy foreign minister for regard. “Women’s and children northern Afghanistan. programs,” Spanta said. warrants depended on the nature economic cooperation Adila Raz rights, executions, torture, lack of Tens of Talban fighters with He said the foundation had of the crimes the prisoners had said the Afghan government had access to justice and restrictions light and heavy weapons early in sent 71 youth to foreign countries for higher education while intro- committed and the president had many achievements in the area of on the freedom of speech are areas the morning on Tuesday estab- already approved execution of human rights and that was why the Afghan government should lished temporary check points in ducing 450 others to different higher various parts along the highway in education institutes in the coun- some of death row prisoners. Afghanistan wanted to nominate make them a priority and work on Condolence meeting for Mansour Ali Abad district of Kunduz and try. “Death penalty is no doubt a itself for membership of the UN that.” He said the EU was com- then intercepted several passenger The foundation helps only heaviest punishment that claims Human Rights Council in its meet- mitted to assisting Afghanistan in attacked in Wardak: Witness busses and cars. those youth who cannot afford the lives,” he said, but added it had ing in July next year. She said hu- ensuring human rights. (Pajhwok) They took all the passengers KABUL: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said a notori- with them to Chardara district, ous Taliban commander was among six others killed during a raid by Hijarat Akbari, Kunduz Police personnel of the Afghan Special Forces Unit in central Maidan Wardak Press Office Officer told Afghani- Afghan consulate closed after search of diplomat’s vehicle province. stan. They insurgents shot death PESHAWAR: The Afghan consu- closed for an indefinite period of consul-general was never intend- diplomatic mission. “An official at least six passengers shortly af- late in Pakistan’s northwestern city A MoI statement said the Taliban commander, Toryalai, was killed ter taking them hostage near the time. We want a concrete assur- ed. statement on the issue will be re- along with his five comrades on Tuesday in Maidan Shahr, the provin- highway and then killed at least of Peshawar has been closed as a ance from the host country that There have been testy exchang- leased after information is received cial capital, and Ibrahimkhel village of Mirza area in Narkh district. six or seven more in Chardara dis- mark of protest against the search Afghan diplomats will not be ha- es between the two nations in re- from the relevant authorities.” The statement said Toryalai had been involved in a series of terrorist trict, he added. Soon after the inci- of the consul-general’s vehicle, a rassed in the future,” a source in cent months, including the closure Separately, Pakistani border attacks, kidnappings and destruction of telecom towers. dent, the Afghan police launched well-placed source said. the consulate told Pajhwok Afghan of their common border at authorities at Torkham banned the But a resident of Ibrahimkhel area, Amaruddin, who witnessed the rescue operation, in which more Consul General Dr. Abdullah News. Torkham for three days. Howev- entry of Afghans without legal trav- incident, said that Afghan security forces yesterday attacked a condo- than 150 passengers were rescued Waheed Poyan’s vehicle was Asked for comments, a senior er, the frontier was reopened after el documents from today. Khyber lence meeting for the slain Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour. and over 30 remained in captivity searched at a check-post in the army official in Peshawar claimed talks between Chief of Army Staff Rifle Force personnel made an- of the Taliban. Another local offi- high-security cantonment area of He said the clash started at about 1pm and lasted until 5pm. The cial who wished to remain anony- the diplomat’s vehicle violated the Gen. Raheel Sharif and Afghan nouncements through loud speak- eyewitness denied Taliban commander Toryalai had been killed. mous told Afghanistan Times that the city, signaling a new low in the specified diplomatic protocol. Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal. ers that nobody would be permit- He said one Taliban fighter and one civilian were killed and three all passengers were civilians and oft-acrimonious relations between “And that’s why the car was Meanwhile, Foreign Office ted to enter Pakistan without pass- others were wounded during the firefight. The Taliban have so far said residents of Kunduz, Takhar and the neighbours. stopped for a security check,” he spokesman Nafees Zakaria con- ports and valid visas. nothing in this regard. (Pajhwok) Badakhsha provinces. “The consulate will remain argued, insisting harassment of the firmed the closure of the Afghan (Pajhwok)

USD 69.84 68.44 EURO 77.74 75.74 THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Afghan-Pakistan tension: Resolving Afghanistan’s Destiny and the of misunderstanding is must By Ali Jan Khan Eastern Pashtoons (1880-1980) Amidst hectic efforts for return of that neighboring countries soil tween Kabul and Islamabad be- peace and reconciliation in Afghan- would not be used against its in- came major revenue and income istan, its relations with neighbor- terests but having no right to force sources for a large number of re- ing Pakistan are deteriorating day the neighbors of limiting its rela- gional and rest of the world coun- By Dr. Waris Mohammad Wazir by day. Sealing of entry points tions with other foreign countries. tries, spy agencies and individu- between the two countries, now Not only Hamid Karzai but most als. In particular, terror enabled the Afghan diplomats have also halt- of the Afghan leaders and elites United States to remain in the re- Chapter One ed activities in Peshawar Consu- have time and again assured that gion and pressurize rest of Asian late, protesting over not only they would not tolerate enemies countries in general and Gulf States checking and harassing of visitors of Pakistan to use Afghan soil for in particular to go ahead with State TribalRegion: land,Peopleandtheircomposition but also forcibly disembarking the the purpose. Afghans right from Office and Pentagon dictations. diplomats from their diplomatic sitting President Dr. Ashraf Ghani Common people not only from - There was a especial of Khyber, Kurume, Shamal, To- congenial for animal grazing of no- village(2). Although, on average the vehicles for identity and body and former President Hamid Afghanistan but also from neigh- voted in use. Age eligibility for chi and Gomal having historic mads (kochi). The rainfall in the “Tribal Region” which has more search on the name of security. Not Karzai till common men are always boring Pakistan in particular and voting and one vote one person was fame. area is not enough for agriculture villages than those in the rest of only this but trading of allegations praising Pakistan and its people rest of the region in general are be- ignored and certain categories of The Khyber Valley is spread and needs artificial irrigation. Afghanistan, the very small num- amongst higher civilian, political for extending them unprecedented ing suffered. It is the time for Af- people could vote. to the South of the White Moun- The natural resources and ber of urban population consti- and diplomatic dignitaries now also support to them at very crucial ghan and Pakistan leadership to - Number of all registered tain and over the Afghan Torkham mines in the “eastern regions” of tutes another characteristic of the touching its peak. Some of trouble time and tough circumstances. On realize their responsibilities at this voted was 522,799. forms the high peak of Shamshad. Afghanistan have not been fully region. For example, there were makers from Pakistan fueling ten- such grounds, it seems hard for the crucial stage. In his detail chat with - Number of casting votes The aforementioned mountain explored (1). According to the ap- 1,976,738 urban populations in sion by suggesting government to Afghans to let others, especially media people, mostly from Paki- was 292,118 (51%). contains different types of plants, proximation of specialists there 1979 in Democratic Republic of raid and conquer Afghanistan. India to work against Pakistan from stan, former Afghan President Ha- - Number of votes casted vegetation and trees like pine, oak, are valuable stones: Chromites in Afghanistan (DRA), of them only Former Afghan President Ha- Afghanistan. But the space, fell mid Karzai has focused his views in Pakistan was 5289, 244(50.5%). conifer and other. Over the years Khost with 40-50% purity and 110,187 were in TR or 5.6% of mid Karzai during his recent chat vacant in Afghanistan due to fail- on relations with Pakistan. He also - Number of votes casted most of the valuable trees of the about 3200,000 tons. In Nur and the total urban population in the with media-persons suggested that ure of Pakistan is now being filled pointed out holding a meeting with in favor of India was 2,874. region is cleared which resulted in Pech valleys of Nangarhar and country(3). As a conclusion the av- Pakistan had to show sincerity by India. Pakistan and Afghanistan Pakistan former President Asif Ali It is to be added that in that the gradual deforestation of the Kunar, there is rich deposit of erage of urban population here is- towards Afghanistan, which help are not only neighboring countries Zardari in London and also receiv- time the Pashtoon population in area causing the erosion of the soil. tourmaline reaching 15 thousand four times lesser than the rest of in early return of peace and tran- but both the countries are sharing ing an invitation letter from Prime the mentioned areas was about 7 As a result during the wet seasons tons. Rich deposits of gold can be country keeping in view the fact quility not only in Afghanistan but similar history, traditions, cultural Minister Nawaz Sharif. In re- to 8 million. But the number of heavy rain falls gives birth to floods found between Ghazni and Kan- that 21.5% population lives in the throughout the region. The jour- and religious norms and traditions. sponse of Prime Minister Nawaz eligible voter over there was regis- in the forms of gushing streams dahar in Zarakshan village of Mu- TR. As far as the city dwellers in nalists from Pakistan are current- Despite sharing 2670 kilometers Sharif invitation, Karzai an- tered as six hundred thousands. that erodes the top agricultural soil qqar district. The reserve can reach the official census are concerned, ly visiting Kabul on the invitation long border with each others, there nounced of making a trip to Paki- Moreover, according to the accept- and lands causing human catastro- about 1516 kg. Near Jalalabad in the urban population in Asadabad of Equal Access, an international still exists distance, which needs stan in coming July. It is the time ed international principles there is phes. Achin, approximate ten million (centre of Kunar province) is 2089, media body working for building to be eliminated. With elimination for leadership of both the neigh- need for casting 2/3 or 75% of the In the Eastern and Southern tons of talc is found. in Jalalabad (Nangarhar centre) public goodwill through quality of such distances and substituting boring countries to get benefits of votes for self determination and regions of Afghanistan, the rivers Along with Kabul-Gardez high- 53915, in Kazha of Khugiani dis- reporting in 10 countries including of hostilities, misunderstanding by Hamid Karzai visit and propos- the less than that amounts ques- are grouped into three categories: way good white marble mines of trict of Nangarhar 2469, in Gardez Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mr. friendships and trusts, both the als. By averting and resolving of tions the legitimacy of the referen- In the first group come the Kabul asbestos are found in Paktia and and Khost of Paktia province Karzai said that Pakistan and Af- countries and its people could eas- misunderstanding and meaningless dum. River and its tributaries that flow Laghman provinces. Only in 1955 and 1865 respectively, in ghanistan are not only neighboring ily tackle almost of politico-eco- hostilities, leadership of both the On the basis of above men- into the Indus zone. The source of Shwak village of Paktia the depos- Sharana of Paktika 1398, in Kalat countries but its people are linked nomic and administrative issues. neighboring countries could pave tionedit is to be concluded that the this river is the high mountains of it can reach 620 thousand tons. of Zabul 5946, in Mehtarlam of up in unbreakable relations with Both the countries beside economic the ways for economic revolution each others. “It is hard for com- disorder, poverty, illiteracy and in the region. Geographical loca- concerned referendum is deprived part of Afghanistan, the Unai, Then there are rich deposits of Laghman 3987, in Kulangar of mon people to disassociate them unemployment are ahead with tion of Afghanistan and Pakistan of legal basis rather than a fraud which is joined by Logar River near precious and semi-precious stones Logar 3896 and in Ghazni city of of each other whatever might be hard core issue of violence and ter- could compel both east and west and intrigues for the enslavement, Bagrami, Panjsher River near like emerald, ruby, granite, kunzite, Ghazni province is 3042. relations between the govern- ror. Unless and until entering into for honoring wishes and interests suppressing and exploitation of Naghlu, Alingar and Alishang riv- aquamarine and others. In 1975, a The main highways of the re- ments, therefore, government from trust worthy relations with each of its people. Restoration of cor- Pashtoon people. ers near Qarghai and Kunar River French company was prospecting gion to capital Kabul are as folllow: both the countries are bound to other and adopting a joint strate- dial relations and resolution to mis- Kahn Abdul Wali Khan. Pacha in Kama forming 700 km length of oil in Katawaz of Paktika prov- from Asadabad 207 km, from Jala- keep in mind wishes and interests gy, it is hard for any of these two understanding could also pave the Khan and Khudai Khedmatgar, Vol. which about 400 kilometers is in ince after signaling the existence of labad 147 km, from Gardez 122 of the people.” neighboring countries to settle it ways for resolving of all other re- I, Peshawar 1993, pp. 488, 495. Afghanistan. reserve left the work for unknown km, from Kalat 368 km and from Hamid Karzai conceded that at alone. In fact, ongoing violence, gional disputes, which is in inter- The Eastern and South-east- The second group includes reasons. During the 1970s rich re- Ghazni 179 km. Some of the vil- Pakistan having the right to ensure terror and fueling hostilities be- ests of terror affected masses. ern regions of Afghanistan is a Kurram, Kaitu, Tochi and Gomal sources of copper were discovered lages can also be called as semi cit- complex mix of mountains, rivers rivers. Like Kabul River, these riv- at Ainak in Logar province. ies including the distrects’ and sub and deserts, which spans from the ers also flow into Indus River. The From view of administrative districts’ centers. In the town-type (Dewana Baba) of Bargi Matal dis- third group of includes Ghazni division, the area under discussion villages, there are primary schools The millions left behind inAfghanistan trict in Kunar province, to Pamir and Tarnak rivers. These rivers are consists of 8 provinces: Kunar, and other developmental works Mountain ranges in Badakhshan very small and contain their water Nangarhar, Logar, Paktia., Paktika have been carrying out. To a great With war intensifying as U.S. and NATO troops head home, promises made to help province, then towards South-east within Afghanistan and ends in and Zabul situated along the extent, prior to the rule of Muja- and Eastern side of the Durand Ghazni and Kandahar deserts. Durand Line. Other two provinc- hedeen the life of the people was the millions of internally displaced are woefully unfulfilled. Line up to the Allajirgha of Zabul Most of these rivers stem from the es Laghman_ and to some extent regulated according to the civil province. Keeping in view the eth- melting snow and glaciers, which Ghazni are not adjacent to bound- rights norms and the instructions Farzana shivers with her seven to live in squalid conditions, cling- The ministry simply lacks the nic-national, socio-economic, po- flow full in spring and almost dry ary. There are 2 big districts, 96 of the l representatives of the cen- children in what has been her home ing to survival. We interviewed tools to handle a task as complex litical and military characteristics in winter. districts and sub district in this tral government. for more than a decade in Chaman- more than 100 IDPs in camps and as implementing a policy meant to of this regions, we can say that the The dry climatic conditions region, which constitutes about Analyzing the national and e-Babrak, Afghanistan. This set- settlements in Kabul, Herat, and benefit more than 1 million IDPs. tlement in northern Kabul houses Mazar-e-Sharif, and all told the Other ministries charged with al- Kabul-Ghazni-Kalat-Kandahar with meager rainfall accompanied 35% of administrative units of all tribal composition of the popula- hundreds of displaced families who same stories. Most cannot find locating funding for IDPs and de- highway forms the border of the with radical change causing dry hot Afghanistan. The comparison of tion in “Tribal Area” we are to es- have been forced to flee the con- enough food for the day, let alone veloping programs to aid them have Eastern frontier tribes. The near- summer, dry autumn, relative wet the territory of Tribal Regions and tablish an important fact or dis- flict between Afghan forces and access essential services like edu- either not done so or are unaware by located province of Wardak and cold winter and spring makes the the population living there show tinctive feature of it. The TR is their international allies and armed cation and health care. While these of the policy’s existence, as was the Western parts of Zabul and natural weather feature of the Af- that the number of administrative the largest region of compact set- groups like the Taliban. A tarpau- are common struggles for many evident from Amnesty Internation- Kandahar provinces separated by ghan east. Then there are the vari- units of the land is greater than the tlement of Pashtoon ethnic group lin hangs over the edges of her poor Afghans, those displaced — al’s meetings with them. There is a the aforementioned highway are ous micro-climatic places in the rest of the country. in Afghanistan. According to the small, damp, mud-brick hut where uprooted from their communities, major need for training and capac- not included in the Tribal Regions region. Most of these parts and Regarding the number of vil- data presented in Annex 5, the the windows and doors should be. deprived of their livelihoods, trau- ity building across the Afghan gov- (TR). especially the mountains sheds lages, the smallest administrative population of the region is esti- The roof leaks from the recent matized, and without shelter — are ernment on IDP rights and the The mountain ranges of Pamir facing east and receive the mon- units according to the laws of Af- mated 3229112 people or 21.5% heavy rains; outside, the settle- facing even greater hurdles. policy. Thankfully, some such pro- descending from the North-East of soon winds in summer of the Indi- ghanistan, is concerned; the “Tribal of the whole population of the ment’s barely walkable roads have The Afghan government has grams are already underway. But Nuristan to these regions are called an Ocean. Due to monsoon rains Region” is higher of medium level. country.. turned to mud. failed to improve the situation of to make an impact, the Afghan gov- the White and Sulaiman Moun- there are forests at the approxi- 21.5% population of the country In the assessment of the na- Farzana is 30 years old, and IDPs, and many government offi- ernment must expand them. tains in Laghman, Kunar, Nangar- mate heights of 2 to 3 thousand live here in 3893 villages compris- tional composition of the tribal life on the run from the war has cials often treat their plight with At the same time, the interna- har, Paktia, Khost and Paktika meters in some high grounds of ing 23% of the villages of the coun- belt, it can be said that this is one taken its toll. She fled her native callous indifference. At the same tional community has failed to cov- provinces and are covered with Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman, Nan- try. The population number of of the biggest compact and contig- Parwan province in the late 1990s time, the United States and inter- er Kabul’s funding and resource forests. The high peak of Sagaram garhar, Paktia, Khost and Paktika. every village depends on many uous region of Pashtun population. because of fighting between the national governments risk aban- gaps. With other crises grabbing in White Mountain is 4700 meters Therewith, this low located val- factors: among them the nature As the fifth appendix of 5, 21 to Taliban and local warlords and doning these people who are bear- global attention and donor money, high - situated to the South of the leys unaffected from the cold west- of the land (whether mountain- the census shows that 3229112 made her way to Kabul after a stint ing the brunt of an increasingly organizations working for IDPs in region and is the cutting point of ern winds cover the areas and val- ous or plain), the sources of irriga- people live here, which is 21.5% as a refugee in Pakistan. She has brutal war. Afghanistan have experienced ma- Nangarhar, Paktia, Logar provinc- leys of Nangarhar that despite tion (the existence of rivers, lakes, of the population of the whole been her family’s sole breadwin- In 2014, Kabul endorsed a new jor budget cuts over the years. Aid ner since her husband, a drug ad- National Policy on IDPs, which workers also spoke to us of a “hu- es and Kurram Agency. Kamdesh, meager water, are fertile to grow streams, irrigation canals) and the country. dict, left years ago and her oldest could have been a lifeline for those man resources crisis,” where it is Dangam and Pech in Kunar prov- sugarcane, tobacco, barley, maize, distance to the modern roads etc. About 50 big tribes and clans son was killed in a car accident. displaced. Widely hailed as one of harder than ever to fill positions ince, Poshal, Alingar and Alishang wheat, mustard, olive and fruits can be mentioned. For example, of the Pashtun nation live in the Aid — which she says was paltry the most comprehensive such doc- and the most competent staff are in Laghman province are its nota- like citrus, peaches, plums and oth- there are such villages in Nangar- mentioned region. The other thing to begin with — has dried up even uments in the world, the policy, often shipped to more headline- ble valleys. Zazis, Mangals and ers, as well as various types of har province whereby thousands worth mentioning is that very in- more over the past years, with the for the first time, spelled out the grabbing crises. Zadrans of Paktia, Khost and Pa- vegetables. The remaining part of of people live, while in some vil- significant number of Durrani Afghan government’s resources human rights of IDPs and the Af- The United Nations has asked ktika are the well known names of the land, including the high even lages in Kunar, Paktia and Paktika tribesmen live here and the num- dwindling and international inter- ghan government’s primary re- for $393 million in humanitarian tribes that live in this mountain- area of Ghazni and Zabul, are with- provinces very few people, not ber of Ghalji tribesmen (75000) is ous area that traverse the valleys out forests but with great pastures exceeding one thousand, live in a To be continued Etisalat launches blood donation campaign By Akhtar M. Nikzad KABUL: The Etisalat telecommu- Enayatullah Hashemi, Head of contribution of blood and asked in capital of Kabul,” he said . nication company launched a National Blood Safety and Trans- people to take part in transfusions Etisalat Afghanistan is part of blood donation campaign in which fusion Service in Ministry of Pub- of blood campaign for the patients. Etisalat Telecommunication its employees donated blood to the lic Health said that 400 employ- “Annually, around ten million Group, headquartered in the UAE. injured people of the security forc- ees of the Etisalat would donate people donated blood across the Etisalat Afghanistan started servic- es. blood. He appreciated Etisalat country and 40,000 people donat- es in 2007 and has so far invested Head of Human Resources Telecommunication company for ed blood in the central blood bank $300 million in the country. Department of the company Ubaid Azalbi said the third phase of the campaign was launched to meet the injured people’s need for blood. “We understand that our do- nation eases people’s access to safe and sufficient blood and helps pa- est in the country fading. The fam- sponsibility to uphold these rights. funding for Afghanistan in 2016. tients remaining in urgent condi- ily relies mostly on handouts — Crucially, the IDP policy also set While this might sound like a big tion of life. All our staff are com- old bread from a nearby bakery, out a thorough implementation number, it is the smallest figure in mitted to donate blood and they mostly — but it is not enough to plan and assigned roles and respon- years, despite the worsening situ- encourage the other member of the feed them. “When you can’t put sibilities across state institutions ation. By May, less than a quarter society to transfuse blood and safe food on the table for your children, for turning it into reality. Food, of the requested money had ar- precious live,” he added. it is worse than being shot with a schools, and clinics for the dis- rived. While Kabul is supposed to “Giving blood to the sick peo- gun,” Farzana said. “I’m worried placed looked within reach. take the lead on the IDP policy, its ple in the current situation is a nec- about my children and that they But more than two years lat- obvious shortcomings make in- essary measure and we share our- will die [this winter].” er, the IDP policy is nothing but a creased international engagement selves in sorrow of people by do- As the conflict in Afghanistan failed promise. It has resulted in all the more urgent. nation our blood,” said a company has intensified over the past year, virtually zero tangible benefits for This is the tragedy of Afghan- due to a resurgent Taliban and the the internally displaced. If any- istan: While the humanitarian sit- employee donating blood. withdrawal of international troops, thing, those we spoke to said that uation is worsening by the day, the growing violence has exacted a their situation has worsened with many international governments devastating toll on ordinary Af- time. The massive influx of the are less interested than ever. Many ghans. In the West, stories of Af- newly displaced means that com- NATO countries are trying to spin From P1 Pakistan playing a ‘double game’ ghans risking their lives on danger- petition for the meager resources a dangerous narrative that they ous journeys to reach European on offer has intensified, and there have left a stable and peaceful coun- CIA’s Islamabad station chief have United States and the ISI have been stake.” General (R) Asad Durrani Afghan factions are dear to us. shores have made headlines. Al- are fewer essentials like food and try behind after the troop with- not been confirmed, the United supporting different Afghan asserted that for a certain period Afghan Taliban are seen as a group most 200,000 Afghans applied for job opportunities. With interna- drawal, while the reality on the States is visibly cautious in its ties groups in their respective national of time, Pakistan’s interests in Af- fighting against foreign occupation. asylum in EU states in 2015, four tional donor money drying up as ground is the complete opposite. with Pakistan and is going forward interests. These are selfish inter- ghanistan were same as those of A recent New York Times survey times as many as the year before. the world turns its attention away While the world looks the oth- in this bilateral sensitive relation- ests. It is very sad. During the last the United States as both sides report showed that the Taliban en- But the vast majority of Afghans from Afghanistan, most people er way, the conflict in Afghanistan ship with a pinch of salt. one decade, I have seen the dou- were working together to halt the joyed the support of one-third of lack the resources to pack up and also reported receiving less aid over is intensifying, and ordinary peo- It goes without saying that bling of radical Islamic groups in Soviet invasion and ensure that the Afghan people. They thus have leave. Like Farzana, they end up the past years. ple are paying the price. Farzana Pakistani officials have vehement- the region. It is a biological virus Moscow pulled out its troops from the sympathy of the local popula- becoming displaced within their There are several reasons why is desperate to leave her settlement ly denied these long-standing ac- that gets out of control. We do have the country. The former Pakistani tion. Regional powers would be country’s borders. the IDP policy stalled, all of which and build a new life for her family cusations. some common allies and share spymaster had held: “We are cer- foolish not to take this factor into Internal displacement has ex- point to wider failures to respect but sees no way out. “I hate it here. General Michael Flynn, the some similarities. However, we tainly not allies in the post 9/11 account. Even after the US forces ploded in Afghanistan in recent and protect human rights in Af- Every corner of this camp reminds US Defence Intelligence Agency cannot allow the adverse situation scenario. As far as the Tehrik-e- are gone, Pakistan and Afghanistan years. Today, some 1.2 million ghanistan. For one, there is an enor- me of my son’s death,” she said. A under President Barack Obama and in Afghanistan to continue going Taliban is concerned, it is a prod- would continue to live as neigh- people have been forced to flee mous lack of capacity and exper- 16-year-old girl in the same settle- author of “The field of fight: How in the direction where it is head- uct of the military offensive bours. As far as accepting the $18 their homes due to the conflict in tise in the Afghan government ment told us: “I see no improve- we can win the global war against ing. We have to re-instill confidence launched by the United States af- billion US assistance is concerned, the country. This is more than dou- when it comes to IDPs. The Min- ment; our situation has gone from ble the number of internally dis- istry of Refugees and Repatriation, bad to worse. I feel like we are be- radical Islam and its allies,” had in the people of the region that we ter the September 11, 2001 attacks. Pakistan would take it because placed persons (IDPs) just three- charged with coordinating the pol- ing forgotten. There is no atten- further observed in the programme can help them. Pakistan and the The presence of US military in there has been a substantial dam- and-a-half years ago (almost icy’s implementation, is badly un- tion on displaced people anymore.” that double game was surely on as United States have been collective- Afghanistan is itself a source of age over the years to its structure 500,000 by the end of 2012). der-resourced and has been beset The Afghan government and the national security interests of ly enabling these militant groups. concern for many people in the and economy due to unabated ter- These are the Afgan conflict’s by allegations of corruption for its international partners must act Pakistan were not aligned to those We are not going to back out of region, including the Pakistanis, rorism. And this money will not forgotten victims. As a new Am- years, to the point that some in- now to meet the country’s explod- of the United States. here. We are not going to pull the because it would mean that Af- force Pakistan to either change or nesty International report released ternational actors have stopped ing displacement crisis before it is He maintained: “Yes, both plug out. There is too much at ghanistan remains unstable. All sell its national interests.” Tuesday shows, IDPs are forced funding it. too late. foreignpolicy THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

EMERGENCY CALLS Police 100 - 119 InAfghanistan, Hospitals time to wage FMIC Hospital Behind Kabul Medical war for peace University: 0202500200-+93793275595 Contrary to expert expectations and the predictions of many ana- lysts, the death of the Taliban’s leader brought about almost no struggle for succession in the group. Haibatullah Akhundzada, a sav- Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital vy religious scholar, was selected on May 25 by the leadership Pule Bagh-e- Umomi council to replace the cunning Akhtar Mohammand Mansour. A po- tentially unifying leader, Akhundzada possesses no skill and experi- 070263672 ence in either leading an insurgency or managing diplomatic relations. With the Taliban’s struggle to fill the vacuum left behind by Mansour and the changing regional and domestic dynamics of con- Khairkhana Hospital flict, the Afghan government—and its international allies—should fight if they want peace. Akhundzada, for all he lacks as the Taliban’s 0799-321007 When I saw Paula Bronstein in campaign was winding down, and punishing of circumstances, which about them," Bronstein says of the new leader, may still be able to unify the group anew. Nepal in April, she'd just returned Bronstein pointed her camera at closes the distance perhaps be- women in her photographs. "They Although there was no immediate struggle for the top spot, 2401352 from Kabul, one of many trips she people fleeing war: a boy walking tween fear and hope. are used to people, especially men, Mansour’s death nonetheless opened a leadership vacuum in the has made there over the years. She his three donkeys past rows of I see it in a photo Bronstein not caring." group, one that can hardly be filled by Akhundzada alone. Mansour was excited to talk about Afghani- refugee tents, a man desperately took of women carrying the cas- But she is also subject to the was a meticulous war strategist, a charismatic and, at times, brutal Indira Gandhi Children stan and told me she couldn't be- clutching a bag of rice, a beggar ket of 27-year-old Farkhunda ways and whims of a nation ruled leader, in addition to being a persuasive diplomat. Major attacks lieve her book was finally on the missing his left leg. Malikzada (photo No. 5 in the gal- by men. On one project about a against the Afghan government, including the overrunning of Kunduz Hospital, Wazir Akbar verge of publication. Afghanistan seemed like a law- lery above). Malikzada was false- group of women, she says, male and two deadly bombings in Kabul, were proof of Mansour’s oper- Khan, Kabul 2301372 Paula and I worked on a cou- less place, harsh like its arid, crag- ly accused of desecrating a Quran relatives refused to allow her to ational strategy, despite his initial struggle to consolidate power ple of stories on the anniversary gy Hindu Kush landscape. But it and beaten to death by a crowd of return to the women's homes. among the Taliban last summer. Mansour’s successor, however, is neither a strategist nor a diplomat. Akhundzada is reportedly an of the devastating 2015 Nepal worked its magic on Bronstein, angry men. She was then run over Bronstein's photos show the austere religious leader who is known for his very strict adherence to Ibn-e- Seena earthquake. I watched her shoot -- says her friend and fellow journal- by a Toyota truck, dragged uncer- suffering of women in a quiet way: Islamic law, as evidenced by his brutal verdicts as a Sharia judge. He careful to not click away with her ist Kim Barker. It "got under her emoniously through the Afghan Gulshan, 29, struggles to feed her is also reported to be a clean man, leading a very simple life like the Pul-e-Artan, Kabul camera but choose her subjects and skin." capital, dumped onto the dry bed six children in Kabul; she is among Taliban’s one-eyed founder, Mullah Omar. Mansour, meanwhile, 2100359 moments with thought and preci- So the photographer from of the Kabul River and set afire. the more than 2.5 million war wid- was involved in drug trafficking for personal gain and lived a lavish sion. She was generous to the peo- Connecticut kept going back, doc- One report described her body as ows created by decades of conflict. lifestyle. Akhundzada–for the same reasons he is no Mansour–can ple she chose to photograph and umenting people who knew a vast- so blood-soaked that the flames And in overtly violent ways: still become a unifying figure. His leadership, as someone who hasn’t Wazir Akbar Khan presented herself first as a human ly different life than her own, ev- would not catch. Nazgul shrouds herself in a bright been a battlefield commander, provokes no outright jealousy. In- being who cared and second as the ery aspect tinged by war. The shocking March 2015 in- pink scarf, embarrassed by her stead, as a pious religious scholar, his personality demands respect Hospital tremendous photojournalist that "If conflict is all you ever ex- cident was caught on cell phone scars. She is among so many Af- and esteem from the group’s members. He is a Noorzai, a tribe that 2301741, 2301743 she is. perience," she asks, "can happi- video and served as painful proof ghan women who doused hot cook- felt discriminated by the Taliban and tried to oppose Mansour’s I understood then the breadth ness ever be defined without it?" of how little Afghanistan had ing oil on their bodies in an attempt leadership by swearing allegiance to Mullah Rasoul. Akhundzada’s of her upcoming book, "Afghani- Now, almost 15 years after her changed, despite years of Western to self-immolate and end their suf- leadership neutralizes that internal threat. Also, his deputies make Ali Abad stan: Between Hope and Fear." I've first trip, Bronstein's collection of intervention. It was also one of the fering. up for what he lacks: one is a brutal war strategist—Serajuddin Haqqani—and the other an esteemed heir to the Taliban throne— never worked with Bronstein in photos is impressive. Her book is most glaring examples of the abuse Bronstein shows us women Mullah Omar’s son, Yaqub. They can compensate for what Akhun- Shahrara, Kabul Afghanistan, but seeing her work set to publish in July. women endure and explains why a who became heroin addicts to re- dzada lacks in strategic skill. Now is the best time for the Afghan 2100439 in Nepal I could imagine what great If conflict is all you ever expe- Thompson Reuters Foundation lieve their pain: Sabera's teenage government to move decisively against the Taliban, making the most care she had taken to document a rience, can happiness ever be de- poll listed Afghanistan as the most son also became an addict after of a clear victory on the battlefield. Akhundzada’s passive yet rigid nation in constant conflict. fined without it? dangerous country for women. seeing his mother high all the time. religious leadership will keep the Taliban together, but it does open I looked through the images in She shows us boys at soccer And yet, Afghan women took And women who got pregnant the door for his deputies, mainly Haqqani, to become the de facto Malalai Maternity an advance copy of her book, practice at Darul Aman Palace, unprecedented action that day. in the most difficult place to give leaders of the insurgency. The Afghan army must move quickly to Hospital drawn to them like a magnet to gutted by heavy shelling. Children They did not sit at home as they birth: Noor Bibi waited at the bed- destabilize Taliban ranks before they manage to fill the vacuum of metal. The book opens with a pho- carrying toy guns at a New Year's normally might have done but took side of her frail and bony 5-pound, leadership left behind by Mansour’s death. The strike that targeted 2201377/ 2301743 tograph of a woman in a white celebration. A woman standing in to the streets for the funeral pro- 10-month-old son as he was dying Mansour showed that the United States is disappointed with Paki- burqa enjoying an afternoon with front of blast walls decorated with cession, carrying Malikzada's of malnutrition. UNICEF esti- stan’s performance in the War on Terror. As an outgoing U.S. presi- her family (photo No. 2 in the gal- graffiti calling for peace. body to her grave. mates 134 out of every 1,000 Af- dent, Barack Obama will likely act firmly in his final months to Banks lery above). They are feeding the It is a feast of imagery that "They did not want male ghan children die before their first dismantle the Taliban. The strike has put Pakistan even closer to isolation thanks to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s active interna- Da Afghanistan Bank pigeons at the famous Blue could not have been served at a hands on her casket," Bronstein birthday. tional engagement. Ghani should take advantage of the chance to put Mosque in the northern city of better moment in history, the pro- says. But Bronstein also gives us the further pressure on the Pakistani military establishment to cut ties 2100302, 2100303 Mazar-e-Sharif, white wings of the tracted conflict having dulled Af- Bronstein captured the mo- Afghanistan that is making with the Taliban, and target their sanctuaries within its borders. birds fluttering in mid-air. ghanistan to American sensibili- ment, described by writer Christi- progress. Girls raising their hands Pakistan’s increasing isolation and mounting international pressure There aren't a lot of parks or ties. na Lamb as "Shakespearean in in a classroom in Kabul. A woman have upped the Taliban’s incentives to diversify their patrons and Bakhtar Bank green spaces in Afghanistan, Bron- I Skype with Bronstein from power." It is a moment that stirs on her way to a party after a make- bases of operation out of Pakistan—as evidenced by Mansour’s 0776777000 stein tells me. The Blue Mosque her apartment in Bangkok, where hope that one day, women in Af- over at a beauty parlor. And wom- trips to Iran. While killing one leader does not kill the insurgency, the is an open-air space that Afghans she is based these days. She tells ghanistan will stand equal to men. en attending political campaign ensuing power vacuum, the leadership transition, and the potential Azizi Bank treasure. me she worried no one would care Lamb, who has reported from events and casting a ballot. to provoke internal rivalry may weaken the Taliban significantly on In Mazar-e-Sharif, the wom- about Afghanistan anymore. Afghanistan since the 1980s and In one photo, burqa-clad wom- the inside. Another important factor that will help the Afghan gov- 0799 700900 en wear white burqas, not the tra- "But the world cannot forget has authored several books on the en wait to vote in a gender-segre- ernment bring the Taliban to the negotiating table is the status of Pashtany Bank ditional blue ones that have be- Afghanistan," she says. "The prob- country, says she has witnessed gated polling center. Bronstein other insurgency networks. The Taliban’s new main rival, a franchise come synonymous with the op- lems are still there and the head- noticeable change in the years since says that when she raised her cam- of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, is growing increasingly weaker under attacks from the Taliban, American drones, and the Afghan 2102908, 2103868 pression of women in Afghanistan. lines show it." the Taliban was ousted from pow- era, the women cowered and turned Army. On the other hand, Ghani has almost reached a deal with the The woman in Bronstein's photo The Taliban has just named a er. away as though their identities stubborn insurgency leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar of Hezb-e-Isla- Air Services looks angelic. I gaze at the pigeons new leader after its previous one Back then, girls could not go might be revealed, even though mi. While the deal with Hekmatyar will bear little effect on the and cannot help but think of how was killed in a U.S. drone strike. to school, and women could not they remained faceless under their insurgency, it will show a functional peace process in which an free they look compared to the The news is breaking on CNN as work or leave home without being blue veils. "These women can't be insurgent leader gives up arms and joins the Afghan government in Safi Airways woman. Bronstein and I talk. escorted by a male relative. They seen, but they are still afraid they the presence of international troops and current Afghan constitution. But Bronstein cautions against She says that through her pho- were beaten for wearing lipstick will be disclosed," Bronstein A weak Islamic State affiliate and a neutralized Hezb-e-Islami allow 020 22 22 222 viewing her book through Western tographs, she wants people, espe- or nail polish. They were shroud- writes at the end of her book. Again, the Afghan Army to concentrate on fighting the Taliban and also stereotypes. cially in the United States, to see ed under baggy burqas and not she says, the scene reveals the con- encourage the group to talk with Afghan government on more flexible Ariana "The reason why women wear Afghanistan anew. It's not just a even allowed to laugh out loud in stant tension between reality and terms. As the Afghan Army enters its second year fighting without burqas half the time is that they country of war and suffering, she public. optimism. Bronstein's book is the direct support of international combat forces, its performance 020-2100270 are insecure not wearing them," she says, but one that is far more nu- "Today, however, the bazaars publishing soon after she travels grows. News of army checkpoints being overrun or military units says. "It's not always that the hus- anced. Every time she returns to are full of women, and lines of girls back to the United States to re- running out of munitions while fighting now rarely make the head- band says, 'You have to wear it.' Afghanistan, she knows she will head to school with book bags ceive a courage in photojournalism lines. Enjoying air support and growing more accustomed to fighting Kam Air on its own, Afghan security forces have a good chance to push the 0799974422 She is so not used to being seen." capture images of the intricacies proudly held on their backs, a sight award that honors Anja Niedring- Taliban back hard enough for them to see no viable option except So maybe the woman in the of life she might not have other- that still makes me smile," Lamb haus, who was killed in 2014 while seriously returning to peace talks. It only requires the strategic vi- picture is not caged at all, I think. wise imagined. writes in the introduction to Bron- reporting in Afghanistan. sion and political will of the Afghan government to commit itself to Hotels Maybe it's more an image of hope Many of her photographs are stein's book. Her death was difficult for fighting this long war, while also cultivating regional and internation- than fear, the two poles explored dark -- there is no getting around Suffering quietly, and violent- journalists who cover war but es- al support for peace. Moh. Sayed Madadi is an Afghan Fulbright Safi Landmark in Bronstein's book. She sensed an that in Afghanistan -- but many ly pecially so for Bronstein, who was Graduate Scholar at New York University and a former Hurford odd closeness between the two in portray everyday life. Children on Bronstein says sometimes she a friend. Fellow of the National Endowment for Democracy. He tweets Afghanistan. skateboards. Politicians on cam- feels a distinct advantage as a fe- Yet Bronstein remains com- @madadisaeid. thediplomat 020-2203131 'The world cannot forget' paign trails. An Olympic runner male photographer working in Af- mitted to portraying those who Bronstein first crossed into training in the hills high above Kab- ghanistan, at least in terms of ac- might otherwise be forgotten in a SERENA Afghanistan from the Pakistani ul. A bride and groom in a taxi cab. cess. She recognizes she would seemingly endless conflict. In do- city of Quetta in the fall of 2001, She says 90% of the headlines never have been allowed into ing so, her images evoke emotions Kabul Serena Hotel 0799654000 eager to photograph a troubled and from Afghanistan are bad but that homes to make such intimate pho- that are like Afghanistan itself, then-unfamiliar land. somehow lives go on. People have tos had she been a man. caught in that space between hope New Rumi Restaurant The post-9/11 U.S. bombing learned to cope even under the most "They also like that I care and fear. 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Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday said US drone strikes on Pakistani territory are Teenage girl burned alive regrettable and must stop as they are a threat to the sovereignty and security of the country, Express in Murree for refusing News reported. “US drone strikes in Pakistani territory are regrettable and must marriage proposal stop,” said General Raheel while speaking to the media after Presi- MURREE: A 19-year-old woman persons tortured Sadaqat at her dent Mamnoon Hussain’s address who was tortured and then set on home on Tuesday after she got to the joint session of Parliament. fire by a group of men in a village back from work. They said one of General Raheel Sharif was near Murree, succumbed to inju- the attackers worked at the same present at the session marking the ries on Wednesday. school as the victim. start of the new parliamentary year Maria Sadaqat, was admitted According to the victim’s along with the navy and air force in Pakistan Institute of Medical statement to the police, the attack- chiefs. Sciences (PIMS) with 85 per cent ers thrashed her, pour petrol over “China-Pakistan Economic burn injuries. According to reports, her, and set her on fire. She cried Corridor is a national project and Sadaqat’s death led to her family for help but had already suffered must be completed at any cost,” members protesting outside the massive injuries when neighbours, the army chief added. hospital, claiming that she wasn’t who lived at a reasonable distance, Regarding the ongoing war on given proper treatment. were able to get to her. terror, General Raheel said, “The “She was badly tortured and Speaking to The Express Tri- war on terror will be completed at then burned alive. We brought her bune on Tuesday, PIMS spokes- any cost.” He also lauded the ef- to hospital in Islamabad but she person Dr Ayesha Ihsani said that forts of those participating in Op- succumbed to her wounds today,” the victim had suffered 85 per cent eration Zarb-e-Azb. Abdul Basit, Sadaqat’s uncle, told burns. Ihsani said that despite the General Raheel also briefed the AFP outside a burns centre at Pa- severity of her injuries, the wom- president on his visit to Turkey kistan Institute of Medical Scienc- an’s condition is stable and improv- where Turkish President Recep es in the capital. ing. Tayyip Erdogan praised Pakistan Grieving relatives outside the “We have arrested at least one Army’s accomplishments in Op- centre wept and protested at the of the accused and a hunt is on for eration Zarb-e-Azb and its contri- teenager’s death as police moved the rest,” Mazhar Iqbal, the offic- butions to regional peace and sta- her body to another hospital for a er directing the murder investiga- bility. Further, adamant that inter- post-mortem. Earlier in a state- tion, told AFP. nally-displaced persons (IDPs) ment, Sadaqat told the police she A doctor at the hospital said would return home this year, Gen- could identify two of the five at- Sadaqat had succumbed to serious eral Raheel said “I told them they tackers. Police officials claimed to burns. would return home this year but have arrested two suspects. “The poor woman was becom- they can’t believe it.” Sadaqat was a teacher at a pri- ing better but then could not sur- Earlier, the army chief warned vate school in Dhok Kallar in Low- vive because most parts of her the recent US drone strike target- er Dewal. body had serious burn injuries,” ing late Taliban leader Mullah Police and locals said that five said Ayesha Ihsani. Akhtar Mansour was detrimental to bilateral relations between the Indian court set to rule on deadly two countries. The army chief’s reaction came during a meeting with the Ambassador of US David Hale Gujarat riots under then CM Modi at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, a statement issued by NEW DELHI: An Indian court is The riots have long dogged inal accused have died. for all of the accused,” Kodekar Inter Services Public relations expected to deliver its verdict Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kodekar said Wednesday he told AFP. (ISPR) said. While expressing se- Thursday on 62 people accused who as chief minister of the state was seeking life in prison for all 62 The attack was one of many rious concerns over the drone of a massacre during religious riots was accused of turning a blind eye accused of storming the Gulbarg killings across Gujarat triggered by strike, COAS said such acts of which swept Gujarat state 14 to the pogrom in which more than Society complex, hacking to death the death of 59 Hindu pilgrims in a sovereignty violations are detri- years ago, a prosecutor said. 1,000 people died. and burning the Muslims hiding train fire on February 27, 2002 that mental to relations between both They are charged with murder, Public prosecutor RC Kode- there. was initially blamed on Muslims. countries and are counter-produc- rioting, criminal conspiracy and kar said a verdict was expected on “The judge PB Desai has fixed Hindus angry for revenge ram- tive for ongoing peace process for arson over the deaths of 69 Mus- Thursday following a drawn-out June 2 to pronounce the judgement paged through Muslim neighbour- regional stability. lims sheltering in a residential com- trial that has been delayed for so against 62 accused in the case. We hoods in some of India’s worst re- plex in the city of Ahmedabad. long by appeals that six of the orig- have sought maximum punishment ligious riots since independence from Britain and partition in 1947. CPEC will An investigative panel ap- pointed by the Supreme Court concluded in 2012 that there was see several no evidence to charge Modi him- self and he has always denied any govts before wrongdoing. More than 100 people have Japan assures Sri Lanka full its already been convicted over the riots, including one of Modi’s cooperation to strengthen the former ministers who was jailed completion: for instigating one of the worst massacres. manufacturing economy: President The current trial began in 2009 after the Supreme Court ordered a Finance Minister Mamnoon reinvestigation into some of the Sri Lanka's Finance Minister, Ravi crisis we have faced due to the worst incidents during the riots, Karunanayake said that Japan has burden of heavy debts. As a result President Mamnoon Hussain on including the Gulbarg Society mas- of our convincing them of our dif- Wednesday said the $46 billion sacre. ficult situation, Japan has decided China Pakistan Economic Corridor But one year later the Supreme to grant a loan of 30 billion Yen to project will see several govern- Court issued a stay on any verdict Sri Lanka during the recent tour of ments before its completion. after a petition seeking a probe into Addressing a joint Parliament President Maithripala Sirisena," whether Modi and others played the Minister said. session in Islamabad, President a role in the Gulbarg massacre. Mamnoon said, “Governments In addition, Japan has pledged The Supreme Court only lift- to provide technical assistance for come and go but the state remains, ed its order last year when a lower hence CPEC too will see several the development of agricultural court rejected an appeal echoing industry in Sri Lanka. They have elections and governments before the petition. its completion.” also taken interest in several other “Reservations shown by cer- The 62 accused, most of investment projects including port tain circles regarding the CPEC whom are on bail, do not include development. "If I quote Japanese project are weightless,” he said, any former officials or ministers Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan while adding that if individuals have from Modi’s then-government. assured Sri Lanka to extend its full has offered all these aid to reservations regarding the project, cooperation to strengthen the man- strengthen the manufacturing econ- they must discuss it. ufacturing economy of Sri Lanka. omy of Sri Lanka," he added. "We One of Pakistan’s biggest eco- Speaking to the media, Minis- have received these loans today at nomic projects, CPEC was signed ter Karunanayake, who joined in an interest of 0.05% instead the between Prime Minister Nawaz the Sri Lankan delegation led by loans taken by the Rajapaksa gov- Sharif and Xi Jinping’s govern- President Maithripala Sirisena to ernment at a higher interest of be- ment. However, no date has ever been given regarding its comple- G7 Summit in Japan, said the Jap- tween 6% - 7%. Earlier such loans tion. anese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were obtained at higher interest Delving into the ongoing rift is ready to provide assistance in rates to repay within five short between the government and op- this regard under several sectors. years but we have been given a long position parties, the president said, "Prime Minister Ranil Wick- period of 40 years period to repay opposition has no right to impose Every day as Kamla dug through tee on Human Rights, the charity this happen? It's on that scale, it's masses who have only part-time remesinghe and I explained to the these loans. Accordingly it is crys- its will on the government through the mud and molded bricks for which put together a December pretty incredible," Sen. Bob Corker jobs or who have simply given up. Japanese authorities about the cur- tal clear how the international com- illegal means. north Indian kiln, her two hungry report based on testimony from of Tennessee said. "The laws are there, but there rent situation of Sri Lanka during munity has kept confidence in the “While the government should children would cry out to her for 450 people rescued from slavery Many had seen the 2014 No- is no political will on the part of our visit to Tokyo last year. We current Good Governance," Min- take the opposition’s criticism on food. The 200 rupees ($3) she and bonded labor in India last year, bel Peace Prize for children's rights the government to implement specially highlighted them of our ister Karunanayake said. economic policies positively, op- made for producing 1,000 bricks including Kamla. activist Kailash Satyarthi, who them," peace activist Swami Ag- position has no right to impose its at a time wasn't nearly enough to "Bonded labor is a contempo- was awarded along with Malala nivesh said. "The government can't beliefs on the government.” feed her family, and her daughter rary type of slavery," he said. "The Yousafzai of Pakistan, as a sign afford to annoy rural rich as well Addressing the session, the died of malnutrition before she government, which is supposed to that India would be forced to bet- as the urban rich who are exploit- Bangladesh court president said, “Government of turned 4. provide them basic necessities, has ter protect its 1.25 billion citizens ing the situation." Pakistan and all political parties Kamla's story, told to one of failed them." from abuse. Amid the rising criticism, the must work together to strengthen the many charities fighting forced Officials with the Indian La- But child labor, the trafficking Indian government on Monday democracy.” labor in India, is common enough bor Ministry declined to comment of sex workers, and bonded labor published draft legislation to curb sentences man to “We must ensure that the econ- to explain how slavery persists in on the slavery index report, which remains widespread, despite In- human trafficking without punish- omy does not suffer due to per- the country despite rapid devel- showed China a distant second dia's rapid economic growth over ing its victims. "At present the law sonal differences.” The president said the democratic march during opment that has helped make In- with some 3.39 million modern the past decade. Laws meant to says the trafficked and the traf- dia the world's fastest-growing slaves counted. China's foreign keep children in school and out of ficker are both criminals and they death for 1971 the last three years has been pro- gressing successfully despite ups economy. ministry did not immediately re- the workplace are routinely flout- both go to jail. Now, we are saying and downs. On Tuesday, the South Asian spond to a faxed request for com- ed, as millions are forced into dif- the victim will not go to jail," said The president said the politi- democracy topped a global slavery ment. North Korea was found to ficult and sometimes toxic jobs in- Maneka Gandhi, the government's index counting some 18.35 million have the highest per capita rate of cluding rolling cigarettes, blowing minister for women and child de- war crimes cal progression is testimony to the modern slaves — or 40 percent of modern slavery, with 4.37 percent glass in factories, mining in stone velopment, according to Press fact that political system has gained A special court in Bangladesh has sentenced one man to death and two the potential to face crises suc- a global total of 45.8 million. The of its population affected. quarries or dyeing leather in tan- Trust of India. cessfully. report, released by The Walk Free The problem of slavery in In- neries. Still, some activists said the of his associates to life in prison for killing two local fighters during the Referring to the foreign poli- Foundation, included children and dia — including child marriage and Some activists blamed the gov- situation was improving in India, country's 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. cy, President Mamnoon said, “Pa- adults forced into labor, often un- bonded labor — has long been a ernment for maintaining a top- thanks to public awareness, legal The three were also convicted Wednesday of charges of raping wom- kistan’s foreign policy is based on paid or to pay off a debt, as well challenge and cause for shame. Just down economy where illegal labor reforms and police-backed raids on en and confining and torturing unarmed people in the northeastern dis- three factors: constructive diplo- as child brides, child soldiers and last week, the chairman of the U.S. can still flourish because of high factories employing workers ille- trict of Habiganj. The eastern wing of Pakistan seceded as Bangladesh in macy, non-interference, and trade migrant workers in 167 countries. Senate Foreign Relations Commit- unemployment and abject pover- gally. "We get 20 complaints per 1971. and economic cooperation.” "These poor and deprived peo- tee lambasted India's record on ty in the countryside. While the day from family members and The three-member International Crimes Tribunal, set up by Prime The father of the nation Quaid- ple are forced to leave their homes human rights, asking how India official jobless rate has hovered public in general" reporting labor Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2010, announced the decision in a packed e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah because of poverty. This is clear could have so many slaves. "I around 10 percent since 1983, abuse — a sign that awareness of courtroom in Dhaka. Defense attorneys said they would appeal the wanted the country’s foreign pol- reflection of the failure of the wel- mean, seriously, do they have just some economists say that count- the problem was growing, said verdict to a higher court. icy to be based on peaceful co-ex- Five senior leaders of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party and a lead- istence with all neighbours, the fare state," said Lenin Rghuvanshi zero prosecution abilities, zero law ing only the number of people ac- Ramesh Senger from Satyarthi's of the People's Vigilance Commit- enforcement? I mean, how could tively looking for work ignores the Save the Childhood Movement. er of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party have already president said. been hanged for war crimes. THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief

Czech police bust ring forging EU passports Czech police said Tuesday they had busted a crime ring forging A French naval search vessel has Lithuanian passports, ID cards picked up signals believed to orig- and driving licenses used by inate from one of the black boxes migrants to illegally enter the of EgyptAir flight MS804 which European Union. crashed into the Mediterranean last The accused sold fake doc- month, the Egyptian investigation uments to “foreigners from committee said on Wednesday. third countries” who were not It said in a statement the search allowed to enter EU territory, for the black boxes was intensify- said Pavel Hantak, spokesman ing ahead of the expected arrival for the organized crime squad. within a week of another vessel, The police charged ten sus- the John Lethbridge, from Mauri- pects ranging in age from 28- tius-based company Deep Ocean 46 years with forgery and fa- Search to help retrieve the devic- cilitating illegal sojourn in the es. Czech Republic. “Search equipment aboard They face up to ten years French naval vessel Laplace... has in prison if convicted. detected signals from the seabed Five Ukrainians, all mem- of the search area, which likely bers of an organized crime belong to one of the data boxes,” group, are in custody after be- the committee said. ing nabbed in the May 18 raid. Investigators are searching in The police did not reveal some of the deepest waters of the the nationality of the other five Mediterranean for flight recorders suspects. from the Airbus A320 which Seven people who used crashed on May 19, killing 66 peo- forged Lithuanian documents to ple. stay illegally in the Czech Re- The jet’s flight recorders or public were also detained, Han- “black boxes” are designed to emit tak said without providing de- acoustic signals for 30 days after a tails. crash, giving search teams fewer He told AFP the case was than three weeks to spot them in unrelated to the recent arrest waters up to 9,840-feet (3,000- of three suspects in Prague, al- meters) deep, which is on the edge legedly part of an international of their range. forgery ring. Another 16 sus- pects were detained in Athens on May 25 for the same crime Arab parliament in a Europol-coordinated raid. Forgery and people smug- tells Iran: ‘don’t gling have become common politicize hajj’ amid the ongoing migrant crisis The parliament set up by the Arab that saw over one million peo- League said on Tuesday that hajj ple arrive in Europe last year, should not be politicized and ex- mostly from war-torn Syria. ploited to target Saudi Arabia. Almost 200,000 have ar- In a statement at the end of its rived from the Middle East and final session, it said that the sanc- elsewhere so far this year. tity of the Two Holy Mosques and holy sites must be maintained. Canada’s assisted Thousands of US-backed fighters air strikes as well as from ground- with ISIS in Syria. and secure it once ISIS is gone, ac- The US military official said Hajj should only be meant for in Syria are launching an offensive based firing positions across the YPG to withdraw cording to the operational plans. depriving ISIS of the Manbij pock- rituals and worshipping, the Arab suicide bill to capture from ISIS a crucial border in Turkey. Turkey has been alarmed by “After they take Manbij, the et would help further isolate the parliament said. swathe of northern Syria known Perhaps essential for NATO advances by Kurdish forces along agreement is the YPG will not be militants and further undermine Saudi Arabia said the Iranians approved by House as the Manbij pocket following ally Turkey, the operation will be its border and opposed the idea of staying ... So you’ll have Syrian their ability to funnel supplies to had demanded the right to hold of Commons weeks of quiet preparations, US overwhelmingly comprised of Syr- YPG fighters taking control of the Arabs occupying traditional Syri- Raqqa. US President Barack demonstrations during hajj. officials disclosed to Reuters. ian Arabs instead of forces with Manbij pocket. The Kurdish YPG an Arab land,” the official said, Obama has authorized about 300 “Iran demanded the right to Canada’s House of Commons The operation, which only just the Kurdish YPG militia, who will militia already controls an uninter- adding Turkey supported the of- US special operations forces to organize demonstrations and to has passed the government’s started to get underway on Tues- only represent about a fifth or a rupted 400 km (250 mile) stretch fensive. The operation comes operate on the ground from secret have privileges that would cause proposed assisted suicide law. day and could take weeks to com- sixth of the overall force, the offi- the border. ahead of an eventual push by the locations inside Syria to help co- chaos during hajj. This is unaccept- The House of Commons plete, aims to choke off ISIS’s ac- cials said. The officials told Reuters, US-backed Syrian forces toward ordinate with local forces to battle able,” said Saudi Foreign Minister voted 186-137. The law still cess to Syrian territory along the Ankara considers the Syrian however, the YPG will only fight the city of Raqqa, the ISIS’s de- ISIS there. In a reminder of the Adel Al-Jubeir during a joint press requires Senate approval. Turkish border that militants have Kurdish YPG fighters to be ter- to help clear ISIS from the area facto capital in Syria and the prime risks, one US service member was conference with his visiting Brit- The Supreme Court last long used as a logistics base for rorists and has been enraged by US around Manbij. Syrian Arab fight- objective in Syria for US military injured north of Raqqa over the ish counterpart Philip Hammond year struck down laws that bar moving foreign fighters back and backing for the militia in its battle ers would be the ones to stabilize planners. weekend, the Pentagon said. in Jeddah. doctors from helping someone forth to Europe. “Iran’s intention from the start die, but put the ruling on hold “It’s significant in that it’s their was to maneuver and find excuses while the government came up last remaining funnel” to Europe, in order to prevent its citizens from with a new law. a US military official said. performing hajj,” Al-Jubeir said. Despite pressure to speed A small number of US special “They are now answerable to Al- the approval, Conservative operations forces will support the lah.” Senate leader Claude Carignan offensive on the ground, acting as Last month, the Arab parlia- says there’s no way the bill advisors and staying some distance ment condemned Iran and Hezbol- will be passed by Monday — back from the front lines, the offi- lah’s interference in internal affairs the day the ban on assisted cials said, speaking on condition of the Arab countries. suicide ends. of anonymity to discuss military Arab Parliament Speaker He says the bill will not planning. Ahmed Al-Jarwan stressed in a be put to a final vote until the “They’ll be as close as they statement that Hezbollah is a ter- end of next week at the earli- need to be for the (Syrian fighters) rorist party, adding that the Arab est. to complete the operation. But League, many international con- Canada’s Senate is un- they will not engage in direct com- ventions and the Organization of elected and largely rubber bat,” the official said. Islamic Cooperation, took a simi- stamps legislation passed by A US fighter, who is fighting lar tone, due to its negative inter- the elected House of Com- alongside with Syria Democratic ventions in many countries of the mons. Some amendments Forces (SDF), carries his national region. The Arab parliament could occur. flag as he stands with SDF fight- warned Iran against open interven- ers in northern province of Raqqa, tion in the affairs of the Arab coun- Syria May 27, 2016. (File Photo: tries, instigation of sectarian strife, Jordan king Reuters) threat to the coherence of Arab The operation will also count entity. swears in new on support from US-led coalition government Jordanian King Abdullah Saudi sentences swore in a new government led by a business-friendly politi- cian on Wednesday and charged him with preparing for parlia- 14 people to mentary elections by Septem- ber and pushing legislation to spur sluggish growth. Hani Mulki, 64, who has Saudi Arabia says it is still early to “It’s a little early for one to The Saudi proposal, the so- West Bank. death: Report engage in negotiations with Israel assess the seriousness of the Is- called Arab Peace Initiative, was Tel Aviv has rejected the ini- held a string of senior diplo- Saudi Arabia has sentenced 14 Takfiri groups such as Daesh and matic and ministerial posts, is within the format of a “peace” ini- raeli side to begin talks based on unveiled in 2002. It offers to nor- tiative due to the fact that the pro- tiative, despite the fact that Riy- the Arab peace initiative,” Saudi malize ties with Israel by 22 Arab posal calls for Israel to accept the people to death after convicting al-Qaeda. a former chief commissioner them of attacks on police in the Riyadh triggered a diplomatic of Jordan’s economic zone in adh has reportedly agreed to tailor Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir countries in return for Tel Aviv’s right of return for the Palestinians the plan to Tel Aviv’s demands. said on Tuesday. withdrawal from the occupied who were forced to flee their Shia-populated area of Qatif in crisis and international outcry af- the Red Sea port city of Aqa- Eastern Province. ter executing prominent Shia cleric ba. homes under the Israeli occupa- tion. Another nine people were giv- Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr along with He was appointed by the en jail sentences of three to 15 46 others in January in defiance of king on Sunday to replace Ab- Last month, Israeli newspaper Arutz Sheva reported that Saudi years and one was acquitted, their international calls for their release. dullah Ensour shortly after the defense lawyer told the Reuters International human rights monarch dissolved parliament Arabia and its Persian Gulf allies, news agency. groups have criticized Saudi Ara- as it neared the end of its four- namely Jordan and Egypt, had been He said the 24 defendants had bia's justice system which they say year term. Elections must be sending messages to Israel through been held for about three years and holds unfair trials. held within four months un- various emissaries, including accused of carrying weapons and Convictions for terrorism der the constitution. former British PM Tony Blair, shooting at police. sometimes extend to peaceful pro- Official sources said the asking it to resume Middle East Around 20 Shia Muslims and testers and are secured by torture, government is expected to negotiations under new terms, several police officers were killed according to rights advocacy maintain traditional support which include changes to the ini- during 2011-14 protests. groups. In mid-May, Human for US policies in the region tiative. Faced with a heavy-handed Rights Watch denounced Saudi and continue with IMF-guid- Also last month, Anwar Esh- government crackdown, Shias in Arabia’s trial of 32 men for alleg- ed reforms. ki, a well-connected former gener- Qatif and other areas have also edly spying on behalf of Iran as a They say the monarch al in the Saudi military, said Saudi been targeted by Daesh attacks “mockery of justice.” chose Mulki to help spur in- Arabia would open an embassy in since 2014 in which dozens have Saudi authorities, it said, had vestment, especially from Tel Aviv if Israel accepted the Sau- lost their lives. not permitted the defendants to main Gulf oil producer Saudi di initiative. Saudi Shias complain they suf- meet with lawyers or provided all Arabia, which has shown in- On Monday, Israeli Prime fer systematic discrimination in of the court documents necessary terest in investing in the debt- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the kingdom, whose majority fol- to prepare a defense after more laden kingdom. the regime’s newly-sworn-in Min- low Wahhabism and is regarded as than three years of detention and Jordan’s finances have ister for Military Affairs Avigdor the breeding ground for the rise of investigation. been hit by a drop in Gulf aid Liberman said during a joint state- which traditionally tops up its ment that they were ready “to ne- coffers and worsened investor gotiate with the Arab countries on confidence hit by regional un- updating the Arab peace initiative.” certainty. The economy has also been strained by a flood The potential “update,” the of refugees from the five-year- statement added, had to “reflect old civil war in neighboring the dramatic changes since 2002, Syria. and to maintain the agreed goal of two states for two peoples.” Al-Jubeir played down the statement, saying, “When the Is- raeli prime minister spoke about it, he spoke about some clauses that he considers positive, not about accepting the initiative as the basis of talks.” THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 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 Time for convergence: Iran-Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN TIMES relations after the nuclear deal Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir By Sarah Lohschelder and Amanda Zeidan Phone No: +93-772364666 The Afghanistan-Iran relation- nian state news agency IRNA stage, there could be a unique The question remains of ship is bolstered by extensive report from March, Afghani- opportunity to pursue joint se- how to forge this partnership E-mail: [email protected] historical ties and colored by stan agreed to a customs ex- curity efforts in the region that given current relations with the colonial powers and con- emption for Iranian business- benefit all parties, including the Pakistan. The underpinnings of Email: [email protected] flicts in the neighborhood both es that relocate to the country. United States, especially the Iran-Afghanistan relation- www.afghanistantimes.af countries share. Iran’s support The same day, Iran and Af- against the narco-trafficking ship capitalizes on linguistic, for the Northern Alliance se- ghanistan signed a mining groups that bedevil Iranian, Af- cultural, and religious ties and Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi verely strained relations be- agreement that gives Iranian ghan, and U.S. officials alike. such a links could be a catalyst tween the two countries when companies access to Afghan The Afghanistan-Iran con- for the two countries as they Advisory editorial board Afghanistan was ruled by the mineral resources. As Iran and nection over drugs is a com- rebuild and strengthen ties Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Taliban. The 9/11 attacks and Afghanistan become econom- plex relationship that has per- post-Taliban. Capitalizing on the U.S. invasion of Afghani- ically tied to one another, so too sisted over the past several the historical and cultural ties Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal stan also brought a significant will security ties begin to take decades. Iran is desperately between Afghanistan and Iran Graphic-Designer: change: Iran supported the a more formal shape. The Irani- trying to reshape its identity as also creates a path for partner- state-building process and par- an government may also in- a drug transit country. Narcot- ship that curbs the influence of Edriss Akbari, Bilal Yusufi ticipated in the Bonn Confer- crease its funding of develop- ics trafficking from Afghani- Pakistan, an unwieldy counter- Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: ence on Afghanistan, leading ment projects in Herat prov- stan has created a chronic drug terrorism partner in the region, Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 to a dramatic improvement in ince, a strategic hub close to problem in Iran, which has and bolsters Iran as a reliable the relationship. the Iranian and Turkmen bor- blamed the Afghan government security partner, vested in Af- Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan The latest event that will ders, where Iranian investment and the United States for fail- ghanistan’s stability. Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 have a major impact on the re- since the fall of the Taliban re- ing to curb opium production. Iran is on the economic re- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press gion is the Joint Comprehen- gime has been a stabilizing in- Iran also serves as a major cor- bound and reshaping the geo- sive Plan of Action. This agree- fluence. ridor for shipping narcotics to political context of its neigh- ment between the five perma- After Iran sees relief from Europe and the Persian Gulf. bors, particularly Afghanistan. nent members of the UN Secu- more than a decade of sanc- Opium use has increased With this renewed bilateral en- The constitution says rity Council, Germany, and Iran tions, its open economy stands alarmingly in Iran, while reve- gagement, there are opportuni- on the latter’s nuclear program, to benefit Afghanistan by turn- nues from narcotics havefi- ties for greater cooperation Article 44: will significantly shape the Iran- ing the latter into a regional nanced much of the anti-Amer- along shared trade and securi- Article Forty-Four: The state shall devise and implement effective programs to create Afghanistan relationship. trading power. With the un- ican insurgency in Afghani- ty interests, which could have and foster balanced education for women, improve education of nomads as well as Specifically, the Iran nucle- freezing of billions of dollars in stan. Thousands of Iranian se- positive implications for the eliminate illiteracy in the country. ar deal will likely have a major assets, trade will become more curity agents have been killed entire region. Thus, at least impact in two key areas of the straightforward. Countries will in clashes with drug rings. Sev- with respect to the Iran-Af- bilateral relationship: trade and no longer have to circumvent eral claim that Jundallah, a ter- ghanistan relationship, Iran’s security. Economically, Af- rules and regulations that iso- rorist group responsible for kill- rise should be seen as an op- ghanistan stands to gain from late Iran from the formal finan- ing scores of Iran’s Revolution- portunity to bolster regional the Iran nuclear deal. With cial system and, perhaps, even ary Guards, is closely tied to security. .—(The Diplomat) sanctions lifted and Iran rein- offer the opportunity to build drug trafficking rings. Thus, Sarah Lohschelder is pur- tegrating into the global econ- direct trade routes. India is like- addressing narco-trafficking in suing a Master of Science in omy, Afghanistan will benefit ly to develop the Iranian port Afghanistan will serve as an Foreign Service and a Juris from increased dealings with of Chabahar, presenting an op- effective point of collaboration Doctor at Georgetown Univer- Iran in the short term and has portunity for Afghanistan to between the United States, sity. She is a Defense Fellow at prospects of developing into a diversify trading partners and Iran, and Afghanistan; one Young Professionals in Foreign Shady stance transport hub for regional trade generate billions of dollars in where political will, through en- Policy. The major crossing point at the controversial Durand Line, in the long term. In the security trade revenue. forcement efforts, could be ex- Amanda Zeidan is pursu- realm, Iran could prove a vital Regional economic integra- plicitly demonstrated. ing a Master of Science in For- Torkham, has been closed by Pakistani authorities for all those ally for Afghanistan in combat- tion also offers an opening for Despite the country’s stri- eign Service at Georgetown who do possess passport with valid visa. Those who have other ing narco-trafficking originat- countries to come together and dent anti-Western rhetoric, Iran University, where she is pursu- legal travel documents such as refugee cards or Rahdari Pass are ing in Afghanistan and in bal- pursue security interests. Iran has more in common with the ing a concentration in Global ancing against Pakistani influ- stands to emerge as an impor- United States than Pakistan in Business and Finance. She is allowed. But the decision has negative impact on lives of hun- ence in Afghan security mat- tant trade route to Central Asia securing Afghanistan’s stabil- currently an Allen W. and Allen dreds of Afghans who visit Peshawar and other cities for medical ters. and Europe: the country has ity in the long run. Iran, like the M. Dulles Graduate Fellow at treatment or to see their relatives there. Earlier, Afghans patients Bilateral economic relations unparalleled land and sea rights United States, would prefer an the Institute for the Study of having Tazkiras (national ID cards) and medical prescriptions were are already growing, with Af- to Central Asia. Afghanistan devoid of the in- Diplomacy and a Middle East ghanistan courting Iranian in- As Iran seeks to polish its fluence of militant Sunni Fellow at Young Professionals allowed to enter Khyber Agency and Peshawar, capital city of vestment. According to an Ira- image on the international groups. in Foreign Policy Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The recent decision of Islamabad will have strain relations between Afghan people and Pakistani government. Afghan government deserves to be criticized because it had Iran, Arabs and longing for the past taken the issue lightly and kept most of the details secret. Paki- Abdulrahman al-Rashed stan’s Embassy in Kabul has informed the Afghan authorities of Iranians and Arabs long for the but was a city of joy and creativi- How ironic that the future they Chinese public opinion later the decision. However, the authorities in Kabul had shared no or peace, reconciliation and unity of ty during the times of presidents hope for is the past voiced its rejection of what hap- the 1960s and 1970s, which they Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar In 1966, communists led by pened, as seen by the correctional little details with the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad. Omar Za- have lost due to political develop- Sadat. This generation’s aspirations Mao Zedong led an “awakening,” movement that tried the leaders of ments. Things changed following are not that different from what not against the enemies of com- the awakening and held them ac- khilwal said that he was not officially consulted on the issue, Iran’s revolution, when extremists their parents enjoyed. They are munism but against their own com- countable. After that China although, the Pakistani officials had informed Afghan Ministry of seized power. simple ambitions. How ironic that munist comrades, whom they con- changed, as did the people’s ideas, Cairo, Tehran, Riyadh, Ku- the future they hope for is the past. sidered less committed than they and their relations with one anoth- Defense of the decision taken a few months ago by the Afghani- wait, Beirut and other Middle Chinese example were. er and the world. stan-Pakistan security coordination commission. The ambassa- Eastern capitals were very differ- Tehran, Cairo, Riyadh and oth- The Communist Party ex- People want to live happily - ent than they are today, as people er cities suffer from religious ex- ploited youths to impose extrem- this does not mean they are less dor said that the National Security Council was also informed of seemed more civilized and streets tremism. Our region is not the first ist ideas on society, pursued par- religious, and it does not compro- seemed safer. When those born af- to go through this. China suffered ents and teachers, collected books mise traditions. There will come a the decision. Zakhilwal claimed that he was trying to get informa- ter that period compare their cit- from communist extremism, which and burnt them, and destroyed day when someone from within tion to resolve the problem that had created challenges for Af- ies then and now, they find it diffi- was falsely called “the cultural many of China’s cultural symbols the Iranian regime itself will lead a cult to believe so much has revolution.” and historical monuments. Their movement that takes them back to ghans living on both sides of the Durand Line. changed. This generation’s aspirations cars roamed the streets and prop- the era of the 1960s and 1970s, Although, the spokesman for the National Security Council, When was Tehran happier, in are not that different from what agated Zedong’s slogans, calling on and gets rid of religious extremism. the early 1970s or in the 21st cen- their parents enjoyed. people to pursue those who do The same will happen in the Arab Tawab Ghorzang, assured of resolving the issue through diplo- tury? Cairo looks worn out today, They are simple ambitions. not abide by his teachings. world. matic channels, mostly like backdoor diplomacy, but why the government has not shared details with the Afghan embassy in Islamabad is a matter of serious concern and raised many eye- Afghanistan brows. If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country had pro- vided details about this development to the ambassador then why he resorted to Facebook to inform people of his ‘unofficial’ ef- forts. Therefore, the government should share details regarding the decision with public. Serious steps should be taken to resolve the problem and facilitate the travelers. As the former president Ha- mid Karzai is also expected to leave for Pakistan, he shall also discuss the issue with the relevant authorities there. People living on both sides of the Durand Line cannot be separated. Thus, Afghan and Pakistani authorities should work together to resolve the problem. Allowing Afghans to travel without difficulty would improve relations between Kabul and Islamabad. Visa free entry will warm the melting ties between the two countries. The two countries shall sign an agreement to allow people to travel with- out obtaining visa but using only passports or national identity cards. It will not only facilitate the travelers and improve bilateral ties but would also overcome anti-Pakistan and anti-Afghanistan sentiments. 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byAfzal Ashraf byRecep Tayyip Erdogan Afzal Ashraf is a consultant fel- day suffering of its civilian popu- term, but it is likely to lay the foun- low at Royal United Services In- lation. That is why Fallujah has dation for a future crisis of sectar- stitute for Defence and Security made it up the charts in terms of ian and identity-based extremism. Studies (RUSI) and served in the recapture planning. They only way to avoid that UK Armed Forces. He was in- As the US-led coalition dis- would be to ensure that the Shia volved in developing a counterin- covered more than a decade ago, militias are disciplined and behave surgency strategy and in the po- Fallujah is easy to lose and hard to in a sensitive and empathetic way licing and the justice sectors in Iraq. regain. to the mostly Sunni civilians they The more experience an ana- How successful the current liberate. lyst has of the conflict in Iraq and assault is likely to be will depend Also, it would require a mas- Syria, the more reluctant he or she on three things. sive rebuilding and resettlement is to predict what is going to hap- First, how many ISIL fighters programme for the city. Perfor- pen and why. This is because there are actually in the city? The fewer mance of the post-Saddam regimes are so many players involved and there are, the more chance of suc- in Baghdad has been poor in both almost as many agendas. cess. exerting discipline over armed Until recently, everyone was Second, it will depend upon groups and in investing in non-Shia expecting an operation to recover how willing the fighters or their areas, leaving little room for opti- Raqqa from the Islamic State of leadership is to stand and fight. If mism. Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also they choose to have a tactical with- The use of Kurdish forces by known as ISIS). News reports drawal, something they have done the US in Raqqa faces a similar were about coalition leafleting of in the past, then the recapture political and military equation - Raqqa, warning civilians to get out might happen relatively easily. short-term success at the risk of of the city before an all-out assault. Why the Iraqi army, which is long-term instability and conflict. Now the news is about Fallujah. already getting air support from Fatal blow to ISIL Inside Story - Do Shia militias coalition partners, ground support Should Raqqa be liberated, it stoke sectarian tension in Fallujah? ... from the US and some opera- will definitely strike a near-fatal Suddenly, a full-scale assault tional support from the Iranians, blow to ISIL, given that the city is is under way to free Fallujah. It is needs to use sectarian militias is a its capital. However, the presence unlikely that the Fallujah and curious question. and even the knowledge that Kur- Raqqa "liberation" plans are linked. Third, it will depend upon the dish militias have been victorious There was a plan of sorts to coor- Iraqi army and their Shia militias' in Raqqa will not rest easy with dinate the attack on Raqqa with appetite for civilian casualties and local proud Arab egos. Mosul but Fallujah unexpectedly destruction. The more willing they Indeed, regional powers such came to the fore. are to inflict civilian casualties and as Turkey are irritated that Kurd- The reason for the attention destroy infrastructure, the easier ish groups they regard as terror- on Fallujah seems to have more to and quicker will be the recapture. ists are being supported by the US. do with events in Baghdad than This last point about the use Many Syrian rebels, even those any coordinated anti-ISIL strate- of Shia militias is significant to the that disguise their Islamist agenda gy. long-term sustainability of any behind a veil of moderation, see Mother of all insurgencies gains in Fallujah and elsewhere. the Kurdish YPG as godless so- Over the next days, Turkey's po- the right direction. NGO scholarships. What sets the ses, the summit gave hope to mil- litical and business leaders will In an effort to reinvigorate our Turkish development and human- lions of people in Africa and else- embark on a historic visit to Ugan- long-neglected ties with the conti- itarian aid model is our focus on where. da, Kenya and Somalia. We will nent, Turkey in 2005 launched an mutual respect. Compatriot of Africa seek to promote closer coopera- African initiative to cooperate Deeper partnership Turkey looks forward to tion with our regional allies, devel- more closely with our friends and In recent years, Turkey's bi- working more closely with our op solutions to shared challenges allies in the region. lateral relations with African na- African friends and allies in a range and explore mutually beneficial Over the next years, we pro- tions have also been improving. A of areas. opportunities. ceeded to hold two Turkey-Africa record number of official visits by Many African nations, includ- Many people in the world as- partnership summits in Istanbul, Turkish and African leaders helped ing Uganda, Kenya and Somalia, sociate the African continent with Turkey and Malabo, Equatorial us to build stronger ties with the remain on the frontlines in the war extreme poverty, violent conflict Guinea. The events were not only continent, promote partnerships of against human suffering as West- and a general state of hopelessness. our way of thanking the people of equals and serve the interests of ern nations devote their resources The people of Turkey have a dif- Africa for their warm welcome but both parties. to building taller walls, ramping up ferent view. We believe that Africa also reiterating our commitment to Since assuming the Turkish security and tightening travel re- deserves better. a long-term partnership. Indeed, presidency in August 2014, I had strictions. Somalia drought: Tens of thou- the summits marked a turning the pleasure of visiting nine Afri- Having spent more than $10bn sands in need of food point in Turkey's relations with can countries and hosting a large to provide humanitarian relief to Africa has three core advan- Africa. number of African leaders on the three million Syrians within our tages The growing cooperation be- occasion of bilateral visits and in- borders, the Turkish government First, the continent has a young tween Turkey and Africa shows a ternational summits. will continue raising awareness and vibrant population at a time lot can be accomplished by engag- In this 2011 photo Erdogan, about the efforts of African na- when Europe and other parts of ing our partners genuinely and find- right, and Somalia's former Presi- tions. the world are rapidly ageing. If the ing solutions that serve the inter- dent Sheikh Sharif Ahmed stand in The people of Turkey and world cooperates with local and ests of both sides. It also sends a front of their countries' national Africa are also united in their ex- national governments in the region, strong message about Africa's true flags as they listen to the national periences with terrorism. As a The high death toll in the re- Why the Iraqi army, which is cialists. we can create avenues for young potential in the world. anthems after Erdogan arrived in country facing crucial challenges cent ISIL bombings in Baghdad has already getting air support from For detached political ana- people to make a positive impact At the same time, Turkish of- Mogadishu. [Reuters] including terrorism, regional insta- rattled the Haider al-Abadi govern- coalition partners, ground support lysts, the alliance of US troops on their communities. African ficials and non-governmental or- Our cooperation with Africa bility and the refugee crisis, we can ment. in the form of training from the US with a Marxist-inspired group of women, likewise, have the poten- ganisations have been working has not been limited to official vis- relate to the predicament in which This, coming so soon after the and some operational support Kurds who are more ideologically tial to become more active players with local communities to address its. Over the past decade, Turkey our partners such as Uganda and storming of the Green Zone earlier from the Iranians, needs to use sec- aligned with Russia than the US is in economic and social life. pressing problems. Over the years, signed a number of treaties and Kenya find themselves. Moving this month resulting from growing tarian militias is a curious ques- a source of academic amusement. Moreover, Africa is a conti- Turkey's development-centred launched joint projects across the forward, we pledge to work with unrest among the population about tion. It's like being at the wedding of a nent blessed with vast natural re- humanitarian aid model helped continent to challenge the tradi- our African allies and friends more security, food, water, electricity, Political bankruptcy friend when you know the mar- sources. Uganda and Kenya, millions of people, including thou- tional hierarchy between the ex- closely on counterterrorism, among etc. It betrays the political bank- riage will result in a quick and pos- among others, have not only large sands in drought-struck Somalia, ploiter and the exploited. other issues. These events are being exploit- ruptcy of the Baghdad government sibly acrimonious divorce. oil reserves but also plenty of fer- to get back on their feet. As a sign of our faith in Africa, Finally, Turkey will take nec- ed by the one man in Iraq who and even the sustainability of the However, if these two assaults tile land and regular rainfall. Since 2011, Somalia has been Turkish Airlines took a bold deci- essary steps to promote entrepre- knows how to run the mother of idea of Iraq as a state. If the state are successful and closely followed To be clear, the rest of Africa one of the top three recipients of sion to enter the African market neurialism, which has had a posi- all insurgencies, Moqtada al-Sadr. cannot have monopoly of force by a victory in Mosul, then there is no different, even though years Turkey's development aid. Our ef- and quickly expanded its network tive influence on the Turkish econ- He has skilfully positioned him- then it cannot govern a country. is a chance of dismantling ISIL. of colonial rule and exploitation forts continued with the comple- to 48 destinations in 32 countries. omy over the past decade. self as the champion of the com- The absence of this monopoly of That will at least simplify the Iraq stripped local communities of tion of the Turkish-Somalian Edu- Since 2000, Turkey's trade The African Handicraft Mar- mon Iraqi. force is largely the cause of the and Syrian issues to the enduring what rightfully belongs to them. If cation and Research Hospital, East with Sub-Saharan Africa grew ket and Culture House, which was The government needs to be current crisis. ones of poor, ineffective gover- the world stops acting out of greed Africa's largest medical facility, last eightfold to reach $6bn as the num- launched in the Turkish capital of seen to be doing something and The assault on Fallujah may nance, sectarian violence and Kur- and focuses on helping the African year. ber of Turkish embassies across Ankara with the support of Tur- needs to distract from the day-to- yield a tactical victory in the short dish nationalism. people to help themselves, the As a sign of Turkey's contin- the continent reached 34 - a five- key's First Lady Emine Erdogan, continent could become an eco- ued commitment to the future of fold increase. represents a concrete step to gen- nomic powerhouse. Somalia, I will inaugurate the new Turkey's cooperation with erate income for Africa's female Finally, the people of Africa Turkish embassy in Mogadishu, Africa isn't limited to diplomacy entrepreneurs. Moving forward, VENEZUELA'SAPOCALYPSE: have an entrepreneurial spirit that which is Turkey's largest diplomat- and trade either. In the international we hope to share our entrepreneur- could potentially turn the conti- ic mission, during my forthcoming arena, we are committed to fur- ial experiences with the people of nent around. Despite decades of visit. thering the interests of African na- Africa. THE MEDIAAT WAR exploitation and various challeng- The Turkish Cooperation and tions. The growing cooperation be- byBelen Fernandez es, the continent has always found Coordination Agency, or TIKA, Having hosted the Fourth Unit- tween Turkey and Africa shows a way to survive through innova- remains active across the continent ed Nations Conference on the Least that a lot can be accomplished by In one of the more headache-in- of would-be post-mortems on Ven- cent people in Iraq and elsewhere tion. As Africa assumes a more and implements hundreds of hu- Developed Countries in 2011, engaging our partners genuinely ducing video clips in recent mem- ezuelan socialism. comes to mind - as does a certain prominent role in the international manitarian and development Istanbul set the stage for the first and finding solutions that serve the ory, Fox Business Network pre- The Miami Herald opinion habit of massacring civilians that arena, this spirit of entrepreneur- projects to provide better health- ever World Humanitarian Summit interests of both sides. It also sends sents us with its version of the pages host the notion that Vene- has all too often characterised US- ialism will help to build a safer fu- care, promote agriculture, protect last week. a strong message about Africa's current crisis in Venezuela - where zuela is now "the North Korea of backed governments in Latin Amer- ture for the next generation. the environment and facilitate com- As representatives from 173 true potential to the world. economic mismanagement under the Caribbean", a place where ica. Turkey's efforts merce. countries, including 32 Sub-Sahar- One of my favourite African the leadership of President Nico- "news reports … read like apoca- Furthermore, if we want to Since 2002, the government of Meanwhile, more than 4,500 an nations, joined forces to reform proverbs goes: True poverty is the las Maduro has converged with a lyptic Cormac McCarthy novels". talk about hunger - allegedly a main- Turkey has been working hard to African students continue their the international humanitarian sys- lack of friends. Today and for ever, drop in global oil prices to pro- Meanwhile, a Financial Times stay of now-apocalyptic Venezu- help African nations to discover education in Turkey's prestigious tem along with NGOs, volunteers Turkey will be a friend, a compa- duce runaway inflation and a short- column laments that the "tragedy" ela - we might consider the rather their potential and take steps in universities on government and and survivors of humanitarian cri- triot and a partner of Africa. age of basic goods. of Venezuela is "now in its final epidemic proportions of home- The Fox Business Network act". lessness and hunger in the US it- website invites us to view a "har- There's no denying that things self (including, incidentally, among rowing video show[ing] starving are not right in Venezuela at the the soldiers who fight its wars). Venezuelans eating garbage [and] moment; in May, Maduro declared None of this, obviously, is to looting". a two-month state of emergency. idolise Maduro or to whitewash LETTER TO THE EDITOR As anyone acquainted with There's no denying that things the Venezuelan landscape; it's the network's modus operandi are not right in Venezuela at the merely to note how quickly the might expect, the footage in ques- moment; in May, Maduro declared media deploys itself to the front- tion doesn’t exactly render the sit- a two-month state of emergency. lines when the enemy is socialism, uation as "virtually apocalyptic" But you'd think that, after so and how any error presided over as Fox claims it is. many decades of hysterical fear- by socialists constitutes sponta- Womenempowerment Behind Venezuela's looming mongering about the red menace, neous and definitive proof that left- The first-ever female education complex named “Moraa University and High School” started in Kabul with the aim of providing primary and collapse - Counting the Cost people in the US and beyond ism is infeasible in any form or higher education for the girls who are forbidden from attendance in the mixed learning institutes due to social taboos. The complex was invest Fortunately, we have a whole might get tired of it - particularly context. Again, the same gleeful by around eight million dollar in which 12,000 students can study. Being a women, it is a great moves initiated by the government toward Fox crew to interpret for us what, when that very "menace" has done pessimism is never on display in empowerment of women at least in term of education. The already troubled Afghan women are facing huge problems due to illiteracy. The in fact, we are seeing. Before we quite a bit of good throughout the response to capitalism's massive current status quo of women are so-called good in Kabul city, while at the rest of the provinces they are facing huge problems due to illiteracy. get to see anything, programme hemisphere. catastrophes. But hey, global re- Illiteracy is the core reason behind taught time that women going through. It is also clear that lack of education among male also caused several host Maria Bartiromo issues a For example, thanks to the cessions build character. Drexel problems to women. However, the complex is a great development for supporting women’s rights. Establishment of education complex is "warning [to] viewers" that "this socialism of Maduro's predeces- University professor George Cic- consider as a great achievement for women. video is very graphic". sor, the late Hugo Chavez, the im- cariello-Maher, author of We Cre- Najeba Maroof, Kabul Afghanistan Journalist Elizabeth Mac- poverished Venezuelan masses ated Chavez, remarked in a recent Donald chimes in with confirma- were sprung from the essentially email to me that the Venezuelan tion: "Yeah, it's graphic and dis- subhuman tier of existence to political opposition now feels "vin- turbing." which they had been relegated by dicated" and that a consensus has The eternal red menace the country's elite. emerged in the media "that Vene- MacDonald wastes no time The poverty level was cut in zuela is a failed state". getting down to business, and we half, extreme poverty dropped by He continues: "But just as a learn that this is not really about 70 percent, and free healthcare and broken clock is right twice a day, Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer’s name and Venezuela at all: "The message education programmes began put- this vindication should be taken address. You may send your letters to: [email protected] from the people on the ground" in ting to shame countries such as the with a grain of salt. The economic Venezuela is, MacDonald tells us, United States, where folks are reg- pain being felt today is not the that this crisis "is Bernie Sanders' ularly driven into insuperable debt product of socialism, but of how socialism ... This is what Bernie for trying to get a degree or receive ferociously capitalism fights Sanders would want for America". medical treatment. back." Over at Vox, longtime Venezu- On the frontlines A circle in hell Disclaimer: elan opposition cheerleader Fran- Significantly, the media perfor- And while the opposition cisco Toro has proclaimed the "col- mance on Venezuela is never repli- markets itself as a viable alterna- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) lapse" of the country's "socialist cated on behalf of other situations tive to the present panorama, Cic- dream … into a nightmare". that quite objectively qualify as cariello-Maher says, the only al- and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Afghanistan Times. True to form, The New York "harrowing" and "disturbing". ternative it offers is "a return to Times has also delivered a series The wanton bombing of inno- neoliberal savagery". THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

The morning sun breaks over the further up the coast, where resi- high-roofed farm buildings, setting dents come from all over Africa and the tea tent into a cold shade be- the Middle East. While the Jungle low. It is 10am in Liniere, the refu- feels more like a real township, gee camp in the northern French Liniere is something else, and its city of Dunkirk, but no one is problems are just becoming clear. awake yet. One issue is that the site built Most women, children and to take in Kurdish families from men have spent the night trying to Calais - where, according to vol- find a passage out of France, while unteers and Kurdish refugees, eth- others slept fretfully with images nic differences had begun to smoul- of Iraq teasing their dreams. With- der - is now well-enough estab- out work, there is little except the lished to give smugglers a stable old habits of citizenship to hurry base from which to operate, tak- them out of the wooden huts. ing those who want to reach the Dilara*, a 27-year-old Kurdi- UK, where many say they have sh mother, walks down the camp's relatives waiting for them. main street towards a former Red Alarmed, the French govern- Cross tent; a sign with the word ment has begun to re-take control "school" hangs on the outside. She of the camp from the grassroots and three other women, all fleeing volunteer group, Utopia 56, via the war and the Islamic State of the more formally equipped aid Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also organisation AFEJI, which current- known as ISIS) group's grip on ly acts as joint camp manager. northern Iraq, are learning to teach AFEJI told Al Jazeera that it is the 300 children living at the camp. working more closely with the Their work offers an escape French state because of the in- from thoughts of the lorries con- crease in smuggling. stantly rolling towards their pre- The lack of registration at the ferred destination: England. camp causes particular concern. "I would like to be a teacher in There are two ways into the camp: England," says Dilara, gripping a the formal entrance, which has six mini whiteboard covered in arith- gendarmes checking passports; metic. For her, teaching in the camp and the back entrance, which in- is "work experience" for when she volves a walk down the central res- can do the job properly. ervation of a motorway and a hop "In the school, I am happier. I over a barrier. do not think about anything," she Virtually anyone can enter. adds. "When I stay at home all day There is little incentive to uti- I am thinking and thinking." lise the formal check-in system Dilara, along with three other because, under the Dublin Conven- Having Kurdish women teach- young people out. along, and she got out." may eventually be returned to cit- Dilara can help anchor the girls in Kurdish women - Nasreen, Shep- tion (PDF), registering as a refu- ing at the school has provided some Fox recalls a young Kurdish As many of the camp's 1,200 ies such as Erbil. school. In the best scenario, accord- ol and Peyam - began helping as gee in France will make the chanc- sense of normality for all those woman named Sairan who arrived residents, including its pupils, con- There are already 26,492 peo- ing to Fox, there is a double-gener- teaching assistants in January, es of asylum in England far less involved. at the school when she was 15. tinue to disappear, the school has ple who have been waiting at least ation attendance with mothers when the school was still an old likely. The result is a situation in The teaching assistants calm She had travelled from Erbil across had a further setback. According six months in the UK to have their coming to teach and daughters scout tent at the Basroch camp which no one quite knows anyone children who are upset, deliver a much of Europe and was en route to AFEJI, the French government case resolved, according to the gov- coming to learn. three kilometres into town. Hid- else and rumours about smugglers sharp word, explain complex ge- to her father in London. wants the "education facility", as ernment's immigration statistics "[They] continue the lesson den in a muddy copse of trees op- and other criminal assaults circu- ometry and have even taught the Fox, who has previously been AFEJI calls the school tent, to released this month. by arguing about the problem at posite the tidy lawns of a housing late freely, adding to the sense of English teachers how to count to a headteacher at secondary schools cease operations and for the chil- One human rights lawyer home," says Fox. Girls sometimes estate, the litter-riven site had at- anxiety. 20 and say "divide" and "multi- in the UK, says Sairan seemed dren to attend state schools in spoke anonymously to Al Jazeera, return with their parent the next tracted such criticism that the may- Still, the relative safety of the ply" in the children's own tongue. committed to her studies. Dunkirk from September. saying that with no legal structure day still discussing a particular or of Grande-Synthe, one of school enabled its co-founders, In return, the Kurdish teachers But just after being told she The teachers say that they in Dunkirk, "it's all lawyers doing point. Dunkirk's districts, opened the Ginny Parry and Rory Fox, to find improve their English skills and are could sit her maths GCSE exams would welcome the plan if parents pro bono work" to help the refu- While the school is appealing Liniere camp in late February. several of their first Kurdish teach- taught various teaching techniques. at the British School in Paris, Sai- wouldn't suspect it was a way to gees. to the refugees as a small patch of Anyone can enter ers. "Here the children make me ran disappeared. Those at the keep them in France, rather than Still, because little legal help is England in France, it is no real sub- Three months on, newcomers "Dilara and the others have smile," says Dilara. "I am safe here. camp say she gave up waiting for clearing their route to England. available to them in France and stitute for those refugees deter- were met with heated wooden huts helped us understand what Kurd- I can make my English better." legal help and got on a lorry to Incentives to keep moving they can kick-start their asylum mined to join their families on the perched on gravel, a laundry, food ish school was like," explains Par- One of the Kurdish teaching London. Yet, the odds of asylum in the claims by landing on English soil, other side of the channel. trailer, shower blocks - and the ry. assistants talks with a pupil. Sev- "She's the kind of kid who UK are stacked against the refu- refugees are incentivised to con- For those like Dilara, the camp school, which recently upgraded "So the [women] have been eral women have reported bene- would have come out with [the gees. The Dublin Convention tinue catching lorries out of France. and the attempt at normality it from the Red Cross tent to tidy useful in saying, 'Yes, this is what fits to their mental health as a re- highest marks]. She was very states that the refugees should seek "People are risking their lives offers are only a stepping stone wooden buildings. they are used to in Kurdistan; they sult of teaching [Jessica Staufen- bright," says Fox. "What we've got asylum in the first "safe country" to get to England even though they until they reach London. The vast majority of those at need this.' And with them being berg/Al Jazeera] to remember is that nobody wants they reach. If they continue their don't have solid asylum claims, so As she closes the school for the camp are from the Kurdish re- [Kurdish] promoters of the school Disappearing pupils to stay in the camp, and they're journey, they will be sent back to they are almost definitely going to the day, Parry reflects on what this gion of northern Iraq. A sense of in the community, it stops some But the camp's growing insta- only in the camp in order to get that country. be told to leave again," the lawyer means for the camp. order feels palpable here, unlike at of the suspicions [felt towards bility is increasingly being felt in- out of the camp. Furthermore, not all of Iraq is says. "Everybody here has an end- the "Jungle" settlement in Calais, volunteers]." side the school as smugglers move "Sairan's opportunity came considered dangerous, so refugees In the camp, women such as game," she says. Aljazeera Brazil teenage girl raped by 30 men speaks out Residents fleeing Fallujah A 16-year-old girl in Rio de Jan- The images were widely cir- They robbed me, not just in mate- be condemned for the crime they eiro was drugged and raped by culated, shocking many in the coun- rial goods, but in a physical way." committed." about 30 men, who then posted a try which suffers a high rate of A police woman has now tak- Meanwhile, police have issued video of the attack to social media, criminal violence towards women. en over the investigation since her photographs of several suspects tell of 'horrific' ISIL rule in a crime that has shocked Brazil. The response to the victim's predecessor was blamed for not and, backed by helicopters, dogs The alleged victim, her identi- complaint has also provoked out- taking the crime seriously enough. and armoured vehicles, raided the ty hidden, has now spoken about rage. "She needs protection," said slum area of Rio de Janeiro where her ordeal. The initial police reaction has Cristina Bento, police chief for the attack is thought to have taken "I was drugged, I was very been labelled insensitive. There crimes against minors. "She needs place. groggy, there were lots of people have also been comments, includ- care. A rape crime did happen. Now Brazil's Congress last year with guns, lots of young guys ing death threats on social media, what I’m trying to find out is the laughing and talking," she said. blaming the girl herself for the at- extent of this rape, how many peo- passed new laws to increase sen- It not only hurt me, it hurt my tack. ple were involved. tences for violence against wom- soul, because people judged me, "It not only hurt me, it hurt "I want to collect all the evi- en. But rights groups say at least tried to blame me for something my soul, because people judged dence and present it to the prose- 500,000 sexual assaults take place which was not my fault me, tried to blame me for some- cutors' office, so they can present in Brazil every year. Teenage victim of gang rape thing which was not my fault. a robust case and all involved can Aljazeera Salafists build a community in the heart of Europe Two veiled women work the land to live in line with the religion,” He fears there is a small group Salafists – and has so far talked to while a man collects eggs in a bu- said Hadzic, who took a break to within Bosnia’s Salafist commu- 38 of them. Half of those have now colic Bosnian village – now noto- lead worship as the call to prayer nities “that is embracing these agreed to comply with its author- rious for exporting fighters to Syr- sounded out over the valley. calls” from ISIS to take action at ity. ia. Contrary to foreign media re- home. Others have, since mid-May, “This is how we finance ter- ports, AFP saw no visible traces Salafism was introduced to faced the zeal of state administra- rorism,” joked 50-year old Izet of a militant training camp at Osve, Bosnia by foreign fighters who tion, through checks on building Hadzic as he opened his henhouse and Lukac denied the existence of flocked from North Africa, Asia permits, fines and police patrols. As the Iraqi military and allied Shia by ISIL fighters. They have no up large screens in Fallujah's neigh- in Osve, which overlooks a peace- such camps in Bosnia. and the Middle East during the “It’s quite normal that the militias continue their campaign to mercy; they will execute anyone bourhoods to broadcast the execu- ful valley in the Balkan country’s The police chief also stressed country’s 1992-95 inter-ethnic state seeks to enforce its rules,” regain control over Fallujah, a small whom they catch or even suspect tions. north. that “not all” members of break- war. Islamic Community official Ismail number of families have managed of trying to flee," she said. "ISIL made sure to spread ter- A gray-bearded former rock away groups on the radar were “It’s been 25 years since Bos- Smajlovic said. to escape the besieged city. The 10km journey to the ror among the civilians. If you musician, Hadzic founded this “potential terrorists.” nians were introduced to the idea Musician-turned-imam Hadz- Located 50km west of Bagh- Amiriyat al-Fallujah camp goes didn't attend the public executions, “dzemat” (religious community) in But a 2015 report from a Bos- of Salafism. So we have our own ic is among those fined for running dad in Anbar province, Fallujah through an open, exposed area then they made sure to show them the late 2000s – one of dozens in nian think tank, the Atlantic Ini- [radical] authorities now,” Azinov- an unauthorized mosque. was among the first to fall to Is- where there is no place to hide. on screens. They would even copy Bosnia that refuse to comply with tiative, said most Bosnian volun- ic said. Although he fought during the lamic State of Iraq and the Levant Those escaping the city cannot them on compact discs and deliver the country’s official Muslim lead- teers in Syria and Iraq had come These men were often “re- 1990s war, Hadzic said he was not (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in Jan- afford to stop until they arrive at them to every house in the city. ers. from well-known Salafist commu- cruited by foreigners and sent di- influenced by foreign fighters and uary 2014. For nearly 18 months an Iraqi army checkpoint. "They executed innocent peo- Police and religious authorities nities, naming Osve as an exam- rectly to the Gulf states. They re- instead turned to Islam after years now, Iraqi forces have kept Fallu- Upon arrival at the camp, her ple for reasons like shaving their are now trying to crack down on ple. ceived some education there and of alcohol and excess during his jah under siege. son-in-law was immediately de- beards or smoking a cigarette. They these rebel communities and bring Returning fighters “pose a di- then were resent to Bosnia to pros- rock’n’roll years. Most of the families who suc- tained by the Iraqi army. "They killed those who refused to coop- them back into the official fold; rect threat not only to the security elytize.” Even if he rejects violence, his ceeded in fleeing lived in the al- took him, and they told us it was erate or join them. Brave men who amid fears they are nurturing ex- of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Some 190 Bosnians, including version of Islam is foreign to the Hessie area, on Fallujah's south- standard procedure to make sure preached against ISIL lost their tremism. also of the region and beyond,” it 50 women and 60 children, are cur- moderate one practiced by most ern outskirts, about 10km from the that he had nothing to do with ISIL. lives." Abu Ammar, who was a sol- Osve made international head- said. rently abroad involved in militant of Bosnia’s 1.5 million Muslims – city centre. But it has been three days now dier in the Iraqi army during Sadd- lines last year as an alleged ISIS Late in 2015, members of one activity. Another 30 to 40 have he said knowing whether to cut off Although Iraqi forces regained and he is not back yet," she said. am Hussein's rule, said he had never “stronghold,” and Hadzic says two radical congregation in Sarajevo been killed and around 50 have re- the hand off a thief is “a complex control of al-Hessie a few days ago, Saoud said that under ISIL rule witnessed such brutality when he large families have left the village were arrested on suspicion of plot- turned to Bosnia or elsewhere. issue,” for example. the area is not yet fully secured. "our husbands and fathers were was a soldier. Mohammad Abbas to fight in the Middle East, among ting to detonate a bomb in a police Bosnia’s unofficial Salafist Hadzic said his community ISIL fighters still manage to attack pushed to discipline us. Husbands Jassam: "Life in Fallujah was hor- the 300 or so Bosnians to do so. car. leader Nusret Imamovic left for had lived peacefully for years fol- it, forcing families to leave their would be forced to hit their wives rific" But Hadzic insists he was “the If confirmed, the plot would Syria in 2013 and the man consid- lowing Shariah law until some left houses in fear of it falling back for not wearing the niqab proper- "They [ISIL] would beat any- first to condemn” ISIS and has be “the first sophisticated effort” ered his successor, Husein Bosnic, for the Middle East. under ISIL control. ly. If our men did not obey the one. All of us in Fallujah were hu- “prevented 90 percent” of his com- to organize an extremist attack on was jailed in November for incit- “These are people, who phys- Al Jazeera spoke with some orders of ISIL, they would face miliated, our human dignity was munity from leaving – saying those such a scale against the general ing extremism. ically resemble me in some way, Fallujah residents who managed to punishment." violated," said Mohammad Abbas who did just wanted to help the public, said Vlado Azinovic, an Bosnia’s official Islamic Com- but they behave like savages, they flee the city in the past week. When the attack on Fallujah Jassam (Abu Falah), 52, a resident Syrian people. expert in radical Islam at Saraje- munity has identified 67 groups add fuel to the flames.” Safia Jasim Saoud: "Our big- began, ISIL tried to move all civil- of Fallujah. "They would kill any- But congregations like his are vo’s political sciences faculty. that refuse its teachings – mostly AFP gest fear was to be caught by ISIL ians from al-Hessie into the city, one for smoking, or for shaving causing concern – especially after fighters" but many families refused to leave. their beards. They would flog suspected Islamist attacks last "The route is never easy nor They believed ISIL was trying to women if they considered their year killed two Bosnian soldiers safe, but many families like us keep them from fleeing to later use veils to not properly cover their and a policeman. chose to take the journey in the them as human shields. ISIL re- features. They made us live in fear. Dragan Lukac, chief constable hope of reaching a safe place," said sponded by executing some of the Life in Fallujah was horrific." of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat entity, Safia Jasim Saoud (Um Ahmad), area's residents to scare the rest "They used us as human said police have identified “around 57, a Fallujah resident who es- into moving, but many families shields," he added. "They would 60 radical communities,” number- caped the city with her daughter, would still not leave. deploy their militants among the ing a few thousand, who refuse to son-in-law and two grandchildren Hussein Abdo Nassief: "ISIL houses and in the streets. They follow imams appointed by Bos- on May 28. forced us to witness beheadings" would say it is to maintain order, nia’s Muslim religious leader, the "Many of us lost sons and "ISIL forced us to witness be- but in fact they were hiding among grand mufti. husbands. We lost our dignity. headings. We have seen them throw us." "We lived under inhuman con- Based in remote villages or Food was scarce: We ate dried people from the tops of buildings. ditions. We barely had anything to praying in houses in city suburbs, dates and tried to bake bread with We have walked through streets eat. We had to eat grass and dried they mostly adhere to the ultra- date seeds. It was too much to en- where corpses are left to rot and dates - this is all that we had, and conservative Salafist brand of Sunni dure." stray dogs would feed on them," we called it food," says Thuraya Islam and see Bosnia’s traditional- They left the city after Saoud's said Hussein Abdo Nassief (Abu Aboud Zaidan (Um Iman), 54, ly more liberal teachings as a cor- son-in-law advised them to flee Ammar), 60, who used to live in whose family was among those ruption of the faith. owing to the Iraqi army's assault. Fallujah. who succeeded in reaching Amir- “Here in Osve, we are trying "Our biggest fear was to be caught He added that ISIL fighters set iyat al-Fallujah camp. Aljazeera THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES OECD blasts govts for slipping into ‘low-growth trap’ The global economy is slipping ployed more extensively and can into a self-fulfilling “low-growth take advantage of the environment trap” where ultra-loose monetary created by monetary policy,” policy risks doing more harm than Mann said in her editorial intro- good, the Organisation for Eco- ducing the report. “Governments nomic Cooperation and Develop- today can lock in very low inter- ment warned. est rates for very long maturities In a highly critical editorial in to effectively open up fiscal the OECD’s latest Economic Out- space.” look, rich world governments bear The OECD’s message echoes the brunt of the blame for failing the mantra of European Central to revive demand and failing over- Bank President Mario Draghi, who haul their economies in the wake has long called for governments to of the financial crisis in 2008. do more to stimulate growth. Af- According to the Paris-based ter the ECB’s April policy meet- group, which advises its 34 mem- ing, he said that “in order to reap ber countries, too much of the bur- the full benefits from our mone- den of lifting growth has been left tary policy measures, other poli- to central banks. After pushing in- cy areas must contribute much terest rates below zero and pump- more decisively.” ing money into their economies U.S. Outlook through asset purchases, they are While the OECD left its glo- starting to see diminishing returns bal growth forecast unchanged, it and their actions could even gener- cut its 2016 projections for growth ate financial-market volatility. in the U.S. and Japan, while lifting “Overall a rather mediocre, a the euro area. rather dismal outlook,” the OECD U.S. gross domestic product secretary-general, Angel Gurria, is now expected to expand 1.8 per- said in an interview with cent this year instead of the 2 per- Bloomberg Television in Paris be- cent predicted in February. The fore the outlook was released. 2017 forecast is unchanged at 2.2 “Trade is growing at 2 to 3 per- percent.

cent; it should be growing at 7.” In the U.S., “growth hit a soft The remarks underline the patch at the turn of the year,” the lackluster growth as many emerg- OECD said. The Federal Reserve’s ing markets struggle with a slump gradual policy will leave interest in commodity prices and rich econ- rates “supportive throughout the omies such as Europe and the U.S. projection, which is broadly ap- fail to return to the sort of perfor- propriate” given weakening infla- mance they typically had before tionary pressures and ongoing the global financial crisis in 2008. weakness in global demand. “Monetary policy has been Euro-area 2016 growth was the main tool, used alone for too revised up to 1.6 percent from 1.4 long,” OECD Chief Economist percent, while next year’s estimate Catherine Mann said in the semi- was maintained at 1.7 percent. The annual report released Wednesday. OECD kept its China forecasts at “In trying to revive economic 6.5 percent this year and 6.2 per- growth alone, with little help from cent in 2017. fiscal or structural policies, the Still, data on Wednesday sig- TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo balance of benefits-to-risks is tip- naled a slowdown ahead in the 19- Abe of Japan said on Wednesday SoftBank said ping.” Mann also said that “nega- nation currency block, with a Pur- that he planned to delay an un- Barclays banker arrested on tive feedback loops are at work.” chasing Managers Index for euro- popular increase in the national Lack of demand, global uncertain- area manufacturing slipping to 51.5 sales tax, in what amounted to an to plan more ties and slow reform progress are in May from 51.7 a month earlier. acknowledgment that the coun- deterring investment, while trade “The longer the global econo- try’s economy remained worrying- asset sales to insider-trading charge growth remains too weak, she said. my remains in the low-growth trap, ly fragile. A former Barclays PLC director ly to become public the following attorney's office, which charged Growing Distortions the more difficult it will be to break The decision, which was wide- bolster was arrested Tuesday morning in week. Mr. McClatchey with conspiracy, “Monetary policy cannot re- the negative feedback loops, revive ly expected, was informed by pain- New York and accused of feeding Government officials allege wire fraud and securities fraud. The vive near and long-term growth by market forces and boost economies ful experience: After Mr. Abe al- finances insider-trading tips to his plumber Mr. McClatchey gave tips to his Securities and Exchange Commis- itself, and distortions are increas- to the high-growth path,” Mann lowed a tax increase to go ahead in in exchange for a free bathroom friend and plumber, Gary Pusey, sion also filed insider trading charg- ing,” the OECD said. Ultra-low wrote. “As it is, a negative shock 2014, consumer spending dried up SoftBank Group Corp.’s decision remodeling, according to criminal ahead of more than 10 separate es against the two men. and negative rates have stressed could tip the world back into an- and Japan fell into recession. That to sell stock in Alibaba Group and civil authorities. mergers and acquisitions before Lawyers for Mr. McClatchey bank profitability and created fi- other deep downturn.” was a serious setback for a leader Holding Ltd. is part of a broader Steven McClatchey, 58 years they became public, including deals and Mr. Pusey didn't immediately nancial strains for pension funds Gurria warned U.K. voters who had won office on a promise plan that will probably include old, was a former employee at involving PetSmart Inc., CVS respond to requests for comment. and insurers, while becoming “less that opting to leave the European to turn Japan’s long-struggling further asset sales as it seeks to Barclays, the bank confirmed. Health Corp. and Duke Energy potent” in stimulating consump- Union in a referendum June 23 economy around. strengthen its finances, according Prosecutors said he worked for Corp. Barclays, which is described tion, it said. would penalize the country eco- “I have decided to delay in- to a person familiar with the mat- seven years at the Manhattan of- The plumber allegedly paid in the complaint only as "Invest- The worldwide recovery is set nomically, wiping the rough equiv- creasing the consumption tax to 10 ter. fice of Barclays, where he was re- Mr. McClatchey, in part, by re- ment Bank A, " said it has cooper- to stall this year, with output grow- alent of a month’s wages off po- percent by two and a half years,” President Nikesh Arora is sponsible for tracking the bank's modeling his bathroom for free. ated with the government "since ing 3 percent. That forecast is un- tential incomes, according to the prime minister told reporters spearheading the move to re-exam- involvement in potential mergers Mr. Pusey, 47, pleaded guilty learning about this incident involv- changed from the organization’s OECD calculations. ine the technology company’s and acquisitions. He distributed a last Friday to his participation in ing a former employee." Mr. Mc- after a meeting with members in portfolio, including Wednesday’s Feb. 18 estimate and it would Brexit is “a threat, but mostly his governing coalition. weekly document to select Bar- the alleged scheme and has been Clatchey worked in a back-office match the pace seen in 2015. Ex- it’s a threat to the well-being of decision to sell at least $7.9 billion clays employees called "M&A cooperating with the government, role and didn't interact directly with Higher taxes have never been a of its stake in Chinese e-commerce pansion should accelerate to 3.3 the U.K.,” Gurria said. “It’s like a natural fit for Mr. Abe, whose eco- giant Alibaba, said the person, who Global Weekly Business Update," according to the criminal com- clients, according to a person fa- percent next year, the OECD said. tax” but one “for which you get nomic agenda has focused more on asked not to be identified because which included deals that were like- plaint filed by the Manhattan U.S. miliar with the matter. “Fiscal policy must be de- nothing in return.” encouraging growth than fighting the details are private. SoftBank deficits. The plan for higher sales has decided that games aren’t a taxes was passed into law by a core part of its business, and may previous government, and the consider a sale of its stake in Ja- Asian markets stumble despite positive data from China, Australia prime minister has struggled with pan’s GungHo Online Entertain- Major stock benchmarks fell in ly tracked benchmarks. cates an expansion in manufactur- only to brush off the data. The energy and materials sectors los- how to put it into effect, or wheth- ment Inc., the person said. Soft- Asia Wednesday as decent eco- China’s official manufacturing ing activity, while a reading below country’s first-quarter gross do- ing more than 1.5%. er he even should. Bank is already in talks to shed its investment in Finnish game-mak- nomic data out of China and Aus- purchasing managers index, a gauge signals a contraction. “Today’s fig- mestic product grew 1.1% from the The spot price for iron ore Japan has the highest govern- tralia had investors dialing back of the nation’s factory activity, ure rules out the possibility of prior quarter and 3.1% from a year dropped 1.4% to $49.60 over- ment debt in the world, equal to er Supercell Oy, people familiar with the matter have said. expectations for monetary stim- remained at 50.1 in May, the third imminent broad-based monetary earlier. The strong growth suggests night, which hit interest in stocks nearly two and a half years’ worth ulus, while in Japan, the market straight month of expansion, offi- policy easing,” ANZ analysts a solid economy but again might exposed to the commodity. of economic output. But Mr. Abe Founder Masayoshi Son has split SoftBank into domestic and snapped five straight sessions of cial data showed Wednesday. The wrote in a report. lower expectations for a further cut Oil prices continued to slide and his supporters say trying to overseas units, entrusting Arora gains. May manufacturing PMI beat a Separately, the private Caixin in interest rates. in Asian trading Wednesday as close deficits by increasing tax rates with operations abroad and the The Nikkei Stock Average median forecast of 49.9 by 11 manufacturing PMI fell slightly to The data buoyed the Austra- investors prepared for weekly or cutting government spending search for the next Alibaba. Son tumbled 1.7% to 16955.73, after economists polled by The Wall 49.2 in May from 49.4 in April. lian dollar, pushing it to its highest U.S. crude inventory data and the risks damaging the economy. started his investment in Alibaba having crossed the 17000 thresh- Street Journal, although it still sug- Meanwhile, Australia’s market levels in almost two weeks against biannual Organization of the Pe- The approach Mr. Abe has with $20 million in 2000 and now old just two sessions ago to log a gested the Chinese economy was briefly retraced some of its losses the U.S. currency. troleum Exporting Countries offered instead, commonly known owns 32 percent of the Chinese one-month high. struggling to regain momentum. after the release of stronger-than- But Australia’s resources meeting, both scheduled for as Abenomics, has centered on company, although that will decline Australia’s S&P ASX 300 fell A PMI reading above 50 indi- expected economic growth figures, stocks fell heavily, with both the Thursday. more government spending and, to 28 percent following the share 1% and the Hang Seng Index lost especially, vigorous stimulus by sale. Arora, a former Google exec- 0.3%. The Shanghai Composite the Bank of Japan. The central utive, is balancing SoftBank’s Index fell 0.1% and South Korea’s bank has been flooding financial spending on growth with its 11.9 Kospi was flat. India’s BSE markets with cheap money. It even trillion yen ($108 billion) in debt. Sensex gained 0.4%. cut its benchmark interest rate be- “Nikesh seems to be follow- ing up on the promise of portfolio In Japan, shares fell as a flight low zero, a policy tried in only a from the British pound and euro few other countries, in hopes of re-balancing, with a focus to un- lock value, and this is just the be- had investors buying into the propping up prices and encourag- safety of the yen. This was after ing spending. Those goals have ginning of what they can do,” said Atul Goyal, an analyst at Jefferies two polls in the U.K. showed proven elusive, however. Inflation Group. “This helps remind inves- more people supported an exit is still close to zero, and the econ- tors the value of the stakes they from the European Union than omy has shrunk in five of the 13 own, which at times have been staying. quarters since Mr. Abe took office written off as worthless by a sec- The dollar was last at at the end of 2012. Now the gov- tion of investors.” Shares of Gung- ¥109.92, pulling back from a one- erning Liberal Democratic Party Ho fell 3.7 percent to 310 yen at month high logged on Monday. A and its smaller ally, Komeito, face Wednesday’s close in Tokyo. Soft- stronger Japanese currency hurts an election for the upper house of Bank’s stock rose less than 1 per- the competitiveness of Japanese Parliament in July, adding to the cent to 6,252 yen, leaving it up 1.8 exporters, which pay costs at pressure. The consumption tax percent this year. The price of Soft- home in yen. plan Mr. Abe inherited called for Bank’s 10-year, 4.75 percent cou- “With trading this thin, forex the tax to rise in two stages, first pon bonds due 2025 jumped 0.8 is guiding stock prices,” said Mit- to 8 percent from 5 percent in April percent to their highest since they were issued in July. The Supercell sushige Akino, executive officer 2014, then to 10 percent in Octo- at Ichiyoshi Asset Management. ber 2015. sale could value the Finnish com- pany at more than $5 billion, which Investors had already priced in a Mr. Abe had already put the decision by Japanese Prime Min- second increase off once — also would translate into roughly $3.7 billion for SoftBank’s 73 percent ister Shinzo Abe to postpone a before an election, a snap vote he stake. SoftBank acquired a major- sales-tax increase set for April by called in late 2014, which his par- ity holding in the Helsinki-based 2½ years, traders said. Mr. Abe ty won handily. Newspaper sur- company for about $1.5 billion in made the official announcement veys show the tax is widely dis- 2013, and raised its ownership a Wednesday. liked, and delaying the increase year ago. SoftBank’s 26 percent Chinese markets had a chop- again could win votes in the up- holding in GungHo, the maker of py session, despite recent spec- coming election. The Liberal Dem- the smartphone game Puzzle & ulation about MSCI Inc. includ- ocrats are already ahead in the polls. Dragons, is worth 84 billion yen. ing mainland stocks into its wide- THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Qandeel Baloch to appear in Bigg Boss 10? Qandeel Baloch may have finally found her calling! Pakistan’s drama queen has taken to Facebook to announce that she’ll be starring in India’s most-watched reality TV show, Big Boss. Her post has set rumour mills abuzz that the queen of contro- versies is among the top 5 contes- tants to be featured in the show’s upcoming season – Bigg Boss 10. Bigg Boss star Pratyusha Ban- erjee commits ‘suicide’ Whether it’s true or not, Qandeel is definitely enjoying all the limelight. Forget a movie and dinner — cou- It will be quite an achievement ple sightings in Hollywood are a rather more glamorous affair. for her, but unfortunately she George Clooney and his wife Amal won’t be the first Pakistani to up turned up the heat midday as they the drama quotient in the contro- visited the Vatican City for a sem- versial show. Previously, Veena inar led by the Pope. While Rome Malik and Ali Saleem have played was ignited with fashion; courte- their part in Bigg Boss 4. sy the Clooneys, Hollywood’s Take a bow, Qandeel Baloch sweethearts Rosie Huntington- While the contestants of the Whiteley and fiancé Jason Statham upcoming season are yet to be re- were utter eye-candy, as they were vealed, it has been confirmed that spotted heading to the Soho House Salman Khan will reprise his role in Malibu. as the host. Mrs Clooney proved she However, the format of sea- could pull off any style, as she aced son 10 titled India Isse Apna Hi the demure look this week in Ghar Samjho has been tweaked like Rome. The 38-year-old human never before. For the first time in rights lawyer stunned in an Atelier the history of Bigg Boss, the com- Versace lace dress, coordinated mon man can participate and get a with a black headpiece that resem- chance to live with their favourite bled a chic turban. Adding nude celebrities, reports Indian Express. heels and clutch bag to the mix Facebook temporarily re- only added to her impeccable sense moves Qandeel Baloch’s official of style. Wearing her trademark fan page glossy chestnut hair in loose It is yet to be confirmed if waves, the Lebanese-British law- Qandeel will be playing the part yer kept her make-up minimal, of the “common man” or the “ce- donning mauve-pink lipstick. lebrity.” Meanwhile, hubby George, looked So, are you guys ready to see dapper in a deep blue suit with a Dolly Bindra, Pooja Mishra, Ra- white crisp shirt underneath and a corresponding striped tie. The duo khi Sawant and Imam Siddique, all- looked quite the power couple as in-one? they headed to the prestigious event in the Italian capital. The Transformers: Dark Of The Moon star and her fiancé looked like the ultimate fashion connoisseurs as they sauntered towards the Soho House in Mali- bu. The 29-year-old supermodel and The Transporter actor were certainly effortlessly chic — Ros- ie cut a picturesque figure in a flo- ral sheer silk red blouse tucked into skin-tight black jeans while her beau donned a navy shirt with matching joggers. Accessorising seamlessly, the face of Balmain added a necklace, sunglasses by Dita Eyewear, a YSL snakeskin patterned clutch and gladiator san- dals with a gold alligator detail. Jason, on the other hand, looked dapper with his classic aviators on. Revealed: Sonakshi Sinha's first look in Bollywood adaptation of 'Karachi You're Killing Me'

Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor has visited holy sites in Jerusalem and drew comparisons between the Holy City and her homeland. Here's what happens when The actor and fashion icon is the daughter of renowned actor and producer Anil Kapoor. During her visit to Jerusalem she met local fans Hamza Ali Abbasi tries to who recognized her, asked for her signature and took photos with her. Kapoor arrived in Israel as a 'lightly beat' Mahira Khan guest of the Israeli tourism minis- try and visited Jerusalem’s Old While many Pakistani women have taken to social media to show men the consequences of “lightly City where she toured the Church beating” them, superstar Mahira Khan has taken it to a whole new level. of the Holy Sepulchre and placed In a recent video posted by Hamza Ali Abbasi on Instagram, the duo enacted a scenario where the a note between the stones of the Pyare Afzal star raises his hand to slap Mahira, but before he could do the “honours,” the gorgeous diva Western Wall. channeled her inner superwoman. Fawad invites Sidharth, Sonam to Pakistan She visited other locations in- cluding Tel Aviv and the Dead Sea. Fawad, Sonam create magic on-screen with yet another Sonakshi Sinha is set to star in the fairytale Bollywood adaptation of Paki- Here are some screenshots stani author Saba Imtiaz’s bestsell- from her exciting Snapchat story, ing novel Karachi You’re Killing just in case you missed it! Me. Have something to add to the The film titled Noor is a com- story? Share it in the comments. edy-crime-thriller, directed by ad filmmaker Sunhil Sippy. ‘Karachi You’re Killing Me’ goes to Bollywood Curtain call: Pathway to glory “While the book – a coming- of-age story of a journalist named As celebrities gear up for Lux Style tember, the list of nominees were hotel in the metropolis. While the Ayesha Khan — is set in Karachi, Awards 2016 to be held in Sep- announced on Monday at a local event was scheduled to kick off at Noor will be based in Mumbai and 4pm, attendees were left waiting has the eponymous Noor Roy for two hours for the night’s pro- Chaudhary, a 20-something jour- ceedings to begin. nalist, at its centre,” a close source Model Nadia Hussain, VJ Ali was quoted as saying, reports Safina, actors Urwa Hocane and Mumbai Mirror. Yasir Hussain and singer Farhan “It’s a beautiful story that fol- Saeed were the first to grace the lows Noor as she navigates rela- red carpet. However, actor Mahira tionships, career, aspirations, life Khan arrived late to the show and choices, infatuations and body entered after everyone was seated image issues. Every girl will relate and the show had begun. to her,” added the source. Hussain commenced the night While Sonakshi has been by playing the host for the evening. roped in as the lead, casting for the Starting by asserting that no one supporting actors is still underway. takes comedy seriously in Paki- Noor is slated to go on floors stan, Hussain quipped that noth- in July. “The entire movie will be ing in the country is as democratic shot in one schedule and is expect- as award nominations. ed to be wrapped up by August,” The Karachi Se Lahore actor said the source. After ’24’ and was soon replaced by Khan, who ‘Modern Family’, Anil Kapoor took to the podium and showed wants Indian version of ‘Prison clips of some striking glimpses Break’ An official spokesperson from the Lux Style Awards over for T-Series confirmed the news. the years. THURSDAY. JUNE 02, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Some Baylor supporters struggling to cope with fallout from latest scandal

Sammy Citrano holds his left in- dex finger and thumb about a milli- meter apart. “We were that close,” he says, in a wistful-sad voice. Citrano looks away and folds his arms across his yellow shirt, which has “George’s” written across the left breast in green script. Baylor colors. He is sitting on the deck of the bar-restaurant he owns by that name. The renowned, 86-year-old local landmark is less than two miles from the Baptist school. Baylor sports memorabilia covers several of the walls and Baylor flags fly out front. “For a long time this was the closest place to campus to get a chicken-fried and a beer,” Citrano says. The 60-year-old is a gregari- ous schmoozer with a big Texas personality, but the subject mat- ter blunted some of his natural ef- fusiveness. I’m here to talk about the recent events that have rocked Baylor to the core: a series of vio- lent incidents by Bears football players and a condemnatory sub- sequent law-firm report that led to the ouster of school president Kenneth Starr, athletic director Ian McCaw and football coach Art Briles in a five-day span. Most of those jarring moves came at the recommendation of the school’s board of regents, which expressed public remorse and re- gret to the female victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. But on this muggy afternoon, Citrano – who has catering deals with the Baylor athletic department – was primarily mourning the departure of three local kingpins and the po- tential passing of the school’s fleet- ing golden era as a football power. “I wasn’t privy to the report so I don’t know what all went down, but it’s just sad that some- thing had to happen,” Citrano said. “I feel bad for any victims or what- ever, but it’s a different world we live in. I can’t say enough good things about those three people and Switzerland's number eight seed what they brought to our city. I Timea Bacsinszky fought her way guess we’ll have to lick our wounds into her second French Open quar- UFC fighter unharmed after getting caught up in robbery shootout in Peru and start over.” ter-final on Wednesday, defeating When Citrano talks about be- American veteran Venus Williams UFC women’s bantamweight tomer in the process. Another res- ing that close, he’s referring to Bay- 6-2 6-4 in a contest full of see-saw Valentina Shevchenko and her taurant patron also reportedly en- lor’s improbable ascendance to tennis. trainer, Pavel Fedotov, were gaged in the shootout that led to near the top of college football. After dropping the first two caught in middle of a shootout more than 15 shots fired. Quarterback Robert Griffin III be- games, the eighth-seeded Swiss during a robbery at a restaurant One of the robbers ended up came the school’s first Heisman won eight in a row, controlling the in Peru that resulted in Fedotov dead just outside the restaurant Trophy winner in 2011. The Bears match for long periods from the being hit by gunfire and taken to while the other two managed to were controversially left out of the center of the court and varying the the emergency room. flee from the scene. Both the fe- inaugural College Football Playoff pace and depth of her play to keep The shootout took place dur- male customer and Fedotov are in 2014. Last year an ill-timed in- her opponent guessing. ing a robbery attempt at the res- expected to recover. Fedotov re- jury to star quarterback Seth Rus- Ninth-seeded Williams, play- taurant in the Chorrilos distract mains at the Casimiro Ulloa hos- sell might have been the only thing ing her 19th Roland Garros and at of Lima, Peru, and was captured pital. separating them from a chance to 35 the oldest player in the wom- by security cameras. According The restaurant owner stated play for it all. en's draw, had strapping on both The 2016 Bears figured to have to Peru’s El Comercio, three that it was the sixth time this par- a great chance to sustain that suc- knees and moved stiffly, especial- armed individuals entered the res- ticular location had been robbed ly in the first set, as she gambled cess – until last Thursday, when on hitting groundstroke winners taurant on Sunday evening and and the security cameras were in- program architect Briles was from often unpromising positions. demanded employees and pa- stalled due to situations such as abruptly targeted for termination "I found it hard to get into the trons to hand over their belong- this. by the board of regents. While match (even though) I had three ings, which included cash, cell Shevchenko, who is slated to much of the nation – and the state days to decide on my tactics," phones, purses and wallets. face former UFC women’s bantam- – applauded the strong response Bacsinszky said on court after the There were conflicting re- weight champion Holly Holm in by the school to a tawdry spate of match, agreeing it was important ports as to how the shootout the main event of a UFC Fight violence, the people who are heavi- to have won in straight sets as started. El Comercio initially re- Night card on July 23, can be seen ly invested in the football program "there is no longer any respite" in ported that Fedotov started fir- in the security footage rushing to were having a hard time dealing ing at the assailants when they the aid of her trainer after the gun- with it. terms of days off between each “Thursday and Friday were match. were trying to escape. However, fire ceased. FPP reported that Fedotov Although she is originally from the quietest I’ve ever seen my res- Bacsinszky, who reached the taurant,” Citrano said. “Every- semi-final last year before losing pulled out his gun and fired after Kyrgyzstan, Shevchenko and Fe- body was in total shock.” in three sets to Venus' sister Sere- the robbers started firing their dotov relocated to Peru back in That description was echoed na, will play Kiki Bertens of the weapons, injuring a female cus- 2008. by Steve “Snuffy” Smith, a 1971 Netherlands in the quarter-final. Baylor graduate who was director of the Waco Chamber of Com- merce’s Big 12 Task Force in the mid-1990s, charged with helping Vijay Singh accuses PGA Conor McGregor explains why his the city and school work together to merge from the Southwest Con- tour of 'absurd' and ference to its new league. He’s re- rematch with Nate Diaz will end differently tired from the Chamber of Com- 'unfair' treatment With a Conor McGregor vs Floyd things, but just because of that pounds, the same weight as their class could cause McGregor prob- merce now, but still is involved in Mayweather fight nowhere near weight, no weight cut, I had put it original fight. That weight raised lems again. Diaz already has one a couple of Baylor athletic being signed (despite whatever in my head that, ‘I’m free.’ I had some eyebrows the first time of the best gas tanks in the sport, projects. A three-time major winner is turning into a major headache for the PGA Floyd keeps telling people), the energy to burn. I was doing so around, given that Diaz is a 155 and the extra weight allows him to “The first 24 to 72 hours were Tour. a state of shock,” Smith said. “As real future fight for McGregor is a much bounce footwork, the balls pound fighter and McGregor is the take more punishment. It’s just much a state of shock as you can In a memorandum filed with the New York State Supreme Court on rematch with Nate Diaz. The of my feet were burned to a crisp. 145 pound champion. But another interesting consideration in Tuesday, Vijay Singh accused Tour officials of subjecting him to "ab- be in without someone passing younger of the Diaz brothers came Looking back, it was ridiculous. I McGregor wants things to be iden- the biggest fight of the year, one away.” surd" and "unfair" treatment by ignoring the use of deer antler spray by back from a bad first round to sub- don’t know what I was thinking.” tical to the first fight, and the UFC that we can hopefully look forward five other professional golfers playing on the PGA Tour and the Cham- The people I most wanted to mit McGregor in the second, and While the rematch with Diaz isn’t about to fight him again over to seeing sometime this summer, talk to in Waco on Tuesday were pions Tour and then lying to the public by "characterizing Singh as a ever since then the Irish fighter has has yet to be officially signed, the the weight of his next superfight. unlike some other fights that are cheater who caught a break." not boosters who were friendly been obsessed with proving that word is it will go down at 170 Still, that 170 pound weight more smoke than fire. with the coaching staff, athletic According to Singh, discovery revealed that five golfers, identified the loss was a fluke. anonymously as Golfers A, B, C, D and E, admitted to the Tour as department and school administra- Those outside his camp aren’t tion. The people I wanted to talk early as 2010 or 2011 that they had used the same spray as Singh but so sure. UFC brass was hesitant to were religious leaders. were not sanctioned under the Tour's anti-doping program. to sign the rematch until it was clear Baylor proudly advertises it- In 2013, The Tour announced its intention to suspend Singh for 90 Conor wouldn’t be denied, and self as the world’s largest Baptist days following his admission to Sports Illustrated that he had used the many in the fight community see a university, and its very motto re- spray, which contained trace amounts of the banned growth hormone second fight going down the same flects the religious underpinnings IGF-1, but quickly lifted its suspension when the World Anti-Doping way as the first. But McGregor of the school. “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Agency determined the product didn't contain enough of the hormone swears he’s making all the changes Texana” translates to “For Church, to be performance-enhancing. Singh sued the Tour, contending that the necessary to avoid another loss. For Texas.” But it wasn’t easy find- announcement damaged his reputation, leading to the loss of his long- He recently talked with ESPN and ing a Baptist leader willing to speak time endorsement deal with Cleveland Golf. says working with with nutrition- about the crisis that has gripped Singh's lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, claimed that the Tour's legal strat- ist George Lockhart year-round the school and threatened to un- egy attempts to rewrite their rules to cover their own tracks. will ensure that he never runs out dermine its moral identity. An email "Knowing it needed to rationalize this obvious disparate treatment of gas in the cage again. request to speak with Dr. Todd of Singh, the Tour during the course of this litigation attempted to “Look at me right now,” Still, dean of Baylor’s Truett Theo- justify its arbitrary treatment of Singh by claiming that other golfers McGregor told ESPN. “Fish, red logical Seminary, was routed to the who had used the SWATS products played on the Champions Tour cabbage, asparagus — I’m nowhere university’s assistant vice presi- and the the Program does not apply to Champions Tour golfers," near a fight, and I’m on the clock dent for media communications, Ginsberg wrote in the memorandum. with nutrition.” “The first eight Lori Fogleman. “I was forwarded While the Tour contends that its officials merely followed evolving minutes of the fight was easy. Let’s your interview request for Dr. WADA guidelines, Singh accused Commissioner Tim Finchem of lying be honest, I slapped the head off Still,” Fogleman wrote back. “He when he pinned the Tour's decision to withdraw its anti-doping case is not available for an interview.” him. Once the gas tank went, that I also attempted to reach First against him on a change in WADA policy that "clarified that it no longer was it. I drowned. He landed that considers the use of deer antler spray to be prohibited unless a positive Baptist Church of Waco pastor one punch that rang the bell and Matt Snowden. He did not respond test results." Singh contends WADA did no such thing, citing testimo- went, ‘[Gasp,] I’m back!’ He was ny from WADA's science director that WADA's position on deer ant- to a message. What the clergy close to being done. One or two would not discuss, the boosters ler spray hadn't changed in several years. more shots and he would have been That accusation may not have sat well with the Commissioner. would. Like Citrano, Smith made wrapped up.” mention of the victims of the as- "As a mirror into his mentality, Commissioner Finchem under oath McGregor says he deviated in discovery in this litigation was asked to explain his multiple, false saults suffered at the hands of Bay- too much from his typical fight lor football players. But he most- and misleading public statements about the Singh matter," Ginsberg week ritual without a taxing weight ly discussed the school’s removal wrote. "Remarkably, Commissioner Finchem refused to respond to the cut to worry about. of personnel as a result of the Pep- questioning about whether WADA ever changed the list or why he told “Swinging on gymnastic rings per Hamilton report – from long- the world that WADA had changed the list, and, instead, stormed out on fight week isn’t the best thing. time football staffer Tom Hill to of the deposition, and refused to return." Usually, I wrap myself in bubble the high-profile losses of Starr, According to Sports Illustrated legal analyst Michael McCann, wrap and only do fight-specific McCaw and Briles. these documents offer a preview of what a trial might look like should THURSDAY. JUNE 02. 2016-Jawza 13, 1395 H.S Vol:X Issue No:302 Price: Afs.15

40 insurgents killed in raids: MoD AT News Report KABUL: At least 40 Taliban in- surgents were killed and 18 others Afghans frustrated by Torkham restrictions, which will force tens of thousands wounded in different crackdowns with past 24 hours, said Ministry of Defence on Wednesday. to buy expensive visas to continue trip. In a press release issued here, Pakistan has tightened security at the ministry said that Afghan se- its border with Afghanistan, a move Taliban leader, curity forces had conducted oper- it says will prevent fighters from ations against insurgents in differ- entering. FOREIGN MILITANTS HAMPER ent areas of Kunar, Paktia, Pakti- The Torkham crossing is usu- associates ka, Ghazni, Khost, Kandahar, ally used by about 15,000 Afghans Uruzgan, Zabul, Herat, Farah, every day. But now it will be killed in POLIO DRIVE IN BADAKHSHAN Baghlan, Balkh, Jawzjan, Kunduz and Helmand provinces, in which closed to anyone who does not AT Monitoring Desk have a visa and a valid passport. lomat, drew a line in the sand which Wardak 40 militants were killed and 18 oth- The crossing is a way of mak- Afghans say had cut a a third of AT News Report KABUL: The presence of local and Pakistani militants hindering It is not first time that provin- ers received injuries. ing ends meet for many. It is usu- their territory and placed it in Pa- foreign insurgents in north-eastern polio campaign in the province, he cial health director Khawari posed However, eight Afghan sol- ally packed with cargo-filled kistan, by then part of former Brit- KABUL: The Afghan National Badakhshan province caused huge said, asserting that the children such comments as previously he diers were also killed in the opera- trucks, minibuses crammed with ish India. It included the present Police (ANP) on Wednesday killed obstacles against polio vaccination must have two drops of polio said that 20 families of the foreign tion, the statement lamented. passengers - including the sick and Pakistani provinces of Balochistan a senior Taliban leader, along with drive as more than hundreds chil- against the crippling disease. insurgents had settled in the The Afghan National Army elderly. and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. his five associates in a special op- dren were deprived from polio He called on the Taliban and Khastak locality of Jurm district forces are always stand ready for Some walk, from entire fami- Head to Head - Pakistan: Vic- eration carried out in Wardak prov- vaccine, provincial health official other insurgent outfits to let vac- and they were creating obstacles all kind of deviation and with all lies and merchants to children, of- tim or exporter of terrorism? ince, security official said. said. cine staffers drop polio to the chil- ahead of polio campaign in the force to maintain security and com- ten on their own. Afghans never came to terms In a press statement, the Min- Dr. Noor Mohammad Kha- dren in insecure areas. province. fort for the people of the country, New regulations mean Af- with the arrangement that was istry of Interior, said that Noori- wari, provincial public health di- The government and the Tali- Moreover, he said that the ar- the statement furthered. ghans living along the border, which signed off by an Afghan king at the alai was a key Taliban commander rector, said that the presence of ban should help polio staffers in rival of foreign militants with their Insurgent groups, including the stretches 2,000km, would need a time. "I blame the Afghan authori- and killed in an operation launched foreign insurgents deprived at least order to cover every children of families from Pakistan has caused Taliban, who may have lost more visa. ties at that time," Faridon Mo- in Ibrahim Khel village of Wardak. 2,000 children from polio vaccina- polio vaccine in the province, he more polio cases besides fear of fighters during operation have com- "I have to cross the border ev- mand, an Afghan MP, said. Five insurgents, loyal to the tion in the Raghistan district. added. spread. mented into the matter. ery morning to go to work and re- "For short-term gains they cut Taliban commander were also killed turn home. How can I get visa ev- one body in two, causing harm that in the operation. Tajikistan, Afghanistan Pamiri villages joined by power line ery time?" Mohammed Yusuf, an still hurts today." Some of Fari- The killed Taliban command- Afghan national, told Al Jazeera. don's family members are promi- ers had carried several evil designs Villages in the Pamir mountains of sents a scene of stark contrasts. stan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Auton- more typically associated with the "How can each visiting family nent politicians in Pakistan and in the province, the statement said, Tajikistan and Afghanistan have Villages on the Tajik side receive omous Oblast was completed with Afghan border. The US Embassy member pay $300 for a passport?" their native village is divided in two asserting that the commander was been joined by an electricity trans- steady supplies of electricity from $1 million grant from USAID and hailed this development as a boon When Al Jazeera's Mohamed by the Durand Line. Khan Wali also involved in kidnappings as mission line that will bring power Pamir Energy, an energy company a complementary $464,000 con- to local economies and the pros- Vall tried to film from the Afghan Shinwari, an Afghan army general, well as attacks on telecommunica- to 3,000 Afghans for the first time founded in 2002 as a public-pri- tribution from the Aga Khan Foun- pects for children in the Afghan side, Pakistan border police closed says the Durand is "a line on pa- tion towers. in their history. vate partnership between the gov- dation. “In addition to the newly villages. “Educational outcomes the crossing when they saw the per with no markings" on the Taliban sources were not im- A ceremony to commemorate ernment of Tajikistan, the Aga connected villages, the project improve as children have light to camera. ground. "People there are same mediately available to comment. the event was observed by repre- Khan Fund for Economic Devel- helped Pamir Energy upgrade its study by in the evening and during "In a few seconds [after the tribes and used to move freely," he Taliban leader was killed when sentatives from the US Embassy opment and the International Fi- existing systems and infrastruc- the dark winter months; and a re- crossing was closed], the place was told Al Jazeera. "But since 2001 the Afghan National Security and and the Aga Khan Foundation, nance Cooperation. When night ture, laying the groundwork for duction in indoor air pollution choked, showing how difficult it the Pakistani forces took positions Defence Forces as well as Afghan who jointly funded the project, falls, Afghan villages are largely further expansion and service im- means sharp declines in the rate of will be to impose any restrictions there and created problems." With Air Forced had been intensified and Tajik and Afghan government plunged into darkness, while provement to customers on both lung and eye diseases,” it said. here," he said. the Pakistani and Afghan govern- attacks against militant outfits in officials, a US Embassy said in a countless electric lights almost a sides of the Tajik-Afghan border,” The Afghan side of the Bada- There are also fears that the ments accusing each other of har- the country. statement issued on May 31. literal stone’s throw away twinkle the statement said. Similar stories khshan region is home to around new measures will stoke a histori- bouring armed groups across the In the past one week, the Af- The tortuous road that snakes in the Tajik villages. of cross-border cooperation are all 950,000 people whose primary cal dispute over this border. border, there is little sign that the ghan security forces killed scores along the Panj River, which marks The US Embassy statement too rare, but this precedent is a source of income is generated from In late 19th century, Mortim- tension will ease any time soon. of the militants, including Daesh the boundary between Tajikistan’s said that joining the Afghan villag- heartening change from the stories trading crops and livestock. er Durand, a British colonial dip- Aljazeera fighters nationwide. Pamir region and Afghanistan, pre- es to the electricity grid in Tajiki- of violence and drug-trafficking eurasianet