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AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai condemns in strongest terms the terrorist attack on National Radio Television’s station in Nangarhar that killed and wounded our compatriots. Calling the attack on media as an attack By Farhad Naibkhel against the voices of Afghans, former President extends his heart- KABUL: At least six people were felt condolences to the families of killed and 24 others injured the victims and wishes a speedy AT News Report visiting Durand Line would be wel- Wednesday after a group of armed recovery to those wounded in the comed. Shading light on the Af- insurgents attacked the state-run attack. ABUL: The Ministry for ghanistan-Pakistan region as the provincial Radio and Television of Borders and Tribal Affairs breeding and nurturing ground for Afghanistan (RTA) stations in in a statement has wel- international terrorism, Czarnecki K has said that there is a serious need eastern Nangarhar province, pro- comed the opinion of Ryszard vincial officials said. “Four insur- Czarnecki, Vice President of Eu- for the European Union and the gents armed with weapons and ropean Parliament who suggested United States to review their on- explosives attacked the provincial revisit of the Durand Line in order going Afghan policy to foster long- radio and TV station at around to win war on terror. term peace in the region, rather than 10:00 am in Jalalabad city,” said The ministry in a statement on pouring millions of Euros in aid to provincial spokesman Attaullah Wednesday said the Afghan gov- Kabul government. He said that Khogyani. The first attacker det- ernment and people, living on both revisiting the Durand Line is the onated his explosive vest at the sides of the Line applauded Czar- need of the day in order to win entrance of the station and short- necki for his noble and realistic war on terror. He recognized the ly after, three insurgents stormed approach which meets to histori- historical truth regarding merger of inside the compound of the TV ABUL : Rural Rehabilita cal and evergreen stand of Afghan Baluchistan and Pashtun-dominat- channel and gun battle ensuing. tion and Development people. ed tribal areas, currently adminis- Khogyani said that shortly after Minister Nasir Ahmad The statement added that re- tered by the unauthorized state of the attack police Special Forces K visiting the defunct Durand Line Pakistan. According to his opin- Durrani on Wednesday said his reached to the area and started ministry had saved more than 1.7 is the first and last solution to the ion piece, Durand line was an at- clashes with the insurgents. After billion afghanis in contracts in one current dilemma in the country, and tempt by British India to secure over three hours of clashes all three year as a result of its anti-corrup- also in the region. itself by providing it strategic insurgent killed by Afghan forces. tion effort. According to the statement, depth and a buffer against Russian Unfortunately six people includ- Durrani told participants of a the restoration of Afghan land and advancement into the Indian sub- ing two police and four TV chan- conference “Annual Anti-Corrup- people across the Durand Line re- continent through Afghanistan. nel staffs were killed and 17 oth- tion Program of the Ministry of mains a historic and evergreen However, it was not a permanent ers including two army comman- ghanistan strongly condemned the tion also called on government to attack against freedom of speech. Rural Rehabilitation and Develop- stand of all the governments and border between Afghanistan and dos were wounded in the incident, attack over National TV provin- investigate the attack seriously and According to reports, the Daesh ment (MRRD) in Kabul, that his people of Afghanistan, which is British India. Secondly, it was he added. He elaborated that the cial station and called it a war bring perpetrators before justice. terrorist group took responsibili- ministry had taken serious steps necessary for the sovereignty and meant to fix the limitation of killed staffs of the TV included a crime. While both organizations EU Ambassador and EU Special ty for the attack over state-run TV towards improving its affairs. territorial integrity of the country. spheres of influence in order to driver, watchman and two techni- expressed concerns over threats Representative in Kabul F-M station in Nangarhar. Also Taliban The measures the MRRD had It furthered that peace and sta- improve bilateral relations and cal employees. Afghanistan’s against journalists asked the gov- Mellbin also strongly condemn the spokesman denied the group had taken included building electronic bility in Afghanistan and in the re- trade. Czarnecki furthered that this National Journalists Union, Nai- ernment to protect media staff. attack on Nengarhar TV station. hands in the attack on state-run systems, simplifying executive gion would be a dream until the historical mistake, or more precise- Supporting Open Media in Af- The media advocacy organiza- He termed the attack a deliberate TV station in Nangarhar. processes, creating a single center Afghan land and people across the ly the historical mischief, commit- for customers, sharing corruption Line to be regained by revisiting ted by British colonial rulers by cases with judiciary organs, estab- the Durand Line, and to do so it is dividing the Pashtun homeland, has lishing information bank, increas- the responsibility of United Stat- been perpetuated in recent years Global ing provincial trips of MRRD lead- ed, United Kingdom and other by the U.S and other Western coun- ership’s board to assess problems, countries of European Union, in- tries for their strategic interests. monitor projects and improve su- cluding the worldwide humanitar- Moreover, he said in an effort to attention to pervisory team as part of anti-cor- ian organizations and people. maintain its strategic depth in Af- ruption efforts over the past one Moreover, the statement add- ghanistan, security agencies of Pa- Afghanistan year. “Fortunately there a great ed, it is too late, however, realiz- kistan have used terror groups as change has been brought to the con- ing the truth and historical right of proxies to keep Afghanistan un- tract signing process, more than 1.7 Afghanistan is a good initiative stable and weak. He said hard look on the wane: billion afghanis were saved in 152 needs to be implemented in a true on revisiting Durand Line is nec- KABUL: Top US and NATO mil- contracts for different projects last spirit. The ministry in the state- essary for durable peace and sta- Abdullah itary commander would meet this solar year,” he said. He said the ment vowed that any effort for re- bility in the region. week to discuss the war in Afghan- projects were estimated to cost ABUL: Thee chief execu istan and the way forward, a me- more than 8.2 billion afghanis but tive officer (CEO) has dia report said on Wednesday. the amount was reduced to 6.5 bil- slammed the international Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Jo- lion afghanis after an in-depth re- K seph F. Dunford Jr. arrived at the view. Similalry, Durrani said a community for its declining atten- tion to the counterterrorism cam- NATO headquarters on Tuesday number of organizations working paign in the war-torn country. The and would spend the next few days under the National Solidarity Pro- global fraternity should prioritise assessing the US and NATO mili- gram (NSP) of MRRD were fined improved relations with Afghani- tary footprint in Afghanistan, and 64 billion afghanis due to their poor the coalition’s ongoing operations performance. The Transparency stan, particularly in the area of PUL-I-KHUMRI: The police chief in the country, a cording to the International in its latest report on fighting against terrorism, Dr. Ab- for northern Baghlan province on dullah said during his trip to west- Washington Post. Army Gen. John corruption has said the anti-cor- Nicholson, the top U.S. command- Wednesday claimed several Rus- ern Herat province. Efforts by ruption campaign is intensified in sian, Pakistani, Egyptian and some regional countries to promote er in Afghanistan, would also at- Afghanistan, but called for more tend this week’s NATO ministeri- Chechen military experts had ar- peace and eliminate terror had late- efforts at eradicating the menace. rived in the province to train and ly lost momentum, Abdullah not- al, providing his assessment of the Afghanistan was ranked 169th, war, which is heading into its 16th support the Taliban militants. ed, calling the security problem in just ahead of Libya, Sudan and Brig. Gen. Ikramuddin Sarai the country a huge challenge to the year. Gen. Nicholson, along with Yemen and perceived the world’s U.S. Central Command chief Gen. told Pajhwok Afghan News the unity government. “Most of our seventh most corrupt nation in the foreign military experts had en- Joseph Votel, have called for an in- White House officials are report- ly stationed in Afghanistan, con- IT report. (Pajhwok) time, energy and resources are edly weighing an increase of be- ducting training and advising op- tered Kunduz, Faryab, Badakhs- spent on security; it is a great bur- crease of U.S. troops into Afghan- istan, ahead of this year’s fighting tween 3,000 to 5,000 additional erations under the Resolute han, Helmand provinces and Deh- den on our shoulders,” remarked American troops. With NATO Support mission. A smaller num- na Ghori, Tala wa Barfak, Dushi Abdullah, who traveled to Herat season in country. President Trump has also reportedly hand- members expected to match that ber of US special operations units and parts of Dand-i-Ghori and in different parts of Baghlan over on Tuesday to ascertain public increase, as many as 10,000 new are also executing counterterrorism Dand-i-Shahabuddin districts of the past 20 days and so far 64 mil- concerns. ed authority to determine U.S. troop increases into Afghanistan coalition forces could be heading operations against the Taliban and Baghlan. The police chief went on itants had been killed and another He opened an exhibition of into Afghanistan. Roughly 9,000 a resurgent Islamic State. to claim that the Taliban and their 48 injured. Brig. Gen. Rajb Ali domestic products before holding and elsewhere to Defense Secre- tary James Mattis. Pentagon and U.S. service members are current- (Pajhwok) foreign advisor wanted to close the Rashid, deputy commander of the meetings with religious scholars, northern highway with subversive Shaheen Military Corps, said ad- mujahidin leaders, martyrs’ fami- activities but the Afghan security ditional forces had reached Baghlan lies, civil society activists, women ABUL : The Saudi govern forces would not let their attempts where a large scale offensive and private sector representatives. ment has invited President succeed. Sarai said heavy clashes against rebels would be launched During his meeting with ule- KAshraf Ghani to attend an between the Afghan security forc- in Doshi, Dand-i-Shahabuddin and ma, he called the role of scholars Residents protest against international conference on terror- es and the Taliban were underway other areas. (Pajhwok) important in improving peace and ism and Daesh in the kingdom. security. Two messages of ulema The invitation to the president was might be more effective than 10 ‘rise’in crime in Kabul city extended by the Saudi charge days of fighting by security forces de’affairs, said deputy presiden- Police chief in terms of peace, he remarked. tial spokesman, Dawa Khan Mena- Yo end four decades of wars, Dozens of Kabul residents from he was still waiting for action to Attorney General’s Office if the pal. He told Pajhwok Afghan News bans pillion the government was working on PD7 and PD8 gathered outside be taken. “The murderer was tak- demands of protestors are not met. the Afghan government had not yet plans to ensure peace and stabili- parliament on Wednesday to pro- en away by an intelligence officer. “We will summon the relevant se- decided whether or not to attend ty in the country, the CEO said, test against the sharp increase in I will take him to the court (said curity officials to the relevant the conference in Saudi Arabia. bike riding pledging all possible efforts for crime and murders in the city. the officer).” But this did not hap- commission of parliament. We will However, another government of- prosperity of the people. The protestors claimed that pen, added Sadiq. The protestors send them to the Attorney Gener- ficial said the president was ex- in Ghazni Ulema served as bridge be- some security officials help crimi- also claimed that at least 10 resi- al’s Office if they neglect to do their pected to leave for Saudi Arabia at dents were killed in their areas in duty or if they commit corruption,” tween the people and the govern- nals by not arresting them. the head of a high ranking delega- GHAZNI CITY: Authorities have he had ordered police to prevent ment, he observed, saying the “The Kabul Police Headquar- the past few months but that se- said Asif Sediqqi, second deputy tion. Meanwhile, the White House banned pillion bike riding in south- pillion riding in the province. He curity forces have not yet arrested speaker of Meshrano Jirga (Up- scholars continued to raise their ters said they will arrest murder- said the international conference on ern Ghazni province in the wake said gamble and hookah centers had any suspects. “We have had ten per House of Parliament). Kabul voices for national unity despite ers but unfortunately they have terrorism and Daesh in Saudi Ara- of increasing insecurity. Police been closed in Ghazni City, the murder cases in Waisal Abad area Police Chief Hassan Shah Frogh conspiracies form the enemy, he done nothing in this respect 50 bia was scheduled to take place chief Brig. Gen. Aminullah Ama- provincial capital. However, a res- (in Kabul). The people who have confirmed recent incidents but said said. The scholars hailed mosques days after one case. The murder- next week. US President Donald rkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News ident of Ghazni city, Seddiqullah, gathered here are from the PD7 and crime has dropped in the city but and seminaries as centres of jihad, ers are wandering freely around the Trump will join heads of states and the ban was aimed at reducing se- said the police chief was enforcing PD8,” said Attaullah Faizani, a said progress had been made in one resistance and defence of Islamic city,” said Muhammad Anwar, a representatives from 56 countries curity incidents in the province. the law only on civilians. He said member of Kabul Provincial Coun- case. “We told them that the mur- values. They promised all-out co- protestor. at the summit, the White House “Taliban militants use bikes in their Taliban militants also used police cil. Meanwhile, a number of law- derer has escaped and has hidden operation with the government on According to Mohammad said, adding so far leaders of 20 attacks. It is good for the security uniform in staging attacks even in- makers warned that they will have in the mountains in Panjshir prov- peace and stability of the country. Sadiq, another protester whose countries had assured their partic- of people as well to ban more than side the city. “So this ban should security officials summoned by the ince. (ToloNews) (Pajhwok) relative was murdered recently said ipation in the event. (Pajhwok) one person a bike,” he said, adding also apply on police,” he said. THURSDAY . MAY 18 , 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Can the US Fix Afghanistan?

Three days after the 9/11 attacks dom of speech, press, religion, and both houses of Congress voted movement; pervasive governmen- correctly — and without objectors tal corruption; underage and forced — to authorize the president to marriages; abuse of children, in- use force against those who per- cluding sexual abuse; trafficking in petrated the attacks and those who persons, including forced labor; aided them. discrimination against persons Al-Qaida leader Osama bin with disabilities; discrimination and Laden had been living in Afghani- abuses against ethnic minorities; stan, where the radical Islamist societal discrimination based on The Pentagon wants more troops. But it’s the mission that matters. Taliban regime gave him sanctuary. race, religion, gender, sexual orien- The U.S. sought to end that tation, and HIV/AIDS status; and regime, capture or kill bin Laden United States need to ensure those abuse of workers' rights, including elections result in a new govern- and other al-Qaida terrorists, and prevent Afghan territory from be- child labor." ment perceived as legitimate, re- The Worldwide Threat As- silient and representative of all ing used to harbor and train terror- ists who could attack the United sessment that Director of Nation- Afghans. As witnessed in 2014 al Intelligence Dan Coats present- (and 2009), that won’t be easy. States in the future. But President George W. Bush ed to the Senate intelligence com- And while the U.S. should not en- mittee last week did not paint an dorse any candidate, it is essential ultimately proposed a post-9/11 optimistic picture for Afghanistan. that the Americans appoint a se- strategy that went beyond nation- nior official to spearhead donor al defense. "The overall situation in Af- efforts to knock heads together and "We are committed to freedom ghanistan will very likely contin- ensure a positive outcome from the in Afghanistan, in Iraq and in a ue to deteriorate, even if interna- 2019 polls. peaceful Palestine," Bush said on tional support is sustained," said Third, the region needs to be May 1, 2003. the threat assessment. "Endemic on board. Russia has to stop its "The advance of freedom is the state weaknesses, the government's recent dallying with the Taliban. surest strategy to undermine the political fragility, deficiencies of Saudi Arabia, China and the U.S. appeal of terror in the world," he the Afghan National Security Forc- need to press Pakistan to squeeze said. "Where freedom takes hold, es, Taliban persistence, and region- the Taliban more. India needs to hatred gives way to hope. When al interference will remain key im- take steps to reassure Pakistan it freedom takes hold, men and wom- pediments to improvement." is not a threat in Afghanistan. And en turn to the peaceful pursuit of a "The fighting will also contin- the Iranians need to understand better life. American values, and ue to threaten US personnel, al- that the U.S. doesn’t want perma- American interests, lead in the lies, and partners, particularly in nent bases on their border and in- same direction. We stand for hu- Kabul and urban population cen- man liberty." tends to leave once there is a via- ters," said the assessment. "ISIS's ble path to a stable, peaceful and When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, the U.S. Khorasan branch — which consti- friendly Afghanistan. tutes ISIS's most significant pres- Undoubtedly, some in the still had about 32,500 troops in Afghanistan, according to the Con- ence in South Asia — will proba- White House will view withdraw- bly remain a low-level developing al as the least bad option. Trump gressional Research Service. By the second quarter of fiscal 2011, threat to Afghan stability as well is clearly no fan of nation-build- as to US and Western interests in ing. Why, he might ask, should the Obama had increased those forces U.S. spend billions over countless to 99,800. In the fourth quarter of the region in 2017." In the middle of everything else, United States. This is nothing new. Afghanistan policy. A flood of ex- set the table for meaningful talks. years and risk even more Ameri- fiscal 2016, as he prepared to leave The same threat assessment President Donald Trump is ex- In fact, defeating such groups – perts in recent months has declared Second, the central government can lives in a hopeless war? Why office, there were still 9,800 there. pointed to a terror threat to the pected to decide on his strategy from al Qaeda to ISIS – has been that now is the time to talk with in Afghanistan needs to gain sup- not treat Afghanistan like Yemen But have we eliminated the "homeland" that is now "home- for Afghanistan soon. The Penta- America’s core strategic objective the Taliban. And there has been no port and improve performance. or Somalia and just rely on special threat al-Qaida, and those who grown." gon wants more troops, and it’s in Afghanistan since invading the lack of multilateral, regional, bilat- The Afghan struggle is ultimately forces or missile strike to target share its ideology, pose to the "US-based homegrown violent not clear what the president will country in 2001. But how to eral and Track-2 efforts to explore going to be determined not by terrorists? United States? extremists (HVEs) will remain the decide. Trump has said so little achieve that goal is again up for how to get talks going. America’s geopolitical actions but This would be a grave mistake. Ad Feedback most frequent and unpredictable about America’s longest-running debate. Should the U.S. send more But meaningful peace negotia- by whom the Afghan people wind If the U.S. withdraws from Af- The most recent inspector Sunni violent extremist threat to conflict that he has left us few clues troops to assist Afghan security tions are as elusive as ever. The up supporting. Right now, the ghanistan, the Afghan state would general's report on the U.S. mili- the U.S. homeland," said the as- about his intentions. forces? Should military rules of Taliban don’t want to talk with an National Unity Government is likely collapse, with high poten- tary mission in Afghanistan indi- sessment. "They will be spurred Countless strategies have engagement be relaxed? Are strikes unpopular government in Kabul floundering and deeply disliked tial for greater factional violence. cates the Taliban and al-Qaida are on by terrorist groups' public calls emerged over the course of Amer- against Taliban leaders in Pakistan that they view as weak and illegit- (only the Taliban remain more un- India, Pakistan, Iran and others still active there and the Islamic to carry out attacks in the West. ica’s longest war, now in its six- warranted? Or should starting imate. They aren’t afraid of popular). President Ashraf Ghani would increase support to their State has established a presence. The threat of HVE attacks will teenth year. None has worked. peace talks with the Taliban be Trump. They also think they’re is undoubtedly a visionary, pro- perceived allies in the conflict, ex- "Insurgent attacks continued persist, and some attacks will prob- More than a dozen international prioritized? And how do the Amer- winning. So, if winning on the bat- Western technocrat – but he has across Afghanistan this quarter acerbating regional tensions and ably occur with little or no warn- terrorist groups operate along both icans get regional players – Paki- tlefield isn’t possible and peace also proven to be politically tone- perhaps setting the scene for a di- with the Taliban remaining the sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan stan, India, Iran, Russia, China – talks are a distant dream, what can deaf, surrounding himself with a greatest threat to the Afghan gov- ing." sastrous showdown in South Asia. "In addition to the HVE threat, border. The Afghan security forc- on board? To change the trajecto- be done? narrow circle of eastern Pashtuns Pakistan and its 120 nuclear war- ernment," said the report. es have fought bravely but lack ry of the war, a comprehensive po- For one, the U.S. should make while alienating much of his al- 'U.S. counterterrorism opera- a small number of foreign-based heads would become more vulner- Sunni violent extremist groups will adequate air power, leadership, litical, economic, military, diplo- an open-ended commitment of its ready tenuous base. If peace talks able, and Russia and China would tions this quarter disrupted al Qai- retention rates and coalition sup- matic and regional strategy is need- troop presence. U.S. Commander are going to materialize, there da's ability to attack the U.S. and also pose a threat to the U.S. home- look to exert even greater influence land and continue publishing mul- port to stem the tide of a resurgent ed. The Obama administration in Afghanistan General John needs to be a government in Kabul in the Americans’ absence. Final- Afghan forces by reducing its tilingual propaganda that calls for Taliban, which now controls more knew this, but it obsessed over Nicholson has requested a “few that is resilient, popular, broad- ly, international terrorists would numbers to under 100 fighters and ground than at any point since troop numbers, drawdown plans thousand” more troops – up from based and legitimate. And if Af- increasingly find Afghanistan an killing 3 of its top leaders," said attacks against US and Western 2001. Just last month, Taliban and ending the war. As Team about 8,400 now – to “break the ghan security forces are ever going ungoverned and unstable space the report. "However, al Qaida in interests in the US homeland and fighters managed to get through Trump mulls options, they must stalemate” with the Taliban. But to succeed, they need to believe that provides sanctuary from Afghanistan remained affiliated abroad," it said. seven police checkpoints to a mil- avoid reinventing the flat tire. In the number is irrelevant. The U.S.- that the government in Kabul has which to plan attacks against the with the world-wide al Qaida or- The ultimate strategic aim of itary base in Balkh where they particular, they need to resist the led coalition couldn’t win with their backs. U.S. and its allies. ganization and, according to (U.S. the United States in responding to slaughtered more than 150 Afghan notion that they can turn the tide 140,000 troops on the ground in To some extent, this could be To be sure, there are already commander) General Nicholson, the terrorist threat exemplified by soldiers. And the wildly unpopu- with more troops and beat back 2010, largely because President achieved by linking donor assis- hundreds of ISIS fighters and oth- 'these groups together have the in- al-Qaida and the Islamic State lar Afghan National Unity Gov- the Taliban. Instead, they need to Obama had announced an arbitrary tance to improvements in govern- er terrorists along the border. But tent and capability to conduct at- should not focus on establishing ernment’s only real achievement recognize that success in Afghani- drawdown date. The Taliban (and ment effectiveness and anti-cor- a friendly Afghan government gives tacks outside Afghanistan.'" freedom in Afghanistan or any oth- after nearly three years is its own stan will only come through a po- their Pakistani sponsors) knew ruption efforts. But the 2019 pres- the U.S. and coalition troops a And how is freedom doing in er distant land but rather on main- survival, bankrolled by donors litical settlement among all major they could simply wait the Amer- idential elections are of paramount platform from which to track, con- Afghanistan? taining the God-given rights of life, bankrupt of ideas. The war is not Afghan factions, including the Tal- icans out. An indefinite U.S. pres- importance. If those polls are like tain and strike these terrorists in Human rights problems in the liberty and property here. Key to going well. iban. We’re hardly the first to ar- ence would demonstrate resolve, prior ones –fraudulent, inconclu- ways offshore bases would never country, according to the State that is preventing terrorists from Almost certainly, Trump’s gue for peace talks. In early 2011, inspire the Afghan security forces sive or resulting in a government allow. Maintaining this platform Department's 2016 report on that entering this country and depriv- new strategy will focus on how to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and help push back recent Taliban that Afghans find illegitimate – then is costly, but the alternatives are issue, "included extrajudicial kill- ing us of those rights here. In the prevent terrorist groups from us- publicly announced America’s in- gains. It could also help buy time prospects for military victories or considerably more threatening to ings by security forces, ineffective ing Afghan territory for launching tent to pursue reconciliation with for the Afghan security forces and peace talks are out the window. government investigations of abuse coming months, Republicans in America’s national interests. Congress working with a Republi- or planning attacks against the the Taliban as a central tenet of its government to mature enough to Therefore, donor countries like the (POLITICO) and torture by local security forc- es; poor prison conditions; arbi- can in the White House will have trary arrest and detention, includ- the opportunity to take concrete ing of women accused of so-called acts to secure our border and more moral crimes; prolonged pretrial aggressively vet those we let legal- detentions; judicial corruption and ly cross it. If they want to keep Revisiting Durand Line is only solution to... ineffectiveness; violations of pri- America secure and free, they need vacy rights; restrictions on free- to do it. (CNSNEWS) shunning sanctuaries of terrorism. ...P 12 European Union, including twitter account has thanked the mental change to be brought by the defeating communism in Afghani- They called on the international the worldwide humanitarian orga- Czarnecki for his opinion regard- international community. He fur- stan, it is now the responsibility community to extend required and 3 ISIS hideouts destroyed nizations and people. Moreover, ing the revisiting Durand Line. He thered that the people of Waziristan of the big powers to recognize and humanitarian support against the the statement added, it is too late, said Czarnecki has suggested the including the whole FATA are not ensure our fundamental rights by terrorism and Pakistani occupation however, realizing the truth and ultimate solution to the problems terrorists and religious fundamen- revisiting Durand Line where we in order to ensure durable peace in Nangarhar historical right of Afghanistan is a of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He talist by origin and history. “Ter- meet our aspirations and histori- and stability in the region. Now abul: At least three hideouts of the Islamic State of Iraq and good initiative needs to be imple- added that the Pashtuns in Paki- rorism has been imposed on us by cal legacy. Similarly, Muhammad the ball lends into the court of In- mented in a true spirit. The minis- stan would continue their struggle the state of Pakistan in order to earn Nawaz Bugti, in an email statement Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS ternational community. As far as Khurasan, were destroyed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar try in the statement vowed that against the unauthorized occupa- dollars and take control over the sent to Afghanistan Times, he has concerned to the people living on K province of Afghanistan. any effort for revisiting Durand tion of Pakistan. He furthered that areas.” He expressed hope the in- endorsed Czarnecki for his noble both sides of the Durand Line are Line would be welcomed. Similar- Pakistan had been involved in nur- ternational community would give suggestion to revisit Durand Line. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said at least four committed to revisit the line and militants of the terror group were also killed in the airstrike. ly, Sayedullah Salam, an active turing and exporting terrorism to us the fundamental right to be a civ- “He said Baloch people are already establish long-term strategic political activist, serving as advis- weaken Afghanistan and under- ilized part of the global village, paying heavy cost for their free- According to MoD, the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of friendship and partnership with Achin district of Nangarhar, one of the main strongholds of the terror er for the ministry of borders and mine US-led NATO mission in the which is only possible by revisit- dom. He said Baloch people could the international community. tribal affairs, said, “we appreciate region. He pointed out that Pash- ing the Durand Line. Speaking on not accept slavery of Pakistan and group’s loyalists in Afghanistan. (BNA) and welcome the opinion made by tunistan freedom movement puts the same line, Naeem Turi, a polit- we would get freedom from the the European Parliament Vice weight behind US and NATO ical activist, belonging to Kurram barbaric and disputed state of Pa- President regarding revisiting the member countries. “That is why Agency (FATA) backed Czarnec- kistan.” The Durand Line covers DACAAR Durand Line.” The adviser added, they should support us against the ki’s opinion and said that Durand distance of 2,430 kilometer was Durand Line had been imposed on illegal and unauthorized occupation Line was a draconian policy of Brit- established in 1893 as a result of TENDER NOTICE the Afghans living on the both sides of Pakistan.” In addition to that, ish imperialism which resulted in Memorandum of Understanding DACAAR ITB 12 PRF-504/505/1707-50/SHF2.2/SHF2.1/05.2017 of the Line which was not only Jabbar Wazir, a Malik (an elder heavy sufferings for the Afghan (MoU) between Sir Mortimer DACAAR ITB 13 PRF-504/505/1707-50/SHF2.2/SHF2.1/05.2017 injustice, but it is also serving as from Waziristan) told Afghanistan people, living on both sides of the Durand, a British diplomat and cancer for the humanity of the en- Times in a telephonic conversation Line. He said this Line had been Afghan Amir, Abdur Rahman Khan DACAAR ITB 14 PRF-504/505/1707-50/SHF2.2/SHF2.1/05.2017 tire region. He called on the inter- has welcomed the opinion and re- divided two brothers of the same to fix the limitation of their respec- DACAAR ITB 15 PRF-504/1707-50/SHF2.2/05.2017 national community to strengthen alistic approach of Czarnecki, hint- family and same tribe which is to- tive spheres of influence in order the Afghan shoulders in order to ing it a need of the day. He said tally injustice against us. He said to improve bilateral relations and DACAAR ITB 16 PRF-507/1707-50/SHF2.4/05.2017 regain their historic land and peo- Pakistan has been using FATA re- Pakistan army has been siege the trade. However, the Afghan peo- DACAAR ITB 17 PRF-506/1707-50/SHF2.5/05.2017 ple. He further went on saying that gion as a breeding nursery for ter- people of FATA where they don’t ple and government, including the DACAAR ITB 18 PRF-505/1707-50/SHF2. /05.2017 Afghans on both sides of the Line rorism and launching pad in order have freedom of expression and Pashtuns and Baloch across the have firm belief on strategic friend- to maintain insecurity and insta- movement. “That is why the inter- Durand Line never accepted this DACAAR ITB 19 PRF-506/1707-50/SHF2.5/05.2017 ship and partnership with US-led bility in Afghanistan. He made a national community should provide as a permanent border with Paki- Date: May 17, 2017 NATO member countries, adding demand from the international an opportunity for the people on stan. In July 1949, the Afghan Par- revisiting Durand Line is must for community to help us for organiz- the both sides to decide over the liament (Loya Jirga) had formally Sealed offers are invited from qualified companies for supply of Plastic Materials, Plastic Jerry Cans, our joint goals and objectives in ing an independent Jirga (dialogue) fate of FATA and other parts of cancelled all the agreements with Hygiene Materials, Aquatab Tables, Tarpaulin, Wooden Materials, Construction Materials and Soft the region. “As long as safe sanc- of FATA people under the shelter Pashtun-dominated areas in Paki- the British governments and de- Cotton Cloths for DACAAR Main Office in Kabul Province. tuaries of terrorist outfits in FATA of United Nations to decide fate stan. Moreover, Malik Farmanul- clared that Afghanistan would not Please get the detailed tender documents from websites at www.dacaar.org/www.acbar.com/ and Baluchistan remains untagged, of FATA which is the reliable way lah from Bajaur Agency, said, “Pa- recognize the imaginary Durand or war on terror cannot be won,” he to win war on terror. He added that kistan has been shaped our moth- any similar Line. Recently, on May www.acci.org.af or DACAAR Main Office in below mentioned address. The offers should reach to claimed, adding that the easiest Pakistan had been completely erland as hell on the earth where 9, 2017, a Jirga (dialogue) of FATA DACAAR till June 07, 2017 4:00 P.M. The tender opening meeting will be held on June 08, 2017 at way to win the war on terror is to failed to run the business of FATA violation of human rights is a mat- elders and youths was held in Jala- 10:00 A.M in DACAAR Main Office. Your participation in the opening session is highly appreciated. revisit the Durand Line. Similarly, and to shun the safe terror havens, ter of day today. The Punjab-dom- labad, capital-city of Nangarhar A Pashtun writer and intellectual, so there is a serious need to re- inated Pakistan is playing great province, where they called on Pa- DACAAR Address: Dr. Khurshil Alam, belongs to place Pakistani administration by game in FATA and Afghanistan to kistan to vacate FATA and with- DACAAR Logistics Unit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said “revis- installation of UN-led administra- secure Punjab’s interests.” He add- draw army as soon as possible. The iting Durand Line is the only solu- tion in Federally Administered ed that land and people of FATA, Jirga was attended by the elders DACAAR Main Office , Qalayee Fatullah, Road No. 12, Street No.3, House No. 403, Paykobe tion to the burning problems and Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provin- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Bal- from Waziristan agency, Kurram Naswar, Taimani Project, Kabul, Afghanistan. issues in the region.” Another Pa- cially Administered Tribal Area uchistan belong to Afghanistan and Agency, Khyber Agency, Momand Email: jamal@dacaar. org or [email protected] shtun nationalist leader at Pash- (PATA) regions. He added that the these areas were divided for the sake Agency and Bajaur Agency. The tunistan freedom movement, Bash- people of FATA are thirsty for any of imperialistic goals by the then speakers of the Jirga said Pakistan ir Sherani from Baluchistan in his positive, peaceful and develop- British-India. He added that after is nurturing terrorism instead of THURSDAY . MAY 18 , 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

WASHINGTON: The world's number one opium-producing country, Afghanistan, is braced for an exploding poppy harvest this year, as farmers are cultivating the illicit crop in areas where it has never grown before. “Unfortunately, the narcotics EMERGENCY production is on the rise this year,” CALLS Javed Qaem, Afghan deputy coun- ternarcotics minister, told interna- tional donors in Kabul Tuesday. Police “We are concerned that narcotics would increase this year, includ- 100 - 119 ing in areas and provinces where previously we had zero opium production.” Hospitals Qaem's comments come amid growing international concern that FMIC Hospital the Taliban, who are fighting Af- Behind Kabul Medical ghan government troops in rural areas of the country, are fueling the University: poppy trade by engaging in traf- 0202500200-+93793275595 ficking and skimming hundreds of millions dollars in profit to fuel their militancy. Rabia-i-Balkhi Hospital Taliban insurgents, according Pule Bagh-e- Umomi to U.S. officials, net 60 percent of their war chest from narcotics. 070263672 Top producer of opium provinces were reported poppy- which borders Pakistan. ernment officials is involved in drug Afghanistan is thought to pro- free in 2016, and this number has The Afghan government says production and trafficking,” Ha- duce an estimated 90 percent of dropped to one digit this year, the increase in drug production and roon Rashid Sherzad, former Af- Khairkhana Hospital the world's heroin. As poppy cul- Afghan officials say. trafficking is taking place mostly ghan acting minister of counterna- 0799-321007 tivation spikes, U.S. intelligence Areas of cultivation increase in conflict-hit areas. rcotics, told VOA. “Security is an 2401352 First Vice President Abdul Rashid Mohammad Yasin Khamosh, a officials warn that the war-torn Afghan authorities said pop- “Opium cultivation, produc- important reason, but several oth- Dostum’s office Tuesday claimed media advisor to Dostum. country is likely to see more armed pies, which traditionally have been tion and trafficking take place in er factors fuel the drug production that government has not paid the According to Khamosh, re- violence this year. grown in southern provinces, have remote areas that are under the and trade in Afghanistan. Corrup- Indira Gandhi Children salaries of employees for two ports from the National Security “The intelligence community found fertile lands in several north- control of militants, terrorists and tion at the local government levels months and that President Ashraf Council (NSC) are also not being assesses that the political and se- ern and northeastern provinces, the Taliban,” said Afghan General encourages poppy cultivation.” Hospital, Wazir Akbar Ghani has not approved the ad- sent to the office of the first vice curity situation in Afghanistan will including Balkh and Jawzjan. Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, the dep- Afghan response is lacking ministrative structure of the office president. almost certainly deteriorate A large-scale increase also is uty interior minister for counter- Experts also believe that the Khan, Kabul 2301372 for this fiscal year. He said that the administrative through 2018, even with a modest expected in provinces with previ- narcotics. increase is partly due to weak coun- Dostum aides also said the of- office of the president is also not increase in [the] military assistance ously little opium crops, such as The Afghan government says ternarcotics efforts by the govern- Ibn-e- Seena fice of the first VP has been side- responding to letters dispatched to by the United States and its part- northwestern Badghis and Ghor. it, along with aid agencies, has been ment. “The government lacks po- lined in terms of government af- them from the office of the first ners,” U.S. Director of National “Opium is cultivated in almost trying to help Afghans find a sus- litical will to fight opium produc- Pul-e-Artan, Kabul fairs. vice president. Intelligence Dan Coats said in a half of the province, including ar- tainable alternative crop source. tion,” Abdul Aziz, a Kabul-based Abdul Shokor Hashemi, 52, is “We are not receiving anything Senate hearing last week. eas under the government influ- But those efforts appear to be fail- counternarcotics expert, told 2100359 one employee who has worked at from the national security council. Since 2002, the U.S. has spent ence,” a resident in northeastern ing. Afghan counternarcotics po- VOA. “For the last 16 years, the the Sedarat Palace for 30 years. He I want to give a stupid example - more than $8.5 billion on counter- Baghlan province told VOA on lice said they last year seized al- government has done little to rid Wazir Akbar Khan has worked in government for var- previously newspapers were de- narcotics in Afghanistan — about condition of anonymity for safety most 650 tons of contraband drugs. the country of narcotics and pro- ious regimes and said it is the first livered here but recently we re- $1.5 million a day, according to the concerns. “Poppy crops are seen The confiscated drugs included raw vide alternatives to farmers.” Hospital time in 30 years that government ceived a notification from the pres- Special Investigator General for everywhere in the northeastern opium, heroin and hashish. Around According to Sherzad, coun- 2301741, 2301743 has not paid his salary. ident’s administrative affairs office Afghanistan Reconstruction (SI- region. Badakhshan — which bor- 2,683 smugglers and traffickers, ternarcotics efforts require a com- “The government stopped stating that we will no longer be GAR). ders Tajikistan and China — is the including 67 women, were arrest- prehensive approach and coordi- transport services for us and in- supplied with newspapers due to In addition to war, opium fu- epicenter of narcotics in the ed last year, Ahmadi said. nation among government depart- Ali Abad stead pledged to pay some mon- budget constraints,” added Kha- els corruption and organized crime north.” Experts say worsening securi- ments, which, he said, is currently ey. But we have not been paid for mosh. “The presidential palace has in Afghanistan, a country already Helmand province a top pro- ty and immediate economic bene- lacking. He added that “narco-en- Shahrara, Kabul two months. They have also not said that the recommendations are ranked among the five most cor- ducer fits for farmers are major reasons trepreneurs” control large portions 2100439 paid car rental fees over the past being processed and the (docu- rupt states in the world by Trans- Around 50 percent of the pop- for the rise in poppy cultivation. of government lands in several five months or two months in over- ments) are lying on the table of the parency International. py crop in Afghanistan is produced “A satanic triangle of smug- provinces where they cultivate time. It means overall they have president. But we do not under- Only 13 of the country's 34 in southern Helmand province, glers, terrorists and corrupt gov- poppies. (VOANEWS) Malalai Maternity not paid us for nine months,” said stand why the president cannot Hashemi. deal with them, is it due to work Hospital Dostum aides pointed out that load or is it a deliberate move?” 2201377/ 2301743 five months into the new fiscal asked Bashir Ahmad Tayyanj, the year, Ghani had also still not ap- spokesman for the Dostum-led Balkh: proved the structure of the first Junbish Mili party. Banks VP’s office for this year, stating In reference to the allegations, Amu River this affected about 200 staff mem- the deputy spokesman for the Da Afghanistan Bank bers. presidential palace Dawa Khan 2100302, 2100303 “When we ask them about the Menapal said the salaries of em- eats away issue, they say that it is lying on ployees from this office had not the table of Mr. President. If a let- been paid due to certain adminis- Bakhtar Bank ter remains untouched on the table trative issues. However, he refused villages in 0776777000 of the president for three or four to comment on the claims that months, then you realize what can Dostum had been sidelined. Azizi Bank happen to this country,” said (ToloNews) 2 districts 0799 700900 MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The Amu River has swollen thousands of Pashtany Bank Afghan provinces can improve their acres of land and inundated hun- 2102908, 2103868 dreds of homes in two districts of ease of doing business by learning northern Balkh province during the past one and a half decades due to Air Services from each other, WBG report the government’s negligence, the affected residents say. Safi Airways KABUL: Entrepreneurs in Af- process of starting a business, in They say Uzbekistan consol- ghanistan can obtain a permit for which Kabul and each of the prov- idates the river’s banks each year 020 22 22 222 setting up a business with relative inces benchmarked perform well, on their side, pushing the water ease, but they face considerable surpassing the global average per- into Afghanistan side. Ariana hurdles in other areas which are formance. To improve efficiency Local officials, who confirm important for a firm to start up and safety in the construction in- the damage the river has caused to 020-2100270 and operate, says the World Bank dustry, the Kabul Municipality local residents, express their inabil- Group’s Subnational Doing Busi- recently introduced a one-stop ity to consolidate the river’s banks Kam Air ness in Afghanistan 2017 report, shop for issuing construction per- as the subject belongs to the cen- KABUL: Besides students, teach- spokesman, Abdul Fatah Eshrat would be shared with the media. 0799974422 released today. mits and adopted a regulation spec- tral government. ers at orphanages are also vulnera- Ahmadzai, vehemently rejected It is said women at govern- Regulatory quality and effi- ifying the rules and requirements Balkh’s Shortapa and Kaldar ble to sexual abuse, but what rules the lawmaker’s claims as a conspir- ment-run shelter homes are also ciency vary considerably between for getting final approval for a new- districts and the Hairatan dry port in all this is silence. acy. subjected to sexual harassment, Hotels Kabul, and the provinces of Balkh, ly constructed building. A pilot township lie along the river, his- The victims avoid exposing the He said the Wolesi Jirga dele- but the Ministry of Women’s Af- Safi Landmark Herat, Kandahar and Nangarhar. project is being promoted in Herat torically known as Oxus. assailants as they fear they will be gation, tasked with investigating fairs denies the charge. The largest business cities covered and Kabul to make registering Villages hard hit by the phe- kicked out of the facility and will the issue, did not find something Women’s Safe Homes director by the report are Mazar-i-Sharif, property an administrative pro- nomenon include in Shortapa dis- lose shelter. that could substantiate Naheed at the Ministry of Women’s Af- 020-2203131 Herat, Kandahar and Jalalabad. cess rather than one managed by trict include Hazara Toqi, Boz Most of the victims of such Farid’s allegations. fairs, Nazia Qaizi, told Pajhwok ERENA Afghanistan’s first Subnational the courts. Ariq, Ariq Bator, Jangal Ariq and assaults at orphanages are hap- He said the ministry did not that the homes were free from such S Doing Business study measures “Reform-minded local officials Joy Wakil. pened to be students and teachers appoint a delegation to investigate things. “A majority of the women business regulation in four areas: can achieve tangible improvements Local residents claim arable who have lost their parents. the matter after the investigation kept in these facilities are those 0799654000 Starting a Business, Dealing with by replicating good practices al- land measuring 4000 acres of land “They fear they will be ex- by the Wolesi Jirga delegation be- who were given in marriages to Construction Permits, Getting ready used in different provinces and forests and about 2000 homes pelled from the orphanage if they cause the ministry was aware of settle disputes between families,” New Rumi Restaurant Electricity and Registering Prop- in Afghanistan. Reducing the time, had submerged in the river’s wa- tell the truth,” a Wolesi Jirga or the situation. she said. erty. It finds a number of good cost and complexity of bureaucrat- ter. lower house member recently re- No one is allowed to enter or- She said the females at the safe 0776351347 business practices which could be ic process will stimulate local busi- Haji Abdul Rashid, 56, a resi- vealed. phanages: Labor Ministry homes had escaped from forced expanded across different provinc- nesses and help bring much-need- dent of Ariq Bator village, told The female lawmaker from A Pajhwok Afghan News re- marriages and other forms of do- Internet Services es in Afghanistan. ed prosperity,” said Mierta Ca- Pajhwok Afghan News: “Ever western Herat province, Naheed porter tried to enter some of the mestic violence. UA Telecom Kabul leads in Starting a Busi- paul, Manager of the Subnational since I can remember, the Amu Farid, on Monday told Pajhwok facilities, but permission was not She said the females had been 0796701701 / 0796702702 ness and Getting Electricity, as a Doing Business program at the River is after us, it has swallowed Afghan News that the Wolesi Jir- granted. brought to the safe homes by the result of reforms that were imple- World Bank. our entire village.” ga was aware of an ongoing hunger The labor and social affairs human rights commission, the mented only in the capital. Rolling Promoting learning opportuni- He recalled some 200 families strike by children at the Allauddin ministry has sent a letter to the women’s affairs ministry and po- Exchange Rate out these reforms across Afghani- ties for national, provincial and had been living in the village and Orphanage in Kabul. directorate of orphanages, describ- lice and were extended support stan would benefit entrepreneurs municipal policy makers to share they owned agriculture land and She said the striking children ing the facilities as sensitive plac- after passing all the legal phases. 1.00 USD forests spread over hundreds of in other provinces and urban cen- their good practices while learning had alleged moral and financial cor- es which need time to time atten- She said women at the safe 67.60AFN ters. Stronger local governments from others about what has worked acres of land. ruption at the facility behind their tion from the ministry’s leadership. homes availed facilities from ac- would enhance efficiency in the better elsewhere would be highly He said their attempts at con- strike. The letter has directed the or- commodation to health, medicine, provinces and, at the same time, beneficial. trolling the river’s water had little The lawmaker said after she phanages not to allow anyone to education, counseling and defence free up resources in Kabul, where The Subnational Doing Busi- benefit. He said the river had not raised the issue on the assembly enter the facilities without bring- lawyers if needed. 1000.00 IRR many bureaucratic processes are ness in Afghanistan 2017 report only inundated the Ariq Bator vil- floor, some victims visited her and ing it into the knowledge of the Currently six such facilities are 17.90AFN centralized. was produced by the Global Indi- lage but many others. demanded investigation. ministry. operational in Kabul province and In those areas of regulation cators Group of the World Bank In nearby Shortapa district, She said the orphanage’s ad- Team appointed: Attorney the Ministry of Women’s Affairs residents tell similar stories. They where there is more subnational Group as a component of the In- ministration had created many General Office (AGO) has always tried to improve con- 1.00 UAE autonomy, some local agencies of- vestment Climate Program in Af- say Aq Masjid, Orzaq, Argha Yaq, problems for the girls who had AGO spokesman Jamshid dition of the orphanages. 18.40AFN fer examples of good practice in ghanistan. Joy Jadid and other villages have been silent about the situation. Rasooli told Pajhwok Afghan The three decades of war in how to reduce the time, cost and About Subnational Doing been affected by the overflowing “Teachers at orphanages face News that the Presidential Palace Afghanistan has rendered count- complexity of bureaucratic pro- Business Subnational Doing Busi- Amu River. Haji Sifatullah, one of a lot of problems, they face sexual had lately issued an order regard- less children orphaned and home- 1.00 EUR cesses: Kandahar ranks first in ness reports use the same meth- the residents, said the erosion of harassment, but they stay silent.” ing the orphanages. less. 74.20AFN Dealing with Construction Permits odology as the global Doing Busi- the river’s banks had eaten away She said the victims could not He said the AGO had appoint- These children prefer living in and Registering Property, while ness report, to identify differenc- hundreds of homes and nearly 2500 openly talk to a Wolesi Jirga dele- ed a delegation in line with the pres- orphanages where they are also not Balkh comes in a steady second in es in regulation or in the imple- acres of arable land in the district. gation tasked with investigating the idential order and the delegation secure and fall victims to traffick- all four areas measured by the re- mentation of national regulations He said their repeated requests to matter. had obtained some evidence that ing. The US in a report in 2016 1000.00 INR port. among different locations within the government about resolving the It’s a plot being hatched by warranted legal action against the and UNICEF have confirmed the 1030.00AFN During 2016, the report notes, an economy. Subnational Doing issue had fallen on deaf ears. He Wolesi Jirga: Labor and Social Af- perpetrators. However, he did not Afghan children are sexually ha- Afghan authorities took important Business projects are undertaken said residents of the mentioned fairs Ministry go into details, but said the AGO rassed at orphanages and some- 1000.00 PKR steps to make it easier to do busi- at the request of a government. villages had migrated elsewhere. Ministry of Labor, Social Af- was working on the issue and the times fall prey to human traffick- 635.00AFN ness. One area of focus was the (worldbank) (Pajhwok) fairs, Martyrs and Disabled outcome of their investigation ers. (Pajhwok) THURSDAY . MAY 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced to death 23 persons, in- cluding a Bangladesh Nationalist PTI’s Naeemul Haque Party (BNP) leader for killing four Awami League activists in 2002. The verdict was pronounced apologises to Tariq by Second Additional District and Sessions Judge Kamrunnahar. Of the 23 sentenced to death, Fatemi over tweet 19 persons including, BNP leader Abul Bashar Kashu were present based on ‘wrong in the court while the remaining four were absconding. The convicts are Abdul Bashar information’a Kashu, Dalim, Yakub Ali, Rafiq, Halim, Ruhel, Shahabuddin, Liakat Ali Master,Siraj Uddin, Edris Ali , Mohammad Hossain, Abu Kalam, Ahad Ali, Hojir Uddin, Faruk Hos- sain, Golam, Abdul Hey . Barek, his cousin Badal, Faruk and Kabir were picked up from their houses on March 12 in 2002. Later, they were tortured and burned to death by the convicts," Bodh Gaya temple in Dhaka Tribune quoted Narayan- ganj District Court additional pub- lic prosecutor Jasmin Ahmed as Bihar to get CISF saying while confirming the ruling. Barek was involved with Chhatra League activities while the cover four years after others were activists of the Bang- ladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Ha- sina's Awami League party. terror attack (ANI) Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Fatemi is a "very senior diplomat". New Delhi: Four years after a ter- curity cover is accorded to the tem- Spokesperson Naeemul Haque on Haque had tweeted a picture ror strike at the Mahabodhi tem- ple complex, they said. "The final Wednesday apologised to the on Tuesday, saying: "Nawaz con- ple, the Centre is planning to pro- sanction for granting the security prime minister's former adviser on tinues to deceive the nation. Tariq vide an armed security cover of cover to the temple complex could foreign affairs, Tariq Fatemi, for Fatemi accompanying him in Chi- trained paramilitary commandos to come by this month-end from the an earlier tweet in which the former na. So his being relieved of his du- the UNESCO World Heritage site home ministry. An estimated 150- insinuated that Fatemi had not re- ties was a lie. What a farce." in Bodh Gaya in Bihar, known as 200 commandos and personnel of ally been removed from his post. The PTI leader acknowledged the cradle of Buddhism. A series the CISF have been projected in Tariq Fatemi's portfolio as the that fellow lawmaker Shireen Maz- of blasts in and around the temple the security audit that will be re- PM's adviser on foreign affairs had ari had also tweeted on the matter, on 7 July, 2013 had injured two quired to guard the 4.8600-hectare been withdrawn in the wake of an and that, "Shah Mehmood monks, following which Bihar complex," the senior officer said. inquiry into a story published by Qureshi even raised the issue on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had The officials said central security Dawn last year. It is as yet not the floor of the National Assem- sought an armed security cover for agencies, in their regular intelli- clear what the charge against him bly." Haque told reporters, with a the temple complex and its adjoin- gence dossiers to the home minis- had been in connection with the smile on his face, that they were ing temples, 115-km south of the try, have underlined that the tem- affair. collectively misinformed. state capital Patna. Officials said ple complex is vulnerable from the Talking to reporters in Islama- The picture they had been after several rounds of high-level point of view of possible sabotage bad, Haque, who is PTI Chairman outraged about had, in fact, been talks, the Union home ministry has and terror attacks and hence should Imran Khan's chief of staff, said taken in the past. decided to sanction a Central In- have a good protection parapher- his tweet was based on wrong in- The tweets were subsequent- dustrial Security Force (CISF) se- nalia for the building and the visit- formation. ly deleted from the PTI leaders' curity cover to the temple com- ing devotees. While the temple He apologised to the former accounts. plex and a few more meetings trust will not be able to bear the adviser, taking note that that (Dwan) would be held to finalise the plan. estimated cost of Rs 20 crore per They said the grounds for provid- annum in lieu of the CISF deploy- Sean Ryan Davy, a South African ing the armed cover have been anal- ment, the Bihar government may cinematographer who attempted ysed and the security establish- provide these funds in consulta- ment believes that the world fa- tion with the Centre, they said. Sri Lanka’s to climb Mount Everest without permission, has been arrested in mous temple site needs to be pro- Frequented by Buddhist pil- Nepal on Wednesday after he vided with a protection cover ow- grims from Sri Lanka, China, Ja- avoided paying a permit to climb ing to its status of being a World pan and the whole of southeast Heritage site, thronged by lakh of Asian, the temple and the Bodhi petroleum unions Earth's highest mountain. He faces a $22,000 fine after domestic and international tourists Tree, under which Lord Buddha is being caught hiding in a cave near and followers every year. "The first believed to have attained enlight- Everest's base camp without a demand for an armed security cover enment, did not suffer any damage to the temple complex was made in the blasts that shook the holy warn of another permit. His fine will be double what the permit would have cost by the Bihar government in 2013, town of Gaya in 2013. As per the to purchase in the first place. right after the blasts. However, UNESCO, "the Mahabodhi tem- He handed himself into au- various issues like the pattern of ple complex is the first temple built deployment and CISF being pro- by Emperor Asoka in the third strike next week thorities after being caught last week and is now in custody and vided only to high threat percep- century BC and the present tem- he will appear in court next week. tion utilities kept the decision hang- ple dates from the 5th–6th centu- Davy, may not just be facing the CPEC long term plan: ing for four years," a senior officer ries. "It is one of the earliest Bud- charges related to this Everest at- said. They said that CISF, a force dhist temples built entirely in tempt. When he was caught in the which has expertise in securing vi- brick, still standing, from the late cave, he began to swear and threat- 41000 MW hydro tal installations and buildings, had Gupta period and it is considered en officials from the tourism de- carried out a survey of the facility to have had significant influence in partment during questioning. immediately after the blasts. the development of brick architec- It is possible that these addi- projects along That CISF report will now be ture over the centuries." tional offences over his conduct used and discussed before the se- (FIRSTPOST) during the investigation could be added to his overall charge sheet river Sindh planned when he faces the courts. everest ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday Bangladesh The 43-year-old did not pay that the government has planned to initiate several hydro power projects the permit because he simply along River Sindh with a capacity of producing 41,000 MW electricity could not afford it but now he by 2030. could face not only being hit with "The projects would be completed under China Pakistan Economic shortlists four firms a fine, but being blacklisted from Corridor (CPEC) long term plan", Parliamentary Secretary for Plan- the Himalayan nation for five ning, Development and Reforms, Dr Ibadullah said during Question years or even face a ten-year climb- Hour. Responding to a question, the Parliamentary Secretary said that for Matarbari LNG Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had had due share in CPEC projects, however if The Ceylon Petroleum Corpora- run our power plants.” The Cey- ing ban, which would be an utter tion (CPC) unions have in a letter lon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) disaster for this climbing fanatic. the province had any further project to be included in CPEC, it could approach the federal government with proper plan. He said one each informed the Premier that they will unions called off their strike in Davy, had pitched a tent away import terminal re- commence halted strike action April following successful discus- from other climbers so he could economic zone was being built in all provinces of the country under CPEC and there was no discrimination being done to KP province. next week regarding the Trincoma- sions with the Prime Minister and continue to keep the low profile lee Oil tank farm, the unions con- Petroleum Minister Chandima and was approximately, a heart- Replying to another question, Dr Ibad informed that three energy projects under CPEC had been shelved including China Sunec (50 MW), Salt vener said. D.J. Rajakaruna, con- Weerakkody. Employees of the breaking, 1,000 metres away from vener of the Joint Petroleum Union CPC launched the strike opposing the Promised Land at 8,848m. Range Coal based power project (300) and Zonergy Solar Project Baha- walpur (900). Responding to yet another question, the Parliamentary Alliance, speaking to Lanka Busi- an agreement to be signed with In- (JOE) ness Online said they are not in dia regarding developing the Trin- agreement with the conditions of comalee Oil Tank Farm and estab- Secretary informed the house that the recent Memorandum of Un- lishing an oil refinery. Minister work on CPEC projects was in full derstanding regarding the oil tanks. Weerakkody claimed that the Lan- swing. He said road infrastructure “We saw the MoU, According to ka IOC was already using the tank projects were targeted to be com- it the tanks have already been giv- farm in Trincomalee and that suc- pleted by 2018-19, energy early en. It says that a joint venture will cessive governments had accepted harvest projects were expected to be initiated with an Indian compa- a lease payment of US 100,000 be completed by 2017/18 except ny and the deal will be finalised by dollars per annum. He added that hydel projects which would be July following cabinet approval,” the last Cabinet paper submitted completed by 2020-21. "Gwadar he said. “This was not the prom- by him was an attempt to regain and Railways projects are expect- Bangladesh-based Power Cell has heshkali Floating LNG will import ise that was given to us last month some form of control of the oil ed to commence soon", he said announced a shortlist of four firms up to 3.5 mta, using a submerged- when we called off the strike. The farm to Sri Lanka. The government, adding industrial parks and Spe- to build an LNG-import terminal turret loading buoy. Excelerate has PM said the agreement would Lanka IOC Pvt. Ltd. and CPC cial Economic Zones would be es- at Matarbari on Moheshkhali Is- signed a 15-year charter deal with come to us before it was to be giv- signed a tripartite agreement with tablished by as per decision taken land in the Bay of Bengal, accord- Petrobangla but has yet to confirm en to the cabinet for us to review. regard to the China Bay Installa- in sixth Joint Coordinating Com- ing to reports from Dhaka. Power which vessel it has fixed. Now there is no time to do all the tion (Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm) mittee on CPEC. Cell has chosen Mitsui & Co of Bangladesh plans to build a required checks and draft legisla- in February 2003. (Tribune) Japan, Petronet of India, Shell- second onshore LNG-import ter- tion.” He stressed that the strike As per the lease agreement, the owned EP International and a Chi- minal on Moheshkhali to import was called off in April only tem- oil tank farm with 99 tanks was to nese consortium comprising Chi- up to 7.5 mta. porally. “There can’t be any joint be handed over to LIOC for use India looks to double its nuclear na Huanqiu Contracting and Engi- Petrobangla subsidiary Ru- ventures, this will enable the Lan- for a period of 35 years. Accord- neering and Yifeng Industrial Gas pantorito Prakritik Gas invited ka Indian Oil Corporation (Lanka ingly, they started using 14 tanks Co, reports Bangladesh news dai- tenders for that project in March, IOC) who already operate 14 tanks in the lower farm area. The remain- power capacity as Cabinet ly The Financial Express. and will review the bids next to gain a monopoly there.” “It will ing 84 tanks in the upper tank area The land-based LNG terminal will month. affect the energy security of the remain disused. import up to 3.5 million tonnes a (Amemaritime) country as well as oil is needed to (AP) year (mta). Power Cell has invited approves 10 new reactors tenders for the EPC contract and The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to set up 10 new for a 60 per cent stake in the India-built reactors that can generate nuclear power. Union Power Minis- project. Sirisena-Wickremesinghe regime ter Piyush Goyal said the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors were ap- The remaining 40 per cent will be proved at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The owned by International Finance- reactors are expected to be generate 7,000 MW of power, almost doubling owned IFC Infra Ventures and by attacks Sri Lanka student protesters India’s current nuclear power capacity of 6,780 MW, IANS reported. state-owned Bangladesh Power Police in Sri Lanka have fired tear gas at thousands of students protesting against a private medical university However, it is unclear where these will be set up or how long they will Development Board. they say could jeopardize the nation's tradition of state-funded education. The university is supported by take to become operational. The nuclear power plants are part of a gov- Bangladesh hopes to import its the government of President Maithripala Sirisena and Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe. The regime has in- ernment larger scheme to make India self-sufficient in its energy needs and first LNG early next year, using a creased foreign borrowing and the island is heavily indebted. About 5,000 university students defied an boost its position among the countries that produce nuclear power, Eco- floating storage and regasification official ban on the protest imposed earlier today and marched through the capital of Colombo to a city park. nomic Times reported. Goyal said the new reactors will also create thou- unit chartered to Petrobangla from They were engulfed in tear gas as they tried to leave the park and resume their march. The issue has sparked sands of new jobs. (Hindustan Times) US-based Excelerate Energy. Mo- months of demonstrations. (AP) THURSDAY . MAY 18, 2017 AFGHANISTAN TIMES News-in-Brief Red Cross: 115 bodies found in CAR’s Bangassou

Red Cross on Wednesday said its workers had found 115 bod- ies in the Central African Repub- lic's (CAR) border town of Ban- gassou after several days of mili- tia attacks, raising by more than Putin 'ready to provide recording' four times a previously reported of Lavrov-Trump exchange Mos- death toll. Antoine Mbao Bogo, cow, May 17, 2017 (AFP) - the president of the aid group's Russian President Vladimir Iran’s Supreme local branch, told the Reuters Putin said Wednesday that Mos- news agency that those killed had cow could provide a recording of "died in various ways", includ- the exchange between Foreign ing from knives, clubs and bullet Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Leader Warns wounds. "We found 115 bodies President Donald Trump, who is and 34 have been buried," he said accused of sharing classified intel- from the capital, Bangui. A se- ligence. nior UN official had previously "If the US administration finds of Possible reported 26 civilian deaths. Ac- it possible, we are ready to pro- cording to the UN refugee agen- vide a recording of the conversa- cy, the situation in Bangassou tion between Lavrov and Trump sent an estimated 2,750 refugees to the US Congress and Senate," Election Fraud fleeing across the border into the Mr Putin said during a press con- Democratic Republic of Congo ference. (DRC) over the weekend. The Mr Putin also described US TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme lead- to the streets around the country, violence represents a new esca- politicians whipping up "anti- er issued an unusual warning on waving the posters of their favor- lation in a conflict that began in Russian sentiment" as either "stu- Wednesday, saying there was a ite candidates. 2013 when mainly Muslim Sele- pid" or "dangerous". chance that state entities might in- Supporters of Mr. Raisi chant ka fighters seized power and oust- (Telegraph) terfere in Friday’s presidential elec- that Mr. Rouhani will be out of a ed then-president Francois tions. In 2009, widespread allega- job after Saturday, when the re- Bozize, prompting reprisal kill- tions of fraud led to street pro- sults come in. At the same time, ings from Christian anti-Balaka tests that briefly threatened to top- urban Iranians fully expect Mr. militias. (BBC) ple the government. Rouhani to win, and are bound to In a statement posted on his suspect fraud if he falls short. In personal website, Khamenei.ir, the 2009 the vote on the re-election of supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Seoul says it Khamenei, called upon the state was held in a similarly tense atmo- institutions that organize the elec- sphere. When the authorities said wants to tions to “be vigilant to protect and Mr. Ahmadinejad had won, huge secure people’s votes.” “Some protests erupted, leading to reopen people in those institutions might months of unrest. have approached ICRC on the is- wish to make infringements,” he Some analysts say Mr. Khame- communication sue, some of which have been with- added. “However, these bodies, be nei’s warning shows that there is out news from their loved ones for it supervisory, executive or secu- concern within Iran’s establish- with North years. rity-ensuring bodies, thanks God, ment that certain groups might try Enforced disappearances and are trustworthy and, certainly, to alter the outcome of the vote. allegations of ill-treatment and de- should be vigilant.” Others say it might also be aimed South Korea says it wants to teriorating conditions further add The warning highlights grow- at eliciting maximum voter turn- re-establish lines of communi- to the plight of detainees and to ing tensions over the vote, which out, an important measure of the cation with North Korea, as new families’ anxiety, he added. Such is coming down to two candidates government’s credibility. That said, President Moon Jae-in seeks a visits are a non-negotiable human- with diametrically opposed ideol- many Iranians, particularly in Te- two-track policy involving itarian imperative, Stillhart said. ogies. The incumbent, President hran, say they vote only to pre- sanctions and dialogue with its They also would be an important Hassan Rouhani, is promising vent a hard-line candidate from tak- reclusive neighbour to rein in its contribution to the building of greater freedom and more interac- ing power. nuclear and missile programmes. mutual trust among Yemeni com- tion with the world, while his prin- Iran’s leader also criticized The two countries are techni- munities. ICRC last year visited cipal rival, Ebrahim Raisi, is a hard- some aspects of the election cam- cally still at war because their more than 11,000 detainees in Ye- line cleric arguing for self-sufficien- paign. “In election discussions 1950-53 conflict ended in a men. “However, many conflict-re- cy as a way to fix Iran’s ailing econ- sometimes statements were made truce, not a peace treaty. The lated detainees remain off-limits in omy. that did not suit the dignity of the North has ignored calls to curb many locations. This has to change The divisions are playing out Iranian nation. However, the Ira- its weapons programmes, de- in the best interest of all sides,” in provincial towns as well as in nian nation’s high turnout will fix fending them as necessary to Stillhart said. the capital, Tehran. Every night all these problems.” counter US hostility. Its latest (AAWSAT) tens of thousands of people take (WP) ballistic missile launch, in defi- ance of UN Security Council resolutions, was on Sunday which it said was a test of its capability to carry a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead". "Our most basic stance is that com- munication lines between South New York- UN Children’s Fund and North Korea should open," (UNICEF) announced that over Lee Duk-haeng, a spokesman 11,000 cases of diarrhea have been for the South's unification min- reported across the country, with Wikileaks istry, told reporters on Wednes- more than 250 confirmed cases of day. "The unification ministry cholera. The number of deaths has considered options on this caused by cholera and acute diar- whistleblower internally but nothing has been rhea reached 186 in the country. decided yet." Deteriorating health systems (Aljazeera) and shortage in water supply are The plight of an imprisoned Amer- raising concerns for health, partic- Chelsea Manning ican pastor was raised by the US ularly for the youngest Yemenis. President on multiple occasions Israel razes There are about 2.2 million Yeme- during a meeting with his Turkish ni children suffering from severe released from jail counterpart. Hosting Recep Tayy- malnutrition and a cholera out- ip Erdogan at the White House on Palestinian break poses a risk on their lives. Tuesday, Donald Trump men- About 7.6 million people in Ye- tioned Andrew Brunson at least Bedouin men are living in areas considered twice, according to sources sepa- high risk for cholera transmission. rately quoted by MSNBC and UNICEF spokesperson Chris- Christian Post. One source with village for tophe Boulierac calls the situation inside knowledge told the Chris- a “public health crisis in the mak- tian Post: "...the fate of this Amer- 113th time ing,” adding that at least 130 peo- ican pastor was clearly at the very ple have died so far this year. top of the list of agenda items for Israeli police forces have de- The UN agency and partners the president today when he met stroyed a Palestinian village in are providing diarrheal disease kits, with the Turkish president." The Two Britons arrested the Negev region of the coun- oral rehydration salts, and water source gave no information con- try's south for the 113th time treatment tablets, but the outbreak cerning how the Turkish president since 2010, displacing its resi- “is more aggressive” than the last responded. As Mr Trump and Mr dents and flattening its few still- wave in October 2016. According Erdogan met face to face for the in Thailand over standing structures. Heavily- to the UN, hospitals and health first time, campaigners gathered armed officers as well as riot centers are struggling to deal with outside the White House to de- police forces raided the village huge numbers of infected citizen. Wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea ning has been released from The mand the release of Mr Brunson. football streaming on Wednesday morning, and bull- The organization warned that the Manning has been released from United States Disciplinary Bar- Rev Patrick Mahoney, who orga- dozers destroyed the makeshift situation could get worse because military prison, a US army racks, Ft. Leavenworth. nised the demonstration, was quot- homes locals had been living in, of shortage of doctors and nurses spokesperson has confirmed. "Based on privacy act restric- ed by the Christian Post as say- local Palestinian media outlets and medical supplies. Abductees’ The 29-year-old served seven tions there is nothing further I can ing: "We are calling on President reported. The Adalah Legal Cen- Mothers’ Association (AMA) ac- years in jail over what is believed provide at this time." Trump to boldly embrace religious tre for Arab Minority Rights, a cused Houthi forces and troops of to have been the biggest breach of Manning was sentenced to 35 freedom and in face-to-face discus- Haifa-based advocacy group, es- former President Ali Abdullah classified information in US mili- years in jail in 2013 after being sions with President Erdogan, de- timates that 22 families made up Saleh of abducting and torturing tary history. convicted of numerous charges, mand the immediate release of Pas- of 110 people live in Araqib. The their children. AMA stated that She leaked a total of 700,000 including espionage. tor Brunson "We will also be call- villagers return and rebuild after cholera is spreading within the pris- documents, diplomatic cables, vid- But former US president ing for Turkey to ensure religious each demolition. Al-Araqib is ons as well and Houthis are not eos and battlefield accounts while Barack Obama commuted her sen- freedom and human rights for all one of more than 35 "unrecogn- giving the prisoners the medical care working as an intelligence analyst tence in one of his last acts in the and end persecution and intimida- ised" villages across the deser- needed to recover from this epi- in Iraq in 2010. White House in January this year. tion of Christians and other reli- tous Negev region, considered demic. The association added that Previously known as Private He described Manning's sen- gious minorities." The North Caro- illegal by the government due to the situations are dire inside the Bradley Manning, the soldier now tence as "very disproportionate" lina church leader has been detained their lack of building permits. prisons because there are no clean chooses to identify as a woman although Mr Obama's successor, in Turkey since October last year An estimated 80,000 Be- drinkable water and water needed and underwent gender transition Donald Trump, branded the sol- on mysterious terrorism charges. douin Palestinians who carry Is- for personal hygiene. AMA urged while in jail. Confirming Manning's dier an "ungrateful traitor" who He was arrested over a bid to re- raeli citizenship live in the un- human rights organizations to help release on Wednesday, the spokes- "should never have been released". new his visa. He has insisted upon recognised communities, which transport the ill abductees to hos- person said: "I can confirm Man- (SKY) his innocence after two pro-Gov- are often denied state services, pitals where they can receive prop- ernment Turkish newspapers pub- Two British men have been arrest- phones. The three men allegedly including water, electricity, rub- er care. It also held Houthi and bish pick-up and education fa- lished articles linking him to the ed in Bangkok for allegedly selling sold illegal broadcasts of football Saleh forces full responsibility for Two men arrested after Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen who online access to illegally streamed matches on the 365sport.tv web- cilities, according to the Associ- the safety of their children. In a ation for Civil Rights in Israel. Ankara suspects of organising a football broadcasts. A complaint site, which is currently offline. related matter, International Com- failed coup in July 2016. In a crack- from the Premier League to local Customers of 365sport.tv have Contacted by Al Jazeera, Israeli mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) police spokesperson Micky Wirral gas explosion down allegedly targeting what Tur- authorities was reported to have discussed problems accessing the stated that the suffering of thou- key calls the Fethullah Gulen Ter- led to the arrests on 11 May. The site in recent days via online fo- Rosenfeld said he was "not fa- sands of families who have had no Two men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit arson miliar" with the incident. The after a huge gas explosion in Wirral left 34 people injured. Residents near rorist Organization, tens of thou- men were named as William Lloyd, rums. Deputy chief of the DSI, contact with relatives detained in the Complete Works dance school in Port Sunlight, Merseyside, had sands of judges, journalists, mili- 39 and William Robinson, 35. They Suriya Singhakamol, said the sus- local police department did not relation to the conflict in Yemen reply to requests for a comment. complained they could smell gas before the building exploded at about tary personnel and others have are accused of causing damages pects may also have been involved Israel plans to move residents of must end. “We urgently call on all 9.15pm on Saturday 25 March. The blast destroyed the dance school been jailed following the attempt- worth more than 100 million baht in transmissions broadcast via unrecognised villages to planned sides, including states supporting and caused several neighbouring buildings to collapse, catapulting bricks ed coup. (£2.2m) to the broadcast rights Thaiexpat.tv, Hkexpat.tv, townships. In villages like Umm parties on the ground, to ensure into a car park 150 metres away. Two people were seriously injured and Meanwhile, the religious rights holders. A third man, who is Thai, Indoexpat.tv, Vietexpat.tx and al-Hiran, the government plans unconditional and immediate ac- 32 others were taken to hospital. Children had been inside the dance advocacy group the American Cen- was also arrested and named as Su- Euroexpat.tv. The Foreign and to move Jewish-Israeli citizens cess to people detained in relation school just an hour before the blast, witnesses said. Detectives declared ter for Law and Justice has writ- patra Raksasat, 33. Agents for the Commonwealth Office in the UK onto the lands and change the with the conflict,” ICRC’s global the site of the blast a “scene of crime” the following evening. On Wednes- ten a formal letter to the United Department of Special Investiga- is aware of the situation. communities' names. Director of Operations Dominik day morning, a month after the incident, Merseyside police arrested a Nations in protest of Mr Brun- tion (DSI) also seized nine com- The BBC has also contacted Stillhart said on Tuesday. He re- (BBC) 62-year-old man from north Wales and a 55-year-old man from Wirral. son's detention. puter servers, nine computers, 49 the Premier League for confirma- ported that hundreds of families (Theguardian) (Premierchristianradio) set-top boxes and three mobile tion. (BBC) THURSDAY. MAY 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

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AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Mansoor Faizy Phone No: +93-797070563 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.afghanistantimes.af Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Advisory editorial board By Karen Jayes Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Karen Jayes is the spokesperson for CAGE Africa, a branch of CAGE advo- Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal, Saboor Sarir cacy group in the UK. Graphic-Designers: cent of them non-white. A massive Bilal Yusufi and Basir Qazizada 99.98 percent of people were not Those making a journey to the UK, charged with any offences but still Mar ket i ng & Adver t i si ng: whether for work, holiday or study had to undergo the hassle and trau- Mohammad Parwiz Arian, 0708954626, 0778894038 purposes may be asked to hand over ma of being detained. Detention at the passwords to all their devices by entry under Schedule 7 means an Mailing address: P.O. Box: 371, Kabul, Afghanistan police at ports of entry, even if there individual is taken into a secluded is no suspicion of a crime. This is room to be interrogated and to have Our Bank Accounts: Azizi Bank: 000101100258091 / 000101200895656 the reach of Schedule 7 of the Ter- all their personal belongings rorism Act, which now compels in- searched. They must answer ques- Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press dividuals to hand over the keys to tions, hand over all their electronic their digital worlds upon police re- devices, and divulge their passwords. quest. This development has star- There is no right to remain silent tling implications for lawyers, doc- and no right to refuse. Questions shared, what other security servic- pecially if the client was a torture The constitution says tors, teachers, human rights defend- centre on you as an individual, your es? How does one remove oneself survivor. When he took this princi- ers and NGO workers, who all carry work, what time you finish work, from these databases once you are pled stance, even though he cited information entrusted to them by which cafes you visit, and what or- “marked” at a port of entry? Priva- client confidentiality as his reason, Article 146: their clients. It is also alarming to ganisations you are involved with. cy advocates and civil liberties he was arrested. Rabbani reports to Article One Hundred Forty-Six: The Constitution shall not be amended during the any individual who values their pri- There are questions about your po- groups including Liberty and Priva- police in London on Wednesday to vacy. Our digital devices are door- litical views, for example, what you cy International have spoken out find out whether they will pursue state of emergency. ways, not only to our world but to think about the Iraq War or Pales- against the broad reach of Schedule terrorism charges against him. His the lives of countless others as well. tine. What these stops amount to is 7 and now Rabbani, with the sup- position comes with the support of They hold all of our personal infor- data collection on a massive scale port of CAGE, is taking action to the Open Rights Group and the mation, from intimate family pho- and an intrusive attempt under the challenge the law. Rabbani's case is Courage Foundation, as well as tos to confidential work documents. banner of the "War on Terror" to made all the more compelling and CAGE's many followers. If the case Now, a pending legal challenge in- monitor and record the beliefs of important because when he was de- moves to trial, it will be a landmark volving Muhammed Rabbani, a di- large numbers of people. The legis- tained at Heathrow airport in No- one for privacy advocates. Howev- rector of CAGE, an advocacy or- lation is so broad in its scope that it vember last year and asked to hand er, we must not lose sight of anoth- ganisation that campaigns against allows for any political view or be- over his passwords, he refused be- er critical element of this case, the abuses of the 'War on Terror', lief system that falls foul of the cause he was carrying crucial testi- namely that Rabbani was protect- aims to challenge the broad reach state-sanctioned one, to be incor- mony, evidence of torture that im- ing crucial evidence in the course of of Schedule 7 and stand up for the porated into the police line of ques- plicates high-ranking officials. He representing his client and being right to privacy. Government data tioning. Questions abound about said it was a split second decision he forced to disclose such evidence shows that some 20,000 people were what happens to this data once it is made, something that any reason- would be a gross miscarriage of jus- detained under Schedule 7 upon en- confiscated. Where is all this data able person in his position would tice. try into the UK last year, 88.4 per- being stored? With who is it being have done to protect his client, es- (Aljazeera)

here is a need of a strong and independent institution, free from political influence, with genuine capacity to prevent and prosecute corruption. To do so, the National Unity Gov- ernment after years of discussion, inaugurated a center to fight corruption in the country. At the ceremony of inauguration of the Anti-Corruption Justice Center President Ashraf Ghani said that By Mashari Althaydi the establishment of this center shows the strong political will of The ransomware virus which tar- the government to combat this menace. But we can’t fight corrup- geted the accounts and services of global companies and governmen- tion by establishing center only. The core reason behind this cen- tal institutions in several countries ter was to assure people of strong fight against corruption. But, was a horrible attack that’s ex- tremely dangerous and that has the President himself admits corruption at the Ministry of Interior several significances. and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Why to complain when the coun- According to some estimates, the victims of this cyber attack are try has center to combat corruption. Instead of admitting, the pres- more than 200,000 in 150 coun- tries in Asia and Europe. The Eu- ident should take action. Moreover, he brought the ability of anti- ropean Interpol said it was an un- corruption center under question. When this center can’t fight cor- precedented attack. Banks, airlin- er companies, internet service pro- ruption—so it’s of no consequence. Afghanistan faces numerous viders, commercial companies and daunting governance challenges which need to be addressed if governmental institutions were all in a state of alert following the at- long-term stability is to be achieved. It is a fact that there would tack. According to some experts, the be no stability sans fighting corruption at highest level, and pros- cyber attack may even target smart ecutes culprits from high-ranking officials to the commoners. If home technologies in addition to targeting smart phones and lap- the government wants to have the people’s support, immediate tops. steps can and must be taken to curb the devastation caused by The aim of these cyber attacks is clear. The virus seizes your data, corruption. Attorney Office said that success made by the enemy and if you pay the required ran- som, you will be given a password were due to corruption with the security institutions. Attorney to retrieve your data. General Farid Hamidi said that poor performance on the battle- A British young man foiled the fields by Afghan security forces was because of the rampant cor- ransomware virus but what’s fun- leading to a massive blackout for and put an end to paperwork and the Russians were behind hacking ny is that few years ago, when he several hours. One of the interest- bureaucratic stamps as everything the French and American elections. ruption within these structures. Noting this, the government has to was still a teenager, he was sus- ing points he noted is that although has now become digital. This is The world’s submission to the in- pended from school after being the internet provided the world very easy and simple but it can ternet is terrifying. Internet is in- clear security departments from corruption and corrupt people. accused of hacking. Dutch spy with comprehensive infrastructure also be very dangerous and seri- dispensable when it comes to pub- However, there is commitment to fight the scourge, as 908 cases chief Rob Bertholee recently that had major benefits, such as ous. The Internet has a window lic services, airliners’ bookings, warned during a cyber security facilitating communication and the overlooking heaven and another hospitalization, banking and many of corruption had been prosecuted and 405 other were finalized conference in The Hague that to- transfer of information, it also had overlooking hell. God bless the other sectors. Therefore spending day no one can completely pro- disastrous disadvantages. days of simplicity. and investing in electronic securi- in court during past one year. 38 attorneys were also detained tect anyone from cyber threats, A weapon Mashari Althaydi ty has become part of national or over corruption charges. Despite Attorney General pledged to and he warned of another digital Technological development Imagine if the entire world is rather global security. The Inter- dangerous attack. Bertholee high- has made things easier but it’s a under the control of a mysterious net has a window overlooking the Afghan people that there would be no impunity for anyone— lighted how cyber attacks targeted weapon that you can use and that gang. Some said that angry North heaven and another overlooking here is widely believe among people that Attorney General is Saudi Arabia’s Aramco in 2012 and can also be used against you. It Korea is behind the recent ransom- hell. God bless the days of sim- how three years later Ukrainian helped facilitate general services ware attack. Before that, it was said plicity. (Alarabiya) busy in small cases, and failed to investigate big-wings involved electricity companies were hacked of millions of dollars. It is a known fact that corruption is eating our infrastructures, and this evil practice has to be halted fully. We can’t deny that corruption as a major challenge has severely damaged the war-hit country. Corruption has challenged politi- cal, economical stability and social connectivity and also eco- nomic growth of our country. Even we can win the ongoing war by eliminating corruption. The country is at war, and if the gov- ernment loses the trust of the people, it will have no chance of winning. The endemic corruption has to be ended by any ways and means; and the government would defiantly get the Afghan masses support in its fight against evil practice of corruption. 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By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim in favour of the Republic. But we must also be cautious. A 66% vote in favour of the old liberal order When Emmanuel Macron won an seems like a comfortable margin, but emphatic victory in the French pres- it is significantly smaller than the idential election the other week, the 82% from 2002, when Jacques entire liberal establishment of Eu- Chirac defeated Marine Le Pen’s rope breathed a sigh of relief. If the father, Jean-Marie. The direction of Austrian presidential and the Dutch travel is still worrying. And while in parliamentary elections hinted that France the old Republic still has a we may have hit peak nationalist comfortable margin, it does not populism in the West, Macron’s vic- have unlimited time to deliver the tory seems like a decisive turnaround. goods. And in other European coun- We still have the German election tries, that margin is much smaller. coming up in the autumn, but the By Richard Javad Heydarian With Macron, European liberal de- structure investments, their compliance with good governance and environmental regulations, and Beijing's risks there seem minimal. The most mocracy at least has a credible anal- tendency to employ not only Chinese technology and engineers, but also Chinese labourers for overseas projects. likely scenario there is that Merkel ysis of what has gone wrong over Richard Javad Heydarian is a specialist in Ultimately, many are concerned about a "One Road, One Way" outcome, where China keeps on exporting, while wins the Chancellorship again – not the past decade and an injection of Asian geopolitical/economic affairs. others are stuck as importers. Nonetheless, most developing nations have cautiously welcomed the modern Silk a bad outcome. An unlikely victory energy towards creating solid solu- Road initiative, since, as one Asian diplomat bluntly put it, "Everyone wants to be China's friend now with Trump for the SPD’s Martin Schultz, the tions. What is heartening is that in office." main contender, would make Ma- Macron seems to understand this. Belt", which runs through Central (Aljazeera) cron’s proposed European renewal His calls for the renewal of the Asia, Iran, Turkey and Eastern Eu- and resurgence even more probable. French Republic and the ‘historic rope, while the "road" refers to At least, this is the optimistic sce- reconstruction’ of Europe are ex- "Maritime Silk Road", which runs nario for the future of liberal de- actly what is needed. Unless these "As the water shapes itself to the mocracy in the West. And there are vessel that contains it, so a wise man through Southeast Asia, South Asia, institutions start delivering for their Africa and the Mediterranean. They reasons to be optimistic. Perverse- people, and are seen to be deliver- adapts himself to circumstances," Trump’s disclosures to the ly, the main reason to be optimistic Chinese philosopher Confucius once both end in Western Europe, the ing for their people, they are living terminus of the ancient Silk Road, is, in fact, Macron’s popularity – or on borrowed time. France needs a advised. As the West, led by no less to be more specific, lack thereof. than the United States, succumbs to which connected China to Rome via more flexible, dynamic and inclu- the Middle East. There is no doubt that his move- sive economy. Europe needs substan- bouts of protectionism, China (the Russians might actually ment, France en Marche, was driv- Economic Rebalancing tially better economic governance: world's largest trading nation) has en by a large cadre of true believers. found itself in a precarious situation. Chinese state-owned banks as governance that is accountable at well as China-led international fi- Among the educated urban classes, the level of the entire Union, and Amid a slowing economy, the Chi- Macron’s mix of social liberalism nese leaders are deeply worried about nancial institutions such as the Asian not beholden to the electoral calcu- Infrastructure Investment Bank and have been illegal and economic centrism is wildly losing easy access to overseas con- lus of leaders in the Capitals, nota- the New Development Bank are ex- popular, just as it was for Tony Blair bly Berlin. Both of these issues re- sumer markets, which fuelled the in Britain two decades ago. But in country's turbo-charged industriali- pected the shoulder much of the cost By Steve Vladeck quire significant institutional over- of this ambitious plan. China has France, just as in Britain today, that hauls. sation in recent decades. Latest data demographic is decidedly a minori- show that global trade has actually already set up an initial $40bn Silk The question now is whether Road Fund, while the AIIB is allo- Now that President Trump has all ty. It continues to be disproportion- Macron can deliver. He has the po- stagnated. In response, China has ally influential, but there as here, its launched an ambitious mega-infra- cating an additional $50bn. More but confirmed that he shared classi- litical will, but he will need to bring than 60 countries have expressed fied information with senior Rus- influence is waning. Many, if not the French Assembly and the gov- structure project aimed at reviving the majority, of people who voted the ancient Silk Road with 21st-cen- interest in joining along. On the sur- sian officials, the conversation has ernments of the other European face, the project makes perfect eco- shifted from “whether it really hap- for Macron did not do so out of en- countries along with him. And that tury technology. In a strange twist thusiasm for his policy positions. of events, China, led by a self-de- nomic sense, since it allows China pened” to “whether the president is no small task for a man of rela- to overcome excessive infrastruc- can really do that.” The conven- They did so holding their noses. And tively little experience. Merkel has scribed communist regime, has sud- that is extremely good news. In Brit- denly emerged as an unlikely van- ture overcapacity at home, while tional wisdom suggests that, while an open ear, at least for now. But more fruitfully channelling its huge disclosing such information may ain, some would argue that brand of whether she will move with him re- guard of globalisation. On May 14, liberalism, bolstered by the man’s Beijing launched the so-called "One savings. There are simply too many have been a Really Bad Idea, the mains to be seen. Whether Poland highways, airports, and ghost towns president does not face any legal personal popularity, was tarnished and Hungary can also be brought Belt, One Road (OBOR)" initiative, by Blair’s failures over Iraq. The better known as the New Silk Road across China, while Beijing is eager problem because he has the ultimate along for the ride will be even more to divest from low-interest US trea- authority to declassify national se- backlash from some in the Labour interesting to see. All in all, with project, during a summit of global party against it has been overly ag- leaders. Chinese President Xi Jin- sury bills. Funding big-ticket infra- curity information. In fact, the le- Macron, European liberal democra- structure projects overseas allows gal situation is much more compli- gressive. But in France, people large- cy at least has a credible analysis of ping, who led the opening ceremo- ly did not vote for Macron, or for ny as the keynote speaker, hosted China to hit four birds with one cated. A number of laws may well what has gone wrong over the past stone. First of all, it prevents mas- prohibit what Trump did, and Con- his brand of liberalism. They voted decade and an injection of energy the leaders of 28 nations, who were for the moral soul of the French more than eager to benefit from sive layoffs in and aids the survival gress may have the power to subject towards creating solid solutions. But of major state-owned enterprises even a sitting president to such re- the discloser “has reason to believe ly abdicated any authority or re- Republic. The decision before them Beijing's grand ambitions and lar- [the information] could be used to sponsibility for national security now the hard work begins. And it and affiliated companies, which are strictions. No one should expect was whether they stood for the lib- will be years before we can say for gesse. the injury of the United States or to classification, that hasn’t always eral, democratic Republic they grew The New Capitalists running out of lucrative projects at grand jury indictments to be forth- sure whether liberal democracy in home. Moreover, it allows China to coming. (Spoiler alert: They won’t the advantage of any foreign na- been the case. Thus, the Atomic up in, or whether they preferred a Earlier this year, Xi became the tion.” Likewise, the federal conver- Energy Act of 1954 includes detailed Europe is back on sure footing, or expand its supply chains beyond be.) But the classic Nixonian argu- populist system with a leader in the whether Emmanuel Macron was but first Chinese head of state to attend sion statute, which has also been used legislative rules governing the clas- mould of Putin, Trump or Erdogan. the World Economic Forum in Da- Pearl River Delta and East Asia by ment — when the president does it, a false dawn. incorporating untapped labour mar- it’s not illegal — doesn’t apply in to prosecute leakers, prohibits the sification of nuclear secrets (many And they have voted emphatically vos, an annual gathering of the glo- conversion “to .?.?. the use of an- of which are still on the books). The (Alarabiya) bal liberal elite. More shocking than kets overseas. Improving the infra- this situation. First, even if the pres- structure of trading partners also ident does have unfettered authori- other” of any “thing of value of the Freedom of Information Act, signed his mere attendance at the event ty to declassify whatever national- United States.” If Trump had, for in 1966, gives courts the power in was his full-hearted endorsement of facilitates Chinese exports owing to reduced transaction costs. Above all, security secrets he chooses, it’s pret- example, handed copies of photo- some circumstances to review gov- a liberal economic order. "Just blam- ty clear that this is not what hap- graphs to the Russians that they ernment claims that requested ma- Underperforming on ing economic globalisation for the however, it allows China to lock in precious mineral resources and trans- pened here; whatever he told the could not otherwise have obtained, terials cannot be disclosed because world's problems is inconsistent with Russians is still secret, as evidenced it’s not at all clear why that lan- they contain classified information, reality," declared Xi in an implicit form nations across the Eurasian most social development land mass and Indian Ocean into by The Post’s initial decision, at the guage wouldn’t be satisfied, too — and to overturn such claims in con- rebuke of protectionist rhetoric de- government’s urging, not to publish even if the photos were not actual- texts in which they are not consis- ployed by the likes of US President long-term debtors. A leading credit ly classified. Third, and perhaps tent with the underlying statutory rating agency recently warned that the details of the underlying revela- indicators Donald Trump. The leader of the tions. Whatever the scope of the most important, it is not nearly as rules. Of course, the scope of Con- world's largest communist nation de- the OBOR is "driven primarily by clear as commentators tend to as- gress’s power over national security China's efforts to extend its global president’s power, he presumably mere 56.7 per cent, ie, over 40 per scribed globalisation as a "big ocean has to actually exercise it in order sume that the president’s inherent classification is an entirely academ- By Zahir Shah that you cannot escape from", while influence", where "genuine infra- constitutional power over national ic exercise; even after this latest cent of Pakistani adults are illiter- structure needs and commercial logic to invoke it as a legal justification. ate, which is about 24 per cent more criticising protectionism as "lock- He did not do that. Instead, the most security information is not subject imbroglio, this Congress is not like- ing oneself in a dark room". Xi's might be secondary to political Pakistan trails far behind most of than what is normal for a country charitable reading of what the pres- to limits — such that any attempt ly to revisit control of national se- its competitors in social and hu- surreal endorsement of values that motivations". The result is what one by Congress to restrict the presi- curity secrets anytime soon. And of its income level. observer aptly described as "debt- ident did was to authorize the Rus- man development indicators. Cur- Regardless of major efforts to in- run counter to communist dogma sian officials to receive still-classi- dent’s authority would be unconsti- even if the president did transgress was grounded in a sound calculation trap diplomacy", since some nations tutional. Supporters of the presi- some statutory prohibition, it’s not rently, the country ranks at 147th crease services under donor-sup- end up piling up unsustainable debts fied information, a move that im- on the latest Human Development ported programmes in health and of Chinese national interest. As the plicates a different array of legal au- dent’s power in this area typically as if he realistically faces criminal world's leading trading nation, the to China. This is particularly the invoke the Supreme Court’s 1988 prosecution for doing so. It there- Index published by UNDP in education, our public spending on case in small developing nations such thorities. Thought-provoking opin- March 2017, which is 12 ranks education is 1.4 per cent lower country desperately needs the ions and commentary, in your in- decision in Department of the Navy fore makes plenty of sense that the wheels of globalisation to grind on. as Sri Lanka, which has been forced v. Egan, which held that the presi- discussion of Trump’s patently in- lower than in 2000. than the benchmark for income lev- to make huge economic and geopo- box daily. Second, many of the rel- However, during this time, our el. Thus, China is willing to commit evant criminal statutes don’t actu- dent’s “authority to classify and defensible disclosures has shifted to huge resources to fulfill that out- litical concessions as it struggled to control access to information bear- why it’s so dangerous as a policy economy grew at a respectable av- There are nearly five additional payback for Chinese projects. Mean- ally turn on whether the wrongly erage per capita rate of around five students per teacher in Pakistani come. Under the OBOR initiative, disclosed information is classified or ing on national security .?.?. flows and political matter — assuming China is expected to invest up to while, larger nations such as India primarily from this constitutional away the significance of any legiti- per cent annually, in addition to schools than what its income level have raised concerns over China's not. For example, the relevant sec- intensive involvement by donors $1.3 trillion in infrastructure tion of the Espionage Act — which investment of power in the Presi- mate legal objections. But now more would predict. projects, which will connect China's geopolitical intensions, since the dent and exists quite apart from any than ever, it is incumbent upon all and international agencies in the Government programmes and for- project runs through the disputed the Obama administration used so education and health sectors. industrial heartland to Western Eu- controversially to prosecute leak- explicit congressional grant.” But of us — the press, the public and all eign assistance may have contrib- rope via both land-based as well as Kashmir region. Other countries, Egan concerned the president’s pow- those who would seek to hold our Pakistan benefitted from billions uted to the overall economic from Indonesia to the Philippines ers — prohibits the knowing disclo- of dollars of foreign aid, adjustment maritime transportation and com- sure of “information relating to the er to act on this topic without con- government accountable — to tread growth. However, they are an egre- munication networks. The "belt" re- and Nigeria, have raised concerns gressional authorization. It did not carefully before assuming that the loans from the IMF, the World gious failure at promoting social over the quality of Chinese infra- national defense” to “any person Bank and the ADB. If it had in- fers to the "Silk Road Economic not entitled to receive it” so long as reach the altogether different and president is vested with special pow- and institutional development un- far more serious question of wheth- ers to ignore rules that bind the rest vested all the official development der the circumstances of oligarchy, er Congress has any role to play in of us. As with much of the com- assistance from 1960 to 2016 at a elite domination, clientelism and national security classification — mentary emanating from the White real rate of six per cent, it would patronage politics. The ruling oli- and who would prevail in an inter- House these days, there are reasons have a stock of assets many times garchy of this country, dominated ETTER TO THE EDITOR branch dispute over classification. to believe that it’s just not true. the current external debt of $74 by industrialists in urban centres L billion. Although Congress of late has large- (WP) and feudal lords in rural areas, cou- Despite a healthy growth rate for pled with patronage politics, ex- decades, social indicators like in- plains much of Pakistan’s lag in fant mortality and primary and sec- social indicators for its level of in- ondary enrollment are among the come, and is consistent with the Saffron cultivation worst with the number of out-of- story that clientelism leads to low school children in Pakistan being human capital accumulation. the second highest in the world. The elite enforce their preferences Saffron has been growing in Afghanistan, especially in Herat province for the past 2,000 years. Over a period of time, relative to on underinvestment in human cap- Over the past 80 years, saffron was grown in Afghanistan mainly for agricultural trials. countries of similar or lower its ital by keeping social service de- During civil war there was no saffron cultivation, but after the collapse of the Taliban regime income level, Pakistan has system- livery highly centralised, with all atically underperformed on most decisions on allocation of resourc- and establishment of demarcate government, local farmers resumed saffron cultivations. Today social development indicators such es taken at the top, preventing any saffron is grown in over 30 provinces throughout Afghanistan and employs over 1,300 farmers as education, health and fertility. passing of decision-making to the with extended families. The National Unity Government (NUG) is looking to increase saffron Pakistan currently scores much majority at the local level. production to 14 tons in the next five years. According to officials, Afghanistan has the capacity lower on human development than However, mere devolution of pow- of producing 70 tons of saffron annually, to generate $200 million. Saffron can be a major source Kenya, Bangladesh, Myanmar, ers does not ensure a more effi- of income for Afghan farmers. Currently, the price of a kilogram of Afghan saffron in the global Cambodia, Ghana, Zambia and cient allocation of resources either, many others with lower per capi- as the analysis of elected local gov- markets is around $2,000. ta income. Lags in health indica- ernments’ expenditure patterns Ali Ahmad, Kabul Afghanistan tors compared to other countries shows that provision of services of similar income level show that is biased towards more targeted Pakistan has 42 per cent lower and visible goods attributable to health spending per capita, less the locally elected representatives, public health spending by 1.6 per which is explained by the deeply cent of GDP and 27 more infant embedded patronage political net- deaths per thousand. We have 11 works at the local level, similar to Letter to editor will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must per cent higher babies born with that at the centre. These poor so- have the writer’s name and address. You may send your letters to: low birth weight, 19 excess child cial indicators will haunt Pakistan [email protected] deaths per thousand and 23 per for decades to come as it, in turn, cent less share of population with will lower the productive poten- access to sanitation. tial of the economy, its ability to Similarly, with lags in education in- service its high debt and result in a dicators relative to other countries loss of human welfare. With hu- Disclaimer: at its level of income, Pakistan has man capital not growing at the 20 and 14 percentile points fewer same rate as other factors, the di- of its elementary and secondary minishing returns on human capi- The views and opinions expressed in the articles are school age children, enrolled in pri- tal will lead to a significant slow- those of the author(s) and do not reflect the views or mary and secondary schools, re- down in economic growth not spectively. Moreover, in literacy reaping the potential benefits from opinions of the Afghanistan Times. Pakistan ranks 144 out of 160 the megaprojects like CPEC. countries with a literacy rate of (Tribune) THURSDAY. MAY 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Group linked to NSA spy leaks that led to WannaCry threatens sale of fresh tech secrets

A group that took credit for leak- leaks, and the global WannaCry ing NSA cyber spying tools – in- virus attack, have renewed debate cluding ones used in the Wanna- over how and when intelligence Cry global ransomware attack – has agencies should disclose vulnera- said it plans to sell code that can bilities used in cyber spying pro- be used to hack into the world’s grams to so that businesses and most used computers, software consumers can better defend them- and phones. Using trademark gar- selves against attacks. “Shadow- Tens of civilians killed, bled English, the Shadow Brokers Brokers are back” tweeted Mat- group said in an online statement thieu Suiche, a French hacker and that, from June, it will begin re- founder of the United Arab Emir- wounded in US-led leasing software to anyone willing ates-based cyber security firm to pay for access to some of the Comae Technologies, who has tech world’s biggest commercial studied the Shadow Broker releas- coalition air attack secrets. In the blog post, the group es and believes the group has ac- said it was setting up a “monthly cess to NSA files. Hacking tools data dump” and that it could offer believed to belong to the NSA that in northeastern Syria tools to break into web browsers, were leaked online last month were Showing that he can give and take when dealing with other world lead- first I had the code set to Obama's network routers, phone handsets, built into WannaCry ransomware The US-led coalition fighter jets Eastern province of Deir Ezzur at ers, President Trump revealed the nations nuclear launch codes to the birthday, but because nothing on plus newer exploits for Windows — also known as WannaCrypt — bombed heavily a region near the border with Iraq. Russian ambassador while bragging about the US's nuclear capability. A his birth certificate is real anyway, 10 and data stolen from central that swept the globe on Friday. The Raqqa city, killing and wounding The coalition fighter jets concerned person who was in the room when the meeting occurred, I couldn't remember it. Then I had banks. It said it was set to sell ac- attack stoked fears that the spy nearly 60 civilians. bombed border regions with Iraq confirmed with Pentagon officials that the launch code was the presi- them change it to my birthday, and cess to previously undisclosed vul- agency’s powerful cyber weapons The coalition warplanes tar- near the key town of Albu Kamal, dent's birthday, which by the time of this writing, has surely been with Kim Jong Un, you never nerabilities, known as zero-days, could now be turned to criminal geted al-Mashlab district near killing 30 civilians and wounding changed. The person who leaked the report also said that President know, so I like a code I can remem- that could be used to attack Mi- use, ratcheting up cyber security Raqqa city, killing 17 civilians and several more. Trump gave a brief history of the codes to the Russians. "He said, 'Well ber real easy and quick. I might crosoft Corp’s latest software sys- threats to a whole new level. The wounding 40 more. In relevant In the meantime, five civilians use Ivanka's measurements next tem, Windows 10. The post did NSA has not commented on Shad- developments in the province on were killed in the coalition air as- time I change the codes.'" Trump not identify other products by ow Brokers since the group Tuesday over 30 civilians were sault on their houses in the Iraqi defended his sharing of the infor- name. It also threatened to dump emerged last year, or the contents killed and several more were town of Anah in Western al-Anbar mation with the Russians in an data from banks using the SWIFT of past leaks. wounded in the US-Led coalition province. early morning tweet. "The point I international money transfer net- It has not responded to repeated air raids near a key town in the (AP) was making with the Russians is work and from Russian, Chinese, requests for comment about the that they don't know what our Iranian or North Korean nuclear ransomware attack. codes could be, but it won't be and missile programs, without A spokeswoman for Microsoft something stupid like 1-2-3-4-5 providing further details. “More said it was preparing a response. like in that movie Spaceballs." To details in June,” it promised. Shad- Microsoft has connected previous 300 MIGRANTS counter widespread skepticism of ow Brokers came to public atten- exploits of its products released candidate Trump ahead of last tion last August when it mounted by the mysterious Shadow Bro- years elections, GOP Senate and an unsuccessful attempt to auction kers group to tools which were House leaders promised to spank off a set of older cyber-spying stolen from NSA cyber warfare IN SWEDEN Donald Trump if he misused his tools it said were stolen from the operations. access to the nations nuclear weap- U.S. National Security Agency. The (CNN) Azerbaijan’s population ons. So far Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have been silent on EVACUATED Trump's treasonous sharing of the exceeds 9.8 million classified information with the Russians. Predictably, frenzied The population of Azerbaijan has Autonomous Republic, 1,051 in Democrats called for an indepen- AFTER 3 increased by 19,441 people (0.2 Baku, 152 in Lankaran economic dent investigation into Trump's re- percent) since early 2017, amount- region, in 151 Absheron economic lationship with the truth and a re- ing to 9,829,422 million people as region, 103 in Ganja-Gazakh and view of White House security pro- of April 1, 2017, the Azerbaijani 94 in Aran economic region. About tocols. Security expert Monty ARSON FIRES State Statistics Committee told 34,967 children were born in Az- Carp said such simple pass codes APA on May 17. During this pe- erbaijan in the first three months are easily cracked, and that the riod the share of urban population of 2017, including 52.7 percent – president needs to use much more Swedish authorities say three fires nursing home in Vaxjo. was 53 percent, rural population - boys, 47.3 percent – girls. This secure passwords. "When you get at refugee centers in southern Swe- The affected buildings were 47 percent. Besides, 49.9% of pop- indicator features 14.6 births per in to using birthdays or a woman's den are being investigated as ar- used as a temporary home for ref- ulation are men and 50.1% are 1,000 people in the country. Of measurements for pass codes, you son. ugees while their cases are being women, said the State Statistics the newborns, 626 are twins and really narrow down the search for No injuries have been report- processed. Committee. The density of popu- 15 triplets, according to the State hackers to just a few thousand or ed and no arrests have been made. Sweden, which had a record lation in Azerbaijan amounted to Statistics Committee. Nearly 1,006 even just a few hundred possibili- But police said in separate state- 163,000 asylum applications in 111 people per square kilometer women accounted for every 1,000 ties. That kind of low-level brute ment that more than 300 asylum- 2015, saw an increase in anti-mi- during the reporting period. This men in the country. force cracking can be calculated in South Korea’s Moon says seekers have been evacuated after grant attitudes last year with a figure was 82 in the Nakhchivan (Trend) a few microseconds by a third grad- Wednesday's pre-dawn fires in number of arson fires targeting ref- er on an average computer, so you Vaxjo, Borrby and Malilla. About ugee centers. know the Russians and any other ‘high possibility’ of 200 of them were relocated to a (AP) 21 religious, terrorists US adversaries can breach Trump's Ronald McFondled pass codes to our nuclear infrastructure if they conflict with North amid organizations banned in want to." Kyrgyzstan (Thespoof) missile improvements 21 religious and terrorists organi- gious movement, he said. On May Sanctions zations are banned in Kyrgyzstan, 16, the Parliament Committee for Deputy Chairman of the State International Affairs, Defense and Commission for Religious Affairs Security discussed the questions against Russian Zakir Chotayev said. Most of them concerning religion, extremism. The are banned as terrorist and extrem- State Commission for Religious companies ist organizations, destructive or- Affairs proposes to prohibit prac- ganizations, Witnesses'ology, the ticing davaat (visiting houses to took force in Unification Church (the Moon spread the religious ideas). Church) and the Akromiya reli- (BBC) Ukraine Atambayev had informal China, US enjoy meeting with presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, potential for Belarus, Uzbekistan cooperation through President of Kyrgyzstan Al- during his working visit to China, mazbek Atambayev had an infor- where he also met with Chinese South Korean President Moon Jae- said after taking office that he wants mal meeting with presidents of President Xi Jinping, Presidents of in said Wednesday there was a to pursue dialogue as well as pres- tech innovation “high possibility” of conflict with sure. But he has said the North Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Switzerland, Chile and the Prime China and the United States are tant in this conference, and it pro- Uzbekistan. Minister of Hungary. In addition, North Korea, which is pressing must change its attitude of insist- ahead with nuclear and missile pro- ing on pressing ahead with its arms highly complementary with great vides a platform where U.S and The photographs of the informal on the margins of the BRF, the potential for deepening coopera- Chinese companies can come to- talk of the presidents, which took President of Kyrgyzstan met with grams it says it needs to counter development before dialogue is U.S. aggression. The comments possible. South Korean Unifica- tion in the field of technology in- gether," he said. In a congratulato- place on the sidelines of the Belt the leaders of Kazakhstan, Rus- novation, government officials and ry letter to the summit, Texas Gov- and Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing sia, Belarus and Uzbekistan and came hours after the South, which tion Ministry spokesman Lee hosts 28,500 U.S. troops, said it Duk-haeng told reporters the gov- entrepreneurs said here on Tues- ernor Greg Abbott said decades of on May 14-15, were posted by talked with the Executive Director The government newspaper Ury- day. The 2nd U.S.-China Innova- relations between Texas and Chi- the personal photographer of the of the International Monetary wanted to reopen a channel of dia- ernment’s most basic stance is that adovy Courier published a presi- logue with North Korea as Moon communication lines between tion and Investment Summit na have brought advantages to Kyrgyz leader on social media. Fund. dential decree, which enacts the (UCIS) kicked off in Houston on both, in the forms of mutually ben- Atambayev attended the BRF (Akpress) seeks a two-track policy, involv- South and North Korea should re- decision of the National Security ing sanctions and dialogue, to try open. “The Unification Ministry Tuesday with the participation of eficial trade and valuable cultural and Defense Council of Ukraine to rein in its neighbor. North Ko- has considered options on this in- senior officials and entrepreneurs exchange. "In the decades to come, on economic and other sanctions. rea has made no secret of the fact ternally but nothing has been de- from the two countries. Li Qiang- this relationship will continue to Kazakh Parliament’s The document takes effect to- that it is working to develop a nu- cided yet,” said Lee. Communica- min, the Chinese consul general in be one of the world's most signifi- day. In total 468 legal entities, as clear-tipped missile capable of tions were severed by the North Houston, said at the summit that cant as the United States and Chi- lower house approves well as 1228 individuals are on the striking the U.S. mainland and has last year, Lee said, in the wake of innovation has become a new en- na work toward common goals of new sanction list. This year, for ignored calls to halt its nuclear and new sanctions following North gine for the cooperation between prosperity, strength and peace," he the first time, Ukraine imposed China and the United States. Hous- said. According to Chen Hongsh- $100m in aid to Kyrgyzstan missile programs, even from Chi- Korea’s fifth nuclear test and Py- ton Mayor Sylvester Turner said eng, the consul at the Chinese Con- sanctions on Russian Internet and na, its lone major ally. It conduct- ongyang’s decision to shut down a media companies, such as Mail.ru "we have about 18 billion dollars sulate General in Houston, the Mazhilis, Kazakh Parliament's cordance with separate inter-gov- ed its latest ballistic missile launch, joint industrial zone operated in- worth of business with China, and UCIS, which was jointly organized lower house, has ratified Wednes- Group, Yandex, VKontakte and in defiance of U.N. Security Coun- side the North. North Korea and ernmental protocols on technical Odnoklassniki. Also, a number of that is between the city of Hous- by China Science and Technology day the agreement on the alloca- cooperation in the form of money, cil resolutions, on Sunday which the rich, democratic South are tech- ton and China on the annual basis. Exchange Center and U.S.-China tion of $100 million to Kyrgyzstan Russian media agencies got under it said was a test of its capability nically still at war because their It is my hope that I am going to do Innovation Alliance, provides a training services and goods. The restrictive measures: media hold- as an assistance for a country to agreement also includes signing of to carry a “large-size heavy nucle- 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, everything I can to increase that unique opportunity for U.S.-based adapt to the Eurasian Economic ing RBC, Zvezda, TNT, Moscow ar warhead,” drawing Security not a peace treaty. relationship between the two." technology companies to connect a separate protocol to the agree- Media, Russia Today (RIA News), Union. The draft agreement, which ment on the order of providing as- Council condemnation. “The real- The North defends its weapons U.S.-China Innovation Alliance with investors, strategic partners, was signed by the governments on Nashe Radio, NTV-Plus, NTV, ity is that there is a high possibil- programs as necessary to counter President Bernard Harris told Xin- leading incubators/accelerators, sistance and control over its use, First Channel, Russia 24, RTR- December 26, 2016, was present- said the Minister. A joint audit ity of a military conflict at the NLL U.S. hostility and regularly threat- hua that the summit is important and professional services firms ed to the legislators by Minister Planet, as well as producers of anti- (Northern Limit Line) and military ens to destroy the United States. for the companies in the two coun- from China. commission to ensure targeted and virus software Kaspersky Lab, of of National Economy Timur effective use of the provided as- demarcation line,” Moon was Moon’s envoy to the United tries. "I think everything is impor- (CNN) Suleimanov. The money is meant Doctor Web and suppliers of pop- quoted as saying by the presiden- States, South Korean media mogul sistance will be established within ular ERP-systems LLC "1C" and for implementation of the road the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Intergovern- tial Blue House. He also said the Hong Seok-hyun, left for Wash- map for Kyrgyzstan's accession to some others. North’s nuclear and missile capa- ington on Wednesday. mental Council, he added. Earlier it was reported that the EAEU, in particular, improve- (Akpress) bilities seem to have advanced rap- Hong said South Korea had not yet ment of customs infrastructure, NATO believes that blocking Rus- idly recently but that the South received official word from Wash- bringing sanitary, phytosanitary sian web portals in Ukraine is mat- was ready and capable of striking ington on whether Seoul should and veterinary systems of Kyr- ter of security. Ukraine’s got its back should the North attack. pay for an anti-missile U.S. radar gyzstan in line with the EAEU own ‘system of checks and bal- Moon won an election last week system that has been deployed standards. The assistance will be ances’, the Alliance says. campaigning on a more moderate outside Seoul. provided in several phases in ac- (International) approach toward the North and (Japantimes) THURSDAY . MAY 18, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES Thai household debt seen easing gradually:

Official H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al tive private sectors and the com- Mansoori, UAE Minister of Econ- mon desire to develop several part- omy, discussed ways to further nerships that serve their common deepen the existing economic and goals and interests. He shared that trade ties with the Republic of In- the UAE’s total investments in the dia during a meeting with a high- Indian markets is estimated at USD level delegation of Indian business- 10 billion, while the value of Indi- men and private sector represen- an investments in the UAE exceeds tatives headed Shobana Kamineni, USD 6 billion. He further stated President of the Confederation of that the UAE ranks first in the Arab Indian Industry (CII). The Minis- World and 10th globally in the cu- ter also touched on important ar- mulative value of foreign direct in- eas for establishing new partner- vestments in India. the third larg- ships that benefit their countries’ est foreign investor in the country. respective development visions. The Minister of Economy point- The meeting was attended by Juma ed out that despite the advanced Mohammed Al Kait, ?Assistant levels of economic and investment Undersecretary of Foreign Trade relations between the two coun- Affairs for the UAE Ministry of tries, there are still more opportu- Ecnomy; Ahmed Al Falahi, the nities to develop partnerships and state's Commercial Attache to In- explore new areas of cooperation May 17 Thailand's household debt cent, Bank of Thailand Governor dia; and Navdeep Singh Suri, Am- in the next phase, especially as the is expected to fall gradually as the Veerathai Santiprabhob told re- bassador of the Republic of India UAE continues its development economy is recovering and car buy- porters. to the UAE. The group empha- projects in the fields of infrastruc- ers under a government subsidy "If the economy is recovering sized the common desire to deep- ture and transport. He particular- scheme are repaying loans, the cen- steadily without bumps, house- en aspects of cooperation in vari- ly underscored how the upcoming tral bank governor said on Wednes- hold debt will be on a downward ous economic fields, and to explore Expo 2020, a prominent interna- day. trend but still slowly," he said. new opportunities for partner- tional event, will open more op- The ratio of household debt to The car scheme ended in 2012, ships to further enhance the vol- portunities for Indian companies gross domestic product dropped when domestic car sales surged ume of bilateral trade and invest- to enhance their presence in the for the first time in late 2016 to 79 about 81 percent. ments as well as push cooperation local markets. The UAE and In- percent from more than 80 per- (Reuters) to more advanced levels. H.E. Eng. dia’s non-oil trade stood at around Al Mansoori highlighted the dis- USD 36 billion in 2016, with over Dubai Economy launches tinguished partnership between the 4,300 Indian companies and UAE and India, which he noted around 5,500 Indian brands offi- are based on strong historical roots cially registered in the Emirates. Portugal almost and the common desire to contin- For her part, Shobana Kamineni, ‘Digital Protection’ initiative ue diversifying cooperation in var- confirmed the importance given by ious economic and developmental the UAE to Indian investors as re- fields. H.E. added that the advanced flected by various factors that at- to certify e-commerce websites 2.6m people at level of mutual investments be- tract capital as well as the frater- tween the two sides reflects the nal ties between the two countries. Dubai Economy has launched a level of confidence on their respec- (Albawaba) new initiative to certify e-com- merce websites as part of its ef- risk of poverty forts to protect consumers, resolve their complaints, and ensure best practices across online transac- Almost 2.6 million people in Portugal were at risk tions. The ‘Digital Protection’ ser- of poverty or social exclusion in 2016, 1.5 percent- vice is aimed at e-commerce com- age points less than in the previous year, despite panies offering their services in an increase of € 79 in monthly household income, mainland Dubai as well as the free according to figures published on Tuesday by the zones in the emirate. Mohammed Ali Rashed Lootah, CEO of Com- National Statistics Institute (INE). mercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in Dubai Economy, said the initiative will promote consumer confidence and encourage online transactions, par- ticularly when Dubai seeks to Australian consumer grow into one of the smartest and happiest cities in the world. “We will certify e-commerce websites best practices in consumer-friendliness among commercial establish- confidence index in line with our consumer protec- ments, both online and offline. tion policies and train them on With online transactions on the rise in Dubai, making e-commerce complying with the UAE laws and accountable and transparent is critical to safeguarding the reputation of dips again in May regulations concerned. The certi- the city as a competitive business hub, said Lootah. The UAE is lead- fied websites will display the con- ing a game-changing transition towards e-commerce in the region and sumer protection logo of Dubai according to research, the total value of e-commerce in the country is A measure of Australian consumer spending feeding back into em- Economy and co-operate with us likely to reach AED 36.7 billion (US$ 10 billion) by 2018. “The sentiment fell in May as confidence ployment and investment will re- in resolving consumer complaints, ‘Digital Protection’ certificate is aimed at e-commerce companies and in housing and property prices main a concern for policymakers," irrespective of whether they are not individuals. A number of e-commerce establishments have already deteriorated sharply while worries Evans said. The Australian govern- onshore companies or free zone shown interest in getting certified. E-commerce companies willing to The figures were included in the rooms, with no bathroom, and with of worsening family finances grew ment unveiled an economic blue- entities,” Lootah explained. get certified must contact CCCP,” Lootah said. Living Condistions and Income small, dark rooms are the living after the federal budget, a survey print last week in which it pledged The initiative is the latest in a se- CCCP officials will visit the companies and train their employees Survey conducted by INE, which conditions affecting most families showed on Wednesday. The sur- to deliver a small budget surplus ries of measures adopted by CCCP on the consumer complaint resolution mechanisms. All services related identified 2,595 million people, with children in the at risk catego- vey of 1,200 people by the Mel- in 2020/21 with a focus on spend- to promote compliance and global to certifying the e-commerce website will be provided free of cost. including 487,000 under 18s and ry. From 2015 to 2016, average bourne Institute and Westpac ing on infrastructure, education (Albawaba) 468,000 over 65s, at risk of pov- monthly household income rose by Bank found consum- and health. [nL4N1IB3MS] It also erty and other problems resulting €79 €1,497 per month, or €17,967 er sentiment fell 1.1 percent in announced measures to boost the from it. per year. May, from April when it had supply of homes and tightened Houses with uninhabitable (Theportugalnews) dripped 0.7 percent. That left the restrictions on foreign property Chinese company confirms index at 98.0, down 5 percent on investors intending to temper soar- year and below the 100 level where ing property prices in Australia's the number of optimists matches major cities. [nCBR9GED1B] pessimists. "The disappointment Still, confidence in housing was Demonetisation for the government will be that jarred in May with the 'Time to huge UK fertilizer deal despite its high expectations and buy a dwelling' measure falling 6.5 its focus on spending, consumer, percent in May to 90.0. Apart effect transitory: sentiment remains stuck below the from one reading in 2010 this is significant 100 level," said West- the lowest reading since 2008 when pac Chief Economist Bill Evans. house prices were falling amid ris- The weak result could also dent ing interest rates. The measure of UN expert the Reserve Bank of Australia's family finances compared to a year (RBA) confidence that core infla- ago slipped 4.6 percent, while that A small Chinese company that is tion would pick up by early 2018 for family finances over the next key to plans by Sirius Minerals to on expectations of broader eco- 12 months skidded 5 percent low- build a huge fertilizer mine under a nomic growth gathering momen- er. Sentiment on the economy was national park in the north of En- tum. [nRUAGGED5K] "With a subdued too. Expectations for the gland has confirmed it has a bind- flat response to the Budget, re- economic outlook over the next 12 ing agreement with the UK firm. spondents remaining concerned months fell 5.7 percent, and the DianHuang CEO Wang Xiaotian about their finances and no signs assessment of economic conditions reiterated the agreement in a letter of any improvement in wages pros- for the next five years dropped 3.4 to Reuters on May 15, saying it pects, the risks of weak household percent. (NASDAQ) had been signed on May 27 last year. DianHuang would buy 150,000 tonnes of the mineral polyhalite a year from first extrac- Saudi Arabia and tion in 2021, scaling up to a mil- lion tonnes a year over five years as part of plans to grow peony Russia call for oil flowers and extract edible oil from can be pushed forward." These DianHuang and its rival were up their seeds, he said. The reassur- were the first comments to media to the Chinese firm. by the Chinese company on the In Wang's letter, which he The demonetisation policy is not cial said. "It is sort of a transitory ance from Wang followed a May 8 output deal extension telephone interview with Reuters deal, which Sirius announced in wrote after Reuters contacted Sir- expected to have a long term im- effect on the economy as a whole. June 2016. At that time, Sirius said ius, he said: "To clarify, the con- pact on domestic demand in India, So (India) still remains one of the in which he said the two firms were still negotiating. The DianHuang DianHuang would buy up to a tract is not a framework agreement which is projected to clock a 7.9 fastest growing countries in the million tonnes of fertilizer a year but rather a firm take or pay agree- per cent growth in fiscal 2018, a world," Holland added. deal is the biggest take-or-pay agreement Sirius has inked so far from first extraction, under a take- ment." Wang was not immediately senior UN economic official has The UN World Economic Sit- or-pay arrangement. In the tele- available to comment further when said. "We do not really see that uation and Prospects as of mid- with a named customer. By dem- onstrating confirmed demand for phone interview, Wang had said contacted by Reuters after the let- the dynamics of India have shifted 2017 report, launched here today, DianHuang was also negotiating ter. very much," Dawn Holland, Se- said India is projected to achieve a its product, it helped Sirius raise $1.2 billion in financing for the with a rival firm, ICL, also known ICL is so far the only compa- nior Economic Affairs Officer, Glo- 7.3 per cent growth in fiscal 2017, The world’s biggest oil producers market and reducing commercial oil as Israel Chemicals. "It depends ny that has actually begun mining bal Economic Monitoring Unit, a downward revision from the 7.7 mine and win planning permission Russia and Saudi Arabia on Mon- inventories to their 5-year average from the North York Moors na- whose fertilizer is more beneficial polyhalite, a relatively new entrant Development Policy and Analy- per cent forecast for the year made day called for extending an output level.” The ministers will consult for us," he said. "ICL is the biggest to the fertilizer market which both sis Division in the UN Department when the report was launched in tional park. Sirius needs its exist- reduction deal ahead of an OPEC with other oil-producing countries ing take-or-pay agreements and global producer of organic potas- it and Sirius say is a multi-nutrient of Economic and Social Affairs, January. The Device That Puts an meeting later this month. “To un- with “the goal of reaching full con- sium fertilizer. They are also com- product superior to traditional told reporters here yesterday. The End to SnoringMy Snoring Solu- more to raise a further $2.6 bil- derscore the determination of oil sensus on the 9-month extension” lion, in debt financing, to complete peting, they are also in touch with potash. Wang's follow-up letter to official was responding to a ques- tion 17 Photos of Melania That producers to ensure market stabil- they are seeking, the statement said. us. They have brought over some Reuters made no reference to ICL. tion by PTI on a UN report re- Donald Trump Wishes Wed the mining project. The company ity, predictability and sustainable OPEC members agreed in Novem- has said it must double the amount fertilizer for test use." ICL, whose Sirius has announced take-or- leased yesterday which revised ForgetLifeDaily.com Recommend- development -- the joint actions ber to cut production by 1.2 mil- mine is on the same Yorkshire seam pay agreements for up to 3.6 mil- downward India's economic ed By Colombia The January re- of polyhalite covered by take-or- of the participating producers lion barrels per day for six months pay deals to satisfy the banks ar- that Sirius plans to exploit, declined lion tonnes a year of its polyhalite growth forecast for 2017 but pre- port had not taken into consider- should be extended by 9 months, beginning from the start of the year to comment on DianHuang's state- product so far. It has not named dicted an increased 7.9 per cent ation the impact of the demoneti- ranging the financing that it has through March 31, 2018,” the coun- in a bid to reduce the glut of oil enough potential cash flow. Asked ment. After Reuters posed ques- some customers for commercial GDP growth next year. "Slower sation policy on India's economic tries said in a joint statement pub- supplies and shore up prices. The tions to Sirius Minerals about reasons. That is about half what it growth this year and faster growth growth. The revised report pro- if DianHuang had signed a legally lished Monday by Russia’s ener- move was partly matched by non- binding agreement with Sirius, Wang's phone comments, Sirius says it needs to complete the next year is more a shift in the tim- jected that India will achieve an im- gy ministry. The statement added cartel producers led by Russia. said the assertion that it only had project. It says the mine will cre- ing of expenditure which is largely pressive 7.9 per cent GDP growth Wang had said by telephone: "We that Russian energy minister Al- OPEC is set to convene on have not officially signed this, it is a framework agreement with Di- ate thousands of jobs and add as related to the demonetisation pol- in fiscal 2018, revising upwards its exander Novak and his Saudi coun- May 25 in a meeting where its anHuang was incorrect: "The much as 2.4 billion pounds ($3.11 icy that did have an impact slow- January estimates when it had said just a strategic cooperation agree- terpart Khalid Al-Falih, who met members and Russia are expected ment ... Because with Sirius we Company has a binding offtake billion) per year to the United King- ing domestic demand in the short India's growth will be 7.6 per cent in Beijing on Monday, had “agreed to roll over an agreement to cut agreement in place." Sirius added dom's gross domestic product. term but we do not see this as hav- next year. have a framework cooperation, of to do whatever it takes to achieve production. course we hope this cooperation that any possible talks between (BBC) ing a longer term impact," the offi- (Economictimes) the desired goal of stabilizing the (Alarabiya) THURSDAY. MAY 18, 2017 AFGHANISTANTIMES People are See pics:?Kareena convinced that Kapoor Khan poses Avril Lavigne for magazine cover in bridal wear Kareena Kapoor is back on the magazine covers since becoming is dead a mommy in exquisite dresses and glamourous make up. It’s back again! Conspiracy theo- ries regarding death and resurrec- tion of celebrities are far too com- mon. If it’s not Tupac Shakur then it’ll be Britney Spears; you start counting and the list goes on. The latest theory to take over the in- ternet by storm is that Canadian Quantico singer, Avril Lavigne, actually died in 2003 and an impostor has taken her place for the last 12 years, re- 3: Will ported Metro.uk At least, that’s what the internet would like to have you believe. The old conspir- Priyan ka acy theory that Lavigne was “cloned” resurfaced on Twitter over the weekend, but it has circu- hand. Cho pra lated the internet since 2005 and is So weird. Kareena Kapoor Khan has fea- thought to have originated on a So here’s the back story. Swarmed by critics, tured on a magazine cover for the be able Brazilian fanpage. A hashtag, #Not- It is said that Lavigne’s down- first time since giving birth to her MyAvril has also gone viral and fall came following her grandfa- son Taimur in December. The ac- people are determined to get to the ther’s death. During this time, sub- Mira Rajput offers tor posed for Asiana Wedding to keep bottom of this. The theory claims merged under the pressure of re- magazine in gorgeous bridal dress- that the record company replaced leasing a new record, the fame, and es and make up. Lavigne with Melissa, her body this new loss, Lavigne suffered clarification on Kareena shot on a yacht in TRPs double, after the Complicated hit- from depression. The theory also gorgeous jewellery by a Pakistani maker passed away. But hey, peo- claims that she was later found designer. She wore several lehen- ple claim that they have proof to dead at her home, and her family, ‘housewife’ comment gas by Monga’s London. high fo r back the allegations. ‘Proof’ has along with the record company, Kareena wore a handcrafted included Lavigne’s red carpet shots were asked to keep mum about it. kundan necklace and heavily em- (Lavigne wears trousers; Melissa This death hoax surfaced several broidered lehengas for the shoot ABC? prefers dresses and skirts) and times in the last few years. Lav- on the luxury yacht. Kareena’s supposed differences between the igne was also the victim of another son, Taimur, is one of the most Priyanka Chopra’s international facial features of pre-2003 Lavigne rumour, which said that she’d been famous five-month-old kids in In- TV show, Quantico has been and the current ones. Theorists killed in a snowboarding accident. dia. SaifAli Khan, Taimur’s father renewed for a third season. She also believe Melissa has left clues Those who support the theory on and son of late Indian cricket cap- will seen doing more stunts this in songs, such as Slipped Away, in Twitter back their claim with in- tain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and season. which she sings: “The day you consistencies over the years in the actor Sharmila Tagore, tied the knot slipped away was the day I found appearance of the star’s skin, jaw- with Kareena in October 2012 af- it won’t be the same”. There was line, eye corners and fashion style ter a five-year-long courtship. After two seasons, Priyanka even a publicity shot in which Lav- Chopra’s American TV show, as well as handwriting. Kareena was recently in Lon- igne had “Melissa” written on her (Tribune) Quantico, has been renewed for a don for a vacation and will be next seen with Sonam Kapoor and third season. Despite speculations Swara Bhaskar in Veere Di Wed- doing the rounds that the show’s ding. ratings have been dwindling, Priy- (Hindustan Times) anka will be back to playing Alex Parish soon. Currently, she is pro- moting her Hollywood film but she will be back to India after that and leave for the US around July to start preparations for the new sea- Just a couple of months ago, at an was not around. That’s the essence International Women’s day event of what I was trying to say… I son. A source close to her says, in India, Bollywood superstar don’t want to cross the fine line “While the show was shifted from Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput between independence and negli- Sunday to Monday night, Quanti- opened up on her choice to be a gence.” She also pointed out that co has apparently performed well stay-at-home mother. Mira used the six-month paid maternity leave for ABC Studios internationally. the occasion of the recent Moth- bill passed in India recently was This resulted in the favour of the er’s Day to clarify her previous to enable a woman to spend more show being renewed for a third statements, reported Yahoo! “I time with their babies. “It’s not season. Alex Parish, Priyanka’s was just speaking my mind; my just for physical recovery. Had that character will play the protagonist intention was not to offend or hurt been the case, adoptive mothers though there have been some oth- anyone. Could I have chosen my wouldn’t have been eligible for it. er changes in the cast. This season words better? Maybe. But I am It’s to nurture the bonding between will focus more on action and not a seasoned actor and I don’t a mother and her child. That’s all stunts and Priyanka is most likely know how to be politically cor- that I meant.” Mira Rajput’s to undergo some kind of workshop rect. I was speaking for a section ‘proud homemaker’ statement or training before the season com- of women who aren’t given their lands her in hot water mences in August. But this time Watch Salman Khan’s due,” she said in an interview. “For Nonetheless, Mira asserted however, it will just have 13 epi- that matter, I don’t think financial that she is entitled to have an opin- sodes as opposed to 22 and 21 independence is the only yardstick ion if she likes. “Opinion is the episodes in season 1 and 2. Which ‘The Radio Song’ from to measure feminism. Women who fulcrum of society. Everyone also means that she will have more stay at home and take care of the should have one, but people time to juggle between her Bolly- ‘Tubelight’out now! children or work from home de- should also have the discretion to wood movies, production house serve to be celebrated too. They not shove it down somebody else’s are also feminists in their own right throat,” she said. “My intention and her Hollywood career.” After teasing the fans and audience typical to those in the 1960s. The because they have chosen their was not to belittle working wom- An ecstatic Priyanka says, “I’m with its teaser on May 4, makers team went on a recce in and around lives… even if they have not, they en but I don’t want homemakers so excited about the Quantico Sea- of superstar Salman Khan's up- to find a town which was un- are giving it their all.” Mira contin- belittled either. There was a lot of son 3 pick up. The past two years coming film 'Tubelight' have touched by modernisation. Since ued, “My mom balanced her ca- flak, but that’s their opinion. I was have been incredibly enriching, launched the first song from the they were unable to find an apt reer and motherhood. There was just voicing mine.” while at the same time extremely movie, which is titled as 'The Ra- location, he decided to construct it never a time when I felt that she (Hindustan Times) difficult. dio Song'. The song was launched in Mumbai itself. Kabir was ada- Choosing between TV and film is at an event held in Dubai on 16th mant on the set looking authentic not a choice I want to make. A May 2017. Director Kabir Khan right to the minute details, hence shortened season is the best of went the extra mile to shoot 'The the team converted three acres of Neetu Chandra says both worlds, and I look forward to Radio Song'. After shooting amid Film City into the fictional town seeing you on the big and small beautiful natural locations in North Jagatpura. The Radio song was screen in the coming year. India, Kabir Khan wanted to shoot shot there with over a 1000 danc- Delhi teaches you to (Santa Banta) 'The Radio Song' in a town square ers. (Santa Banta) fight for yourself, Sushant Singh Rajput to Shraddha, Disha lost a chance makes you stronger provide free education to Bollywood actor Neetu Chandra — a graduate of Delhi underprivileged kids to work with Baahubali’s University’s Indraprastha College for Women — says she’s thankful to the city for giving her courage in abundance. Bollywood actor Sushant Singh ment and encouragement to study Rajput, who believes in the right and make them more competitive.” to basic education for every child, Born and brought up in Patna, Sus- Prabhas in Saaho. Know why! has decided to do his bit in provid- hant had a desire to study abroad ing free education to underprivi- and couldn’t fulfil his dream be- hraddha Kapoor and leged children. Talking about the cause of financial crisis. Otherwise, Disha Patani were initiative, Sushant told IANS here: he has always been a studious per- Sreportedly snubbed by “My team is working on the idea son and cleared multiple engineer- the producers after the actors where we are selecting a group of ing exams. demanded a whopping fee to schools, and we will take a merit Asked about his opinion on im- star opposite Prabhas in his test of the kids. If the kids pass portance of education, Sushant n ext film . the exam, we will take care of their said: “My mother always taught education cost for a year.” “Next me that we educate our children Baahubali’s path breaking success year, they again have to sit for the not to become a doctor or engi- has made Prabhas the latest sensa- test to get the free education. This neer, but the impact of basic edu- tion—not just in regional films, but is the first step and will work on cation reflects on their thought in Bollywood too. Maybe that’s other models. But I think this pro- process and decision making. why leading ladies from the film cess will give kids a new excite- (Tribune) industry are queuing up to star opposite Prabhas. Reports were Neetu Chandra hails from Patna, college-going student here was doing the rounds that for Prabhas’s but has lived in Delhi. Spending tough. Commuting was difficult, her adolescent years as a student for there was no metro [train] then. next film, Saaho, makers approached Bollywood actors Shraddha Kapoor and Disha Patani for the lead role. of Delhi University’s Indraprast- Travelling in buses wasn’t pleas- Much to their surprise, both the actors quoted hefty fee, leaving the producers baffled. Apparently, produc- ha College for Women (popularly ant... [But] The effort to sustain ers wanted to cast a Bollywood actor only to add a pan-India appeal to the film but looks like things aren’t known as IP college), the Bolly- oneself in a metro [city] like this working out. As per reports, Shraddha Kapoor asked for a whopping Rs 8 crore as her fee, while Disha Patani wood actor learnt to be tough to helps... Surviving society becomes demanded Rs 5 crore —despite the fact that the two actors haven’t had a great graph at the box office. Talking sustain herself. The 32-year-old easier.” However, it’s not just the about Shraddha, whose last two films Rock on 2 (2016) and OK Jaanu (2017) bombed at the box office, DNA visited the Capital of India recent- struggle that she remembers. Neetu quoted an insider as saying, “Shraddha was our first choice. She heard us out and was almost jumping with ly, and caught up with her friends. shares how she’d hang out in Ka- excitement during the narration. Then, she quoted a price and we were shocked. We don’t pay that kind of “The air has changed, but it still mla Nagar market — popular as K money to actors in Telugu cinema. But she wouldn’t budge. She was like, ‘I love the script and I’d love to feels great to be in Delhi. The food Nags in DU lingo. “I used to spend work with Prabhas. But the price remains unchanged.’ We fled.” As for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story actor is too good,” says Neetu, who has most of my time in Kamla Nagar Disha Patani, makers felt that since she started her career in Telugu cinema, she would be keen to do the done films such as Garam Masala market. That was the only place project as it stars Prabhas. But they were again in for a not-so-pleasant surprise. Also, it’s being said that (2005) and Traffic Signal (2007). where we would hang out. I loved Disha not only asked for a lot of money, but was rude to the makers. “She wouldn’t meet us. When she finally Talking about how her college days it.” As we got chatting about being did, she said she’d let us know. Later, her team members informed us that she liked the script, but would want in the Capital shaped her person- tough, the topic of martial arts Rs. 5 crore as her fee. We want to know which Bollywood producer pays Disha that kind of money?” the ality, she says: “Delhi has been came up. Not many know that source was quoted as saying. Other names that have been considered for the lead role include actors Katrina strongly-rooted in my system. I’m Neetu holds four Dan black belts Kaif, Pooja Hegde and Kriti Sanon, but sadly, nothing worked out. Reportedly, the production team is now thankful to the city for giving me in Taekwondo. She represented done with Bollywood actresses and feels that with Prabhas, they don’t need any of them and would cast a courage in abundance, and the India in the 1997 World Taekwon- Telugu actor only. strength to fight the odds in my do Championships in Hong Kong. (Hindustan Times) life,” says Neetu. “[My] Life as a (Santa Banta) THURSDAY . 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I've have made fewer changes to his mouthpiece, there were plenty to never seen anything like it. It's the side, the Spaniard sarcastically choose from. Here, we run through Premier League!" Jamie Redknapp admitted his mistakes. "I don't ap- the most memorable quotes of the slammed Watford defender Chris- preciate old team mates telling lies campaign... "This is not a dream tian Kabasele as he was caught off- just to stay relevant! It's sad." job. This is reality. I am Manches- guard and unprepared to be sub- Wilfried Zaha hit back at Brede ter United manager. The reality is stituted onto the field in Novem- Hangeland after his former Crys- that this is a job that everyone ber. "You're so cool Sparky, I'm glad tal Palace team-mate selected him wants and I have it." Jose Mour- we didn't sack you..." A hilarious in a 'Lazy XI' in January. [October IPL: MS Dhoni Ian Poulter accepts inho upon joining Manchester young mascot greeted Stoke's man- 22]: "Can you tweet something United in the summer. It hasn't ager as they arrived for their clash like: Unbelievable support yester- been a dream of a start for the Por- with Manchester United in Janu- day and great effort by the lads! invite for BMW PGA tuguese boss in his first season... ary. This one was delighted the Hard result to take! But we go fires Rising Pune "He had a good performance but it Potters didn't drop the axe on again!" [November 5]: "Can you was his body with my brain. He Hughes after a poor start to the put something like!' What a re- Championship at was in front of me and I was mak- campaign. [Paul Pogba]: "That's sult!!! Strong character from the Supergiant ing every decision for him." More why we bought him." [Zlatan Ibra- team, and the fans were amazing!! Jose, of course. Mourinho criti- himovic]: "Bought me? I came for #safc." Victor Anichebe showed his cised Luke Shaw's understanding free. They bought you!" sense of humour after Sunderland's Wentworth of the game after the left-back's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul 2-1 win at Bournemouth in No- into final second-half cameo in a 1-1 draw Pogba after Man Utd's EFL Cup vember by posting a tongue-in- Ian Poulter has confirmed that he has helped me be free and clear on with Everton in April. After some final victory over Southampton in cheek tweet. After Sunderland's has accepted an invite to compete what I needed to do in my own back and forth, Shaw redeemed February. Despite Pogba costing defeat to West Ham on October in next week's BMW PGA Cham- mind. himself, and was a matchday start- United £89m, Ibrahimovic has had 22, Anichebe was criticised for his pionship at Wentworth. Poulter "I would have loved to have er before his recent injury against the greater impact on Mourinho's social media mishap when he cop- will look to build on his superb won last week, and it's still a dis- Swansea ruled him out for the sea- side this season. "I won't be the ied and pasted a message sent to performance at The Players Cham- appointment not to have got that son. "I've been watching football King of Manchester, I will be the him on Twitter. "I am not a coach pionship as he makes his first ap- win, but the result means I can for a very, very long time and I God of Manchester." Zlatan Ibra- for the tackles so I don't train the pearance at Wentworth since 2014, come back over and play in the don't think I've ever seen a game of himovic in July upon signing for tackles." City boss Pep Guardio- and he is looking forward to seeing BMW PGA Championship, and football where two teams should United. Ibrahimovic arrived in En- la talked his way into criticism af- the new-look West Course follow- plan my summer schedule, and it come off the pitch and hang their gland at the age of 34 with some ter a 4-2 defeat at Leicester in De- ing its extensive renovation over will obviously be great to play in heads in shame." Sky Sports' Jamie doubting what impact he could cember. We knew what he meant the last year. The 41-year-old en- front of the British fans again. "My Carragher after Leicester beat Liv- have on the Premier League. He (sort of...) but it didn't go unno- joyed his best finish of the year at form is good - I don't feel like I've erpool 3-1 in February. The victo- rightly backed himself upon arriv- ticed in the press. TPC Sawgrass just three weeks got a lot out of my game over the ry came just days after Leicester ing, scoring 28 goals in all compe- (Sky Sport) after he thought he had lost his last few weeks - but I've been work- PGA Tour card, and his share of ing hard and hopefully the results second propelled him to 58th in will follow." Poulter has been re- Rising Pune Supergiant secured both hit half centuries as RPS re- their place in Sunday's IPL final built, but slowly - a spell of three with a 20-run win over Mumbai runs in 10 balls coming at one stage Indians in the first qualifier. In a - before Dhoni came in and blasted typically blistering knock, MS the team to a competitive score. Dhoni (40no off 26 balls) fired five Mumbai's chase started well sixes - four coming in the final two enough, with Parthiv Patel (52 off overs - to lift the Supergiant score 40) striking three sixes in the open- up to 162-4. Carlos Brathwaite and ing four overs, but then the unfor- Mark Ramprakash reflect on MS tunate run-out of his opening part- Dhoni's fine innings featuring five ner Lendl Simmons (5) when back- sixes which helped RPS to the IPL ing up out of his crease triggered a final. Pune ultimately defended that mini-collapse. Sundar first trapped total with ease thanks to a hugely Rohit Sharma (1) lbw, then re- disciplined effort - spinner Wash- moved Rayudu three balls later, ington Sundar taking T20-best fig- while his third strike in his subse- ures of 3-16, which included two quent over was the crucial wicket sharp catches by skipper Steve of Kieron Pollard (7). the FedExCup standings after luctant to play at Wentworth in Smith at midwicket. Despite the Hardik Pandya (14 off 10) and starting the week ranked 136th. recent years as he was not a fan of defeat, Mumbai have the chance brother Krunal Pandya (15 off 11) Poulter admitted afterwards that the greens, but all 18 have been to earn a re-match with RPS in the came and went either side of he was keen to play a number of replaced at the revamped West Carson Jones welcomes final if they beat the winner of Parthiv bringing up his 37 ball fif- European Tour events this sum- Course in a huge project overseen Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata ty, but he too fell in the deep while mer, and he will join the likes of by Ernie Els, Paul McGinley and Knight Riders - live on Sky Sports desperately trying to up the scor- Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and current Ryder Cup captain Tho- 1, 3pm on Wednesday - in Friday's ing. Justin Rose in a star-studded field mas Bjorn. "I'm looking forward a battle with Sam second qualifier. Jaydev Unadkat (1-24) added for the first of seven Rolex Series to seeing the changes that have Put into bat by their hosts at the the wicket of Karn Sharma (4) and tournaments. been made at Wentworth," added Wankhede Stadium, Pune got off very nearly had another off a relay "For me, to have played well last Poulter. to a poor start as Mitchell Mc- catch on the boundary, only for week and locked up everything in "Everything the guys - Tho- Eggington in Britain Clenaghan (1-46) bowled Rahul Rahane's stunning effort to be de- America has now freed my sum- mas, Paul - have done to improve Tripathi for a duck with a brutal nied as he had just touched the rope. mer up and meant I can come back the course makes me want to jump Carson Jones would return to Brit- tle after blasting Ceferino Rodrigu- at it real - Paulie's prime was six inswinger in the first over, and then Instead, Shardul Thakur (3-37) and play in some of the big events back on a plane to the UK. It's just ain for a battle with Sam Egging- ez through the ropes. "Who I real- years ago. It's a good name to have Lasith Malinga (1-14) picked up claimed McClenaghan in the final in Europe, which I'm really look- what I need - the chance to come ton and does not see "anything ly want over there is Sam Egging- on his record, but it's not all that Smith (1) off a leading edge in the over to add to his tally as Pune ing forward to," said Poulter. "Ev- back to Britain and play some golf special" in the new European wel- ton and I'm pretty sure everyone impressive. second. Ajinkya Rahane (56 off 43) confirmed a comfortable win. eryone on the European Tour has and enjoy it. terweight champion. 'The Savage' wants to see that," said Jones, who "He got hurt by Malignaggi in and Manoj Tiwary (58 off 48) (Cricket News) been incredibly supportive and that (BBC Sport) claimed the European belt with an stopped Ben Hall on his last trip that fight and Malignaggi doesn't explosive knockout of Ceferino to Britain in November. He's a hurt anybody." Jones, who is Rodriguez in Birmingham last Sat- young fighter, he's gung ho, but I scheduled to fight next month, be- urday. But Jones insists he is not don't see anything special. lieves a showdown with the Stour- Andy Danny overly impressed with Eggington, Carson Jones bridge man would not reach the fi- despite his previous stoppage win "It's up to Sam and Eddie nal bell. over former world champion Paulie [Hearn] on that one. He's a young "It's guaranteed a knockout for Murray Watts on Malignaggi. Eggington claims Eu- fighter, he's gung ho, but I don't sure," said the 30-year-old. "I ropean title after blasting Ceferino see anything special. "I saw the would take it as his very next fight. coming out, Rodriguez through the ropes. Paulie Malignaggi fight, that was a I'm ready right now." admits he Eggington claims European ti- good win of course, but let's look (BBC Sport) is ‘not motorsport, Eminent expected to run playing Rainbow Laces good played well. "I am just not play- were a few opportunities there. ‘big race’ in Investec Derby ing good tennis and I need to try "But he was taking the ball early, Summit tennis’ and work out how to turn that hitting the ball close to the lines around." Murray struggled to cope and dominating most of the points. with the intensity of home-favou- "Normally during matches your 'I want to be an advocate after rite Fognini, who dominated the opponent might give you a few going forward for all LGBT match with his strong forehand and opportunities with some errors, people,' says former 24 drop-shot winners. "I am sure and obviously you hope to create Hours of Le Mans winner Rome there were a lot of things I could a few yourself. That certainly have done better," the Scot added. wasn't the case today. "The only "This time last year, I was getting "Obviously he started the match chance I really got was when he ready to race at Le Mans. Twelve Masters extremely well and then mid-to- was making errors." months later, I'm going to be at Old end part of the second set, there (Fox News) Trafford doing a talk about my coming out story." Danny Watts exit is on the victory lap of his own Andy Murray admits he is "not personal endurance race, and he still playing good tennis" ahead of the can't quite believe he's arrived at French Open after crashing out of this stage of his life. He retired from his second tournament in the space professional driving in 2016 - his of a week. The world No 1 was team, Strakka Racing, had finished comfortably beaten 6-2 6-4 by fourth in their class at the 24 Hours Fabio Fognini in a round-of-32 of Le Mans that June, and Watts match at the Rome Masters on felt he was starting to lose his edge. He began a new line of work, coach- Craven Stakes winner Eminent will market Classic. "We've kept him Tuesday - just a week after his run a big race." He went on: "Noth- surprise straight-sets defeat to ing young drivers. Then, after head to Epsom for the Breakfast ticking over and I think he'll go well ing has come out in any of the tri- months of agonising, the 37-year- With The Stars morning next week in the big one," said Meade. "He's Borna Coric at the Madrid Mas- als to scare us and the Dante just ters. The 30-year-old has now suf- old told the world of motorsport in preparation for the Investec been doing everything right, but came a bit too close to Epsom for in February that he is gay. "It's all Derby. The Frankel colt finished obviously it was hugely disap- fered seven losses since the start me. "He should cope with the track of the year and admits his form is been a massive whirlwind since sixth in the Qipco 2000 Guineas, pointing what happened in the and we'll take him to Breakfast then, to be honest. Has it sunk in? when trainer Martyn Meade felt Guineas. "It just wasn't run to suit concerning ahead of the French With The Stars to make sure. Open, which starts in May. "I am he was unsuited by the slow pace. him, there was no pace and as soon "We're still learning about the Not 100% yet. But slowly it will." I just wanted to drive and race, and be the best person I could be on the Meade decided to skip the Dante as I saw there wasn't he was just not playing well," Murray said track. It's a whirlwind he's welcomed, banishing the black clouds of stress and depression, and energising him Frankels, ours isn't a miler, I al- in his post-match press conference. this week given its proximity to doomed because it turned into a ways said it was a minimum for to be a voice of representation. First up, a panel discussion on inclusion in sport for lesbian, gay, bisexual and the Derby and is happy with what sprint. "It didn't reflect his true abil- "I mean, the last couple of weeks, transgender (LGBT) people at the Rainbow Laces Summit in Manchester, attended by leaders and CEOs. him. they have been tough and I haven't he has seen at home since the New- ity, but I'm pretty confident he'll (BBC Sport) (Sky Sport) THURSDAY . MAY 18. 2017-Sawar 28, 1396 H.S Vol:XI Issue No: 284 Price: Afs.20

KABUL: Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Wednes- day asked political leaders to sup- port the incumbent government By Sadiq Yousfi ish India need to be restored to warmly welcomed the Czarnecki’s and put their differences aside. their earlier status as the sovereign opinion piece and termed it the first The lower house speaker the KABUL: The Afghan masses and territory of Afghanistan to ensure and last solution to the current di- country faced huge challenges of Baluch people living on both sides durable peace and stability in the lemma in the country, and also in insecurity and interferences by of the Durand Line have warmly region, rather than pouring millions the region. neighboring countries. Political, welcomed the opinion piece by the of Euros in aid to Afghanistan, and According to the statement, geographical and ethnical differ- Ryszard Czarnecki, Vice President trying to win a war that cannot be the restoration of Afghan land and ences were harming the national of European Parliament (EP) that won. Following the realistic ap- people across the Durand Line re- interests and politicians should was published in EP titled, “Time proach of Czarnecki, Afghanistan mains a historic and evergreen avoid spreading more differences, to Revisit the Durand Line.” The Times, a leading English Newspa- stand of all the governments and he said. “If the government and po- Czarnecki has emphasized on the per in the country, has observed a people of Afghanistan, which is litical parties remain split, the cri- western countries to take a hard deep and lauded wave of happi- necessary for the sovereignty and ses may go out of control,” warned look at this artificial border of ness and hopes among the people territorial integrity of the country. Ibrahimi. Abdul Wadud Paiman, a Durand Line, and restore the natu- living on both sides of Durand Line It furthered that peace and stabili- lawmaker from Kunduz province, ral and historical frontier between where everyone appreciates and ty in Afghanistan and in the region said differences never served Af- Afghanistan and Pakistan for the applauds Ryszard Czarnecki for would be a dream until the Afghan AT Monitoring Desk ghanistan’s interests and issues sake of peace in the region. The his noble approach. Commenting land and people to be regained by could not be solved through dem- maker from Kabul, said peace was against the successful peace agree- opinion piece further says into the matter, the Ministry for revisiting the Durand Line, and to onstrations and public gatherings. the desire of every Afghan and no ment between the government and Balochistan and the Pashtun-dom- Borders and Tribal Affairs, Head- do so it is the responsibility of ABUL: Herat Provincial Referring to Amrullah Saleh, he one should sabotage the peace pro- the Hezb-i-Islami (HIA), no other inated tribal areas of Pakistan that ed by Pashtun intellectual Abdul United Stated, United Kingdom Council Chairman, Kam said: “Leader is one who shows cess for personal interests. He add- group would wish to join the peace were forcefully merged into Brit- Ghafoor Liwal in a statement has and other countries of...P2 Kran Alizai was sentenced patience and tolerance.”. to eight months in prison after Haji Allah Gul Mujahid, a law- ed if conspiracies were hitched process. (Pajhwok) appearing before appellate court on Wednesday, an official said. He was accused of misusing his au- 13 civilians Policeman dead, 2 injured thority. On March 27, the Anti- Corruption Justice Center Political will needed to Town hall (ACJC) had sentenced him to two kidnapped by in Helmand firefight and half years in jail. But, he rejected decision made by the banish terror: Wardak meeting insurgents LASHKARGAH : One policeman Loe Bagh area on Tuesday night. ACJC. He also opposed to sur- was killed and two other security Taliban confirmed the clash. render to police. The previous KABUL: Shared interest could strategic opportunity. in Jawzjan personnel were wounded during Separately Special Forces de- verdict had been handed down in guide the reconciliation and ulti- He said: “33% of Afghani- assesses overnight clash in the Nad Ali dis- stroyed four training centres of the absentia. But he was present in mate peace and stability in the re- stan’s natural resources have been trict of southern Helmand prov- Taliban in the Garamser district the appellate court today gion if there is a strong political mapped, the estimated worth of IBERGHAN: Taliban and ince, an official said. during overnight raid. (Wednesday). The judicial panel for it, says the minister of parlia- which is in trillions of dollars. In children’s Daesh militants have kid Governor Spokesman Umar Zwak acknowledged the over- sentenced Alizai to eight months mentary affairs. the next 15 years, Afghanistan will Snapped more than a dozen Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News night raid but there was no infor- in jail after hearing arguments Farooq Wardak said this in his become the world’s largest produc- civilians in northern Jawzjan prov- the clash erupted when the Tali- mation about the Taliban casual- from the both sides. However, the inaugural speech at a 2-day semi- er of copper and iron and one of situation ince, an official said on Wednes- ban stormed police check-posts in ties. (Pajhwok) accused could file a review peti- nar on Af-Pak reconciliation op- the big players in the gold market. day. tion as this decision is not final. portunities and challenges. The “We have 14 of the 17 rare The Taliban took seized peo- The provincial council head was event was jointly organised by the earth material. Our marble resourc- in Takhar ple in Qara Boian and Chakush accused of entering forcefully Royal Danish Defence College es are enough to last for the com- ALOQAN: A dialogue meet villages of Aqcha district and took along with 20 of his armed sup- (RDDC) and Regional Peace In- ing 400 years,” Wardak said,, be- them to an undisclosed location, 2 children killed in ing assessed children’s situ porters into the Herat attorney stitute (RPI). lieving Afghanistan’s water asset ation and challenges in light said the governor’s spokesman. office and freeing a convict under Wardak called for the neigh- can be transformed into a power- T of national and international laws Mohammad Raza Ghafoori investigation. bours to move beyond pious state- house and \surplus power could added the abducted individuals Kapisa landmine blast and standards in northern Takhar ments to result-oriented discus- meet the demand of neighbours as province on Wednesday, the Ger- were busy harvesting poppies. sions on key issues bedeviling well. o him, another most impor- There is no information yet on man Cooperation with Afghani- Kabul-Islamabad ties. tant opportunity for bringing sus- stan said on Wednesday. their whereabouts. “We have repeatedly heard tainable peace is the millions of Aminullah, the administrative The Women and Peace Stud- that peace in Afghanistan means Afghans who have lived in Paki- ies Organization organised the chief for Qush Tepa district, said peace in Pakistan and the enemy stan for decades, studied there and three more people were kidnapped event in Taloqan, the provincial of Afghanistan is the enemy of gained a variety of skills. capital with support from the Af- by armed supporters of Qari Hek- Pakistan and vice versa. But in Wardak said the Afghans and matullah. The abducted people ghan-German Cooperation’s pro- practice this has never been dem- Pakistanis enjoyed many cultural gramme to promote the rule of law hail from Dasht-i-Laili district. onstrated,” the minister said. similarities ranging from colour, Rahmatullah Hashar, the Darz in Afghanistan. He added the Afghan leader- race, language and culture, which A representative of Takhar’s Ab district chief, claimed Daesh ship stood firm in battling terror- could be used as strategic asset to rebels have abducted a farmer. He Youth Parliament, Nader Qaderi, ists who were intent upon desta- foster brotherhood between the commented: “Respecting chil- said there was no information about bilising the region. President Ashraf two nations. He made clear Af- the man. dren’s opinions and giving them the Ghani had taken concrete steps ghanistan did not want to become chance to speak up, give them the Meanwhile, Taliban spokes- MAHMUD RAQI : Two children bi told Pajhwok Afghan News the over the past two years and a half a battlefield for proxy wars; it de- confidence to share their problems man Zabihullah Mujahid denied have been killed and two other explosion took place in Ahmad for the restoration of peace and sired to be a buffer. The country affects their families and society.” his group’s involvement in the ab- people wounded as a result of land- Bek hill of Nejrab district late on stability, he said. would like to become a model for Journalist SetaraSulaimanzada duction of civilians. He believed mine explosion in the Nejrab dis- Monday evening. He said two chil- AT Monitoring Desk A strong political will is need- cooperation, a platform for com- added: “Such programmes contrib- armed groups might have kid- trict of central Kapisa province, dren were killed and two other ABUL: Public awareness ed to eradicate terrorism and re- ing together and living in prosper- ute to decreasing violence against napped the people. an official said on Wednesday. Po- people wounded in the blast when workshop on the Turk store peace, the minister said, high- ity and dignity. “Yes, it is doable. children. Children and young peo- (Pajhwok) lice Chief Mohammad Razaq Yaqo- they were walking on the hillside. menistan-Afghanistan- lighting what a stable and prosper- Nationally there may be limita- ple are facing different challenges K ous Afghanistan could offer to the tions, but regionally there are op- Pakistan-India (TAPA) gas pipe- in today’s society.” line project is planned to be region. Afghanistan’s geographical portunities which can be utilised Afghan civil society actors kicked off by the Ministry of location could provide the region to our mutual benefit…Let’s com- such as the Takhar Civil Society Mines and Petroleum in south- the best connectivity. Now this is mit to serving our people in need Network, Maihan Relief and Im- ern Kandahar province, an offi- up to the people and decision- through sincere cooperation,” he provements Organization cial said on Wednesday. The pro- makers how best they can use this concluded. (Pajhwok) (MRIO), Afghan Women Rehabil- vincial governor spokesman, itation and Skill Building Associa- Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwk tion (AWRSA and youth groups Afghan News that Eng. Abdul participated in the workshop, Rahman, social affairs for the 1 killed, 12 injured in Representatives from the De- TAPI project, recently visited the partment of Labour and Social Af- AT News Report respond to the food-security and Food Programme and the Govern- province and spoke of the plan fairs, the Department of Women nutritional needs of people dis- ment of Afghanistan remain com- to conduct the awareness pro- Kandahar twin blasts affairs the Department of Hajj and KABUL: The United States Agen- placed by conflict, returnees, and mitted to fighting hunger and mal- gram. “People would be made Religious Affairs and the media aware of the importance of multi- cy for International Development people affected by natural disas- nutrition in Afghanistan.” ond by a bomb planted on a rick- were also in attendance. The dia- billion dollars project, and their KANDAHAR : At least one ci- (USAID) is helping Afghanistan’s ters and economic stress. In addition, USAID is work- shaw. (Pajhwok) logue meeting provided a platform most vulnerable populations to re- The statement furthered, US- ing with 15 United Nations and viewpoint regarding better imple- vilian was killed and a dozen more for exchange and facilitated the ceive much needed relief concern- AID has been the largest donor to NGO partners, as well as the State mentation of the schemes would people, including three police, search for solutions to problems ing food security, the agency said the World Food Programme in Af- Ministry for Disaster Manage- be heard,” Khpalwak said. The were wounded in two back to back that have been identified. The par- in a media statement on Wednes- ghanistan. So far, in fiscal year 2017 ment and Humanitarian Affairs to massive energy project will pass explosions in the capital of south- ticipants noted that dialogue meet- day. “On May 10, USAID an- (FY17), USAID provided $40 mil- provide immediate relief and as- through Afghanistan’s Herat, ern Kandahar province on Tues- ings were effective in addressing nounced a cash contribution of $20 lion to WFP/Afghanistan to sup- sistance to vulnerable Afghans af- Farah, Helmand and Kandahar day night. The first blast took community-related problems chil- million to the United Nation World port emergency food and nutrition fected by the complex emergency. provinces before reaching Paki- place about 9pm at the Sardar dren faced in Afghanistan. In 1994, Food Programme’s (UNWFP) Pro- operations in Afghanistan, So far in FY17, USAID’s Office stan. It will carry natural gas from Madad Khan square in Kandahar Afghanistan committed to the pro- tracted Relief and Recovery Op- “With this cash contribution, of Humanitarian Assistance has Central Asia to South Asia. Esti- City and the second explosion oc- tection of children’s rights ratify- eration (PRRO). The PRRO is de- WFP can purchase wheat flour programmed $70 million to sup- mated to cost $10 billion, the curred as police and residents ing the United Nations Conven- signed to enhance food and nutri- from local millers thereby support- port the acute needs of conflict and project will be completed by rushed to the site of the first blast, tion on the Rights of the Child. tion for 3.4 million vulnerable Af- ing the local economy while meet- natural disaster IDPs and return- 2019. The pipeline will supply the provincial governor’s spokes- However, many children still suf- ghans in 250 districts across all ing food assistance needs of the ees in water, sanitation and hy- 33 billion cubic of natural gas, man told Pajhwok Afghan News. fer from poverty, homelessness, provinces of Afghanistan,” the most vulnerable,” said Kathryn giene, shelter and food, non-food having short and long-term ad- Samim Khpalwak said the first abuse, neglect, preventable diseas- statement added. It added that US- Stevens, USAID Acting Mission items, health and nutrition assis- vantages for energy-starved Af- blast was caused by a magnetic es as well as unequal access to ed- AID’s contribution is designed to Director. “USAID, the World tance. ghanistan. bomb affixed to a car and the sec- ucation. (Pajhwok)