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AFGHANISTAN/EU/FSU/MESA - BBC Monitoring Afghanistan Briefing 15 Dec 2011 - IRAN/RUSSIA/TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN/INDIA/GERMANY/QATAR/TURKMENISTAN/KUWAIT/US/MALI/UK
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Foreign Ministry recalls ambassador to Qatar
Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 15 December
[Presenter] Afghan Foreign Ministry has recalled its ambassador to
Qatar. A foreign ministry official has told a media outlet that the
decision has been taken in reaction to a move to possibly set up a
diplomatic office for the Taleban in Qatar. He has also said that Qatar
wants to set up an office for the Taleban with the cooperation of the
USA and Germany without consulting the government of Afghanistan. Afghan
analysts say that setting up an office for the Taleban means to
legitimize them and change their insurgency into a political movement.
Wali Aryan reports:
[Correspondent] Setting up an office for the Taleban outside Afghanistan
for peace talks had also been discussed in the past, while now, there
are some reports that the Qatari government wants to establish an office
for them with the cooperation of the USA and Germany. Some former
Taleban members say that it is very important to establish a diplomatic
office for the Taleban to hold peace talks, but add that it has not yet
been specified which country will set up an office for them. They also
say that the government of Afghanistan is also continuing its
discussions to reach a conclusion where an office should be opened for
the Taleban.
[Arsalan Rahmani, former Taleban higher education minister, captioned]
It is very necessary that [the Taleban] should have a diplomatic office,
so that they can find a clear address, whether in Qatar, Turkey or
Turkmenistan, because there is no other way [to hold peace talks with
[Correspondent] Meanwhile, efforts by Qatar to establish a diplomatic
office for the Taleban have triggered some reactions, as Ministry of
Foreign Affairs has recalled its ambassador to talk about this issue.
They also say that establishing an office for the Taleban should not be
regarded as a concession to them.
[Mir Ahmad Joyenda, Director of Foundation for Culture and Civil
Society, captioned] The government and the international community
fought against them under the name of terrorists over the past one
decade, while today, they want to politically legitimize them. It means
that Western counties, the government of Afghanistan and all the world
counties have made mistakes. Therefore, their decision means to
legitimate [the Taleban].
[Azizollah Rafie, head of the civil society organization, captioned] Two
issues are very important. First, we do not want to reject peace and
negotiations [with the Taleban]. But we want to say that how will [the
government] take into consideration the issue of justice and victims in
the peace and negotiations.
[Correspondent] The government of Afghanistan has said that any peace
talks should be led by Afghan officials and a recent Traditional Loya
Jerga decided that Kabul and Washington should talk to senior Taleban
officials about the peace process.
[Video shows a former Taleban member speaking over the phone; a number
of analysts speaking; a group of Taleban; Foreign Ministry building].
Source: Tolo TV, Kabul, in Dari 1330 gmt 15 Dec 11
Taleban rebels seek representative office in Qatar - TV
Excerpt from report by Afghan Tolo News TV on 15 December
[Presenter] The Taleban are seeking to open a political office in Qatar,
their leaders in the Quetta Council [in Pakistan] have said. They told
media outlets that the UN and the USA had previously suggested opening
an office.
Meanwhile, the High Peace Council said the government of Pakistan should
cooperate with Afghanistan in talks with the Afghan Taleban, while the
Pakistani foreign minister has said Afghan refugees living in Pakistan
killed [High Peace Council chief] Ustad Borhanoddin Rabbani.
[Correspondent] The High Peace Council spoke about efforts being made to
resume peace talks with the Afghan Taleban in Pakistan, saying that a
consultative meeting is to be held next week, attended by President
Karzai, to elect a head for the council.
[Mohammad Esmael Qasemyar, secretary and adviser for international
relations to the High Peace Council, captioned] They are in Pakistan.
They are invited or uninvited guests over there. Their families are also
there. We should say naturally that they are under the control of the
leaders and the military of Pakistan. The government of Pakistan is a
door through which we can contact them [the Taleban].
[Correspondent] In the meantime, some MPs strongly criticized the
performance of the council over the past year, saying that the council
had not made any achievements.
[Nilofar Ebrahimi, Badakhshan MP, captioned] This time, the government
should define specifically that Pakistan is fighting us. When there is a
specific definition and when it clears its stance about them, there is
no need for the High Peace Council or for a committee that spends
enormous money in a poor country like Afghanistan. We can contact
directly through two governments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
tackle the problem directly through Pakistan.
[Correspondent] The Pakistani foreign minister says the Afghan refugees
living in Pakistan are responsible for the killing of Ustad Borhanoddin
Rabbani, former chairman of the High Peace Council and that Islamabad is
not responsible.
[Passage omitted: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar blamed
Afghan refugees for the murder of Borhanoddin Rabbani, former chairman
of the High Peace Council.]
[Correspondent] Mr Qasemyar stressed that Afghanistan enjoyed just and
lasting peace at a time when the international community, countries of
the region, religious scholars and the people support it.
[Video shows official, MP, speaking; the Pakistani foreign minister;
Taleban insurgents.]
Source: Tolo News, Kabul, in Dari 1330 gmt 15 Dec 11
Analysts say Taleban stop attacks on schools
Text of report by privately-owned Afghan Arzu TV on 14 December
Taleban have agreed to stop their attacks on schools. A report released
by Afghan Analysts' Network says that the Taleban made this move
following an increase in religious subjects on the training curricula of
the schools and the employment of mullahs as teachers.
However, the Afghan Ministry of Education has not made any obvious
remarks but emphasized that the stance of the Afghan Ministry of
Education is clear and that in order improve [the situation] they are
ready to hold any kinds of talks.
[Amanollah Esahan, spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Education,
speaking over the phone, captioned] Well, we have not reached any
official agreement with any group that we will do this [if] you do not
do that, and we will reach this goal. We will hold talks with anyone on
expanding our education, and we will tell them about our programmes and
will hear their views to find out what they want to achieve by making
threats against education [if they make threats against education].
Only the [Afghan] people can protect education. As a result of our
programme to encourage the people to support education and their
children's future, we have achieved this success and have had good
results. Most of our schools in insecure provinces which were closed
have been reopened.
[Video shows Amanollah Esahan, spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of
Education, speaking over the phone.]
Source: Arzu TV, Mazar-e Sharif, in Dari 1500 gmt 14 Dec 11
Military expert says turning point not reached as US defence secretary
Excerpt from report by private Afghan Channel One TV (1TV) on 15
[Presenter] The year 2011 is seen as a milestone in helping Afghanistan.
US Secretary of Defence [Leon Panetta] says many parts of Afghanistan
have been freed from Taleban domination this year. Meanwhile, he says
achieving victory in Afghanistan will not be possible without Pakistan's
[Correspondent] US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has paid an
unannounced visit to Kabul, accompanied by reporters. He says that
victory in the Afghan war is not possible without Pakistan's
cooperation. The US secretary of defence believes that the US and
Pakistan have a joint concern in the fight against terrorism. However,
these remarks were made at a time when the US and Pakistan's ties were
tense following the killing of Pakistani border soldiers in a US air
strike. Meanwhile, Leon Panetta is to assure President Karzai that US
will not leave Afghanistan alone after the withdrawal of foreign forces.
[Correspondent reads out the text of remarks made by Leon Panetta] The
year 2011 is a very important turning point in supporting Afghanistan.
The US forces managed to reduce violence levels and free many areas from
terrorist control in this year.
[Gen Nurolhaq Ulomi, military affairs expert, captioned] From a military
and political viewpoint, we do not have an achievement we can call a
turning point. From the viewpoint of politics, still there has not been
a sound administration established here. We point the finger at
corruption and say we bring such government officials to justice but we
have not done so. And from the military viewpoint, the past year was a
year in which civilians, people, military personnel and foreign forces
took a lot of casualties. And the turning point has not come yet.
[Another correspondent] The trip by the US defence secretary came at a
time when in addition to tense relations between US and Pakistan, a US
unmanned drone has been downed by Iran. Concurrent with this, it has
been said there has been progress made over US-Afghan talks in signing
the strategic agreement.
[Gen Amrollah Arman, military affairs expert, captioned] Signing the
strategic agreement between Afghanistan and US, and the second political
goal is to deal with military and political convulsions in the region.
They are obliged and required to discuss some new approaches. In my
opinion serious attention should paid to such issues.
[Passage omitted: Panetta's trip to Afghanistan took place at a time
when some US troops have left Afghanistan and second phase of security
handover has kicked off]
[Video shows photo and text of Leon Panetta; interview with Gen Nurolhaq
Ulomi and Amrollah Aman; archive footage of foreign forces, footage of
US drone seized by Iran, President Karzai and Barack Obama at a meeting,
foreign security forces packing up.]
Source: Afghan Channel One (1TV), Kabul in Dari 1330 gmt 15 Dec 11
Official says US-Pakistan tension helps in eradicating terrorism
Text of report by privately-owned Afghan Arzu TV on 14 December
[Presenter] The year 2014 will not be the end of US presence in
Afghanistan but will end to our physical role in the war, US Defence
Secretary Leon Panetta has said at a meeting with Afghan Defence
Minister Abdorrahim Wardag. He pledged to continue cooperation with the
Afghan Defence Ministry, saying the US military will not play a role in
Afghan mopping-up operations after 2014.
[Correspondent] US Defence secretary Leon Panetta met his Afghan
counterpart during an unannounced visit to Kabul.
Gen Zaher Azimi, spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Defence, is
optimistic about the outcome of the meeting. Mr Azimi says that at the
meeting, Leon Panetta emphasized the need to strengthen the Afghan
security forces. The US official also said that 2014 would not be the
end of the US presence in Afghanistan but that the physical role of the
US military in the war would be ended and responsibility for carrying
out mopping-up operations will be handed over to Afghans.
[Gen Zaher Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of
Afghanistan, captioned] A meeting between the US defence secretary and
the Afghan defence minister was held. Gen John Allen [commander of
foreign forces in Afghanistan] and the US ambassador [in Kabul] were
present. The US defence secretary said that 2014 is not the end of our
presence in Afghanistan, but it is the end of the physical US role in
the war.
[Correspondent] At this meeting Zaher Azimi said 2012 would be a good
year in terms of security for Afghan forces, saying that the current
situation of Afghanistan has improved by 25 per cent compared to the
previous year. Mr Azimi also describes the tense relations between the
US and Pakistan as helpful in the eradication of terrorism in the
[Gen Zaher Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of
Afghanistan, captioned] We believe, it is our view, that war and
insecurity will not be completely ended in Afghanistan while these
centres [in Pakistan] still exist.
[Correspondent] US defence secretary had also said that restoring peace
in Afghanistan depended on Islamabad's cooperation.
[Video shows US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta speaking; Afghan
presidential palace; Gen Zaher Azimi addressing a press conference; the
White House.]
Source: Arzu TV, Mazar-e Sharif, in Dari 1500 gmt 14 Dec 11
Pundit says US defence secretary visit will pressure Pakistan
Text of report by Afghan Tolo News TV on 14 December
[Presenter] US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's Kabul visit is in fact a
means of exerting pressure on Pakistan to fight terrorism seriously.
Some analysts have said Leon Panetta's visit will increase Pakistan's
suspicion that Washington does not pay attention to Islamabad's demands.
[Correspondent] As relations have aggravated between Washington, Kabul
and Islamabad, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta visited Kabul.
According to analysts, one of the aims of Mr Panetta's visit to Kabul is
to seek ways to put an end to tensions between Washington, Kabul and
[Ajmal Baluchzada, a civil rights activist, captioned] [We] take the
visit and talks as good omens. Naturally, we see seriousness of the US
government, after the Bonn Conference, and its dealing with Pakistan
decisively, and in some cases with Afghanistan. That will be the
beginning of pressure on Pakistan, and to some extent on Afghanistan, in
the fight against terrorism.
[Correspondent] Despite all, former spokesman for President Karzai
believes that the US defence secretary's visit on the verge of Christmas
is to meet US forces in Afghanistan.
[Wahid Omar, former presidential spokesman, captioned] Leon Panetta's
visit in a situation that there are [strained] relations between
Pakistan and the USA, Afghanistan and other countries, I think that
would make Pakistan suspicious that the USA will not give a positive
response to their demands.
[Correspondent] The US defence secretary's visit to Kabul took place
right after Islamabad blocked all supply routes in that country's
territory in a reaction to NATO air strike on Pakistan security outposts
in Mohmand Agency. Expulsion of US forces from Shamsi airbase was
another reaction to the attack.
Video shows analysts speaking, some foreign forces patrolling an area of
Source: Tolo News, Kabul, in Dari 1330 gmt 14 Dec 11
University lecturer says Pakistan aims to get concessions from USA
Excerpt from report by Afghan Tolo News TV on 14 December
[Presenter] It seems that Pakistan is willing to normalize relations
with NATO, the commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan has said. He
added that he had held talks with the Pakistani army chief of staff on
normalizing relations with Islamabad. Meanwhile, the Pakistani prime
minister warned that any further violations of the national integrity of
his country would be intolerable. Mr Gillani said that Islamabad wanted
to have good relations with NATO and ISAF but relations should be equal.
[Correspondent] Gen John Allen, foreign forces commander in Afghanistan,
said he was sure that Pakistan would re-join the fight against
terrorism. In the meantime, a number of analysts believe that Pakistan's
strategy is to support terrorism and strengthen their groups, saying
that Islamabad has never been good ally with the USA, NATO and the world
on the war on terror.
[Nasrollah Stanekzai, law university lecturer, captioned] It would be
very optimistic to trust the remarks by the Pakistani chief of army
staff. Their aim specifically is to get concessions from the USA because
Americans need Pakistan. They want to use this and waste the time. They
want to reintegrate and organize the groups that were harmed seriously
in recent months and to deploy them for spring terrorist operations.
[Correspondent] In the meantime, Pakistani prime minister at a meeting,
attended by Pakistani ambassadors to other countries in Islamabad, said
his country would never tolerate violation of their national integrity.
[Passage omitted: Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani says
NATO's air strike was a blow to cooperation on the war on terror.]
[Correspondent] Islamabad accused NATO of targeting a Pakistani forces'
outpost on 26 November in Khyber Agency. However, NATO believes that the
incident was done accidentally.
[Video shows an analyst speaking, some Pakistani forces, funeral
ceremony, the Pakistani prime minister at a meeting with some official.]
Source: Tolo News, Kabul, in Dari 1330 gmt 14 Dec 11
Prosecutor seeks extradition of former bank chief from USA
Text of report by Afghan Tolo News TV on 13 December
[Presenter] The US ambassador to Afghanistan has said the government of
Afghanistan has not officially called for extradition of Abdol Qadir
Fetrat, former governor of Central Bank. However the attorney-general
said the body [Attorney-General's Office] has asked the US embassy in
Afghanistan to hand Mr Fetrat over to the government of Afghanistan. The
US embassy added that it needed for a legal process.
[Correspondent] The US ambassador to Afghanistan said Abdol Qadir
Fetrat, former governor of Central Bank, was living in the USA legally,
adding that the government of Afghanistan should call for extradition of
Mr Fetrat officially.
[Ryan Crocker US Ambassador, in English with Dari translation overlaid,
captioned] Mr Fetrat is living in the USA legally. The government of
Afghanistan has not urged the USA officially to extradite him. It needs
a legal process to pursue it. We could investigate this through a legal
way. However, as much as I know, the process has not kicked off yet.
[Correspondent] In the meantime, the Attorney-General's Office says it
has called officially on the US embassy in Afghanistan and Interpol to
extradite Mr Fetrat to the government of Afghanistan as he is accused of
committing crime.
[Attorney-General Mohammad Eshaq Aloko, in Pashto, captioned] We have
asked for this through diplomatic channels, our embassy in Washington,
the US embassy and through the Interpol to get him to come here and
answer questions. We have adopted some measures. Now, I do not want to
mention them. These are security measures. We are contacting police and
Americans and we are telling them he is a criminal, so he should be
handed over to us.
[Correspondent] You mean that you have called for help officially?
[Aloko] Yes, officially, many times.
[Correspondent] Likewise, the Attorney-General's Office reported about
the Kabul Bank, saying that they have received the money embezzled by
shareholders of the bank. He [attorney general] stressed that the body
had ordered that properties of shareholders of the bank in Dubai should
be soled forcibly after they are realized.
[Video shows the attorney general speaking to camera, a photo, a view of
the Kabul Bank.]
Source: Tolo News, Kabul, in Dari 1330 gmt 13 Dec 11
Four insurgents killed, 11 abducted police rescued in north
Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency
Kabul: Four insurgents were killed and 31 others, including a commander,
were detained during an ongoing operation to rescue 11 abducted
policemen in northeastern Badakhshan Province, officials said on
Thursday [15 December].
The operation that involved Afghan and International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) troops was carried out in the Yakh Shera area of Orduj
District after a 6 December rebel attack on police, an official said.
Two policemen were killed and nearly a dozen others were seized when the
Taleban ambushed their patrol in the area, the provincial police chief
Gen Abdul Sabor Nasrati told Pajhwok Afghan News six policemen were
injured in the attack and their eight vehicles were set on fire.
The police chief said the 11 abducted police officers had been rescued
and four insurgents were killed and 31 others, including a commander
identified as Mullah Dad Khuda also known as Mullah Burjan, were
captured alive.
Governor Shah Waliollah said the Taleban had repeatedly been invited for
reconciliation, but they rejected the peace talks, thus the operation
was carried out against them.
He said some of the detainees were involved in killing and abducting
security personnel and setting on fire their vehicles.
Provincial National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Ali Ahmad
Mubaraz claimed the insurgents had links to the Al-Qa'ida and Lashkar-e
Toiba, a militant group based in Pakistan.
Source: Pajhwok Afghan News website, Kabul, in English 1510 gmt 15 Dec
Taleban say abducted policemen freed in north on local elders' request
Excerpt from report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news
Kabul, 15 December: Policemen abducted by the Taleban have been freed.
The policemen who were abducted by the Taleban in Wardoj District of
Badakhshan Province [northern Afghanistan] two weeks ago were released
on Thursday [15 December].
The spokesman for the Badakhshan governor, Mawlawi Abdol Maruf Rasekh,
told Afghan Islamic Press [AIP] that 11 policemen who had been captured
by the Taleban were freed in a military operation.
The head of Badakhshan Provincial Council, Zabihollah Atiq, regarding
the abducted police gave similar information and added: "Thirty Taleban
were killed and four others captured alive in the military operation."
When AIP contacted the Taleban spokesman, Zabihollah Mojahed, in this
regard, he rejected officials' claim that the policemen had been
released in the military operation and said: "The Taleban released 13
abducted policemen today, 15 December, as a result of local elders'
repeated requests on releasing them after taking guarantees from the
elders and they pledged that they [the policemen] will no longer work
for the government."
Mojahed, regarding capturing of the Taleban members said: "It was not
true, none of the Taleban had been killed or martyred, and security
forces had detained ordinary civilians."
[Passage omitted: Taleban claimed abduction of 30 police in Wardoj
District on 5 December]
Source: Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0558 gmt
15 Dec 11
Taleban admit seven fighters killed in east
Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news
Kabul, 15 December: The Taleban have admitted seven of their militants
have been killed in a clash. The Taleban acknowledge the deaths of seven
fighters in Serkanay District of [eastern] Konar Province in an exchange
of fire with foreign troops.
Zabihollah Mojahed, spokesman of the Taleban group told Afghan Islamic
Press [AIP] that, on 15 December their militants fought face-to-face
with foreign troops in Amiri area of Serkanay District at approximately
1500 [local time].
He added, "Seven Taleban have been martyred in an exchange of fire with
foreign troops".
Mojahed said that, four foreign soldiers and two Afghan army soldiers
were also killed during the clashes.
When Afghan Islamic Press [AIP] contacted ISAF press office in Kabul,
they in reply said that they have not received any report of any ISAF
soldier being killed in Serkanay District of Konar Province but ISAF did
not say whether there had been an exchange of fire.
Local governmental officials have not yet commented.
Source: Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 1211 gmt
15 Dec 11
Taleban claim inflicting casualties on foreign soldiers in south
Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news
Kabul, 15 December: One ISAF soldier has been killed in southern
The ISAF forces' press office in Kabul said in a statement on Thursday,
15 December, that the ISAF soldier was killed in opponents' attack in
southern Afghanistan yesterday, 14 December.
Under the ISAF policy, the statement gave no details about the exact
location of the incident or the nationality of the killed soldier.
Meanwhile, a Taleban spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi, told Afghan
Islamic Press that the Taleban carried out attacks on foreign forces in
Nad-e Ali and Nawa districts of Helmand Province yesterday, 14 December,
and a number of foreign soldiers were killed or injured as a result.
The latest soldier's death raised to 10 the number of foreign forces
killed in Afghanistan so far in December.
Source: Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0503 gmt
15 Dec 11
Two soldiers killed, two injured in mine blast in west
Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news
Herat, 15 December: The Afghan National Army [ANA] has suffered four
casualties in an explosion.
Two ANA soldiers were killed, and two others injured in a mine explosion
in Moqor District of Badghis Province [western Afghanistan].
Abdol Ghani Saberi, the deputy governor of Badghis Province, told Afghan
Islamic Press [AIP] that the mine targeting the ANA soldiers' vehicle
went off in an area in Moqor District of this province yesterday, 14
He said the two ANA soldiers were killed and two others injured as a
result of the explosion. Saberi said the vehicle was destroyed, and the
injured soldiers were taken to hospital for treatment.
The Taleban have claimed responsibility for this explosion, and their
spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi, told AIP that the mine explosion
was aimed at the government forces' vehicle in the Dara-e Bum area in
Moqor District and that five soldiers who were in the vehicle were
killed as a result.
Source: Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0831 gmt
15 Dec 11
Taleban report attack on French forces' base in east
Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 15 December
Base of French invaders comes under attack in Tagab District
[Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: According to a report by the
mojahedin of the Islamic Emirate in Tagab District of Kapisa Province,
the central base in the district has come under an armed attack.
The base was attacked with light and heavy weapons at 0630 [local time]
this morning. The attack lasted exactly one hour.
The report says the building of the base has been extensively damaged in
the attack. Moreover, the enemy has also suffered heavy casualties.
However, the precise number of the casualties is not known so far.
The report adds two mojahedin fighters of the Islamic Emirate were
wounded in the enemy's return fire. Their condition is described as
Source: Voice of Jihad website, in Pashto 15 Dec 11
Taleban report attack on district building in north
Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 15 December
Latest report: Four vehicles destroyed and five soldiers killed in
attack on Khost Fering District in Baghlan Province
[Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: A report has been received from
Baghlan Province of an armed attack on the building of Khost Fering
The report says the building of the district came under attack by the
mojahedin at midnight [local time] last night. The attack in which light
and heavy weapons were used lasted two and half hours.
According to the news sources the district building fell into the hands
of the mojahedin after a brief resistance by the soldiers guarding it.
The district headquarters was under the mojahedin's full control for
exactly two hours.
According to the details, five enemy soldiers lost their lives in the
intense two and half hours of fighting and three others were seriously
The sources add four Ranger vehicles of the enemy were hit and totally
destroyed during the attack. Similarly, a large section of the district
building has been damaged.
The mojahedin of the Islamic Emirate did not suffer any casualties in
the fighting.
Source: Voice of Jihad website, in Pashto 15 Dec 11
Observer says pact with US will be signed despite neighbours' objections
An Afghan university lecturer and political analyst has said that
whether neighbouring countries, particularly Iran, agree or not,
Afghanistan and the US will sign a long-term strategic agreement as the
majority of Afghan people support it.
Ahmad Zia Rafat, lecturer at Kabul University, emphasized that Iran is
under serious pressure from the international community, and it cannot
confront the USA in Afghanistan at all.
Speaking on Tolo TV's "Kankash" or "Consultation" programme on 12
December, Rafat said: "The Iranians know that Afghanistan and the USA
will sign a strategic agreement and they have no option but to draw up
policies in line with this agreement which will soon be signed. They
know that they are not able to prevent Afghanistan and USA from signing
this agreement or undermine the two countries' efforts in this regard.
Iran has to form policies with harmony with Afghanistan's stance or
based on US-Afghan relations... Now, international pressure has
seriously weakened the Iranian government, and it cannot deeply
influence Afghanistan. It has to leave Afghanistan alone with its
strategic agreement with the USA. The Iranians know that standing
against the strategic agreement will further annoy the USA and West and
the Iranians will have to pay a high price for that then."
Rafat said that US's extensive presence in Afghanistan is the price the
Iranians are paying for their previous malicious policies on Afghanistan
following the overthrow of communist regime in Afghanistan in 1991. And
now Iran is not able to interfere in Afghanistan openly and extensively
like Pakistan. "The Iranians know that they pursued faulty policies on
Afghanistan in 1991, and they changed their policy to some extent, but
Pakistan still continues its previous policy on Afghanistan... Iran has
always claimed that it cooperates with the Afghan government, and the
Afghan government, including intelligence bodies, has never presented
evidence to show Iran is interfering in Afghanistan... The Iranians know
that now they are paying the price of their previous faulty policies on
Afghanistan. Pakistan still continues malicious policies on Afghanistan
which will also have to pay the price. One of the prices is that
Afghanistan has to sign a strategic agreement wit! h a country [US]
thousands of kilometres away as it does not trust its neighbours at
all," he noted.
He added: "Political pressure due to human rights violations, nuclear
programmes and international sanctions have seriously weakened the
Iranian government, which cannot react against some issues such as the
strategic agreement between Afghanistan and USA. Iran has been weakened
and it does not have the influence it had in Afghanistan in the past...
The Iranians do not want to confront the West in Afghanistan as they
know that this will badly affect Iran. Hence, they refrain from
confronting the West, and they cannot face the West in Afghanistan at
Rafat confirmed that Iran is unhappy with presence of a large number of
Western forces in Afghanistan, but it has to maintain friendly relations
with the Afghan government. He said: "Iran is unhappy with the situation
in the region, but it realizes that more than 100,000 foreign troops,
mostly Americans, are in Afghanistan and they cannot face them. The
Iranians know that the West, including America and Europe, has deeply
influenced the Afghan government, meaning a surveillance operation by an
American drone aircraft on Iranian airspace from Afghan soil is a very
minor issue compared with the presence of the West in Afghanistan. The
Iranians accept that they have to have friendly relations with
Afghanistan. They are not ready to strain their relations with
Afghanistan... In fact, Iran, Pakistan and some other regional countries
concerned about strategic agreement between Kabul and Washington, but
they know that this agreement will be signed whether they suppor! t or
reject it. The traditional Loya Jerga shows that the Afghan people
support this agreement. Meanwhile, the Afghan government also has the
right to sign agreements with any country."
MP Jafar Madawi said on the same programme that the USA apparently
violated Iran's national sovereignty as its drone aircraft came down on
Iranian territory and he warned the Afghan government to consider the
observations and disagreements of all neighbouring and regional
countries on developments in Afghanistan.
He said: "Iran has three achievements. First of all, it showed its
technical might to the world by downing a sophisticated American drone
aircraft. Secondly, it complained to the international community that
the USA violated its national sovereignty. Thirdly, it began pressuring
Afghanistan... Currently, neighbouring and regional countries such as
Pakistan, Russia, Iran and others are pressuring Afghanistan over the
Afghan-US strategic agreement. If neighbouring countries decide to
destabilize Afghanistan, they can do this. Unfortunately, we have
observed over the past 30 years that like Pakistan, Iran has visibly
ensured the depth of its strategy in Afghanistan. The Afghan government
needs to consider observations by all neighbouring and regional
countries. We see relations between the USA and Russia are straining. US
is supporting Putin's rivals. Russians may take revenge from the USA in
Afghanistan. Iran also has its own observations. Unfortunately, we see !
Pakistan acts against the USA with all its power. Unless all these
issues are dealt with cautiously and vigilantly, any country can
destabilize Afghanistan."
He added: "International laws and conventions show that the Americans
have violated Iran's national sovereignty from Afghan soil... Iran
begins pressuring the Afghan government, which has always said that
Afghanistan will never allow anyone to threaten neighbours from Afghan
soil. Now, Iran has the chance to make legal claims against both the USA
and Afghan government at international gatherings. Afghanistan and the
USA are going to sign a strategic agreement, and the traditional Loya
Jerga also supported this. Now, Iran has the chance to pressure
Afghanistan and say that the Afghan government does not have the
authority to control the Americans' activities and operations in
Afghanistan. This could strain relations between Afghanistan and Iran
about US's presence and the strategic agreement. We see a series of
events such Russia's new stance on US presence in Afghanistan and the
terrorist attack on Ashura day in Kabul began to undermine the outcome
of the seco! nd Bonn Conference. Unfortunately, all recent developments
show that Afghanistan will face a series of new tension and crisis."
Rafat then disagreed with the opinion that downing an American aircraft
in Iran will strain relations between Tehran and Kabul, and said the
Iranian government summoned the Afghan envoy in Tehran as a political
measure. He said: "This issue will not affect relations between Iran and
Afghanistan as the Iranian government realizes that the Afghan
government does not have the ability to control such complicated
operations. Secondly, the Iranians know that Afghanistan's national
interests stand on its relations with the USA and it cannot strain its
relations with the USA... The Iranian government had to summon the
Afghan ambassador in Tehran as this surveillance operation was launched
from Afghanistan. However, what is important is that the Afghan
government announced that it would investigation to find out if the
operation was launched from Afghans soil. This reaction could satisfy
Iran, meaning Afghanistan does not support this operation. This could be
an achiev! ement for Iran in diplomatic scene. Meanwhile, it should be
taken into account that relations between Kabul and Tehran have stood on
bilateral interests and requirements over the past 10 years."
He also said that the USA could launch surveillance operations on
Iranian atomic bases from various countries, including Afghanistan, and
added: "The USA says that they have lost control over this drone
aircraft which could be important for Iranians in diplomatic scene,
meaning the USA does not have the power to enter Iran's airspace to
launch surveillance operation. Regardless the nature of incident, now,
what is important for the two countries is that how they describe the
issue... From a military point of view, it is clear that if the USA
decides to obtain accurate information about Iran's nuclear project,
which is very important for the USA, it will use any resource possible.
It can pursue this objective through Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Turkey and
Afghanistan. If they come to the conclusion that it is easy to launch
this mission from Afghanistan, they will not hesitate to do this."
Source: Tolo TV, Kabul, in Dari 1730 gmt 12 Dec 11
Observer says Pakistan cannot continue blocking NATO supply route
An Afghan university lecturer has said that Pakistan is too weak to keep
on blocking the supply route to US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan as it
is grappling with serious economic and political problems. Professor
Mohammad Nazif Shahrani told the Afghan Channel One's "Amaj" or "Target"
programme on 12 December that Pakistan affected its own ailing economy
by closing the supply route to Afghanistan. He said: "Pakistan faces a
lot of economic problems when it closes the supply route to Afghanistan.
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis have made their living through
working on the supply route, but now they are jobless. Now, these people
are against the Pakistani government. This will badly affect Pakistan's
extremely weak economy. Hence, Pakistan cannot continue blocking the
supply route to Afghanistan." "If Pakistan continues its current stance,
it primarily affects itself rather than NATO and Afghanistan. Pakistan
will finally realize this fact."
Shahrani also said: "America's problem in Afghanistan is that Pakistan's
border is open to Taleban extremists. Both Pakistani and Afghan
insurgents are coming to Afghanistan from Pakistan. These insurgents are
not only fighting the Afghans but also NATO forces. The USA wants to put
an end to this problem."
"Pakistan's interference in Afghanistan affects both Afghanistan's
future and US interests," he noted.
The lecturer said that although the USA had no alternative to Pakistan
in the region, no friend was better than a bad friend; adding: "The US
has close ties with India, but India cannot be an alternative to
Pakistan. However, the main question is whether the US needs an
alternative to Pakistan. Is it able to carry out the war on terror
without Pakistan's participation? Another very important question for
us, Afghans, is that has Pakistan been an honest partner for the USA?
Unfortunately, Pakistan has always pursued double-standard policies. On
the one hand, it has claimed to side with the USA, and on the other
hand, it has taken steps against the USA."
Meanwhile, MP Sayed Eshaq Gelani said: "The world does not want
Pakistan's partition even if that country is close to partition... We
should not support Pakistan's partition. We should try to maintain
Pakistan's existence to ensure our own security. Since Commonwealth
countries do not accept any government resulting from a coup in
Pakistan, a coup will not be staged in Pakistan, but changes to the
government are inevitable."
Also, he said that once the Afghan president said that two Afghan
officials were spying for either Pakistan or Iran, but the government
did not prosecute or disclose their names. "The current government [of
Afghanistan] is too weak to deal with spies," he said.
According to Gelani, the USA cannot cut ties with Pakistan, and the UK
is working hard to improve ties between the USA and Pakistan.
Source: Afghan Channel One (1TV), Kabul in Dari 1630 gmt 12 Dec 11
Daily accuses BBC of "conspiracy" over reporting of new rebel group
Text of editorial in Dari, "They are inciting sectarian violence",
published by private Afghan newspaper Arman-e Melli on 12 December
Following the bloody and sad incidents on Ashura day [6 December
attacks] in Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif, there are now reports about the
emergence of an Afghan Lashkar-e Jhangvi. This is news and shows that
the old imperialists and foreign intelligence agencies, which have been
creating armies [such groups], are not sitting idly and they are trying
to light a new fire in Afghanistan. This time the fire will come from
sectarian violence (God forbid). This is what the enemy wants and it was
for this purpose that it caused a bloodbath in Kabul on 10 Moharram. The
enemy was hoping that the people themselves will stage another bloodbath
after the explosions. Praise to Allah this was a missed shot and only
brought God's wrath unto those who are causing sedition. The Taleban and
perpetrators of the crimes in Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif on Ashura day
believed that a big explosion, which can take the lives of hundreds of
people, will lay the foundations of hatred between th! e Sunnis and Sh'i
in Afghanistan at the Abul Fazl shrine. They believed this seed of
hatred will soon grow into a sectarian conflict in Kabul and other major
cities of Afghanistan.
Fortunately, the wise people of Afghanistan understood the dept and
dimensions of the conspiracy. They know which hands are working to
create disunity among them.
What needs to be discussed is that the BBC, a British audio and now also
visual media organization, has sown the seeds of suspicion in the minds
of survivors of the victims of Ashura day incident that the perpetrators
of the bombings are the Afghan Lashkar-e Jhangvi, a newly-created group
bent on killing Sh'i. The satanic intentions behind this action are to
convince Sh'i in Afghanistan that Sunnis in this country are bent on
killing the Sh'i.
We are stating this openly because it is important for all our people
from all backgrounds and faiths to understand that there are
conspiracies at work and to react to incidents wisely and carefully. For
centuries, not even a small conflict has existed among followers of
different schools of religious thought in Afghanistan. This is
unprecedented in the region, bothers our enemies and has stolen their
peace of mind.
It is certain that conspiracies like the one hatched by the British in
our country will not come to an end with this. They will try to deepen
this conspiracy and impregnate the minds of our people with the
intentions to kill. But it is important what the people do. They have
experienced 30 years of war and its hardships and they can tell what is
good for them and what is not better than anyone else.
Source: Arman-e Melli, Kabul, in Dari 12 Dec 11
BBC Mon SA1 SAsPol lm
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How's everyone doing, I have a Craftsman tractor Model #917.258523. When I turn the key I here the starter solenoid click but the starter will not turn. I used a multi-meter, I am getting voltage to the solenoid but not to the starter. Does this mean the solenoid is defective? Thanks for all your help. |
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Recheck your model number for a typo error. That number doesn't show up in search. ***"I used a multi-meter, I am getting voltage to the solenoid but not to the starter."*** That statement still does not give enough detail for an answer. WHICH terminals of the solenoid are you checking and when? If you are just touching the meter + lead to the Battery positive cable at the solenoid and/or to the cable that leads from the solenoid to the starter, you are missing a key step. To test whether the solenoid is working, you must check the cable that connects the solenoid to the starter WHILE THE KEY SWITCH IS IN THE START POSITION. What is the voltage level of the battery? If you hold the meter + lead to the Battery positive post and turn the key switch to start, what does the voltage reading of the meter do? Does it remain nearly unchanged, or does it drop to something between zero and 3 volts or so? |
- Posted by bushleague MA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 31, 09 at 6:18
That's a good model number, here's the electrical system: |
First thing I would do would be remove the battery and have it load tested or load test it yourself if you have cheap HF load tester. If not take it to AUTOZONE and they will do it for free. Now that you know you got a good battery and you have cleaned the cables at both ends you can begain troubleshooting. |
- Posted by twelvegauge 8 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 31, 09 at 11:22
Do the easy things first: Test and charge the battery; Clean the battery cables, ensure good connections on both ends. These steps will frequently correct the problem. |
"Craftsman tractor Model #917.258523. " The model number of the engine might help. IF this happens to be a Kohler with the starter solenoid mounted on the starter, after completing the other tests above and before replacing the solenoid, I MIGHT have a suggestion. Walt Conner |
My "usual site" for Craftsman Owner's Manuals (disruptit) does not list 917.258523 in the queue. The Sears site admits that the tractor actually has an engine and electrical system, but fails to reveal the make of engine, or give an actual wiring schematic. The electrical components layout diagram shows the solenoid to be a separate component (not piggybacked to the starter). If anyone knows of another site where the comprehensive Owner's Manual might be found, please post a link. While the disruptit site has been helpful in most instances, I have found a few models missing before. Next! |
Here is a link that might be useful: disruptive
I have a good Battery it is brand new. I am checking voltage on the battery side of the solenoid. When I turn the key to start I get 12 volts. When I let the key go voltage drops. On the Starter side of the solenoid when I turn the key I get nothing. I checked continuity of the wire that goes from the solenoid to the starter and it is good also. The schamatic that bushleage posted is the tractor I have. |
Again is the battery good (full charge and load tested? )new means nothing to me if it's dead (no amps but it will still have 12V). Getting 12V is not the same as enough AMPs to actuate the solenoid up into the teeth of the flywheel and have enough ampree to the starter motor to spin the engine. IMO if the solonid is clicking I would suspect a low voltage problem (AMPS NOT Volts) to the starter. Check you connections at the battery (including cables hooked up right) at the frame grounding point and at the starter solonid. the engine is free to turn right? |
According to the Sears site-it is a 28n707 0173. A good 1st step is to check if you can turn the engine screen on top by hand. An easy way to confirm if cables, grounds, connections and battery is good is to jump across the 2 large terminals of the solenoid. It will spark. You can also use a known good disconnected battery and jumper cables direct to the starter. Brake set, switch off, + to the lug and momentarily ground the ground to a safe spot(it will spark) like the starter side. Let us know what you find. Has the machine been run all along? Any earlier issues cranking? Didn't quit while running on its own? |
I was checking to see if the wires were secure to the solenoid. The wrench I was using touched both the terminals on the solenoid and the starter kicked over. I can turn the screen on the top. I know the motor runs. I bought this mower from another guy and it was running. After using it a couple times it started doing this. I have no idea what stuff the guy before me did but I know he lied about replacing the blades. No telling what he rigged to get it to work. |
Find the two small wire posts on the solenoid (should be two but might be just one small one). If there are two posts, one of them is a ground wire. You can determine which is the ground by connecting one volt meter lead to the battery positive cable and touching the other lead to each small post, the post that causes the meter to show voltage is the ground. For the next test, you need to use the non-grounded wire, probably going to be white in color. Here's the test. Put the + lead of the volt meter to the small wire end and have a helper sit in the seat and turn the key switch to START. With the key in START, you should read battery voltage at this wire. If you do read battery voltage on the meter, but the solenoid does not click (or it does click without the starter activating) the solenoid is defective. If you do not read battery voltage on the small wire with key in START, you will need to check the circuitry at the clutch/brake switch and possibly back to the key switch itself. Or, you can just do this.....if you can hear, or feel, the solenoid click or operate when the key switch is turned to start, and there is no voltage in the cable that leads up to the starter......replace the solenoid. These solenoids are very generic, you can find a suitable replacement just about everywhere/anywhere. Lowe's or other box store or any small engine shop can hook you right up. |
mownie, where'd you come up with the disruptive list? Seems pretty handy. Only bad part is that I can't zoom in on the small parts. |
baymee, I honestly can't recall when or how I landed on that site, but it's safe to say I was probably in the middle of a web search for something when I clicked an available link.....bang, when I saw the incredible length of the list, I immediately saved it (bookmarked) to favorites. Regarding your comment about ZOOMING IN: I can only speak for my own computer and its aging software package (like the aging, key pecking user). My computer uses Adobe reader to open PDF files. I am posting a screen shot of how I can control and manipulate the images on MY computer. Your computer might use a different software and toolbar, so what works for me might not work for you. Even if your computer is configured differently than mine, I'll still bet that you CAN enlarge or reduce the images at will, you just gotta find the right buttons to click to enable those functions. You might have to click the "HELP!" button in your toolbar to learn how, but it's worth the effort to find out how cause our eyes aren't getting any sharper. Anyhow, here's how it works for me and my computer. The buttons I labeled A & B control enlarging, or reducing the entire page being viewed. Each time you rest your cursor on one or the other of these two buttons and execute a "left mouse click", the entire page will enlarge, or reduce (depending on which button you click on) by one level of magnification. If you enlarge the page until the entire page can't be seen at once, the "Hand move tool" (labeled D & D1) can be helpful in navigating the page while you view it. To enable the "Hand move tool", rest your cursor on the button labeled D and left mouse click. This will turn your cursor into the "hand move tool". How all you have to do to accurately scroll or move the page is to left mouse click and hold the click while you move your mouse in the desired direction you want the view to move. You will notice that when the left click is held down, the open hand icon on your screen becomes a "clinched fist" indicating you have "grabbed hold of" the page and can now move it. Depending on how the PDF was formatted by its creator, you might only be able to use the "hand move tool" within the confines of a single page, meaning that when the page is moved to its top or bottom "margin", the hand tool can't be used to go to the next page. This format will require you to use one of the other means to change pages. Another tool I find useful at times is the "Point magnifier" tool I have labeled C. To enable this tool, rest your cursor on the "Down arrow" just to the right of the magnifying glass icon and left click the arrow. A drop down options list will appear. Select one of the options to enlarge, or reduce. Now, when you want to enlarge a specific portion of the page being viewed (say you want to zoom in on that needle valve or solenoid), just rest your cursor directly on the part you want enlarged, and left mouse click. The area where you click will enlarge in steps of magnification with each additional mouse click. I hope this (or similar functions) will work for you. The controls and features are built into the PDF software, they just might be different in layout and appearance on your computer. |
- Posted by bushleague MA (My Page) on Sun, Nov 1, 09 at 17:45
The engine in this puppy is a B&S 28N707, type 0173-01. Most information is available free, just gotta know where to look. Found free Carfax with all the info, bookmarked that one. |
Go below the tractor picture where they have the blue links for frame, electrical, etc and click on one of them. The Adobe screen goes away and the images can't be controlled. See if it's the same for you mownie. Where would I see the free Carfax? Two years ago I bought a Civic from the Honda dealer. The carfax showed all it's service. A few months ago, I went for some parts and the dealer's computer showed that the Civic was in for some rocker panel repairs which weren't on the carfax. And I bet the repairs were made just before it was sold and purposely left off the carfax. I'd like to check it again to see if the new information is on there. |
- Posted by bushleague MA (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 5:19
I had the same machine in yesterday with the same symptom. It had been raining, cool and damp here on the Cape and was outside for a couple of days for lack of inside storage. Following a right front flat repair I set the parking brake and went to start it and 'click'. The starter solenoid was closing okay and a quick check with a test light showed 12V on both sides of the solenoid and at the starter. I took the screwdriver in my right hand and tapped lightly on the starter case three times with the handle thinking a stuck brush and the starter spun to life. Low tech solution to a high tech problem. I couldn't duplicate the problem however will bring it up with the customer. |
No matter how you cut it, it's a very useful site. Wonder what happened to your pictures. |
***"Wonder what happened to your pictures."*** baymee, Old dog learning few tricks. I'll tell you what happened to the pictures (I found out the hard way). Like "they" say, "Things may not be what they seem." This is true for pictures posted into a web page (at least in THIS case) from a "host site" (like Photobucket, Flickr and others) using an "HTML link" to the image. Dummy me did not know the workings of this stuff until this morning (and I still don't know much). Apparently, when we insert an image into a post, all that is really being done is "pasting" a URL to automatically "link up" to the image which exists only in the "photo host" computer at another website. The image is not planted permanently into the post in the tractor forum (the HTML URL is permanent to the forum, but not the image). Yesterday, I decided that my photobucket account was getting a bit "full" so I decided to delete a bunch of images. Well, when I did that, the web page of each deleted image also disappeared. Now, every image I deleted from my account, no longer has a web page for the URL link to hook up to, and any of those that were posted to the forum, will no longer appear where they once did. So, having realized that much, I wondered what would happen if I uploaded the images again (just the four in the above post) into my photobucket account. Well, still not fully appreciating every minute detail of how this www stuff functions (can anyone ever learn it all?), I "renamed" one of the images (it's a file by definition) because I saw that I had made a typo in the file name, the other three images kept their original name. So, I uploaded the four images again and "Voila", the three that kept their name once again had a web page to link up with and those three pictures "came back" to the post. The one that I renamed will not relink (and I tried to go back and change the name again a couple of times) so it's gone for good (for what good it was to begin with?). My apologies to everybody for sending this thread on such a detour, but I thank you all for the serendipitous and impromptu lesson I learned (and I hope you send many more my way). :^) |
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I am putting in a fence around my yard (cedar posts/welded wire) and wanted to plant a nanking cherry hedge along the outside of it partially for a privacy barrier. There is a well head 7 feet out from the fence line. If I were to plant along the outside of the fence, the hedge would have to go between the fence and the well. To close? I am wondering what is the minimum distance I can plant a nanking cherry to the well. Also, how far from the fence should I plant them? Perhaps I will have to have the hedge on the inside of the fence? Or abandon the idea of a hedge altogether and plant a rose vine that will climb the fence in the area adjacent to the well... but would the rose be to close to the well too? |
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The cherries are a hedge-type plant. You really can train and prune it as you see fit. Seven feet is absolutely no problem. After three or four years, my NC are only about 4' wide, and although they may get taller, I don't think I want them any wider. |
Hi Drmbear, Thank you for your reply. It's good to know that about the width. Let's say my hedge is four feet wide, then I would want a two foot space from the fence, so the bushes would be planted about 5 feet from the well head. I am actually not worried about the bush growing out, main concern is the roots doing damage to the well. I'm trying to get an idea of how far the roots will explore. |
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Apple cake for Passover Submitted by SIERRADELTA Carbs: 25.3g | Fat: 6.8g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 2.3g | Calories: 164.6
This is my favorite Charoset. I had found this recipe several years ago and I have made some changes to it over the years. Submitted by LESLIE522 Carbs: 25.2g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 1.9g | Calories: 118.8
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By Intern Courtney in Feminism on Nov 22, 2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, was released last Friday, and had the 5th highest-grossing opening weekend ever. Girls, tweens, and full-grown ladies around the world are flocking to movie theaters to see the film, but what are they taking away from it? Mild spoiler, but in the movie, leading lady Bella opts to carry her demon baby to term, risking her life in the process. Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter for the entirety of The Twilight Saga and self-proclaimed feminist, has described Breaking Dawn by saying, "we are fighting for choice and [Bella] makes choices." If Bella's got so much authority, are we supposed to assume the movie is feminist?
Rosenberg commented on Bella's choices in an interview posted on screenrant.com, saying, "I had no interest in violating Stephenie's belief system or anyone on the other side. I feel a great responsibility that everyone should have their point-of-view. And their beliefs respected. So I really was struggling with it until I talked with my sister-in-law who's actually a former ACLU feminist lawyer and a fan of the books. And she pointed something out to me (which is quite obvious but which I had overlooked) which is that having a child is a choice.
"It is a choice to have a child. And having not made that choice in my own life, having actually done the opposite, that had not really occurred to me...And so for me, it was that Bella chooses this. Now someone else may not perceive that, and that's great...It's a story about a woman who chooses to have a child. For me. That may or may not be how it is in the book. And some people will have issues with it."
I support a woman's right to choose, but I don't think the mere fact that Bella opted to have the baby makes Breaking Dawn a feminist work. What do you think?
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Nanostructured Thermoelectrics
In a typical thermoelectric device, a junction is formed between p-type and n-type semiconductor materials. The device acts as a Peltier heat pump when electrical current is passed through the junction or as a Seebeck electrical generator when placed along a temperature gradient. In either case the device performance is limited by the non-dimensional thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of the material, where T is the absolute temperature and Z is the thermoelectric figure of merit, Z=sa2/k (a-thermoelectric power, s-electrical conductivity, k-thermal conductivity).
Increasing the thermoelectric figure of merit in conventional solids faces many challenges. For instance, increasing the thermoelectric power usually decreases the electrical conductivity. Moreover, an increase in the electrical conductivity also increases the electronic contribution to thermal conductivity. Therefore, a limit is rapidly approached where a modification to any of the three parameters s, a, k, adversely affects the other transport parameters, and Z does not change significantly.
Harvesting medium-grade heat from industrial
stacks alone could generate at least 50 GW of electrical power, which is half
the energy produced by the US nuclear fleet. Current technologies for waste
heat recovery systems employ thermodynamics cycles that work with low-boiling
temperature fluids. At present there are no adequate technologies for
efficiently utilizing abundant sources of waste heat such as low pressure
exhaust gas streams, or non-gas heat sources (e.g., hot surfaces). On another
hand efficient solid-state refrigeration will lead to a revolution in air
conditioning applications from cars to buildings. Advances in solid-state thermoelectric
energy conversion will translate into large scale implementation of these
systems in real world applications. Immediate societal benefits include a
decreased dependence on oil reserves, decreased threat from CO2
environmental damage and creation of a new global market for waste heat technologies.
Nanostructures and nanostructured materials are
ideal candidates for highly efficient thermoelectric energy conversion. The reasons are rooted in quantum and size
effects of the charge and heat carriers respectively. In suitable nanostructures, quantum
confinement of the charge carriers may enhance the Seebeck
coefficient and electrical conductivity of existing materials due to an increased
density of states at the Fermi level. On the other hand,
enhanced boundary scattering of heat carriers lead to a large reduction in
thermal conductivity of nanostructures. The simultaneous increase
of the power factor and the reduction of thermal conductivity lead to large
figures of merit Z.
Investigate nanoscience
based strategies to achieve high figures of merit in novel materials for solid
state refrigeration and power generation.
Develop metrology techniques for thermoelectric
properties characterization of nanostructured thermoelectric materials and their
interfaces with electrodes.
Develop fabrication
and testing strategies for nanostructured thermoelectric energy conversion
Recent contributions and relevant
· Discovery (through a long-term collaboration with Prof. G. Ramanath's group from MSE Dept. at RPI) of a new class of highly scalable, high figure of merit, nanostructured bulk thermoelectric materials (patent pending and licensed by ThermoAura Inc.). The high ZT results reported were enabled by reductions in thermal conductivity due to nanopores and nanograins. There is also a promise for ZT>2 by sulfur doping control facilitated by the new bottom-up synthesis method.
J. Mehta, Y. Zhang, H. Zhu, D. S. Parker, M. Belley,
D. J. Singh, R. Ramprasad, T. Borca-Tasciuc,
and G. Ramanath
"Seebeck and Figure of Merit Enhancement in Nanostructured
Antimony Telluride by Antisite Defect Suppression
through Sulfur Doping,"
Nano Letters, Vol. 12, 4523–4529, 2012 (PDF).
Zhang, Rutvik J. Mehta, Matthew Belley,
Liang Han, Ganpati Ramanath,
and Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Thermal Conductivity Diminution and High Thermoelectric Power Factor Retention
in Nanoporous Macroassemblies
of Sulfur-Doped Bismuth Telluride Nanocrystals"
Physics Letters, Vol. 100, 1193113 1-4, 2012 (PDF).
Rutvik J. Mehta, Yanliang Zhang, Chinnathambi Karthik, Binay Singh, Richard W. Siegel, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc & Ganpati Ramanath
New Class of Doped Nanobulk High-Figure-of-Merit Thermoelectrics by Scalable Bottom-up Assembly"
Nature Materials, Vol. 11, 233-240, 2012 (PDF).
· Development of a scanning thermal microprobe for quantitative characterization of the thermal conductivity and Seebeck coefficient with microscale resolution.
T. Borca-Tasciuc
"Scanning Probe Methods for Thermal and
Thermoelectric Property Measurements,"
for the volume Experimental Techniques for Micro/Nanoscale Thermal and Thermoelectric Measurements
Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer, Invited
paper (accepted).
Y. Zhang, E.
Castillo, R. Mehta, G. Ramanath, and T. Borca-Tasciuc
"A non-contact thermal microprobe for local
thermal conductivity measurement"
Review of Scientific
Instruments, Vol. 82, 024902, 2011. (PDF)
Y. Zhang, C.
L. Hapenciuc, E. E. Castillo, T. Borca-Tasciuc,
R. J. Mehta, C. Karthik, and G. Ramanath
"A microprobe technique for simultaneously
measuring thermal conductivity and Seebeck
coefficient of thin films"
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, 062107, 2010. (PDF)
· Development of a transient method for measurement of all thermoelectric properties as well as electrical and thermal contact resistances in films.
Castillo, C. L. Hapenciuc, and T. Borca-Tasciuc
"Thermoelectric characterization by
transient Harman method under non-ideal contact and boundary conditions"
of Scientific instruments, Vol. 81, 044902, 2010. (PDF)
Thermal Transport in Nanostructures and Nanocomposites
As nanostructures approach fundamental length scales of the thermal energy carriers, size and quantum effects may strongly influence their effective thermophysical properties. A good example is the well-documented reduction of the thermal conductivity in thin films and superlattices, which is attributed to the intense surface/interface scattering of heat carriers. Similar effects are partially responsible for large reductions in the thermal conductivity of nanowires and quantum dots. This affects the failure rate of devices, which depends heavily on the operating temperature. Similarly, overheating problems affect the operation and performance of solid state lasers and LEDs. However, the reduced thermal conductivity effect may be used to advantage in thermoelectric applications, in which reduced phonon thermal conductivity and enhanced electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient are required. On the other hand, novel nanoscale arrangements of atoms could have very high thermal conductivities, as predicted for single wall carbon nanotubes. This raises new challenges and also brings new opportunities in heat transfer, energy conversion, and thermal energy storage using nanomaterials.
Structures such as thin films, quantum wells, superlattices, have already numerous applications in microelectronics, optoelectronics, micro-electro-mechanical-systems, solid-state lasers, and most recently in solid-state energy conversion. Moreover, with the emergence of a new era of nanotechnology one-dimensional structures such as nanowires and carbon nanotubes or zero-dimensional structures such as quantum dots may emerge in the next generations of nanoelectronics and optoelectronis devices or nanoelectromechanical systems. New materials and structures bring new opportunities for engineering thermal transport in a variety of applications from thermal management, to thermal energy storage, to thermoelectric energy conversion.
Recent contributions
and relevant publications
· Development of a photothermoelectric method to determine the anisotropic thermal conductivity and the interface thermal resistance in thin film-on-substrate systems.
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Borca-Tasciuc, D.-A., and Chen G.
"A Photothermoelectric
Technique for Anisotropic Thermal Diffusivity Characterization of
Nanowire/Nanotube Composites,"
Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 30, 609-617,
· Discovery of novel mechanics for formation of high thermal conductivity networks in polymer composites filled with nanoparticles (patent pending). Self assembly of nanoparticles in high aspect ratio structures, followed by low temperature sintering enabled by small particles size, leads to high thermal conductivity pathways which impart high thermal conductivity to the nanocomposite.
Kamyar Pashayi, Hafez Raeisi Fard, Fengyuan
Lai, Sushumna Iruvanti,
Joel Plawsky, and Theodorian
"High Thermal Conductivity Epoxy-Silver
Composites Based on Self-Constructed Nanostructured Metallic Networks"
Journal of Applied Physics,
Vol. 111, 104310 1-6, 2012 (PDF).
· Characterization of anisotropic thermal properties in aligned carbon nanotube arrays and aligned carbon-nanotube polymer composites. The findings reported include the anisotropy of aligned carbon nanotube arrays and the large thermal conductivity degradation due to defects.
Sunil K. Pal, Youngsuk Son, Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc, Swastik Kar, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan
"Thermal and electrical transport along
MWCNT arrays grown on Inconel substrates,"
Journal of Materials Research,
Vol. 23, 2099, 2008. (PDF)
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Mazumder,
M., Pal, S. K., Son, Y., L., Schadler, L. S., and Ajayan, P.
"Anisotropic thermal diffusivity characterization of
aligned carbon nanotube-polymer composites"
(Invited) Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol. 7, 1581-1588, 2007. (PDF)
Borca-Tasciuc, T., Vafaei, S., Borca-Tasciuc, D.-A.,
Wei, B. Q, Vajtai, R., and Ajayan,
"Anisotropic Thermal Diffusivity of aligned multiwall
carbon nanotube arrays"
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.
· Characterization of the interface thermal resistance at the native interface between carbon nanotube arrays and the silicon substrate. The main finding is that the native interface after Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) has a high thermal resistivity due to imperfect substrate-CNT contacts and the low volume fraction of CNTs in the studied arrays.
Youngsuk Son, Sunil K. Pal, and Theodorian
Borca-Tasciuc, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Richard W. Siegel
"Thermal resistance of the native interface between
vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays
and their SiO2/Si substrate,"
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103,
· Characterization of thermal transport in Si/Ge and Si/SiC multilayers. The large thermal conductivity reductions measured in the cross-plane direction, with proper doping control, can make these materials good candidates for high temperature thermoelectric energy conversion applications.
M. Mazumder, T. Borca-Tasciuc, S. Teehan, H. Efstathiadis, E. Stinzianni, and V. Solovyov
"Temperature dependent thermal conductivity of
Si/SiC amorphous multilayer films"
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, 093103, 2010. (PDF)
Micro and
The synergy between microfabrication and nanotechnology may bring tremendous opportunities for the development of novel sensing and actuation concepts. We explore using MEMS fabrication technologies and nanostructured materials with novel properties for the following applications. The microfabrication efforts are facilitated by the class 100 Microfabrication Clean Room (MCR) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research interests in MEMS/NEMS:
· Energy conversion
· Chemical & biological detection
· Fast optical switching
· Flow control
· Inertial sensors
· Test-structures for thermo-fluid and thermoelectric characterization.