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Farkhunda’s murder case submits to trials

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9 years ago

April 27, 2015

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Afghanistan General Attorney on Monday said that the Farkhunda’s murder case submitted to the trails after the completion of investigation by the general attorney.

The general attorney noted that that of the 49 suspects of the case 19 of them are police.

Spokesman of the general attorney, Basir Azizi emphasized that still some of Farkhunda’s murder perpetrators are escapees.

“There are still some perpetrators who are not arrested, whenever they arrest, we will start our investigations,” Aziz said.

Meanwhile, some of representatives in Parliament and Afghan citizens urged the judicial institutions of the country to bring all of perpetrators to justice.

Nazifa Zaki, Member of Parliament said, “The incident was very shocking, we call for justice.”

According to the findings of the Fact-Finding commission on Farkhunda’s murder, she did not burned the Holy Quran but contrary she fought against religious deviations.

In the meantime, hundreds of Kabul inhabitants in a rally on Monday cried for justice after Farkhunda’s 40-day mourning period.

They called for dismissal of Kabul police chief and accused him of incompetence in the incident.

Farkhunda, a common name for girls in Afghanistan, means auspicious and jubilant. From last Thursday onwards, the name will evoke failure; failure of this war-ravaged society’s leaders – and those of the international community – in healing its deeply damaged national psyche after three decades of war.

The 27-year-old Farkhunda, who was a student of religious studies, was brutally murdered two days before the New Year, by an angry mob in front of one of Kabul’s most venerated shrines when a mullah cried out that she had burnt the holy Quran.

Video clips taken by mobile phones show her pleading with her assailants, saying that the accusation was a lie and that she did not burn the holy book. Nevertheless, she was beaten to death and her bloodied body was set on fire.
Reported by Ahmad Farshad Saleh and Farhnaz Furotan

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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1 hour ago

April 20, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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2 hours ago

April 20, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects

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17 hours ago

April 19, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 19, 2024)

Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.

According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.

“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.

According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.

“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.

However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.