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Roadside Bomb Kills Ariana News Reporter
Ariana News provincial reporter, Nematullah Zaheer was killed and another was wounded in an explosion in southern Helmand province of Afghansitan on Friday.
The explosion took place in Lashkar Gah city of Helmand around 10:00 am when Zaheer was in line of duty.
The identify of Zaheer’s wounded colleague was not immediately known.
In a statement the Presidential palace condemned the killing of Zaheer said,” such terrorist attacks cannot stop media freedoms in Afghanistan or weaken the country’s media”.
According to the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, 2016 has been the bloodiest year for journalists in the history of Afghanistan, with 10 reporters killed in the first six months of the year.
Biography
The Ariana News provincial reporter, Nematullah Zaheer was born in July 28, 1978 in Sayed Abad district of Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan.
Zaheer was graduated from Sayed Abad High School in the year 1998. Then he joined the journalism faculty of Kabul University and was graduated in 2003. He was an experienced and professional journalist who was reporting from the volatile southern Helmand province.
He was popular as a hardworking and talented journalist among his co-workers who had received dozens of certificates of appreciations from the governmental institutions and agencies defending and promoting freedom of speech in Afghanistan.
Zaheer worked as a reporter for at least 10 years and he joined Ariana News Television Network eight years ago in 2008.
He was always reporting from the battlefields of Helmand. Finally, he was killed in the line of duty by a roadside bomb in the southern Helmand province on Friday. His vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Gudar Sorkh area of Lashkar Gah city while he was preparing a report from the Afghan forces operation.
The Afghan reporter who died at the age of 38 was married and had three sons and one daughter.
The government of Afghanistan and agencies supporting open media have called his dead a great loss to the family of media.
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Afghan student found dead in India
The body of an Afghan student was discovered late Saturday night in his apartment in Gujarat state, India.
The student, Bainullah Ziya, 34, was studying for a PhD at the Department of Architecture at MS University and was living in a residential apartment in the Fatehgunj area, Vadodara city, Times of India reported.
Indian police said the body has been sent for post-mortem examination. Officials suspect suicide, but the reasons behind the alleged act are still unknown.
Sayajigunj police said they are also examining Ziya’s mobile phone to gather clues about the incident.
Friends of Ziya said they had knocked on his apartment door on Saturday but received no response. When the police opened the door, they found his body lying inside the room.
Ziya had been living in Vadodara for the past two years while pursuing his studies in architecture.
Local authorities said the investigation into the exact cause of death is ongoing, and final results will be shared after completion of the legal process.
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IEA’s Supreme Leader issues decree on jurisdiction of specialized court for usurped lands
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has issued a decree clarifying the exclusive jurisdiction of the specialized court for usurped lands.
The decree emphasizes that no other government ministries or departments are authorized to handle cases related to usurped lands.
According to Article One of the decree, all matters involving usurped lands, public grazing lands, and waqf lands (charitable endowment land) fall solely under the specialized court’s authority. Other government departments are explicitly barred from intervening in such cases.
Article Two outlines the procedure for citizens who have complaints regarding the Commission for the Prevention of Land Usurpation and Recovery, or the technical committees responsible for identifying and verifying usurped lands. Individuals may submit their complaints in writing directly to the specialized court for resolution.
The decree also prohibits ministries and other government departments from receiving complaints or requesting information from the Commission or provincial technical committees. Any attempts by these departments to intervene after the decree’s issuance will be considered unauthorized.
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KP chief minister questions Pakistan’s claims of militants operating from Afghanistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has questioned the Pakistani government’s claim that militants are using Afghan soil to carry out attacks against Pakistan, calling for evidence to support the allegation.
Afridi said that if militants were indeed operating from Afghanistan, it was unclear why other neighboring countries of Afghanistan were not raising similar complaints. He argued that such claims should be backed by clear and verifiable proof.
The chief minister also pointed to the extensive resources spent on fencing the Durand Line, noting that authorities had repeatedly assured the public that the barrier would prevent militants from crossing into Pakistan.
His remarks come amid renewed tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, with Pakistan frequently accusing militant groups of launching attacks from across the border—allegations that Afghanistan’s authorities have repeatedly denied.
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