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5 Committees in Lower House Tasked to Pursue Farkhunda’s case
Lawmakers at the lower house of the parliament have said,” giving sentences to the perpetrators of Farkhunda is the responsibility of the Government this issue will be pursued by the 5 internal committees existed in the lower house of the parliament.”
Meanwhile a number of the MPs in Wolesi Jirga have also demanded the Government to sack Kabul police officials and those police forces whom were present at the scene while Farkhunda had been sentenced to death by the angry men also Kabul police officials.
Lower house of the parliament has tasked its 5 committees to pursue the Farkhunda’s case and don’t leave it until the perpetrators of her case to be sentenced.
Mps feared that if her case doesn’t be pursued well, there might be same tragedy take place in the country.
Afghan law maker Ms Nazifa Zaki said,” people are waiting to see the results for Farkhunda case, and that wild torturing doesn’t have to be forgotten.”
Breshna Rabi also called her slaughter has been full of sorrows and wild she declared it unprecedented issues in the history of Afghanistan.”
Other member in the lower house Ms Sima Joianda said,” defending the rights Women doesn’t only have to be on the slogan level it should be pursued seriously.”
Speaking on the issue a number of the people representatives demanding the Kabul police officials to be sucked from their positions for not ensuring security.
Iqbal Safi the other member of the house said,” Kabul police responsible should be sucked and introduced to justice and judicial departments because they didn’t want to save Farkhunda’s life.”
Nazir Ahmad Hanafi said,” Islam religion doesn’t permit any one to burn human beings Governmental officials specially Kabul police forces neglected on their duties and let Farkhunda to be killed, they should respond to the Nation.”
In the following session MPs have discussed the security situation on Highways of Afghanistan where civilians have lost their life the most, they have demanded to ensure security in Highways and increase the number of peacekeepers.
Reported by Rafi Sediqee
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.
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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