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VP Danish Voices Concern over Increase of Violence against Journalists
Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish says the armed oppositions and militants have imposed most of the threats against media outlets and committed violence against journalists in Afghanistan.
Speaking at a freedom of speech conference on Wednesday in Kabul in presence of UN representative and a number of government officials, Danish admitted that some government officials being involved in violent acts against journalists in the country.
“There are still a lot of challenges facing the media outlets and the insurgent groups are the main threat in this regard,” Danish said.
“The armed oppositions and militants, in particular, have prioritized targeting democracy and freedom of speech in Afghanistan and recently we even witnessed how they [the militants] targeted voter registration and Tazkira distribution centers.”
Najib Sharifi, head of Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), meanwhile said that the level of violence against journalists has been increased up to 67 percent in 2017 compared 2016, and that government institutions are acting slowly in terms of sharing information to media.
“The United Nations has a profound commitment to defend freedom of the press [in Afghanistan],” the United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto said.
This comes as recently An Afghan TV journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen Kandahar province.
The 31-year-old Abdul Manan Arghand who was working for Kabul News television network, killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Kandahar City.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
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
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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