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Fact-Finding Team to probe Kundoz collapse never be under any pressure
Members of the Fact-Finding Commission to probe the main factors of Kundoz collapse say that will seriously review the case and the commission would not be under any pressure or interest.
They declared that they are trying to find all documents and evidences linked to the fall of Kundoz province.
The fact-finding commission further added that all local and central authorities are obliged to present the needed evidence to the commission.
“First of all, we will analysis the threats and then the main motivations of the fall Kundoz which will be determined that whether intentional or negligent. After that we will share it with President Ghani,” Amrullah Saleh, head of fact-finding commission said.
In the meantime, the commission noted that efforts are underway to reach deep into the case and investigations would not be limited just only to the propaganda.
“We are trying to reach deep into the case and investigate that what are the main factors of the Kundoz collapse and also addressing people’s problems,” Ghulam Farooq Wardak, head of the commission said.
Fazlul Karim Imaq, member of the fact-finding commission said, “The government is responsible to provide security and justice. We will specify the internal and outside factors Kundoz incident impartially and regardless of any plea.”
Taliban militants in a surprise attack captured Kunduz city , the capital of Kunduz province 250 km north of Kabul two weeks ago.
The unexpected fall of Kunduz city to the Taliban militants in a few hours has created variety of questions about the ability of Afghan national security forces and possible secret deals with the Taliban outfit.
Some Afghans including some parliamentarians have accused the alleged “fifth column” within the government and officials including governor of Kunduz province Mohammad Omar Safi of siding with the Taliban militants to overrun Kunduz city.
Few days ago, President Ashraf Ghani has appointed a team of investigators to look into the circumstances leading to the Taliban’s brief capture of the northern city of Kunduz as well as a U.S. airstrike that destroyed a hospital and killed at least 22 people there.
The five-man delegation appointed by presidential decree left for Kunduz to conduct a province-wide probe into how the insurgents were able to overrun the city on Sept. 28 and hold it for three days before government troops launched a counter offensive.
More than 150 Taliban militants, according to a statement of interior ministry have been killed during the cleanup operations in Kunduz city and the operations are continuing.
Reported by Rafi Sidiqi
The construction of a water canal, planned by the late Japanese doctor and aid worker Tetsu Nakamura, has been completed in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.
Nakamura was from Japan, but had honorary citizenship of Afghanistan. He was killed in 2019.
He worked in Nangarhar for many years, focusing mainly on building water canals.
Nakamura was working hard to complete his projects, but these were suspended following his death.
Later, the projects were resumed with the help of the government of Japan.
During his time in Nangarhar, Nakamura built several health centers and carried out more than 1,600 irrigation projects, canal constructions and provision of clean water.
His greatest work was the construction of a 25-kilometer long canal from the Kunar river, which irrigates hundreds of acres of land.
He also built a recreation park, dug wells, and established agricultural research farms.
“Dr. Nakamura made 9 weirs in Kama, Shewa and Behsud districts. Thousands of acres of land are irrigated and millions of people benefit from it. All the projects planned by Nakamura have been completed,” said Ajmal Stankzai, the representative of the Nakamura Foundation.
“Nakamura would behave with a laborer like a laborer. He would take stones with us. He used to tell us that the people of every country serve their country and you should also serve the ruined Afghanistan,” said Deen Mohammad, a resident of Koz Kanar district of Nangarhar.
In Kama district, the work of Nakamura projects is ongoing. One of the projects is the construction of a secon canal from the Kunar river.
“There was a huge water problem in Kama district. Fortunately, with Nakamura’s cooperation, many lands were irrigated,” said Bashir Ahmad Kamawal, a resident of Kama district of Nangarhar.
After Nakamura’s death, now an NGO called PMS is following in his footsteps and is working to build canals and dams.
Recently, the construction of a canal in Kot district of Nangarhar was completed and inaugurated. The canal is 5 kilometers long.
“Many projects are planned and our ministry has taken care of them… We thank them for feeling the pain of Afghans and helping our country,” said Abdul Latif Mansour, Acting Minister of Energy and Water.
Tetsu Nakamura was shot and killed by unknown men in 2019 when he was going to work from Jalalabad city. It is not yet known who was behind the assassination.
A deminer died in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province on Tuesday, police said.
The incident happened around 10:00 a.m. in Khurma area of provincial capital Trink Kot, said Hazrat Bilal Uruzgani, the provincial police spokesman.
Another deminer was injured in the incident, he said
Uruzgani said that the incident happened during an operation to clear the area from mines.
Afghanistan’s acting minister of public health Dr Qalandar Ebad, along with other officials, visited a number of flood-hit villages in Baghlan province on Tuesday.
The officials assessed damage in the villages of Sai Hazara and Gharo in the Guzargah district.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, Ebad inspected “vulnerable areas affected by recent floods and, expressing sympathy with the local people, promised that the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health will spare no effort to provide health services to those in need.”
Ebad also expressed gratitude for the efforts of healthcare workers and their commitment to helping people in need.
He directed officials to make every effort “to improve the health status of patients affected by recent floods in the villages of Sai Hazara and Gharo, Baghlan province”.
Based on official figures, more than 300 people have died as a result of floods in Baghlan province and over 1,600 others have been injured.
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