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MPs Pen Open Letter to ‘UNSC’, Call for Immediate End to Killing of Afghan Civilians
The Lower House of Parliament in an “open letter” to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for an immediate practical action and serious address to the killing of Afghan people.
“The UN Security Council has the responsibility to not remain silent over the terrorist crimes. We call for a practical action for preventing the killing of Afghan civilians based on global rules. The council should press the state-sponsored terrorism, particularly Pakistan,” Abdul Qayoum Sajadi, representative of Ghazni said.
The Afghan lawmakers criticized the government’s performances in providing the security of people, especially the journalists.
They emphasized today’s twin blast in Shashdarak area of Kabul is a painful crime and the killing of journalists is not acceptable.
“Media outlets are impartial institutions. We have always witnessed the killing of journalists. We call on government and the national assembly to work on a practical solution for providing the security,” Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, chairman of Lower House added.
At least 29 killed including journalists and police officers and more than 40 wounded in the twin suicide explosion in Shashdarak.
The first blast was caused on Monday morning by a motorcycle-riding attacker who detonated explosives during rush hour.
About half an hour later, as journalists waited by a security cordon several hundred meters away from where the first explosion had occurred, a second suicide bomber apparently posing as a reporter blew himself up among them.
This comes as the government has faced criticism for its failure to secure the city as attacks become more and more frequent.
An ISIS suicide bomber targeted civilians at a voter identification card distribution center on April 22, killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 100 others.
In March, an ISIS extremist blew himself up outside Kabul University, killing roughly 30 people and injuring many more, and in January, ISIS jihadis detonated a car bomb outside of a children’s charity, killing three and injuring two dozen other people.
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.
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.
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.
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