President Ghani Visits Bamyan amid Lightening Movement Members Protested

Simultaneously with the visit of the Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani from Bamyan  province, scores of the civil society activists and lightening movement ( Junbish-e- Roshnayee) have staged protest and began to slogan against the Governmental officials, amid security forces have prevented the protestors where dozens of the protestors were arrested and correspondents can be seen among the detainees.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited Bamayn to inaugurate several projects including Bamyan airport.

He has inaugurated the Bamyan- Kabul highway; Bamyan airport with the cost of $5 million US dollar paid by the Japan Government, during his trip President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has visited the local officials in Bamyan.

Scores of civil society activists, correspondents and protesters from Lightening Movement ( Junbish-e- Roshnayee) have staged protest and gave slogan against the President Ghani, based on the reports the protest turned into violence and a number of the protesters where some correspondents can be seen among the detainees, have been arrested by the security forces who were ensuring security for the event.

Back to Kabul the senior members of the lightening movement insisted in soon releasing of the detainees.

Member of the lightening movement ( Junbish-e- Roshnayee) Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi said,” Members at ( Junbish-e- Roshnayee) demand the Governmental officials to end the wrong policy and release the detained persons at the earliest and respect the citizens rights.”

Its mentionable that the lightening movement ( Junbish-e- Roshnayee) members had demanded the Government to indirect the 500 mega watt electricity coming from Turkmenistan through Bamyan and then to Kabul.

Government says that if the line passes through Salang, it would cover 10 provinces while if Bamyan it would cover two provinces, the latter would also delay the project and would require millions in extra costs.

On the day of the protest held in Kabul two suicide bombers have targeted the lightening movement ( Junbish-e- Roshnayee) protestors in Charayee Dahmazang where 61 were killed and more than 200 others were injured.

Government of Afghanistan has assigned a committee to review the attacks and causes since that till now there is no result shared with the Nation to declare the major factors of killing of those protestors.

Reported by Abdul Aziz Karimi