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Ghani slams Afghan spy agency over handling of child abuse claims
[DAWN] Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...on Tuesday hit out at his own intelligence agency for detaining two activists who broke the story of an alleged massive paedophile ring operating in the country’s schools. Ghani said he was "deeply disturbed about the recent reports on sexual abuse" in six schools in Pashtun-infested Logar province bordering Kabul, which were brought to light by a youth social worker, Musa Mahmudi. Mahmudi told Britannia’s Guardian newspaper this month that at least 546 boys had been allegedly abused by a paedophile ring involving teachers and local officials ‐ allegations that sparked national outrage. But Mahmudi and a colleague, Ehsanullah Hamidi, were arrested last week on suspicion of threatening public order, the National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS) said on Tuesday. The NDS said Mahmudi’s claims were part of a scheme aimed at securing asylum in a foreign country, blasting the report as "baseless" and predicated on "unfounded allegations." The Afghan spy agency also released a video of Mahmudi appearing to retract his account. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... it was not clear if he was speaking under duress. But Ghani ordered the NDS to "stop the proceedings." "The protection of civil society and human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... defenders is the sole responsibility of the security forces," the president said in a series of tweets. Presidential front man Sediq Sediqqi said Ghani had ordered that the activists be handed over to the interior ministry for their "protection." Posted by: Fred 2019-11-27 |
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