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| Afghan Parliament Condemns Mutilation of Kandahar Workers |
| 2011-03-13 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan parliament, in a statement, strongly condemned mutilation of 4 workers by unidentified gunnies in Kanadahar. Two days ago unknown gunnies beat up 4 people working for an internationl organisation in Zherai district of Kandahar. As a punishment for working with foreign NGOs, the workers had their ears cut before being released. Calling the incident anti-Islamic, the parliament secretariat urges the Afghan government to identify those responsible. Some MPs said Kandahar security officials should be summoned to the parliament to be debriefed on the incident. "I think we should also summon Afghan security bigshots and push them to take action against those responsible," Parliament Speaker, Abdul Raouf Ebrahimi said. Farhad Azimi, Deputy Secretary of the Parliament, described the incident as anti-Islamic and inhumane. The men whose ears have been cut said they worked for a foreign organisation implementing development projects in Kandahar. "We tried to ask for mercy, but they did not listen to us and one of them cut our ears," said one of the victims. Despite many operations launched in the province, Kandahar is still considered one of the volatile provinces in the south. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match... delegates of Kunduz province in the Afghan House of Representatives warned that if the government does not take necessary measure, security situation in the northern Kunduz province will deteriorate again. In the most recent incident, the province's police Chief, Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili, was killed in a suicide kaboom while on his way home yesterday evening. |
| Posted by:Fred |