17 Killed, 50 Injured in Khost Suicide Bombing
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Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:IX Issue No:238 Price: Afs.15 Weekend Issue, Sponsored by Etisalat FRIDAY . APRIL 03. 2015 -Hamal 14, 1394 H.S www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantime Bagram prison under Afghan 17 killed, 50 authorities injured in Khost control: MoD Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi suicide bombing Bagram prison was AT News Report officials to resign for alleged under the control of corruption allegations. Afghan authorities KABUL: At least 17 protestors Provincial Police Chief, and the detention center were killed and more than 50 were Faizullah Ghairat, confirmed injured as result of a suicide bomb- the attack and death toll, say- was guarded by the ing in southeastern Khost city of ing the suicide attacker deto- Afghan National Army the country, local officials said on nated his explosives among (ANA) troops . Thursday. the protesters who had staged The deadly suicide attack in protest demonstration near KABUL: Ministry of Defense eastern Khost province has tar- the governor s residence, ac- rejected the recent media reports geted demonstrators, who were cusing him of corruption and about reactivation of the notori- protesting against the provincial lands usurpation. Chief of the ous Bagram detention center by parliamentary defense com- the US officials and said the pris- mittee, Homayoun Homay- on was under control of the Af- oun, is also among the injured ghan government. The ministry s persons. He was shifted to deputy spokesman Dawlat Waz- provincial hospital. Some of eri in a telephonic interview with the injured people were in crit- By Farhad Naibkhel was baseless and Farkhunda did men and accused Farkhunda of protect Farkhunda and control the Afghanistan Times said the not burn the Holy Quran. The burning copy of the Holy Quran situation but later failed to enforce ical condition. Taliban, in a KABUL: Fact Finding Com- Bagram prison was under the con- statement, have denied links commission members were com- which sparked public anger. Ac- the law and rescue the girl from trol of Afghan authorities and the mission, established after kill- prised of Ulema, lawmakers, civil cording to finds of the commis- the mob. It showed weakness to the attack. Spokesman for ing of the 27-year old detention center was guarded by the group Zabihullah Mujahid rights and human rights activists. sion, Farkhunda had a good per- and unprofessionalism of police. the Afghan National Army (ANA) Farkhunda to probe the case, Speaking at a press conference sonality and learn the Holy Qu- Therefore, the government shall said that the attacker was not troops. It is while a local newspa- sent by them. has found Farkhunda inno- here he said that no documents ran by heart and was an active re- take notice of the issue, the com- per, Weesa, on Tuesday March cent. The commission s find- and evidence have been found to ligious motivator. The allegations mission said. The findings also 31 has reported that Bagram pris- ings showed that Farkhunda prove the claim that Farkhunda are totally against her character, showed that the incident started on is under control of the US sol- Deputy Information Minister was accused of burning copy burnt the Holy Quran. he added. Baloch further said that from verbal clash and till killing diers and number of prisoners is of the Holy Quran. The 27- He said that motives behind no document or witness proved and burning of Farkhunda took 25 increasing day by day. Wazeri DISMISSED FOR ENDORSING year old was lynched and Farkhunda s killing are still un- involvement of any religion schol- minutes. termed the report baseless and said killed by a mob in Kabul City clear, but the young woman tried ar in lynching and killing of The commission urged the that hundreds of prisoners were in presence of policemen, near- to prevent people, particularly Farkhunda. government to prosecute the case released after proved innocent. FARKHUNDAS LYNCHING ly two weeks ago. Head of women, from visiting the Shah-e Based on the commission re- transparently and punish the per- Wazeri while denying com- AT News Report Holy Quran. However, she the commission Mawlawi Do Shamshira Shrine. It is said port all the 27 arrested suspects petrators in accordance to the law. menting on under custody of the later apologized for her state- Mohiuddin Baloch said that that Farkhunda was telling peo- are illiterate or less-educated. It also asked the government to innocence prisoners said that the KABUL: Deputy Information ment on Facebook and media after assessment of all docu- ple to stop taking talisman from Most of them cannot recite the arrest the remaining perpetrators innocent prisoners are released and Culture Minister, Simeen interviews, but the case final- ments and evidences, it was soothsayers. This practice has Holy Quran. The findings also re- who were involved in case but are after assessment of their cases by Hasanzada, has been dismissed for ly led to her dismissal, accord- established that the allegation earned ire of the shrine s watch- vealed that police in start tried to at large. a specific commission as hundreds publicly endorsing the brutal ing to sources in presidential prisoners were released after they lynching of a young woman, who palace, who gave the informa- were proved innocent. was beaten to death by an angry tion to several local media out- Poor student tops university entrance exams On Wednesday, a number of mob in Kabul City two weeks lets. At least 47 people includ- Uruzgan tribal elders in a meeting back. The 27-year-old Farkhunda ing the custodian and the ser- KABUL: An underprivileged dents from across the country. The back in Quetta belonged to Afghans know that I topped I was so much with the ex-president Hamid was brutally beaten to death and vants of the shrine have been student from northern Baghlan 24-year-old, born in Dahan-e- and teaching the same syllabus that happy that I can t express it, he Karzai had said that innocent pris- her body was set on fire by angry arrested by police after inves- province, Mohammad Qasim Ghori district of Baghlan, is a son Afghanistan has. Three months added. He still faced financial prob- oners should be released. It is mob in Shah-e Do Shamshira, a tigations revealed the accusa- Mohammadi, who topped re- of Mohammad Reza, a poor street prior to the Kankoor examinations, lems and urged the higher education worth mentioning that Bagram jail prominent shrine in Kabul city, tions were false and no proof cent Kankoor or nationwide vendor, who sells plastic shoes and he said, his family moved back to ministry to provide him with hos- was handed over to the Afghan where police were unable to pre- was found to prove the Holy university entrance exams, on sandals. He told Pajhwok Afghan Kabul where they dwell in west of tel and other facilities. He has cho- government after an agreement be- vent the angry people from beat- Quran was burnt. Before this, Tuesday said economic hur- News his family had left the coun- the city. His family had financial sen Kabul Medical University and tween Kabul and NATO was ing the girl. Ms. Hasanzada justi- Ministry of Interior dismissed dles did not avert his focus try twice for Pakistan due to eco- difficulties and to make ends meet, said with this field he could better signed in March 2013. Afghan of- fied and praised the mob for lynch- Kabul Police spokesman, from studying. Mohammadi nomic predicaments. Last year, he majority of his family members serve the people. Mohammdi has ficials that time said that they have ing Farkhunda on her Facebook Hashmat Stanekzai, who had scored 354.34 points out of finished high school in Quetta city were weaving carpets. It wasn t one brother and four sisters. His took custody of 4,000 prisoners account soon after the news was allegedly justified the lynch- 360 in last year s exams and the capital of Balochistan prov- unexpected for me to top these father is a street vendor where he from the allied forces, and release circulated in media that a woman ing on personnel Facebook stood tall among 226,000 stu- ince. Mohammadi said his school exams, but still when I came to sells plastic sandals. (Pajhwok) 136 prisoners at the time. has allegedly burnt a copy of the account. This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.win2pdf.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only. This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF. FRIDAY . APRIL 03, 2015 AFGHANISTANTIMES AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] Istanbul hostage incident highlights the enduring impact of the Gezi protests and the polarisation of Turkish society. Email: [email protected] By David Lepeska hours," said a statement on a probe, and, by most accounts, ISIL-style execution and de- www.afghanistantimes.af One of Turkey's classic whirl- website called Halkin Sesi, or marked a reasonable approxi- mand vigilante justice - an AKP wind news days kicked off mid- the Voice of the People, which mation of justice. 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