By: Abdul Ghafoor
Περίπου ένα εκατομμύριο Αφγανοί κατέβηκαν στους δρόμους της Καμπούλ και βάδισε προς το παλάτι για να καταδικάσουν τον αποκεφαλισμό του 7 αθώα Hazaras στο Ζαμπούλ
On 7th of November, loyalist to ISIS/Taliban beheaded 7
passengers who were abducted last month in Zabul province. The
passengers were minority Hazaras who have been facing persecution
throughout the Afghan history. The victims include 3 men, 3 women and a 9
year old girl. All the victims were beheaded with metal wires.
Afghans staged a million protest in the heart of the capital Kabul to
show solidarity with the victims of the incident and say not to
terrorism and inhumanity. The protest started at 7 am and continued its
route to city, and the Afghan palace. Demonstrators were chanting death
to Taliban, death to ISIS and we want peace and justice. The
demonstrators peacefully arrived in front of the Afghan palace around
10:00 AM.
Selected MPs from Ghazni province insisted over their demands from
the Afghan government on providing better security assurance to its
citizens to avoid repetition of such attacks on Hazaras and Afghans over
all Afghanistan.
The demonstrators demanded the government officials to come out of
the palace and provide assurance to the protesters over better security
and safety for the Afghan citizens. Instead, the police on duty around
the palace started air shooting, and shooting at the protesters which
injured around 8 protesters, the condition of those injured were later
reported as stable.
Afghan government has failed to provide security to its citizens
since its establishment. The current government is known as one of the
most corrupt and failed governments after the Karzai government. The
highways only few kilometers from Kabul are in the control of Taliban
and people can hardly travel on the highways of death to go to their
provinces now.
According to a recent UN report Taliban’s reach is widest since 2001. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-united-nations.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur&_r=1
International media coverage of yesterday’s protest highlighted the
protest as one of the most peaceful and historic protest in the history
of Afghanistan. The protest that ended on the door of Ashraf Ghani
inside the Afghan palace forced the President of Afghanistan, the CEO,
the interior minister and other high profiled Afghan official to call in
a national security meeting and address the issue.
The president later met the protesters and assured of better security and safety for the minority Hazaras in Afghanistan.
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Περίπου ένα εκατομμύριο Αφγανοί κατέβηκαν στους δρόμους της Καμπούλ και βάδισΑΝ προς το παλάτι για να καταδικάσουν τον αποκεφαλισμό τΩΝ 7 αθώΩΝ Hazaras στΗΝ επαρχία Ζαμπούλ
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