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| Interior Minister Wants Harsh Punishment To Farkhunda's Killers |
| 2015-03-30 |
| [Tolo News] The Interior Minister Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi has called on the judicial institutions to give harsh punishment to the killers of Farkhunda in order that it should be a lesson to others. Briefing the members of internal security commission of the Parliament on Sunday where the Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs Faiz Mohammad Osmani was also present to report on Farkhunda's killing, the interior minister called the killers "ignorant." The 27-year-old woman, Farkhunda, was killed and burnt by a mob last week in Kabul over alleged burning of Holy Koran, an accusation strongly rejected by Ulumi as baseless. Ulumi told the politicians that 28 civilians and 17 police were held in this connection, demanding the judicial institutions for fair investigation of the cases. "The case should be addressed in a way that it should be a lesson for others," he insisted. Despite denouncements inside and outside the country, still a number of public figures and MPs try to justify Farkhunda's killing. "Now that Farkhunda is martyred, why should we sacrifice 30 to 40 more lives?" MP from eastern Laghman Mohammad Alam Qarar said. Another politician from western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... , Keramuddin Reza Zada, criticized Farkhunda for going to the Mullah to stop them from writing Tawiz, a folded piece of paper containing the verses of Koran worn by the people with a belief that it will remove any evil or affliction put on them through black magic. "Why did Farkhunda go to Tawiz writers to stop them from their work? This was not Farkhunda's Job," Reza Zada criticized. The brutal killing of Farkhunda was widely condemned across the globe, sparking protests in different parts of Afghanistan and the world. The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... in an exclusive interview with TOLOnews also strongly condemned Farkhunda's killing and called it an "overt crime." He assured that the government would seriously follow the case and would bring the perpetrators to justice. |
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