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| Qadir Orders His Men To Shoot At Suspicious Helicopters |
| 2015-12-29 |
| [Tolo News] Zahir Qadir, the first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Monday said in parliament that he has ordered his men to shoot at unidentified helicopters that are reportedly landing in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province. "Today I announce that I have ordered my men to shoot if choppers land in Nangarhar - which are said to be rented. It must be clear who the choppers belong to," Qadir said. "Foreign forces choppers must have permission, day and night, when taking off. But [in Nangarhar] children do not sleep, women, elders do not sleep. What is going on? Country without an owner, city without lawlessness and its name is Afghanistan," Qadir said. This comes after reports emerged recently of unidentified helicopters landing in the province and immediately taking off after dropping off groups of unidentified passengers. Meanwhile the Independent Human Rights Commission on Monday criticized the beheading of Daesh [Islamic State] turbans on Saturday allegedly by Zahir Qadir's men in Nangarhar province. "This incident is a source of concern for Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission especially when human lives are concerned," said AIHRC CEO Mousa Mohammadi. But a number of civil society activists in Nangarhar emphasized the need to stop kangaroo courts in the country. "Government has its own principles, laws and those who are living under government illusory sovereignty must obey the system, said Lal Pachah Azmon a Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... University lecturer. "That was not the solution to behave in such way with those people. That is a courts decision to punish them" said Ahmad Zahir Zahir a civil society activist. But Nangarhar provincial authorities are not expressing their views about the incident. "Personally I am not going to comment about Zahir Qadir's men's actions but I want to point out any action which is against the law will be questioned by our judicial institutions," said Attaullah Khogyani the governor's front man. Zahir Qadir, the first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga recently raised concerns over Daesh [Islamic State]'s existence and announced that he has equipped 200 men to fight the myrmidons. |
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