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27-12-2021
By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report
PANJSHIR/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of residents of Panjshir province staged a massive demonstration in front of the provincial governor’s office on Sunday to protest the killing of another “innocent Shia resident” by the Taliban in the province, sources and victims told PMI.
The protestors carrying the dead body called on the Taliban to hold the perpetrators accountable.
They said that the Taliban shot dead an innocent Shia youth in Anaba district of the province.
“As the governor, is he governing or killing the people?” a protestor said.
The protestors said that the government should ensure justice and prosecute the perpetrators.
The head of Panjshir’s security department, Abdul Hameed Khurasani, confirmed that a resident was killed by the Islamic Emirate forces (Taliban) due to misinformation.
“He was killed by security forces based on the wrong information they had received. The people 
protested and came in front of the governor’s office. The Islamic Emirate leadership team’s promise to the people is that anyone who commits such actions will be prosecuted,” he said.
According to Khurasani, the local officials talked to the protestors and the protest ended.
Meanwhile, as Qatar and Turkey seek to take control of operations at Kabul Airport, Afghan businesspeople are urging the government to sign a contract with a company from the United Arab Emirates instead, as many Afghans have investments in the UAE and they fear access will be restricted.
According to the traders, over 200,000 Afghans are settled there and have millions of dollars invested in the UAE.
Last Thursday, Qatari and Turkish officials visited Kabul to discuss the management of Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport with Islamic Emirate officials.
“This contract is important for the Afghans who are living here. This contract should be given to the 
UAE. If the flights between Kabul-UAE are halted, the traders will face serious problems,” said Obaidullah Sadar Khail, head of the Afghanistan traders’ council in the UAE.
Traders said that around 10 flights a day were being conducted between Afghanistan and the UAE before the fall of the former government.
“We call on the Islamic Emirate to give the management of the airports to the UAE and this will help will help develop the country,” said Farid Ruhani, a trader but some former members of the Afghanistan Aviation Authority gave a different opinion.
“The international norms and other measures should be observed so Afghanistan can provide good air aviation services and facilitate income,” said Imam Mohammad Wrimach, the former deputy minister of transport.
The Ministry of Transportation said that it had not reached an agreement with any company to run the Kabul airport.
“Our technical team had a meeting with them (the Qatari and Turkish delegates). The meetings will continue until we reach a good agreement,” said Imamuddin Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation.
Earlier, around 100 criminal suspects were arrested over the past week in Kabul province, the Kabul Security Department said on Sunday.
Gen Mobin, spokesman of the Kabul Security Department, said the detainees were suspects involved in different cases including armed robberies, and their documents have been sent to the related judicial offices to be investigated.
“Their documents have been sent to the judicial departments, and we assure Kabul residents that Islamic Emirate forces are working 24 hours a day to provide security for residents,” said Gen Mobin.
Officials said Islamic Emirate forces are committed to fighting against violators and will maintain security for Kabul residents.
Meanwhile, military experts state that the number of criminal cases would increase as the poverty and hunger expands in the country. “Widespread poverty is directly linked to and affects the increase of crimes in the city,” said Asadullah Nadim, military expert.
Kabul residents, meanwhile, urged the security officials to identify people who are misusing the name of the Islamic Emirate to commit crimes. “People cooperating with security forces should attempt to arrest such people and turn them over to the law,” said a resident to TOLOnews.
This comes as the head of the commission auditing security forces announced last week that the commission has expelled 1,895 force members, including those involved in harassment cases.
