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(Last Updated On: December 24, 2020)
Freshta Kohistani, a women’s rights activist, was gunned down in Hesa-e-Kuhistan district in Kapisa province on Thursday evening, the Ministry of Interior confirmed.
The incident happened at about 5pm local time. According to the MoI, Kohistani’s brother was wounded in the attack.
Khositani was reportedly a close ally of Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation.
One Facebook user stated: “And now Freshta Kohistani, another civil activist who was assassinated in Kapisa. The Taliban are apparently more active than the people of the 6:30 session.” This was in reference to First Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s daily 6.30am security meetings.
(Last Updated On: December 24, 2020)
Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh said on Thursday Afghanistan’s enemy was playing a psychological war game by trying to create fear, panic, despair and division as it stepped up high-profile targeted assassinations around the country.
Speaking at the First Human Rights Defenders National Conference in Kabul he also said Afghanistan’s political system and Constitution were not in contradication of the principles, values, beliefs and rules of Islam.
Referring to recent assassinations and attempted assassinations, Danesh said under the current circumstances “we need to tighten our ranks in every way and not give in to the enemy’s psychological warfare.”
Govt Dissolves State Ministry for Human Rights
Sima Samar, the minister of the State Ministry for Human Rights Affairs, on Sunday said that the government has dissolved the ministry.
Speaking to TOLOnews, Samar said that no consultation was made with her about dissolving the ministry.
Samar said that she does not know why the government decided to do so.
Previously, Samar worked as the head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC).
Afghan minorities feel excluded from peace process
Afghan minorities feel excluded from peace process
KABUL, Dec 14: Seventy-nine per cent of minorities in Afghanistan do not see themselves represented in the on going peace process, a latest survey by a human right’s organization has revealed.
The survey titled “the Vulnerable Minorities and the Peace Process” was compiled by the Moasesae Hoqooq-e-Bashar wa Mahwe Khoshonat (a “human rights and elimination of violence organization”), it involved the random participation of 595 individuals from various minority communities, it was carried out in the provinces of Bamiyan, Badakhshan, Balkh, Ghor, Kabul, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Nimroz and Jawzjan.