KABUL: A wave of Taliban attacks and violence has killed dozens across Afghanistan, even as talks are underway between the government and the insurgents in Qatar, officials said on Tuesday.
A statement from the defence ministry said four army soldiers were killed late on Monday night in Taliban attacks on checkpoints in Kunduz province.
According to the ministry, 15 Taliban fighters were also killed and 12 were wounded. The details were impossible to independently verify as Kunduz is off limits to journalists and the Taliban hold sway across most of the province’s rural areas.
However, Ghulam Rabani Rabani, a provincial council member in Kunduz, gave a significantly higher casualty toll. At least 25 members of the security forces were killed by the Taliban in separate attacks in the Dasht-e-Archi district, including 13 soldiers and four policemen, he said.
IFJ Seeks Probe on Kunduz Radio Attack
2021-01-20 IFJ Seeks Probe on Kunduz Radio Attack
Kabul (BNA) The International Federation of journalists (IFJ) on Tuesday vehemently condemned the attack on a radio station in northern Afghanistan.
While denouncing the incident, IFJ called on the Afghan government to investigate the attack on Zohra Radio by a mob led by a local imam in Kunduz province on January 15. The radio station’s equipment was damaged and its office vandalized. The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) also condemned the attack.
Mohsen Ahmad, the director of the Zohra Radio, accused a local mosque prayer leader of directing the crowd to attack the radio station.
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Afghanistan: Zohra Radio vandalized
A mob of nearly a dozen people led by the imam of a local mosque attacked Zohra Radio in north eastern Kunduz province on January 15 damaging the radio’s equipment and vandalizing the office. The International Federation of journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) condemn the attack and urge the Afghan government to investigate the case. Zohra Radio studio after being vandalized. Credit: Facebook
According to Mohsen Ahmad, the director of the Zohra Radio, the Imam of Firooz Kohi Mosque directed a crowd to attack the radio station at around 13:30 pm accusing the station for playing the music and songs that disturbed Friday prayer. Ahmad said the mosque followers vandalized the station even without knowing the source of the music that affected the prayer session. Due to the damage of the equipment, Radio Zohra s transmission was halted for several hours.