The ministry’s announcement – which may be seeking to address concerns about sectarian violence – cites Afghan police law and the worldwide covenant on civil and political rights.
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After the attack, officials intercepted information from Islamic State commanders in the Achin district, the group’s base in eastern Afghanistan where villagers have been terrorized for months, congratulating each other for the carnage, the security official said. It added that the US and “the global community stand firm in our ongoing support for the people and Government of Afghanistan”.
He said Ghani planned to meet with the organizers later on Saturday, and would make a live television appearance after that.
“I gave orders for the formation of a special commission to be headed by the country’s attorney general that will include government and non-government personalities for the comprehensive investigations of the incident”.
Iran, a country with a large Shiite majority, has a long border with Afghanistan, where the minority Hazara Shiites were bombed on Saturday.
A victim at the site of the suicide attack. Most of the population is Sunni.
Pakistan-based terror groups such as LeT, the Taliban, JeM and al-Qaeda target India’s interests and goals in Afghanistan and pursue other objectives like creating sanctuaries and safe havens in tribal areas between Kabul and Islamabad, Afghan envoy to the United Nations has said.
The Afghan authorities released the latest casualties toll on Saturday night, saying at least 80 peple were killed and around 231 others sustained injuries.
Earlier, Waheed Majroeh, the head of global relations for the Ministry of Public Health, said the death toll was likely to rise “as the condition of numerous injured is very serious”.
They rarely issue such statements denying involvement in suicide attacks.
“The streets had been blocked off by the government to prevent the demonstration from getting to the presidential palace”.
Waheed Majroeh, the head of worldwide relations for the Ministry of Public Health, said that 31 people had been confirmed dead, and another 160 wounded.
In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said, “The killers responsible for this bloodshed do not represent the future for Afghanistan and will not prevail”.
Afghan protesters from Hazara minority stand at the blast side after suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 23, 2016. It said one of them detonated his device among the protesters, one mistakenly killed only himself, and a third was shot dead by security forces guarding the rally.
Hazaras are predominantly Shiite Muslims, and IS views all Shiites as apostates.
Afghans help a man who was injured in a deadly explosion that struck a protest march by ethnic Hazaras, in Kabul.
The government said the project guaranteed ample power to the provinces, Bamyan and Wardak, which lie west of Kabul, and that altering the planned route would delay it by years and cost millions of dollars.
Hazara demonstrators have continued to occupy Demazang Square, where the attack took place as the march was winding down and some prepared to set up a camp, Naji said. He had no further details.
Seddiq Sediqqi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, says police were working to confirm initial reports of the blast.
The government has rejected the claims, saying the route of the transmission line was decided purely on technical grounds and that Bamian would still be provided with electricity.
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Like the TUTAP line, it is also funded by the Asian Development Bank.
