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Enraged Baghlan residents want corrupt officials sacked

Enraged Baghlan residents want corrupt officials sacked

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8 Feb 2015 - 15:58
Enraged Baghlan residents want corrupt officials sacked
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8 Feb 2015 - 15:58

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A number of people in Guzargah Noor district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday took to the streets against what they alleged of growing corruption among local officials, warning the government to remove corrupt officials with immediate effect.

More than one hundred people in the district center held a protest demonstration, accusing the district chief and district police chief for torturing residents and embezzlement in aid allocated for flood-affected families.

Qari Mohammad Ashraf, an angry protester, alleged police arrested innocent people and then demanded money to release them. “Police are busy minting money by arresting and realizing innocent people,” he noted.

Sarajuddin, another participant of the rally, said: “We are tired of local police officers. We will keep continue our protest until the corrupt Baghlan officials are sacked.”

The protesters warned they would take weapons and upraise against local officials torturing them if they did not mend their ways.

But Baghlan deputy governor Abdul Qadim Niazai said a delegation had been sent in to the district to report the situation. Another delegation came from the capital Kabul to the area to evaluate the local governance, he added.

Niazai promised the accused officials would be brought to justice if the local residents’ claims were verified. Guzargah Noor district is located 200 kilometres away from Pul-I-Khumri, the provincial capital of Baghlan.

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