Security officials fail to attend session to brief MPs on Raziq’s Assassination

Heads of defense, security and intelligence institutions were expected on Monday to brief the lawmakers about General Raziq’s assassination and the overall security situation of the country, but the security officials failed to attend the parliament’s session.

 Criticizing the government over the Kandahar incident on October 18, a number of MPs said that that General Raziq’s assassination case is not exposed and that the security officials should share the details of the incident.

“The Talib who killed Raziq was the bodyguard of the governor. Where is his dead body and where has been buried? Why General Raziq has not been shifted to the forensic laboratory so that it should have been clear where the ballot hit him and which kind of weapon was used against him,” questioned MP Allah Gul.

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President Ghani rejects resignation of top security officials

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has rejected the resignations tendered by the Minister of Defense Tariq Shah Bahrami, Minister of Interior Wais Ahmad Barmak, and the Afghan Intelligence (NDS) Chief Masoom Stnikzai.

The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said the three senior security officials had tendered their resignation to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

The statement further added that President Ghani has not approved the resignation of the three senior security officials and has asked them to continue to their work.

According to ARG Palace, President Ghani has also issued necessary instructions to the security officials for the betterment of the security of the country.

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Munitions cache of heavy weapons discovered in Kabul city

The Afghan security forces have confiscated a cache containing ammunition for heavy weapons during an operation in Kabul city.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials said the cache was discovered during an operation in the vicinity of the 13th police district of the city.

The officials further added that the Afghan forces confiscated three rounds of 822mm mortar, two artillery rounds, six rounds of heavy anti-aircraft gun munitions, and seven other type of mortar rounds from the cache.

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