The Afghan government has serious concerns about the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
— Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) February 7, 2019
1TV: Fresh protests by Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, which was founded a year ago to protest the death of Pashtun man killed by police, come following the death of PTM regional leader Arman Loni in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province which the group blamed on police. Pakistan authorities arrested 19 Pashtun activists this week. “The Afghan government has serious concerns about the violence perpetrated against peaceful protesters and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan,” Ghani wrote on Twitter. Click here to read more (external link).
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