A year on, Rohani killers remain unpunished.LASHKARGAH (PAN): A year after his killing, journalist Abdul Samad Abdul Samad is a citizen of Afghanistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 911. Rohanis family and friends remain shell-shocked. Children of the courageous reporter,cut in his prime,believe he will return home one day. Rohani was a freelance reporter with Pajhwok Afghan News and a staff member of BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Pashto Service in southern Afghanistan, where he was abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point on June 8, 2008. His body was found on June 9 and buried a day later in Marja district. One year on, his killing remains a mystery. No one has so far asserted responsibility for his murder, with the government failing to unmask his killers -- much less bring them to justice. But his aged father, looking after the reporters four children and widow,hopes the murderers of his son will be punished -- sooner or later. Mullah mullah Muslim title applied to a scholar or religious leader, especially in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It means “lord” and has also been used in North Africa as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or member of the nobility. Dost Muhammad Pajhwok Afghan News on Saturday his grandsons Rohani Imran and Abdul Rahman were still awaiting their fathers return and kept asking their mother about his absence. Rohani's younger brother,Hazrat Muhammad, reminded the government of its duty to nab the murderers. He said they had been waiting for a year for the arrest the murderers. "To date,I continue to wonder who may have killed my brother, as our family has no enmity," observed Muhammad. He demanded a school, a road or a roundabout be named after Rohani as posthumous tribute to the slain newsman. He asked the authorities to consider announcing a public holiday on June 9 -- the day Rohani was gunned down. The sole breadwinner bread·win·ner n. One whose earnings are the primary source of support for one's dependents. bread·win  ning n. for his dependents, the reporters family has
obviously fallen on hard times. "The killing of Rohani is
tantamount to economic strangulation of our entire family, his brother
remarked.
The journalists father in-law confirmed Rohanis children and widow were living in extremely harsh conditions in a Marja desert. "My only dream is the identification and punishment of his killers," said the man,himself living in penury pen·u·ry n. 1. Extreme want or poverty; destitution. 2. Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency. [Middle English penurie, from Latin . When children of the reporter are taken ill,there is absolutely no one to pay for their treatment. Helmand Governor Muhammad Gulab Mangal admitted the government had failed in its efforts to identify the killers. "We have received various reports in this regard, but could not find concrete evidence,based on which we could arrest someone. " The governor pledged on his first death anniversary, Rohanis family would be allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. a plot and cash support. He also promised to name a school after the reporter,known for his professional integrity. Born in 1983 in Garmser,Rohani was a resident of Nawzad district of Helmand, where independent journalism is a hellishly hell·ish adj. 1. Of, resembling, or worthy of hell; fiendish. 2. Highly unpleasant: hellish weather. hell difficult task because of the persistently precarious security situation. Copyright Pajhwok Afghan News. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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