Afghan Government to Compensate Families of Murdered Religious Officials
Posted on: Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 06:00 CST
Text of report by Afghan state TV on 16 January
The Afghan government assists the families of religious officials who were killed or injured by the enemies of Islam and the people of Afghanistan. According to a report by the Presidential Press Office, following the proposal of the Afghan Supreme Court and with the approval of the president of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the families of five late religious officials and one injured official will be provided with 100,000 afghanis [2,000 dollars] in cash.
These are the names of religious officials who were martyred by the Taleban: Mawlawi Abdullah Malang, Mohammad Khan, Mohammad Gol, Nur Ahmad Jan and Ahmad Shah who were killed by the enemies of people in Kandahar, Khost, Helmand and Konar provinces.
Source: BBC Monitoring South Asia
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