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Task Team to Probe Fall of Kunduz Starts Work

Task Team to  Probe Fall of Kunduz Starts Work

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani's fact-finding team ordered to probe the fall of Kunduz city officially started their work on Monday.

Based on President's order, the commission has three weeks in which to complete its investigation, the members told a press conference in Kabul.

The five-member team is made up of independent experts and former government officials. They include former NDS chief Amrullah Saleh, former education minister Farooq Wardak; Fazel Karim Emaq, Ayoub Rafiqi and Abdullah Mohammadi.

"The commission is non-government, however, we will report to the president," said Saleh, who was the former Afghan intelligence chief. "The president has promised to take action based on the findings of this commission."

The team members assured the nation that they will conduct a transparent and fair investigation that will be shared with the people.

"We will examine the tragic incident of Kunduz from the root," Wardak told the journalists.

They called on government however, to ensure that once their investigation is complete and perpetrators have been identified that those guilty are brought to justice.

"We have asked the government to praise those who put efforts to retake Kunduz and simultaneously bring to justice those who were involved in the fall of Kunduz," another team member Emaq said.

"We promise to investigate the incident faithfully and impartially and share the findings with the nation," said Mohammadi.

Meanwhile parliament has also assigned two separate commissions to investigate the siege of the city by the Taliban two weeks ago.

"Two commissions have been assigned to present ground realities to the parliament," Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) speaker Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi said.

Ghani's fact-finding team is also expected to travel to Takhar and Baghlan in addition to Kunduz for a clearer investigation. (Tolonews)