ISLAMABAD: The Consulate General of Afghanistan has written a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that the bodies of three Afghans, killed in Balochistan’s Machh coal mine incident, be transferred back to Afghanistan.
According to a letter issued to the ministry’s Camp Office in Quetta, Afghanistan’s Consulate General said, “As you know, in the terrorist incident that took place in Mach area of Balochistan province by the anti-governments and joint terrorists of the two countries, seven Afghan citizens are among the victims.”
“The heirs of three martyrs have requested that their dead bodies be transferred to Afghanistan,” the letter said, adding, “Therefore, your esteemed office is kindly requested to contact the relevant authorities to grant permission for transferring the three corpses via the Chaman-Spin Boldak Corridor.”
Earlier on January 4, Islamic State militants slit the throats of 11 miners in a residential compound near a mine site in Balochistan on Sunday, filming the entire incident and later posting it online.
However, the Shia Hazara community has blockaded a highway in Quetta with the bodies of slain coal miners, calling for the ouster of the provincial government and a judicial probe into the incident.
The militant Islamic State group ‘Daesh’ claimed responsibility for the killing. The gruesome attack that took place in the mountainous Bolan district sparked street protests and drew nationwide condemnation.
