PUL-I-KHUMRI (SW): The coal miners sacked by a private firm in northern province Baghlan staged a demonstration and closed the Ghori Company Cement to its employees on Saturday.
The protestors said that the Afghan Coal Company, which is a private company has still not put an end to the issue of nearly 582 miners who worked in Baghlan coal mine.
Local officials as well as officials from Afghan Coal Company have not said anything to the media regarding this issue yet.
Dr. Safdar Mohseni, head of provincial council in Baghlan, accused the government and heads of the company of negligence and lack of attention to the protests.
Ghulam Sakhi, representing the protestors, has said that the local officials and the company’s heads earlier promised to solve the problems of the miners in two days but a week passed by and the problem still exists.
These miners gathered in Pul-e-Khomri today and staged a demonstration for the second time. They warned the government that if their demands were not considered they would continue with their protest.
Dr. Safdar said that the police resorted to violence and injured three of the protestors. It has been 9 months now since Afghan Coal Company signed a contract to extract coals in the province.
The company has sacked 582 miners and engineers who worked in Karkar Coal Mine.
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