Monday, March 10, 2014

Fahim’s state funeral tomorrow in Kabul --- KABUL (Pajhwok): The state funeral ceremony of Late Vice-President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim will take place in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, the government announced, declaring three days of national mourning from Monday. -- Fahim died on Sunday of heart attack at his Kabul residence, a presidential spokesman said, adding the government had announced a three-day mourning period, during which the national flags would be lowered half-mast. -- The government has set up a commission, headed by Interior Minister Mohammad Omar Daudzai, to make necessary arrangements for Fahim’s burial ceremony. --Massoud Trashtwal, a member of the commission, told Pajhwok Afghan News it had been decided by the commission to hold Fahim’s funeral ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday. -- The commission announced three days of mourning from Monday and declared Tuesday as public holiday on the account of Fahim’s funeral, he added. -- Trashtwal said Fahim’s body will be taken in procession from Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital for the funeral ceremony before he is laid to rest in Kabul. -- Interior Ministry spokesman Siddiqui Siddique said tight security measures have been put in place for the funeral ceremony and all security organs were on high alert.

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