Ashraf Ghani has ordered a “thorough” probe into the drowning of several migrants, after Iranian border guards allegedly forced them into a river last week.

 The frustrated, protesting parliamentary election’s women candidates on Saturday yet again took to the streets, employing a rare method of resistance and political protest by locking themselves inside cages atop two vehicles and traveled through Kabul roads a few kilometers.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, and the Intelligence Chief Masoom Stanikzai held a joint security meeting to discuss the current situation of the country, including the recent upheavals in northern Faryab province.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has instructed the security and defense officials to prepare security programs for the upcoming ceremonies of Ashura and Martyrs Week.