TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Hundreds people in central Uruzgan province held a gathering in support of the government and called for peace on Saturday.
The gathering in government support comes amid intensified conflict related violence in the provincial capital, with up to 3,000 families fleeing homes in districts
The gathering, which was attended by provincial officials as well as tribal elders, religious scholars, civil society activists and youth, called on both sides to lay down their arms and make peace.
Tribal elder Khudai Rahim Khan said that for years, Uruzgan had been engulfed in flames of war, with houses destroyed, gardens . . .
