The deadline set by the family of former TOLOnews presenter Yama Siawash--presented to the Afghan government in hopes of receiving information about the death of Siawash and two others--is on Wednesday. The family, in an open letter to President Ashraf Ghani, earlier threatened to approach the International World Court in The Hague if answers from Afghan security institutions are not forthcoming. 

First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in a Facebook post last week that some clues have been found out about the attack. Saleh’s office said that they are awaiting information on the case from the National Directorate of Security.

Some documents reveal that the state-owned Central Bank has not provided adequate answers to the issues raised by security agencies about the incident.

But on Sunday, Saleh’s office had said that there was some progress on the investigation about the murder case.

Documents seen by TOLOnews show that the National Directorate of Security and the Kabul’s office of the NDS have asked for information from the Central Bank about the incident on November 7 and Nov. 8 respectively, but a letter from an NDS directorate sent to the bank 10 days later indicates that the security agency was still waiting for information from the CCTV footage and GPS system of the bank during that time.

Siawash was newly employed as a media advisor at the Central Bank. He was killed in the attack with two of his colleagues.  

“The government is in contradiction, no organ is prepared to respond,” said Khan Aqa Rezayee, a member of parliament.

“Unfortunately, the responsible institutions have not provided any information or details of the incidents with our media colleagues,” said Shekib Mawlavizada, a journalist.

“If such incidents are not thoroughly investigated, then more generations will be sacrificed,” said Palwasha Amini, a resident in Kabul. 

Siawash’s colleagues and members of the parliament have said that the Central Bank should provide the CCTV footage and other information to help identity the killers. 

But the Central Bank said that it has handed the GPS information and CCTV recordings to security agencies to probe this month’s attack on its employees, but security agencies are not providing details in this respect.

Main questions about the blast: 

Where was the vehicle on which the bomb was placed a day before or hours before the explosion and how the bomb was placed on it? 

• Where are the CCTV recordings that were installed in the Central Bank’s car parking? 

• What does the GPS information show?

• Why isn’t the information shared with the media? Has the media demanded access to the confidential information of the Central Bank ? 

“The government according to its commitments should be responsive to the media and let them check the cameras,” said Makhdom Ibdalullah Mohammadi, an MP.  

The Central Bank chairman Ajmal Ahmadi so far has not responded to the questions by the media, however, the bank in a statement said that CCTV footages and other things have been shared with the intelligence and security agencies.  

“The people should be informed about the issue, the initial information such as CCTV footage vehicle tracking device on Yama Siawash car should be provided to the media,” said Shahnza Ghawsi, a member of parliament. 

“Any organ which operates against the law, they can be introduced to the legal and judicial institutions, because no authority can act against the law and they must be responsive,” said Khoshak Watandost, MP.  

This comes days after Mohammad Daud Siawash, Yama Siawash’s father, in a letter last month strongly criticized the Central Bank and the Afghan government’s approach to the attack and said they will submit a complaint to the International Criminal Court in The Hague if the Afghan government fails to investigate the incident.