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ASTANA， Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia， Iran and Turkey agreed on Thursday at a peace talk held here in Astana to create a tripartite operational group to monitor Syria's ceasefire， a Russian foreign ministry official said.


The monitoring group will work on the monitoring of the cessation of hostilities， termination of any violations by any party and take confidence-building measures to continue the peace making process， said Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs， Sergey Vershinin， during Moscow-Astana-Damascus videoconference in Astana on Thursday.


""A concrete result of what happened in Astana today is the adoption of the provisions of the joint group， consisted of Russia， Iran， Turkey， and which will operate on a regular basis to maintain and strengthen the cessation of hostilities，"" Vershinin added.


He also said the group will work on a permanent basis and its activities will not be limited to the technical side.


""Confidence-building measures will be taken and other problems will be solved to contribute to Syrian peace process.""


Deputy Chief of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Sergey Afanasyev stated that a special mechanism for exchange of hostages was created at the meeting in Astana.


Measures to strengthen mutual trust was discussed at the meeting， he said， adding the absence of such trust significantly hinders the peace process.


""It is still very far to direct Syrian dialogue， volume of mutual distrust is high enough and there are a lot of mutual accusations，"" said Head of Russian delegation Alexander Lavrentyev at the press conference after the meeting.


""At the same time， we must move forward step by step， leaving no space for the spirit of confrontation，"" he added.


The next meeting on Syria will take place in Astana within 30 days. Working groups will gather to continue working on the peace process.


This two-day meeting was the second such event on Syrian issue held in Astana， Kazakh capital.

" Afghan women carry the coffin of Farkhunda Marquis Haynes Panthers Jersey , 27, who was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning the Koran, in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar) Crowds turn out for the funeral procession of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning the Koran, in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar) Relatives and family of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob, mourn at her home in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar) Pigeons surround the Shahi Doshamshira mosque where an Afghan woman was beaten to death and her body set alight by a mob, in Kabul on March 20, 2015 (AFP PhotoShah Marai) Afghan women carry the coffin of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly burning the Koran, in central Kabul on March 22, 2015 (AFP PhotoWakil Kohsar)

Kabul - Hundreds of people on Sunday attended the burial of an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran.


Authorities announced the suspension of 13 police officers as well as multiple arrests over the lynching, which took place in full view of several policemen and sparked widespread condemnation at home and abroad.


The body of Farkhunda, 27, who was lynched on Thursday by an angry crowd in central Kabul, was carried to the graveyard by women amid crowds of men, an AFP reporter said, a rare act of protest in a male-dominated society.


The crowd, shouting "Allah o Akbar" (God is greatest), demanded the government bring the killers to justice.


"This is a crime against this family, a crime against a sister and a crime against humanity," said Bari Salam, a human rights activist.


"All those involved and all those who supported her killing should be brought to justice," he said.


The United Nations said Farkhunda, who was known by only one name, had "suffered mental illness for many years".


But her father told the media his daughter had a diploma in Islamic studies and could recite the Koran by heart. He insisted she was not involved in burning the Muslim holy book.


Farkhunda's brother Najeebullah Malikzada supported his father's claim.


"Farkhunda was a deeply religious girl. She used to recite the holy Koran and pray five times a day," he told the crowd.


Footage of the attack on social media shows a number of uniformed police watching the crowd as they beat her to death, burn her body and then dump it into a river.


- 'Brutal act' -


"This brutal act once again shows the incompetence of the police force," Mariam Mustafawi, one of those at the burial, told AFP.


"Today our police force is unable to enforce the rule of law. How can they protect us against the enemy?"


President Ashraf Ghani condemned the killing as "heinous" and ordered a commission to investigate the incident.


He said police, who play a crucial part in the war against Taliban insurgents, were not well-trained to contain such incidents.


"Almost 90 per cent of the duties of the police today are focused on fighting, which is not their constitutional role, it is not their legal role," Ghani told reporters on Saturday.


"Focusing on civilian capabilities, on enforcement of the rule of law, is key to us."


In a statement on Sunday, the interior ministry said 13 police officers were suspended, including the police chief responsible for the area.


Police separately said they arrested 21 people, including eight policemen.


"I will question the police... we have started our inquiry. Even If I get killed, I won't let any of her perpetrators get away with it," said General Zahir Zahir, the head of criminal investigation at the interior ministry.


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