Tuesday 27 December 2011

Afghanistan To Disband Irregular Police Force

'Additionally, it was a slap at NATO, which has had a hand in establishing this particular force, known as the Critical Infrastructure Police.For Mr. Karzai, the potential long-term threat posed by an irregular police force outweighed any short-term gains it could deliver, said Shaida M. Abdali, Afghanistan’s deputy national security adviser. The force is distinct from a far larger irregular police force, the Afghan Local Police, which Mr. Karzai is preserving, and which is under the control of the Interior Ministry. “We don’t want a force that is likely to be out of control. We don’t want a force that will become a future security threat,” Mr. Abdali said.The Critical Infrastructure Police has members in Balkh, Kunduz, Jowzjan and Faryab Provinces, according to a letter sent this month to the governors of those provinces by Maj. Gen. Markus Kneip of Germany, the head of NATO’s Regional Command North. Mr. Karzai’s disbandment announcement, released Sunday, said the force also operates in Sar-i-Pul Province.' More.

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