Translate

Search This Blog

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

There are about 275,000 illegal weapons in Afghanistan, not counting the Taliban

Afghan Interior Minister General Ghulam Mujtabo Patang, explained in an appearance on Monday's parliamentary 275,000 illegal weapons in Afghanistan, not counting the Taliban. He has also stated that 2,748 policemen have been killed in the country in the past four months, a figure that represents more than 22 agents are killed every day by insurgent attacks and pulls down the image of security and stability that NATO intends take on Afghanistan, coinciding with the withdrawal of international troops. A little over a month began the last phase of transition called, in which the army and Afghan police forces assumed responsibility for securityin all of Afghanistan. Precisely Interior Minister on Monday appeared before the House to explain the deterioration of security in the country, especially in the road from Kabul to Kandahar, one of the main streets of Afghanistan, where attacks Taliban are becoming more frequent. MPs withdrew their vote of confidence to the minister , who only got the support of 60 MPs to continue as head of the Interior Ministry, while 136 voted for his resignation. Patang as he tried to defend himself and blamed some of the security problems that exist in Afghanistan in the performance of international troops. So for example explained that when he was police chief in northern Afghanistan, U.S. forces paid a million dollars to the Taliban (about 770,000 euros) to prevent one of their convoys attacked in Badghis province, where Spanish troops are stationed in the country's northwest. "The Americans came and told me they were going to go with the convoy to Badghis, and I asked them: 'How to pretendéis get there?'. I answered that Ghormach district, and I answered them that it was impossible to because of the Taliban. thing I knew, they had paid a million dollars to the Taliban to not attack them, "he said. The Ghormach district is an area of ​​special insurgent activity. It is located in northern Badghis, but since 2008 is not AOR Spanish forces. There, U.S. troops and Norwegian involved until it withdrew last year. Now there is no international force. After Patang lost the vote of confidence from Parliament, Interior Ministry sources tried sweetening the death toll in the Afghan police, and said that the figure of 2,748 casualties minister also mentioned by the injured policemen included. Anyway, the constant drip dead . Interior spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said a few weeks ago in a press conference that 300 policemen died in Afghanistan in just the month of June. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to dismiss Patang time, claiming that there is no reason for it, and has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the matter. Patang is minister for less than a year. He was appointed in September, after which the lower house also withdraw the vote of confidence to his predecessor, Bismillah Mohammadi.

No comments:

Post a Comment