[Tolo News] A total of 21 Afghan coppers were killed in violence all across the country during the last week, a top security official said on SundayAt a presser the front man for Interior Ministry said civilian casualties have dropped by 80 percent, but there has been a fifty percent increase in police deaths in the past one week.
He said insurgency has increased and around 155 beturbanned goons were nabbed in connection with Islamic exemplar activities.
He said most of the events took place in Kandahar, Helmand, Kunar and Kunduz provinces.
More than 4,000kg of drugs were discovered and destroyed by Afghan police forces. And 15 others were jugged in drug-trafficking cases, he said.
The spokesperson reiterated that all private security firms are banned to roam in towns and villages.
"Private security firms are no longer allowed to enter towns and villages with armed personnel and annoy people," Mr Zemarai said.
He said 57 private companies have been disbanded since the beginning of the process.
| Are these security firms like Blackwater (or whatever it's called these days), or like the private militias of local Afghan warlords? |