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| Eight Districts are Completely Out of Control: Minister of Interior |
| 2010-12-13 |
| [Tolo News] The front man for the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said on Sunday that eight districts in southern and southeastern parts of Afghanistan are out of central government's control The ministry declined to disclose names of the districts. Efforts are on the ground to bring the districts back into central government's control, the front man for MoI, Zemarai Bashari told news hounds at a news conference held in the compound of the ministry. "There are around eight districts where Afghan cops have no presence. And we don't know who has the control there," said Mr Zemarai. He said private security guards are not allowed to move around in Kabul. "The companies can no longer patrol within villages and towns with two or three vehicles packed with gunnies to bother people. This is absolutely banned," he said. In the past week, 78 snuffy attacks have happened in different parts of the country. He said most of the attacks were carried out in violence-hit provinces including Helmand, Kandahar, Wardak and Kunar. The ministry said police activity in the fight against narcos has increased 68 percent. There has been a 50 percent downturn in the snuffys' casualties, while police and civilian casualties have decreased 33 percent. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Until the Afghanis get a president that is willing to break the tribes and make them heel, they will have these problems. Why doesn't the US still have problems with Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, and Navajo raids on communities in the Southwest? Because the US Cavalry broke the tribes and made them heel. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-12-13 14:44 |
| #8 Two words for an Afghanistan that is basically under control : President Dostum. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-12-13 14:41 |
| #7 As Old Spook says the common factor will be Pakistan related |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-12-13 14:06 |
| #6 If you look a the areas that are "out of control" they all are bordering Pakistan. Pakistan and the ISI support of the Talib and fundamentalists in the tribal areas are the problem, along with the Pak's sheltering of terrs. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-12-13 12:48 |
| #5 'moose, be careful what you ask for. That's a pretty good description of how the Taliban are already operating, where they can get away with it. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-12-13 11:45 |
| #4 The notion that there's an Afghan people is a joke. There's no Afghan people and no Afghanistan. There seems to be at least 3 countries in Afghanistan/North Pakistan. One way to ensure more security would be to recognise this. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-12-13 10:11 |
| #3 Were they ever 'under control' by anyone at anytime? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-12-13 09:04 |
| #2 Anonymoose, Another solution to the eight completely out of control districts is application of Hama Rules. Or the Roman example of Carthage. Or the US example of Nagasaki. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-12-13 08:11 |
| #1 Since the government can't do its job, a way around the problem, to prevent the rise of warlords filling the power vacuum, would be for the government to solicit bids for mercenary corporations to keep order in an area. In exchange, the mercenaries can, under government supervision, levy taxes to pay for their services. And since more prosperity equals more taxes, the mercenaries can also create development operations. In other words, the government makes a contract with a pseudo government to run the district for a fixed number of years. Importantly, such a pseudo government would in effect write its own laws, so could create a duty free area that would be very attractive to international business willing to set up a headquarters there. It would also mean that any serious crime could have a death penalty, with no appeal. Ergo, no prisons. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-12-13 06:17 |