Afghanistan- Parwan residents blame local officials for growing insecurity

(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report

KABUL: A number of residents of central Parwan province on
Saturday accused the local officials ofneglect amid growing insecurity in the
province.

'The provincial police chief doesn't pay attention to our
demands and doesn't even know about the challenges we face,' said an inhabitant
of the province, Abdul QaderSohrabi.

The residents accused the provincial
security officials of having links withillegal armed groups.

Rustom, a resident ofJabalSeraj district of the province
said, 'The problem is with the security officials, who can't eliminate the
security threats because they have links with illegal armed groups.'

Most of these allegations were directed towards the
provincial police chief, who denied saying anything in this regard.

'Since his[the police chief] appointment, the security
situation has become deteriorated. If he is unable to secure the province, why
isn't he stepping down?' said Mirwais, another resident of theprovince.  

It is worth mentioning that the government has recentlydeployed
an intelligence special unit to Parwan to fight the addressthe security challenges
in the province.

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