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| Afghanistan |
| Govt: Private Security Firms to be Banned in 4 Months |
| 2010-08-17 |
| [Tolo News] The spokesperson for President Karzai Monday told reporters in a Press Conference that private security firms are to be banned in four months time Based on decree that will be issued by President Karzai soon, private security companies will be dissolved within four months. "A four-month deadline will be set to private security firms; which means private security firms will be dissolved within four months. And this is going to happen based on a process," he told reporters. Meanwhile, the spokesperson remarked that the Afghan President will fly to Russia on Tuesday to attend a quadrilateral summit among Afghanistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Pakistan. The Afghan president will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Russian President on the sidelines of the summit. The President's spokesperson also acknowledged that efforts are on the ground to secure the upcoming Afghan parliamentary poll. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Sounds like a Thug Planning a theft, "First get rid of the guards". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-08-17 11:11 |
| #1 I wonder who Karzai is going to get to provide his own security? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-08-17 09:01 |