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| Afghanistan |
| Govt Accused Of Failing To Help Police Under Siege |
| 2016-05-18 |
| Relatives and friends of at least 50 police force members, who are under siege by the Taliban, have accused government of not taking the situation seriously. The security force members have reportedly been under siege for six days. "We told government to help the soldiers but it said that they do not have sufficient weapons to help the forces," said Temor Shah, a relative of the soldiers. Another relative of the policemen, Shafiqullah, said: "It is two days and two nights that we ask government to send helicopters to help the soldiers but they have not made any move so far. Government lies to us and it deceives us." Members of Baghlan provincial council meanwhile said that a lack of coordination among security forces has worsened the security situation in Baghlan. "This is a shame as they [government] failed to save the soldiers despite having equipment and tanks," said Bismillah Atash, a member of Baghlan's provincial council. "Lack of a powerful manager in security forces' leadership and lack of implementing orders by Baghlan security forces are among the problems that have affected the province's security," said Ferozuddin Aimaq, a member of Baghlan provincial council. Meanwhile, some of the soldiers under siege told TOLOnews that they are faced with a serious threat by Taliban. "It is six days that we are under Taliban siege. Nothing has been done for us. Taliban launch attacks on us every day and night. Two of our soldiers were killed and some of them were wounded. The martyred soldiers are inside the room but government has not helped us so far." This comes after the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) on Tuesday blasted government for what they called the lack of attention to the security forces. |
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