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| Afghanistan |
| Senate Calls for Trial of Governor and Police Chief |
| 2010-06-01 |
| Some of the Afghan Senators are concerned over the capture of Barg-e- Matal, an eastern district, by Taliban insurgents. "Today, they themselves provide arms for the enemy. The government itself paved the way for the enemy to capture districts and eventually provinces," said an Afghan Senator in the Lower House, Gulalai Akbari. "The captured Barg-e-Matal district will not only make Nuristan vulnerable, but all the surroundings as well," said an Afghan Senator, Dr. Hazrat Shah Nuristani. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior Affairs said that police forces retreated from the Barg-e-Matal district to avoid military and civilian deaths. "It was not just ammunition that caused police forces to evacuate the Barg-e-Matal district. Highlands on the other side were under direct influence of the enemy, and they were infiltrated from the other side of the border," said a spokesman for the MOI, Zemarai Bashari. The remarks come as the US commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, said that a resolution of this problem will take time, and that bringing security to Nuristan province is part of their plan. |
| Posted by:Fred |