3-Day Seminar To Evaluate Security Agencies’ Performance Begins In Kabul

Organized by the ministry of interior affairs, a three-day seminar was launched Tuesday in Kabul to discuss the “Strength and Weakness” of security agencies.

Heading the seminar, the acting interior minister Muhammad Omar Daudzai stated although the Afghan security forces were now mature, fighting might continue in the country.

“Now we have a suitable force and the enemies must avoid thinking of destroying our country,” Daudzai said during the seminar attended by the police chiefs of all provinces, head of border forces, Special Forces and NATO officials.

Meanwhile, the acting interior minister mentioned the following as the weakness of security agencies in the fight against terrorism:

1. Political influence into security institutions
2. Lack of women in police ranks
3. Failure to bring a significant reduction in robbery and kidnappings
4. Failure to prevent land grabbing
5. Lack of job security for low-level employees
6. Absence of security officials during their duties
7. Failure to immediately send aid workers to the insecurity scene
8. High casualties of security forces
9. Shortcomings in police logistic
10. Shortage of necessary war equipment
11. Lack of coordination for the exchange of information between different sections of the security institutions

Also present at the event, the NATO general commander in Afghanistan expressed that NATO with a great changes within three months would continue to a high-level cooperation with Afghan security agencies.

Last year also the same seminar was held by the interior ministry which was also attended by the defense ministry officials.