MPs criticize MoI of incompetence over storming jail in Ghazni

A number of Parliament representatives criticized the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in relation to the spreading insecurity and escape of detainees from Ghazni prison.

Chairman of the Parliament instructed Internal Security Committee of parliament to summon the minister of interior and if Mr. Ulomi’s reasons did not contentment the commission, they will decide on his impeachment.

Members of Parliament link the escape of prisoners from Ghazni jail the incompetence and neglect of interior ministry officials.

“People are suffering over insecurities. The escape of detainees, the collapse of districts into Taliban’s hands, kidnappings are all questioning. The internal security commission is obliged to summon the interior minister as soon as possible,” Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, chairman of Parliament said.

“The attack was predicted a long time ago, Ghazni security department had informed but now 353 other suicide bombers added to the Taliban group,” Aref Rahmani, representative of Ghazni said.

More than 350 inmates escaped an Afghan prison following a coordinated attack by Taliban insurgents on late Sunday night.

The latest Taliban prison raid, on the outskirts of the central city of Ghazni, comes after setbacks for the government in different parts of the country and deadly attacks in Kabul which have dashed hopes for peace talks.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said gunmen and three suicide bombers attacked the prison at 2 a.m. Four Taliban and four members of the security forces were killed in the attack.

The incident marked the biggest jailbreak in Afghanistan since April 2011, when 470 inmates in the southern province of Kandahar escaped through a tunnel hundreds of yards long that had been dug from outside the facility.