Editor in Chief: Moh. Reza Huwaida Friday, May 3rd, 2024

Afghan Police Needs to be Developed Further

According to a report published on BBC News, Mr. Mujtabab Patang, the Interior Minister has declared that the police forces under his command are professional enough. The competencies and structure of national forces had been criticized many times during the last decade, but it is also a fact that this is the time during which the force has been formed and it has not been very long time.

The Interior Minister has justified the reason behind the insecurities as the result of not having nationally motivated forces. Moreover, the minister had added that our police have been affected by political and ethnic concerns and would require national sentiments so as to become professional.

In order to overcome this issue, he has decided not to appoint any local officer for any zone. The local officers usually compromise with the criminals of his/her localities. The only solution to these matters is to appoint the officers from diffident zones for different police head quarters. Our police forces are not fully professional is not a new idea.

This year has been a challenging year for our national police and the international forces due the insider attacks which have been practiced several times during the year. The green on blue raids and the insider attacks are the clear examples that our national forces are not nationally motivated to establish peace and regulate the border routes.

The insurgents, as already claimed by Taliban, have infiltrated in our national forces structure which resulted in attacks on many of international forces and our national army and police. Though there has not been a great deal of change in terms of security assurance in the country since Mr. Patang has occupied the Interior Ministry seat, it is a positive step when someone figures out his lack of capacity.

The latest statements of the interior minister indicate that they have not been doing efficiently enough in terms of recruiting the national forces and his admission of low level of management in Interior Ministry is a sign of green light flashing for future expectations.

Mr Patang took the charge of Interior Ministry three months ago when the former Interior Minister Mr. Bismillah Mohammadi who is the Defense Minister was disqualified by the members of parliament in the house. As he was appointed as the replacement to take over Interior Ministry seat had promised the nation to put forward great efforts in terms of reanalyzing the security strategies and making the situation bearable.

Now after three months, he himself admits the low capacity of police forces and complains about the high rate of corruption in his administration seems like he does not admit to fail and in order to overcome the issues, he needs the nation's supports and co-operations. Let us hope for the best and support him cooperatively.