Afghan cop seized overbombings
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February 8, 2010, Monday
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NATO-LED forces arrested a deputy provincial police chief they accused of helping place roadside bombs north of Kabul in the latest sign of concerns about weaknesses in Afghan security forces, officials said.
Provincial officials said yesterday that the man was an honest and good officer.
The Interior Ministry, which oversees the police, wasn't informed about the arrest in advance and is contacting NATO to learn what happened, according to ministry spokesman Zamary Bashary.
Attaullah Wahab, the deputy police chief and security director in Kapisa province, was detained along with a bodyguard in a raid backed by helicopters while he was home in the provincial capital of Mahmud-i-Raqi, according to a spokesman for the provincial government, Halim Ayar.
NATO did not identify the suspect but said joint Afghan-coalition forces arrested an Afghan national police commander on Friday for illegal activity and corruption in Kapisa and the Bagram district - the site of the main US military hub - in neighboring Parwan province.
He was accused of involvement in the storage, distribution and installation of bombs on roads surrounding Mahmud-i-Raqi as well as corruption related to road reconstruction.
"He has been clearly linked to criminal activities including a murder during the summer of 2009," a NATO statement said.
Ayar, however, said Wahab had been in his post for about a year and was "an honest man and a good officer." He said dozens of residents staged a brief protest against the arrest on Saturday.
The confusion underscored the uneasy relationship between the US-led forces and Afghan community leaders.
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