Britons with AK-47s held in Kabul
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January 5, 2012, Thursday
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TWO Britons and two Afghans have been detained for carrying 30 AK-47 assault rifles in the Afghan capital, police said yesterday, in what appeared to be the latest flare-up in tensions between the government and private security firms.
Kabul police chief Ayoub Salangi said the four men were illegally carrying the weapons, along with ammunition, in the eastern part of the capital.
"Some of the weapons did not have serial numbers or (the numbers) had been removed," Salangi said. He said the rifles belonged to a foreign security firm in Kabul.
"We asked the company to show their licence but they are yet to do so," Salangi said.
In August 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he wanted most private security firms -- with the exception of firms whose guards work inside compounds used by foreign embassies - ------to close by the end of that year. The deadline was later pushed back to March this year.
Karzai has frequently said the security firms were the biggest barrier to the development of local police forces.
Kabul police chief Ayoub Salangi said the four men were illegally carrying the weapons, along with ammunition, in the eastern part of the capital.
"Some of the weapons did not have serial numbers or (the numbers) had been removed," Salangi said. He said the rifles belonged to a foreign security firm in Kabul.
"We asked the company to show their licence but they are yet to do so," Salangi said.
In August 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he wanted most private security firms -- with the exception of firms whose guards work inside compounds used by foreign embassies - ------to close by the end of that year. The deadline was later pushed back to March this year.
Karzai has frequently said the security firms were the biggest barrier to the development of local police forces.
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