ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Dozens of tribal elders in eastern Kunar province on Saturday voiced their opposition to the creation of private militias against insurgents.
At a gathering held in the provincial capital Asadabad, the elders said instead of forming private militias, influential figures should support the government and security forces.
Yar Mullah Khan, one of the elders, said such militias not only created security problems for locals, but further divided them on linguistic, regional and tribal lines.
He said it was necessary that the Afghan people . . .
