GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Dozens of police personnel are serving as security guards for parliamentarians and provincial council members instead of maintaining public order in southeastern Paktia province, public representatives said on Wednesday.
Abdul Rauf Zadran, the provincial council chairman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that more than a hundred policemen had been assigned to serve as bodyguards of lawmakers. The practice has been ongoing for years, he claimed.
As a result, Zadran complained, the security situation had nosedived in several areas, causing the police force multiple problems in performing its day-to-day duties.
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