Efforts on to curb underage recruitment: MoI

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior Affairs on Sunday said efforts were underway to prevent recruitment of underage persons in the police force across the country.

The US Statement Department recently published a report that claimed under 18 years old persons continued to be recruited and such persons were sexually abused.

 In a statement, the MoI said a department has been created namely “Inside Security Department” to prevent the appointment of underage people in police ranks and to observer the process as well.

The statement said the MoI had made an application to control underage people’s recruitment in police and so far 80 percent of police personnel have been registered in the system.

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