EU envoy calls for immediate end to house searches

KABUL (Pajhwok): European Union Ambassador von Brandt called for an immediate end to the house-to-house search operation in Kabul.

Brandt tweeted: “The intimidation, house searches, arrests and violence against members of different ethnic groups and women are crimes and must stop immediately.”

He wrote: “Despite Putin’s war, we are watching you!”

But Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister of information and spokesman for the government, hailed the massive operation as a success.

Addressing a news conference here on Sunday, Mujahid said the searches were aimed to arrest criminals, including those who were freed after the collapse of the previous government.

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