MoI handed high tech police vehicles

KABUL (EUPOL) on Wednesday handed seven police vehicles equipped with modern technology to the Ministry of Interior, officials said.

Acting Interior Minister Mujtaba Patang told a joint press conference with EUPOL chief in Afghanistan, Karl Ake Roghe, the vehicles would be used as part of the Police–i-Mardumi, or community–policing initiative in seven provinces.

 The initiative has recently been launched in Balkh, Bamyan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Ghor, Herat and Helmand provinces

Patang said the vehicles worth €900,000 ($1,194,960) carried modern technology of international standards and would be used as mobile offices.

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