<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Tuesday said former Public Order Police Commander Zamarai Paikan has been awarded three years of imprisonment over misuse of authority.</p>
<p>In a statement, the AGO said Paikan had been accused of appointing his son illegally on a post and providing him military personnel and ammunition.</p>
<p>The statement said after his son appointment, two of his son’s bodyguards were wounded in a roadside bombing in 2016.</p>
<p>The statement further added that after Paikan acknowledged about his son’s incident and instructed his personnel to shift the injured to hospital and his son to home.</p>
<p>On his way back to Kabul from the scene of the incident, Peikan’s son threatened a man with whom he had personal enmity and shot him dead.</p>
<p>The Court of Appeals reduced the jail term of Paikan to three years based on investigation by the prosecutor in the case.</p>
<p>Earlier, Paikan was awarded eight years and six months of imprisonment over his involvement in the murder and misuse of authority.</p>
<p>Eight more people were also awarded jail terms from one year to eight years by the Counter Narcotics Justice Centre’s primary court.</p>
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