Afghanistan's new police chief Khoshal Sadat has one of the hardest jobs in...
New commander takes on corruption "mess" in Afghan policeKABUL - Afghanistan’s new police chief Khoshal Sadat has one of the hardest jobs in the country - rooting out abuses and bringing new energy to a force that for years has been used as a cash machine by corrupt politicians.
They include the uniformed national police and other units, including irregular local police militias , and are generally used more as paramilitary troops than for law enforcement, suffering heavy casualties and viewed with suspicion by many Afghans, who often see them as predators rather than protectors.
Khoshal said he had sacked 30 of 34 provincial police chiefs for incompetence or corruption since taking charge, replacing them with young Special Forces officers in his own mould. General Khoshal Sadat, Deputy Minister of Interior, speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
A recent report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a U.S. Congressional watchdog, noted that: “there is no comprehensive strategy for a competent civil police force backed by the rule of law.” It added that the lack of such a force created “a risk to the long-term stability of the Afghan government”.
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