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KABUL (SW): Mohammad Hashim Alakozay, head of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) commission on internal defense and security, said on Tuesday men in security forces’ uniform are involved in illegal transportation of arms inside the country.
He told a press conference here that the new mechanism of issuing biometric arms' licenses would help address the concerns about illegal arms to some extent. He said the number of people with illegal arms in the capital Kabul alone is up to 45,000.
Wais Ahmad Barmak, interim minister for the Ministry of Interior, said on the occasion that up to 90,000 licenses for arms have been distributed nationwide, and some 55,000 of them have been renewed. He said the new licenses would guarantee fairness, and are not likely to be forged.
Reports suggest the illegally armed men are involved in growing numbers of robberies in the capital and other cities. There are also reports about fabrication of the arms' licenses.
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