KABUL (SW): Analysts have blamed the Ministry of Interior (MoI) for not securing the rights of its personnel that are often humiliated and even beaten by the powerful individuals on the streets.
In one such latest incident, a policeman was manhandled on the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) road by the armed guards of Gen. Din Mohammad, a former deputy for the MoI.
Before this, similar acts have been committed by the guards of parliamentarians such as Ahmad Behzad, Habibi Danish, Samiullah Samim, Zaheer Saadat, and a number of other influential figures.
Kabul Khan Tadbeer, an expert on security affairs, told Salam Watandar that MoI should take such violations of the laws seriously and must defend its personnel. “Lack of action in this regard demonstrates that the MoI has no respect for its personnel. The minister, security chief and other high ranking officials should take care of their men in uniform”, he said.
Tadbeer noted that those found guilty of manhandling the security personnel are entitled for six months to three years imprisonment.
He regretted that many appointments in the security sector are based on nepotism and political affiliations hence there is no or little respect for the law.
Mohammad Sami Stanikzai, a former MoI official, said in this regard that those police or traffic personnel that face public humiliation get filled with hatred and eventually repeat the vicious cycle of undermining the law. “A police officer who is beaten in public eventually loses his moral and respect for the law”, he said.
The MoI has confirmed that such cases of violence against the police and traffic personnel are taking place on regular basis. Sidiq Siddiqi, spokesman for the MoI said that many such cases are under investigation, and proper actions would be taken in this regard.
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