PUL-E-KHOMRI (SW): Residents in northern Baghlan’s Dand-e-Ghori area believe that Taliban have recently established the ‘Vice and Virtue Unit’, a moral police force there.<\/p>\n
They said that this unit threatens those who wear ‘western cloths’ and have ordered the men to grow beard.<\/p>\n
Dand-e-Ghori is located in Pul-e-Khomri, the capital city of Baghlan, and is considered as one of the major Taliban bases in the north.<\/p>\n
Gulab Mangal, Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, visited the province with a delegation following an increased insecurity and there he signed an agreement with tribal elders in Dand-e-Ghori.<\/p>\n
The agreement said that security forces should not conduct operations in the area and in return Taliban would not pose any threat to the security at the Kabul-Balkh Highway.<\/p>\n
Civil society activists and a number of officials in the province, however, believed that the agreement in Dand-e-Ghori has further strengthened Taliban.<\/p>\n
Prior to establishing the ‘Vice and Virtue Unit’, the militants have already imposed some of their rules in Dand-e-Ghori.<\/p>\n
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Mohammad Osman, one of the residents in Dand-e-Ghori, told Salam Watandar that the militants have threatened the youth to grow beard and avoid growing long hair or otherwise they would be severely punished.<\/p>\n
He said that many young men have left the area due to the continued threats.<\/p>\n
Abdul Rashid Bashir, Police Chief in Baghlan, emphasized that the militants have established this unit and force people to abide by the rules they have imposed on them.<\/p>\n
He said that the mop-up operation is underway and the area will be fully cleared of the militants soon.<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
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