Karzai Abandons Plan to Scrap Private Security Firm

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Source: BBC News

6 December 2010 Last updated at 10:31 ET

Karzai abandons plan to scrap private security firms

An estimated 40,000 Afghans work with foreign and domestic security companies

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has abandoned plans to scrap private security firms in the country by mid-December, the interior ministry says.

Fifty-four private security firms have been dissolved in recent weeks in a drive to clamp down on the industry.

But interior ministry officials said most of the 52 mainly Afghan firms remaining would retain their licences.

Private security firms provide guards at everything from diplomatic missions, aid agencies and supply convoys.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11925855

[DrDan]

1. I wonder how many of those 40,000 we pay for

[Johnny Harpo]

2. Karzai Evidently Got His Cut....

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