As threatened, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has banned private security firms. But the devil of this decree lies in the details and there’s precious little of it, raising the spectre of increased insecurity.
The prompt decision is rarely helpful, the president should rather plan for shrinking the size in the next two years and then terminate it's services, else Afghans be again those suffering.
Karzai scraps guns for hire, but where do the gunslingers go?
As threatened, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has banned private security firms. But the devil of this decree lies in the details and there’s precious little of it, raising the spectre of increased insecurity.
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The prompt decision is rarely
The prompt decision is rarely helpful, the president should rather plan for shrinking the size in the next two years and then terminate it's services, else Afghans be again those suffering.