20 Afghan Police Officers Killed

In Kabul, Afghanistan twenty policeman were killed in two attacks on the 27^th of February, as well as a mass poisoning in southeastern Afghan. In Ghazni Province, a group of 17 Afghan policemen who had been trained by Americans were drugged, while on duty. In Kandahar Province, three policemen were killed in what the Taliban said was an attack carried out by one of its supporters, although police officials recognized the killings to a relative of one of the victims. Authorities have already arrested two policemen, descried as Taliban infiltrators who had carried out the attacks. The local police often include groups of armed men who had formerly sided with the Taliban. The attackers poisoned the dinner food of the officers, shot them at close range to ensure they were dead, stole their weapons and fled after setting a police car on fire. 

The people who live in this city desperately fear for their safety. If the policemen can’t even control their own force, how can they protect the lives of the people living there? This interferes with the communication and interaction people have between one another, especially if everyone is living in fear. The police are the people we are supposed to look up to as the “perfect citizen” but everywhere I look they are mostly corrupt or poorly taught. “Locals in the area were tired of the atrocities and crimes of these arbakais, and their lives and property were not safe”