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Police Force to be Doubled in Kabul: Saleh

As security incidents are on the rise in Kabul, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Monday that the Presidential Palace will double the number of police in the city.  

Amrullah Saleh said that a study showed that Kabul has a low number of police for a city with such a large population.

He also mentioned that Kabul mountain’s security outposts will be handed over from the police to the army. 

Security tensions in Kabul 

A security forces vehicle was hit by a magnetic IED blast in Kabul city on Monday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement, adding that the blast caused no casualties. 

The incident occurred around 7:50 am local time in the Kolola Poshta area in PD4 of Kabul city as a magnetic IED placed on a security forces vehicle exploded, the statement said. 

“The blast has no casualties,” said Ferdous Faramarz, a spokesman for the Kabul police, but some eyewitnesses claimed there were casualties. 

Faramarz said investigations are ongoing. 

No group including the Taliban has immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. 

TOLOnews findings show that 23 people have been killed and 70 others have been wounded in security incidents in Kabul over the last 10 days. 

Kabul has witnessed 15 security incidents in the past 10 days, including suicide attacks, car bomb attacks, magnetic IED blasts and targeted killings. Four blasts occurred in Kabul on Saturday. 

Most of the magnetic IED blasts targeted security vehicles and were near police headquarters buildings in various areas of the city.   

Police Force to be Doubled in Kabul: Saleh

First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that Kabul's mountain security outposts will be handed over from the police to the army. 

تصویر بندانگشتی

As security incidents are on the rise in Kabul, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Monday that the Presidential Palace will double the number of police in the city.  

Amrullah Saleh said that a study showed that Kabul has a low number of police for a city with such a large population.

He also mentioned that Kabul mountain’s security outposts will be handed over from the police to the army. 

Security tensions in Kabul 

A security forces vehicle was hit by a magnetic IED blast in Kabul city on Monday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement, adding that the blast caused no casualties. 

The incident occurred around 7:50 am local time in the Kolola Poshta area in PD4 of Kabul city as a magnetic IED placed on a security forces vehicle exploded, the statement said. 

“The blast has no casualties,” said Ferdous Faramarz, a spokesman for the Kabul police, but some eyewitnesses claimed there were casualties. 

Faramarz said investigations are ongoing. 

No group including the Taliban has immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. 

TOLOnews findings show that 23 people have been killed and 70 others have been wounded in security incidents in Kabul over the last 10 days. 

Kabul has witnessed 15 security incidents in the past 10 days, including suicide attacks, car bomb attacks, magnetic IED blasts and targeted killings. Four blasts occurred in Kabul on Saturday. 

Most of the magnetic IED blasts targeted security vehicles and were near police headquarters buildings in various areas of the city.   

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