Lawmakers in Afghanistan’s parliament on Tuesday asked the Afghan government to brief the legislators about the details of its new security plan.

This comes a day after Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said the government is planning to double the number of police in the city.

Some MPs meanwhile asked the government to come up with a clear policy and clarify two questions: who will be recruited and where will the funding come from?

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi has said that 160,000 police personnel are currently on the payroll, and that talks have been held with other countries about recruiting an additional 11,000 police.

“This plan must be shared with the parliament and the public,” said Fariba Kakar, a member of parliament.

“The government should have its assessment and preparations, one of the measures can be additional numbers of security personnel,” said Mohammad Alam Ezedyar, deputy speaker of the Afghan senate.

“In the future they (police) will contribute in the security and rule of law sphere,” said Massoud Andrabi, the Minister of Interior.

According to Andarabi, there is a shortage of police in the structure of the Afghan National Police (ANP) with some police personnel even undertaking security issues in the districts across the country.

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.