Tough talk coming from Hamid. Completely unrealistic, but whatever it takes to add some legitimacy to his government I guess. Next. –Matt
Edit: 11/30/09- Check out this article that Mother Jones did on this. I was surprised that MJ wasn’t more anti-contractor in the piece.
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Karzai: private security companies will leave Afghanistan within two years
November 19, 2009
Richard Beeston in Kabul
President Karzai told private security companies that they would have to cease operating in Afghanistan within the next two years.
In a move that will be hugely popular with ordinary Afghans who resent the presence of thousands of heavily armed private security guards in their country, Mr Karzai said that their operations would be taken over by the army and police.