Taliban Interior Ministry Orders Police to Enforce New Law

The acting Interior Minister of the Taliban administration has called on police officials to organize and carry out their work in accordance with the new police law.

The guidance meeting was attended by deputy interior ministers, director generals, the deputy governor of Kabul, the police chief, district governors, district police commanders, heads of Kabul’s security precincts, and a number of other officials and police personnel.

At the meeting, the new police law, which Taliban officials said had been approved by the administration’s leader, was briefly explained to participants. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting Interior Minister of the Taliban administration, stressed that police officials must implement the provisions of the law.

Mullah Mohammad Ibrahim Sadr, senior deputy to the acting Interior Minister for security affairs, called for the full implementation of the law and described it as a “major achievement” for the police force. Mawlawi Mohammad Nabi Omari, first deputy and acting Interior Minister of the Taliban administration, also urged officials to make effective use of the new law in police operations.