Blackwater in Afghanistan ‘dissolved,’ Kabul claims

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/blackwater-afghanistan-dissolved/


Blackwater in Afghanistan ‘dissolved,’ Kabul claims

By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 -- 11:01 am

Afghanistan has formally banned eight foreign private security firms, including the controversial company formerly called Blackwater, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday.

The Afghan government announced in August that it was giving security firms working in Afghanistan four months to cease operations, potentially hitting hard efforts by NATO-led troops fighting a nine-year insurgency in the country.

"The process of dissolving eight private security companies and collecting their weapons has been carried out successfully," Waheed Omer told reporters.

Xe, the former Blackwater, and White Eagle Security Services, which provides security for Afghan government officials and NGOs in particular, are among the first companies banned.

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2. Look at this through the eyes of the fledgling Afghan government

Given the history of the US regarding regimes that have outlived their usefulness, would you trust a mercenary outfit with ties to the CIA providing security? Sorta smacks of the fox guarding the hen house, if you know what I mean. If I were in such a position, I'd feel more secure with my own clanspeople covering my ass...although that's still a relative definition of 'security,' being what Afghanistan is nowadays.

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3. They're banned--but are they deported?

That is, is there an organized effort to get them out of the country?

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