New building for traffic police in Kabul

[Admin Khan]

A newly-constructed building for the General Directorate of Traffic was inaugurated in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, officials said. The three-storey building, costing €3 million (188.7m afghanis), which was funded by Germany, includes a mosque, a dining room, a meeting hall and other facilities, said general traffic chief, Brig. Gen. Nooruddin.
At the inaugural ceremony, the official said the building resolved 70 percent of problems earlier faced by the directorate employees.
The interior minister, Gen. Bismillah Muhammadi, who attended the ceremony, thanked Germany for its assistance, saying the country had played a remarkable role in training and strengthening Afghan police over the last eight years.
"The role of the traffic police is vital to maintain order in society," he said. However, he added people, particularly Afghan army personnel, misbehaved with traffic officials. "About 10 cases of misbehaviour were registered during the last three months and the perpetrators sentenced. In most cases, Afghan army servicemen were involved," he said.
Muhammadi said the interior ministry was trying to provide more traffic officials at squares and other duty areas.
German ambassador, Rudiger Konig, was also present on the occasion. He said Germany has been assisting Afghanistan since 2002 and will continue to support the country in the future.


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[woor]

Gran afghanistan stha da zaar.

[amna.]

woor where are you from in Afghanistan?

[Feroza_Banu]

what traffic police in kabul deserve is a slap on their head... a hard one that is. they are very rishwat khor (most of them)...

instead of fining people for breaking the law, they take bribe and let them go... i was witness to many such events myself.

[Laila]

what traffic police in kabul deserve is a slap on their head... a hard one that is. they are very rishwat khor (most of them)...

instead of fining people for breaking the law, they take bribe and let them go... i was witness to many such events myself.

EXACTLY!!!!

The traffic police do not do much in Kabul. They stand around, in the sun, chilling, talking to one another. When they could be somewhat helping out the hectic, major problems in the streets. I mean literally, no lie, in Kabul, it takes nearly 1-3 hours a day, stuck in traffic, to get anywhere. And its majority of the time, stupid traffic, cars are jammed for no apparent reason.

Its true that those people do take bribes, and they are all very dirty, disrespectful, street like people.

I know this reconstruction of the building is improvement, but overall, Kabul's police academy needs improvement in itself.

[Laila]

Just because they are underpaid, does not give them a reason to be louchaks (pervs)

Many of them are young, besawad boys. So many i have seen and dealt with, have no respect whatsoever towards a female....there are many that are openly prejudice.

One day i was walking outside of the Kabul University campus. and usually there are some policemen outside of the university for security purposes.....i was watching closely a group of outsider boys, were allowed inside the campus....those 4 policemen just let them in, when they were not supposed to.


It is true that they are underpaid, but that doesnt mean they can act the way they do

[Feroza_Banu]

^Afghanistan was not such "da gulo gulshan" from beginning... even before war and even decades ago... the problem of 'rishwat' 'be-imaani' and 'lochaki' existed way before the russian invasion and war.

let the truth be told... we actually never have had a stable government and system. i can guarantee you that even if they are overpaid they will do what they do today. what is the excuse of those drug lords, warlords, rishwat khor government workers for doing what they do? are they underpaid or are they poor?

it all depends on the person's work ethics... if one lacks work ethic than you are right u can't expect much from that person anyways... he has lost his morals, he won't know how to differential between right and wrong to begin with.

the justice system, the correctional facilities that should be there to control people are under the control of people. and it has been the reality of Afghanistan for centuries.

[Feroza_Banu]

EXACTLY!!!!

The traffic police do not do much in Kabul. They stand around, in the sun, chilling, talking to one another. When they could be somewhat helping out the hectic, major problems in the streets. I mean literally, no lie, in Kabul, it takes nearly 1-3 hours a day, stuck in traffic, to get anywhere. And its majority of the time, stupid traffic, cars are jammed for no apparent reason.

Its true that those people do take bribes, and they are all very dirty, disrespectful, street like people.

I know this reconstruction of the building is improvement, but overall, Kabul's police academy needs improvement in itself.

i know what u mean sweety. i saw with my own eyes how they operate.

do you know daily more than 10000 people break traffic laws... if the police starts fining them ... how much money will be collected for the government? yeah ALOT... but instead they fill their own pocket... shame!

[Feroza_Banu]

^i don't think so. what proper training?

the only thing that can stop them from taking bribe is that if they have a fear of getting caught and the severe punishment that will follow. right now they have nothing to worry about, even if they get caught they are let go easily. the head of the department is in it with them... they are just not scared of their own authorities.. they are not scared of the system.

if they had a fear of loosing their job or any other source of punishment, they would never do this.

do u think in America the traffic police doesn't take bribe because they are angels or well trained? NO!... they are just scared of getting caught and scared of loosing their jobs.