Early day motion · EDM 1858 · 13 Jul 2009

AFGHAN POLICE

Tabled by Paul Flynn (Labour) 18 signatures

The motion

That this House is deeply concerned at the evidence that the Karzai Afghan Police Force is deeply corrupt with a record of endemic heroin abuse, brutal extortion and sexual exploitation through the foul practice of bachabazi; and welcomes the independent journalism of Reuters in reporting the statement of an elder of the Helmand village Pankela that if the police were to return and behave in the same way, villagers would support the Taliban to drive them out.

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