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Zemarai Paikan Arrested By Security Forces in Kabul

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA) , 23 Aug 2020 - 8:36

Zemarai Paikan, a former commander of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) who was sentenced to prison for corruption, has been arrested by security forces early Sunday morning in Kabul, a source said.



Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry has confirmed his arrest but did not provide further details. 
Paikan was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for killing a police officer, misuse of authority, and corruption.  
On December 15, 2019, President Ghani, while speaking at an annual anti-corruption conference at the Presidential Palace ordered Masoud Andarabi, the acting interior minister, to arrest Paikan on charges of corruption. 
“Zemarai Paikan has changed the public protection force into a source of corruption,” Ghani had said: “The arrest of such as person is an order for you, Mr. Interior Minister, and it must be implemented.” 
Ghani added that people like Paikan are “damaging Afghanistan’s name.”
 


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