Según The New York Times el gobierno afgano cancelaba el pasado jueves las operaciones de una de las empresas de seguridad extranjeras más grandes que funcionan en el país después de la detención de dos de sus contratistas bajo sospecha de contrabando de armas. La empresa es la canadiense Garda Word.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/world ... -firm.htmlAfter months of growing tension between the government and foreign security contractors, the decision marks a sharp escalation into public action by the Afghan authorities. President Hamid Karzai is in the midst of replacing foreign security contractors with Afghan guards.
The Interior Ministry said it was immediately withdrawing the company’s license, although the company, GardaWorld, a private Canadian security outfit, said it was in discussions with the government and hoped to be able to continue to operate.
The Interior Ministry said that the contractors, two Britons, who were detained on Tuesday after being found with an arsenal of unlicensed AK-47 assault rifles in their sport utility vehicle, were among the 341 Afghan guards and 35 foreign contractors employed by GardaWorld in Afghanistan.
Mr. Karzai’s plan to develop and train a new Afghan security force has been slow, and private foreign contractors maintain a sizable presence in Afghanistan, protecting foreign companies, diplomatic missions, military sites and aid projects worth billions of dollars. Mr. Karzai has said he intends to allow private contractors to continue to work for embassies and diplomatic missions and for some NATO bases.