武装犯罪者は発見次第射殺、アフガンが対応厳格化　犯罪増加で

【カブールＡＦＰ＝時事】アフガニスタン政府は、武装した犯罪者を発見次第射殺するよう首都カブールの警察に命じ、対応を一気に厳格化した。誘拐や殺人などの凶悪犯罪の増加を食い止めるのが狙い。（写真は資料写真）
　旧支配勢力タリバンやイスラム過激派による長年の攻撃ですでに対応力が限界に達し、米国などの外国部隊の撤退に伴いさらなる治安悪化が予想される中、カブール警察は犯罪の急増に対処している。
　内相報道官によると、警察官はこれまで、犯罪者と直接衝突する場合にのみ発砲を許可されてきたが、マスード・アンダラビ内相は１１日、犯罪の急増を食い止めるため、犯罪者を発見次第射殺する方針に転換した。
　同報道官は、「犯罪者にカブール市内を自由に歩き回らせてはいけない。射殺せよと（アンダラビ内相は）述べた」と語った。
　カブールでは軽犯罪者や窃盗犯でさえも、銃や刃物で武装していることが多い。
　カブールに店舗を持つシャフィさんは、「カブールでは最近、犯罪が本当に増えている。この地区は平和だったが、今では強盗や殺人、誘拐が四六時中起きている」と語った。
　一方、タリバンも「パトロールを強化する」と宣言している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/10/13-12:38）

Afghan authorities have for the first time instructed Kabul's police force to fatally shoot armed criminals on sight, a sharp escalation in tactics aimed at stemming a surge in kidnappings, murders and other violent crimes.
Already stretched to breaking point after years of Taliban and jihadist attacks, the capital's police are now grappling with a crime wave that is only expected to worsen as US and foreign forces pull out of Afghanistan.
Officers had until now only been allowed to fire their weapons when in a direct clash with criminals, but interior minister Massoud Andarabi late Sunday shifted to a shoot-to-kill order in a bid to control the escalation, his spokesman said.
(Andarabi) said criminals should not roam freely in Kabul city, hit them and kill them, Tariq Arian said.
Even low-level criminals and thieves in Kabul are often armed with guns or knives.
Crime has really risen in Kabul these days. Our neighbourhood was safe but now almost every day and night, people get robbed, killed and kidnapped, said Shafi, a shopkeeper in Kabul.
The Taliban, who are believed to have cells in sympathetic neighbourhoods, also vowed to step up patrols.
Aside from crime and a booming drugs trade, Afghan police respond to frequent attacks against government officials, peace activists and academics.
Officials accuse Taliban-linked groups of carrying out the assaults, even though the hardline group pledged not to attack urban areas under a February deal with the United States.
Washington has since begun a rapid drawdown of troops, further exposing the undertrained and underfunded police service.
The government remains locked in peace talks with the Taliban, who continue to use violence as leverage in the negotiations.