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Disarmament and Reintegration Commission Joint Secretariat
THREE COMMANDERS VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER 75 WEAPONS IN KAPISA
Kapisa –
February 6th, 2006:
On
February 6th,
Commander Abdurahim, Commander Janaqa and Commander Shah Aqa, all former Jihadi
Commanders, surrendered 5 trucks of ammunition and 75 weapons - including 9
Russian missiles, 13 AK-47 and 14 heavy weapons – to the DIAG* weapons
collection team. The ceremony took place in Pol-i-Sayad, Kapisa province, and
weapons have been transferred to Pol-i-Charki central weapons collection point
where there are now under the surveillance of the Afghan National Army (ANA).
They will be either used by the security forces of Afghanistan or – if not
serviceable - destroyed.
By voluntarily surrendering their weapons, Commander Abdurahim, Commander Janaqa and Commander Shah Aqa are actively supporting the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG), a process which is intending to consolidate peace, rule of law and prosperity in Afghanistan.
In the speech they gave during the hand over ceremony, all three Commanders insisted that with the return of peace in Afghanistan, the time has come to surrender weapons and support DIAG as well as the government in implementing the process.
The ceremony was attended by Governor Abdul Sattar Murad,
the Governor of Kapisa, the Chief of Police of Kapisa Commander
Leqa as well as representatives of the Afghan National Army (ANA), the
National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Joint Secretariat of the
Demobilization and Reintegration Commission, the Afghanistan New Beginnings
Program and UNAMA.
The DIAG process was launched on 11June, 2005 when officially announced by Vice President Khalili. As of 5th February 2006, 17,509 weapons as well as 25,608 pieces of boxed and 70,246 pieces of unboxed ammunition have been handed over to and verified by ANBP collection teams in Afghanistan.
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