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Kabul, Afghanistan -- Eight guards of a private security company were killed and three wounded in a clash between insurgents and the private security company Sunday night, officials said.
The clash took place in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, said Daud Ahmadi, the spokesman for the province's governor.
The company was providing security for a private firm that is working on the Kandahar-Herat highway, Ahmadi said.
President Hamid Karzai's administration has called for the dissolution of all private security firms operating in the country, a process that was already under way.
On Sunday, the Afghan government clarified the exceptions to the ban, stating that those firms offering protection to embassies and foreign diplomats will be allowed to continue to operate.
Karzai's office said that other private security companies not engaged in this work "are a strong threat for the national security and national sovereignty of the country," and that their dissolution will continue as planned.
The Afghan president had ordered that the country's 52 private security firms be phased out by the end of the year. The U.S. State Department is concerned that if implemented, the move would leave critical aid personnel unprotected -- and unable to do their work.
The clash took place in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, said Daud Ahmadi, the spokesman for the province's governor.
The company was providing security for a private firm that is working on the Kandahar-Herat highway, Ahmadi said.
President Hamid Karzai's administration has called for the dissolution of all private security firms operating in the country, a process that was already under way.
On Sunday, the Afghan government clarified the exceptions to the ban, stating that those firms offering protection to embassies and foreign diplomats will be allowed to continue to operate.
Karzai's office said that other private security companies not engaged in this work "are a strong threat for the national security and national sovereignty of the country," and that their dissolution will continue as planned.
The Afghan president had ordered that the country's 52 private security firms be phased out by the end of the year. The U.S. State Department is concerned that if implemented, the move would leave critical aid personnel unprotected -- and unable to do their work.
