JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The governors of eastern Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar provinces have said they have improved coordination among local departments to eliminate threats posed from the border areas.
Lack of security personnel for border protection, insecurity on highways, occasionally power lines cut and need for reforms in the local governance was major issues in the eastern provinces.
A coordinated meeting attended by the governors of the eastern zone and 201st Silab Military Corps commanders and other security officials was held in Jalalabad city, the capital of Nangarhar, today to discuss current situation of the eastern zone.
The meeting stressed improving coordination on the zone level. Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar governors after the meeting said they had discussed on mutual threats to the eastern zone and improving local governance.
Kunar Governor Eng. Wahidullah Kalimzai said that they prepared a list of security problems in the eastern provinces and then shared them with the Presidential Palace.
To a question, Kalimzai said: “We demanded the central government to increase the number of border protection forces, because increasing the force was important for security.”
Salim Khan Kunduzi, the governor of Nangarhar province, said the meeting also discussed to resolve problems in military and civil sectors in the eastern part of the country.
Laghman governor Abdul Jabbar Naimi said that they would utilize all available facilities to eliminate threats that challenging the security of the three provinces.
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