Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak on Monday confirmed the ‘improper use’ of police vehicles by a number of politicians and people outside the Ministry of Interior, but said the problem will be addressed by the new leadership of the security agency.   

“Aren’t there more than 700 police vehicles in your service? These vehicles are at the service of those who have no relevance with the Ministry of Interior,” Barmak said, referring to the United States Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report about the misuse of the ministry’s vehicles and personnel by a number politicians and people outside the ministry’s structure.

Lawmakers meanwhile claimed that some politicians and government officials were misusing government vehicles and facilities.

“Four soldiers have been assigned to them as bodyguards, but they are accompanied by two or three cars with heavy weapons. This disturbs the people,” said Abdul Wadood Paiman, an MP. 

Meanwhile, Nusrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the institution will draft a new plan to overcome the problem.

“The vehicles have been misused. In some cases, even relatives of those who have the vehicles are using them. Interior Ministry’s new leadership is planning to draft a new plan to address the issue,” Rahimi said.

“It should be made clear that who own the vehicles and who have distributed them,” former military officer Kabul Khan Tadbir told TOLOnews.