The office of a Danish aid agency was ransacked and robbed by armed men in Kabul, an eyewitness said Sunday, raising fresh concerns about the law and order situation in the Afghan capital.
According to a guard posted outside the office of the Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees (DACAAR), half-a-dozen armed men broke into the compound late Friday.
"They stole some cash and then ransacked the office looking for the keys to the pick-up parked outside. They didn't find them and eventually they ran off," the guard told AFP.
All foreign humanitarian workers were pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the resulting US threats of retaliatory strikes against the Taliban for allegedly sheltering and sponsoring terrorists.
Reports of rising crime in major Afghan towns have been interpreted as a sign the Taliban militia has been forced to move its troops to the frontlines and is losing its grip on security -- KABUL (AFP)
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