Taliban officials have announced that 60,000 CCTV cameras will be installed in the capital Kabul to better monitor the entire city.
Obaidullah Omari, in charge of the Taliban’s CCTV cameras in Kabul, claimed that ‘with the completion of the installation process of these cameras, the number of crimes in Kabul will decrease.’
He claimed that the previous government had installed analog CCTV cameras in Kabul but replaced them with digital cameras with good image quality.
Umri stressed that priority has been given to installing CCTV cameras in some important areas of Kabul, including the Green Area or the diplomatic residence of Wazir Akbar Khan.
He claimed that more number of cameras have been installed in areas where the crime rate is high and this is continuing.
The Taliban official said that in order to avoid power outages, they have made a power backup system through batteries so that the camera does not lose contact with the control center.
The Taliban also showed a part of the control center of CCTV cameras in Kabul city in a video.
In this center, it can be seen that Taliban forces are monitoring parts of the Afghan capital through cameras.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior says that the process of installing security cameras in other provinces of Afghanistan will begin soon.
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According to some complaints, the Taliban government has forced house and shop owners to install CCTV cameras in some parts of Kabul and this is still going on.
The Khorasan branch of the Islamic State (ISIS) is considered a serious threat to the Taliban government and has carried out several attacks against the army in the past two years.
On the other hand, the Taliban are trying to monitor people more by installing CCTV cameras to avoid possible threats against their government at all costs.
Contrary to the claim of having a large force, the Taliban government is facing a lack of security and defense forces in the cities, especially in Kabul city. It seems that the Taliban want to make up for the lack of personnel by installing CCTV cameras.
Earlier, it was reported that the Ministry of Interior of the Taliban under the leadership of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of the Haqqani network, has proposed to the Chinese company Huawei to start a project to install security cameras in 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaan said that Huawei’s representative agreed to the ministry’s proposal to participate in the installation of these cameras.
China has not yet recognized the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, but has maintained growing diplomatic and economic ties with the Taliban since taking control of the country in August 2021.
The Taliban succeeded in overthrowing the Afghan government on August 15, 2021. The movement has acquired advanced military and intelligence equipment and facilities from NATO and the US during its takeover. The Taliban are also using the facilities of the previous government.
Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s police spokesman in Kabul, said in November 2022 that the Taliban had launched a campaign asking people to install surveillance or CCTV cameras. Security cameras were installed at more than 2,000 houses in the 5th police district in Kabul.
Speaking to Afghanistan National TV, Zadran recommended all Kabul residents to install security cameras inside and outside their homes.
Note: This news was previously published on Independent Farsi.
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2024-06-20 05:07:08