“The concept of servant leadership is absent here.”
Air Force Lt. Col. Erik Goepner, the Provincial Reconstruction Team commander of Zabul Province, was being tactful.
Since Goepner arrived five weeks ago, the sub governor of Zabul’s Shamalzai District was removed on suspicion of crimes ranging from theft of humanitarian supplies, misuse of police vehicles in drug smuggling, and assault. The sub governor of Naw Bahar District also sold humanitarian supplies in the bazaar. A police officer commanding a highway checkpoint was also removed this month on charges including assault and child rape. (He was spotted in the company of some young boys at the Zabul Provincial police headquarters a few days ago.)
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