Now preparations would start for third phase of the security transition in the remaining cities and provinces of Afghanistan.
Sarobi is sited east of Kabul city and was insecure due to frequent Taliban attacks. Security in rest of Kabul province, including Kabul city, had already been transferred to the Afghan forces.
France’s ambassador in Afghanistan, Bernard Bizoleet, told the handing over ceremony held at the base of the French troops in Sarobi that security responsibilities in Sarobi were being transferred to the Afghan forces because the situation in the district had improved.
He said the French troops had already given some security control to the Afghan forces on a trial basis in Sarobi. He added that 24 French soldiers lost their lives trying to improve security in Sarobi.
He promised that France would increase by 20 percent the assistance towards reconstruction work in Sarobi
after the withdrawal of Nato forces from Afghanistan in 2014 and pay more attention to the training of Afghan security forces.
Meanwhile, in probably the first incident of its kind, villagers in Garmser district in Helmand province got hold of a man who had allegedly planted a landmine that killed two children and caused injuries to six other persons on April 12 and chopped off his ears.
The multiple operations were carried out across the troubled south and east region including Kabul, Nooristan, Takhar, Badakhshan, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Ghazni and Paktiya provinces, the statement said.
Afghan police discovered and confiscated large amount of light and heavy weapons during the operations.
The police also defused two different types of mines as a result of security operations in Herat and Takhar provinces.
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