October 26 2005, Kabul Afghanistan: On October 26, Abdul Rrahman Siadkhel Mowlana, the chief of police of the province of Parwan, and also former commander of the 2 nd Division, surrendered 119 weapons to the weapons collection team of the Afghanistan New Beginnings Programme (ANPB). The weapons, which included 6 heavy weapons, were immediately transferred to the cantonment site of Pol-e Charki where there are now under the surveillance of the Afghan National Army (ANA). The weapons will be either used by the elected Government of Afghanistan for the security of the country or – if not serviceable - destroyed.

Chief of Police Abdul Rrahman Siadkhel Mowlana voluntarily surrendered his weapons, thus actively participating in the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group (DIAG) process. In the speech he gave during the hand over ceremony, Abdul Rrahman Siadkhel Mowlana said that he was “responding to the Government’s call to clean Afghanistan from weapons, disband illegal armed groups and bring stability and peace in the country”.

The DIAG process was launched on 11June, 2005 when officially announced by Vice President Khalili. So far, 13,439 weapons as well as 22,649 pieces ofboxed and 38,771 pieces of unboxed ammunition have been handed over to and verified by ANBP collection teams in Afghanistan. 4,857 of thecollected weapons have been handed over by 124 candidates to the parliamentary elections.