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Ambassador
Karl Eikenberry held a meeting with embassy staff on Thursday to
discuss the situation, said embassy spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.
"We've already started to make changes to remedy some of the problems," Hayden said.
Alcohol
has been prohibited at Camp Sullivan — the offsite location where
ArmorGroup guards live — and diplomatic security staff have been
assigned to the camp, the embassy said.
The
embassy "will continue to take every possible step to ensure the safety
and security of American Embassy personnel, while respecting the values
of all Afghans, Americans and contract employees and visitors from
other countries," an embassy statement said.
Hazing
The
ArmorGroup security personnel guard the gates to the embassy road and
perimeter and screen visitors. The Project on Government Oversight, an
independent watchdog group, said the nearly 450 ArmorGroup guards live
and work in an oppressive environment in which they are subjected to
hazing and other inappropriate behavior by supervisors.
In
at least one case, supervisors brought prostitutes into the quarters
where the guards live, a serious breach of security and discipline, the
group said this week. In other instances, members of the guard force
drew Afghans into activities forbidden by Muslims, such as drinking
alcoholic beverages, it said.
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