Afghanistan, May 19 -- Lieutenant colonel Moeenuddin was formally introduced as the new Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of Kabul with the officials saying the decision to replace the CID Chief of Kabul Police was taken following a steep rise in criminal incidents in the capital.

"Introduced new CID head for Kabul PHQ today. Recent high graph of crimes at Kabul are not acceptable. It has badly effected our peace of minds. Crimes prevention is our 2nd top most priority after fight against terrorism. Hope we see the change asap," Gen. Khoshal Sadat, senior deputy interior for security said in a statement released via Twitter.

Sources in the Ministry of Interior said Saturday that Gen. Salim Almas, the Chief of Criminal Inves...