Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

Kabul Embassy Fires 8 Guards Over Nude Parties

By the Associated Press

Posted Sep 4, 2009 10:34 AM CDT
Email

(AP) – The US Embassy in Afghanistan says it has fired eight security guards following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters. The management team of the private contractor that provides the guards is also "being replaced immediately," officials at the Kabul embassy said today. The eight fired guards immediately left the country.

Two other guards resigned and also left. All of them appeared in photographs that depicted guards and supervisors in various stages of nudity at parties flowing with alcohol. The scandal surfaced this week when an independent watchdog group, the Project on Government Oversight, said guards were subjected to abuse and hazing by supervisors.

A photo from one of the parties by embassy guards.
A photo from one of the parties by embassy guards.   (Project on Government Oversight)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
To report an error on this story, notify our editors.
A snapshot of the day's best news stories.
 
COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 18 comments
jagerhans
Sep 5, 2009 9:40 AM CDT
oops - happens when your school english is older than 15 years. thanks .
Snarfeh
Sep 5, 2009 4:49 AM CDT
@greg - I know they were hazed. I'm with ya there. I just can't imagine doing things like that, no matter how they threatened me, if those things were against my grain. I don't understand a heterosexual man allowing this to happen to him if he is truly heterosexual. If it were prison for example, ok, I could get that. Not much choice there. But this is not prison and with today's high tech, it wouldn't take much to expose.....well, it's been done, hasn't it? :o)
lindamae
Sep 5, 2009 4:25 AM CDT
Living under oppressive conditions often results in silly, inane, crazy, juvenile, methods of "relaxation." It looks like gallows humor. If it was on their own time, then we should not be seeing this. If they were on duty, well, then, that's another situation. Reminds me of the scene from South Pacific -"I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair." without the coconut bras. Big deal.

Copyright 2012 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. AP contributed to this report.

 
Afghanistan • alcohol • Kabul • lewd conduct • parties • US Embassy • hazing • military contractors

More Newser Stories

Karzai: Pakistan Behind Kabul Attack

58 Killed in Rare Attacks on Afghan Shiites

US Had Secret Talks With Haqqani Network

NATO Nabs Haqqani Leader in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Ditches 3-Way Peace Talks
NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Other Sites We Like:   24/7 Wall St.   |   Betty Confidential   |   BuzzFeed   |   Cracked   |   Fark   |   Timelines   |   The Frisky   |   Geek Sugar   |   NewsOne