KABUL, Sept. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Kabul police commander Abdul Baseir Salangi has been replaced under the proposal of Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali's and with the approval of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Kabul National Television reported Wednesday night,

　　Gen. Baba Jon, former head of the police operation for the Interior Ministry, has been appointed as the successor of Salangi,Gen. Ghul Nabi, chief of staff for the Interior Ministry, told Xinhua through a phone call.

　　Following the reforms process in the leadership of the Afghan Interior Ministry, Ghul Nabi said that the new replacement has been carried out among the underlings in that ministry.

　　Afghan analyst Professor Astad Saighani, a member of the AfghanIndependent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), said to Xinhua that the replacement of the Kabul police commander might have linked with a recent accident in Shir Poor district of the capital city, in which many residential houses were bulldozed under the command of the dismissed Kabul police chief.

　　Recently, the AIHRC issued a report condemning Abdul Baseer Salangi for violating human rights by using forces to occupy 30 houses in Shir Poor district on September. 4. As the result, 300 residents there were driven away and became homeless. Enditem