Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to issue an order Tuesday demanding that all private security companies in Afghanistan cease operation within four months.
The president's spokesman offered no further details.
Afghanistan's international community relies heavily on private security companies.
"We can't comment on the decree until we have seen and studied it," a U.S. Embassy representative told CNN Monday. "We look forward to seeing the decree and understanding the details".
International Security Assistance Force Spokesman Brigadier-General Josef Blotz told reporters at a briefing last week that the force "welcomes the initiative" by the president to control private security companies operating in Afghanistan.
"Binding rules and guidelines for employment by private security companies are needed," he said. CNN
