The Afghan Local Police can’t be trusted to secure Afghanistan

Ahmad Majidyar

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While empowering anti-terrorist militias was largely successful in Iraq, the strategy is a recipe for failure in Afghanistan.
The ALP has already proven to be an unreliable force in the fight against the insurgents.
Its lax vetting and monitoring process has allowed the Taliban to infiltrate the force.
An ALP recruit killed two U.S. servicemen in Farah Province last Friday.
Many ALP officers are said to be more loyal to local warlords than to the Interior Ministry in Kabul.

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