Reuters: Karzai Approves Plan For New Afghan Police Force
Afghan President
Hamid Karzai has approved a controversial U.S. plan for a new local
defense force to help tackle the growing Taliban insurgency.
The formation of a Local Police Force is a sensitive issue for Afghans who remember the notorious militias mobilized by the Soviets during their decade-long occupation in the 1980s, and the role they played in the bloody civil war that followed.
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The formation of a Local Police Force is a sensitive issue for Afghans who remember the notorious militias mobilized by the Soviets during their decade-long occupation in the 1980s, and the role they played in the bloody civil war that followed.
Read the entire article here.
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