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Article: US-Trained Afghan Police Force Is Failing.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat News Service
- Article date:
- December 11, 2006
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Five years after the fall of the Taliban, a joint report by the Pentagon and the US State Department has found that the American-trained police force in Afghanistan is incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work. The report has also concluded that managers of the $1.1 billion training programme cannot say how many officers are actually on duty or where thousands of trucks and other pieces of equipment issued to police units have gone. In fact, most police units had less than 50% of their authorised equipment on hand as of June, says the report, issued two weeks ago but was only circulating on Dec. 4 among members of relevant committees in the US Congress.
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