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NEWS ABOUT: Afghan police

Afghan police stories: 5 news summaries

 NATO Airstrike Kills 
 7 Afghan Soldiers 

Mistaken assault on joint NATO, Afghan base

Nov 7, 09 8:30 AM CST
(AP) - A NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen, Afghan officials said today. An Afghan army commando unit, district police members and foreign forces were in the base in the Bala... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • friendly fire • Afghan Army • Afghan police

 Rogue Afghan Cop 
 Kills 5 Brit Soldiers 

Culprit escapes after turning weapon on training team

Nov 4, 09 6:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Five British soldiers died in Helmand province yesterday after a rogue Afghan cop opened fire on a group of Afghan policemen and their British mentors drinking tea together. The mentors had been training the Afghans for two weeks when one of the trainees turned his weapon on them without warning.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • British troops • British military • Helmand province • Afghan police

 Bomb Blast in Western 
 Afghanistan Kills 10 

Targeted police chief critically injured; Taliban claims responsibility

Aug 3, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(AP) - A remote-controlled bomb exploded today in western Afghanistan's main city, killing 10 and critically wounding a district police chief, the main target of the attack. Police said 30 were injured. The bomb went off on a crowded street near a fruit market in Herat. The police chief for a nearby... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • bombing • police chiefs • Afghan police

(Newser) - America's new top commander in Afghanistan believes the country's security forces will need a much bigger upgrade than planned if President Obama's strategy is going to work, officials tell the Washington Post. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, still doing a 60-day assessment, is said to have concluded that the expansion of Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • troop surge • US military • Afghan Army • Afghanistan war • Afghan police • Stanley McChrystal

 Vastly Corrupt 
 Afghan Cops 
 Await US Trainers 

Obama's plan to train cops faces tough challenge

Apr 9, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 4,000 troops President Obama is sending to train Afghanistan's police and army will run straight into a formidable wall of corruption that undermines national security at every turn, American soldiers tell the New York Times. Cops pilfer gas, judges take money, top officials profit from the drug trade,... More »

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corruption • drug trade • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghan police • smuggling

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