Afghan police force "far from adequate": U.S. report
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The U.S.-trained Afghan police force is largely incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement, hobbled by an illiterate corps and "pervasive corruption," according to a new U.S. government report.
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The regional U.S. air commander stands by initial reports that American airstrikes killed scores of Taliban in two western Afghan villages in recent weeks &#151; not 72 or more civilians, as Afghan officials and other witnesses say.
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Some of America's closest NATO allies reacted with surprise and disbelief Wednesday to reported comments from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggesting that their troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan are not up to the job.
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The American-trained police force in Afghanistan is largely incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work, according to a joint report by the Pentagon and State Department, The New York Times reported today. The Times said that according to the report, which was issued two weeks ago, managers of the $1.1 billion training program cannot say how many officers are ...
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Coroner says it is 'inexcusable' sending troops into combat in Afghanistan without necessary equipment
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The government has denied that the casualty toll among its forces in violence-wracked Afghanistan is being under-reported, as claimed by a senior officer on the ground.
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A report published in Helsinki on Wednesday concludes that internal controls of Finnish police branches have been insufficient.
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The NATO mission in Afghanistan is being undermined by members' failure to provide adequate troops and by serious strategic mistakes, a panel of British lawmakers said Wednesday in a report.
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Afghanistan's police are incapable of carrying out law enforcement, a US government report says.
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Military force alone is unlikely to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, a top U.S. commander said Thursday, noting that most insurgencies end with a political solution.
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According to a new U.S. Department of  Homeland Security report, inadequate financing and training  have left many department officers in Saudi Arabia ill-prepared  to enforce a program intended to stop Saudi Arabia terror  suspects from receiving U.S. visas, the New York Times reported  on Friday.
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NATO's military mission to Afghanistan is in trouble and has little chance of success unless the alliance commits significantly more resources, said a report issued by the Canadian Senate on Monday.
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U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.
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Suspected Taliban militants attacked a police patrol in eastern Afghanistan, killing three officers and wounding another, while U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed several militants in the south, an official said Friday.
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The U.S. military is seriously deficient in meeting "the threat of Islamist insurgencies," says a Pentagon-commissioned study released Monday.
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Police are not fully cooperating with a federal monitor appointed in the wake of riots in 2001 triggered by an officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, the monitor said in a report released Monday.
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Conditions in Afghanistan have deteriorated markedly since 2005, with rising violence, government corruption and misguided U.S. efforts contributing to growing unease  among the population, according to a report released yesterday based in part on 1,000 interviews with ordinary Afghans.