Afghan Police Struggle to Work a Rough Beat
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Lightly equipped, marginally trained and undermined by corruption and poor discipline, Afghanistanâs police force remains weak, though its expected role is daunting.
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber in police uniform killed 10 Afghan policemen and wounded 10 others as he sat with them on Thursday at a checkpoint near the southeastern town of Spin Boldak, a local police chief said.
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Protesters say police tactics are too aggressive; police say they're just doing their best to keep the city calm.
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Afghanistan&#39;s efforts to stem opium production have left 18 police dead and another 33 wounded this year, most of them in clashes during poppy eradication, a deputy minister said.
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ASADABAD, Afghanistan  - A roadside bomb killed six Afghan police officers in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday while another exploded near a convoy of foreign troops in eastern Kunar province, witnesses and officials said.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan US-led forces trying to protect next month&#39;s landmark elections in Afghanistan are facing a rising wave of violence from several thousand insurgents.
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KHOST, Afghanistan  - Six Afghan policemen were killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle, part of a convoy of U.S.-led forces in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial police official said.
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At least nine Afghan police officers and a civilian were killed in a firefight with American forces who mistook them for Taliban insurgents just south of Kabul early Thursday.
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Five years after the fall of the Taliban, the police force in Afghanistan is largely incapable of carrying out routine tasks, a report said.
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Taliban militants stormed police posts in southern Afghanistan, prompting heavy fighting and NATO air strikes that reportedly left 25 civilians and 20 militants dead, police said Friday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan In Kabul, a US agent wearing an Afghan burqa fled police who tried to search her on Sunday, sparking fears of a suicide attack in the capital city.
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Police are bogged down in red tape and afraid to use their judgement, says the chief inspector of constabulary.
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber dressed as a policeman killed five Afghan police and wounded 11 more as he sat with them waiting for lunch at a checkpoint in the southeastern town of Spin Boldak, a border police chief said.
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A senior US army officer in Afghanistan says that only about 40% of the police force is properly equipped.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- This month, two Afghan medical workers drove off into the hazy blue mountains that rise above this dusty provincial capital. They have not been seen since.
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber dressed as a policeman killed five Afghan police and wounded 11 more as he sat with them on Thursday at a checkpoint in the southeastern town of Spin Boldak, a border police chief said.