Report: Afghan police force ineffective
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The American-trained police force in Afghanistan is not effectively trained and is incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement duties, a U.S. government report found.
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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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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.
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A U.S. general expressed doubt on Tuesday about reports U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan had killed more than 230 civilians this year, saying it was hard to get a good count as combat took place in remote areas.
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Senior U.S. military commanders in Iraq rejected an independent commission's recommendation yesterday to disband the 25,000-strong Iraqi national police force, saying that despite sectarian influences the force is improving and that removing it would create dangerous security vacuums in key regions...
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The police delay in attending a fatal shooting "can not be justified", a review into the force's response says.
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Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in the south and killed 16 officers, officials said Monday. Seven Afghan police and soldiers were reported dead elsewhere as Afghanistan's bloodiest year since the Taliban's ouster drew to a close.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Militants have killed 17 Afghan police officers across Afghanistan over the last two days, while four suspected Taliban fighters died in a clash with NATO and Afghan troops, officials said yesterday.
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US-led soldiers killed nine Afghan policemen, including a district police chief, and a woman in an overnight raid aimed at Taliban fighters, Afghan officials said Thursday.
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Anti-gang legislation and police crackdowns are failing so badly that they are strengthening the criminal organizations and making U.S. cities more dangerous, according to a report being released Wednesday.
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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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The Afghan government and Nato say figures for civilian casualties are often exaggerated or fabricated.
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Police are failing to protect women at risk of being murdered by their families, senior officers say.
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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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The British-led NATO force in  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Mistaking each other for the enemy, Afghan police fired four dozen grenades and US-led coalition troops fought back with helicopter gunships in a fierce battle that left eight officers dead before dawn yesterday, officials said.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - A roadside bomb detonated by Taliban fighters killed ten Afghan policemen in the western province of Farah on Monday, a security official said.