Afghan police 'under-equipped'
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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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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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The scale of British military casualties in Afghanistan is being under-reported, a press report said, citing a report by a senior army officer.
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Officials say the policing power for the U.N. force in Lebanon is limited as their tasks are dictated by the political will of Beirut.
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Security is extremely tight around the Afghan capital as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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The Metropolitan Police says it may need the help of foreign armed officers to police the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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The government faces fresh claims that troops in Afghanistan are facing shortages of vital equipment.
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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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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 US-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan is struggling to cope with insufficient troops and a resurgent Taliban insurgency, claims a parliamentary report published Wednesday.
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British forces in Afghanistan will be provided with whatever resources they need, the prime minister says.
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NATO peacekeepers and Afghan police are preparing tight security over the Afghan capital as foreign dignitaries descend on Kabul for President Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration on Tuesday.
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The Interior Ministry lacks the political support to root out Shiite militiamen and criminals in its police forces, officials say.
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Afghanistan is not getting enough cooperation from neighboring Pakistan as it battles a Taliban insurgency, the chief of the Afghan National Army said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- The US-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 US government report.
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Improving security in Afghanistan can only be done by political, rather than military, means, Britain's top military officer said Thursday as NATO offered more troops.
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The British-led NATO force in southern  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.