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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 21 > Police seen as weak link in Afghanistan security force

Police seen as weak link in Afghanistan security force

By Elena Becatoros / The Bulletin
November 21, 2009

KABUL — Underpaid, under-equipped and undertrained, Afghanistan’s 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.

A strong, unified national police force has long eluded....

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