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Attaullah Wahab who was a deputy provincial police chief in Kapisa province was arrested by NATO forces and is accused of assisting the Taliban by storing, distributing, and installing IED’s in Afghanistan. There is also a list of other criminal activities which he is accused of.
This underscores the problems that NATO has had with the Afghan police force. We have blogged before on incidents where Afghan policemen have turned and attacked NATO troops while on patrol together.
This is definitely one of the weak links in the chain of conquering al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. You custom military ring customers who have been following this blog may remember the posts that we have made before about this situation.
The United States has taken several steps in an iniatiave to help the Afghan government clean up its act. We have screened many of the existing members of the Afghan police force to insure that they are drug free and have no criminal connections. Afghan police were also given a raise in salary and pay incentives to make their pay closer to that of the Taliban fighters. Our operation enduring freedom ring customers who work in close coordination with the Afghan police have to exercise caution in their daily operations.
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