Policing Afghanistan -- A Commentary

From The Weekly Standard:

Too few good men and too many bad ones make for a grueling, uphill struggle.

Khost and Kandahar Provinces
Like most of the rest of Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan, Gorbuz District is a floodplain where wheat, corn, and other crops are grown by ancient methods in small plots running up to the base of 9,000-foot mountains. Stone or mudbrick-walled qalats--fortified family compounds of half an acre or an acre--dot the countryside, often built on elevated ground.

Read more ....