The Secret Weapon In The Fight Against The Taliban Is .... Wooden Rifles

Raw: Afghan police recruits are put through their paces by their Western instructors while armed with wooden rifles.

Afghan Police Recruits Forced To Train With Wooden Rifles - After Shooting Themselves In The Foot (Literally) -- Mail Online

They might look a little wooden, but these are the latest police recruits being trained to maintain order in Afghanistan.

The raw trainees have no military experience and are not trusted with real weapons as they are put through their paces by Western instructors.

Recruits to the Afghan National Police (ANP) include farmers, shop owners and students and they are trained by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) - formed by police officers from countries including Britain.

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My Comment: In the Afghan culture, the AK-47 is a part of the furniture .... just as a Persian rug or Afghan tea. If these recruits are shooting themselves in the foot .... sighhhh .... something tells me that these recruits are at the bottom of the food chain in Afghanistan.