NATO MEETING - U.S. President Barack Obama, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of International Security Assistance Forces and NATO Troops in Afghanistan, meet at the NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 20, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua TreadwellAfghan Police Corruption 'Hits Nato Pullout' -- The Independent
Britain and the US at odds over 2014 deadline for withdrawal, as experts condemn local forces' brutality and lack of training.
Afghanistan's security forces are crippled by corruption, poor training and high attrition rates, senior British and US officials have revealed, casting doubt on the West's plan to leave the country within five years.
As Nato leaders rubber-stamped a strategy to transfer leadership for the fight against the Taliban to Afghan forces by the end of 2014, Western experts have complained that the vast majority of Afghanistan's police are untrained and do not even know the law.
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My Comment: Afghanistan has a history spanning hundreds of years of tribalism, warfare, corruption, invasion, more corruption .... etc. etc. etc. .... they are not going to change in the next few years.
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If corruption is laid as criteria then the west cannot leave afghanistan in next 500 years. First of all there is no corruption country. But in case of Afghanistan it is endemic. Please leave Afghans on their own. May be in due course they reform.
If corruption is laid as criteria then the west cannot leave afghanistan in next 500 years. First of all there is no corruption country. But in case of Afghanistan it is endemic. Please leave Afghans on their own. May be in due course they reform.
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