Afghan police lead coalition forces to the village of Spine Gundey in the Gelan district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, May 10, 2012. Afghan forces are taking the lead in security operations throughout Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Baker
Report: Taliban, Afghan Troops Forge Agreements As NATO Prepares Draw-Down -- MSNBC
Members of the Afghan army are forging secret alliances with the Taliban, threatening to undermine the ability of Afghan authorities to maintain control just as NATO troops prepare to hand over power to the country's security forces, Britain's Sunday Times reported.
In Ghazni province an hour from capital Kabul, Afghan army lieutenant Mohammad Wali admitted to the newspaper that he and a local Taliban commander were working together. (The Sunday Times operates behind a paywall)
"We lost seven men in an ambush when I first arrived at the base," Wali, who commands 18 men, told The Times. "So I thought, why risk my life when there's another way?"
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My Comment: Many Afghan observers are now in agreement that the situation is deteriorating .... albeit at a slow rate.
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