Wednesday, November 14, 2012

No Trust Between The Australian And Afghan Soldiers



Wall Goes Up Between Diggers And Afghan Army -- Sydney Morning Herald

Australian troops in Afghanistan have been physically separated from the Afghan National Army to protect the Diggers from their allies after a spate of green-on-blue attacks.

Attacks this year on coalition forces by men wearing Afghan army uniforms - known as green-on-blue, or insider, attacks - have almost doubled the record set the previous year.

The divisions the attacks have created between the ANA and the Diggers stationed in patrol and Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) across Oruzgan province is stark.

At FOB Mirwais in the Chora Valley, a barbed-wire topped fence and a locked door now separates the two sides.

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My Comment: It's time to leave.

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