US stops training some Afghan police recruits following attacks
728 views · Published 3 October 2012 · 0:38 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · Science & Technology
The US has halted training of some Afghan forces in response to a sharp increase in the number of so-called 'green on blue' attacks, when Afghan soldiers turn their weapons on allied forces. Forty-five NATO troops have been killed in such attacks this year, while 12 US troops were killed in August alone. The training will stop until around 16,000 members of the Afghan Local Police and recruits have been vetted for possible ties to the Taliban.
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