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Afghan police kill 3 Taliban militants in north
Nov 22nd, 2009 - XinHua
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Three Taliban militants were killed Saturday night as Afghan National Police (ANP) repelled their attack in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan...
Ministry: NATO Strike Kills Afghan Forces
Nov 6th, 2009 - CBS News
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces...Bodies Of 6 UK War Dead Return From Afghanistan
Nov 10th, 2009 - CBS News
LONDON (AP) - Hundreds are expected to line the streets of the small English town of Wootton Bassett to watch the repatriation of the bodies of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
Karzai: 'No place' for corrupt officials
Nov 8th, 2009 - USA Today
KABUL (AP) — The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration - a demand made by Washington...
Afghan vows to keep corrupt officials out of govt
Nov 8th, 2009 - AOL News
KABUL -The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration — a demand made by Washington and...
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Afghan police beating Taleban in Jozjan province Afghanistan
0:20American Soldier getting shocked By Afghan Police
Me getting shocked by an Afghan police taser while on mission one day
2:51HD Breaking Afghan News Mentoring the Afghan Police NATO
HD Breaking Afghan News Mentoring the Afghan Police NATO [Source: NATO] Highway one is Afghanistan's most important ring route connecting the country's three major cities, Kabul in the East, Kandahar in the South and Herat in the West ...
2:05Afghan police polish image in 'hearts and minds' campaign
Afghanistan's interior ministry is launching a campaign to brush up the image of its oft-maligned police force, using dramatic footage of officers repelling a bold insurgent attack. But locals remain sceptical.
Afghan Police from WikiPedia:
The Afghan National Police (ANP) is the primary national police force in Afghanistan. It is under the responsibility of Afghanistan's Ministry of the Interior.
The paramilitary police force is under development and being trained by the United States military, other NATO forces and an EU-led mission (ISAF).
The current Afghan National Police force include more than 75,954 members.
After the collapse of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, there was little in the nation resembling a functional police department and private, armed militias of warlords quickly filled the vacuum left behind by a lack of central governance. The Ministry of Interior, under the newly constructed government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, centralized in Kabul, exercised little control over provincial police structures and was unable to effectively secure the remote provinces.
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