From NEWSMAX / AP:
The U.S. has often overestimated the ability of Afghan military and police units to fight on their own, according to an independent report released Monday that calls into question the strategy to win the war and bring troops home…
In one stark example, a police district in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan was given the top rating by NATO officials in August 2008. The “CM1” designation meant the police were independently capable of conducting operations. But when investigators asked to visit the district in February, they were told the district wasn’t secure and was overrun with insurgents…
One official told investigators that the police force had “withered away to the point that it barely functions.”
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