US Special Forces Suspend Training of Afghans
The U.S. military in Afghanistan says it has temporarily halted the training of Afghan Local Police in order to redo the vetting of current members after a string of attacks by Afghan soldiers and police on their international allies.
Forty-five international troops have been killed in a wave of insider attacks in Afghanistan this year, throwing doubt on the ability of Afghan and coalition forces to live and work together during a key time in the transition to Afghan control of security. International forces are set to hand over responsibility for the country’s security to Afghans by the end of 2014.
Colonel Thomas Collins, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said Sunday in a statement the pause in training affects about 1,000 trainees of the Afghan Local Police.