An Afghan Local Police checkpoint commander leads a 7th Special Force Group ODA to a meeting at his village in Kandahar province. (Howard Altman photo) Seven years ago this week, a team of Green ...

ALP was a productive program in neighboring Khas Kunar district for months prior to its arrival in Sarkani district. The Khas Kunar district ALP had a great deal of positive feedback from what they've ...

With the endorsement of Marine Lieutenant General John Allen, the incoming commander of Coalition forces in Afghanistan, the Afghan Local Police program, which was started under the previous commander ...

(Kabul) – President Barack Obama should halt plans by the US military to expand the Afghan Local Police program until significant reforms are made in training, supervision, and accountability, Human ...

A student sits in a classroom, yawning. His paper is blank. The teacher just assigned 10 sentences to be corrected for the class. He stares, with an empty mind, at his paper. He understands the ...