Afghan Local Police to be Established in Remote Villages by Special Forces

A U.S. supported program to establish Afghan local police forces in remote villages will be headed up by U.S. Army Special Forces teams.  To objective is to establish a force of almost 10,000. It is hoped that the program will be in 900 villages by March 2011.  General Petraeus has compared the program to a community watch with AK-47s.  Read more in "Officials aim to establish Afghan local police by March", The LA Times, October 20, 2010.