Infantry Battalion to Assist Special Operations with Afghan Community Police Forces

Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez has confirmed that a U.S. Army Infantry Battalion will be sent to Afghanistan to work with U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the development of the local community police program.  The program, called Afghan Local Police (ALP), is an integral part of the various village security programs the coalition has rolled out over the past year to connect the local rural areas with the central government.  Read more in "With an eye on a drawdown, U.S. growing its force in Afghanistan", Stars and Stripes, November 23, 2010.