Police Mentoring Teams in Afghanistan Understaffed

Police Mentoring Teams (PMT) in Afghanistan are understaffed.  The military leadership in Afghanistan had requested 143 additional teams to be in place by October 2010.  The teams are 15-20 men each and mentor Afghan National Police units.  The United States had 279 teams working with the Afghan police.  Read more on this topic in "NATO revises goal for police mentoring teams", Stars and Stripes, November 19, 2010.