Correspondent Reports on VSO and ALP in Southern Afghanistan

A correspondent has wrote a post on the Village Stability Program (VSO) / Afghan Local Police (ALP) implementation in a village in southern Afghanistan.  A Field Artillery Battalion Commander is attempting to set up an ALP element in his sector.  Read about the pitfalls and challenges he has in making this happen.  See "Doping out how to do the VSO-ALP backburn", Foreign Policy, January 18, 2011.  Read more about village stability operations and Afghan Local Police here.