Afghan Local Police (ALP) Member Turns on His Own

A member of the Afghan Local Police or ALP is sought after being accused of allowing Taliban to enter a checkpoint located in Oruzgan Province and kill nine other Afghan police. Read more in "Afghan Officer Sought in Killing of 9 Colleagues", The New York Times, March 8, 2012. There are currently about 12,000 Afghan Local Police employed across Afghanistan who are under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior and advised and trained by US special operations forces.