Report on ALP by USIP (Dec 2013)

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has published a report entitled Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan dated December 18, 2013. The report is less than complimentary on the Afghan Local Police (ALP) initiative started a few years back by the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A). The study centers on the ALP in three provinces in Afghanistan - Wardak, Baghlan, and Kunduz - and concludes that the ALP program should not be expanded and instead, it should be absorbed into the Afghan National Police (ANP). Obviously, the study has to be somewhat flawed as it examined the three provinces where the ALP has been most problematic and not where it has been very successful. You can download the USIP report at the link below:

www.usip.org/publications/counterinsurgency-local-militias-and-statebuilding-in-afghanistan