Afghan War Blog

Members of the 8th Special Operations Kandak provide training to a contingent of the Afghan Local Police (ALP). Another Militia? It ap...

Kunduz CIVCAS Event. An airstrike took place during the recent attack on a Taliban position in Kunduz city where two American Special...

Photo: PO Matthew Leistikow ALP rifle training, Jan 2013 The Afghan Local Police (also referred to as the ALP) have a mixed record in A...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have not quite been up to the task of finding, fixing, and finishing the Taliban a...

VSO, Gant, Water, Crops, and COIN. One writer, Doyle Quiggle, manages to combine a variety of topics (although related) into an essay on ...

ALP and SIGAR Report.  The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has published a report entitled  Afghan Local Police: A ...

It appears that the government of Afghanistan is looking to grow the size of the Afghan Local Police or ALP . The Taliban's recent suc...

SFC Martland Speaks Out. SFC Charles Martland is being involuntarily separated from the Army for beating up an Afghan Local Police (ALP) co...

A plan to pay the Afghan Local Police or ALP in Kapisa province by electronic transfer is working out well (at least according to Resolu...

A recent news article by Carlo Munoz in  Stars and Stripes  (August 8, 2015) informs us about militias in northern Afghanistan.  "The...

ALP Graduation in Shah Joy District Militia forces have had a mixed performance in Afghanistan. Many of the attempts to establish local ...

From 2010 to 2013 the special operations forces in Afghanistan dedicated a significant part of their manpower and resources to the Villag...

The tragic suicide bombing of the volleyball tournament in Yahya Khel district, Paktika province killed over 61 people. In addition, the Af...

A few years back Gizab district in Uruzgan province was the showcase of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as an example ...

The Afghan Local Police or ALP continues to extend its reach throughout Afghanistan. The ALP has been recognized as one of the more success...

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has published a report entitled Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghan...

Insider attacks were a common occurrence last year (2012) in Afghanistan and garnered a lot of attention from military and government offici...

The concept of Village Stability Operations or VSO has been around for a year or two. VSO is a very successful program run by the Special Op...

The Afghan Local Police (ALP) have provided a measure of stability and security in Baraki Barak district of Logar province, Afghanistan. Wi...

The Afghan Local Police (ALP) is growing in Panjwai district, Kandahar province. A recent graduation ceremony was held in Belambai Village ...