Discipline among many stumbling blocks as US trains Afghan forcesLASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Even before the American paratroopers entered the Afghan barracks, the lack of discipline was evident: torn screens, trash collecting in the hallways, bedrooms and bushes. The checkpoints were even worse, they said, with used syringes littering the ground. Afghans aim at reconciliation with so-called ‘ten-dollar Taliban’LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Local Afghan leaders told a top U.S. Marine commander Monday that they plan to step up efforts to reconcile with midlevel Taliban in the extremists’ southern Helmand province stronghold, where U.S. forces launched a major offensive in recent weeks. Resentful Afghans unlikely to welcome, support government, foreign troops or TalibanLASHKAR GAH - Incoming American forces are likely to continue to face a hostile Afghan population, even as they seek to reverse their military losses to a resurgent Taliban. |
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