News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 month ago
The incident, which echoed two police shootings of U.S. soldiers last year, raised questions about whether international forces are trying to recruit and train Afghan police too quickly. "There isn't a lot of vetting of police before they are hired,"...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
The killings were carried out by one of the Afghan policemen that the soldiers were training. Five British soldiers were killed and another six were injured after an Afghan policeman opened fire on the very men employed to train his comrades in...
News Source: Canada.com
| about 1 month ago
Afghanistan — The deaths of five British soldiers who were gunned down this week by an Afghan policeman have highlighted the dangers faced by Canadian troops and officers as they try to train an Afghan security force capable of defending the...
News Source: Sky News
| about 1 month ago
Three soldiers from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police were fatally wounded during an attack following a patrol in the Nad-e'Ali district. Six soldiers wounded in the incident are being treated at Camp Bastion, the Army's...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 month ago
While calling the deaths of five British soldiers gunned down in Afghanistan a tragic loss, Prime Minister Gordon Brown underlined Wednesday that British forces remain committed to their difficult mission there. The British leader was speaking during...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
October was the deadliest month for US troops in the Afghan war. Troops say a surge could stall handing off operations to Afghans, but concerns about security remain...As President Obama and his top advisers make their final decisions on whether to...