60 Minutes: Anderson Cooper on Afghan police force corruption

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Run time: 12:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2XCMVRI5l4   Posted on YouTube: November 28, 2010 By YouTube Member: CBSNewsOnline Views on YouTube: 214   Posted on DU: December 01, 2010 By DU Member: alp227 Views on DU: 383

 
(CBS) President Obama wants to begin withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan next summer, but his ability to do that will largely depend on how quickly Afghan security forces can be trained to take over the fight.

While the Afghan army has made some strides in recent years, the national police force has developed a reputation for drug abuse, illiteracy and desertion.

Earlier this month The New York Times reported that up to 19 Afghan police officers from southwest of Kabul defected to the Taliban en masse, taking their guns with them and burning down their own station house.

On paper, the Afghan National Police (ANP) are supposed to be about 120,000 strong, but no one knows for sure the actual number of policemen on duty, nor how many of them are good cops and how many are bad.

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[Enthusiast]

1. There is no point in continuing

to pour another cent into the rat hole that is Afghanistan.