Corruption preventing US from training Afghan Police, Army.Byline: ANI Ghazni (Afghanistan), Apr.9 (ANI): Training the Afghan National Police The Afghan National Police is the national police force in Afghanistan. It is under the responsibility of Afghanistan's Ministry of the Interior. The paramilitary police force is under development and being trained by American military police and allied forces (Germany). and Army has apparently become a nightmare for the Americans. If the experience of the American troops already training police officers in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province is any indication, better policing may be impossible for Afghanistan unless government officials at all levels stop cannibalising their civil administration and police force for profit. The New York Times quoted exasperated American soldiers, as saying it was hard to determine which was their more daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin opponent - the few thousand Taliban who ruled villages through a shadow government of mullahs, or corruption so rife that it had deeply undercut efforts to improve the police and had destroyed many Afghans' faith in government. That lack of trust, coupled with the absence of security forces in almost all villages, further strengthens the hand of the Taliban as the only real power here. Ghazni's experience shows the challenge that corruption presents to efforts to establish better policing throughout the country. The list of schemes that undermine law enforcement is long and bewildering be·wil·der tr.v. be·wil·dered, be·wil·der·ing, be·wil·ders 1. To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. , according to American and Afghan officers. Some examples include police officials who steal truckloads of gasoline; judges and prosecutors who make decisions based on bribes; high-ranking government officials who reap payoffs from hashish hashish (hăsh`ēsh, –ĭsh), resin extracted from the flower clusters and top leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, and C. indica. and chromite chromite (krō`mīt), dark brown to black mineral. It is an iron-chromium oxide, FeCr2O4, with traces of magnesium and aluminum. smuggling; and mid-level security and political jobs that are sold, sometimes for more than 50,000 dollars, money the buyers then recoup through still more bribes and theft. In some cases the American officers requested that their names not be used when discussing specific allegations or that the titles of certain Afghan government and police leaders be withheld, since it would otherwise make it impossible to work with these officials, an important part of their mission. But the frustration was palpable. The result is an ineffective and woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: undersupplied Afghan police force and a frustrating lack of justice for Afghans. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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