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The Afghan Local Police and the U.S. exit strategy: Paying village militias

The Afghan Local Police and the U.S. exit strategy:  Paying village militias

by Jennifer Norris Americans who left the theatre watching “Zero Dark Thirty” thinking that the dark stain of torture is in our past, should be cautioned by our exit strategy in Afghanistan. As a 2014 deadline for ending our combat mission in Afghanistan approaches, policymakers say that our main objective is to prepare Afghan security […]

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