Why Afghanistan's Police Forces Are Useless

The Afghan National Police graduated 312 police officers from a five-week course in basic policing Sept. 27, 2005, at the Central Training Center, Kabul, Afghanistan. Office of Security Cooperation-Afghanistan photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Lynnette M. Jefferson

'Two-Thirds Of Afghan Police Take Illegal Drugs'
-- The Telegraph


Almost two-thirds of Afghan police in the British-garrisoned province of Helmand are using illegal drugs, it has been estimated.

The province in southern Afghanistan provides two thirds of the world's heroin and more than 95 per cent of that found on Britain's streets.

A British official working in the province claimed in a document released to the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act that 60 per cent of police staff in the area regularly took drugs.

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My Comment: If this is the case for Afghan's police forces, one has to wonder what is the percentage for the other officials in the security forces, including the army.