US-trained Afghan soldiers defect, now instruct surging Taliban

[montelatici]

Unbelievable!

US-trained Afghan soldiers defect, now instruct surging Taliban

 

[The Great Goose]

Look at the society Western veterens come back to.

Who would fight for us? I wouldn't. There is no reward.

But these guys will be treated with honour under the Taliban. Let's face it.

 

[waltky]

Taliban makin' a comeback in Afghanistan...

Facing fewer checkpoints, Taliban rule Afghan roads
Tue, Jun 14, 2016 - A series of kidnappings and murders on Afghanistan’s highways has some officials and travelers questioning the NATO-backed strategy that reduced security check posts protecting roads to free up police and soldiers to go after the Taliban.

Since the end of last month, more than 200 people have been reported kidnapped and at least 21 murdered in northern and eastern Afghanistan. Roads have long been dangerous in the war-torn country, as the Taliban insurgency and other Muslim militant groups expanded their reach. However, the spike in abductions and killings, widely blamed on the Taliban, comes a few months after the NATO-led international mission encouraged Afghan security forces to close many smaller checkpoints. In late last month the Taliban also named a new leader, although it is not clear if they have changed tactics to go after softer targets. Afghan Ministry of Defense spokesman Mohammad Radmanish said measures were being taken to make travel safer.

The vast majority of Afghan people and businesses have to use roads, because flights are either unavailable or unaffordable to them. “Kidnapping of innocent people, which is a new tactic by the Taliban, is a concern for us,” Radmanish said. “We have increased the number of patrols and bases ... on major highways during the day time.” The move to staff fewer checkpoints was aimed at reducing casualties among security forces as well as bolstering offensive operations, and the coalition says it still supports the policy. “The reduction of checkpoints has actually allowed the Afghan Security Forces ... to respond more quickly to enemy activity and move from a defensive mindset to one that’s more offensive in nature,” coalition spokesman Brigadier General Charles Cleveland said in a statement. However, the road attacks against civilians have taken Afghan officials by surprise and the government is reviewing the policy, said one senior Afghan military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A police officer keeps watch at a checkpost on a highway north of Kabul​

Cleveland said he was optimistic Afghan security forces would be able to better secure transportation routes. Bus drivers and passengers described a growing sense of fear, despite government efforts to stop the attacks. “The Taliban are everywhere and take hostages whenever they want to,” said bus driver Nasrullah, who travels between the capital Kabul and Kunduz in the north and uses one name. “Some passengers are so afraid [that they] keep talking to family members on the telephone, sometimes the whole journey.” Ghazni province, where 12 people were killed and about 50 kidnapped in road attacks on Wednesday, lies astride the vital highway from Kabul to Kandahar in the south.

Soldiers still try to patrol the route during the day, but with many checkpoints closed they only provide a temporary presence, said Hanif Rezaee, spokesman for the army in Ghazni. “There are still small checkpoints, but at the end of the day, the soldiers move back to their bases,” he said. “It is very difficult for us to provide 24-hour patrolling.” Security officials said the Taliban’s ploy might be to expose the government’s weakness outside major urban centers. “By kidnapping passengers, the Taliban are trying to provoke people against the government, showing that it can’t provide security,” said Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh, police chief of Kunduz, where security forces have last month rescued at least 140 hostages kidnapped.

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[Phoenall]

Unbelievable!

US-trained Afghan soldiers defect, now instruct surging Taliban

Just goes to show that muslims cant be trusted and should be removed from civilised society. Give them nothing and make them pau up front is what most companies have found to be the best policy

 

[The Great Goose]

Unbelievable!

US-trained Afghan soldiers defect, now instruct surging Taliban

Just goes to show that muslims cant be trusted and should be removed from civilised society. Give them nothing and make them pau up front is what most companies have found to be the best policy

what incentive do men of these countries have to be Westernised?

Debt
unfaithful wives
valuless virginity
uncontrollable daughters...

These Afghan soldiers would have to be plain ignorant to want that.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Unbelievable!

US-trained Afghan soldiers defect, now instruct surging Taliban

Why unbelievable? History repeats itself, the US gave 'em weapons, they used them against the US. Now the US trains them, then they use this against the US.

The Brits didn't succeed there TWICE, the US was never going to succeed there.

Why not just try and be sensible about this?

 

[waltky]

Afghan infiltrators among us...

Dozens of Afghan troops training in US have reportedly vanished from military bases
October 06, 2016 - Nearly four dozen Afghan troops training in the U.S. have reportedly vanished in less than two years.

Reuters reported Thursday that Pentagon officials presume that the 44 Afghan troops have left their assigned bases in an effort to live and work illegally in the U.S. Though the incidents are small, the incidents raise questions about the screening process for the programs. A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the frequency of Afghan troops disappearing from military training was truly concerning and “out of the ordinary.” Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said that eight Afghan troops have left bases without permission. “"The Defense Department is assessing ways to strengthen eligibility criteria for training in ways that will reduce the likelihood of an individual Afghan willingly absconding from training in the U.S. and going AWOL,” Stump said.

ANA officers stand at attention during a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre in Afghanistan​

Afghans who train at U.S. military bases are vetted to make sure they don’t have a sketchy background or ties to militant groups in the Middle East, Stump added. The defense official told Reuters there was no evidence that those who vanished posed any threat to the U.S. The military training program, which the White House has spent billions of dollars on since 2002, brings in troops from around the world to train at U.S. bases. The defense official said that while other foreign troops have ran away, Afghan troops vanishing was concerning. When foreign troops who leave military training in the U.S. are gone for more than 24 hours, Homeland Security is notified. In one example, an Afghan trainee was caught trying to cross into Canada.

Dozens Of Afghan Troops Training In Us Have Reportedly Vanished From Military Bases